Fighting Atomos~

Seems clusters have been adjusted to not be 100%

So from what I've found so far since the change:

Cluster is no longer 100% (As others have mentioned)
Crystals seem to drop in clumps of 5 or 7 now instead of 3 or 5 (Has anyone gotten 3 since change nobody I've spoken to has yet but thats not many so could be wrong)
Atomos seems Stronger and Has more HP
Cluster hand in is still 3k (I had one from before maint just so I could instantly check if/on the nerf)
Crystals still 1k

Some people been saying Clusters are only a first time kill/when you receive the achievement can anyone de-confirm this?

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Originally Posted by NarikoStar

Some people been saying Clusters are only a first time kill/when you receive the achievement can anyone de-confirm this?

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Unfortunately, that seems to be the case.

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Originally Posted by NarikoStar

Some people been saying Clusters are only a first time kill/when you receive the achievement can anyone de-confirm this?

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I just took my alt to finish this achievement and I was unable to get any additional clusters from two Atomos fights after my first one. Still unsure if it confirms it or not, but only been able to get buffs =)

Is it still worth it?

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Originally Posted by Searious

Is it still worth it?

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wont know until a few hours from now but it doesn't seem like it too me. its almost like doing caravan now but with better anima gain lol

I'd say it is still worth it, since you can do other things in the 2ish-18 window (hint: leves while quickened are fun).

The reward for doing this hard fight was great, now its meh. Sorry but I dont think you will have enough people to actually beat him by this time next week, people will have no reason to fight him and the event will be pointless.

Only reason I say this is because it takes a lot of people to beat him with adds and taking his HP down quick enough to get the kill, without a substantial reward now he will just be an annoyance at camps.

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Originally Posted by NarikoStar

Some people been saying Clusters are only a first time kill/when you receive the achievement can anyone de-confirm this?

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Sadly Here it is :( Only on first kill now

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Originally Posted by Angelas

Only reason I say this is because it takes a lot of people to beat him with adds and taking his HP down quick enough to get the kill, without a substantial reward now he will just be an annoyance at camps.

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thats what i'm thinking. The hype around killing him is just going to plummet and just make him more annoying at the camps now.

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Originally Posted by Hitoku

thats what i'm thinking. The hype around killing him is just going to plummet and just make him more annoying at the camps now.

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Its a short term solution to the problem if you ask me. The way they should have done it would be to change the GC items so you cannot sell them for gil, but that would require a lot of work. This may have put a wrench in their gears for the big finale as now something that would have been fun for a while has lost its luster in less than 48 hours.

Anything new about the "Blue Camps"?
Are there still adds (haven't seen any so far) or is there any good fast way to clear {Monster of Maw Most Massive}?

seriously? if you gave up before, i'm pretty sure going back is a good idea, in the last "round" (from 18:00 until last kill after 00:00) i managed to get whooping 55 crystals, it's almost 14k seals, when before if i was really luck i would get 8k a round. but maybe i was just really lucky this time.

btw, you can spam the voidstones until they disappear, that might be about 4~5 chances per pop.

also, this is just a theory, but i want to confirm: i think atomos now spams in every orange camp simultaneously, and depops after some time (maybe 03:30 in game time) so you can get as many kills as the time/lag allows during that. but since you need the man power to kill him, it's a good idea that everyone agrees in some order, currently at gungnir it's glory > bluefog > brittlebark > ? (some people going everlakes, some going revenant's, it seems)

Sorry, but would someone mind providing the "ideal" route for farming? I start at Glory, Atomos pops at 18:00 and 0:00. After kill, I tele to Bluefog and run after Atomos, then do the same thing at Brittlebark; which zones do you do after that? Ever Lakes after Brittle? Also it seems he sometimes just doesn't spawn in the following zones?

Lastly any tricks for reducing tele lag? I've tried running a good distance away from the camp, but it doesn't seem to matter.

