CoP 6-4 – Airship fight

This is the most dreaded of all CoP fights.

Prep:
Each PT member should have a hi-potion tank. Mages / PLD should have a hi-ether tank as well.

For the 5 mammetts, yellow liquid is needed. 10 should be plenty.
For omega / ultima, CCB Polymers are needed. Due to being R, only 6 can be taken into the fight.

CCB Polymers are obtained from a quest requiring three chips.
Gray Chip – Dropped by diremites. Best Pso’Xja entrance is F-7 (Nue tower). Uncapped. Diremites are lvl 42-45
Carmine Chip – Dropped by lizards. Can be farmed in same zone, basement level. Snow Lizards are lvl 66-68.
Cyan Chip – Dropped my mimics. Best Pso’Xja entrance is G-9. Uncapped. Treasure chests are lvl 55-60.

The mimics are the most complicated chips to farm. That portion of Pso’Xja has two stone doors. Each require a bracelet key item to pass through. The key items are from fighting two NMs at two ??? in the same zone (different maps). The NMs are lvl 65. Most DDs with a healer should be able to duo them easily. This wiki page has more information.

Strategy:
PT setup currently planned to be:
WHM/BLM
RDM/WHM
BLM/WHM
PLD/WAR
SAM/NIN
MNK/NIN

Mammets:
Once entering battlefield, BLM and RDM will ele seal+ bind two of the mammets. At this point PLD, SAM, and MNK will each pick their own mammet and solo them.

Silence is paramount for this fight. Don’t want them using strong spells while in staff form.

Yellow liquids should be used to lock them in DRG (polearm) form. WAR (sword) form is acceptable as well. DRG is preferred due to the slow attack rate. This will give more time to put shadows up. Yellow liquids should lock form for 30 seconds.

As soon as DDs finish their mammets, they should move onto the BLM’s followed by the RDM’s.

Ultima/Omega strats still being worked out.

CoP 5-3 | Ulmia’s Path

50 Cap BCNM – Boneyard Gully

Shikaree X – BST
Shikaree Y – DRK
Shikaree Z – DRG

Party setup:
MNK/NIN
PLD/WAR
WHM/BLM
BLM/WHM
SAM/NIN
RDM/WHM

Few things to note about this fight:
Due to no XP loss, planned wipes are a viable strategy. If you have a reraise item, bring it.
Trackers will skillchain if they are close enough. They do this by talking (which is visible in chat log).
This talking will wake up the other trackers, but not their pets.
Group will fight a decent distance away from trackers initial spawn. This will allow safe raises.
Pets do not have to be defeated.
Using blackened siredon stops the insane TP gain of the trackers for a short period of time. Can only be used once per tracker.

Once ready to start, PLD will run in and get aggro. BLM will elemental seal + sleepga. PLD will pull Y away from other trackers and back to group. BLM will stay with other two trackers and sleep II them (overwrite sleepga). Once done, BLM will move back to the group.

If needed, RDM can kite one of the trackers.

At this point killing Y as quick as possible is the number one priority. Once combat with Y has been initiated, blackened siredon should be used.

As long as a tracker dies between wipes, there will be no problem. Don’t forget to recast reraise after getting up.

After Y, we will target X.

At this point if both are attacking and unable to sleep one, stunning one of the trackers when they try to skillchain is paramount. If RDM isn’t needed for backup healing, Z can be kited.

After X, we will target Z.

I plan on ignoring the pets (keeping them asleep and/or bound).

The above strategy did not work as is

To make it work, I suggest two things:
1) Use 2 hours and BLM freeze. The objective is to kill Y before the others wake up. We did this on my run, but not until we used 2 hours. At this point we had already wiped once and ran out of time.
2) Kite around the pillar/column/thing to your right as you approach the trackers. Even without gravity you can kite pretty well right there.

We used the following strategy to win on our second attempt. Since we had already blown 2 hours, we needed something that wouldn’t use them.

