Battle Screenshots – Aleczan's New Diary (FFXIV: ARR)

Horrifying and Hilarious Weeping City

By Aleczan Knighthill | June 10, 2018 - 3:45 pm |June 11, 2018 Battle Screenshots, My Rants, Screenshots

I MUST write about this because even Walter said after we won “I don’t know how we survived.” And yes it was weird!!!

Last night I went to Alliance Raid roulette with FC friends on Tonberry and we got Weeping City of Mhach. No, the Mhach didn’t weep. I did. And I bet my co-healer, a stranger SCH, also wept as much as I did. The start didn’t bode well. The tank seemed inexperience, and the whole party B seemed to struggle a lot.

First boss, the Arachne was….fine. We got by quite smoothly despite the fact that someone placed the web (safe spot) in the middle, and there were no less than 3 people who stayed on it and got squashed when the boss emerged from the sand vortex. I’m a bad person, so I snorted a laugh.

At Forgall, however, the errors were more fatal. See, Walter discussed with us and we agreed that we might wipe here. But the party B and the B tank never communicated with the alliance, and so we didn’t want to be rude and say “Let C tank for you.” Something weird about the Japanese Datacenter, I guess. I have hardly ever seen them communicating between parties in alliance raid. They usually keep talking to their own parties.

There was only once in my whole playtime on Tonberry that I saw someone from party B saying they’re new and need help tanking (and Mary assumed the position, reluctantly LOL). And that was after a very bad wipe, or two, I can’t really remember how bad we had it that time. So yeah, they’re drama-free. No angry messages between parties, but also no strategic planning.

Anyway, in Forgall last night, party B either 1) didn’t stun Beguiling Mist from the Summoned Succubus or 2) had been spamming Stun to the point of resist. So the Seduce fest was triggered. Haha!

Pic 1 : Before the epic death. I am not sure how and why the SCH, one of the bards, and I didn’t get charmed/seduced. Could be just lucky evade, or we were out of range (very less likely), or we were standing on the red holes and had bleeding that could prevent Seduce?

Pic 2 : I checked the battle chatlog and found that this was a cruel combo that was meant to wipe everyone.

Beguiling Mist (Succubus, B add) – raid-wide AoE that seduce everyone. Seduced people will walk to Succubus.
Rotten Breath (Dahak, A add) – close proximate (?) AoE poison breath. About 5000 – 10000 HP DMG, and Poison DoT.
Void Fire IV (Succubus) – ground AoE at Succubus’s position, where Seduced people walked to… About 3000 – 5000 HP DMG, and Burn DoT.
Voidblood (Haagenti, which was C add) – About 2000 HP DMG and perhaps also Poison?
Rotten Breath AGAIN (WTF, asshole!) Same deal.
And if you’re still alive, Haagenti uses Mortal Ray to try to get Doom on you, if you stare, you’re as good as dead.

3 of us didn’t even get Seduced, so we didn’t walk in, and didn’t get Void Fire IV, nor Voidblood, nor Rotten Breath, and survived. Walter got charmed, walked in, and walked out alive as well. Bravo to the SCH!

I used to wipe twice, back to back, on Ragnarok (Chaos Datacenter) because the party with Succubus didn’t stun it both times. It seemed like instant wipe to me, because everyone died in one hit. This is new. And my gear wasn’t that high. I was on AST 64. It was either the Bleeding (from standing on the red fiery hole) saved the few of us, or we just got a lucky evade.

Pic 3 : From there, with 8 survivors (2 in A, 2 in B, and 4 in C) we tried to recover. We raised and raised. People died, and died, because not enough heal power to keep the weakened alive…

We managed to win, eventually.

Hurray!!!!

The battle chatlog during the wipe has 13 pages, in case anyone is interested in reading for a case study, or just for fun.

And that’s it. Was tough, tiring, and funny. I won’t talk about Ozma because I am angry lol, especially in Atomos room. Last boss was a little mess, too, but we didn’t wipe. Meh. Although I’m not quite ranting, I will still put this in “My Rant” category because it was a catastrophic alliance raid. XD

Sub-par tank with big attitude

By Aleczan Knighthill | October 26, 2016 - 1:53 pm |November 8, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Chat Screenshots, My Rants, Screenshots

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Expert roulette today was full of drama, again. Frankly, that is why I tried to avoid DF solo and only go when I have at least one friend with me. Today, though, I was with Corn and Bray, and we went in as a party of three, then were matched with a stranger who was a DRK.

