Astolfo a joke !

[Xilk]

Right, wipe egg off face time & profuse apologies to SE & you guys for wasting your time with my foolishness.
Thanks go to my partner who upon hearing about my Astolfo's decided to try them in my absence & even though I have Pet Mag Def axes/gear macro decided to swap my usual VV atma for Vicissitude. Like many I go straight to the 'reinfuse prev atma set', scroll down, select etc, a sharper eye might have noticed 1 V instead of the usual 2 VV but not me, there you go eh.
I'm especially peeved as you Xilk are what I consider to be the epitomy of a consummate bst, someone who's every word I have followed both in the Zam forums & here since I first started with ffxi & to be made to look stupid in front of you rankles somewhat !
I'm open to suggestions as to a suitable punishment for my partner . . .
I'd also like to say how much I like my Astolfo's now & have punished Fistule so severly with them since that I am now on the Bukhis Wing stage of my Farsha, I'm about to start collecting ki, I recall Xilk that in the zam forums you had attempted several solo's & while there is no update to the thread wondered if you had managed with the last update & new pets to beat Bukhis yet ?
Take care & apologies once agin fella's !
Jon

Wow, I'm flattered. Thank you. I just like playing bst and talking about it on forums. There are plenty of better bst than I out there.

I wouldn't worry about being embarrassed over the mishap w/ atma. Stuff happens. You found the solution. all good.


Ah... well, as far as Bukhis Kills go I've not been making a priority out of them. Bukhis can be solo'd by a bst... but the kill rate is really terrible and you need luck. More luck now needed since SE fixed the bug where Doom wouldn't kill pets.
Now it kills our pets. Bukhis really has 120k hp. He takes forever to grind down, and you get hit w/ alot of TP moves. It is actually more time efficient to farm the cruor and brew him 3x/brew if you can get 2x ppl to hold trigger sets. (if you have 3x ppl though, you can just kill him w/ other strats/jobs anyway)

You'll spend way too long kiting now, while CB is down.

However the 2nd part of the issue is this: Farsha is spectacularly unimpressive. Cloudsplitter LOOKS really, really cool. but that's all. the damage really is less than primal rend. The aftermath does not make up for the lack of damage. The next emphasis would be that its a good Ruinator Axe... and thats true. However, there is no way I'll be upgrading farsha passed level 90 unless there is a HUGE change in the price for upgrade items.

A level 90 farsha has the exact same damage and delay as a level 99 Astolfo. I've almost finished my fire path Astolfo. which has 1 point of STR more than level 90 Farsha. So there is a much easier to get axe which will outperform the only farsha I would get for ruinator.

I still might finish it to level 90, but I have other priorities. I really want an aymur. I'm not even going to work on a guttler (they are fantastic weapons and a bst can solo build a level 95 guttler within 2 months if dedicated). I'd rather concentrate my resources on getting aymur. its always been my favorite legendary weapon option. Using it on Test Server only solidified my decision.