SE really?! really 99 cap boss this hard?!?!

[Reiterpallasch]

Dunno why everyone is crazy about having MNKs to hundred fists with. Most people should know by now that it actually gimps your damage if you're doing it right :/

That's what I want, that chance to attempt the level cap that everyone wants to do. Just getting a little frustrated that I can't get a crack at it where I've only got a couple of jobs levelled so far (THF and RNG 95, play time is still less than a fortnight). Seems wrong to need such a specific set-up to complete a quest that everyone essentially has to do to progress further!

Any particular reason you don't just go THF? Fast attacking 1handers are great. Can't find anyone going with that setup? Make your own.

[Alhanelem]

I'm going to call bull on this. Even if you had only Perle, there is no possible way you would have been one shotted the moment the fight started.

Actually, this happened to the MNK in my first attempt. He went down almost instantly (after rushing in before we were all prepared) to a WS plus a melee hit or two. Whats-hisname can pretty much weaponskill at will. He has regain and will most likely have TP when you engage.

[Doombringer]

just repeated this fight for a ls member, we went with 5 characters (including 1 mule) and won. no rarab tails. 5 characters. granted a few of us were 99. but... 5....





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[Concerned4FFxi]

I never said the damage limit from the tail was a bad idea, i said making him run away was dumb.

[Khajit]

I never said the damage limit from the tail was a bad idea, i said making him run away was dumb.

To get around that have a rdm(maybe two if your group is into that) use chainspell stun. Or a blu spam stun spells. possible both with the rdm chainstun saved for the end.

[Logandor]

I actually solo'd the items with almost no problems. The fang and stones drop like rice pattys in D.Wardi off of monkeys in the far north of the map. I fought two monkeys and one crab and those dropped no problem. Then I saddled up and ran out to R. Pass entering from the glacier end. I grabbed page 6 from the book, reraise and regain and went to town on the bats and then the eye mobs. Got the bone third monster into my page and was all done. Granted that was better luck then what I had the previous farms because there is almost no one farming items any more.
As for the actual fight I did do different set-ups most were shout parties. They did not want a thf so I went as a whm 91. I did all the buffs and even stone skin cures. Problem I noticed out of all three times was hate control because as much cures as I was giving to our main man in two of the three attempts could not keep hate & the taru came full board on me. Now I was not spamming cures because he was a pld; he could throw some on him self to regain hate or what ever it is plds do for hate control. (I don't know I am not a pld player.)
Now I am still looking for a party to get this fight done and over with and even working on my pup while searching. I am not bitching or crying because the fight is hard. Crap I wanted a challenge. XD I like it the way it is but I just wished that people would be more open to the fact that even throw together parties that don't want to listen to people with plans is going to end in disaster.
Yes I did read to look over the old CoP fights, yes I did read over where others are having troubles as well, and heck yes I read over people who had won for the ones struggling to shut up and grow some. I well understand that but here is something else for those people to think of. What about the people who don't have a linkshell any more due to people who tried this fight and quit because they didn't like the fight? They are kinda in a bit of a fix sense their friends that did stay and did win the fight and won't help them out. What about returning players who came back after hearing the game got a challenge for the last level cap but their linkshells are long gone and friends long sense moved to 14?
Now this ain't to be rude or to even be taken that way but how many on here said they would be willing to turn around and help other people out on their server and not actually do it now because they thought it was a total waste or time or too difficult to turn around to help others? I am just curious about this...

[Neisan_Quetz]

Er what, Hundred fists sets you to the delay cap.

Although I guess not benefitting from outside haste is a detriment if you don't realize that.

In our case, we just SV'd minueted the mnks and the sole dualwielder (me) got marches.

[RAIST]

think he's talking about the DoT factor I guess....punching away at base delay versus gearing for TP gain and spamming weaponskills.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Well yea, you'd actually need to make a new set for HF being up, but I doubt I've seen many mnks actually do that.

EDIT: I actually went back to confirm, and it seems HF does set you to the delay cap, the old figure of ~75% haste or w/e was because martial arts wasn't being factored (it's straight delay reduction). Mnk didn't seem to get another tier post 82, so it doesn't seem to completely hurt them without Dnc in pt at minimum (potentially SV too actually) if they aren't using anymore MA gear. There is some fractional difference between the 2 going by cream/failure's testing.

[Reiterpallasch]

Well yea, you'd actually need to make a new set for HF being up, but I doubt I've seen many mnks actually do that.

EDIT: I actually went back to confirm, and it seems HF does set you to the delay cap, the old figure of ~75% haste or w/e was because martial arts wasn't being factored (it's straight delay reduction). Mnk didn't seem to get another tier post 82, so it doesn't seem to completely hurt them without Dnc in pt at minimum (potentially SV too actually) if they aren't using anymore MA gear. There is some fractional difference between the 2 going by cream/failure's testing.

Good to know. I had always heard that it set you to 74% or some such and that if you could break that with buffs, you were better off not using your 2hr at all.