Right off the bat, without any heads up, he or she stood there for like a minute, seeming AFK. We went ahead and pulled a group of 3 enemies, having Corn’s Titan-Egi tank. The tank came back a bit later, when enemies were almost dead. Tank said sorry and helped us kill 2 out of 3 enemies, and ran off to grab next group before last one died.

Bray said “go big” so the tank kept going…..up the stairs where it was a dead end. We fought there and proceeded to next set of mobs. Tank pulled all the way to the monkeys’ room. I had difficult time keeping up with the cure. This tank was strangely squishy. I wasn’t sure if DRKs are squishy by nature, or if this person had bad gear, or if this person had bad skill rotation. I couldn’t Cleric Stance properly. I had healed DRKs before. I felt DRK is quite hard to heal and I’m more accustomed to healing a PLD. And in level 60 content (non-sync) I can also heal a WAR alright. But DRK is another story. However, this DRK seemed a little bit squishier that others. So, I selected to focus on healing instead.

Boss room was ok. I couldn’t DPS and tank didn’t 100% dodge the Folio AoE, but that’s fine. Everything was manageable.

This DRK kept quietly going AFK (or at least seemed AFK) every once in a while, without notification, too. So we crept forward slowly using Titan-Egi tank, which complicated things because when the tank arrived late at the scene, it was harder to secure enmity. I almost got mowed to death a few times due to my Medica II pulling hate from Titan-Egi.

Then, in Liquid Flame boss, I made a bad decision and spent Benediction on Bray when he was dying. Bye-bye my cool down. Ugh!

Next mob after flame boss was in a room where vision is blocked by a narrow door. Corn wandered too far into the room and was seen. (I did this twice, because I forgot and didn’t see the enemies visually.) So we started fighting.

The tank (back from being idle) ran in, said “Ffs” and grabbed all the 3 enemies, and headed further up the stairs. I used Sprint to follow. We reached the next room, where there are many statues. Inside the room, near the entrance there are 3 more enemies. Once tank reached the enemies, Corn placed Shadow Flare there. I spent my Divine Seal and used Medica II. But lo and behold, the tank didn’t stop there, he or she continued to the end of the room, missing Medica II and waking up first set of statues, which spawned 2 3 more enemies. That’s 8 (I was wrong, it was actually 9 enemies) in the fray.

I followed immediately and Swiftcast, reapplied my Medica II to help with tank’s HP. I also landed Tetragrammaton on the tank for 7888 HP and placed Asylum. Meanwhile, one or two loose enemies whacked on me because of my too-early Medica II. (I usually let tank secure enmity first, but this tank had me panicked because he or she ran off for more enemies when I wasn’t expecting it, and tank’s HP gushed like water.)

Tank used Convalescence but from that point on, I could only land 1 Cure. I tried to Cure II, as Benediction and Tetra were both on cooldown. We all dodged a bunch of cluttered AoE and either I was hit or my Cure II was interrupted by damage, and in a blink, tank died.

I was shredded into pieces right after. And then Corn, and then Bray.

Tank was like “Great” then said “Can pull cant heal.”

Um? I didn’t pull. And wait, you were the one who decided to take a bigger bite than you can chew, no? We wanted to stop at the front of the room. You dragged the mobs all the way to the back of the room. YOU.

And where’s the oh-shit emergency skill, Living Dead, that could have extended your death for at least 10 seconds? And not all enemies were on you, yet you still died. =_=;; That means your tanking skill, in combination with my healing skill, cannot withstand that many enemies.

I was so miffed and replied “Where’s your Living Dead? :P”

Corn got pissed off, too, and called the DRK out on those mysterious AFKs. The DRK said “I was trying to type” (I thought to myself, type what? You’re not supposed to type while engaged in battle.) On my second thought, though, maybe the DRK meant he or she was trying to type to tell the party that he or she needed to go AFK. But….how long does a person need just to type “Wait” or “BRB” or “AFK” or “sec” or to type wa [and tab, for auto-translation of “Wait, please.”]. After 3-letter notification to make the party listen, one can have plenty of time to explain the situation or the need to AFK or to pause the pull.

Anyway, after everyone went to HP and ran back again, the DRK darted forward without waiting for Protect (probably was too pissed off to care). So I had to cast Protect on them again, at the same time the DRK aggroed first group of enemies, and my Protect stole enmity right off the bat. DRK didn’t even care and kept running forward for the 2^nd group. I had to Sprint to catch up and heal, etc.

