soloing pesiti map

I have tried a few times and got my ass handed to me on a silver platter. so has anyone had any luck with this if so please give the info on how you did it.
what job, gear, companion etc.. thanks

It's meant for a group and not solo. And frankly, you will get more profit by forming a full 8 people group and doing 8 maps. You get 1.6k gil (5k on some runs) per map no matter how many people is in the group.

I tried soloing a Peisteskin map like on the first week treasure hunting came out on WHM, I didn't die but I timed out.

Alpha Basilisk and a few of the 3-waves-of-mobs should be doable with DPS or healer Chocobo out. The others - probably not.

hmm that's interesting as whm i tried it with my af1 lvl 50 gear no luck so i assume you had some af2 and dl gear &i70 weapon or better. and lyrinn you say the alpha basilisk

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hmm that's interesting as whm i tried it with my af1 lvl 50 gear no luck so i assume you had some af2 and dl gear &i70 weapon or better. and lyrinn you say the alpha basilisk

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A friend and I did a couple peiste maps together. I was i73 WHM at the time, and he was i71 SMN. Together with pets and chocos out, plus another friend (lv41 BRD) adding a little more DPS, we barely managed to beat the Snurble boss with 5 seconds left on the clock (NM Stoneskin is bullsh*t). The second one we died to the Adamantoise. In both cases we were both derping pretty badly, but even so neither of us would've been able to pull off soloing either fight if we went in perfectly.

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hmm that's interesting as whm i tried it with my af1 lvl 50 gear no luck so i assume you had some af2 and dl gear &i70 weapon or better. and lyrinn you say the alpha basilisk

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Alpha Basilisk because it's the only one that doesn't spawn adds on top of the boss. All the other Alphas spawn two waves of adds.

I was able to Solo it once as a Summoner. I had to replace my accessories with Stamina melded ones to get Titan's HP to 9.6k, after that though, it's really not too awful. Just keep your DoTs on the main target. Bane is your best friend in case of multiple enemies. Kiting a little bit helps too, but you really need to be pumping out as much dps as you can. It can be done with a bit of luck and maybe a chocobo just for good measure.

its not impossible especially as WHM but time doesnt help

maybe SMN can do it with its DOTs & titan egi

Best we did so far was 3 people (tank, healer, dd) and 3 chocobbos. But it was a tough race lol and only healer survived and was able to kill the last enemy. But with a group of four people (tank, heal, 2x dd) all enemies were already defeated including Chimera. There is no mass AOE spamming but we use mass sleep from BLM to keep the fight survivable. No clue if it is even possible to solo them, I seriously doubt it. I for once would not want to try haha.

No, it's not possible to solo. You might not be dying, but you will ran out of time.

Like @TomTom1968, also had tried 3-man + out chocobos, ran out of time too. lol

Soloing a peisteskin map is impossible. Not because the mobs are hard but due to the time limit.
Even with a chocobo out.

Duo with chocobos is definitely doable. Used to do it with 3 man it all the time without chocobos. Haven't done it recently because it is just better gil to get a full 8 man party.

4 is the best bet. Although 3 is possible, the Adman Tortoise one and the Morbol mobs is kinda pushing it. Now that the mobs are hard, rather the debluffs.

for those mentioning low-manning these, a mate (sch) and myself (war) have managed to duo about 30 of these maps (using chocobos in attacker stance), the hardest one being the morbols due to their awkward positioning for bad breath hitting the chocos etc. When we first started as WHM + WAR we got the chimera and cleared it with 3 seconds remaining, with SCH + WAR we cleared it with just over a minute remaining. Gear seems to play a big part in it (though my WAR only had DL/CT gear and NQ Bravura).

