1/1 on this bad bay. Was camping Elementals for a bit and fought one Dancing Weapon. Then this popped. I had Kracken on me at the same time so it was an annyoing fight. Easy Peasy as 63 blm.
First time I fought it at around 50SAM/25WAR it wasn't too hard. Took a bit of a beating but I got it and it dropped too. Didn't even know the NM existed but the drop was only worth about 10k anyway. It's easier now at lv59, doesn't hurt me too much to worry me.
umm yes impossible to gauge does change on warchief vatgit in ghelsba hes immpossible to gauge around lvl 10-15 at 40RNG he is too weak now. just thought id say not being rude :)
Yeah, I've used that a lot too - it really depends on what mob type you're up against, what kind of pet you use, and what your enemy cons as compared to you.
Sometimes the CCA does get more hate than the Barbaroi Axe - so if the situation demands it definitely use whatever works best. That's the fun part about BST - each fight is a little bit different... way different than just DDing in a pt and attacking them as they're pulled in - you really need to be careful not to get too much hate or you'll end up dead. :P
My main point in that post was to discourage use of scythe for XPing as BST - since it hits slow but HUGE, you're much more likely to get on top of the mob's hate list (and have it turn on you) than consistent decent hits like an axe lets you do.
Now for farming as BST, scythe is really fun... :P
I was in quifm lookign for a pt on my thf (24) so i decided to to head by the tower and wait for a pt invite. As i was running to the tower i was targeting random monsters and i saw Trickster come up on my target so since i cant feel back to town i let him kill me and i go change to my main RDM lvl 63 and go back and kill him. It was a real easy fight and i got the drop ^^.
I was out in Qufim coz I was bored one night and i was around Trickster Kinetix's area, I didn't even know about this NM. I was hanging around a party just protecting it from random aggro or link or whatever. During a fight with a Pugil, one of their members goes down by Screwdriver (evil evil move) so they are in downtime for a while, so I thought i'll just go kill a few giants, so i run to Trickster Kinetix's area and see a giant standing near 2 weapons, i checked one of the weapons randomly and it said "Impossible to Gauge". I thought "hang on, this isnt right" but it was an NM. I frantically asked my LS how hard it was but there was no response, so i thought, what the hell. So I attack it, and it goes down pretty quick, took a beating but nothing serious. No drop either. I was 46DRG/23WAR so it was easy for a level like that.
I had just fought this NM as a lvl 51blm/25whm. I had to keep myself cured the whole time but didnt consider pulling it with freeze. If you go in as a blm or drk make sure u constantly drain and aspir him. He kept me in the red and orange the whole fight but i was using my new ice staff ot really paying attention in the begining tell my ls im fighting yet another nm. I didn't get drop but after reading this my near death experience wasnt worth it. Good luck to all who fight it!
Was goin after weapons all night to help bud get kaiser sword and wasnt even bein healed when i saw this guy pop up and saw he had a name and figured NM,"why the hell not?" w/o knowin his lvl..i had 251 hp at beginnin of fight...had 251 hp at end of fight. easiest NM i eva fought. this was done as a lvl 41 NIN/20 WAR.
I've seen this thing twice whilst levelling in Qufim. It was sitting there near the white pillar, so I went pretty close to it with Invis / Sneak on and took some screenshots.
After a minute of watching it, I did /sh and announced it was there. Within 20 seconds a group of 3 high level players (WHM, DRG and WAR) appeared and it was gone very soon. I've seen this thing zoned as well, and stayed well out of its way.
Kinetix is a similar size to the other Weapons, so it's easy to pass it by.
I've still got a score to settle with this guy. One time our party was near the Delkfutt zone, and I saw him being zoned to Delkfutt. Since it was at about 1/8 health, I asked our party if they wanted to kill it, so we made an attempt but 4/6 of us (including me) ended up dying. Little did I know that not only could the drop be synthesized, but it wasn't even worth 10k on our server. I've already to planned to go back out to camp him just for the pure satisfaction of killing him.
All NM con as "Impossible to Gauge" ... that's sort of the quick and ugly way to tell if it's a NM or not. This never changes, irregardless of level. Ex: Lvl 50 DRG ---> /check "Leaping Lizzy" ---> Impossible to Gauge
Warchief is a named mob, not a notorious monster. Generally NM's have a healthy HP bonus for their level and most have a 2hr of some kind. While named mobs might simply have some special ability or nothing at all but a unique name. There are of course exceptions ;P
I was leveling THF in Qufim near the tower when someone shouted that Trickster Kinetix had spawned.
One party of 20-21 claimed it and died miserably. A second party shouted "It's weaker! Let's kill it!" They soon fell. Trickster Kinetix then went on a rampage (being near the zone to delkfutts).
Luckily, I had just got level 25 and I fled from the chaos. Came back to see the carnage. 5 parties down from this NM. A lvl 40 PLD and 47 DRk killed it.
Well an LS friend of mine wanted to skill up fast yesterday and asked me if i wanted to help and I say "sure where at?". He says Qufim and I'm a lil iffy since we'd both be getting xp. Eventually over this incredibly boring scenario we head over to Delkfutts to save people from trains and such and i decide to randomly target a weapon. "Trickster Kinetix (said as <t>)" about 40 seconds later I realize it's the NM so I whack it with my katanas. My buddy helps out casting brd stuff etc. Fight took about 3 min with 2 lvl 40's and we didn't get the drop -_- Later we went to Behemoth's Dominion to look and see if we could find some Behemoths to take pics of =P
Spotted him in the morning while I was killing giants. Fought him as a 50sam/25war and didn't have much of a problem. Got the Tabar for the drop, sells on ragnarok for 8k at the AH. Not really worth hunting unless you are like me and kill the NMs that aren't hunted as badly.
it doesn't seem to spawn too often, i've sat there for 3 hours before killing all the weapons. i've killed him 3 times and got the axe once (i have Treasure Hunter II), but it doesn't sell for much, so if you're looking for gil, look somewhere else.
I waited at that place for at least 2 to 3 hours killin Dancing Weapons. Well at least got 2 swords from them but anyway I fought this thing at lvl 59rdm didnt drop anything so i will never go down there for that thing again.
i killed it once .. i was killin weapon's for the sword they drop (jeuno quest) i had t 40 whm linkshell bubby helpin me and the Kinetix spawned we tryed to kill but he died i ran .. he changed job's quick to a 51 bard and we owned that fool ... but no drop .. well thats my story ..
Indeed true. When I first started that's what I thought when I got the Orcish Axe (For Rank2? I forget). Anyways, I got the Axe and was like 'Cool, an Axe that's Lvl5, I need a new weapon (was using Bronze Sword I believe) The I looked at it, and saw 'Lvl5 BST', and wondered 'Now, if Only I could figure out how to open up Beast as a race for a new character, coz I didn't get that option'
Now, I know better, but still... when I was a newb, that was exactly what I thought. My how stupid we once were...