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#1 Dec 15 2005 at 7:21 PM Rating: Decent
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Ok.. I'm not a Monk, nor have I participated in a KRT Monk party, consisting of MNK MNK MNK WHM RDM BRD. My friends and I are arguing over just how much EXP a KRT party can reasonably expect to gain in an hour?

I ask because I see a noticing trend in EXP/HR stories going up.. while I have to believe it's just exagerration.

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#2 Dec 15 2005 at 7:38 PM Rating: Decent
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Well, in the two of those I've been in, we've pulled off approximately 8k/hour after rings wear off. It seemed like a lot to me, too until I actually did it. This does kind of assume. Just please, pleeeeeease dispel the sorcerors before they get in melee range, monks get paralyzed fast =X
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#3 Dec 15 2005 at 7:38 PM Rating: Good
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Well, if everyone is smart and has good gear and few breaks (haven't had too many of these parties myself) those parties will usually net me 10k/hr. On average (factoring in AFK time and WC breaks) usually about 7-9k/hr. Hope that helps.
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Ok.. I'm not a Monk, nor have I participated in a KRT Monk party, consisting of MNK MNK MNK WHM RDM BRD. My friends and I are arguing over just how much EXP a KRT party can reasonably expect to gain in an hour?

I ask because I see a noticing trend in EXP/HR stories going up.. while I have to believe it's just exagerration.



i can vouch for these exp ***** >_>

i was a exp leech for a KRT pt once as SAM. chain 18-25 up and down, non stop. 8k exp an hour, i've heard of ppl reaching 10k almost :x
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#5 Dec 15 2005 at 8:22 PM Rating: Good
If you're limited to chain 10's or so, you're talking 7-8k an hour. If you're breaking 20's+, you're getting 10ish. I got 3 merits in the time it took my hedgehog pie to wear (3hr food) and we had to escape once because of repop aggro's.

We got to chain 30 in that session, I know people who have gotten 60+...
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#6 Dec 15 2005 at 8:55 PM Rating: Decent
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I find it really depends on the BRDs ability to pull. With a ****** BRD, I've pulled in ~6k/hr, but with a good BRD who can pull Chain30+ each time we do track I've gotten 10k/hr.
#7 Dec 15 2005 at 9:43 PM Rating: Decent
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you're not going to get 10k/hour w/o a little luck (other parties at KRT?) and a stellar support cast. it's all about the BRD, RDM/whm, & WHM.

aside from spaming cures, they must:

- keep MNKs hasted at all times
- dispel instantly, paralyna, blindna, erase
- banish nuke Lemures

MNKs have to also be smart:

- know the yellow aggro range when roaming
- know when to save/use weapon skills
- bring eye drops + holy water to lighten the load on mages

KRT is fun... at the very least you should be getting 5k/hour =p
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#8 Dec 15 2005 at 11:05 PM Rating: Decent
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I'll agree, the support jobs are definately the key to these parties. In all honesty, we have the easiest job in these parties, sit there and swing, trade tanking, and the occaisional light SC on a Lemures. The skill of the support jobs often determines how well you do since most 75 MNK's have good enough gear for KRT. Done several parties with other MNK's with great gear. Best was 10k/Hr got a chain 47 (about 40 mins of non-stop killing) Another group, terrible BRD, so-so WHM, lucky to get chain 6-7 with about 6-7k/Hr.
#9 Dec 15 2005 at 11:15 PM Rating: Decent
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Thanks for all the replies!

Your numbers seem on par with what I've heard, and atleast I can dispell the .. wait for it ... 20k/hr Rumor circling through friends atm. I just can't stand the amount of overexaggeration that goes on.. it seems my XP parties are always just "alright" due to the supposedly rising standards on XP parties.

Bones Parties still seem just amazing in the amount of XP they pull, and I could only imagine the pace that everyone must be going at to achieve those kind of chains and XP!
#10 Dec 16 2005 at 12:15 AM Rating: Decent
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Everyone was dead on with their posts...bone pts are fun.
#11 Dec 16 2005 at 2:51 AM Rating: Good
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Anything over 14k/hr should be regarded with skepticism.
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#12 Dec 16 2005 at 3:51 AM Rating: Good
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Best I've ever gotten was approximately 21,950ish experience points over the course of two hours, so about 10,975 or 11,000 an hour. This was back-to-back-to-back Chain 25s by the way. I'd say a good median is roughly 9,000-10,000 an hour if you have a competent Party with MNK MNK MNK BRD WHM RDM from my experiences.
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#13 Dec 16 2005 at 9:33 AM Rating: Good
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LOL my friends have a hard time going back to other zones after KRT. :) Up to about 10k/hr sounds right, as the others have said.
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#14 Dec 16 2005 at 11:55 AM Rating: Good
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I've probably pulled about 400-500k xp in KRT in my bard career, and the numbers folks have stated are dead on. Usual monk parties with ok gear, or even monks 73-74, tend to average 7-8k and thats getting chain 15-25 or so. Insane parties where all 3 monks have black belts, and the rdm + whm really work well together, average right around 9.5-10k/hr. I've had spikes up to 11-11.5k/hr (chain 50's), but never crested that.

