From Mog to you: Darkhold full clear, 4 chests, 20 minutes remaining.

TY much for the info guys ^^ Spreading the word on Palamecia!

Proof for all the skeptics (sorry for not believing everyone ^.^)


Watch as I kite skeletons like a scrub:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TAVtjzDHG0
(still rendering)


** Will polish the strategy as we go along. Kiting the last set of skeletons away worked fairly well.
** Not the cleanest run ever, but hey, we got it.

Congratulations Dr. Mog and companions.

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Proof for all the skeptics (sorry for not believing everyone ^.^)


Watch as I kite skeletons like a scrub:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TAVtjzDHG0
(still rendering)


** Will polish the strategy as we go along. Kiting the last set of skeletons away worked fairly well.
** Not the cleanest run ever, but hey, we got it.

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You went clutch, bro. Do what you gotta do.

AHHHHHHH!!! 33 Mins and 23 sec after Batraal Kill, no 5th chest ; ; damn it!

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AHHHHHHH!!! 33 Mins and 23 sec after Batraal Kill, no 5th chest ; ; damn it!

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Keep Shaving!

just did it with 1.5 mins remaining.

Woot. Progress.

I am wondering if spawning all 5 chests is doable.

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Quick, get in your final guesses before Zeus reveals the answer!

An LS member just theorized using the terminal to halt the ahrimans, then lining up Batraal to hit them with his pew pew laser beam.

Has that been tried already? Other final guesses?

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i bet u need run thro a secret path with moon shoes on ur feet^_^
j/k

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Mog, sorry, but you zerged, thats not a full clear imo.
now make a video of you doing it with killing all the mobs on the way too

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Who else is glad the FFXIV fun-police isnt on their server? /

25 mins is a killer lol. I guess its something to do ^^

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we did it 42 seconds short (our 2nd attempt) with GLA. MRD shaves off plenty of BR time so I would suggest using it for the speed kill. Bowmanship cuts off a good 2~3 seconds on it I believe.

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Ya I believe MRD is the way to go. By the way did you play FFXI on Garuda?

Thumbs Up for Doctor Mog! Thanks for sharing. Now we've to work on our strategys and go back to training. ^_^

So do you guys BR or do you just full out Dps without it? From our experience BR works best what about you guys?

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Don't watch if you don't want tips, spoilers, hints, foul language and/or help with the new content.

This is an archer / conjurer run. Yes, I am aware.

I am a clicker, please don't hate :cool:

This is meant as a guide for other groups. Nothing more, nothing less.

Beginning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrkCbWmYNtw
Slave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgBzJgIkK8o
Drake and Skelly Rooms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6dRKvDvQPE
Batraal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDca4QPRVs
Kill and loot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjCbD7f_6U

Enjoy.

There are some fun surprises in there.

Edit: By 4 chests, I mean 4 from the last boss.

We collect all 6 on the way (for a total of 10)

Double Edit:

We have done this with mele on multiple runs, it works just fine. There is simply more involved.

Special thanks:
Pro Loco
Tiberia Veritas
Jezzery Ariah
Arainia Kincross
Circus Midget
Abella Arianne
Carl Linders

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You have such a manly voice for being a lady Mog!

eveyone;s work here is excellent but why go through so much trouble to beat him in 35mins?????? i mean its not ur fault its SE fault. Do i need drops from the dungeon? No, thanks. I got my banneret lance +2 and my gear +3, +2. Why bother going into so much trouble to get Unique-Untradable gear that sucks? 5th chest ?? No thank you. i made with one craft only an oak mac sword+2. I the bow and the sword of the dungeon close to the +3 crab/oak weapons? its fun and it has some romance on it to finish it to get all the chest. but after that there is no point. Im not saying i can do it yet but why waste so much time on it? So in conclusion.... PLEASE SE i beg you. make us able to HQ unique drops DAMN IT.

Because there's nothing else to do in this game TenshiGirisha. Without this challenge i don't see any point in logging in.

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but why go through so much trouble to beat him in 35mins??????I got my banneret lance +2 and my gear +3, +2. Why bother going into so much trouble to get Unique-Untradable gear that sucks?

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And i doubt everyone has +2/+3 weapons (gear). +3 are still rare and, if sold, still expensive. Also we noticed that different equip is better or worse for different situations. Some gear is more made for DMG and other gear is better for, let's say, tanking or blocking or evading and so on and so on. Our tank also has a +2 Vintage Kite Shield, which is more suited for tanking then the boss drop shield, but the Batraal shield is more suited if he wants to build up hate over DMG, for example. So now he has both shields and switches them, depending on the situation.

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eveyone;s work here is excellent but why go through so much trouble to beat him in 35mins?????? i mean its not ur fault its SE fault. Do i need drops from the dungeon? No, thanks. I got my banneret lance +2 and my gear +3, +2. Why bother going into so much trouble to get Unique-Untradable gear that sucks? 5th chest ?? No thank you. i made with one craft only an oak mac sword+2. I the bow and the sword of the dungeon close to the +3 crab/oak weapons? its fun and it has some romance on it to finish it to get all the chest. but after that there is no point. Im not saying i can do it yet but why waste so much time on it? So in conclusion.... PLEASE SE i beg you. make us able to HQ unique drops DAMN IT.

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1) It's fun.
2) With your logic why play the game? Gear in a virtual video game doesn't get you a wife, a mansion, a yacht, or laid... So why bother? Why not go buy designer made clothing, or even make your own, irl, since there is no point to having craftd HQ +2/+3 gear in a video game.
3) It's fun.

