Kukulkan's Calcifying Mist + Petrify Screen

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Character Name: Alexsan

Race: Hume M

World: Sylph

Main Job: 90NIN

Support Job: 45WAR

Area and Coordinates: Abyssea Konschtat Highlands - H5

Party or Solo: Party

NPC Name: None

Monster Name: Kukulkan


A few of us in our shell went to take down the ol' Peiste Boss in Konschtat for a shell mate of ours and I decided to try out a petrification screen on him just for fun. Honestly I didn't know what to expect or if the screen would work against him.

Kukulkan fires the Calcifying Mist and I proceeded to use the Petrify Screen.

When the count down finished, I didn't get petrified while under the effect of the screen. I thought "Hey! It really works!"

However, the petrification count down icon continued to persist actively on my status icons. I assumed the status would simply disappear.

Another thing that happened while in this state was that all spell recast timers on my ninja went extremely high as if I was under a weak status when clearly I was not. I can't recall now if I was swinging slowly either... I was more shocked at seeing every ichi and ni spell I casted having 1min:40s to 2mins on recast despite being under the effect of haste.

The funny part about all of this was that I was immediately petrified after the screen wore off two minutes later. Petrification count down icon did turn into the actual petrify status at that point. I got stona'd afterwards and everything was back to normal.

Thought maybe this was a one time glitch. Got another petrify screen for another pop next day later and it happened again. So the problem can be reproduced!

Was this intentional?

Greetings Alexsan!

Thank you for your assistance with writing a report for us, it is appreciated! I will go ahead and submit this concern to be reviewed for you! Since there is no guarantee that an official response will be posted on this thread, I suggest keeping an eye on the www.Playonline.com website and http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/forums/76-Updates for any news on this matter.

Thank you again for your assistance and apologies for any inconvenience!

-=Game Master Emdub=-

Thank you again for this report. Alexsan.

To be able to provide a full report for investigation, I would like to ask one additional question:
Was Kukulkan using Grim Glower at the time you were petrified?

Once we have that answer, we will be able to submit a full report for investigation.

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Originally Posted by Enkrateia

Thank you again for this report. Alexsan.

To be able to provide a full report for investigation, I would like to ask one additional question:
Was Kukulkan using Grim Glower at the time you were petrified?

Once we have that answer, we will be able to submit a full report for investigation.

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On my first encounter that friday, the NM was not using Grim Glower at the time I got petrified. I only got petrified through Calcifying Mist. I try hard to keep my back against the NM so as to not get affected by its gaze attacks as my friends kept wacking away at him from behind. I simply shoot at least two weapon skills for some initial enmity and repeat this whenever the NMs glowing eyes fade away. On my second encounter, Kukulkan did follow up with Grim Glower a few moments after Calcifying Mist was used. But again, I kept my back to the NM so I didn't get petrified through his gaze. It's really weird how petrify screen interact with that countdown petrify move. I understand this NM was created months before status screens were available through Heroes Abyssea so I can understand how this could have been overlooked.

Thank you for that additional information, we'll make sure to add that to your report. I will go ahead and submit this concern to be reviewed for you! Since there is no guarantee that an official response will be posted on this thread, I suggest keeping an eye on the www.Playonline.com website and http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/forums/76-Updates for any news on this matter.

Thank you again for your assistance and apologies for any inconvenience!

-SQUARE ENIX MODERATOR