Favourite trusts/set ups?Follow

When I was leveling RNG up to ~50 or so, I went with Kupipi Ajido-Marijido, and Shantoto. With the changes to nukes damage, they absolutely annihilated pretty much everything, and killed fast enough that Shantoto could just tank with her face.

The other day I was mucking about in Outer Raz, killing Shunned for fun on RNG. I started with Kupipi Mhili or Cherukiki as the WHM, Umlia as my BRD and Tiron or Valaniel as my tank, but the RDM Shunned nuked my tank too hard. I still won, but my healer was at close to 0 MP by the end. So figured I'd give Gessho a shot, since shadows > single target nukes. Actually worked great. I have no idea how they calculate Trust tank hate, but with just Provoke kept the Shunned off my RNG (I have -41 enmity from gear and -enmity merits), regardless of whether I had Barraged or WSed (WS were doing 2-3k).

For soloing the Delve grasshopper in Czeik, on my THF, I use Cherukiki (she casts Haste), Joachim (songs, status cures for the others), and Ulmia (more songs). They're all happy standing back from melee (and out of AOE range for TP moves/nukes), and I can Healing Waltz Joachim and he'll Silena the others when it casts Silencega.That trio is also my general murder-squad if I'm on a DD and soloing EM-VT stuff.

Edited, May 24th 2014 11:40pm by MouserRDM

Edited, May 25th 2014 2:05pm by MouserRDM

Meh, I guess I'm just boring... I'm always rolling with Trion and Kupipi.

Kupipi doesn't blow horrendous amounts of MP on Haste like Cherukiki does. Haste is awesome, but she casts it on Trion (lol) and herself (even more lawl).

IMO, I think SE's got some more work to do with the AI behind these Trusts, especially the healers. They ought to have better AI for Cherukiki (no, she should NOT be casting Haste on herself for example), and also the Erase spells. I've been leveling in Zeruhn Mines, and of course, the healers (even Kupipi does this and it is annoying) is Erasing the stupid Evasion Down from everybody at 32MP (IIRC) a pop, only for the stupid bat to re-apply it 10 seconds later. Oh, and Erasing STR-Down from herself... *facepalm*

As for the DPS, I've tried a few (Ayame, Zeid, Lehko, Nanaa) but the one I've come to the conclusion is the "best" for me so far (as a WAR) is Ayame because nearly all of her weaponskills will chain with Raging Rush, giving me an extra 25-50% damage ontop of my Raging Rush. Nanaa uses Wasp Sting too damn much, Lehko does AoE and Mediocre damage, Zeid spends too much time casting Absorb spells and seems to never WS at all...

Edited, May 25th 2014 10:18am by Lyrailis

They changed Zeid's AI - now he pretty much only uses stun most of the time. He seemed to WS frequently too last time I used him.

Despite the fact Aldo loves his AoE WS, i've found him to be pretty decent damage + debuffs + Assassin's charge. In addition to that, every WS i've seen him use chains with Zazarg, and bam the mob's dead. Since he waits for someone else to use a WS before going, he's always chaining, and other NPCs seem to build tp just slightly slower than him, so it works out well. If I need to roll with a tank, i've been going with Gessho since his release, he's a total beast, and doesn't run out of MP after 10-15 fights like Trion. If I don't need a tank, i'll usually fill the third slot with either Ayame, Iron Eater or Maat. If you don't have Maat yet, Prishe is a darn good substitute.

Edited, May 25th 2014 3:46pm by Dallie

Even if you're playing a low-damage class? I'd be surprised if that would have been a great setup for when I finally got THF to 99.

~sleepygirl

Yeahhhh, that sounds like it might apply to someone who spent a lot more effort on gearing that job than I have.

Group farming sheep, mandies or butterflies reptiles for RoE damage:

-Monk/war or /dnc: Kupipi, Lehko, and Lion. I just use spinning atk to extend the amount of damage I can deal to all the mobs while Lion and lehko will often do Aoe to help with the number of kills. I usualy wait for a full respawn when Kupipi needs mp at the end. Being speedy and having less melee dmg. They wont often pull hate unless they use an Aoe weapon skill before I do.

Mage farming groups of mandies and butterflies: (mostly for cap points and skilling on reives)

-Blm: Kupipi, Cheruki, Joachim or Mihli or Moogle (if I need refresh/magic skillups).

Mass kill (fellcleave) for objectives: Mandies, Butterflies, Crabs, Reptiles, Beasts

-War/Sam: Kupipi, Cheruki, Joachim

Farming Efts in Doh gates (after level increase):

-Sam/dnc or /war: Trion, Kupipi, Cheruki. Healers can last for about 2 efts then a rest for mp. But Trion is the one you'll need to keep an eye on for mp.

Edited, May 26th 2014 6:20pm by akudama

Unfortunately like Adventuring Fellows you need to make at least 1 physical attack on a mob and remain engaged for them to attack. The moment you disengage, they will stop.

Yar, he seems to only cast Absorb-Attri when the mob has used a special move to protect themselves, like blink/ss type maneuvers and Absorb-TP when the mob's low on health. He does have a pretty good Stun AI as well, casting it when the mob's about to AoE the party with something, though he will use on single-target TP moves on occasion.

Overall it's much improved and i've kept him out for mobs where he can Aspir his mp back.

Ayame is a good weapon break partner since she's very predictable, if you have a WS she can work with. After you do a WS, when she next sees that you have 1000TP, she'll do a WS that can open a chain for your WS. She has Tachi: Gekko (Ice/Water) and Tachi: Kasha (Fire/Light) to work with for level 3 chains, and will use meditate when she can if you have 1000TP and are waiting for her.

Which I don't. Unless the chart on the wiki is wrong (which I suppose is possible), the only WSes that I could use to close a level 3 with her are the relic one (which I don't have), the mythic (which is what I'm in the process of unlocking), or the Empyrean (also don't have).

Now, when I get around to unlocking Pyrrhic Kleos for DNC, then I'll want Ayame.

~sleepygirl