Thursday, October 4, 2007
Black Bart
If you ever become a painter hired by an empress do not accept a job that requires you to draw diagrams of a ship infested with undead. It is no fun for you or your escorts. Being swarmed by Ashu Talif marines and finally their captain is not as much fun for a painter as you might expect. Faluuya didn't seem to consider this when she took the job.
Nivlakian, Suiram and I did the Ashu Talif fight Royal Painter Escort last night. It was our best attempt yet. While we failed at obtaining three chests we managed to kill Black Bartholomew for the first time with the three of us. We earned one chest for Faluuya finishing her drawings and another for defeating Black Bartholomew. Our basic strategy just needs to be refined to ensure Faluuya takes no damage throughout the entire fight.
There is one spot early in the fight where two red mages run to the top of the deck parallel to each other. As Nivlakian tries to catch up he grabs one of the red mages leaving the other one to wreck havoc. I need to remember to keep this other one in my field of view to grab it before it can start casting on Faluuya. This was our only mistake that caused us to miss out on the third chest. While marine monks can still engage Faluuya faster than Suiram can pull hate or kill them sometimes with a little more practice we should be earning three chests a fight. In the past we have let Faluuya be hit by a monk while inside the Ashu Talif. This has to avoided at all costs. If she is hit while in the ship she will run back to the poop deck spawning two more red mages. Fighting these extra red mages takes too long. Black Bartholomew will chase Faluuya before Nivlakian is ready and we will either lose or only earn one chest. One is better than nothing, but I want to see a yoichi's sash drop.
Ashu Talif fights are fun. Like Assault or Salvage my Balrahn's ring works during the fight. When I don't forget to refresh myself seven mp a tick is great. I don't like converting during the fight because mobs can pop out of no where and take me down pretty quick if I have my camera turned away from them. Last night brought us a cheap automation attachment and some worthless gems. Hopefully we'll be pulling in cerberus hides, yoichi's sashes, and expensive attachments in no time. The fight is very fun for the short duration.
Wednesday also held Nyzul Assault for us. We took Kyliee's tag from floor 31 to 45. Luckily we didn't have any hard floors. Everything was nice and smooth. On 40 Fafnir showed up for a quick fight. With all the medicine Nivlakinan, Chubbs, and Suiram had we took Fafnir down with no problems. I had to heal more than normal, but the fight was easy. Goliard trews dropped and I won them because no one else wanted to reduce their inventory by one! While they aren't the right shade of purple they look pretty good with my Morrigan armour. Except for my sandals I'm all purple and black in my Morrigan and Goliard.
Nivlakian, Suiram and I did the Ashu Talif fight Royal Painter Escort last night. It was our best attempt yet. While we failed at obtaining three chests we managed to kill Black Bartholomew for the first time with the three of us. We earned one chest for Faluuya finishing her drawings and another for defeating Black Bartholomew. Our basic strategy just needs to be refined to ensure Faluuya takes no damage throughout the entire fight.
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Faluuya entering the ship for the second time. |
There is one spot early in the fight where two red mages run to the top of the deck parallel to each other. As Nivlakian tries to catch up he grabs one of the red mages leaving the other one to wreck havoc. I need to remember to keep this other one in my field of view to grab it before it can start casting on Faluuya. This was our only mistake that caused us to miss out on the third chest. While marine monks can still engage Faluuya faster than Suiram can pull hate or kill them sometimes with a little more practice we should be earning three chests a fight. In the past we have let Faluuya be hit by a monk while inside the Ashu Talif. This has to avoided at all costs. If she is hit while in the ship she will run back to the poop deck spawning two more red mages. Fighting these extra red mages takes too long. Black Bartholomew will chase Faluuya before Nivlakian is ready and we will either lose or only earn one chest. One is better than nothing, but I want to see a yoichi's sash drop.
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This is only the beginning. |
Ashu Talif fights are fun. Like Assault or Salvage my Balrahn's ring works during the fight. When I don't forget to refresh myself seven mp a tick is great. I don't like converting during the fight because mobs can pop out of no where and take me down pretty quick if I have my camera turned away from them. Last night brought us a cheap automation attachment and some worthless gems. Hopefully we'll be pulling in cerberus hides, yoichi's sashes, and expensive attachments in no time. The fight is very fun for the short duration.
Wednesday also held Nyzul Assault for us. We took Kyliee's tag from floor 31 to 45. Luckily we didn't have any hard floors. Everything was nice and smooth. On 40 Fafnir showed up for a quick fight. With all the medicine Nivlakinan, Chubbs, and Suiram had we took Fafnir down with no problems. I had to heal more than normal, but the fight was easy. Goliard trews dropped and I won them because no one else wanted to reduce their inventory by one! While they aren't the right shade of purple they look pretty good with my Morrigan armour. Except for my sandals I'm all purple and black in my Morrigan and Goliard.
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I couldn't help but take a picture of the lot. |
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