Unhappy.

While we were fighting through the room full of statues that gradually spawned enemies, the argument went on and on. The tank was angry that Corn pulled. (Honestly, I would, too. I always hate DPS that pulls before tank.) Corn was pissed that the tank kept going AFK unannounced. (In this case I regrettably sided with Corn, because going AFK unannounced is very rude, IMO. And to top it off, the tank was so squishy and died from pulling too many mobs without consulting the party, and then immediately blamed me, I was infuriated.)

I also had to use Benediction there (like, what the!?! I only used Benediction there on Dew when and if we pull 8 enemies at once.) The tank seemed so occupied in exchanging angry messages with Corn and didn’t focus on tanking AT ALL. It was even worse than before. Tank was always on the verge of dying, even when I fully focused on healing and switched to bombing Cure II instead of Cure as usual.

I finally snapped and said “You’re squishy enough when not typing, please focus.” Which is very mean, I know. But I just really can’t tolerate that attitude. A sub-par tank who’s not trying to do the job properly, but focusing more on typing an argument…

After that, 4 enemies spawned, and the tank seemed to be mad at my remark, and seemed to intentionally neglect to take back the aggro. I tanked 2 of them the whole time until they died. I spent Tetra on myself. I cure bombed myself. I refused to die. Meanwhile Corn threatened to vote kick the tank, to which the tank replied “Kick me u crybby” and “Like i care” so after the mobs died, we voted kick the tank.

Good riddance.

There was just one enemy on the way to last boss room, if I remember correctly. We got past that just fine and got to the boss room. Corn waited for a bit, but no tank came in. I was unwilling to wake Dew up, so I just stood there, trying to not get mad at what happened. =_= As you can see, apparently, I failed to stay not mad.

Corn eventually decided to tank with Titan-Egi.

And of course, we won without casualty.

Titan-Egi, tanking a boss better than a real person Dark Knight. =_=;; WTF.

Corn is barbaric when he’s on SMN

By Aleczan Knighthill | October 15, 2016 - 12:52 pm |October 15, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Chat Screenshots, Screenshots

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Lately, Corn had shifted to playing SMN instead of PLD. I guess he got tired of tanking and found a new fun in the DEEPS zone. He seems chirpy and energetic when he shredded the horde of enemies into pieces with his magick. Nowadays he goes to roulettes with us on his SMN about 98% of the time.

Today, too, he was on SMN. And we were about to do some unsync runs for the kitten’s sticker book (Wondrous Tails) but I was distracted by the new teaser trailer, drooling at the monks sparring. I changed to Monk to admire my new gearset, which Corn and I and Diver crafted yesterday. Then there was a kaching and I realized Corn entered CoB T1 while I was on my monk. XD

I was like “Oh shit, I’m on monk.” But Corn said “I know.”

So, yeah we went on and killed the trash mobs. Corn died at the last mass pull before I could kill the damn Golem. I finished off the few mobs that were still alive, and we tacked the epic Snake.

Long story short, after letting Corn tank one half of the snake while Titan-Egi tanked the first half, Corn died and Titan went poof! So both halves of the snake came after me, and merged. I tried to put up the fight best I could, but I died. Corn went homepoint after he died so he didn’t see my epicness. As, after I died for about a second, the snake also died. We double-KO. lol

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I swear I didn’t remember using Blood for Blood. I never used Blood For Blood while straight-tanking anything. So I guess it was either I used it when Titan was still alive, or I accidentally smashed the button while in frenzy. I would have been so bummed out if we didn’t win. So that DoT was a nice save!!!

T9 meteor positioning diagram

By Aleczan Knighthill | September 17, 2016 - 3:30 pm |September 17, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Informative, Screenshots

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My friends on Tonberry (The Catketeers) needed help on SCoB turn 4 or T9 (Nael deus Darnus), so I made an easy diagram to assist them. After a few tries, we figured out that we could not use the same positioning as my Ragnarok FC (En Taro Adun, or 4Aiur) used, so they adapted until they found a comfortable solution. I then made it into a picture to help other friends who were absent understand the plan easier.

4Aiur used this when we passed with undersized party. Then, when time came for the Caketeers to tackle this battle, I initially drew this (in Paint, ugh!!) for the kitties before we developed a new plan.

But when the party has more people, like, let’s say 6, it becomes a bit complicated and confusing for the Catketeers to reposition for 2nd meteor without colliding with someone else. So the kitties suggested this formation instead:

I also added some important info in the diagram for easy memorizing.

