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Glee... this NM screams RDM tankage ;)

Edit: killed it as 75 RDM/BLM, although I had to Sleep+Convert it. Sleep-nuking might be better (and faster) then trying to melee it.

The additional effect: Aspir drained 7 MP on every hit. Didn't have any trouble landing debuffs like gravity, bind or sleep.

Edited, Thu Jun 15 02:54:36 2006

Ive killed this guy 2x now, once solo as 74pld/rdm and once duo with a 73sam/thf.
Solo:
With Phalanx, Stoneskin, En-spell, Blaze spikes I soloed him down. He was hitting me for 0 90% of the time with phalanx and shield procs kicking in. That other 10% adds up when he hits you 3 times a second though, lol. Just buff BEFORE the cutscene if you are tanking. His mp drain puts a huge hole in your mp tank and it wont last but 30 seconds (i had ~400mp to begin with, all gone in [Short time]). Honestly though, the blaze spikes is what killed him. 8 dmg to himself every time he hit. He still got me down to ~400 hp and no mp (herc ring effects werent gonna keep me alive much longer either ;) )
Duo:
All I can say is have the tank voke or get hate FAST. In the 15 seconds my friend (73sam/thf) had hate (since he popped) he was down to 300 hp or so. If you're gonna straight tank him make sure to have some healing of sorts if you don't have -dmg spells.

As a side note, nin tank wouldnt stand a chance. Though my pld eva is [Too weak], I dont think I evaded once during the entire fight (~300 hits maybe, the dmg taken filled my ENTIRE chat log). So an evasion setup is probably not gonna work. I see a nin tank attempt (without a healer of course) going like this:
*By the time katanas are out and engaged, Utsu ni is gone
*By the time you hit your next shadow macro, your @ 50% health
*By the time you lift your finger from the keyboard your next shadows are interrupted or gone.
*By the time you scroll down to "Call for help" your dead.

I don't know if this is why any confusion has been cause in earlier posts, but this quest is in Whitegate, not Al Zahbi, although we all basically know Whitegate is part of Al Zahbi. The first CS is by talking to Ahaada at G-6, second one you get by walking to those two barrels in the corner at I-11, right by the boat. The last CS before the NM fight is directly above where the 2nd one is, at I-12. You have to walk around and up the stairs to get there, but once you do, you just walk towards the end and the CS will start, since that is where the CS takes place.

I did the NM fight with about 5 people. We didn't need that much, but I wanted to take whoever needed the Caedarva Mire map. It was a NIN, SAM, RNG, MNK and me (WHM). We beat it in about 60 seconds :)... Just to clarify an error noted here, after beating the mob, you click on the ???, you get the CS with Alcander and the taru and he gives you the map right then and there. You do not go back to Ahaadah to get anything. The quest is done.

Also, as some people are saying, yes he does do Hundred Fists right away so it's best to have more people to beat him faster, it may be a little too tough for one person to tank alone. Or, maybe a 2nd healer would do the trick.

I soloed this thing as 74RDM/BLU woulda been easier with BLM sub but I was just passing through and decided to try it. I popped and slept it, gravity, bind, and nuked. Slept right after, rested a distance away, and when it woke up it'd slowly hop towards me and i could stand and sleep it. Took about 20 minutes this way nuking with Blizzard III. I brought it down the fomor path so if you were going to do it this way it'd be best to do it right as day (4) begins. I converted when I could and chainspelled the end to speed things up.

I just soloed him as RDM75/BLU20. Buffed up with prot/shell/ss/cocoon/phalanx/aquaviel/ice spikes and one taco for some extra defense (about 680 def total). Straight up tanked the pesky little guy. Overall he wasn't hitting for much, took him about 60% of his health to finally beat through my SS. Biggest issue was this SOB aspirs off about 6 MP per hit. Even with 4 MP/tick regen, that's a steady drain on MP. He dragged me down to 0 MP by about his 20% mark, so I'd recommend restoring your buffs at about the 150 MP mark or so rather than wait their durations out as you won't have MP then anyway. This guy also tosses on plague which saps TP and MP as well, so don't count on WS.

There is no I-11 in Al Zahbi sorry.

couldnt get no cutscene in the southern port. think this is false. i zoned and everything tryin to get another cut scene. didnt happen. tried to solo the quest, my ridill let me down.

I was able to solo the NM as a BLM/RDM. Fully buff beforehand with Blink (not that it really matters), Stoneskin+Phalanx, Ice Spikes, Aquaveil, Protect/Shell.

Pop it, and immediately Gravity and run away to maximum casting range. Thunder IV alternated with Blizzard IV for nukes. Bind worked poorly wearing off early, but Gravity stuck the whole time. I ES+Sleep II'd it to rest back 200MP and finish it off. In the future, I'd bring a Yag Drink with me to make it easier.

It has approximately 5k HP. My nukes were doing just below 1k damage, a little over once Uggy Pendant activated.

Duo'd with a 73 SMN and me, 75 SMN.

Was very easy. 3 Predator Claws raped it. A Garuda died though. But oh well was easy.

this was very easy, 75 mnk, 75 thf, 75 whm. it hit me for 25-40 a shot, wasnt in any serious danger, and the hundred aspir was funny to watch :D

Duo'ed the NM with my WHM friend on my PLD.

Easy fight, refresh is useless for this fight en-aspir is too fast for refresh but with full mp at start I could get a few cures on myself.

Fun fight.

RAWR FFXI Players! This quest is handy, seeing that I need ALL the maps possibly for the new areas. I'm always getting lost. lol