Eureka Anemos Appears to have received Some Major Nerfs!

[LaylaTsarra]

I haven't seen any discussion of this but this morning I was in Eureka Anemos and amazed to see that I could easily solo mobs at or near my level solo. In addition I found that you can ride a mount upon entry and clearing the initial quests which allows for getting around so much easier. I easily opened the entire map being able to out run mobs with ease. The two Aethers appear to still be level 9 but getting to 9 doesn't seem that much of a challenge from what i can see.

There was a group of about 15 to 20 in zone and they had spawned two NM's while I was there and were calling for help to spawn Pazu.

I can't say too much more given I've only gotten my alt to almost level 5 where I stopped given i want to play with another friend and she wasn't available this morning.

[FirstnameLastname]

[...] I could easily solo mobs at or near my level solo. [...]

No way!

/10char

[LaylaTsarra]

No way!

/10char

Yes I even swiftcast holy'd 4 mobs together solo and DID NOT DIE.

[Vidu]

Depending on your job its always been possible to solo mobs near or at your level, specially at low levels - the question would mainly be: How long does it currently take to solo said mobs? I doubt any of those mobs would be able to kill a healer, paladin or RDM (and maybe to an extend the other tanks) as long as the person playing throws out the occassional healing-spell... so the question is only how long it takes to kill said mob and even more so: How much fun are you having...?

I'd be willing to award them points for doing away with the mount-restriction, hadnt that restriction not been a pretty stupid idea in the first place...

[LaylaTsarra]

Depending on your job its always been possible to solo mobs near or at your level, specially at low levels - the question would mainly be: How long does it currently take to solo said mobs? I doubt any of those mobs would be able to kill a healer, paladin or RDM (and maybe to an extend the other tanks) as long as the person playing throws out the occassional healing-spell... so the question is only how long it takes to kill said mob and even more so: How much fun are you having...?

I'd be willing to award them points for doing away with the mount-restriction, hadnt that restriction not been a pretty stupid idea in the first place...

I've done this many times and their HP is silly easy at this point. I got to almost level 5 without much effort. Personally I don't remember solo'ing even one mob to be EASY... it took quite a bit of effort to kill just one.

[EtherRose]

If you ever read patch notes you would have noticed these changes sooner.

[LaylaTsarra]

If you ever read patch notes you would have noticed these changes sooner.

Which patch notes were those in? I do read them but must have missed it. There certainly hasn't been any discussion about it on this board to my knowledge.

Edit: I see it near the bottom in the 5.1 notes.

[Alucard135]

They've added echo to the zone when 5.1 was released. The echo is almost over 100%, since I remember my HP being 35K ish and now it's around 70K. They also stated that you no longer need to finish the story of a zone to be able to mount.

With all of that, it's pretty easy now to solo spawn NMs and solo them. And if you have the elemental gear from Hydatos, it will get even easier to kill mobs.

[LaylaTsarra]

They've added echo to the zone when 5.1 was released. The echo is almost over 100%, since I remember my HP being 35K ish and now it's around 70K. They also stated that you no longer need to finish the story of a zone to be able to mount.

With all of that, it's pretty easy now to solo spawn NMs and solo them. And if you have the elemental gear from Hydatos, it will get even easier to kill mobs.

I see it now and the part about mounts. I missed it when reading the notes. Being in zone this morning however I found it to be a pretty dramatic change. I have two alts on Balmung and a friend who are thinking about doing Eureka and it was a really pleasant surprise.

You can ride a mount at Level 1 after unlocking the initial quest and being able to enter the zone.

I have no idea about crystal costs as I haven't had the time to look at it or the drop rates from NM's but I will be having fun there in zone this week when i have the time after getting weeklies done.

[FirstnameLastname]

Yes I even swiftcast holy'd 4 mobs together solo and DID NOT DIE.

Not sure which one of us got wooshed here.