Moogle First Hunt for Astronomy

[VeyaAkemi]

Oh, and Sophia, if you don't time it right, can do the first scales mechanic. That one can kill you if you're not paying attention.

The scales flipping back and forth count as KB, so you can Arm's Length/Surecast it and be fine if you aren't well-positioned or don't want to care, you can also cancel the forced movement with a movement skill like En Avant, Shukuchi... anything that isn't targeted, really.

Either way, even with the added time, it is still much faster to farm them from their respective EX than to farm enough mog tomes for even one, much less multiple of the mounts.

[Aidorouge]

Welp, already lost 6 horns in my first week.

The Ultimog is some "???" lvl 90 challenge that I think might be for a V&C Dungeon from the icon, and my Minimog challenges involve either doing Bozja or Big Fishing, which are things I don't do because they're "not for me".

Better luck next week I guess.

[Daralii]

Welp, already lost 6 horns in my first week.

The Ultimog is some "???" lvl 90 challenge that I think might be for a V&C Dungeon from the icon, and my Minimog challenges involve either doing Bozja or Big Fishing, which are things I don't do because they're "not for me".

Better luck next week I guess.

It's 6 Aloalo runs. EW's normal variants are pretty easy solos, especially on a tank, just tedious.

[Visthra]

The big fishing objective is very easy. You have to catch Caterwauler, which is right outside Limsa Lominsa in Lower La Noscea. It can be caught at any fishing level and in any weather with the moth pupa bait.

[Astronis]

which are things I don't do because they're "not for me".

It's honestly not possible for this game to be any more casual than this particular fishing objective. Even Triple Triad games require more effort. The Ultimog is a slog solo and probably outside some players capabilities, fair on that, though a group should have no issues with it.

[SquidzureDragoon]

My one gripe with how the mogtome events are done now (with the mogpendium and the challenges), is that sprouts don't have a lot of options and can't do the challenges. This is especially noticeable right now with the addition of needing 10 tokens for the mount. The current big challenge is doing Aloalo six times. Okay so they can't do the one, they can do minimog!

Minimog typically ends up shb related, and currently is centered around bozja according to the wiki. It would just be nice if they could add more options for sprouts so they could be included.

[hydralus]

My one gripe with how the mogtome events are done now (with the mogpendium and the challenges), is that sprouts don't have a lot of options and can't do the challenges. This is especially noticeable right now with the addition of needing 10 tokens for the mount. The current big challenge is doing Aloalo six times. Okay so they can't do the one, they can do minimog!

Minimog typically ends up shb related, and currently is centered around bozja according to the wiki. It would just be nice if they could add more options for sprouts so they could be included.

Yeah I said before it would've been nice if every minimog option had something from the gold saucer.

[GlowClam]

There are two major issues for me this time around:

1. The Forced Variant Dungeon Grind
To get the 5 tokens from the Ultimog, I am forced to run a Variant Dungeon 6 times. I personally really dislike Variant Dungeons. In the past, I could just gather tomes by doing roulettes, PvP, or whatever I felt like doing. Now, if I want the new Uolon mount, I have to force myself through content I actively want to avoid, plus rely on the RNG of the weekly Minimog not giving me a challenge that blocks my progress. This completely kills the relaxed nature of the event.

2. Where are the Lynx Mounts?
Looking at the reward pool as a veteran player is incredibly disappointing. After we got Kamuys and Gwibers in previous events, the logical next step would have been the first Endwalker Lynx mounts. Instead, we are getting recycled, very old mounts (like the Blue Kamuy or E8S) that are trivial to farm unsynced nowadays anyway.

There is barely any incentive here besides the new mount, which is now heavily gatekept behind a strict weekly schedule and forced content. This new system doesn't respect our time or our playstyle preferences. I really hope they reconsider this format for Part 2.

[Aidorouge]

It's 6 Aloalo runs. EW's normal variants are pretty easy solos, especially on a tank, just tedious.

The problem here is that I don't have access to this Aloalo place, and to obtain access, I probably have to complete Endwalker or Dawntrail, or at least an unknown percentage of them for V&C Dungeons to be unlocked for me. Even then, I don't know if I would actually enjoy doing them based on what I know about how they work.
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The big fishing objective is very easy. You have to catch Caterwauler, which is right outside Limsa Lominsa in Lower La Noscea. It can be caught at any fishing level and in any weather with the moth pupa bait.

The level of difficulty isn't the issue, I just don't care about Big Fishing, especially when past experience has left me stuck trying to catch something for days because of RNG. Odds are incredibly good I'll end up spending the whole week out there and never catch it anyway, so I'd rather not waste my time.

It's like how the Bozja alternative wants me to go off and do 5 skirmishes, which could be the easiest thing in the world to do, and I actually have access to Bozja unlike Aloalo, but you couldn't pay me enough to step into another Field Operation after how much I hated Eureka.

Which is what I was worried would happen, that I would either get something I can't do unless I start story-skipping later parts of the game, or it would require me to partake in some piece of content I don't enjoy. Unfortunately, losing the horns is preferable to doing the content in this case, so that's why I've go to hope for better options next week.

[VeyaAkemi]

The level of difficulty isn't the issue, I just don't care about Big Fishing, especially when past experience has left me stuck trying to catch something for days because of RNG. Odds are incredibly good I'll end up spending the whole week out there and never catch it anyway, so I'd rather not waste my time.

It's like how the Bozja alternative wants me to go off and do 5 skirmishes, which could be the easiest thing in the world to do, and I actually have access to Bozja unlike Aloalo, but you couldn't pay me enough to step into another Field Operation after how much I hated Eureka.

So, this may be harsh, but there is a threshold where it becomes a you issue. If you have access to everything you need to do the thing, and you are unwilling to even try, or at least deal with it for 15 minutes because that's how long it takes, then it's on you, not the game.