Ru'Aun Gardens  

Anyone know what you have to do to be able to teleport to Tu’Lia from the Hall of Transference in the Holla, Dem, and Mea spires?

Ok can someone tell me what the little blank icon behind the fallen pillar at Byakko's first set of stair cases is for? The <pos> on the map is F-6 or G-6 (hard to tell on that small of a map). I've asked people what its for and no one seems to know. I thought it was for ZM17 or something but it turns out that it's not seeing as I have already completed all the ZM missions now.

So I just did zm 12 and wanted to go to the sky and when I zoned in here all I got was a butt load of lagg..... So bad that u can think of lower Jeuno x 100 I would get a frame every 3 sacs. And when I zoned out to the hall of gods there was no lag at all. I have an ATI radian x600+ graphics card 72 GB of free memory and 1 GB of ram with a CPU speed at 2.6 GHz of speed and windows home addition 2003 so I don’t think that I have a problem with my comp

i just got into sky today and explored but i cant get out! one of the posts said use the red teleporter but i sit on it nothing happens and i cant click on it. also ive found 2 green teleporters that have 2 circle things that change when u get near them, how do i use these?

Edited, Thu Nov 24 00:17:20 2005

So it seems like when you enter Ru'Ann gardens, you can't exit the same way you came from. What gives?

This really sucks when you go on your own without a warp scroll. Does anyone have any ideas how to get out without having a friend to come fetch you that could either warp you or tele you out?

(I'm asking this on behalf of my friend who happens to be stuck there right now...)

Hey, i could really use this map, even tho the place isnt to complex, would still be nice. Is the map in coffer chest? If so, what drops coffer keys? thx for the help.

ok i recently got sky access. i have to say that zm4 was the hardest only because it was hard to get to. the group i had for zm8 was, as a fellow LS member put it, stacked. TO be honest i was worried at the start simply because we had no whm. it was 73 rdm(taru) 72 pld 74 blm 74 mnk 74 blm and me(66drk)
it was actually a pretty easy fight, 5 minutes, only one death, and that was rdm
convert, cure 4, pld covers, doesnt last, kalnut fires off light blade KOs rdm, kalnut dies. Overall everyone in teh group did a remarkable job and they were nice enough to let me come along at 66(they just wanted to see me get my spin on with my GS =) )

i think doin up to zm13 just to get Tulia access is worth it, im still on zm4 and it suxs but i luv the hall!(Tulias entrance) i like goin there just to chill, i think its awesome with the bgm and all, every1 should go! and i know ill like Tulia more, i heard it has cool bgm!! i wanna go!! i luv explorin!! ^^;

i havent saw the post of FF XI kayned....well i guess his information was better then mine ^^;;;;

The ZMs are pretty tough if not everyone is max level and it's your first time going through. It was a hell of a journey for my linkshell (all US players, started on US retail release) pre-75 and we finally got to Tu'Lia around the middle of March 2004 and completed the rest of the ZMs at the end of April.

The sad thing is that the ZMs become easy once you know what you're going up against and you're completing them for other people. All I can suggest is that you get a PT of friends together who haven't done the missions yet and start fresh for a more challenging experience and to feel like you've accomplished something :P

Anyway, here's a little information that I haven't seen posted here yet:

- If you see Light weather in Tu'Lia, don't go anywhere near the groundskeepers inside the alcoves unless you're invisible, because during this type of weather their sight range is drastically increased. Don't worry too much though, as I've only seen light weather once in all the time I've spent up in the sky.

- Kirin took around 2 alliances for us to beat, with the fight lasting 5+ hours total. At the start of the fight, one alliance kited Kirin around and didn't try to do any damage to him until he was finished summoning all the gods (he summons one about every 5 minutes). These gods are a much weaker version of the ones you can pop in Ru'Aun Gardens, and taking these summoned gods out was what the other alliance was for.

Once Kirin summoned all four gods, he doesn't summon again so this is when the real fight began. Once mages ran out of mana, and monks used their chi blast, those mages and monks would be switched out with other mages and monks. Also, anyone (meaning people not kiting Kirin) with a sam sub would be kicked out until they got 300% TP, then they would be re-added to do a Spirits Within, then kicked back out until they regained 300% TP with meditate.

The fight was long... too long... but when it was over Kirin dropped a shining cloth and a mnk/sam/nin body abjuration (dryadic abjuration: body). Was hoping the Osode would drop... but I probably would have lost on it anyway :P

First off, it is beautiful. Best zone you will have seen since Zi'tah. Now to answer some common questions.

Do Mobs aggro in Ru'Ann Gardens?

Yes. But will you need stealth spells, no. Normal Groundskeepers do not aggro. However you will notice some that are implanted into the walls (with a blue aura) THESE AGGRO. However, you can stay out of range by simply by keeping or the far side from them (or walking right in the middle when they are facing eachother in hallways)

From what I have heard, it takes about 50-75, level 75 players to take on Kirin (I'd assume it's a little less than that for the other beasts). He is capable of summoning the four other God beasts to fight with him (and will do it too). I've never heard people needing that much for anyone else. But what do you expect? The equipment he drops is, hands down, the best in the game. For the classes that can qeuip it at least.