ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

[Yygdrasil]

I recently came back to the game after almost a 2 year break. Now that the lvl cap has been boosted to 90 and ODIN/ALEXANDER have become available to SMN, I'm working on my ToAU missions for the first time.

I'm probably the 900th person to say this... but the whole "Wait 24 hours before doing ____" is really starting to piss me off. I'm only at Mission 10 because every time I do 2 missions... it tells me to wait. I need to get to Mission... what.... 44? I want to kill Naja already... let alone how I'm going to feel a month from now when I can finally get to Mission 44.

That brings me to my important question: With the cap raised... are the ToAU BC fights treated like they treated CoP? Are those uncapped now? If so... are they pretty much soloable to a level 90 SMN?

All I want are Odin and Alex... I could care less about finishing either of the expansions completely... I just want the Avatars that I was promised for so GD long.

Also: What mission do I need to reach/finish in order to unlock Einherjar? What mission in WotG do I need to reach/finish to Unlock the Alexander (prime) fight?

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

Don't think you need any Altana missions for Alexander, but I may be wrong. And, apparently, Einherjar just requires the ability to receive Sanction.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

Don't think you need any Altana missions for Alexander, but I may be wrong. And, apparently, Einherjar just requires the ability to receive Sanction.

If someone can confirm this for me... i would be super happy. Please someone tell me that I can stop doing missions!!!

[Mhurron]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

You need to finish ToAU to access both Alexander and Odin.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

You need to finish ToAU to access both Alexander and Odin.

Mathafakkah!!!!

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

Well, I was responding to this:

What mission in WotG do I need to reach/finish to Unlock the Alexander (prime) fight?

I had assumed you knew ToAU completion is needed, since you mentioned you've started on them. Sorry.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

Well, I was responding to this:


I had assumed you knew ToAU completion is needed, since you mentioned you've started on them. Sorry.

So I don't need to do anything at all in WotG unless I just.... feel like it?

[Neverslip]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

So I don't need to do anything at all in WotG unless I just.... feel like it?

This is true... but it is a very interesting story. I'm on Purple the New Black and I'm considering just solo'n the damn fight. It's sore spot for me in my FFxi history.

[Raydeus]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

I soloed the fight at lvl 75, so you can definitely solo it now.

[Neverslip]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

Sweet... yeah.. I was in a trio with a SAM and a DRK and me as DNC and we were in our early 70's. We failed right as I was petrified, the DRK was dedz, and the SAM was petrified right as he got enough TP for a WS that woulda killed it at 1-2% ... found out after that the gd DRK hadn't been doing like 80% of his abilities... an idiot. By sheer chance I was teamed up with this idiot later on for CoP fights pre-nerf... as a COR he brought the lowest lvl bullets you can to the Airship battle and didn't have many of his abilities purchased... he quit and supposedly sold his acct... I've see him around and he remembers me.. come to think of it... rumor was he sold his acct to someone I also knew but was one of the more... self-centered and selfish players I've worked with... hmmmm... amazing what comes to you in a /rant'ish session of typing.

... but thanks for the confirmation... Pretty sure my DNC or SAM could win that fight pretty ez now.

[NightShayde]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

I just watched my husband finish the final WotG battle last night. I got only as far in WotG as I had to to be able to participate in Campaign Battles.

[Aksannyi]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

I was personally pretty bummed that they took so long to release the entire story of WoTG. I wanted to see it through to the end, but I was so sick of the game by the point I quit that I couldn't even stand to stay to get that far.

