I think it was too much to expect this quest series to be done in one day. For the future, I'd suggest splitting it over two at least.



Second, I'd like to clear up some confusion about the BCNM battle:

• First, you only need to fight the battle once for everyone in the party. The ring isn't a drop (as some people said) it's obtained by Ayame after you beat the battle.
• Second, it seems our problem last night was fire power. Last night, when we did this, we just couldn't deal the sort of burst damage I think this mob needs. We probably should have had BLMs or SMNs for their 2 hour instead of the RDMs simply because of the burst damage they could deal. Also, if we want MNK again (me) we should do it when MNK has his 2 hour.
• Third, if we can just kill the main moblin quickly via sudden burst attacks, we should be able to ignore the clergy.

I'll be doing research in this more, and will post what I find out later on.



Vis Maior's Journeys

http://maior.samhart.net/

So around 3:30PM Eastern on Sunday March 5th I am going to start to call out on the LinkShell to 'gather in Port Bastok' to work on some Oldton Quests. Meretrix generously helped me get my Garlic, I have two Ahriman Tears, and I am thinking about buying some Firesand.

Maps, Hoary Bomb Ash, maybe a BCNM - we will do what we can and if only Meretrix and myself show up, well that is fine too!

These quests are being done for fun =^_^=

Thanks for all the input. I really do appreciate the thoughtful comments.

I believe we will go with the following for a Clan Event:
o We are going to go with Sunday, March 5th
o Start time will be 4PM Eastern, 1PM Pacific in Port Bastok
o We will meet by Ravorara
http://ffxi.somepage.com/questdb/75
o After three hours 7:30PM Eastern or thereabouts we will take a 30 minute break for foodies

The reason for the week's delay is hopefully more can make it, also the pre-requisites have gone up:
o you are definitely to appear in a level 50 or 50+ job
o you are definitely to have already spoken to Ayame in Cannonry in the Metalworks
o you are definitely to appear with your Misareaux Garlic
http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/6303
o you are definitely to appear with your Ahriman Tears (suggestion is you acquire two)
o you are asked to appear with three or more Hoary Bomb Ash (but you do not need to have spoken with Brakobrik)
http://ffxi.somepage.com/questdb/75
Maximum Bomb Ash you want to hold is Eleven (it stacks)

Optional:
You can get your Map in advance, but map-hunting is part of this Event
You can speak to Brakobrik in advance, but ash-trading is part of this Event
If you are not high-enough level (like me) you will need a stack of Prism Powder

We will attempt a BCNM 'dry run' using one Ahriman Tears. Now I know this offends some folks who live by Yoda's “Do or do not... there is no try.” but I really believe in the dry runs like Maior suggests because you always learn something. For my mini-avatar fights I went into my very first fight as a dry run - because I did not have my 2HR available I knew I could not win. For this BCNM we will attempt a dry run on this date even if we have just three folks still awake and everyone has but one weapon and one piece of armor! LOL!

So there you have it - Sunday Event, you have some preliminary homework, Event goes for hours (but folks can drop out to go to sleep), Event ends with a learning experience (otherwise known as a dry run)! =^_^=

Try to enjoy this event, this one is not critical to your future success in Vana'diel. And I will be looking for individuals to help me off-and-on to get my Garlic, and to help me get at least half of my Bomb Ash over the next two weeks.

So for those who visit the boards frequently you have thirteen days to prepare for this fun event!

I wanted to post this event... but you guys went and covered everything...

Bah :-P

Vis Maior's Journeys
http://maior.samhart.net/

Just like everything else in this game, it's very important to research what you're doing before you walk into it. IMHO this goes against the sacred life of a quester. Questing is about riddles, mysteries, and surprises. Imagine how the first players to get a quest scratched their heads and had to think about the clues they were given. No one told them that a giant Bugbear was going to spawn behind them because they tried to shove a bible in a moblin's face. Nonetheless...we're lucky enough to learn from their experiences and probably should.



First: Get your map! It's not necessary if you have a guide, but it can't hurt. Of course, if you're an amateur cartographer like me and draw your maps by hand, then you'll love Oldton.



Second: Get your garlic! Without treasure hunter this can be a rare drop. My suggestion is to main, sub, or take a THF with you to Misareaux Coast and kill those Orcs! This will help you lower Fomor hate anyway. Kudos for killing two Akbabas with one pebble.



Third: Get your Hoary Bomb Ash! These are drop quite often. Roughly 1-2 definite drops per bomb kill. The trick is getting to the bombs in Oldton in the first place. I'm assuming this will be tacked onto the event, but for time's sake it would help to get them ahead of time.



Fourth: Purchase Ahriman Tears! Tears drop from Eyes in the northlands of Vana'Diel. If you choose to farm them instead of purchasing them, your best bet is to head up to Ranguemont Pass. Mobs in this dungeon range from level 25 to 40. Meanwhile you could also farm lenses for your Windy and Jeuno quests.



Fifth: Make sure you have time to run around and ~20k gil to spend. I seriously believe the first couple of quests can be done in a couple of hours. As for the gil, you can blame Magriffon for blowing his money on damsels in distress.



Sixth: I would suggest that all level 50-60 players prepare to invis themselves. Fighting your way through is infeasible. Therefore you have three choices:

1. Hide: Level 45 THF gets Hide. This is how I originally scoped out Oldton. Unfortunately, this ability is sometimes flakey and the duration is random. Therefore it's possible, but you'll find yourself falling behind the group.
2. Tonko: Level 9 NIN ninjutsu. This is what I used and it's incredibly useful. I was able to do one cast in and one cast out.
3. Prism Powder: This is the old standby and is the best option to be safe. Of course, for such security, you spend a fair amount of gil in the end.

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Finally: Review all of the quests before we head out and prepare to run through them briskly. Everything is story related and simply prequels to the final BCNM fight.

1. Out of the Depths: Requires 11 pieces of Bomb Ash, going into the far east side of Oldton, and two roundtrips between Oldton and Port Bastok.
2. A Question of Faith: Requires Misareaux Garlic, 2 trips to Oldton, 2 trips to Jeuno, 1 trip to Kazham, and 10k gil.
3. Return to the Depths: Requires one bottle of Ahriman Tears, getting to east Oldton, and a final 6 person, level 40 cap BCNM against Twilotak in Mine Shaft #2716.

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All in all this is an incredibly fun set of quests. All of them will give you a better understanding of who/what moblins are and why they suddenly appeared in Vana'diel. I'm personally stoked to get to this final BCNM fight.


As to my availability: At this time I would like to support the Sunday the 26th at 4pm Eastern. I'm not expecting a lot of people to be as interested as I am in questing, but think of the fame! Truth be told, we have Maior/Cyclonus/Tamara/Darkkit/Meretrix signed up. We only need one more person. I'm assuming that we would be doing the 'meelee' scenario for the BCNM.

I will help out. Any day is fine with me. However, I cannot play on Friday or Saturday nights - those are for the {Mega Boss} and friends.

I would be interested in doing these. Mainly because of the map. I need to go get some pot and it is only found there in a bcnm. ;-)
I would prefer evenings but if I have a time and date maybe I can get on earlier.