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Ambuscade has some neat stuff, but boy, is it repetitive. The extra tediousness involved just with *getting in the battlefield* among the 100+ other people trying to do the same doesn't help it either. The fact that the fights presumably change every month is kinda overshadowed by the fact that your points also reset every month, so you still have to bust your *** spamming the same fight for a month if you want to get enough points for the +1 armor set before time runs out.

Also, keep in mind that although the Sulevia set is very nice looking, it is lacking in Haste. Only 10% Haste across the entire set. I'm pointing this out because it's an easy thing to overlook, what with most post-Adoulin armor having Haste vomit on it to the point where Haste in any other slots was relatively pointless.

Edited, Apr 5th 2016 9:55pm by Fynlar

Like I said though, you have to bust your butt within the span of a month to get the points needed if you're trying to get the +1 sets or a decent amount of augmented capes, since the points don't carry over. And the stuff is actually good (with the capes in particular being able to have unprecedented levels of stats).

I don't imagine the rush dying down until we get to the point where the rewards start to repeat themselves (I'm assuming they will after 5 months, based off these sets appearing to be modeled after the Salvage sets)

I've read it's about 22 runs of VD to get and max a cape if it's any help to you guys :)

Honestly whether or not I have help, the grind feels about just as long. Most of the wait is involved with just getting in, but even with a group for the tougher fights, the tougher fights also take long enough to the point where I'm not even sure if it's worth the extra points.

August sometimes tanks it fine... and sometimes he gets blasted for a 2k breath that 1-shots him right off the bat.

(Also doing dragon on difficult, he seems to be the best effort:reward ratio that I've seen so far)

Yes, that opening breath attack can cause some serious hurt if not handled properly and prepared for. My group can handle the VD dragon as a trio pretty effectively now. We always have a pld for this (normally me, no special gear) and importantly: a) do not have the tank call the trusts and b) always most the tank to one flank before engaging so that it turns before the breath attack and only hits the tank.

Solo, difficult dragon is probably the safest way to go.

Honestly, I've been sticking with Normals and doing those.

I got back into the game only a few weeks ago and am still catching up on most of my gear. But I have racked up about 950 accuracy before food which makes me able to hit the Normal one without any food at all with Trusts involved, and the fight is low-risk to myself and my trust tank. (Switched to Gessho because of shadows and higher HP pool than the Taru RUN.)

Almost done with my cape as it is with only doing difficult once.

Edited, Apr 14th 2016 2:23pm by Hyrist