Anyone have try doing a Ballista that one side of team are all bst or all bst with 1 or 2 brd vs the other team?

Mmmm....would be fun, to try tho! :P

well i would love to try that out on Ballista 50 :P

anyone wanna try in pandemonium server? where bst team up in ballistra like 6 bst one one side?

Coz most of time i go ballistra, there is only me as bst... and ppl hate my pet, since my pet own the melee :P

so they chase after me all the time! kekeke :P

Not untouchable, but the thing with bst is that with /nin it's basically war/nin without the Ja's, but with a pet that's tremendously strong.

waffles and i were the other two BST. i talked him into coming. BST isn't untouchable, but we are a pain in the ass to deal with in ballista. with the right pet, we are deadly. i usally keep my WHM sub for the simple fact that i can cure myself up if need be.

with an a lot of BST on one side, the general idea is this: BST stick together and watch out for each other and sick their pets on one target.

you gotta remember that you have to use melee gear hardcore and not charm gear or you'd get owned pretty badly.

here's some recommendations gear and pet wise per the caps:

lvl30 Cap (highly recommend you stay away from this i'll explain later)
Pet: Tiger Familiar
Pet Food: Any
Gear:
Back: Nomad's Mantle/Night Cape
Body: Centurion's Scale Mail
Feet: Centurion's Greaves/Leaping Boots
Rings: Archer's Ring/Bowyer Ring
Gloves: Royal Squire's Mufflers
Head: Mercenary Captain's Headgear/Empy Hairpin
Legs: Mercenary Captain's Hose/Centurion's Cuisses
Neck: Tiger Stole/Beast Whistle/Buburimu Gorget
Sheild: Bastokan Targe/Republic Targe/Lantern Shield
Waist: Brave Belt/Warrior's Belt
Weapon: Military Pick

you can sub various peices of RSE here if you want. the reason i say stay away from this one is b/c you can't release your pet. if someone kills your pet, then they will get gate breach status, and you'll have to kill them before they can score. b/c of this, we are very limited in how effective we can be in the match. why the godawful Buburimu Gorget? you see that +10 Dark def? that'll save your butt more often b/c sleep is a dark spell. the pet food is to wake up your pet from being slept.

lvl40 Cap:
Pet: Tiger Familiar, Fungar Familiar
Pet Food: Any pet food.
Back: Nomad's Mantle/Nigh Cape
Body: Royal Squire's Chainmail
Feet: San d'Orian Sollerets/Leaping Boots/Cuir Highboots
Rings: Archer's Ring/Bowyer Ring/Puissance Ring/Verve Ring/Aegis Ring
Hands: San d'Orian Mufflers/Ogygos's Bracelets
Head: Purple Ribbon/Cuir Bandana/San d'Orian Helm/Empy Hairpin
Legs: Royal Squire's Breeches
Neck: Buburimu Gorget/Medieval Collar
Shield: Balance Buckler
Waiste: Survival Belt/Warrior's Belt
Weapon: Barbaroi Axe/Combat Caster's Axe/Warrior's Axe

this is where we start to shine. we can now release our pets for confusion tactics as well as have gear equal to a DRK or a WAR at the same lvl. the reason you want to shy away from the sniper rings is the Dark-10 really hurts in Ballista for reasons stated above. you can use RSE body depending on the race, but at this lvl, players start to hit a little harder, and thus, you need to be able to take the hits just as well as you can dish them. you could also go for total EVA, but, i usally like to run in guns ablazin'.

Lvl 50 Cap:
Pet: Fungar (i'll explain later)
Pet Food: Any
Back: Jaeger Mantle/Bat Cape
Body: Brigandine Armor/Royal Squire's Chainmail +1/Gaudy Harness/Royal Squire's Chainmail
Feet: Royal Knight's Sollerets/Leaping Boots
Ring: Phalanx Ring/Archer's Ring/Bowyer Ring/Puissance Ring/Verve Ring/Aegis Ring
Hands: Royal Knight's Mufflers/Spiked Finger Gauntlets
Head: Blue Ribbon/Shock Mask/Empy Hairpin/Valkyrie's Mask/Walkure Mask
Legs: Darksteel Codpiece/Royal Squire's Breeches +1/Steel Cuisses
Neck: Storm Gorget(???)/Royal Knight Army Collar/Moon Amulet
Shield: Balance Buckler/Royal Squire's Shield +1
Waist: Life Belt/Any of the RSE Belts/Swordbelt
Weapon: Viking Axe/Barbaroi Axe

