Gassan: is it really worth it getting this Katana?

[eticket109]

Re: Gassan: is it really worth it getting this Katana?

I got the Katana and Great Katana last night running around Gusta and Dangruf with my wife. Both fights were pretty easy for my 37 THF. Now I can work on levelling SAM for the update.

[Sabaron]

Re: Gassan: is it really worth it getting this Katana?

It's not totally random, no, but it (Haty) has a lot of spawn points and I don't think any site has all of them yet.

Haty was one of the easiest NM's I've ever camped. I just wrote down the time of the next full moon, got out to Dem 5 mins ahead of time, hopped on a crag chocobo and rode back and forth from G-8 to H-9--at the time I didn't even have Widescan. On the 2nd vana-day out, I found her, slaughtered her, and happily claimed my pretty new chakram.

[Feba]

Re: Gassan: is it really worth it getting this Katana?

Gassan is the most worthwhile spawn NM i've ever solo'd, honestly. Well, maybe Mycophile cuffs...

[Maju]

Re: Gassan: is it really worth it getting this Katana?

Haty was one of the easiest NM's I've ever camped. I just wrote down the time of the next full moon, got out to Dem 5 mins ahead of time, hopped on a crag chocobo and rode back and forth from G-8 to H-9--at the time I didn't even have Widescan. On the 2nd vana-day out, I found her, slaughtered her, and happily claimed my pretty new chakram.

Oh? I spent three in-game nights running between "known" spawn points and then when I couldn't find her, all over the zone, until I finally found and claimed her.

[Aeni]

Re: Gassan: is it really worth it getting this Katana?

It's not totally random, no, but it (Haty) has a lot of spawn points and I don't think any site has all of them yet.

It's easy to get if you know what you're doing. Both NMs travel a circuit that goes around the highlands. They move very quickly and stops at certain intervals. I've already killed 3 (For myself and helping other friends)

Easiest way to do this is port down over near 18:00 during full or new moon. Grab a chocobo and make sure you're subbing RNG. Spam widescan and once you get the NM on the map, track it. It's really that simple.

For the lazy, there's a 50% chance that the NMs will spawn near the crag and the surrounding areas. You can remain near the crag, at 18:03 start moving from the chocobo npc and go counter clockwise. However, if someone on a chocobo sees the NM, more than likely they will jump on it.

I also notice that if it doesn't spawn near the crag, there's a large chance that it will spawn in the two Tremor Ram spawn areas. I know that for myself, I've gotten Vran in this way. Other people whom I've spoken have also said that they had caught one of the NMs in these areas as well. In fact, in one case, someone was glad that Vran popped when he spotted Rampaging Ram. It distracted a THF and he was able to claim Rampaging. LOL

[Buzer]

Re: Gassan: is it really worth it getting this Katana?

For the most part, it's the only Katana I think with a +stat on it.

Nah. There's actually quite many Katanas with +stat on them. Gassan, Fukuro, Ohaguro, Anju, Zushio, Buboso and Shinogi to name a few. Check http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Category:Katana for more.

[Raydeus]

Re: Gassan: is it really worth it getting this Katana?

Nah. There's actually quite many Katanas with +stat on them. Gassan, Fukuro, Ohaguro, Anju, Zushio, Buboso and Shinogi to name a few. Check http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Category:Katana for more.

I think he meant the only Katana with +stat at that level range. Gassan is lvl 15, Fukuro is lvl 28.