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I just wanted to add, that this as far as I know is not true. I have a rather limited knowledge of current scripting in FFXI since its absolutely disgusting, but basically..

I believe NM camping bots works by having the script recognize the memory location of "Insert NM name here". So basically it will use the tab function around the room until it recognizes the memory location of the NM ("Argus" or "Valkurm Emporer" for example), and will then Provoke as usual.

Of course, I'm sure these types are a bit rarer, scripts that endlessly mash Provoke are probably a bit more common.

In my experience this tends to be the case. Which means it's possible to beat the bots out if their voke spamming has landed them a normal mob when the NM pops.

This is not true. I was in a party with a SMN in Garlaige the other night and I was using Utsusemi. When Aerial Armor is cast, it Has No Effect on me. My shadows remain.

The thing about Blink (WHM) and Aerial Armor is that they're not guaranteed to work. There's a chance that the mob could miss a shadow and still hit you, whereas Utsusemi is guaranteed to work (in situations where a Blink shadow would actually *take* the hit, of course).

I didn't see an answer to this one, so I'll take it:Yes, and it depends on what the effect is.

First off, I believe resistance will be modified by any elemental alignments you have. For example, if you have Barwater on, and Poison does land, I believe it does still affect the wear time.

Now, elements aside, I believe VIT does affect your drain rate on physical DOT effects (poison), while MND affects drain rate on magical DOT effects. Stuff like Dia and Bio, however, have fixed drain rates, as far as I can tell, so all the MND in the world won't change how much they untick your HP. I think it does affect stuff like Rasp, Frost, Choke, etc.

I know that I've played different classes and I've been hit with Poison by the same mob that sometimes would drain 1 HP per tick, and sometimes 3, depending on my class (3 for Warrior, 1 for THF with high VIT equipment at that time). Thus, I believe Poison is affected by VIT directly (since it is a physical ailment).

Accordingly, I'm guessing that resistance (initial and DOT) to Foe Requiem is dictated by CHR. That's just an educated guess on my part, though.

Edited, Tue Oct 12 13:22:44 2004 by Cutriss

You dont see 64 status bars strewn across your screen. You can party and alliance and those would be the only names you see, just like normal.


Edited, Thu Apr 21 13:25:39 2005 by Eleusynia

Ok, so I have to take THF to 37, eh? Ok then, here's my question:

What should I use as a subjob on THF?

GOD NO DON'T USE MONK IF YOU CAN HELP IT.

I *hated* THF after taking it all the way to 30 with MNK. It was so hard to get parties, and I didn't do a lot of damage even with SA. H2H almost never did any appreciable damage. I've *seen* it do damage, sure, but not enough to warrant picking MNK instead of NIN. Boost will slow your attack rate down to something slower than a sword, making your low-damage dagger even more useless.

With NIN, it might take you until 20 to get Dual Wield going, but once you do, you won't look back. Wanna level two weapon skills at once? Put a sword in your off hand (Small Sword preferably, DEX+2) and there ya go. NIN also gives you better accompanying stats (AGI and DEX) than MNK does. As a THF, you won't do enough damage to get more than two hits on you in a battle, so the MNK's boosted VIT is wasted on you, as is Counter. NIN's Utsusemi will take care of those two hits without a second glance.

I cursed myself repeatedly for playing a THF until I hit 30 because I picked the wrong subjob to raise it with. I should have used WAR (since I didn't have the luxury of a 30+ job to unlock NIN). Now that I have NIN, THF is a **wonderful* class to play.

Edited, Tue Oct 12 14:34:58 2004 by Cutriss

Thanks for the Dynamis info Ele.

Lol in defense of my own intelligence though I know the 64 ppl aren't just random ppl who strolled in there. =P I was wondering more if your 64 ppl would be the only 64 ppl you would see (similar to the way BCNM work).

You answered my question nevertheless. Thanks!

Does anyone have the link with the pictures of the full AF and AF2(relic) gear? I remember seeing a link for it on here somewhere but can't find it.

Pics of all AF2s from a JPN site:

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Bay/2740/ff_kihon_af2.html

DRK AF2 looks like crap. RDM AF2 looks wierd. DRG and PLD AF2 looks great. WHM AF2 have almost no change.

Specifically, HNM (Hyper Notorious Monsters) LSes only allow in people that are over level 65 in their chosen job, and only after seeing how said person plays. For almost all HNMs you must be over level 65 to have a chance at winning.