As for solo, there are a couple which imo would definately be possible, firstly the alpha basilisk (because he is a complete joke), second the one that spawns 3 waves, first wave being 3 ghosts, then 5 ghosts (i think?), and then 3 more mobs. The other soloable one in my opinion is the dragon (has the same model as first boss in stone vigil), he always felt pretty weak, i think he spawns some gargoyles though, but can't remember. As for job, I think either SMN or SCH would have best chance for soloing them. WHM could possibly do it, but the MP cost on holy isn't efficient over that long of a fight when dealing with adds, whereas bane destroys them. Just make sure you have a good chocobo (rank 6+ in a specific tree helps), and attacker chocobo in my opinion is best for these fights due to the time limits.

Some are definitely possible to beat with just one character and a chocobo.

All are doable with 2 people although some require certain setups and/or strategies. The hardest one is the Chimera (he hits like a truck and there are two waves of adds that do quite a bit of damage and status effects). We do it as SCH and BRD with a DPS and a healer chocobo.

Our Chimera-strategy with BRD and SCH: DPS the Chimera till the first wave of 2 adds spawns. SCH heals if necessary, BRD dodges all of the Chimeras moves. As soon as the adds spawn the BRD will focus damage on one of them while the SCH kites the other one with DoTs and the damage Shadow Flare does initially. Place your fairy properly (!) so it doesn't get hurt by that big AoE circle the adds love to spam.
It's crucial that the fairy doesn't get enmity from the adds since you'll need Swiftcast for the second wave of adds later on and you can't afford to waste it on resummoning her.
After the first add dies the second add gets focused by the BRD. After that continue DPSing the chimera until the snakes spawn. immediately the SCH uses Swiftcast + Shadow Flare to get the adds attention. You don't want them to kill your fairy. Kite the adds in relatively large circles (don't forget about Sprint). You don't want to get paralyzed nor do you want to get heavily damaged. You won't have time to heal yourself until the Chimera dies. Keep your Aetherflow stacks to heal the BRD with Lustrate whenever necessary while kiting. The BRD uses all DPS CDs to finish the Chimera ASAP. After the Chimera dies finish off the snakes.
My SCH is only ilvl 71. It might be quite a bit easier with better gear. The chocobos aren't that good either (level 4 and 3), but they are still a huge help. It's always quite a struggle to beat this fight. Especially in regions with bothersome adds. The time limit is the biggest issue.
Morbol strategy works pretty similar to this. Third hardest fight is the tortoise battle with the slime adds (again: kiting as SCH with Shadow Flare, keeping your fairy from harm is the way to beat this fight), but compared to the other two it's not really difficult. All other Peisteskin battles are pretty easy to duo and some are even possible solo.

Why bother doing it with only two people or even solo? Well... some pretty nasty experiences with greedy people that don't bother to follow preset rules. It's better to do it with people you trust.

Been doing Peiste maps duo (WHM+BRD) with chocobos.
The only one that I'm uncertain is duoable (with my setup) with chocobo is the Chimera one, which can easily wipe out a trio depending on players...

Some seems to be soloable, but I'd rather not waste a map to try to get a mob that is soloable.

I can easily do the pieste maps in a 3 man composition healer tank dps with at least 2 minutes to spare on all the mobs even chimera. It probably is possible to do it as two given you have a good DPS tagged along with a good smn or a good healer who is doing also doing dps with summoner. The dps is really not hard, it's just mobs like chimera really need something to tank it.

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I can easily do the pieste maps in a 3 man composition healer tank dps with at least 2 minutes to spare on all the mobs even chimera. It probably is possible to do it as two given you have a good DPS tagged along with a good smn or a good healer who is doing also doing dps with summoner. The dps is really not hard, it's just mobs like chimera really need something to tank it.

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A well equiped DPS can tank Chimera too, just need an on the ball healer and avoid the breaths.

I soloed one as a blm. It was three eye flying things plus two cyclops. Everything was sleepable. Only had to fight one mob at a time. Full ilvl 90 helps. This is the map I've done and don't know it is representative of all of them.