The explosion radius that WILL ignite the meteor and kills everyone (except the tank(s)) looks like this when in battle:

In the screenshot above, I was standing between 2 meteors. That spot is just outside of the danger radius, if you put the meteor close enough to the edge of the room to allow more distance.

When well-placed, the meteors won’t explode. The above pic shows an example of good placements.

Leviathan Ponies Farming

By Aleczan Knighthill | July 18, 2016 - 1:26 pm |July 18, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Chat Screenshots, Free Company Activities, Screenshots

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Alright, last night our FC went to farm a few ponies using undersized (unsync) party. What we lack most is Leviathan’s horse. 3 people including me still need it. So, at one point, we spammed Leviathan EX. We didn’t wipe. Just half wiped or almost wiped, which is a good thing, because it shows that we learned the rhythm of Levi EX battle and have improved in executing plans. Corn was on commander duty, reminding us when to stop DPSing and such, and also he was the switch person for the barrier.

During one fight, I died alone because I didn’t look at where Levi would slam down and when I realized it and sprinted, I was 1 step short from not falling off. XD The party won, however.

The next fight, Dew later said it was karma, I had to work harder than the others to make up for the previous fight. At one point, while people were towing the water orbs, something happened and suddenly 3 people died. I didn’t even know what was going on. Only Dew (PLD), Kuji (DRG) and I (WHM) were left. We waited for the machine’s energy, and Kuji managed to hit the switch on time. We survived and I thought it was going to be ok.

Nope, the damn add cursed Dew with Hysteria and Kuji accidentally stepped on a terror circle while dodging shit, so they both walked off the edge and went swimming with the rest of the party. At 10%, I was alone and scared as hell. There were 2 terror circles on the floor when Levi next slammed on the raft. I slid, and very luckily missed the circle by inches. Party screamed a lot of stuff. Dew was so hyped and was squeaking her excitement in our Skype call.

Nervous and panicked, I still remembered to Asylum, Divine Seal Medica II, and Regen myself while dodging stuff and attacking Levi’s head. I deactivated Cleric Stance to use Tetragammatron when needed, then went on the nuking spree again. Then while spamming Stone III, I spent my Benediction. Levi hits hard, the Scale Darts were like 2300 HP dmg each. Eventually, while ignoring the adds out of sheer fear and excitement, I felled Leviathan.

It wouldn’t have been a big deal for undersized party to win against it, but it was a HUGE deal for me when I had to solo. I was particularly scared because I don’t perform well in Leviathan EX. I used to always die first because I couldn’t dodge the dive and the slam. When I won, while the party was screaming their joy in the FC chat, I was trembling, LOL. The same old excitement and rush of adrenaline I haven’t felt in quite some time came back again, and I felt as if I were on crack. XD

Goodbye Bahamut!!!

By Aleczan Knighthill | May 23, 2016 - 12:02 am |September 21, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Cutscene Screenshots, Screenshots

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Goodbyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Bahamuttttttttttttt!!!!!

OMG I’m freaking out!!! We finally downed Bahamut, CoB T13 (Final Coil of Bahamut, Turn 4).

Today we gathered again and tackled T13 once more. Corn needed a minute, so I took that opportunity to take some group pics. XD Sorry, Kuji, first pic has you with very evil face HAHAHA.

Must love /gpose new feature that allows party to stop looking at the camera. :D

During the fight, I was derping really badly, even managed to die TWICE, and only remembered to take 3 pics.

Today we surprisingly took only 1 attempt to win.

It’s really nice to beat Coil of Bahamut with close friends. :D (We always go in as small group, partly because I fear drama. I heard about drama and endless drama involving endgame raid and I’m scared. The fight is very intense, and everyone could be on the verge of flipping shit. So I guess we kind of never wanted to struggle with recruiting more raid members ><;; You know, even with this tight-knitted, laid-back and light-hearted team, we yelled at each other or got pouty on occasions during Coil runs. We prevailed while managing to preserve good relationship only because we’re very close, whereas I don’t have the same confidence for loyalty and forgiveness from other people as I have with these guys. We’re also casual players and other average raid players won’t like us or our messy/random schedule, hahaha!)

Phoenix, Down. One more to go.

By Aleczan Knighthill | May 16, 2016 - 11:33 am |May 16, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Cutscene Screenshots, Screenshots

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We beat T12.

