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Edited, Sep 23rd 2008 12:47am by spawnz

I just did this today as a Mnk/War in ver basic gear (AF weapon, O.kotes, Sandorian ring, and soil Kyahan ) I used 4 hi potions in all, and the tactic of running from blighted gloom worked perfectly. It was a pretty close fight , which I put down to me using fairly poor gear, but it was fun ^^

I just did this with Nin/war, my NPC was set to healer and was lvl 50 at the time of fight. The fight is like fighting an EP or maybe DC- I think I only cast 3 utsusemi:ni's the whole fight and he hits really slow. I just ran away each time he said he was preparing the blighted gloom and NPC took care of it. He got my NPC down to maybe 60% though probably it would be hard to keep him alive if the level of NPC was in the 40's, hope this helps.

Believe me or not .. I had tried 6 straight runs before finally got this done. wOOT! I was a lv 50 BLU/WHM.

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The first few runs:
I had issue in keeping hate. Vassage just attacked my npc and I had to cure 3 her and ended up with no mp left. Vassage killed my npc and I got kicked a few times. I was almost give up. In my 5th run, I even took out my Soultrapper 2000 to capture Vassage. LOL! (the soul plate I got from him: Subjob Dark Knight. FP8. Not bad! =P)

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In my finally run
I didn't have any food left. I just simply protect + shell myself and npc. Learning from previous mistakes, I realized I should get more hate right in the beginning. So, my npc could get less hit and focus in healing me ... which in turn would save my mp curing my npc.

I ran straight to Vassage and used Bludegon, Terror Touch (hoping to lower its attack power), sound blast (able to lower its intelligence). This worked really well! Vassage focused hitting me and my npc did her curing job. My Blue magics attacks fed tp to Vassage fast and it used Blighted Gloom much faster than previous runs.

Most important, I ran far away when I saw Vassage was ready using Blighted Gloom. Npc counter attacked with her move. And moved back and attack Vassage to get back my hate. Again, Vassage repeated using Blighted Gloom for 2 more times and npc countered attack him.

At the very end, my own MP and npc's HP run low. Since I didn't carry any potion or exlir with me. I used Divine Seal + Cure3 on my npc. I got hate. And I used 2 hr + Bludegon on it.

Damn. FINALLY KILLED HIM!! I am happy that I didn't give up after my 5th run. I was really considering warp back to Whitegate and come back as DRK/WHM instead.
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IN CONCLUSION.Italic Text
- Running away is better than staying behind your NPC during Blighted Gloom. I tried stay behind NPC and the move still hurt me about 375HP. Also, running away from the move can make sure your NPC will counterattack with her move.

- Tried to be aggresive and attack hard right in the beginning. It is important to get hate on yourself instead on your npc. Your npc will cure you. And you can save your MP for later emergency.

- If you know you have no way to win, just let it kill your npc. Battle will kick you out. So, you can regroup.

- I think this is still luck base. Sometimes is harder , while other times are easier. So don't give up. Just keep trying and you will finally get it done!

Hope this will help!! GL !!!!

I went to check the difficulty level of this BCNM without gear really, as I don't keep capped-level gear. All I had on was an under-levelled NPC (45) in Shield mode, Mithra RSE gear, a couple of astrals, a level 40 axe (Barbaroi), a Warp Cudgel, and a couple of pineapple juices. I was an otherwise naked BST50/WHM25. Most of Sylph's population know me for running around almost naked so I'm not ashamed much anymore.

I fully expected to use the Warp Cudgel when my pet would start to hurt.

Still won. Finished with full HP, my NPC at about half and my beast pet at 10% but with Call Beast ready. I rewarded CourierCarrie once during the fight and spammed Regen / Cure II / Cure III on my NPC. I Blinked before the fight and cowered behind my NPC during Blighted Gloom.

I could not imagine any job having trouble with this BCNM.

Beat Vassago three hours or so ago.

Galka DRG50/WHM25 Setup:

 
Mythril Lance -     Nothing    -     Nothing     -    Happy Egg 
 Walkure Mask - Spike Necklace - Bone Earring +1 - Beetle Earring +1 
  Brigandine  - Battle Gloves  -   Venerer Ring  -   Courage Ring 
Jaguar Mantle -    Swordbelt   -  Magic Cuisses  -  Bastokan Greaves 

So I visibly don't have the best gear.

NPC Setup:

Soothing Healer, level 49
Weapon: Tabar (shows up as Darksteel Axe)
Shield: Targe


I used Steamed Crab for food (cost me 500G, because my LS leader needed the meat and some Bay Leaves, and ended up HQing) and used Pear au Lait to keep my HP up.

