Abyssea - Vunkerl Discussion

[NynJa]

You dont run through imps, 06 puts you past the puks and rabbits, I just meant hit the ??? near imps.

I -think- that the quest timer halts while you're in CS for both conflux and quest dialog. My route looks longer on paper, but I never have problems.

[Ceal]

I was getting the seals even with just place 2 in the ranking. Just trying for a way that gets me done quickly for more tries.

[Hanyoko]

red legs alone kept me far enough ahead of tauri to be able to stop and cast a spell before i would have to gain more ground to cast; would sneak/inviso after tigers and just train what trained; i think i only had 1 time out of 20+ where they actually got close enough to hit me and i agroed a garg.
P.S. the tauri seem mostly blind

YMMV I was on rdm and would have full buffs before i went from 1 -> 0 after having far to many times appearing with an ironclad trying to cut my tail off.

[ronin sparthos]

So any suggestions/recommendations for best xp camp/mob? Haven't xp'd here yet, but really should start focusing on this area for AF3 base feet drops.

Peapuk, River Murex and perhaps the Corpselights are your only real options. Triple Bats or Ladybug if you enjoy ATT down spam :3

[Guitarman]

Peapuk, River Murex and perhaps the Corpselights are your only real options. Triple Bats or Ladybug if you enjoy ATT down spam :3

i'd add crawlers to that list, if you have a dispeller that is at least half-awake. We started on spiders, which isnt a fun idea, then peapuk. puk are damn squishy, so that's a plus.

[Carraway]

Peapuk, River Murex and perhaps the Corpselights are your only real options. Triple Bats or Ladybug if you enjoy ATT down spam :3

Spiders and funguars give all lights. Crawlers don't give azure, so you can build azure on something else and then move to crawlers, or have a separate party building azure elsewhere as the main alliance works on pearlescent. Same theory applies if you want amber lights; pugils, rarabs, and amoebans give all but amber.

[Velecic]

Didn't even know this was possible... lol :

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...922_005944.png

[jimbobsonofgod]

Pretty sure 5 seal drops were posted earlier after !! were hit.

[gnat]

Any strats/info on Seps, puk pop NM?

[Kouu]

Low HP. Gekko > Kasha > Kaiten > Kaiten skillchain twice killed him. He has a move that's similar to Diabolos' Nightmare (AoE, DoT, being hit/dot'd won't wake you, only cures will). Advise to bring people capable of staying on top of sleep, since the ??? is right in the middle of an asston of Peapuks (and they all aggro/link). Hits reasonably hard, 200ish w/o Berserk and has an en-effect, presumably wind based. Stupid easy to zerg with a BRD, healer and 2 DD/WAR (just make sure the healer is out of range of the AoE).

[Byrthnoth]

I imagine the mushroom NM that drops Pax grip would be a very easy solo, and he was certainly a very easy duo. Sabo -> Pop him -> Slow II -> Powder Boots -> pull south through the canyon. He may deagro at this point if you aren't careful. I had a second person to reclaim him so I never bothered being careful. Train your NQ mobs across the bridge (hug the left wall) and they'll deagro before you cross said bridge. Kite him around the downed tree and rocks near it. He can swing through the east end of tree if you walk too close and it isn't long enough to pin him that way, so it's less ideal than it looks. Doesn't matter, easy fight.

He doesn't have much HP, cycling through all our spells took him to about 50%. No enhanced movement speed that we ever noticed. Resists water magic and Paralyze, but isn't immune to either. His "gimmick" is obviously the breath moves, but they do shit damage as long as you aren't directly in the middle of them (distance doesn't matter so much, it's a breath, and he doesn't seem to turn). After 50%, when he successfully uses a breath move he'll get an aura that corresponds to the move. Landing Silence Gas will give him a silence aura. Dark Spore will give him a blind aura, etc. It still doesn't matter if he can't catch up to you. He hits pretty normally for Abyssea NMs, ~250 without any PDT and just Prot 5.

[gnat]

Low HP. Gekko > Kasha > Kaiten > Kaiten skillchain twice killed him. He has a move that's similar to Diabolos' Nightmare (AoE, DoT, being hit/dot'd won't wake you, only cures will). Advise to bring people capable of staying on top of sleep, since the ??? is right in the middle of an asston of Peapuks (and they all aggro/link). Hits reasonably hard, 200ish w/o Berserk and has an en-effect, presumably wind based. Stupid easy to zerg with a BRD, healer and 2 DD/WAR (just make sure the healer is out of range of the AoE).