Yesterday we went back to face the Phoenix once again, unexpectedly. Well, Corn and Kuji might have expected it, but I thought we weren’t going, as Dew had to leave her house very early to take her mom to a doctor appointment, and PZ told me he wasn’t feeling well (so I shooed him to bed, before Corn logged in).

We ended up going anyway, at first Corn just wanted to go in as 4 people to try the “hot potato” strategy. We learned so much and we did much better after he explained some of the mechanics. It felt much easier when we knew (or at least were aware of) what to do.

Then, someone said wahhhh could have passed with 1 more person in the party. And Dew spotted PZ on FB and told me, so I asked him to come. We spent so much time melding up people (Corn had his lunch and melded for Dew at the same time lol) and eventually entered.

We wiped a lot and refined our strategies after each wipe. I was so excited to see so much improvement in a short period of time.

Below was the last battle pic I took on our successful attempt. I was too busy panicking healing people and passing the hot potato (Purgatory debuffs) and trying to stand in the Fountain, etc., and didn’t have enough brain to take more pics as Phoenix was dying. XD

And finally, the Phoenix was down.

We were rewarded handsomely with am epic, heartbreaking cutscene. *sob*

Off we go, to the last stage, the evil Bahamut awaits. Long story short, we didn’t win and disbanded a little before 4 a.m. Thailand time. LOL. We will try again later. We learned a lot already. :D

Beat T11

By Aleczan Knighthill | May 15, 2016 - 12:48 am |May 15, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Screenshots

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Today we tried T11 again, with 5 people, as usual. After countless wipes during the 48 minutes of pain and agony (LOL) and screaming into Dew’s ear through Skype voice call (making her panic a lot, sorry, Dew!) we finally fell the Mechanical Hydra beast.

Deadaga XD Wiping so many times it got a little bit frustrating and discouraging. But we did see the potential, and kept practicing. Corn was our strategy man, and both PZ and Dew contributed by recalling, through dying over and over, some gimmicks that were originally forgotten and telling us what to do.

Below were the pics from our successful attempt. It was frustrating to solo heal because everyone were like dying left and right and in the midst of the chaos, I could hardly maintain my composure and cool head. I feel bad for Dew because I was yelling into the voice call when I panicked or got mad XD but Dew said it’s ok, we’re even, because she yelled at me when PZ and Kuji were killing her add too fast, too. Haha. She was like, please type for me, “go help Corn.” And I was like “NO NO NO NO Why is PZ dying” and “WTF my heal can’t reach!” and couldn’t type for her. XD And she was like “DON’T ATTACK MY ADD OHMIGOD” “NO!” in the voice call because she couldn’t type very well while fighting. Poor thing lol.

Finally won. Again, I couldn’t stop cackling. XD I laughed so hard I even woke up Q-chan, my Sugar Glider.

Wheeeeeeeeeeee~ I’m so happy today.

Corn even got a Dreadwyrm robe for his SMN. It’s so purdy!!!

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T9, T10 and (attempt) T11

By Aleczan Knighthill | May 9, 2016 - 10:53 am |May 9, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Chat Screenshots, Cutscene Screenshots, Free Company Activities

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Again, we (finally) managed to scrape together 5 bodies to attempt T9 (Second Coil of Bahamut, turn 4) last night. This time PZ logged in and joined us (yay!) so we had more targets for the fire & ice. No more getting 2nd ice in my face before the aiming fire could land!!!! XD LOL!

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T9 alone took 3 hours, including dinner break/snack break/bathroom break.

Last session (about a week ago, or maybe it was 2 weeks ago) we knew we improved. Even though PZ wasn’t with us, we nailed the Comet phase and got to the 2nd part about 90% of the time. The Fire & Ice thing was what we had BIG problem with. But last night, with Corn’s plan of having everyone huddling together except Fire-debuffed person, we flew through it quite smoothly. I even developed a skill in reading my own debuff precisely and managed to avoid zapping the party with my Thunder shots. This time, though, the Divebombs are once again my woe, up until we won.

To be honest, I ran around like a headless chicken when it’s Divebombs phase. Amid the havoc and my panic, I had completely no idea where the north is, not to even mention remembering where to place bomb or hide from bomb (4-11 o’clock, 7-2 o’clock, 2-7 o’clock). Also, I think I kept killing Corn with Lunar Dynamo that was aimed on me.

In this pic (above), I didn’t even remember what all happened…. But 3 people were dead and I entered panic mode.

