Breaking Barriers  

Soloed this as Deadwired 95mnk/dnc 100fist ate them up both dead before 100fist wore off

Done as a 75Rdm/Whm, 59Whm/Blm, and 75War/Nin. Fight was easy. This mob can hit pretty hard but keeping up shadows isn't too bad. We also did the pop then zone maneuver to de-pop one of the birds.

Here's my story...

My friend (Taycee 60whm/blm) and I (75smn/whm) went to do this fight together. She wasn't on the mission, but she offered to help me out. I really just wanted to see if I could make a dent in either of these guys solo. I expected to die.

We got up there and took care of Ahtu (quest NM). I used a marron glace, rr2, stoneskin, blink, etc.

I popped the birds and we ran for the zone, zoned in and reapplied blink. I zoned back out, put up sneak and summoned Fenrir. I stuck Fenrir on the BRD bird, used Eclipse Bite, and ran to the other side. Taycee confirmed they did not link, but the second bird was standing quite away from the first so, I can't be sure they don't in another situation.

During this initial fight with Fenrir, the WHM bird despawned.

From there on out it was a matter of keeping stoneskin up and Carby/Fenrir kiting the bird across the area. I used Carby most of the time, but occasionally pulled in Fenrir to do an Eclipse Bite for extra damage. Eclipse Bite was hitting for around 300-450 area. I was very careful with this move because naturally I was getting all this extra hate and kept getting hit. One hit went straight through my stoneskin many times and damaged me. But one hit is usually all it took before one of my pets grabbed hate back.

There was one point that I almost died. Carby went after the bird and missed on the first try and the bird kept hitting me. I was deep in the red below 50hp. Taycee saved me by giving me a DS+Cure IV. She took hate and took the death. In this time Carby got some hits in and resumed hate after the bird took Taycee down. This action on Taycee's part saved the entire fight really.

Right as Taycee died, I was slept by the BRD AOE. But Carby did have hate, so all I did was stand there and wait for sleep to wear off. It took about 60% of Carby's life bar before I woke up naturally. This moment was also a moment where things could have ended fast. I was lucky here to have woken up so fast.

After that point, I kited with Carby only as the bird had only about 5% life left. Taycee RR'd and cured me as needed. It only took a few more kites to take the bird down.

It was a hard fight, pets died very fast. Taycee healed me at each end of the kite. And with the exception to that one point, the fight went really well and smooth. I don't know if we got lucky, but I'm just overjoyed it worked out!

Special Thanks to Taycee, a great friend IRL and IG.

PS: When you go up don't forget your Selbina Clay if you haven't finished the Selbina quest yet.



Edited, Feb 12th 2007 3:00pm by Vysala

Got bored last night, so two LS friends of mine who are also on 9-1 decided to get the key items out of the way. We were:

Tyreewere Pld69/War34 (Me)
Meowphttphtt Whm69/Blm34
Fireman Bst75/Whm37

For this, I subbed /rdm for sneak and invis to save on oils and powders. Got Valley of Sorrows, no prob. Teleported to Vahzal and got Xarcabard. Took all of 5 minutes. Fire suggested that we go see just how hard the NM's were. They Teleported to Holla while I warped to Jeuno to change into /war and grab some yag drinks. We met up at The Eldieme Necropolis and got to the island. (Gotta love almost no aggro at 69 :p)

Found the NM tree for the Sandi quest there. Killed it without any dmg to anyone, and Meow got the drop. We buffed up, all put up RR, and ate our food. (I used a carbonara I had left over from my Maat fight) Fire put sneak up and popped the NM's. He ran back and we all zoned into Eldieme. Being a Taru bst, Fire took a ton of dmg, even with Stoneskin and Blink up, which Meow healed. We headed back outside and she took a knee to get her MP back. Suparna was standing close to the zone, while the Fledgling was near the ledge. Once Meow was ready, Fire called his Carrie and went to pull the closest bird, only to have them both despawn. >.< We took too long to med.

I decided, as Galka pld, to try and spawn them this time. Fire snuck me, and I popped them. Ran to the zone, only taking about 150 dmg. Waited 5, then rezoned. They were in the same places. Fire called another Carrie and pulled the Suparna to the zone. I immediately provoke/flash and engage. With the def of the carbonara, I was taking 60-70 dmg, with up to 200 on crits. I popped Rampart and most of his AoE spells were being blocked for 0. Then I popped Sentinel and the dmg dipped to 20-30 with crits of 80-100. (Gotta love the new updates) Anyway, we killed it in short order, and looked over to see that the Fledgling had despawned during the fight. We walked over to the ??? and got the cutscene. Amazingly simple, to be quite honest. Now, just one more mission for Rank 10. wOOt!

Tyreewere
Galka Paladin
Irit Server

Me (RDM) and my NIN friend did this quest. I popped the mobs and we zoned. We zoned back in and he pulled the WAR/BRD one. I debuffed and Hasted him and he pretty much killed it alone. Too Weak. Thanks Ferra!!

