wtf is arcana??

[albert lee]

lol.. just wondering what arcana monsters where...

[Elwen]

who knows

Judging from numberous other posts on this forum asking the same question, nobody is sure what it is. Apparently the japanese players aren't sure either.


Edit - I just made up a new word. Numberous means more than numerous.

[Shauku]

well if you are a beast tamer, there are the opposite of the undead. (Maybe some beast tamer know what is arcana monster)

its a DARK knight ability, then its must be useful against light based monster.

(as PLD, they have the protection vs undead...)

Well i dont really know, its just what i think.

[MAK]

Its monsters like evil weapons,bombs and other stuff(dont remember) but it doesnt help that much so dont worry.

[albert lee]

cool ^^

[johngriggs]

figured something out about old arcana arcana.... when u cast arcana circle on a party and are fighting gobs... if they do the blow up bomb thingy.. instead of alot of damage.. only 1 damage is dealt to everyone in the blast range.. arcana is usefull .

[Nanila]

More then likly the goblin just blew himself up, which normally does almost no damage. Goblin bomb is a fire based "spell" for resists, arcana has nothing to do with it.

[Hisdon]

here's all the arcana mobs

elementals
cardians
machina
bombs
weapons

[Anaki]

machina?? that sounds like ffx and ffx-2 lol

[kumaeru]

Machina meaning robot or idol enemies.

Arcana monsters are basically magical enemies that are not undead. Cardians, Bombs, Weapons, etc.

[Awntawn]

I can think of:

Elementals
Summons
Bombs
Magic Pots
Machina
Gazer-type
Weapons
***Some have said beastmen, but I seriously doubt it. I haven't noticed a difference

Basically, it's the stuff that has insanely high physical defense that you usually want to avoid killing under any possible circumstances. You deal more damage to them, but the figures are so low that there's absolutely no "wow" factor, heh. Kinda unfair, but oh well. It ain't easy being evil

[Aldo]

bombs have low physical defence.....err, arcane literally means "mysterious" from dictionary definition >< that is a bad choice of adjectives i must say. I just use it against any magic casting enemy or whatever, seems useless.

[Brer Fox]

Jeez, haven't you ever heard of arcane magic? 'Arcane' means mysterious like you said, but it is associated strongly with magical arts.

It's like the word occult, which simply means 'hidden,' but it's popularly associated with witchcraft, and such.

So in this case, 'arcana' are just mysterious, magical creatures. It's not a bad choice of words, the enemies are both mysterious (beasts and insects and plants would be well known to citizens of Vana'diel, as would undead, like, "That's a ghost and that's a skeleton" but I don't think you could find someone that could tell you WHAT a bomb or weapon is.) and magical. So there you go.

Yeah, it is the most ambiguous of all the classifications, but I'd think of it as anything you look at and go 'That's weird.'

[Awntawn]

Well there you have it. Nothing that you would ever in your life want to kill for any apparent reason, lol.

[Aldo]

I've never even fought a Cardian before in my entire life.