Excellent thanks for the info, going to give it a go later tonight hopefully.

[Obsidian]

Is Iktomi soloable, and if so, any pointers?

[Kouu]

If you're interested in relative drop rates, 3/3 Sylvan Seals (First - 1; Second - 0; Third - 2) and 1/3 Syrinx without any TH. Didn't bother past that since we were just getting a taste of the most we could in the zone.

[Jex]

Don't know if its been posted but for Eane's question...

http://www.gwcdn.com/albums/images/4...18eb00077e.jpg


Pop area :

I - 8 Abyssea-Vunkerl

* Lies dormant at (I-8), aggro range is low while dormant
* Very large aggro range while active

Strategy:

Straight tank

Or

Kite/nuke

Weak too:

Thunder/Water spells

OR

Avatar blood pacts

* Does not cast spells
* Vulnerable to Water Resist Vs. Water and Lightning Resist Vs. Lightning based attacks, seems to resist all other elements
* Appears to be immune to enfeebles other than poison Verification Needed


Set up:

killed it with PLD/WARx2 (one with Burtgang both with Aegis) | WHM | RDM | THF | SMNX2

Honestly a good rdm/nin and a smn or blm could duo it if they pump out enough dmg.

we fought it in the east area passed the bridge at I-7 ( south of the bridge ) it was a safe area away from the Marid NM (Ayravata) that roams in I-8

* Seems to rage after 1 hour
* 4000 exp /1300 cruor on kill with 5 people
* Loses hate if sufficient distance can be gained.

* Area Attacks: Swing/stomp attacks hit everyone within 10' (approx. 3-4 times)
* Additional effect: Stun Stun
* Additional effect: Amnesia Amnesia
* May cause Knockback

* Arm Cannon: Targeted AoE fire damage Resist Vs. Fire; 19-20' range (approx 600-900+ dmg)
* Incinerator: Conical Fire damage Resist Vs. Fire

Notes (Not confirmed): Dmg with its feet/stomps seem to be alot weaker then with its sword... With a decent PDT set i was taking about 11-110 Dmg it was when it was swinging its sword or slamming it (Causing the Aoe) was it hitting a hard (175ish+ Dmg)

We have killed it about 22 times?

Repop of NM seems to be 1-2hrs (has only gone 2 hours before pop)

* Pluviale (???%)
* Cermet Chunk (???%)
* Mavi Tathlum (100%)
* Charis Feather (100%)
* Creed Baudrier (100%)
* Light Bead (???%)
* Dark Bead (???%)
* Ice Bead (???%)
* Fire Bead (???%)
* Damascene Cloth (???%)
* Orichalcum Ingot (???%)
* Platinum Silk (???%)
* Bloodwood Log (???%)
* Wootz Ore (???%)
* Khromated Leather (???%)
* Angel Skin (???%)
* Hydra Meat (???%)
* Wild Onion (???%)

you can kill it with lower number of members by kite strategy ....... if you decide to do this pull it to the open area west of conflux #00 ( open area and safe to kite there .... other areas have NMs )

[Massimo]

Thanks for posting a useless photoshopped picture of the 100% drops, making it sound like it's even remotely hard and copying the entire wiki page. You sir, are a hero.

[Gekii]

loool, thank you for making me start my day with a hearty laugh & a fine smile

[Pandorablue]

Triple Bats or Ladybug if you enjoy ATT down spam :3

I like how you say that like Wind Shear spam isn't annoying as hell with 18 people.

[AzazaelFenrir]

If only you had posted that before I went 1/1 on my Pluviale, maybe I could have done better!

[TehKerm]

I was with someone the other day in vunkerl and grabbed that giant when some rdm wiped soloing it, she told us it was going to rage in about 10 minutes but we kept trying anyway. Nukes dropped considerably during rage and we tried to reset hate on it to get it to unrage, but funny enough it didnt seem to change anything regardless of the fact we let it regen back to 100% before taking it again. Anyone else have this problem with him?