Yeah, these are DEFINITELY not 65-70... I went in as 75RDM, they were ALL Tough to Very TOugh to me, and even a "tough" suggests a MINIMUM of one level above you, so at ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, the lowest ones are 76... this goes for the opo opo around them too.
These guys resisted Shock (thunder-based elemental enfeeble) about 50% of the time. And they also halved one of my Elemental Seal'd Thunder IIIs. I was a 66BLM at the time.
Being a 75 BST i have been looking for the best solo xp pretty much everywhere for buffer and merrit points. After tiring myself trying to xp in Boyahda Tree i thought i would give Den of Rancor a go. I zoned into Den of Rancor from Yhoator Jungle. All Lizards here checked as Even Match - Tough. This was good. Trying EM lizard pet to Tough Lizard failed miserably due to "Beautiful Gaze". However i went in further and checked the Pucks and they checked as DC-EM. I charmed a EM and proceeded to fight a T. Puck had %30 health left after fight and i received 200xp without chain.
For all of you worried BST's thinking "These Lizards link". I was able to easily charm a T lizard to the zone then release and charm Puck to fight it. There are only 2 problems i had whilst there. 1st was the parties that come to xp and get annoyed that i was there...well thats tough luck. 2nd is the Pucks are hard to charm so just make sure you have blink and stoneskin up.
or just bring a ranger PT. 4rng/nins 1whm 1rdm 9-11k/hr we were there for 2.5 hrs or so, not a bad night, but as was posted prior, stona is a must, expecially in the given set up they were hitting between shadows for 170-240 ( awesome rng def. we had no deaths that night, lvl rng was 4rngs were 65, whm 65 and rdm was 64, not a bad night. but was a little hairy @ times, i recommend having a nin replace a rng for a safer EXPerience. but we have been doing the rng set up for awhile now so we had some history with each and such. i kinda felt bad for the PT @ the zone who had a couple of deaths as 66-68 PT but we were nice not to XP near a traditional PT set up, b/c as everyone knows a rng PT can go from great to 6 dead bodies pretty quick and didnt want to burden them with links and such, but overall a plesant experience, A LOT BETTER then crowded *** boy tree
The guide up top says these are lvl 67-70. This is completely wrong. I exped off these things until 67 or 68 and got great exp. You can start exping on these around 65 with a great party, 66 with an average party. I'd stop exping off these at 68, 69 gimps exp a bit it seems. I'd have to say they're more like lvl 75-78
Oh I should add you can do these with a 65-67 pt with a good whm (Bring a whm its friggin hard w/o stona cuz you'll need a smn with springwater to remove petrify) and bring a brd. Also good with a nin tank i would think cuz they hit pretty damn hard.
Oh I should add you can do these with a 65-67 pt with a good whm (Bring a whm its friggin hard w/o stona cuz you'll need a smn with springwater to remove petrify) and bring a brd. Also good with a nin tank i would think cuz they hit pretty damn hard.