First fight was a dry-run that actually might have gone alright if I'd known how to deal with Blighted Gloom. As it so happened my Wyvern died once and came close a second time - then my NPC died.

Second fight was serious. Went in, Protect/Shell/make sure food's there/Blink/rest to full. Considered Aquaveil, but decided that this was just overkill.
Opened with a good Jump and was suddenly very glad I'd put Blink up: Vassago opened with Bio II and achieved no more than stripping one of my shadows with it. I'd recommend some kind of Blink or Utsusemi going up before you go in.

Throughout the whole fight, I don't think I went into orange more than once. Vassago got three Blighted Glooms off - my Wyvern got caught in the second one and I had to Spirit Link, but the other two got soaked up by NPC - who, to her credit, didn't pull as much hate as she did in the first fight.

Penta Thrust took 386 HP off of Vassago - the highest I was being hit for on his normal attacks was just under 120.

Fight ended when I got a second Penta off for 41 damage (XD)

NOTES:
-Blink's GREAT to have up at the start
-Wyverns can intimidate Vassago, and be intimidated in return. During the first run both of them intimidated each other within the space of a second (XD)
-It's possible to get skillups for 150+ ranked weapons on Vassago (XD)
-You really don't need to prepare that hard at all, though preparation is still good. I had twelve Pear au Laits when I went in, for fear of having to do many runs, and came out with eleven.
-Wyverns have an annoying tendency to get in the way of Blighted Gloom...

Edited, Aug 8th 2007 1:42pm by Lucinus

there is something wrong

this fight is so easy

went as 50nin/war with NPC54 so that would be capped to 50, I used soothing healer with a polearm lmao, but it works great, cuzz NPC is A+ in all weapons regardless of job.

Debuffed mob at start of fight (usual nin debuffs slow, paralize and blind) and the only thing that hit me were the blessed radiance attacks and my NPC cured me when they hit.

if you fail you must be doing something wrong.

good luck guys and girls :)

i filed the fist one but 2nd timme the npc did the fighting and i broken the record

ether is needed if you plan on doing this with whm

I can't get this quest for some reason. The last quest I finished was Blessed Radiance, and Luto refuses to give me anymore quests. My NPC says that "We'll start looking for Pamoleta when the Mirror is fixed." Please help me out! Thank you ^-^

Did this last night as 50 PLD/WAR my npc is level 47 and was set to Fierce Attacker style using H2H, my equipment was pretty good (well pretty good IMO, still need my 50 gear for rank 5.1)

T.M Espadon
T.K sheild
I.M head, body and legs
Rush Gloves
Eisenshuchs
2x Verve rings
2x Drone earrings
Life belt
Earth Mantle
Happy Egg (ftw!)

First off I forgot to bring food (>.<) but I did bring along 3 Hi-Ethers.
I went in used Protect III and Shell II and rested up (needless to say i didnt break any time records).

I tanked the mob for most of the fight i used flash for hate and sentinal (for the damage negation aswell) not using Provoke allowed me to keep a fairly lose hold on the hate which meant my npc would genrally take the hate when I ran (; . ;) from Blighted Gloom then I would take the hate back by flashing Vassago or curing my npc (if needed).

Vassago used Blighted Gloom 3 times during the fight I caught the first one because I was too slow but the tactic worked great for the other 2.

Over the course of the battle I ended up using all 3 Hi-Ethers and I got enough tp use seraph blade three times, the last one killed it, the only time I used Provoke was right near the end after my npc used raging fists and my mp was running low. I ended the fight with just over half hp and very low mp so I'm glad I took the Hi-Ethers, my npc ended with about 3/4 hp.

I know I wasnt very specific with numbers and what-not but hope this helps someone in some way, I really enjoyed this fight it was just right, not too hard but not a cakewalk by any means (IMO).

P.S I really enjoyed the npc storyline and hope there is more to come (in an aht urghan update maybe, afterall the mirror came from the east, plus we know the tenshodo are seeking the mirror) is there anywhere people go to dicuss the different storylines in FFXI?

