AURUM HELL

[cloverkitty]

http://www.ign.com/wikis/final-fanta...A_Relic_Reborn

This link shows otherwise. You have to complete AV once to unlock the quest to gain access to Amdapor Keep.

No offense intended but just because IGN says it does not make it fact, they are definately missing parts.
To top that off I had been doing AK for a while (after completing the GC Darkhold quest before I even set food into Aurum Veil.

As far as difficulty. I can definately see where it can be a pain as it requires planning an communication to complete (use the fruits at the right times, etc).

[Darksword]

When AV was first unlocked for me I cleared it 5 or 6 times, just for fun, as SMN without too much trouble. DOT the seeds at the last boss and have the melees speedkill any that pop. SMN should switch off the boss to backup healing while this goes on. When all the adds are down, go back to the boss. Meteor limit on the third batch. the trick is not to get in a hurry or panic. Just slow, steady, and adaptable. Keep everyone alive and you can't fail.

Then when they changed the reqs. for the GC quest, I failed 7 runs in a row trying to get it done again. Every one timed out on the last boss, usually because we'd wipe 4 or 5 times on Coin Counter and take too long.

[Reeth]

No offense intended but just because IGN says it does not make it fact, they are definately missing parts.
To top that off I had been doing AK for a while (after completing the GC Darkhold quest before I even set food into Aurum Veil.

As far as difficulty. I can definately see where it can be a pain as it requires planning an communication to complete (use the fruits at the right times, etc).

I read they changed it actually so that the GC sends you to the Vale now instead of Amdapor.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ep.-27-2013%29

Granted I unlocked AK through the AV route so i'm not positive if your GC will still send you to AK to unlock it.

[Bufkus]

http://www.ign.com/wikis/final-fanta...A_Relic_Reborn

This link shows otherwise. You have to complete AV once to unlock the quest to gain access to Amdapor Keep.

Prior to 2.05, you could do DD instead of AV provided you promoted early enough in your GC. If you didn't, then you screwed up and had to do AV.

Now, I'm not sure what the case is. It's possible that you have to do AV no matter how early you promoted.

[Evokerz]

No you dont. Level your GC, you'll get a quest for Darkhold. Once you do that, you'll unlock AK.

Recent update change this, the final GC quest now send you to do AV instead of AK.
So now you need to clear AV to gain access to AK.

Check this out: http://sqex.to/m5H
And scroll down to "FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Hot Fixes (Oct. 15) notice"

[Ferth]

Oh... My mistake. Sorry for the misinformation.

[diulalasing]

No you dont. Level your GC, you'll get a quest for Darkhold. Once you do that, you'll unlock AK.

earlier hot fix changed it, now the guy will tell you do enjoy AV

[Nix]

Hello OP; for this dungeon I strongly suggest a black mage though it's not neccessary. What is nice however is to have someone that can do decent AoE damage very quickly.

I've run it with quite a few different setups, my favorite has been PLD, WHM, DRG, BLM though ... but really it was only my favorite because for once I got to play BLM and was not stuck healing e_e!

If you can get a group of friends together or even a shout group so you can keep at it until you beat it, it'd be best but you'll be surprised at what some well-timed AoEs can do to the last boss.

Another thing on the last boss; if you're healing, try to keep everyone's HP topped off and make sure to eat your fruit at around 4~ stacks of the debuff. It's helpful before you start the fight for people to use the signs and mark which fruit they are going to take so that people aren't caught without a fruit later in the fight.

When she runs to the middle-ish area and starts popping out pods, be sure to AoE the bejeezus out of them (WHM with cleric stance + holy can work in a pinch but they may find themselves running short on MP, so ballad is a big plus here!)

I hope my tips helped somewhat, I do wish you luck and I hope you beat that Morbol soon!

[AccountBanned]

Yeah, I did this one a while ago and recently did it again to help a friend. We had Paladin, Monk, Blackmage, and Whitemage. The WHM and the BLM were able to AOE the seedlings very quickly while the Monk stayed on the boss. We ate fruit at 3 stacks because in that area there are plenty of them. Also, it reallllllly helps if your tank can avoid the easily avoidable badbreath attack that the last boss has...otherwise that's just one more thing your healer is going to be dealing with...so the tank needs to run through the boss to behind them to avoid that badbreath AOE attack.

[Evangela]

O_o I never had any problem with this "hell". actually I did it once to unlock something that I already forgot and I also forgot who's the last boss of that place.

maybe you're just undergeared or getting bad players in your party or you're the bad one yourself. I'd like to know what are you gonna do when you reach Amdapor Keep if you think Aurum Vale is hard.