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I've been working on this for a few hours now. Lvl5 51 BLM. This is my UI so you can see what I'm working with. I cast sleep and it's resisted. I take out the healers first and the archers next focusing on the mechs after that, but to no avail. Any tips would be blessedly welcome.
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Do you have the latest gear set?
Yes and no. I have eqquiped what gives me the higher *lvl. If I equip the recommended to raise stats, my item level goes down by 5 points.
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I would go with the HQ Rainbow set including jewelry. That will help your damage output a lot which will make kills faster. Other than that you seem to be killing in the right order.
Unfortunately, buying any gear right now is out of the question. I'm broke. I have a total of 70kG and I need that just to TP between places.
Healers > Mechs > guy linked to the colossus > colossus. In the final wave, listen to the instructions and take enemies to the ground marker, which will... paralyze them or something like that.
Stay close to your healer(s), and keep them alive.
Wait... where's Fire 1 on your hotbar? I don't see it. If you're not using Fire 1, you're going to have to learn how to BLM.
I was told to take fire 1 off. They said Fire 1 and lightnings were bulls**t so I've taken them all off
Go to marketboard in a city and buy some max potions. That will give you enough time to survive the rest of the fight. Otherwise you need better gear or a new battle strategy. You need to use fire though
Fire 1 is your primary spell until level 60. Even then it's still useful, but isn't your primary spell anymore.
You use Fire 1 because it has a faster cast time, lower MP cost, and most importantly, it triggers Firestarter, which allows you to cast instant cast and MP free Fire III. Fire III should only be used during Firestarter or to switch to Astral Fire III.
Pots I have. Plenty of. Thanks for the input
It's been a freaking week and I still can't pass it.
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Did you figure out the Fire1 thing? That was the best advice all thread; you're basically playing in hard mode if you're relying on hardcasting Fire3 for the bulk of your damage.
No, I did. And it's still hasn't helped. I'm going about this all the wrong way, obviously. I'm just not doing well enough. Maybe I need to lvl up something else to take into the fight?
Hm, I think I did it as BLM back in the day and levels/gear weren't what they are now (you are wearing better gear than I had for sure). The recent spell rebalance might not be helping. You mentioned that they told you to remove Lightning (Thunder) too; I always find this quite handy in this kind of fight as you can spread it around a bit while you're in your ice phase and Thundercloud will start appearing often enough that you get lots of free instant damage on top of your usual fire magic.
I'm going to revamp my rotation completely. I'm totally a noob when it comes to BLM and rotation and the lot, so I made another post asking for help in that area too. Maybe that'll help.
Just to make sure, you're ignoring Eline, right? She's invincible. Just ignore her.
Good luck. Hope you get your rotation worked out.
I don't mess with her, she's supposed to be taken alive. I take out the medicus first, then the Centurion (magitek), the next wave pops before I am able to finish killing the Centurion, but it's almost dead so I'm able to finish it off, and then I kill the Claws, and then the Aquilifer who heals the Colossus, and then the guides say to kill the Colossus, but by now only one of my NPCs is left alive and he is almost dead and I fail the duty since he dies...
It took me 4 or 5 tries to do it on SMN. Same issue - NPC kept dying and sadly my egi was useless.
The solution was from the echoes I think. Keep doing it and eventually you get enough power to win.
Try to get agro on all the things and kite (tough on BLM) as much as you can. When Yuguri comes in there are puddles on the ground you are supposed to kite stuff through or something.
Good luck though.
The job is done.
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