Near the second banishing gate, there is now a shining light. Does anyone know what this is for?

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GARLAIGE CITADEL: A PULLER'S WARNING


Though gobs aren't a concern here, it's not the pulling cakewalk that the jungles were. There, your only concerns were those aforementioned gobs and rival pullers. Garlaige, on the other hand, seems to be designed to make thieves' journey to Viper Bite difficult.

First and foremost, don't fall into the holes. If you do, you will probably die, and no one will want to come down there to Raise you (and even if they did, both of you would probably just die immediately afterwards). Be patient, step carefully. If you do fall, your Black Mage may be able to Tractor your dead body out.

Your primary (read: only) targets will be Seige Bats and Borer Beetles. Borer Beetles aggro by sight, hit hard, and are tougher for the amount of EXP they give. The only reason you'll be pulling beetles is if there's really nothing else, or you need to get one out of the way so it won't aggro you later. Try to avoid them if you don't have a Black Mage; they have high physical defense. Seige Bats will be what you'll be fighting the most. They don't aggro, but they do link with other Seige Bats as well as Wingrats, which will be congregating in the "rooms" on the sides of the corridors.

Do not pull Seige Bats across holes. Rather than flying directly to you, they will frequently take "the long way" through side rooms, linking with every set of Wingrats along the way. It's best to play it safe and avoid pulling any Seige Bats remotely close to rooms. The farther you are away from camp, the bigger the risk this will be. If your Seige Bat seems to be taking an oddly large amount of time to get to camp, consider zoning; it may be towing along a couple Wingrat trios. I would highly advise against pulling from the hall directly forward from the stairs; it's a veritable deathtrap of linking.

The safest camp is on the stairs, though it's not necessarily the most convenient for chaining. Other alternatives are the various camps by brick walls, though be warned that they both pop mobs, and the one at G-9 will require the party to be Sneaked and Invised to get to, as it involves traversing through side rooms filled with undead. Also be warned that if you choose this camp, zoning may not be an option.

Bring a fast ranged weapon; there is very limited space for pulling, and competition will probably be stiff. If you are at all concerned with linking, trust your instinct, and find a safer-looking mob.

Partied here last night on Pheonix server as RDM33/BLM16 and gained about 7000 exp total...(I lvld from 32 to 33)..our prt was very efficient, however I am always depressed about the drops I get here (bat fang = 2, bat wing= 1)..oh well..what kind of drops will I get outside of SeaSerpent Grotto?...I'm fairly new to the game but capable

Anyone got a picture of a map of this place? I have the map, but I don't want to run all the way over there just to see it.

Hi all, How do i get to the third Map of GC? its thru the 2nd banishing gate? if it is, wheres is that gate? i know the location of the 1st and 3rd gate. Thank You ^^

I don't know why people 32-33 go here instead of Sea Serpent Grotto... Just party right outside the entrance to Norg and it's amazing experience. Just a tip for the people that this place.

I hate this place so dam much thats y i only spen to days here from like 48-50(till i hit the exp cap when u hv 1tnl) this place can be so messed up espically when serket is out err me no likely this place
Serket hit lvl 75 pld for 1243 dmg
umm guys Escape can i have it i no this is gonna be messy....
Serket uses special move we all take 2000 dmg
Ha told u Have A Nice Day!!!
luckly i got raise 3 (I was so happy) only lost 500 exp

I hit 32 with my DRK so I thought, hell, I've never been to the citadel....from what i hear it's THE place to go for lvl 32s and up.

So far, out of the three times I've sat waiting, I've gotten one PT and it disbanded within a half hour. I've sat and waited for five hours EACH TIME, flag up, random advertisements dispersed every 10 or 20 minutes so as to not annoy the current groups. As far as I'm concerned, this place sucks.

Once I did get into the pt, it wasn't TOO bad, but we did have a lvl 75 whm sitting next to us so I can't say for certain. So I figure I'll attempt the desert next.

-Walker
TantalusReturners
Bismark

I played a few jobs and been in Garlaige a bit, but after lotsa leveling and what not I decided to take a break and play my beast... Altepa got boring so me and my duo partner (Eclipza) come to garlaige. Most peps there lvl on the steps near zone...1st thing i see when i enter is dead body all over... I was like wow this place hasnt changed at all, my parner laughed ( he has never been here before). The mass bat link was still around so i was like hey.. lets clean up this mess so that if maybe we die we can get the PT's that we helped out give us a raise if we need it.
Mess gone we start xp'n as we start to head out... some puller links 3 bats... 2T's and a Even I charm the even, but the other bat he is on his own... I want XP... Wing rats in masses here and NO body wants them ^^ there Sic ~> Jet stream did between 100(bettle) and 352 (bones) it was nice... We then found a nice pattern, kill 2 bones then on to the bomb, then on to 2 pots ending chain with 252XP... It was nice room hopping..
Then the problem started, we made our way to the 1st gate after clearing rooms to help a high lvl open gate and my partner gets argo from bat... It was citadel bat... ouch It hit hard and was IT to us.. I got charm and ran/leave with it.. but it still argo'd my partner he tried to charm/leave it, but it didnt last long and died... the high lvl was a sam/whm and he raised him then killed bat. After waiting for weakness to go I wide scan and see like 5 citadel bats near zone... WOW... I dont know how they leave the area but 1 was near the 1st gate so maybe thats where they leave.. we got away from the gate just to make sure thats not where they go...
I fell down the hole once.. but lucky i have sneak to get outta there. My parner was so lucky he was fighting while i fell, he miss charms and zones... I clean up his mess 2 wingrats and 2 siege. Lucky ( i guess) every1 was zoned or dead before his train came.. with cleaning up mess the only xp i got was on last bat for a chain 2 for 256 xp ( solo eclipza was still resting ). beats me how i got that but hey im not complaining.
<Fun> <Excitement><Do you need it?> that is this place you must be on your TOES ta level here.

