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Well, we just had our first level 6 besieged on Asura (that I know of). At the start of the fight, the Generals of the beastmen had some things to say to the 'smoothskins'. I must say that I really appreciate the motivational comments from the generals when the fight begins. It adds a bit of dimension to the game. We were missing one of the generals at the beginning and lost at least 3 more before the Mamool Ja finally retreated.
The temporary items are just incredible and really help to make Beseiged more enjoyable, imho. It appears that the temporary items are distributed by the generals at the beginning of the battle. Since we started the fight without the Mithran general (I don't know her name), we were without the reraise potion and any elixirs.
The lag continues to be bad (I forgot to see how many people were in the zone for the fight). I don't have the greatest PC for running the game, but I do have TONS of filters on and all of the special effects turned off. As it is, I just expect to have poor performance during besieged.
Overall, the battle lasted ~30 mins. I happened to get KO'd near the end of the fight and was waiting for the mobs to move so that I could reraise when all of a sudden, I saw the message that the Mamool Ja have retreated. I immediately accepted the reraise but expected to receive 0 XP/IS (since I was KO'd when the beastmen retreated). I was pleasantly surprised to see that I got full XP/IS for the fight! I actually died twice during the fight (both times were in the last 1/2 of the battle), so I am guessing that you will receive full rewards if you A) Play a significant role in the battle and B) Don't home point during the fight.
As a WHM, I primarily focused on keeping my alliance alive. I would guess that I used ~2500 MP throughout the fight (primarily Cure Vs and Raises). I threw a few diagas and banishgas to wipe the NMs shadows (although, in retrospect, I doubt that this is even necessary with the massive number of people who must be pummeling the NMs). Never once through the battle was I actually able to target my alliance members. I relied on typing my cures in manually and hoping that I was close enough for the spell to take effect. At times, when I would check the map, the alliance wouldn't even show up, only my teammates would... It is unfortunate that we have to suffer through this kind of performance when the Besieged event is so darned fun!
The reward for success at level 6: 1200 XP/IS!
Overall I am pleased with the changes that SE has made to Besieged. Even if the changes weren't made, I would still participate at every opportunity simply because I like the idea of protecting the city (and more importantly, the Astral Candescence) from the beastmen in the surrounding regions.
The temporary items are just incredible and really help to make Beseiged more enjoyable, imho. It appears that the temporary items are distributed by the generals at the beginning of the battle. Since we started the fight without the Mithran general (I don't know her name), we were without the reraise potion and any elixirs.
The lag continues to be bad (I forgot to see how many people were in the zone for the fight). I don't have the greatest PC for running the game, but I do have TONS of filters on and all of the special effects turned off. As it is, I just expect to have poor performance during besieged.
Overall, the battle lasted ~30 mins. I happened to get KO'd near the end of the fight and was waiting for the mobs to move so that I could reraise when all of a sudden, I saw the message that the Mamool Ja have retreated. I immediately accepted the reraise but expected to receive 0 XP/IS (since I was KO'd when the beastmen retreated). I was pleasantly surprised to see that I got full XP/IS for the fight! I actually died twice during the fight (both times were in the last 1/2 of the battle), so I am guessing that you will receive full rewards if you A) Play a significant role in the battle and B) Don't home point during the fight.
As a WHM, I primarily focused on keeping my alliance alive. I would guess that I used ~2500 MP throughout the fight (primarily Cure Vs and Raises). I threw a few diagas and banishgas to wipe the NMs shadows (although, in retrospect, I doubt that this is even necessary with the massive number of people who must be pummeling the NMs). Never once through the battle was I actually able to target my alliance members. I relied on typing my cures in manually and hoping that I was close enough for the spell to take effect. At times, when I would check the map, the alliance wouldn't even show up, only my teammates would... It is unfortunate that we have to suffer through this kind of performance when the Besieged event is so darned fun!
The reward for success at level 6: 1200 XP/IS!
Overall I am pleased with the changes that SE has made to Besieged. Even if the changes weren't made, I would still participate at every opportunity simply because I like the idea of protecting the city (and more importantly, the Astral Candescence) from the beastmen in the surrounding regions.
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