First, let me say that I hate bozja with the sort of burning passion normally reserved for only the most heinous of crimes. If the place could be razed to the ground I would open a champaign bottle on the crater.
Second, I've previously managed to clear this cursed place on 5 people, just allocating 2 Tanks on bottom and 2DPS on top with a Healer, we did perfectly fine, managed to protect the Tunnel Armor marginally well but the boss died before it became an issue.
And I have failed on 3 people before while trying to solo bot and leaving the other 2 top, we failed because there wasn't enough bodies to soak the Tunnel Armor. So I've come to the conclusion that 5 people would be sort of like the bottom cap and it just becomes insultingly impossible under that.
But now I've FAILED with 8 people, because we organized 3 down bot, 2 Tanks and a Healer, while everyone else went top. We failed to kill the Helldiver before the Tunnel Armor got destroyed. Then we were doing fine going an even 4-4 split and we ran out of time.
What's my point? I've got no point. I mean, maybe "I hate Bozja" is a point? Sure, let's go with that. I hate this cursed place and I would happily drop another meteor on it. Twice.
Managed to clear Castrum on 5 people, but not on 8.
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08-31-2021, 01:33 PMReiganCrossManaged to clear Castrum on 5 people, but not on 8.
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08-31-2021, 02:18 PMReiganCross
And... Right after I typed that, I think the server caught on fire? We got a LOT of people disconnecting from Castrum, me included.
Is... Is my hatred that powerful? What powers have I wrought? -
08-31-2021, 03:04 PMICountFrom0
How do you do lyon on less than 9?
If he doesn't have a full 8 up there, he grabs more, right?
And if birb is left alone, it's a wipe, right? -
08-31-2021, 04:26 PMReiganCrossNo, the birb can be left alone just fine and Lyons can be wiped out almost before Taste of Blood with strong enough Echo.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICountFrom0
The problem won't be Lyons or the Prisoners, it's the first pair of bosses. -
08-31-2021, 04:33 PMAuridaIf you drastically low man the boss, then he'll take everyone except one person who has to stay bottom and tank Dawon plus all of the adds until top finishes. Anyone with Beast/Bloodsucker can do it trivially at such low numbers thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by ICountFrom0
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08-31-2021, 04:59 PMReiganCross
And finally I get yet ANOTHER Castrum with only 2 people, we got in as 2 DPS and we couldn't kill the bosses before the Tunnel Armor just died out. That's my 3rd Castrum lost in a row, for 3 completely different reasons.
Did I mention I absolutely want to burn this place and everyone in it to the ground yet? At first I loved this, and the feeling of being in a Warzone and all, at first I was all roses having banter with Lyons and having fun with our Gerolt... But now?... Now I just want to die. -
08-31-2021, 05:15 PMReiganCross
And last try, I get literally a LONE castrum... All by myself... I just wanted the clear before the week reset...
4 failed Castrums in a row.
I hate Bozja so fucking much... -
09-02-2021, 01:27 PMYuella
Do you prefer Eureka?
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09-03-2021, 04:38 PMRokkuEkkusuWait, are you using Castrum as a way to get weekly tomes or something? There are stuff like hunts, daily roulettes, level 80 dungeons, Critical Engagements. People barely run Castrum unless they need a clear for their weekly quest, more experience/mettle, and/or Deep Essences.Quote:
Originally Posted by ReiganCross
And there are several other ways to get your relic steps aside from Castrum L.L. in Bozja and outside of Bozja.
Sound like you are either going for the Castrum achievement or you are farming for Deep Essences for Duels/future Bozja runs. You are seeming burning yourself out to the seventh hell for trivial reasons. -
09-04-2021, 03:05 PMReiganCross2 words: Lyon's Notes.Quote:
Originally Posted by RokkuEkkusu
Alternatively: Field Note 17.
I have every single other note in the Field Guide. Even managed Lyons 44 and 45 from Dal runs in under 30 runs. But Lyons on Bozja? I CANNOT get through Choctober without getting a Vuln stack on me. Which means that my only recourse left is clearing CLL... Time and again... Without end... Until I FINALLY can get my hands on that Hoverbike. Because if I don't do that now, I'll need something like a Bozja Discord or some other sort of nuisance just to get it. -
09-07-2021, 10:03 AMReiganCross
Roughly 52 runs so far, managed to get the goddamn tittle which I now truly believe to be just a sign of cursed people.
No notes, just pain. This place is hell. -
09-07-2021, 12:24 PMICountFrom0
I reached 48 of 50 working on my relic weapons. I did #49 just out of SPITE... with the weekly quest... I probably will keep doing it.
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09-07-2021, 12:25 PMDoru_Nintendan
You do realize you can just use Lost Reflect to avoid almost all damage on that, and even negate almost all the Vulns as well? You will have to avoid the chocobo dashes, but you should be able to cheese the CE fairly easy. Unless they patched that to be like the Zadnor CEs, where you still get the vuln stack even if you take no damage.
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09-07-2021, 01:53 PMReiganCrossThey did! If you Reflect and take no damage, you still eat the Vuln stack! Only Tank Invulns work for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doru_Nintendan
So I get to do more Castrums!... Yay!... Kill me now! -
09-09-2021, 03:06 AMReiganCross
Final update. I finally resorted to just hope against hope to train against the Choctober CE with minimal success because you only get one chance every, what, 3 hours? I attempted all of once between 3 Castrums.
But in the end, 60 Castrums in...The note drops, I am free from this torture. I can now just ENJOY this fight instead.
My initial issue anyways was that I managed this place with 5 people with 2 tanks on bot and a DPS/Healer/Tank on top. The Echo get so high at those levels that you can't really fail unless you eat a LOT of mechs in the face. But for some reason, going 8-people and spreading them around, with most of the DPS going to top to destroy those Magitek Cores, we can't protect the Tunnel Armor before the Helldiver kills it.
Maybe the Tunnel Armor needs Echo on him? Because it's a joke protecting the armor on a lot of people, he only dies when the number goes down. Maybe straight up reducing the Tunnel Armor base health and then adjusting him to Echo might work better for a scaling clear?