Hi all :o) Well i admit i was a bit nervous going into this battle after reading some posts. My NPC is level 50 & I set style to fierce attacker. I went as rdm/nin. got inside Buffed up..stoneskin,phalanx,haste,enfire,utsusemi,protect III,shell II,. ok then ran in cast paralyze,silence on bad guy then stood behind my npc but still close enough to hit. demon uses blighted gloom 3 times 2 connect & i take fairly heavy damage ? in heat of battle not sure if shadows were down but made sure they were up after i saw hp drop lol. healed npc three times with 2 cure III & i cure II watching the log when silence wore off would re-cast & kep paralyze up also. i did use a Rice dumpling b4 battle fyi but no drinks or potions & after 9min 8 seconds i won npc was about 1/8 hp & i was at about 60%hp & almost no mp but hey i won. Good luck all you can do it if i can lol /bow

Pretty easy for a BST/nin, npc lv47 soothing healer, clear time 5:48 and thats with a 1 minute wait for call beat timer to cool down some

Just did this today as a RDM/BLM. Jesimae was a level 46 set to Stalwart Shield. Pretty scary battle...I had to convert at about 50%...I made sure to keep silence on him which did help out. He got me on the first blighted gloom...missed on the others or didnt do much damage through stoneskin. Clear time of 11 minutes...I only had 20some mp and Jesimae around 10%hp but we won. Would have been a bit easier if I could have actually hit the mob...

Right, first off, I went in to Fei'yin to finally do this quest. Enter the fight with my 70brd.. This is were I should've looked for information 'cause as soon as I saw my HP and MP go down.. I was like "Oh sh*t" and quickly realised this was a lvl50 gap BCNM. So, I had no armor (AF is superior to 50 so yea) however, I had my mp rings, and some other stuff I forgot to put in mog after switching job from mnk. I did the best I could of the situation, sang MinneIII and Ballad. Oh, the only weapon available to me was my warp cudgel, fun *rolls eyes*. Anyways, I healed my npc but I quickly ran out of mp. My npc died and was ejected from battlefield. Well, next time, I'm using Mnk/nin and opening a can of pain on Vassago. I'll just set my npc to soothing healer for haste and cureIV if needed.

Just finished beating Vassago with my sam/nin. Just wear your emp pin for the evasion, then go all out on attack/strength. NPC was soothing healer.
I go in, meditate, use chiefkabob, utsusemi, the works. Then wait til meditate to get ready, put on warding circle, and just go nuts. Got blighted gloom once, and that was around when he had about 5% health left. An easy fight as a sam.

I just did this as a 50PLD/35WAR with NPC set to stalwart shield. I found that I did not need to hid behind my npc to avoid blighted gloom, but I was behind the mob. I didn't bring any mp drinks, or mp potions, however I ate a rolanberry pie, and started the fight with all mp gear. As the fight progressed I used my two hi-potions first than threw out a cure III here and there. As I used up my mp, I switched to my IM armor and tank gear. All and all, it was pretty easy. A note to the wise, having your npc at 50 really does help. I tried when she was at 44, and she died to fast.

I did this fight just now as LVL 50 PLD/WAR with my NPC set to Fierce Attacker. Finding gear was the first problem as 50 caps mean no AF and crummy WS moves. I got myself a average shield, and generally good gear apart from that, despite forgeting to take my Neckpiece out of MH >.<.

The fight itself is easy enough, though the boss does have all the standard and horrid demon moves. He attacks slow but hits between 45-80 on my PLD. He has Bio 2 which really draws things out a bit as well as the ablity to blind and slow you (both of which are very potent). Furthermore as a DRK type mob he has Tier 1 and Tier 2 nukes, which are frankly quite pathetic. Drain can be rather nasty though.

The fight got off to a shakey start when i forgot to protect and shell myself. I ran in with a full stomach but that was about it >.>. Anyway, pulled it back and luckily i had drinks to help. YOU NEED DRINKS! I ended up using both my Yagudo Drinks and my Pamma, and if i didn't have that second drink im sure i would be dead by now. When he casts his Blighted Gloom simply run back out of his range to avoid being hit. Secondly it may be a good idea to let your NPC take a few hits if she/he is set to Fierce Attacker as it may help you conserve MP. You will more than likely need to use your 2 hour in this fight if it is of use to you, so make sure its up.

Overall i could have made the fight a bit easier for myself but this Boss has some nasty moves, and if he casts slow on you at the start of the fight i can see things going pear shaped. Good luck to you all and enjoy the walk to Fe'yin, i know i did lol.

I have to admit, going into this fight, I was a bit worried. It sounded like a LOT of people had trouble with this, or it took them multiple tries, and many compared it tot he maat fight, only harder in a way, because if your npc dies, it's over...

