DRG in Besieged

[Greylynx]

So I had my first experience with besieged this week. I am pretty low (DRG57) so it was more about having fun and trying it out then really helping. I had alot of trouble hitting the mobs but then I guess everyone does.

I know there are major lag problems in Besieged, but what I wasn't expecting was for my wyvern to suffer because of it. Whenever I would move it would take forever to Eisenzahn to "load". Often his health bar wouldn't even show up next to him name, which is normally a sign he is too far away. This is too bad because Eisenzahn was doing far more damage then I was.

Anyone else have this problem? Any other observations about DRGs in Besieged that could be helpful? Anyone have any general advice for me as I get alittle higher and can actually participate more?

[Lambeaus]

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I played as a DRG in a besieged once. Unfortunately I was just starting jobs, and it was just level 6. Needless to say we never landed a single hit


And I was grinding my DRG in off of Windy, and died, but my homepoint was in Al Zhabi, and I spawned in the middle of the battle. I didn't actually show up wanting to take part in the besieged.

[pearlsea]

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I have this problem with my carrie in besiged, its very anoying not knowing what shes attacking because sometimes she has a mind of her own >.>; also you can't see your <pettp> when you cannot see thier HP bar which is anoying so you never know when to sic. Sometimes when your at a certain angle with the mob she will pop up but its not a 100% fix and rarely works if theres lots of people around you.

[elanria]

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To help reduce a bit of lag (won't get rid of all the lag), follow normal Dynamis procedure: turn ALL your chat filters on. No dmg reports, no nothing except /shout, /tell, /say, etc....

That'll help a bit. As far as any tips/advice: You won't really be useful/effective until ~65 or even 70. The mobs are just too far out of your league.

[Greylynx]

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To help reduce a bit of lag (won't get rid of all the lag), follow normal Dynamis procedure: turn ALL your chat filters on. No dmg reports, no nothing except /shout, /tell, /say, etc....

That'll help a bit. As far as any tips/advice: You won't really be useful/effective until ~65 or even 70. The mobs are just too far out of your league.

Yeah I knew going in that I was definately too low to do much of anything. Just wanted to try it out. I agree once I hit 65 I will start doing besieged seriously. I was suprised by Eisenzahn however, when he was there (which was rare) he was hitting consistantly and doing 20-40 per hit. Not much but way better then I was doing.

Thanks for the advice on the chat filters. I did turn on many of the effects filters, but didn't even think of the chat ones. I'll try that for sure next time I do Besieged.

[Skoal]

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My wyvern doesn't last long in Besieged. Since the new temp items are available, I just summon my wyvern, pop the tp wing, Spirit Surge and use SA+ Wheeling Thrust.

My suggestion to you is sub thf so at least you can hit 1 time every minute.

[raidenn]

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The thing which sucks in Besiege is when you use SA, there is always a big chance the mob runs off before you land a hit.

[Skoal]

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The thing which sucks in Besiege is when you use SA, there is always a big chance the mob runs off before you land a hit.

I think its good practice for exp parties. You never know which way a mob will turn with some parties.

[LilithAngel]

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I've actually started to shift from using /whm and /war to /sam for Besieged. I send Lumiere out to do Altana-knows-what, and I just swing away, Hasso going full throttle. The temp items really do help out in helping some to keep you alive, so don't overlook them.

[LadyKiKi]

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My wyvern got blown up with me when some AOE did 4000+ damage to us. Then I just followed my linkshell around to kill things. I was in full DRG JSE +1 at that time (was helping someone in linkshell get a paper) with an Ice Lance +1 and no ACC gear. So I failed there already somewhat, didn't really hit a thing, BUT I did get 0.5 Polearm Skillup from it!!

I don't normally do besieged (or much endgame activity) because of the huge lag (not internet lag, PC lag) on my computer, but I got caught into besieged when I zoned into Al Zhabi from Mog House, unaware that it was actually happening.

[Vyuru]

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Any other observations about DRGs in Besieged that could be helpful?

Well, I'm still trying to find the people that the Lamia charmed so that I can try to kill them, I want to see if I can get IS/exp for killing charmed people, could be fun

On a more serious note, if you are a lvl 57 dragoon, I would doubt that you could hit things well, as a lvl 67 drg I have a hard time hitting things even when I eat sushi and load up on all my +acc gear, which is about +29ish acc. I would also have to say that I would not recommend /thf in this, from my experiance the mob pounces around like a ping pong ball between people, add that to the lag and I can't get a SA off.

I can however attack and deal damage to the pets the monsters call out just fine, and I can go as /rdm for tossing out cures to people in need of 'em, and it's kind of fun to cure bomb the undead swarms.

[Skoal]

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I still have a hard time understanding why people cannot hit mobs with Sneak Attack. I played Besieged last night and never had a problem. Here is a tip, it is easiest to land a SA+ WS when the mob is using a tp move.

Its a very simple tactic to use SA to get tp and do some damage with a SA+WS. You just need patience. I have been doing besieges since they started and this is what I have found to be the best way to do the most damage. I understand people play this game different ways, just try out everything until you get something that feels comfortable.