Surprise!!!!

I never tought i would rage playing ffxiv but it just happened. Nothing is more frustrating than fate camping but when you cant solo 1 being at I-Level 105 and being help by your chocobo then you just feel like breaking your keyboard. I cant manage to do fate ''surprise'' in camp bronze lake, i can protect the ppl im suppose to but i cant manage to attack them at the same time. i need this fate for my atma

Call for help friend.. That's all you have to do.

i dont think its normal at i lvl 105 to call for help, beside there is no time to call for help, kobold massacre the guys in few seconds of the fate start

Item level don't mean a thing when you're capped. Also if you wait at the spot of the fate you will see the group walk up the hill before it starts. That be a good time to call for help from FC or LS. Because that is exactly what I did and got the win ^^.

Atma can drop from any fate on the map, it doesnt have to be that specific one.

I believe he's referring to the books.^^

Oh that make sense then :)

well someone just accepted to camp it with me, awesome, i feel bad every minute im taking off from his time. This is not causal and not normal, thats my oppinion and i stick to it. btw yeah its for the book

You also want to bring a friend for Enmity of My Enemy. You will get through the first part solo, but not the second part unless you have a means of crowd control.

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Originally Posted by Shinigami

well someone just accepted to camp it with me, awesome, i feel bad every minute im taking off from his time. This is not causal and not normal, thats my oppinion and i stick to it. btw yeah its for the book

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The thing is, you aren't just taking their time. The atma isn't exactly a casual pursuit. It's for the more hardcore or dedicated among us who want to spend that time. If someone offers to help or accepts, don't feel bad, it's because they WANT to help someone, they are not obligated to do so ^_^. If I had heard a cry for help, I would have come to help, despite not having that part myself, I still am trying to collect atma in the first place.

Yep, my friends and I have camped this fate to help others many times, just have to find someone who either needs it as well or is willing to hang out, chat maybe craft while they wait. I got lucky once as well and there was already others waiting when I showed up
Not sure your server but if your evwr in Mateus look me up, always willing to help another defender of the realm.

I remember this fate very well as I camped for hours and failed twice (solo) until 2 others ppl came and then it became extremely easy.
Since most fates have been adjusted afterward, I think the DEV may take a look into this one as it may be too surprising... ^^;

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i dont think its normal at i lvl 105 to call for help, beside there is no time to call for help, kobold massacre the guys in few seconds of the fate start

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Why would it not be normal in a game that is pretty much team oriented in endgame? If you want to do everything by yourself, play a solo game.

Since I have both WHM and SCH on animus, I can relate. It was super easy as sch but as a whm you pretty much have to deal with them with choco.

I ended up regenning/ss 1 npc but focus most of my efforts healing the other with my bird on tank duty.

When the other add inevitably dies hopefully you are close to the 2nd wave of mobs. After that I would divide heals between choco and npc/self, and dot up enemies who had the most hp.

I do remember this one being a little tricky just because the NPC's do die fairly quickly, but I managed to solo it ok on my i95ish whm. Whenever you have these kind of fates and ur solo, all i do to keep them alive is throw an aero on every single mob when they appear so they are never left attacking an npc, Its much safer/easier to just heal through it and kill them slow w/ aero dots and choco while keeping urself healed than trying to take them out 1 at a time. Doing it this way i never had to heal the NPC's at all and could just focus on keeping myself alive and throwing out aero's when possible.

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Why would it not be normal in a game that is pretty much team oriented in endgame? If you want to do everything by yourself, play a solo game.

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This is a such simple task in a such simple quest, it would be a real surprise if you need to call for help on this fate. ^^;

That FATE was brutal. Not only was it hard to catch, an like OP says it's impossible to Solo. I was thankful when some people farming Atma in the zone came to help. Although I made sure to shout it out when the soldiers were walking up.

Now if I'm in a zone with one of those difficult Fates I make sure to help when I see a shout.

Confirmed impossible to solo. Needed help for sure. Even keeping the guards healed up, you get the aggro and die. It's just not viable solo. Needed help to clear it myself.

I didn't have any problem soloing it as a Black Mage. The problem is being there when it starts, because if it's not engaged immediately, it will generally fail within a minute. I remember I twice ported into Bronze Lake and saw that it had just started (like 14:40-14:50 on the clock), and by the time I Chocobo-ed over there it was over due to the Kobolds killing the NPCs.

Camp + make party for for that particular FATE. If possible/ need to, use party finder.