Have you guys tried doing Dragonskin Map solo?

[Sapphic]

WAR + Any healer has enough DPS to nuke down any of the Maps as a 2-man team. We use our choco's to help us get the weekly 100 kills for our birds (Mine's rank 15, 10 attack/9 heal, friends is 9heal.)

The Vanu map in particular is rather violent, however. It's the only one that you're going to be not-sure if you'll clear in time, because for some reason they have REDICULOUS hp values and spawan in groups of 3-4 for 3 waves.

Take 3 people is my advice for your standard player. But if you got a partner you have faith in and a balanced comp (Don't try to do this with just DPS or healer + DPS, some of the mobs hit hard even on my tank) then you should have no problem duo'ing it.

Getting choco medica makes companion a worse healer in my opinion XD

[raela]

I've been duoing without chocobos using WAR/SCH. I feel like I could solo the mandragora map, but we got the Vinegaroons the other day and their AOEs were obnoxious.. as soon as one cast, the other started. >:|

[Firepower]

I stopped trying to do 8 man maps when I got a bunch to Duo with my friend over a long period of time (stopped and retried the maps again at higher item levels etc..) and 3/5 times we tried chimera popped.

[RachaelMarie22]

My sch and I (drg) always 2 man but I feel we would get wrecked alone

[Altijacek]

Such and war can kill anything

[Gamer3427]

I've never tried solo, but I did try once in a two man group, with me as a MCH and the other as a DRK. We got utterly destroyed. Of course, we were both fresh 60s and didn't even have Law gear at the time, so that might have something to do with it.....

[Adrasteia]

I've done plenty of Dragonskins with a WAR friend as a SCH, even without chocobos.

[Eidolon]

Getting choco medica makes companion a worse healer in my opinion XD

Oh, does it? Is it the cast time on Medica or is there some other reason it's so bad?

Can't imagine why having access to an AoE would be bad for the birds. XD But definitely interested to know the reason why.

[Ashkendor]

Oh, does it? Is it the cast time on Medica or is there some other reason it's so bad?

Can't imagine why having access to an AoE would be bad for the birds. XD But definitely interested to know the reason why.

For some reason, they tend to spam the crap out of Medica even if only one person needs healing.

The AI just needs some adjustment, I guess.

[raela]

Oh, does it? Is it the cast time on Medica or is there some other reason it's so bad?

Can't imagine why having access to an AoE would be bad for the birds. XD But definitely interested to know the reason why.

Mine is at rank 20, but only to 9 in each skill tree. The aoes have lower potency than single target skills, and they don't use them intelligently (as mentioned below). Avoiding tank/dps aoes also makes sure they don't pull non-aggro mobs.