Party setup:
MNK/NIN
PLD/WAR
BLM/WHM
BLM/WHM
SAM/NIN
RDM/WHM

The only difference is now there are two BLMs instead of one.

PLD runs in, gets aggro. BLM with most MP ele seal+sleepga. As soon as sleepga lands, both BLMs cast freeze on Z. Don’t bother trying to time it perfectly. There’s a good chance the trackers will wake up right before the cast is done, but that’s ok.

RDM can attempt to sleep trackers to buy time.

BLM with hate should kite around the previously mentioned column. Second BLM should cast freeze as soon as timer is up. Once the second BLM has hate they should start kiting while first casts freeze. 4 freezes will kill a tracker. The DDs may need to do some damage to finish em off.

Once Z is dead you will probably wipe. That’s ok. Make sure you’re out of aggro range when you die. Also, the wyvern will despawn once the NMs reset to the starting point.

Once up and ready to go, repeat the above strategy on X. You should find it much easier this time. We did not wipe in between X and Y, but if you do, remember that it’s ok as long as X dies first. That’s why you bring reraise items and make sure it’s always up.

We used one siredon on the first fight and one on the second fight. It’s not necessary for the second one. It was just to delay the skillchains while finishing off the first tracker.

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Snoll fight is easy. Make sure you have at least 3 salts. We used two, but had time to use a third.

Party setup:
MNK/WAR
PLD/WAR
WHM/BLM
BLM/WHM
SAM/WAR
RDM/BLM

We did the normal pre-fight buffs / reraise. Only WHM needs reraise at this point.

Don’t forget that as soon as you step on the ice around the snoll, he will attack.

PLD goes in, gets aggro. MNK used salt then hit 2 hour. SAM used job abilities / 2 hour. RDM tried ele seal + slow. I have no idea if it landed. RDM then 2 houred and nuked. BLM used flare. BLM did 1k damage on the Flare. MNK used one more salt when first wore off.

A SAM using job abilities and two hour can do around 2.5k damage to the snoll in a few seconds. Add the flare from the BLM and that’s half the Snoll’s HP right there.

The RDM almost died cause I (WHM) was casting holy when she got hit with something.

I don’t know our time for the battlefield, but the fight itself lasted around 60 seconds.

FFXI – Krizz

My primary character. (All characters are on Ramuh)

Character: Krizz
Race: Elvaan
Citizenship: San d’Oria
Rank: 8
Jobs:
WHM 73
DNC 52
BLM 50
NIN 31
DRG 24
BST 23
WAR 18
PLD 18
RDM 15
THF 15
RNG 14
PUP 12
BRD 10
SCH 10
MNK 8
SMN 8
DRK 7
SAM 7
BLU 5
COR 0

Cooking: 99
Fishing: 28
Leathercraft: 4
Smithing: 2

Flash Game of the Day – Armor Wars

So last weekend I had drill. While drill weekends normally completely suck, this one wasn’t too bad. It was very slow. That gave me time to do a bit of reading. One of my coworkers was playing flash games online most of the time.

One caught my eye and I gave it a shot near the end of the day on Sunday. That game was Armor Wars. You can find it over on http://armorgames.com.

This game is a turn-based card game. Each turn you accumulate resources that are the costs of cards. As far as card costs go, it’s pretty balanced. It all depends on your deck. That leads me to my next point.

You also have the ability to build your own deck. The interface could use some slight tweaking, but the deck building itself is good.

Deck limit – You can build a total of 5 decks (of course with the option to overwrite old ones). That’s plenty for the game as is.

Deck card limit – You can only have up to 5 copies of any one card in your deck. Overall, I don’t believe there is a limit to the size of your deck. The one I built, used, and destroyed with is 80 cards. I could trim it quite a bit, but I don’t see the need to fix it since it works.

Initial Hand – One thing that makes this game way easier is the ability to set your initial 7 cards. I set mine up so that I could get my power hitter out in the first or second turn (depending on opponent).

