Sea Organ FarmingFollow

It's been a long time since I played PLD solo, but I think you could handle an aern, at least in Al'taieu itself. You would definitely have to watch out for Disseverment (and get rid of the poison from it right away), and maybe kite/flash when they put bracelets on (it gives them haste and an attack bonus, I believe). They also come in different jobs, so which one you get would impact things a lot.

Xzomits might be doable, depending on how badly they hurt and you hurt (it really has been a while). Of the group of three, two are 'children' and significantly weaker, while the mother is stronger but has a 100% drop rate of the organ. I used to solo them on BRD by just sleeping two while killing one, but obviously you can't do that. I hear PLD has gotten some new abilities in the last year or two, so it might be possible, but you'd have to wait to hear from someone else to be sure. You can also just go out there and try it, and see how things go - just watch out for the sharks. I'd advise simply camping at the portal to Tavnazian Safehold.

thx for the advices, i may have to try different way, either try solo as pld/dnc, or bst.

I wonder would capped shield help on these things, because i notice, once i capped shield, it kick in alot with shield+ gear and i can tank some campign mob 1 on 1 without losing much blood as /dnc.

If you can get the UFO organs, you're set, they're the tough ones.

As for the other mobs, pretty much PLD/Anything can solo them. Bring echo drops, as some like to hit you with silence, and remedies might be a good idea for the paralyze. Otherwise, you can chew up pretty much any of the Ul mobs aside from the UFOs, and some of the OM mobs as well.

Here's some specifics:

Hpemdes (aka 'Puppyfish', 'Goldfish', etc) will 'aggro' you in a sense, but they are not agressive. Meaning that, like Lycopodiums in WoTG areas, they will simply follow you around like puppies, until they lose interest and move on. Even if you flash/stun/provoke/bind etc them they will NOT attack. Only after you actually do damage to them will they become hostile. The weakest and easiest Sea mobs.

Xzomit (aka 'Squids') These are non-hostile, and will not aggro. They travel in packs of 3, which consist of a leader, or 'Mother', and two smaller 'Child' Xzomits. They DO link, but in a weird way... if you attack the lead Xzomit, the two child Xzomits will automatically link, no matter how far away they are. However, if you pick off one of the child Xzomits first, the 'Mother' Xzomit, like any good mother, will ignore the plight of her child and continue on blissfully unaware. It should be noted that the drop rate from the child Xzomits are horribly low, but the mother is 100% guaranteed to drop an organ. Usually the strategy is to pick off the two kids first, then kill the solo Mom.

Phuabo (aka 'Sharks') Phuabos lurk just under the surface of the frozen sea, until someone wanders too close to them. They then erupt to the surface and begin attacking. Phuabos are some of the strongest mobs aside from UFOs, but Ul'Phuabos are still easily soloable by a PLD/RDM or PLD/NIN, and probably other subjob combos. HOWEVER, there are a couple of caveats. First, bring echo drops, as they have a move that will silence you, and second, pull them to an area of dry land to fight them. When over the water, they are much stronger, and have access to additional nasty attacks. /RDM is actually a strongly recommended sub, as these things have a shock spikes move that can stun frustratingly frequently. Dispel, despite being a subbed spell, lands almost all the time and is quite helpful.

Aern (aka 'Angels') These are also non-hostile until provoked. Their job is undetermined until they are attacked, at which point they will 'grow' a weapon, and take on the abilities of a specific job. They are not partied, but they DO link. Again, hey have a silence move, so bring echo drops.

yeah, been trying out over weekend as bst/nin with CC and pld/dnc.

bst/nin, no good, CC just manage to kill the baby one.

pld/dnc safest and also excuitment one.

Here is the following i find:

(Xzomit)

pld/dnc vs baby = cake! Safe, no excuitment, hp stay 1k above all the time with pently of hp and mp. downside, it may take a while to kill.

pld/dnc vs mother = same as baby until it pop a baby, but tanking 2 is ok, abit of excuitment and with careful playing, shall win without dieing. However battle take too long, that it may possible pop another baby. Now here is the excuitment start.