From examining the chatlog: PZ died (twice), then Corn also died (from my Lunar Dynamo, I think) then Dew died.

[2:18]Philemon Zydyk is defeated by Iceclaw.

(Corn raised PZ with Swiftcast, but sadly, I also spent a Swiftcast + Raise on PZ too.)

[2:18]Philemon Zydyk is defeated by Nael deus Darnus.
[2:19]Corn Muffin is defeated by Thunderwing.

(I started casting Raise on Corn without Swift.)

[2:19]Chibidew Kinoko is defeated by Thunderwing.
[2:19]Nael deus Darnus uses Dalamud Dive.
[2:19]  Parried! Kujimaro Hanabi takes 4616 (-20%) damage.

(From here, Kuji started tanking.)

[2:19]You cast Raise.
[2:19]  Corn Muffin gains the effect of Raise.
[2:19]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Bloodbath.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi gains the effect of Bloodbath.
[2:19]You use Swiftcast.
[2:19]  You gain the effect of Swiftcast.

(I Swiftcast + Raise Dew as soon as Swift cooldown ended. Meanwhile, Kuji had to save himself using all the surviveability skills he could, LOL.)

[2:19]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Second Wind.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi recovers 2714 HP.
[2:19]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Power Surge.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi gains the effect of Power Surge.
[2:19]You lose the effect of Swiftcast.
[2:19]You cast Raise.
[2:19]  Chibidew Kinoko gains the effect of Raise.
[2:19]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Jump.
[2:19]  Nael deus Darnus takes 2319 damage.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi absorbs 579 HP.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi loses the effect of Power Surge.
[2:19]Corn Muffin is revived.
[2:19]Corn Muffin suffers the effect of Weakness.
[2:19]You begin casting Cure.
[2:19]You cast Cure.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi recovers 4921 HP.

(After raising Dew, I finally regained conscious and remembered I had to prioritize keeping Kuji alive.)

[2:19]Screenshot saved.
[2:19]Chibidew Kinoko is revived.
[2:19]You cast Cure.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi recovers 4867 HP.
[2:19]You begin casting Cure.
[2:19]Chibidew Kinoko suffers the effect of Weakness.
[2:19]You cast Cure.
[2:19]  Corn Muffin recovers 4830 HP.
[2:19]You use Benediction.
[2:19]  Chibidew Kinoko recovers 26006 HP.
[2:19]Chibidew Kinoko uses Hallowed Ground.
[2:19]  Chibidew Kinoko gains the effect of Hallowed Ground.

(Dew prepared to take back enmity.)

[2:19]Kujimaro Hanabi loses the effect of Bloodbath.
[2:19]Corn Muffin casts Ruin II.
[2:19]  Nael deus Darnus takes 765 damage.
[2:19]  Nael deus Darnus fully resists Blind.
[2:19]You use Tetragrammaton.
[2:19]  Critical! Kujimaro Hanabi recovers 10786 HP.
[2:19]Chibidew Kinoko uses Provoke.
[2:19]  Chibidew Kinoko’s enmity increases.

(Dew managed to take Nael back on her.)

[2:19]You use Divine Seal.
[2:19]  You gain the effect of Divine Seal.
[2:19]You begin casting Medica II.
[2:19]You cast Medica II.
[2:19]  You recover 3112 HP.
[2:19]  You gain the effect of Medica II.
[2:19]  You take 241 damage.
[2:19]  Corn Muffin recovers 3073 HP.
[2:19]  Corn Muffin gains the effect of Medica II.
[2:19]You recover from the effect of Icebitten.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi recovers 3113 HP.
[2:19]  Kujimaro Hanabi gains the effect of Medica II.
[2:19]Kujimaro Hanabi recovers from the effect of Icebitten.
[2:19]  Chibidew Kinoko recovers 3136 HP.
[2:19]  Chibidew Kinoko gains the effect of Medica II.
[2:19]Corn Muffin recovers from the effect of Icebitten.
[2:19]Nael deus Darnus readies Lunar Dynamo.
[2:19]Chibidew Kinoko suffers the effect of Icebitten.

(At this point my brain couldn’t think and was on auto-pilot mode. My eyes bulged at the HP bar of the boss, we were so close. I tried my best to recover the party, because everyone took lots of DMG even then. And Fire & Ice shots were still coming at us ruthlessly.)

