Originally Posted by Futan  |
| Hey, I've been gone for a while and now I keep hearing about 'TP burns'. So by the name, it sounds like you just spam TP. But I'm curious in any party, at any level will melees be doing this? Are there conditionals for when it would be used(jobs in the pt, exp location, etc.)? Thanks. |
Usually it's used to describe any melee-heavy party without nuking support. Typically they target enemies that are Tough to Very Tough in an effort to produce very long experience point chains (my current best is XP Chain #124 in a TP-burn).
Most common configuration is 4 melees with NIN/x or x/NIN + Red Mage + Bard. The massave amounts of Utsusemi shadows allow the RDM to main heal while keeping up a Haste cycle and providing Sleep I/II support for the Bard (Tarutaru red mages are REALLY good at this, though any race can pull it off with good gear and playstyle), while the Bard usually subs /NIN (you can use BRD/WHM but it's less efficient and slower unless the Bard knows what they're doing).
Most people do this at level 62+ in the Treasures of Aht Urhgan zones (particularly Wajaom Woodlands, Bhaflau Thickets, and Caedarva Mire), since the monster respawn rates in ToAU zones is much faster than in normal zones (about 3 times faster).
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