I think there are one or two that could probably be solo'd with a chocobo out. A few can be duo'd, depending on the jobs/gear of the two. All that I have seen can be trio'd with relative ease. I regularly trio these with me (ilvl79 WAR), my WHM friend (ilvl81 I think), and my BLM friend (ilvl75ish). Nothing has given us trouble except the Chimera once, and only because I wasn't paying attention, so the adds ended up pummeling the BLM to death. So without derps, all maps are trio'd with ease. We also have our chocobos out in attacker stance, but I'm nearly positive that we could do without.

I have trio'd a pieste skin map, we all had our birds out as well. But my question is why do you even want to? These maps are designed to give out lots of items and a set amount of gil to each person. If you solo, duo or even trio it you are just tossing gil to the ground. Its a waste and it sickens me.

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I have trio'd a pieste skin map, we all had our birds out as well. But my question is why do you even want to? These maps are designed to give out lots of items and a set amount of gil to each person. If you solo, duo or even trio it you are just tossing gil to the ground. Its a waste and it sickens me.

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Maybe because people only want to do maps with people they trust, so that they don't get ninja'd out of loot from their map.

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Maybe because people only want to do maps with people they trust, so that they don't get ninja'd out of loot from their map.

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We usually state that each map, their own loot. Otherwise, I would be super mad if my blue bird got leeched by other players. ^^;

As for the non need/greed loot portion, we usually just let it drops to whoever. Not really a big deal anyways.

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We usually state that each map, their own loot. Otherwise, I would be super mad if my blue bird got leeched by other players. ^^;

As for the non need/greed loot portion, we usually just let it drops to whoever. Not really a big deal anyways.

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That's what I mean. You pick up a few randoms, and specify that need/greed loot goes to the map owner. Let's say a Bluebird drops, and one of the randoms decides that it's his right to have it, as he helped with the map, so he rolls, and takes your bird. Sure, maybe you can report him. Maybe he even gets a temp ban, but I bet that you don't get your Bluebird. That's why I don't run with 8 people.

lol

You still have to do like 20 runs for achievement alone. Plus, I already got my bird. XD
And full pt really gives you boost for your incoming. Last time I got 3 times of 5k gil worth. ^^

Or maybe you can just plan full pt with your FC only, or with LS that specialize in treasure hunting. :)

ive duo'd these maps on numerous occasions as a i87 sch with an i90 pld buddy, we barely took any dmg and completed them in about 3 mins

The biggest issue is the timer. It would be fairly easy to do on SMN if you didn't have to beat the clock. It would also depend on the mobs that popped. Sometimes they're ridiculously easy, other times incredibly difficult, even on the same map.

I've never tried it, to be honest. I've duoed one, with me on SMN and a PLD friend. But I've never even tried to solo one. It might be possible. I suppose like all things if you had great gear and really knew your job, and also got a bit lucky on the mobs that you had to fight, it could possibly be done. But I don't think it would be worth the trouble.

I soloed it once as WHM with DPS chocobo. However it was very close and extremely difficult. You're best off just getting a group together for it.

fc mate soloed the one with the waves of bogy adds on dragoon. unsure if he used his bird but guessing he did.

So yes it's possible but luck of the draw which mob set you get so not recommended.

*edit: fun anecdote! I popped a map once that i SWORE was boarskin, but to my horror it was not. Pieste all the way. Got the Snurble one (on my WHM) and ended up timing out. Got him down farther than I expected, and popped the first wave of adds, but still failed horribly. To a puffball. OH, my poor, shattered ego! :(

We tried a party of BRD, MNK, SMN, WHM, SCH for a peiste and got Chimera. Failed that one because we timed out. Next time we got Chimera we had a WAR, BRD, SMN, and SCH and managed it easily. On the Morbol one we were unable to finish it in time with a WAR, WHM, and SMN but I think that was my bad for not getting the adds down quickly enough.

Anyway, I'm sure there's some that are soloable under very specific conditions, but I personally think it's more fun to do them with friends.

I duo-ed several Peisteskin maps with two SMN's. It makes it very smooth with little chance of timing out.