[2:19]Chibidew Kinoko loses the effect of Hallowed Ground.
[2:19]Nael deus Darnus uses Lunar Dynamo.
[2:19]  You take 4529 damage.
[2:19]  Nael deus Darnus absorbs 4529 HP.
[2:19]  Corn Muffin takes 4662 damage.
[2:19]  Nael deus Darnus absorbs 4662 HP.
[2:19]Corn Muffin recovers from the effect of Thunderstruck

And OMG holy shit, Corn was so in the zone and was trying to zerg Nael down while I was busy Sprinting (I can’t even remember why I sprinted) and healing people. I mostly paste just what people did, but the the DMG, but below I MUST paste Corn’s damage. XD

[2:20]Corn Muffin uses Tri-disaster.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus suffers the effect of Bio.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus suffers the effect of Bio II.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus suffers the effect of Miasma.
[2:20]Corn Muffin uses Virus.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus suffers the effect of Virus.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus suffers the effect of Fever.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko uses Fast Blade.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 803 damage.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko hits Nael deus Darnus for 439 damage.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Vorpal Thrust.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1687 (+50%) damage.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi hits Nael deus Darnus for 887 damage.
[2:20]Corn Muffin uses Fester.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 2779 damage.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin gains the effect of Aethertrail Attunement.
[2:20]Corn Muffin uses Swiftcast.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin gains the effect of Swiftcast.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Dragonfire Dive.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 2056 damage.
[2:20]You cancel Raise.
[2:20]Corn Muffin loses the effect of Swiftcast.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko uses Savage Blade.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1025 (+50%) damage.
[2:20]Critical! Chibidew Kinoko hits Nael deus Darnus for 699 damage.
[2:20]You use Sprint.
[2:20]  You gain the effect of Sprint.
[2:20]Corn Muffin casts Summon.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Full Thrust.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 3018 (+72%) damage.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko uses Bulwark.
[2:20]  Chibidew Kinoko gains the effect of Bulwark.
[2:20]Corn Muffin loses the effect of Aetherflow.
[2:20]Corn Muffin uses Energy Drain.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1466 damage.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin absorbs 733 HP.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin recovers 884 MP.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin gains the effect of Aethertrail Attunement.
[2:20]You lose the effect of Divine Seal.
[2:20]You begin casting Medica II.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Jump.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1581 damage.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi hits Nael deus Darnus for 870 damage.
[2:20]Corn Muffin uses Painflare.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1906 damage.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin gains the effect of Aethertrail Attunement.
[2:20]Critical! Chibidew Kinoko hits Nael deus Darnus for 673 damage.
[2:20]Corn Muffin loses the effect of Aethertrail Attunement.
[2:20]Corn Muffin uses Dreadwyrm Trance.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin gains the effect of Dreadwyrm Trance.
[2:20]Corn Muffin begins casting Ruin III.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Impulse Drive.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1508 damage.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko uses Rage of Halone.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1450 (+61%) damage.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus suffers the effect of Strength Down.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko uses Foresight.
[2:20]  Chibidew Kinoko gains the effect of Foresight.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko hits Nael deus Darnus for 431 damage.

(Meanwhile, Fire & Ice shots kept hitting us, making me nervous and scared.)

[2:20]You cast Medica II.
[2:20]  You recover 2337 HP.
[2:20]  You gain the effect of Medica II.
[2:20]  Garuda-Egi recovers 2389 HP.
[2:20]  Garuda-Egi gains the effect of Medica II.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin recovers 2358 HP.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin gains the effect of Medica II.
[2:20]  Kujimaro Hanabi recovers 2394 HP.
[2:20]  Kujimaro Hanabi gains the effect of Medica II.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko uses Fast Blade.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 786 damage.
[2:20]  Chibidew Kinoko recovers 2385 HP.
[2:20]  Chibidew Kinoko gains the effect of Medica II.

[2:20]Corn Muffin casts Ruin III.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 2105 damage.
[2:20]Corn Muffin begins casting Ruin III.
[2:20]You use Cleric Stance.
[2:20]  You gain the effect of Cleric Stance.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko hits Nael deus Darnus for 422 damage.
[2:20]You use Assize.
[2:20]  You recover 564 HP.
[2:20]  You recover 1395 MP.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 3934 damage.
[2:20]  Garuda-Egi recovers 584 HP.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin recovers 596 HP.
[2:20]  Chibidew Kinoko recovers 581 HP.
[2:20]  Critical! Kujimaro Hanabi recovers 873 HP.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko uses Savage Blade.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1076 (+50%) damage.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi loses the effect of Heavy Thrust.
[2:20]Corn Muffin casts Ruin III.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 2041 damage.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi hits Nael deus Darnus for 764 damage.
[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko hits Nael deus Darnus for 414 damage.