Okay, so this is where the big boys start to come out. all jobs at this point have all their abilities that they can use to whomp on you. if you can afford to the the +1 Brigandine, get it! over all, you want to max out your Dark resistance, and a couple of the following: VIT, STR, DEX, AGI, EVA, ATT. Acc isn't that big of a deal unless you are going against a THF or NIN mainly because all PC's eva suck hardcore. you're eva should be capped too, being a BST and all, so more EVA gear means you'll be harder to hit. with the VIT gear though, all those nasty magic spells that can get casted on you will have a higher chance of resistance, thus you'll live longer.

for pets at this lvl; you can use Steffie and Melody, but there's some slight problems with them. Steffie is very unpredictable in her TP attacks. you'll want her to either foot kick or whirl claw, but, she'll won't want to do that. plus, she has very low HP over all and low ATT. Melody can do an AoE sleep, but the odds of that going off are slim at best. most likely she will use the Sheep Berzerk move and thus, lowering her already low DEF. if people knew the weakness of pets like this, they'll attack her all out causing you to either release her too soon (meaning you'll be worthless till call beast is up), use Reward too soon (meaning she will be slept till the reward timer is up). Fungar continues to grow at this lvl and since most people won't bother with him too much, Dark Spore and Silence Gas should hit for full DMG. not to mention the other TP attacks work just as well.

lvl60 Cap:
Pet: Fungar or Saber.
Pet Food: Any
Gear: Full AF. Sub in Leaping Boots, Empy Hairpin, and Scorp Harness and Haubergeon if you can afford them.
Rings: Demon's Ring/Tiger Ring/Grace Ring/Jadeite Ring/Vigor Ring/Archer's Ring/Bowyer Ring
Earrigs: Bitter Earring/Assault Earring/Elusive Earring
Back: Republican Army Mantle
Waist: LifeBelt/Speed Belt/Master Belt/Royal Knight's Belt +1
Neck: Royal Guard's Collar
Head: Green Ribbon
Weapon: Kabrakan's Axe

This is where it gets really fun. Sleep will be the biggest bitch you'll have to deal with. BLMs will have Sleepga II at this lvl which will cause headaches. If you want to be slept less, or have sleep not last as long, get as much Dark resistance as you can. some special notes:

Huaby has a hurtful -10 EVA, this is countered though by the ACC, ATT, and STR modifiers, BUT IT STILL HURTS. while i suggest all BST get a Hauby for lvling, i suggest sticking to AF while in these fights. this is also the only time i'd recommend the Scorp Harness for BST. you'll be hit a lot less and you'll hit more often which is a good thing in Ballista.

Saber is one of the fastest pets out there and he seems to cap at around this lvl. Razor Claw, Razor Fang, and the AoE paralysis all work to your favor. on top of that, he can run faster than any PC out there besides a fleeing one. it is just insane. Double Attack kicks in a lot too with him, so, sick him on a mage and let him do the rest. feed him if he falls asleep.

Uncapped:
See lvl60 cap:
Execptions:
God Gear
Thick Set
AF2
Nadziak, Juggernaut, Ridill, Tabarzin, Leopard Axe, Woodville's Axe, Gutter

now, i don't have much experince in the uncapped battles, but i can say this; "wow!" there's so much that you can do/have at this cap it's crazy. so many differnt options. to me, the full God Gear would be the best bet. again, you might want to focus on Dark resistance more than anything else, but your options are limitless. one of my dreams is to get the Gutter and do Onslaught on someone in Ballista.

*edit* on a final note. some final tips and tricks...

all of these are my recommendations. if you can't afford the gear, that doesn't mean you won't kick ass at ballista. this is a list of the best gear you can have to optimize yourself in the match. there's plenty of other gear out there that will help you be better at ballista, and each player has their own style. if you'd like other armor set-ups i can make suggestions for high EVA gear if you'd like.

the reason i suggest fungar familiar so much is for the simple fact that he is cheap. 7k a stack in Kazham, along with being strong. have fun with other pets. honestly, my best ballista moment was when an "uber" drk got owned by a bunny pet. i swear, we all laughed our asses off at him for dying to a bunny after the sh*t talking he did.

leave is your best friend in ballista. simply for the reason that i stated in the section for the lvl30 cap section. should you know that they are owning your pet hardcore, release it so that they won't get Gate Breach off of him/her.

Edited, Thu Feb 17 18:19:16 2005 by marion