PSA: Failing a FATE for ATMA book requirement...

Just a quick post before I go to bed as a PSA...

I was down here on my WHM waiting for "In Spite of it All" in Central Shroud to pop. It pops. I'm the only one here. I shout for help. I attempt to solo it, but I run out of MP. No one comes.

I ended up failing at about 10%. No credit. I waited for 3 hours.

Really? I don't understand. How are we supposed to clear these obscure FATES if no one comes, and I can't even solo it?

...I don't even... *sigh* SE, why do this to us? I don't mind the grind, but some of these mechanics are just plain stupid.

/endrant

All I can suggest is either get some friends to tag along or use the party finder to recruit.

yup, had to get friends for four winds fate, has 4 nms, no way to solo as PLD

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Originally Posted by krazyrs

yup, had to get friends for four winds fate, has 4 nms, no way to solo as PLD

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No way to solo that on any job. But in my experience, it was the only one out of the 9 books that couldn't be soloed.

Bring a Gysahl Green with you when you know you need to do obscure boss FATEs. I've been able to solo all of them as a White Mage with a low'ish Chocobo DPS (Rank 4) with plenty of time to spare. Some HQ X-Ethers might help too. :p

But yes, I dread having to do The Four Winds when that time eventually comes. ._.

4 winds can be soloed on mnk or pld. The difficulty is the ones that stoneskin build up resistance. If you alternate silence and stun appropriatly they are easy. The real problem is when there is just enough people to build the resist up but not enough to break ss.

I'm having the same problem as a white mage. I tried a fate yesterday but couldn't do it, so fate failed. Then I did it today with a friend and it spawned quiet fast. And let's say that we did more damage (He was a bard) to the boss in 2 mins than I did in 14
It's unfair to white mages :(

Another fate was equally hard but luckily two people came who needed to do it too when it had 2 mins left and we managed to complete it.

Now I'm waiting for Everythings Better in east shroud alone. I have waited for an hour now and it hasn't spawned. And if it does I sure hope I can solo it

.....yeah >.> same problem , after 3h waiting ....we were like 5 waiting but guess ppl left to do dungeons/leves/enemies for the book, or logged off bored...


http://i.imgur.com/7dVEnlZ.png

T.T

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Originally Posted by Lollie

4 winds can be soloed on mnk or pld

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Nope, it cannot be solo'd full stop, you'll either die or run out of time, I could only manage to get the first of the 4 FATE bosses down to 90% health before he almost killed me, and that was with an ilvl93 DRG with Food buffs AND my Chocobo out.

Any other FATE boss I can manage Solo but definitely not The Four Winds.

Also keep in mind difficulty seems to scale with players present at previous kill + players currently in the FATE.

There was a FATE near Drybone that was so buffed it took ~20 players with relics to kill one trash mob (and it took like 20-30 seconds wtf).

But, but, FATEs are all faceroll easy non-challenging content.. /sarcasm

Sucks man, as others have said, best bet is to get some friends, and bring a choco. Good Luck

On another note, you have to get Gold rating for credit too. Silver and Bronze will not work.

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Originally Posted by Jekyll

No way to solo that on any job. But in my experience, it was the only one out of the 9 books that couldn't be soloed.

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I can confirm -- that FATE CANNOT be soloed. I have soloed many FATEs as SMN with great gear, but I was once at this FATE alone and barely finished off ONE of the four Ixali before time ran out. You definitely need friends for this one. I haven't had issues with any other FATE, really, because they are all easily managed with Titan-Egi and lots of damage.

The most frustrating thing about books, in my opinion, is the fact that if you die on the boss you need in a dungeon, you will not get credit. I was once in a "Lost City of Amdapor" group where the healer volunteered to do the doors. He forgot on the last one, and we were all blasted to low HP... the tank died, I sent him a raise, and then I got killed (2nd in hate list). I begged the healer to please raise me because I needed credit, but he didn't, and the melee used LB. =/ No credit, and I spent 45+ minutes teaching a new person the dungeon too. Extremely frustrating... but, like anything, doing books, whether inside a dungeon or outside, is always easier with friends. It's too bad most books don't 'align' though!

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Originally Posted by givemeraptors

Also keep in mind difficulty seems to scale with players present at previous kill + players currently in the FATE.

There was a FATE near Drybone that was so buffed it took ~20 players with relics to kill one trash mob (and it took like 20-30 seconds wtf).

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The goat fate? i think that one must be bugged or something :P