[2:20]Corn Muffin uses Deathflare.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 3987 damage.
[2:20]  Corn Muffin loses the effect of Dreadwyrm Trance.
[2:20]Kujimaro Hanabi uses Disembowel.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1566 (+54%) damage.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus suffers the effect of Disembowel.
[2:20]You use Fluid Aura.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 2007 damage.
[2:20]Corn Muffin casts Ruin II.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 721 damage.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus fully resists Blind.

[2:20]One or more party members completed this duty for the first time. A bonus has been awarded to all members.
[2:20]You obtain 100 Allagan tomestones of poetics.

[2:20]Chibidew Kinoko uses Rage of Halone.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus takes 1363 (+61%) damage.
[2:20]  Nael deus Darnus suffers the effect of Strength Down.
[2:20]Corn Muffin defeats Nael deus Darnus.

During the last breath, Corn did a whopping amount of 15,005 DMG (DoT and Garuda not included). Kuji Pumped out 13,050 (not includeing DoT).

The battle was so intense and I couldn’t stop cackling when we won!

And we were rewarded with some epic and super epic cutscenes.

Then, onto the first turn of Final Coil, T10.

We got eaten badly from the adds, so we had to exit and have Corn change back to PLD.

After a few wipes, we managed to win, with me dead on the floor, screaming internally “KILL IT! Just 1% left!!!!! We can’t fail!!!”

And woop! We won.

Then, onto T11. Which we haven’t beaten yet.

This thing is very difficult, and the best we could do was 44%. Then, it was almost 4 a.m. and PZ had to sleep because he has work on Monday.

T2-T7 Cleared for Chibidew

By Aleczan Knighthill | March 7, 2016 - 3:50 pm |March 12, 2016 Battle Screenshots, Screenshots

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Last night we had quite an adventure. Chibidew got to the point where she can tackle CoB and SCoB (her goal is to co-tank with Corn against NVD, LOL). Coincidentally, yesterday Corn got some new recipe from some Masterbook IV, and wanted to know where the Allagan Aetherstones drop. We decided to go to CoB to see if they really drop from there, and to see the drop rate.

Since Chibidew already cleared T1 with us long ago, we went to T4 (because it’s short) and T2 just to also get the completion. We asked PZ and he was interested, and logged in to join us. Therefore, with Kuji, we had 5 people. T4 and T2 were very easy and I thought we would try those again to see the drop rate and to farm what already dropped, but Corn suggested that since we had 5 people, we might as well tackle T5. Of course, all agreed.

However, since I suck (VERY BADLY) and kept dying to Dive Bombs, Corn had to change to his other job, SMN, to ensure there is a second raise for oh-shit situations. And then, Kuji had to go AFK for dinner, so we had 4 people.

After so many tries, mostly wiping to Deathknights + Twister, we finally…..downed Twintania.

Kuji came back while we were killing first set of adds on our last attempt, but we stayed in hope of getting more practice before leaving the duty to pick him up. Turned out to miraculously won in that attempt!

Then PZ had to go to sleep, as it was 3 a.m. We still went on with SCoB though… Killing T6 (wiped twice before figuring we better ignore the slimes).

Then, we continued to T7. XD We wiped so many times I felt that it was impossible and that we should wait for PZ and do it again next week. Nope. There seems to be no “impossible” in Corn’s dictionary. He again changed to SMN to help deal with the adds, since our main problem was the adds which swarmed me or him and was killing everyone.

We also, for the first time for us, figured out (through intensive googling) that we must stand outside of the “hitbox” of the petrified Renaud (Ogre add, is it an ogre? LOL I don’t know the enemy type) to make it count, otherwise the system considers it to not block the ray.

Finally,with enormous difficulty, we won.

:D It was soooooooooo exhausting but also a shit load of fun. Personally, though this is both tiring and time-consuming, I would not hesitate to do this again with my FC folks. It provided challenges and also an opportunity to put our capability under stress test. I also feel it helps tighten the bond between us. It’s so refreshing to have FC activities, because lately it’s rare we do anything together in the FC as a group of more than 3, due to the extensive list of daily things that everyone has to complete and the limited playtime of those who have a full-time job, and the time zone differences. ><;;