killed it today (me lvl 67 BLM/WHM) Nuked him with x2 WaterIII and x1 BlizzardIII a RDM friend (lvl 60) nuked x2 BlizzardII finished fight with no HP loss and half MP
Solo'd this today as a 43mnk/21war. I summoned my NPC character to help (only second time I've used). Ate some squid sushi, used dodge and focus. Ended battle with 308/977hp. Not to hard of a battle, even got 19 exp out of it.
Took him on the other day as a Dragoon 45/war. Had a rdm their to help cause someone in the ls advised against me soloing it.
At 45 with 300%tp this guy coped a nice 511 double thrust. Then polished him off with some normal hits and Jump and High jump.
I was very appreciative of the mage being there, but i think you could easily do this solo at this level. Build 300%tp first to be safe.
I don't have any great equipment, and i was using Meat Jerky cause i didn't bother with a Mithakabob. was hitting for around 150-170 each hit. Pretty straightforward fight.
I'm a level 45 smn and my buddy is a level 46 whm. We thought we would try to get sam last night and we fought Forger first. I only summoned Carby twice, but the fight was way to easy. If you have a lvl 45+ smn buddy, have him help you out.
I tried to fight this thing as a 43 Drk and i used arcane circle, etc. I assumed i would pawn it as i was 10 lvls higher, and have arcane killer and circle, but i was pwned. in no less than 5 125 hits, this thinhg kicked my ***. all of that dark little cave. I then had to go back, buy a darksteel ore and get my 60 drk and 60 whm friends (Jman and Cheli) and Forger was hitting Jman for ~50 each hit) I dont know how a lvl 40 bst beat it...
Soloed it at level 40 BST a couple weeks ago. It was really easy. The other SAM quest mob was a lot harder in comparison. For this mob, I'm not sure if I had to use pet food on my crab familiar, but I'm pretty sure I meleed alongside on the 2nd pet. That was a bad idea in retrospect, since bombs have that evil self destruct move.
Savagely raped the Forger with solo 51WAR/25NIN (unsurprisingly). He was half-dead before he wore through my first six shadows, then I finished him off with a 700dmg Spinning Axe.
I did not know that a NM was going to spawn here when i traded the item to the ???. Nor did i know this was the SAM flag quest. Anyways i am a DRK40/WAR20, i had 10 mp of 180. and dam near full helth, what can i say i used 2-hr, and did not phase him at all. He kept hitting me for at least 90 DMG. I might of got him down to 75% hp , not sure though, i was trying not to die, i had a warp schroll on me and used it at 160 hp left. just as the schroll activated, he did a critical over 100 dmg and i died as soon as i warped back to Juneo my hp ><.Gonna try again today
I am on Diabolos Server send /tell to Davyd if u will help me out!!!
I had one hell of a time soloing this guy as a 50RDM/BLM. Stoneskin would wear within 3-4 hits, and after that, I'd get pummeled for nearly 50 dmg.
I ended up beating him, but without much MP or HP left. I also had to {Stoneskin} + {Convert} to keep refresh my MP.
My advice to any other RDM attempting to solo this? Keep Blink & Stoneskin up the entire time. It may be a slow fight, but going at it any other way leaves you with a huge chance of being embarassed by a level 33 NM.
Got a problem guys and girls Beat Forger today and got the bomb steel, problem is the person who needed it didnt get the drop as we had Quartermaster setting on and i got the steel. how does my friend get another oriental steel to trade and pop Forger ??? HELP !!!!!
Tried soloing this for a friend. As a 60 BLM all enfeebles were resisted, and all of my spells were resisted for more than half. I was taking 50-60 damage a hit and ended up Manafont > Warp IIing my friend before eating dirt...
Last night on the Fairy server my friend and I took this guy. Party setup was as follows:
Galka MNK30/WAR15 Galka WHM30/SMN14 (I know, I know, I'm levelling it.)
Anyhow, MNK used 2H and beat the hell out of it. It wasn't a very long fight, but Forger was hitting him for around 110-120 damage. I was having to spam on Cure III, and the fight ended with me having 1 mp left and the MNK having around 220 HP, with me standing close by with Benediction ready just incase. So, yes it can be done at level 30 with just 2 people, and man it was one hell of a rush too.
NOTE: Between all of his gear and food, my MNK friend has a +19 STR, which probably helped quite a bit. I have Astrals and Galka RSE and such, bringing my MP total to around 350.
Just soloed this guy last night as a 42PLD/21WAR. Dropped me to about 150 hp and had 4 mp left, but beat him with no tricks other than my abilities. Oddly enough I didn't even use my 2 hr on him. GL to everyone doing fighting this guy.
I just tryed to solo Forger as a lvl 38 bst/19 whm.. only reason why I tried is because I had an instant warp scroll with my HP in Norg.. and there wasn't anyone on I knew at 3:30am to try and help.. I brought a Courier Carrie and a Homonuculus with me.. and unfortunately forgot food, which may have won me the fight.. Let's just say, Carrie got her *ss kicked, but I had let my timer run down before starting the fight, so as soon as she dropped, I called Homonuculus.. at this point Forger still had 75% of his HP and had already Berserked.. so he was taking off about 120.. because of Homon's high evade and counter, it was actually even at 35%.. Homon's TP hit 100+ so I used Sic, hoping for a good WS.. and I get Scream, which did nothing.. suffice it to say, at this point I started running.. I was hoping to find something to charm, but then remembered it's worthless because Highland mobs would die in 1 hit.. and my Call Beast timer was still at 3min 30 secs.. Forger got close enough for me to see how much HP he had left.. about 10% and he began to heal, I figured, throw Dia on him so his HP won't go back up.. WRONG IDEA.. within 3 hits my HP were down to 65 and I was running like crazy.. luckily this thing is slow so I managed to distance enough to stop aggro and make it to the Crag to hop on a choco.. so I ride back over to see if he's still there.. and he is, sitting all smug in his cave.. so I tried shouting and /tell any high levels in the area.. but no response and Forger disappeared.. :( Next time I'm bringing 2 Alchemist's Water or some help..
Did this last night as 41 DRG and 41 PLD built up 300TP each before the fight used Keebab for DRG and Fish Keebab for PLD Spawned the Bomb Hit Beserk, Double Thrust (500 damage) PLD used 2 cure3 on the DRG was dead in 3 mins so can be done no problem guys
Got real bored tonight so I decided to take a walk to Norg and start this quest. Let me tall you something I asked a few LS memebers for a little help, because I didn't know how tough this guy would be. Really no one was on so I soloed this guy with the greatest ease. Killed with-in 45 seconds with my 43 mnk/war. I ended with about 675/913 HP. This guys a joke and I'm still laughing.
I did this as a 35 paladin and a 37 white mage backing me up. It was a long fight no DD'ing involved just my handy Hunting Sword and a few debuffs from the whitemage. Spent most of the time healing me, but if i can kill this with only a tank and a healer then a 40 paladin could solo this. But paladins make awesome solo'ers. Just a thought of a 33 nm being beaten by a 35 paladin and a 37 whitemage, which means that it would be cake for a 42+. I guess it kinda depends on your job also. Well may everyone be as fortunate as myself on this fight. This guy is really a pushover.
I just soloed this as a SMN41/WHM20. Carbuncle eats Bombs for breakfast.
Summon the little squirrel before you trade the steel, and Carbuncle will automatically engage the Forger once it spawns. Run far away, and resummon Carbuncle whenever he dies.
I started with 775 MP, and when the Forger finally died (it didn't self-destruct), I had about 400 MP left. This is after I consumed a Pineapple Juice at about the halfway point, just to be safe.