However, after doing this fight, I have to say it was a COMPLETE joke for anyone who is familiar with soloing with their job. I went in as rdm/nin, which is not my favorite sub to rdm by a long shot, but I felt it was appropriate for a slow atatcking demon with a scythe. I went in with very weak weapons because nothing decent was available on AH at the time. My gear was fairly decent though, considering I was going to tank it like a nin. I wore the following

Elvaan RSE boots and Gloves (44 Extra MP and INT)
Crow Body, head and Pants (great evasion bonuses, only prob is the enmity loss if your npc gets hate)
Garrulous RIng (STR and AGL+3)
Ether RIng
Drone earrings x2 (dodge earrings are WAY overrated)
Spirit Torque
Sword Belt +1
Red Cape +1

I started out by buffing and restign to full (protect, shell, uts, phalanx, stoneskin, enfire). Then, Ran up to Vassago, engaged, and did Para, Blind, slow, Dia II (weak to light), and Poison II (GREAT DoT spell, I REALLY recommend using it on him, stuck great!). PAra was resisted 3x in a row, so I stopped trying to stick it on him. It didnt really matter though... I only had to cast Utsusemei TWICE the ENTIRE FIGHT, and he never made contact with me ONCE! I finished the fight with 100% hp, and about 70% MP, and didnt have to use any food, potions, drinks, etc... The ONLY time things got ugly was when my npc took hate from using BLessed radiance, and vassago hit her HARD. She was set to soothing healer, and i simply ran as far as possible when he used Blighted gloom. He used it 4 times, and my npc only countered once, all the other times it said I was "too far away", so just start running as soon as he readies it. I used ONE cure IV on my npc the entire fight, and that was right before Vassago died.

The key here is, if you are going in as nin, or subbing nin, make sure you bring as much evasion gear as possible, and if you have it, stick as much enfeebling and DoT spells on him as possible, thats really the key to winning. Running away from Blighted gloom is common sense, and has been mentioned many times already. Anyway, if you go in as PLD/NIN, and Dual wield Tactician MAgician's Espadons (dmg 38, attack +12 each), I imagine you can win this fight in 2-3min! lol, as it was, I finished 13 seconds off from the record, attempting to go slow and take my time! lmao! ANyway, TOTAL joke of a fight if you have any clue how to solo. I think I will go back in soon if it will let me try again, and set a crazy record for my server...

I just did this fight first try as RDM/BLM, with Stalwart Shield NPC. I figured with an NPC as Stalwart Shield, her defense would be pretty good against this guy, but I was sort of wrong. His attacks hit her for 100 damage a piece, though he attacks slow. I had to Cure bomb a lot even though she got off two Cure IVs. I tried to enfeeble... Slow and Silence stuck but Paralyze didn't, even though I only tried each about twice during the fight. DoT would probably be a good idea during this fight since it took awhile to take down (my fight was 9 min 41 seconds but the record was ~3 min). I don't know how well I would have tanked as RDM/BLM with casting gear but I don't think it would have been as bad as my NPC, and with her as Fierce Attacker, it would have died faster. Fun fight, take the advice about his Blighted Gloom attack from the other people who posted, he did it about 3 times during the fight and my NPC took 0 damage.

This quest is simple as pie.

The walkthrough.

This worked perfectly for me, but whether I just fluked, or was just plain lucky with it, I will leave for you to decide. I was DRK/WHM just so you know.
I HIGHLY recommend you sub WHM or RDM, so you can heal your NPC should things get sticky, though if you follow this then they shouldn't.

Have your NPC set to Soothing Healer or just Healer if you don't have the "advanced" job for Healing.


Enter the BCNM. Eat whatever food you choose (I used Sis Kebabi, Attack + STR), and head into the battle, Make sure to take "Lock on" off, so you are able to turn and run away fast, you will see why). You're NPC and you will pound away at Vassago, and eventually, you will hear him talk. I forget what he says, but I believe it said in the chat log something about "Blighted Gloom".

As soon as you see this, (I think the effect to show he is casting it is a dark Orb shape) you MUST, I repeat MUST!!!!, run as far asway as you can from Vassago. He will be forced to use Blighted Gloom onto your NPC, who will take very little --if any-- damage, and counter for like 200+ with Blessed Radiance.

Keep pounding away at him and healing your NPC and you when neccessary. Remember to run as far as you can when he uses Blighted Gloom, he should be dead soon enough.


Reward: Some Cutscenes involving NPC, and NPC Relationship strengthens... Yep- I was pissed to... (Not really, the fight was fun ^^