Purchasing Cards – As you play through you earn points (for victories and losses). These points can be used to purchase cards. Personally, I only found a couple useful for my deck.

I’m not sure if you can ever ‘win’ the game. The opponents don’t seem to go above level 8. I played through until I hit level 13. The computer doesn’t win unless I have really bad luck with drawing cards. I’ve never lost twice to an opponent.

If anyone is curious as to my deck, just post a comment and I’ll add it to the post.

Final opinion:

Decent time-waster, but don’t expect to play it for more than a day or two unless you like repetition.

Quote of the Day [090401]

“No, venti is twenty. Large is large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Venti is the only one that doesn’t mean large. It’s also the only one that’s Italian. Congratulations, you’re stupid in three languages.”
-Danny, from Role Models (2008)
[I ran across this quote while over reading Least I Could Do ]

Coin Tower Challenge

I was challenged on another YouTube channel to build a tower out of coins. I did this before I ever found anything online about stacking coins. I wish I had researched first. I could’ve made something much more impressive.

This is currently my video I’m proudest of. It’s simple, but entertaining.

Resident Evil 5

With the recent hype, I decided to check out Resident Evil 5.

I didn’t like it. But then again, I haven’t liked Resident Evil since the very first game. [Note: I still own the first two games for Playstation]

Now, before you string me up and torture me, let me explain.

I cannot handle the controls. That’s it. I love the concept. I love the storylines. Thirteen years later [Resident Evil was released for the PS in 1996], I STILL don’t like the controls.

Now that I think about it, I didn’t check to see if there was a way to change it in the options. Anyone know off hand? If I remember, I’ll hop on the demo tonight and check.

That being said, I did not make it through the first ‘boss’. My first attempt was actually my best. Afterwards, everything spiraled downhill. I gave the game a good 45 minutes to prove itself to me. It did not.

I will not purchase the game. I’m content with getting my zombie fix from Left 4 Dead.

Facebook Note – Bucket List

Bucket List
Place an X by all the things you’ve done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then send it to your friends .

Things you have done during your lifetime:
(X) Gone on a blind date
(X) Donated Blood
(X) Skipped school
(X) Watched someone die
() Given a Eulogy
() Been to London
() Been to Paris
() Been to Rome
() Been to Venice, California
() Been to Monte Carlo
() Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
() Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
(X) Gone to Washington, DC
() Hugged a homeless person (and gave them money)
(X) Swam in the ocean
() Swam with Stingrays
(X) Been sailing in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
() Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
() recently played in a paddling pool
() Ran a marathon
(X) Sang Karaoke
(X)volunteered at a soup kitchen
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
() Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
() Seen the Northern Lights
() Been Parasailing
(X) Been on TV
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t
(X) Made prank phone calls
(X) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
() Fed an elephant
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Fired a gun
() Danced in the rain-naked
() Been to the Opera
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
() Serenaded by someone
() Serenaded someone
() Seen a NZ Prime Minister in person
() Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
() Driven a race car
(X) Been to a National Museum
() Been to a Wax Museum
() Eaten caviar
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
() Been deep sea fishing
() Driven across the United States
() Been in a hot air balloon
() Been sky diving
() Gone snowmobiling
() Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
() Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Seen the Grand Canyon
() Seen the Statue of Liberty
() Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle:
() Been on a cruise
() Traveled by train
(X) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
() Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(X) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World
()Been in a rain forest
()Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
() Ridden on an elephant
() Swam with dolphins
() Been to the Olympics
() Walked on the Great Wall of China
() Been spinnaker flying
() Been water-skiing
() Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
() Swam in the Mediterranean
() Been to a Major League Baseball game
() Been to a National Football League game
() Swam with sharks
() Been White Water Rafting
() Written a book or screen play

Quote of the Day [090227]

“Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.” -Fight Club

Quote of the Day [090225]

“Know something about everything, and everything about something.”