As for what an HNM is:

A HNM is typically a tougher spawn of a NM. For example, King Behemoth is the HNM of Behemoth, as Nidhogg is the HNM of Fafnir. HNM LSes will go about their day as normal in-game, but when they hear about a HNM popping, it's a mad dash to that place, as they'll already be having a RNG/NIN or NIN kiting the thing all over the place, keeping it claimed. (Assuming they got the claim.) Another type of HNM are the Gods. There are 5 I know of, as I haven't read anything about any new Gods in CoP, and they are: Genbu, Suzaku, Seiryu, Byakko, and Kirin. Genbu is by far the easiest (he hits like an old lady once you Arctic Wind his ***), and Kirin is the master of the other Gods, spawning a slightly less-tough version of each during the process of the 2-3 hour battle. Order of the Blue Gartr did Kirin for the first time with 26 people, switching them in and out of the alliance as needed.

Dynamis is an alternate dimension where you can find pieces of AF2 (Relic) and things for Cursed armor sets. Typically it's done just to get the drops and say you've done it (find someone that has "Dynamis-Xarcabard Interloper" as their title and gawk at them, they're as uber as you get in the game), though some people do them for fun. Dynamis is considered (for now) the hardest thing in the game, barring anything that has been released in CoP.

I like the style of the SMN AF2.

I kinda think the NIN looks crappy though.

Gotta love that PLD and DRG though. ^^

HNM= Hyper Notorious Monster

Usually some people described monster that requires more than one parties and drop valuable loots HNM. But when you get to high levels and can basicly solo and duo those monster, it ceased to be HNM. Though no one will ignore a serket if it popped, its no longer hyper to certain people. For these people therefore, the real HNM is the top tier HNM. My example is the top 3 King HNM, the harder pop of a normal HNM that have better drop chances for rarer loots.

Nidhogg is a king pop of Fafnir (which by himself is hard as hell, example: Averyl kept it for several hours and his health winds up being more than what it was before they wiped. Averyl is not a weak linkshell mind you)

Aspidochelone is the King pop of Adamantoise

King Behemoth is the king pop of behemoth

Kirin and his ***** gods are pop monster that require several steps to farm and obtain items to pop them. They are generally considered HNM also.

So in conclusion, Hyper notorious monsters are general name for all monster that is harder than the average NM, drop good loots and requires a strategy and cooperation amongst several players. For some Steelfleeced will always be HNM while for a some that can solo it, its not.

As for Dynamis, its not basically BcNM. Dynamis's experience is very general for most player with no strategy except, DO what the organizer tell you. The organizers themselves dished out 1 million for that initial hour glass, they decide who to place in parties, the path to take, mob to pull. The rest follows order to the T to ensured no wipe out. The general strategy usually are never fully explained to first timer, just do what ever we tell you. Lotting rights are also determined by organizers.

All 64 people are usually divided into separate alliances, communicating through a common linkshell. The typical alliances are, blackmage sleeping parties, assault parties, tanking parties, pulling parties etc. So you do the job that is asked of you depends on which group you're in, most of the time though its gang up on the mob that's not sleeping til it dies. All 64 people can lot on any drops that drop, this typically include AF2 piece (relics), relic weapons, ancient money and ingredients used to upgrade those weapons.

You have exactly 1 hour from when you enter dynamis to complete it. Generally there are several statues that will boost the time (extension) it is up to organizer to determine the path to hit all these statues in order to boost up the time to approx 3 hours. Limited time, hard mob, difficult pull and links are what these organizers have to deal with and they require the cooperation of everyone and won't take crap from anyone who "thinks they can do better" After beating several NM at certain locations it will pop the final NM and after he's dead everyone touch the ???? to get the title Dynamis something interloper.

So that's kinda Dynamis and HNM in a nutshell of what I've known and participate in. As of right now I've never fought any of the REAL HNMs except some gods. However ArchDominus will eventually get to them all and I hope I'll be there to participate.

Dynamis are held 3 times per week, if you have attended Dynamis you can't again for 4 real time days.

On Tuesday night Dynamis is held by : Iron Alliance
On Saturday Dynamis is held by : Lunarians
Also on weekeds some NA joined Dynamis held by :Daikon

So far those are the only ones I know that NA have joined. Please check their respective websites for more info.