For other BST out there I went in at 41 Wing Rat decent-even :: Siege bat even-T (rare decent) :: Bettle even-T (most T)... Bones where T mostly Bomb was VT and the pots where VT... BOMB exploded once doin over 1880+ dmg to my bettle and eclipza's Bat they didnt make it ; ; lol watch out ;p



Edited, Fri Jun 24 15:00:39 2005

This place absolutely blows. I sat in East Altepa (my favorite place to lvl) as BLM 34 looking for a party for about an hour, then my LS suggested i go to garlaige citadel. i had never been there, so i figured it may be a little fun. WRONG. this place is terrible, overcrowded, too many links, and there are more dead bodies littering the ground than pieces of the stone wall. i am NEVER partying here again, despite the rather long wait for a party in altepa.

I dont understand why anyone even lvls here. At lvl 32 you can go to East Altepa Desert and make good exp off beetles... You can stay in Altepa for quite a while. Once exp gets low you just move to West Altepa, kill beetles there, then move to Quicksand Caves... You dont have to lvl in Garlaige OR Crawlers Nest so dont bitch about lvling here when there is such a great place you could go to instead.

Edited, Wed Apr 20 14:42:36 2005

It's been a while since I was here, but I always wondered about the ???s up in the air above some areas, I remember a few. There was one right above the camp near the entrance where the beetle pops, but it's still a good camp because you don't get hit by trains. What are they for?

How do you get to the chest that sometimes appears in the basement on that plateau? Just curious...

Evil Double post -.-

Edited, Fri Jan 14 06:02:18 2005

Well my first experience here was not a great one. It seems that every half an hour or so there is some High Level that zones chamber beetles & Citadel bats. Please!!! I know you think we are noobs or whatever but what the hell did we do to you for you to zone all those monsters that you know will kill us in 2 hits? just something for you high levels to think about.

Whats the <pos> of Explosure in here?

Do I go to garliage at 32? If so, how long to do I stay there for? Where do I go after Garliage?

Thanks in advance.

So someone in my party the other night said, "Hey I know a GREAT camp. Me being the Eazy Going guy that I am said cool lets go. So we head out to what I believe is Gate #1. At anyrate before we could really get the party going the gate opened and no one was standing on pillars, I SWEAR, so I asked a friend and he said he has been told that at a certain time the Gates open by them selves. Now here comes the Question.

1) When do these gates open by themselves?

2) Has anyone ever witnessed this and did about 100 Citadel Bats come out mobbed like CRAZY?

See, the reason I'm asking is because this would be AN EXCELLENT CAMP, if the you didn't party there when the Bats come out. TRUST ME IT WAS A SLAUGHTER! Some ppl thought that it was a train but I noticed that there were only Citadel bats, and if someone trained that many bats there would be other types of bats and most likely Beatles too.

Well, any info would be great, thx
Eazy <Leviathan> <RNG34/NIN17>

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"Everyone has to train mobs to zones, you've done it too, there is no reason to call a GM unless you see Escape/Warp/Teleport, unless the idiot admits to intensionally training" =)
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where do I find a map of this place? thank you

I got mission in bastok from th dude in the Inn.
I went 2 times t the stoopid spot G-8 H-8. There was a tower i cant go into... and it had a ??? behind it,, I went to it and it said Nothing special.
They freakin guy who gave me quest didnt give me anytrhing.
So im stuk.
Used 2 insta warps to get my ass outta there.
So on topic please about hte mission.
Thnks

I like this place, much less confusing than yhoator and their is great xp to be had. I DONT like however, the noobs pulling bats to the zone and causing mass death, but it happens pretty rarely, plus I got 3 invites in less than 5 minutes to garlaige today without even putting my flag up :D

Is it possible to lvl here past 52? My static party is 51 with about 4k tnl. We camped After the first banish gate in the big open beetle and funnel bat room. The /check on The beetles are VT/IT so they should be VT by next level. Do We keep going or go to the ever-crowded Crawlers' Nest, where we get to camp the Helm Beetle spawns like they are Notorious Monsters? How's the leveling in Baileys? Help me out! Please

We tried Quicksand Caves and found Anticans to be a pain because the other 2 parties didnt Escape, they just trained 3 Anticans past our camp and zoned. And those Anticans need more then a can of Raid to kick there butts.

Edited, Wed Sep 1 00:19:23 2004

btw when u pull, don't pull past the holes in the ground because the bats have to go around and they link like 3 other bats =/

sry plz forgive me double post >_<

Edited, Mon Oct 11 18:23:13 2004