I just got claim on the pop on Atomos at Bluefog thanks to a badly-timed bald joke-- I mean, Blizzara.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...tomosClaim.jpg

Logging out/relogging to see if there's an NM history achievement.

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Originally Posted by Recife

seriously? if you gave up before, i'm pretty sure going back is a good idea, in the last "round" (from 18:00 until last kill after 00:00) i managed to get whooping 55 crystals, it's almost 14k seals, when before if i was really luck i would get 8k a round. but maybe i was just really lucky this time.

btw, you can spam the voidstones until they disappear, that might be about 4~5 chances per pop.

also, this is just a theory, but i want to confirm: i think atomos now spams in every orange camp simultaneously, and depops after some time (maybe 03:30 in game time) so you can get as many kills as the time/lag allows during that. but since you need the man power to kill him, it's a good idea that everyone agrees in some order, currently at gungnir it's glory > bluefog > brittlebark > ? (some people going everlakes, some going revenant's, it seems)

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That's how it's always worked. 18:00 - 21:00 and 0:00 - 3:00. On Balmung the Bluefog camp is simultaneously killing it as fast as the Glory camp so we've been forced to move elsewhere for a second camp.

Also, only 8k? I was getting 12k minimum before. Now it's more or less of a gamble.

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Originally Posted by Blaize

Sadly Here it is :( Only on first kill now

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Well that sucks. Least I was able to farm a lot if seals on my other character. I'll have to see how it goes today.

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Originally Posted by Goufunaki

Well that sucks. Least I was able to farm a lot if seals on my other character. I'll have to see how it goes today.

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Gl, if its like my server people still do it but it's dying quickly.

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Originally Posted by Angelas

The reward for doing this hard fight was great, now its meh. Sorry but I dont think you will have enough people to actually beat him by this time next week, people will have no reason to fight him and the event will be pointless.

Only reason I say this is because it takes a lot of people to beat him with adds and taking his HP down quick enough to get the kill, without a substantial reward now he will just be an annoyance at camps.

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Hard fight? The two times I encountered him he got whooped in like 30 seconds lol. Though I think someone said he is tougher now, not sure how much... but before there was so many people on him he died very very fast

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Originally Posted by Jacien

I just got claim on the pop on Atomos at Bluefog thanks to a badly-timed bald joke-- I mean, Blizzara.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...tomosClaim.jpg

Logging out/relogging to see if there's an NM history achievement.

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And nope, there isn't.

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Originally Posted by Recife

seriously? if you gave up before, i'm pretty sure going back is a good idea, in the last "round" (from 18:00 until last kill after 00:00) i managed to get whooping 55 crystals, it's almost 14k seals, when before if i was really luck i would get 8k a round. but maybe i was just really lucky this time.

btw, you can spam the voidstones until they disappear, that might be about 4~5 chances per pop.

also, this is just a theory, but i want to confirm: i think atomos now spams in every orange camp simultaneously, and depops after some time (maybe 03:30 in game time) so you can get as many kills as the time/lag allows during that. but since you need the man power to kill him, it's a good idea that everyone agrees in some order, currently at gungnir it's glory > bluefog > brittlebark > ? (some people going everlakes, some going revenant's, it seems)

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This is great news to hear. Hopefully this is not based on extreme luck. Anyone else with similar crystal reward results?

ARGH 4 times in a row (4 checks each) i get nothing.... dont know if i just have terrible luck or if im doing something wrong.

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Originally Posted by BiggLethal

This is great news to hear. Hopefully this is not based on extreme luck. Anyone else with similar crystal reward results?

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I've had a run or two like that, and then i've also had crap ones. It's still better than Caravans.

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Originally Posted by Anakhu

Hard fight? The two times I encountered him he got whooped in like 30 seconds lol. Though I think someone said he is tougher now, not sure how much... but before there was so many people on him he died very very fast

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He got beat so quickly because there were vast amounts of people out there, try doing it in a standard party and see how that works out for you.

Blood Drops are worth slightly more than dawn drops, seal for seal.