Tanking 3 mob with full shield skill make shield block process like crazy as well as with parry kick in very often. However require to use 2hr to buy time. With 2hr tanking all 3 and stay alive is fine, with most of time in oranage and alot in red.

But at the end, still manage to stay alive.

(Phuabo)

Actually been kill one by mistakes, it agg me when i was lagging.
However the one i fight is em, not sure how hard is the t one.

For em, as pld/dnc this mob is again cake, easilier than tanking 3 Xzomit at one time. No 2hr needed, very easy, just play in relax way and his hp go down slowly and your hp stay high as always. His silent move, is easy to get removed using /dnc, however to save tp, i just let it silent wear off. His shock spike, is quiet high dot, however using rampart can lower down his shock spike damage for 0 all the time.

(Aern)

This one is abit tricky, the one i fight was rng, which is abit easier. Again not too hard, just have to play with carefullyness. However like what everyone say, his reraise is a big let off, have to kill him twice. However he does change job in the middle of battle to blu. I notice it when he use cacoon. The only job can use cacoon i can think of is blu. So i guess he turn into blu, After he use rng attack so many time when i was pull him to entrance.

Not sure hows difficult is the mob with pet, but i did try out a rdm type. The rdm type is deadly for pld/dnc. Same as other, he don't hit hard, the shock spike or enspell is easy with rampart. However everything go well until he decide to cast spell like.... Fire 3, ice 3, after eating spell like 4 to 5 times, i decide to 2hr and warp, there is no way to win this, if he keep using spell.

Overall pld/dnc is a very solid solo combo. But...the biggest let of is if the mob manage to cast spell, pretty much have to eat it and take it like a man. :P

Not sure hows pld/rdm against some of the mob, because i don't have rdm level. Possible i would put level up rdm as sub abit higher in one of these millions things need to do. :P

when i was farming (pld/dnc) organs for a gorget I can chain 1 or extremely lucky chain 2 on em-t phuabos. fights are long but are do able pretty easily. this was months ago and with some pretty average gear.



I always will be over 100 tp since i dont ws to save tp for cures so I always make sure that flat blade is ready when shield bash is down.

^^ That.

And not sure if you have a Joyuese or not, but with /dnc (as well as other things) it's a godsend.



Edited, Mar 3rd 2009 11:46am by johnnykrysys

So which shield shall i use?

Currently i use Koenig shield for tanking and Iron Ram Shield for DD

So for solo, is Koenig shield still good? or shall i get a ice shield or that -2% damage shield?

The way i see this atm, is that Koenig shield offer +emity, which is good for party tanking with /nin, however the wyries shield is better, but due to gil wise, i stick with koenig atm.

Iron ram shield is good for doing damage with the +STR and +attack.

However, for solo, or do things that don't need stack emity, shall i use Koenig shield or change to ice shield or -2% damage shield?

Ice shield is quiet expensive, and always run out of stock, while -2% physical one isn't too bad which only cost 2k-3k, so it would not burn a big holes in the wallet.

Any suggestion or recommendation is welcome.

Oh yeah, i don't have joy toy, so currently only use company sword. >_<

Edited, Mar 4th 2009 7:52am by lichinto

Don't use company sword when you're solo. Mensur epee is really good for solo/duo.... um, maybe martial anelace and use savage blade. I don't know... get a joyeuse.
And if you already have koenig and iron ram, just use those. Getting a different shield isn't going to drastically affect your ability to solo.

Edited, Mar 4th 2009 8:41pm by Illusitaru

All of the mobs short of the UFOs and a Phuabos are easily done on /NIN (fast killing, blink hits), /RDM (mitigate damage, dispel enemy buffs), or /WHM (cure status effects, and emergency cure power in Divine Seal if needed).

I'd recommend /RDM for Phuabos because of their spikes effects and you won't be able to use the Signet effects to your advantage against them. So shadows aren't nearly as good.