I saw dead people.

I saw Odin for the first time....

And never have I seen so many dead people. What the heck is going on? Then I got nailed by a 1-hit kill from nowhere. What the heck happened?

And then I saw a big'O Fail.

What was all that about?

And why is Odin so small. I thought it would be at least as big as Chimera...?

And what do I do with a single Odin's mantle?

You have so many questions.

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Originally Posted by Foo01

I saw Odin for the first time....

And never have I seen so many dead people. What the heck is going on? Then I got nailed by a 1-hit kill from nowhere. What the heck happened?

And then I saw a big'O Fail.

What was all that about?

And why is Odin so small. I thought it would be at least as big as Chimera...?

And what do I do with a single Odin's mantle?

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Zantetsuken happened, it 1 shots everyone if you don't kill him fast enough around 20-30%

Odin takes the form of actual players, so at one point it can be a lala, at others a roe.

Nothing, you can't buy anything until 5 mantles

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Originally Posted by Anorex

You have so many questions.

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And one more:

Is every Odin encounter a major lag fest?

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Originally Posted by Foo01

And is every Odin encounter a major lag fest?

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Pretty much. But the lag is only truly bad on PS3.

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/up...e-new-here.jpg

If zantetsuken doesn't kill you the heavy lag + d/c will lol.

Do you ever see Odin in normal form?

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Originally Posted by NinjaTaru72

Do you ever see Odin in normal form?

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Theoretically, the first time Odin is encountered on a new server would be his default form. Not sure if anyone was able to screenshot him before the first fight though. After he is beaten once, his next return will be that of the character that killed him (last attack) and the name of said character will be below Odin's name.

Quick Google images search gave me this: an Unnamed Odin

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/QzVZjMWT2Ew/maxresdefault.jpg

So theres Odin's Default look.

On Balmung, Odin makes the zone red dot... don't dc but see everyone red dotting and laggy

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Originally Posted by ForteXX

Quick Google images search gave me this: an Unnamed Odin

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/QzVZjMWT2Ew/maxresdefault.jpg

So theres Odin's Default look.

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People already initiated contact so his helmet is equipped. Just before the first person encounters him he removes his helmet and you can see his face (which is the face of the last person that killed him). I'm curious to what his original face looked like.

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Originally Posted by Velox

People already initiated contact so his helmet is equipped. Just before the first person encounters him he removes his helmet and you can see his face (which is the face of the last person that killed him). I'm curious to what his original face looked like.

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Ah, never noticed that. There may not be any images since people on his first appearance likely just rushed in.

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Originally Posted by ForteXX

Ah, never noticed that. There may not be any images since people on his first appearance likely just rushed in.

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Here's a few examples from an old thread after the opening of 2.0 (no idea where it's buried at now).

http://i60.tinypic.com/m38eb.jpg
http://i61.tinypic.com/19rugz.png

As you can see his head and body changes according to the player who is tagged as getting the kill.

http://i57.tinypic.com/rvaeiv.jpg

Now this one is interesting because it's one of the earliest screenshots I've seen of Odin. The problem is that the player didn't get his name included so we have no idea if he was killed before. The age of the picture kinda points that he wasn't though, as at the time there were only maybe a handful of level 50 players, so this may just be Odin's natural form (old Elezen-like). Without the name tag we may never know though unless SE comes forward and says something.

I can't even touch him or behemoth. Normally my connection's great, but even trying to approach those fights kills the action. And then me shortly after.

The trick about Odin and Behemoth I have learned... is not going during prime time.

6pm-1am? Nope... ignore them thanks.

2am - 5pm ? Go go go go! *sirens wail* We have a confirmed sighting in North shroud! Chocobos away! / for an invite! For the love of god someone go as WHM!

Course, it depends on your servers peak times ^_^...

Also networking... Someone, somewhere in one of your LSs should say 'Odin's up' - If they don't then talk with them and make an agreement to do so. You give a little, you get a little ^_^

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Originally Posted by Foo01

I saw Odin for the first time....

And never have I seen so many dead people. What the heck is going on? Then I got nailed by a 1-hit kill from nowhere. What the heck happened?

And then I saw a big'O Fail.

What was all that about?

And why is Odin so small. I thought it would be at least as big as Chimera...?

And what do I do with a single Odin's mantle?

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First of all, congrats on your first Odin experience ^^

As far as what to do with Odin's Mantles. Save up 5 of them. When you get 5, you can trade them to Aelina for various things, such as: Slepnir Barding, the Zantetsuken (a GLD/PLD sword), and etc.

I hope this helps, and good luck in your next Odin battle!