The largest difference really is the rdm + whm combo, if they can cover for one another to keep MP going you can chain very well. Also helps if the 3 monks can do Light on Lemures, and the whm + rdm have enough MP to MB...I loathe losing chains on ghosts ;;
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#15 Dec 19 2005 at 4:32 AM Rating: Decent
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Havent been in any KRT party's but i have made a few in Gustav, and in there was able to get bout 6k on average, but we were in safer of the camps and had to wait on mobs to respawn sometimes, usually got chain 6 on regular basis, Looking forward to getting in some KRT parties in the future.
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#16 Dec 19 2005 at 7:39 AM Rating: Decent
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We've just set up a Mnkx3 Whm Rdm Brd static for this, our first session just over 2hrs of exp and 20k exp. About 8.5k exp (9.5k with empress band).

We aren't particularly special mnks, no destroyers/black belt/god items/shura etc.... I could see 12k as a fair limit. Who would complain at consistent 1merit per hour though?
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#17 Dec 19 2005 at 9:44 AM Rating: Decent
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If you start from the Lemures room near the Thousand Eyes and battle all the way to the Vrtra door without breaking the chain, you can earn about 8k. I'm pretty sure the chain will end at #39, and it takes roughly half an hour. You could then sneak up, return to the Lemures room and repeat for another 8k... so maybe 16k/hr on that route.

This is, of course, if all conditions are ideal: minimal use of Howling by Hatis, no unfortunate Sleepga, Ice Spikes get dispelled, etc. It's possible to pull it off.

The other possibility is the secret room loop. This one's a little tougher because killing too fast will delay repops and killing too slow breaks the chain. If you can time your kills as you do laps around the loop, you can theoretically create a neverending exp chain. Mobs have a spawn time of ~11 minutes, so if you're killing in good time then you can pull off somewhere around chain #55 in half an hour... maybe 11k there? Mind you, this is can be -extremely- strenuous. Treat yourself to a Dr. Pepper before engaging.

Normal PTs often camp in the secret room, though. Can't have that if you want to run laps with a MNK PT.
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#18 Dec 19 2005 at 6:23 PM Rating: Decent
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i dont think its possible to get over 15k/hr there.

i usually avg 7-9k/hr this is usualy with friends w/o the uber gear like black belt etc. my friend ptys with mnks with basically everything and they get 12k/hr alot. again what makes or breaks the pty is support. honetly any mnk 75 with just avg gear does well. and you can expect 8k/hr if no stops. getting c10 is easy and if you can conistantly do that your golden.

another thing if you feel like having a lazy time and not roaming camping vtra area alone in that hall yields 6-7k/hr
and is much nicer and ppl will stay longer lol. most ppl can only take 1-2hrs max of krt b4 they pooped it does wear u down lol. i sugest this all the time if the suport arent to well bc it will usually yield same xp/hr w/o the hassel and will last longer.
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#19 Dec 19 2005 at 8:52 PM Rating: Decent
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If you start from the Lemures room near the Thousand Eyes and battle all the way to the Vrtra door without breaking the chain, you can earn about 8k.


When we did that route earlier today, I think I got 8.5k~. I believe I was only 2k into merit, and got 350 into next merit by the time we got to vrtra room. That was done in 2 chains I think, if we had done it in 1 full chain probably near 9k xp for that route.
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#20 Dec 19 2005 at 9:10 PM Rating: Decent
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KRT MNK parties max out at around ~10k/hr. I've done multiple chain 40+ bones parties there in one of the traditional loops and have never gotten more than ~10k/hr.

Pre-nerf Sea manaburn maxed out ~11.5k/hr (I hit chain 280-something in there), and was basically the best XP/hr possible in the game.

Anyone telling you 15k or, for God sakes, 20k/hr, is a complete liar.
#21 Dec 19 2005 at 9:18 PM Rating: Good
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i do MNK KRT PT's all the time

its has gotten me 60+ Merits
(all of the below happened before the new exp rings, so these do not include them)

my avg exp per hour is around 9,500-10,000 an hour

my best in one night was doing 12,000 an hour
(this # however was only done once, MAYBE twice) its not exactly easy to do this amount with no ring on)(but everyone that night had the best of the best and it was just a lucky night, too bad i couldnt get more nights like that lol)

(oh speaking of exp rings, thats something that i have done, but i have never paid attn to the exp per hour, since this post was made i'll see if i can get my normal pt members and try it out and record the numbers to see what it comes up with, i'm sure it will be nice, but that only goes so far with 1k extra)

if i am able to get the people that fit the pt well or that i normally pt with
our avg chain is anywhere from 20-40

my Highest chain , my own personal record is Chain 45
yes i have screenshots, but i'll have to upload them to photo bucket or something like that, i'll work on it later since i'm in middle of exp on my other job

um i guess thats about it, i do consider myself a vetern to KRT

feel free to ask me any questions you have


thanks and Good Luck ^^

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Edited, Mon Dec 19 21:24:53 2005 by Skybreak
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