ugh.. just ugh...

So now our problem is we don't have LB3 built by the first ghost. In fact, that was always our problem, and why we stopped using meteor on the first ghost in the first place, now that I think about it.

We tried everything we could think of:

Purposefully getting 5 comets
Starting the fight w/o stoneskin.
purposefully eating other peoples meteor streams in the first phase
Standing in the earthen heart fire
Having the whm spam sleep on Nael between heals
Not stoneskinning before megaflare
Standing a bit closer to the golem drop

It just isn't happening. I'd say, 30% of the time, we'd get to the first ghost and actually have 3LB.

Again, our set up is: WAR, WHM, SCH, BLM, MNK, DRG, BRD, BRD

Is there any other way to fill the LB bar faster? Do any of you push one ghost with 2LB?