Doctor Mog, may I ask a little question?

- What is the exactly condition to get 5th chest? It is to beat it within 30 min? but can we skip all other chest to make up the time? or we need to pick them all first too?
- There are 3 blue light in the boss area, I know that the center will allow you to damage the boss, but what are the small right/left blue light for?

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Doctor Mog, may I ask a little question?

- What is the exactly condition to get 5th chest? It is to beat it within 30 min? but can we skip all other chest to make up the time? or we need to pick them all first too?
- There are 3 blue light in the boss area, I know that the center will allow you to damage the boss, but what are the small right/left blue light for?

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35min or greater left on the clock
small blue circle to the left is to freeze the eyes in place and the other is to remove Batraals frenzy mode.

And here I was begining to believe the 5th chest would end up like this: http://youtu.be/ODeq-W0cDHg

Woot got the 5th Chest! First on Bodhum!

Won with 2 sec left. Got the Sword.

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=217375

How bad is it to tank ogre with MRD during fiery-hands phase?

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Woot got the 5th Chest! First on Bodhum!

Won with 2 sec left. Got the Sword.

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=217375

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Grats guys ^^

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How bad is it to tank ogre with MRD during fiery-hands phase?

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it seemed easier with MRD for some reason, only difference is War Drum.

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it seemed easier with MRD for some reason, only difference is War Drum.

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and the shield skills (gisboon/deflec/etc)? don't they makes big difference?
should give MRD a try sometimes!

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and the shield skills (gisboon/deflec/etc)? don't they makes big difference?
should give MRD a try sometimes!

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useful at start, with normal hit, but eventually they start using a lot of TP moves so its useless.

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useful at start, with normal hit, but eventually they start using a lot of TP moves so its useless.

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Right, of course. Thanks alot for the tips! =)

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Grats guys ^^

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Thanks ^^/

FYI we made it too :3
http://s1.directupload.net/images/110802/s23dwude.png

We got the 5th chest with 2 seconds under 35 mins (34:58). I think the dungeon is slightly lagged. The message for "30 minute teleportation" is almost five seconds after the timer on the clock. Everyone in the dungeon had the same timer; it wasn't just me.

Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword BOW! Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword BOW! Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword Sword

Anyway,

Took us 5 runs but we got a bow ^^

Grats Abella.

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8...0802010519.jpg

Grats on the achievement of clearing this dungeon so quickly, I am really impressed that Yoshi would add such a condition to force you to optimize strategy and push the limits. You all get props from me.

So w/o sounding too nub are there any tips for handling betraal in the final stage? We get to the 30% mark, kill the 3 skelly spawns and betraal begins to rage, spamming back 2 back 2 back "blue cone attack" on tank for apx 1,200'ish dmg a pop. Between that and the ghosts it goes to hell somehow. Things we have tried so far is sending someone to the attack down circle (is this tied to the "blue cone attack"?). We do about 2 runs a day, and we have seen betraal about 6 times.

Party setup:
CON,THM,THM
GLA,LNC,MRD,ARC,PUG

The first 60% of betraal is cake right now, the last 40 is hell...

I would suggest letting your tank dodge those attack by moving back and forth through Batraal and to make life easier on your healers have your mrd and pug go archer if they can. Really hard to heal that fight if your having to keep healing the people you shouldnt have to heal. But yes your tank can dodge those attacks and not get beat up.

Thanks Mog!!

Got Verdant Bow last night after 4 straight swords! Woot ^^

In case anyone is curious or wants to exchange notes, our strat:

Party comp - GLA THM CON CON CON ARC ARC ARC

We had the GLA use Quickstride and everyone follow suit at the first Toxic Toad, then again directly after teleporting up to the second level, and once more after Ogre kill. For Ogre, we only used BRs to get it down to ~50%, then had mages DoT it and DPS burn it down as per usual.

In Skeleton room, obviously had circle assignments chosen before going in. Two healers in first circle, healer and tank in last, and DPS and last healer ran to the west corner to pop the two circles there while killing any Bogeys that might be in the way. Once Bogeys are down the tank just sacrifice-pulls all the Skeletons with all the healers there to keep him up. Skeletons usually down in <30 seconds.

For Batraal, we had the tank hold him just close enough to the shield circle that DPS could take one or two steps back to pop it when it comes up, and then go two steps forward and start attacking again. Archers pulled the Skeletons to a little alcove off to the east of the shield circle and AoE burned them down in the first two phases. In phase 3 our THM pulled them off of us and burned them down with nukes to free-up the archers to DPS down Batraal.

In the end it's EZPZ, just takes good leadership and a party that works together.

Perfect Insanity @ Rabanastre downed Batraal in 24:31.

http://www.gwcdn.com/albums/images/4...095f00700f.jpg

had a really good run earlier, finishing with 38:20-something on the clock... after like 7 botched runs in a row where luck was really just boning us hard :(

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had a really good run earlier, finishing with 38:20-something on the clock... after like 7 botched runs in a row where luck was really just boning us hard :(

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Seems the largest thing that affects time remaining is placement of the ghosts in the skeleton room. Can cost you up to 2+ minutes if they are really badly placed.

Yep... And let's be honest those introduction cutscenes is like an extra 30-40 seconds off the timer as well. I mean do we really need 2. Why didn't they just make one longer one :/