Bismarck Mount

If anyone was wondering what he looks like:

http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/...psv25vymr0.png

http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/...psf90n0z3g.png

Gratz on the drop, but that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Looks like ur riding a parakeet.

Does it play the Bismarck phase two theme?

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Originally Posted by Alberel

Does it play the Bismarck phase two theme?

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Yes it does.

And I don't think it's ugly, I love it.

I want iiiiiiiiiiit!

17 runs, 1 drop :/

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Originally Posted by BorisDaBlade

Gratz on the drop, but that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Looks like ur riding a parakeet.

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Good thing personal taste is subjective ;)

I looove that bird. About to start EX mount farming for the first time.....ever.

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Originally Posted by Brownondorf

I want iiiiiiiiiiit!

17 runs, 1 drop :/

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you're lucky.

54 runs (20 bismarck, 24 ravana), no drops at all

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Originally Posted by Skivvy

Good thing personal taste is subjective.

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Oh I agree, lol. Glad you guys like it. :p

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Originally Posted by Kuwagami

you're lucky.

54 runs (20 bismarck, 24 ravana), no drops at all

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I've seen pretty decent drop rates.

11 Ravana, 2 drops
18 Bismarck, 3 drops

Of course, I rolled less than 20 on everything except my winning roll which was a 98 lol.

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Originally Posted by Darkstride

Yes it does.

And I don't think it's ugly, I love it.

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Dang, I want it just to get to travel to that music all the time.

I don't know, looks nice to me

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Originally Posted by Alberel

Dang, I want it just to get to travel to that music all the time.

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I actually would have preferred the Phase 1 music instead, it makes me feel like I'm playing Mega Man. But, I'll take what I can get lol.

Here is to hoping Seph EX drops one too....I love that 3rd phase music.

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Originally Posted by Darkstride

I've seen pretty decent drop rates.

11 Ravana, 2 drops
18 Bismarck, 3 drops

Of course, I rolled less than 20 on everything except my winning roll which was a 98 lol.

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There are some extremely lucky people and some others extremely unlucky. Everyone I've farmed with was at 50+ runs without a single drop, and we were farming like crazy (Ravana no adds no rose of hate, bismarck one rotation only)

I have never done Bismarck Ex ever before and might just pop into DF to try and get this mount. Would that make people in DF angry?

Yes? Oh, EXTREMELY angry, you say?

Okay, then.

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Originally Posted by Ayuhra

I have never done Bismarck Ex ever before and might just pop into DF to try and get this mount. Would that make people in DF angry?

Yes? Oh, EXTREMELY angry, you say?

Okay, then.

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He's really not that hard, especially now. He has a lot of various mechanics, but none of them are especially difficult to deal with. He has a very strict DPS check that used to be difficult, but with higher iLevels now, that DPS check is very easy to pass.

I really don't like the sparkly flashiness on some of the mounts. It looks like something pulled out of Wizard101 - and not a bad word about that game, but its visual style is, how shall I put it, very far from FFXIV's.

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Originally Posted by Leowilde

I really don't like the sparkly flashiness on some of the mounts. It looks like something pulled out of Wizard101 - and not a bad word about that game, but its visual style is, how shall I put it, very far from FFXIV's.

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On this mount, it isn't sparkles, it's bubbles lol. Bismarck is Wind and Water, so the mount reflects that. Ravana's mount has flecks of red ash that trail off of its wings. I think it's fitting for a primal mount.

The worst thing about Bismark mount is it takes much longer to farm than Ravana because no phases can be skipped (Ravanna's butterflies and other things are entirelly skipped/ignored resulting in a quick 3.5 minute runs, one of few fights where higher dps is actually rewarded). With good dps Bismark takes almost 6 minutes, with bad almost 8... Which is weird because it's lower ilevel fight.

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Originally Posted by SuperZay

The worst thing about Bismark mount is it takes much longer to farm than Ravana because no phases can be skipped (Ravanna's butterflies and other things are entirelly skipped/ignored resulting in a quick 3.5 minute runs, one of few fights where higher dps is actually rewarded). With good dps Bismark takes almost 6 minutes, with bad almost 8... Which is weird because it's lower ilevel fight.

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same happens in older primals , garuda, ramuh gets 1 shoted , but try to do that on ifrit or leviathan

sephirot and thordan drops a mount too , no1 has seen it? , mounts looks cool , i want bismarck mount for my water glamour once im in full torrent gear :P

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Originally Posted by Warlyx

same happens in older primals , garuda, ramuh gets 1 shoted , but try to do that on ifrit or leviathan

sephirot and thordan drops a mount too , no1 has seen it? , mounts looks cool , i want bismarck mount for my water glamour once im in full torrent gear :P

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Sephirot is super cool (with green leaves flowing around) but I have yet to see any thordan mount. Not easy/fast enough to farm with pugs imo

I love it's color. Almost same with shiva's pony color.

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Originally Posted by BorisDaBlade

Gratz on the drop, but that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Looks like ur riding a parakeet.

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They're pretty gorgeous in game, way better than the ponies.
the wings leave a particle trail that matches the primal they're from

Grats on the drop! I love this mount quite a bit. I was so happy to see the flight animation as it is quite smooth. I also love the fact that the different primal birds have the particle affects to match the primals they came from, similar to the ponies. ^^ That drop rate though......I got lucky and got the first drop I saw after around 27 runs, but I have heard people have run MANY more with no drop at all. I see more ravana birds as of now, but I think it is because, as stated above, you can't really push phases in biz ex. I want to see the Thordan one and Sephirot one so bad now. XD

Hey! That was you who I saw riding it in Idyllshire this evening LOL (OP). It looks really nice! I'll probably get it later on once the drop is easier to get. It is a well-designed mount.

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Originally Posted by BorisDaBlade

Gratz on the drop, but that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Looks like ur riding a parakeet.

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Yeah it is pretty ugly, i'll take 20