I'll have to YouTube all of the cutscenes I suppose.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

I hate ToAU Mission 15: The Black Coffin

I tried it as SMN solo at 90. Managed to kill off the first wave without a problem. I healed Ghesso (however you spell it) and let him solo the last crew member of the first wave while I rested MP to full. When the second wave spawned, they took him down like he was naked at level 1. I sent Shiva after the captain and used Sleepga on the group. It managed to sleep 3 of the crew members, leaving only the captain and 1 other crew awake. After a few BPs, my MP was running low and I decided to run to the very back to the boat to attempt an Elemental Siphon (without it I wouldn't have been able to keep an avatar out long enough to kill him). I managed to get it done and re-summon Garuda after only taking about 200 damage after SS. I popped off Pred Claws and got the Captain to 50%. It would have been fine, but the crew woke up at this point and all had their hate set on me... since Shiva was gone... and proceeded to WHOOPASS on me. In a panic I popped AF and blasted them to get hate off me and back on Garuda. It was enough to put the crew members at 50% and the Captain down to around 30%... but with 5 people on her, the Captain popped off Vulcan Shot and down she went. I was soon to follow.

So attempt #1 was a fail... but hey... I learned that with 1 more person... I would have this in the bag.

Wrong.

Attempt #2 I went with a lvl 90 BLM friend. We ES Sleepga 2 the first wave, kill them one at a time... focusing on the target that Ghesso was working on every time. When there was only 1 left, we tried to do what I did the first time... allow Ghesso to solo while we rested. Unfortunately the BLM had too much hate on her on account of ES Sleepga 2 and she couldn't shake him to rest. Sleeping didnt work either, because Ghesso kept waking him up. So we opted to have the BLM kite it while I rested to full MP. When the crew member finally went down, I got up and popped off Shiva's Sleepga to try and get as many as I could to go night night. This time that number was 1... the one Ghesso decided he wanted to attack (-.-;. Once Shiva had all the hate, the BLM rested and tried my best to keep Shiva alive while working on the crew member Ghesso was fighting. Again G-Man went down fast and hard... and Shiva was soon to follow. I ran a circuit around the ship and the BLM popped off another ES Sleepga 2, catching 3 Crew members and the captain. The only problem was that they were slept in the center of the BC area, so as we worked on the lone crew member, the captain woke up and immediately shot off Vulcan shot, killing me and Garuda in our tracks and leaving the BLM to kite again. I quickly jumped up, re-summoned and fired off AF at the captain to try and finish the fight then and there, or at least get hate off the BLM. We managed to get the captain down to what looked like 20%... but it must have been 21, since we died... and failed... again.


I hate this Mission. I'm just getting my LS to help me and we're going in 6/6 to crush this BC once and for all. I'm sick of their taunting laughter. IT'S MY COIN!!! I FOUND IT FAIR AND SQUARE!!!

[Yygdrasil]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

Repeated Mission 15: The Black Coffin this past friday. Tried it virtually the same way as before, but with the addition of a RDM/DNC.

First wave... BLM sleepga 2 the group and we each solo'd 1 crew member each. then we all worked on the 4th. The 5th we allowed Ghesso to solo while we all rested MP.

When we were healed... we killed the last one.

Wave 2. BLM used ES Sleepga 2 and successfully slept all 5 of them. Ghesso woke one and we let him work on that guy while we all nuked the crap out of the captain. After 45 seconds, it was over. Win. Finally.

Then I worked on all the CS missions up until 18(???) when it gave me the dreaded "wait until Jap. Midnight".

Today I logged on, grabbed a BST buddy of mine and we ran through all the missiond up until "Shield of Diplomacy". At 90, that fight was a joke. We over-prepared... but Chimera 13 wasn't even able to kill Garuda once... let alone anything else. we won in under 2 minutes after you factor out the time it took to buff.

With that finished I ran through all my CS missions and got back to the "wait till Jap. Midnight" bullcrap again. Tomorrow I plan to run through as much as I can again.

Can anyone tell me if" Puppet In Peril" is easier at lvl 90? How many people should I really need now? The only thing that makes me nervous is the fact that the NM randomly wipes hate and picks some new target. I figure if I hold onto my BPs until this hate reset, I can use it only when I'm in danger. If not... I'll just take a few people with me when I go.

Wish me luck!

[Truece]

Re: ToAU Missions... from the beginning.

I duo'd it w/ 2x RDM/NIN @ 75. We did it pretty easily w/ 4 @ 80 (I think we had DRG THF WAR WHM).

I'm pretty sure you'll have an easy time with it @ 90.