AURUM HELL

u probably had people who didnt know about the mechanics. communicate and make sure every knows abt:

1. eating fruit
2. kill seedlings (vvvv low hp)
3. get the tank to pull him away from the seedling spawn point so he wont do bad breathe on everyone when the party os burning the seedlings.

to be absolutely honest i had some trouble at first but only because i was rubber banding as the healer.

Aurum Vale is pretty close to how a dungeon should be tuned IMO. It's not "hard", but it has mechanics that everyone needs to pay attention to, such as the fruit. Coincounter has abilities that aren't highlighted by a big red "dis bad mov plis" marker on the ground, making people watch the bosses movements and react accordingly. There are mobs that need to die quickly or else the fights can get a whole lot worse, such as the morbol pods.

All around it's a great dungeon, and I'm hoping that new ones they add in the future are similar in difficulty/mechanics.

Aurum Vale is indeed a frustrating place and in a lot of ways it can be more difficult than later dungeons.

A few important things to remember; while it is a place that really taxes your understanding of the game, it is also a gear check, if everyone isn't in mostly 45+ gear it will not be fun.

Also, the Morbol Fruit in the last phase germinate into much more difficult Seedlings than previously seen in the dungeon, also the Seedlings in this fight add stacks of burrs, so best to deal with them before they germinate, to that end a blm or a bard make this fight tremendously easier than not having one or the other.

Fruit management is as much a part of this fight as dealing damage, avoiding breath and killing adds. When you start getting stacks of burrs over 3 you will take significant damage when he uses it's corresponding ability, but it is very possible to run out of fruit and be stuck waiting for a new set to pop.

All of that being said, you don't need this dungeon to unlock amdapor keep, but you do need it to reach the GC rank cap. You can unlock Amdapor either from your GC or from Nedrick Ironheart in Vesper Bay after you have finished the main scenario.

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Originally Posted by Sandkat

No you dont. Level your GC, you'll get a quest for Darkhold. Once you do that, you'll unlock AK.

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Recent update change this, the final GC quest now send you to do AV instead of AK.
So now you need to clear AV to gain access to AK.

Check this out: http://sqex.to/m5H
And scroll down to "FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Hot Fixes (Oct. 15) notice"

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Originally Posted by Ferth

Aurum Vale is indeed a frustrating place and in a lot of ways it can be more difficult than later dungeons.

All of that being said, you don't need this dungeon to unlock amdapor keep, but you do need it to reach the GC rank cap. You can unlock Amdapor either from your GC or from Nedrick Ironheart in Vesper Bay after you have finished the main scenario.

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That's just it. I went to Nedrick, and it wouldn't let me unlock it. I have to do AV to gain access to said quest

Oh... My mistake. Sorry for the misinformation.

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Originally Posted by Shuon

u probably had people who didnt know about the mechanics. communicate and make sure every knows abt:

1. eating fruit
2. kill seedlings (vvvv low hp)
3. get the tank to pull him away from the seedling spawn point so he wont do bad breathe on everyone when the party os burning the seedlings.

to be absolutely honest i had some trouble at first but only because i was rubber banding as the healer.

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I prefer to have my tank sit on Mistress where she stands while Sowing that way DPS can stay targeted on Mistress and AoE from there. If you do it the other way with your DPS targeting a single Fruit you can end up with two DPS targeting the same one and someone can end up missing a very crucial cast or chance to use a WS due to their target dying mid cast/WS thus allowing 1 or more of the seedlings to spawn. Targeting the Fruit can also cause an AoE not to reach all of them.

Something else you can keep in mind for the seedlings is Holy. If your party has a whm just let them roll up and holy the seedlings. It helps a lot toward getting them down quickly when you don't have a limit break.

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Originally Posted by Nekomataempusin

http://www.ign.com/wikis/final-fanta...A_Relic_Reborn

This link shows otherwise. You have to complete AV once to unlock the quest to gain access to Amdapor Keep.

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I have done AK a million times and have not once ever entered Aurum Vale. However, it appears they changed it so it is required now.

I found AV to be properly impossible to complete as SMN. SMN just doesn't have the AoE/burst dps to kill the seedlings before they hatch. I would highly recommend bringing a black mage and bard for good AoE or make your white mage (you did bring a white mage instead of a scholar, right?) Cleric Stance+Holy the seedlings.

Which brings up another thing I've found about the game. There are a number of boss fights that feel downright impossible if your healer isn't doing dps as well. I had a ton of trouble with the final boss of Qarn, of AV, and the jelly boss in Wanderer's Palace until the healer (sometimes myself) decided to help dps through certain phases of adds.