Yes, the entrance to Valley of Sorrows you want is (J-8) from the Cape Terrigan map. North will take you to Gustav Tunnel @.@!

The greater birds are whm and war, not whm and brd. Nearly all greater bird NMs can do songs. One of the birds here does benediction, the other does mighty strikes (just like roc and simurgh).

Solo this as RDM/NIN.75 today ^^

It took me 4 deaths to try out different methods. Here how it went down (god bless RR gorget).

#1: Planned this as a dry run for myself. Tried Sleep2 on whm NM, but it was resisted. The BRD did 2 magic finale that took SS off, and I was pecked to death. I noted that the brd was doing 200 damage, and the whm is only doing 80. (I had P4, and phalanx on still)

#2: Tried to sleep brd NM this time. It was also resisted. The BRD NM slept me, and again, it was a quick death for me.

#3: This time I tried gravity. It stuck alright, but both NM (yes BOTH) were spamming Horde Lullaby on me. I had no chance.

#4: I full buff, and put barsleep and barfire on last. I also sneak/deodorize. I popped them, and they were pecking right away. Then I remember peyton is sight aggro anyways, so that was a dumb attempt for a sneak pop. I kinda gave up, but I casted all my debuff, and noticed that all of them landed.

#5: Again, I full buff with barsleep/barfire. This time, right after I pop them, I just dash to zone, not stopping for anything. I made it into EN only taking 2 hits. I put SS and shadow back on, and zone right back. NM was still there, and I pull the WHM NM with a Poison II. As the WHM walks past the BRD, they did not link. So now, it's just me against the whm. o.o

Silence is the most important debuff here. This "whm" NM also does songs, so make sure silence is in place. Otherwise, it's just like fighting avatars, except every debuff I threw at it landed. I had to convert once during this battle. It didn't take long either that long either.

The BRD NM despawned during the my fight with the WHM. After the WHM was dead, I clicked on the ???, and got the last key item.

{fun} {excitment} {Yes, please} ^^

Did this easily last night as 71x6 + RNG69 (BLM, WHM, RDM, RNG, SAM, PLD, DRK).

First of all, the RDM could easily kite the Fledgling because I had no problems sticking Gravity. However, to be safe and since this post was talking about parties of 75, we decided to follow the zone method mentioned:

Everyone stayed inside Eldieme except for myself and the WHM. I buffed and then popped the NMs, Gravitied the Fledgling, then ran to the zone. The WHM stayed out and ahead of me to heal me in case of sleep so I wouldn't have to drop Stoneskin.

We all zoned out right after and then the SAM pulled the Suparna which was just outside the zone and we fought it easily, then took on the Fledgling, which was still far back by the ???. They both 2-houred, but the battles were so easy, it wasn't an issue.

Hey everyone i'm lookin for help on mission 9-1 & 9-2. Got some high lvl SAM's comin may need a tank and some healers. So if anyone is interested in joining please send me a /tell Djnem. I'll make some /shout attempts tonight and see if we can make a run around 8pm-9pmish est.

Edited, Fri Apr 22 10:00:32 2005

I was going to the island through Eldieme last night playing tag with my LS (no comments please), and ran into another high level RDM who was headed the same way to try to solo the two NM birds. I offerred to help and off we went.

He spawned and zoned, making it to the zone line with just a little over 100 HP left in spite of starting off with Stoneskin, Phalanx, and Blink. I watched as the two birds walked back toward the headstone and got far enough apart for the WAR/BRD to be pulled. Yes he used Mighty Strikes, and yes he put me to sleep with Lullabye. Weather Bard is his sub or he's one of those lucky mobs who simply has two jobs, I can't say as he didn't Soul Voice.

Anyway, after the Lullabye incident, I made sure to keep him silenced. The other RDM kept Gravity up, and we nuked him then slept him once. Two Blizzard IIIs took out maybe an 8th of his life, so we decided to Chainspell nuke when he woke up. We did. He burned. That many Fire and Blizzard IIIs in a row is a thing of beauty.

Unfortunately, he still had a sliver of life left when we both ran out of mp. I ran toward the zone as my Stoneskin had fallen and the other RDM had no way to take hate. When Refresh finally brought my MP back up so that I could cast Drain, I did and the bird dropped. The smaller bird did not have to be killed.

Anyway, this mission is officially doable by a lv. 73 and 74 RDM combo.

After completing the first step (by clicking to the ??? in the Valley of Sorrows -- south wall at I-8) you obtain the key item: Figure of Titan.

After completing the second step (by clicking on the ??? at H-7 -- turn left at top of ramp up to upper level and it is between 3 trees) you obtain the key item: Figure of Garuda.


Edited, Sun Mar 13 21:37:34 2005