Adjustment to enemy levels, plz

[Kojo]

Your main job shows PUP 99 and you're having trouble soloing them? Here's another concept that seems foreign in FFXI, team up with other players to get something done not like it's a MMORPG or anything crazy like that.

I haven't actually tried soloing them on PUP, I figured if BST couldn't, PUP couldn't.

[Kristal]

I haven't actually tried soloing them on PUP, I figured if BST couldn't, PUP couldn't.

I've been able to punch through anything with PUP/DNC so far, provided they leave my pet alone. I didn't even understand why people were complaining about umbrils.
Except for those slugs in Rala Waterways.. hate those buggers with their Fuscious Ooze spam, but I only needed those for 'Research' on their stripga move anyway.. (Mummers' Coalition wants to raise pioneers' spirits by using slugs that strip peoples clothes off... I can see where that is going...)

Those reive bunnies with their massive aoe range are also a problem, especially when a PLD decides to take em all on (instead of letting the BLU sleepga them).

[Zagen]

Those reive bunnies with their massive aoe range are also a problem, especially when a PLD decides to take em all on (instead of letting the BLU sleepga them).

You don't expect the PLD to do something like try to deal damage or cure others do you? Okay but in all seriousness PLDs insisting on doing that crap is why I avoid any of the reives with bunnies.

[SNK]

I haven't actually tried soloing them on PUP, I figured if BST couldn't, PUP couldn't.

Little late to the party here but if you can't solo crap on BST then you're doing it wrong. Terribly.

[Caketime]

Little late to the party here but if you can't solo crap on BST then you're doing it wrong. Terribly.

Couldn't help but laugh at this, but to be honest, BST is in pretty rough shape at the moment as are all pet jobs. Pet -DT is much more important than ever, as is standing very still and doing nothing. I can let my pets melee for a few rounds and I pull hate away from them in a single attack round, could Snarl but then it would all come back on me after another attack round. My solution thus far has been to melee with the pet, transfer hate after WS while eating all damage and using Snarl after each heal/whenever possible, otherwise I'm sampling floor. -DT gear might become required if this trend continues, which kind of stings the inventory.

[Xantavia]

Couldn't help but laugh at this, but to be honest, BST is in pretty rough shape at the moment as are all pet jobs. Pet -DT is much more important than ever, as is standing very still and doing nothing. I can let my pets melee for a few rounds and I pull hate away from them in a single attack round, could Snarl but then it would all come back on me after another attack round. My solution thus far has been to melee with the pet, transfer hate after WS while eating all damage and using Snarl after each heal/whenever possible, otherwise I'm sampling floor. -DT gear might become required if this trend continues, which kind of stings the inventory.

So Charm doesn't work in these areas and you can no longer just throw pets at things, swapping out when your current one gets low on health?

[Kojo]

So Charm doesn't work in these areas and you can no longer just throw pets at things, swapping out when your current one gets low on health?

Charm works fine, it's the fact that any action pretty much turns the mob on you, and continues to do so, periodically till you or the mob dies.

[Caketime]

So Charm doesn't work in these areas and you can no longer just throw pets at things, swapping out when your current one gets low on health?

I did my experimenting with Falcorr, Nazuna and Gorefang. Unfortunately I sold my Charm set some time ago, so I did not experiment with charmed mobs, but the problem I noticed was not with my pet getting killed too quickly, the enmity generation seems to be set really low since the update. I wouldn't have said a word about it but the difference since the update is significant enough that I'm not even considering my BST for anything halfway serious in the new areas.

[SNK]

Couldn't help but laugh at this, but to be honest, BST is in pretty rough shape at the moment as are all pet jobs. Pet -DT is much more important than ever, as is standing very still and doing nothing. I can let my pets melee for a few rounds and I pull hate away from them in a single attack round, could Snarl but then it would all come back on me after another attack round. My solution thus far has been to melee with the pet, transfer hate after WS while eating all damage and using Snarl after each heal/whenever possible, otherwise I'm sampling floor. -DT gear might become required if this trend continues, which kind of stings the inventory.

In short, that's called doing it right. If you're a good enough BST then you can easily adapt to the changes.