Ark Angel Tarutaru, anyone tried soloing it?

[sekaran]

Well, yesterday I was bored and decided to try and solo AA TT [I've completed Zilart so I had to find someone to enter with me].. it went pretty well and got him to 50% about 20 minutes into it.. then I got too close and got Amon Drive'd which is an AOE attack that Paralyzes and Petrifies you. Anyways, he used Flare and Aero IV to finish me off while I was paralyzed, reraise from gorget and was only able to take him down to 40% before I got kicked because of the 30 minute timer.

I went in as RDM/BLM, buffed myself, food, reraise gorget [<3 Reraise II] and started the fight with slow and paralyze. I followed that with Poison II and Bio II to keep him from regening his HP back and would reapply as they wore off. Also aspir and drain were working pretty well against him. To do damage, I'd start off with Thunder III and follow with a Blizzard III if AA TT didn't use anything that could hurt me alot such as a -ga III or IV level spell [Blink didn't always absorb...], otherwise I would just run out of range. My biggest problem ended up being the lack of MP, even as a Tarutaru..

So, just wondering if anyone else has tried to solo AA TT, and what strategies they used ^-^

[Apple Pie]

I'm glad to know there's a brave RDM trying to solo him. I've never heard of any RDM successfully soloing him.

My next target is also AA TT. I think I'm going with /NIN because Amon Drive can be avoided by Utsusemi although it removes 1 - 3 shadows.

I think I'll activate Chainspell, do self SC, 300% (from Opo's trick) Evisceration -> 100% Savage Blade (Icarus) and MB with Thunder III twice at the beginning. I'm not sure if it works but I'm going to have two separate macros for this.

[Evisceration]
/ja chainspell <me>
/wait 1
/equip l.ring Spinel Ring
/equip r.ring Spinel Ring
/ws evisceration <t>

[Savage]
/equip main Joyeuse
/equip sub Thanatos Baselard
/item Icarus Wing <me>
/wait 1
/ws Savage Blade <t>

I have to test it by myself. Well, if he warps during SC, it will fail anyway :P

As for MP management, I guess we need some medicines and I think I'm bringing both Vile Elixer and Vile Elixer +1 with me.

Well, I have to cap my skills first because I just reached LV75 yesterday :sweat: Time to have fun with Steelshels.

[sekaran]

Interesting, never thought about actually trying to melee him and creating a self-skillchain then bursting. I didn't have chainspell ready at the time, nor did I have any elixers. I sort of did this on the whim since my LS had finished what it was doing in sky as I just arrived. I'll probably bring some yagudo drinks next time to save mp from casting refresh as well as a vile and vile +1.

Sadly, I don't have Savage Blade yet since I got lazy after getting Evisceration. :sweat: Steelshells are in my future too.

Congratulations on lv75 too! ^^

[Apple Pie]

/wait 1 isn't long enough after using Icarus Wing
Thanks. I will fine-tune it so that it will work.

[ZQM]

Also for your Savage macro, you cannot have:

/equip main Joyeuse
/equip sub Thanatos Baselard

You will get the following error:
http://www.pplsdbz.net/~zquestionmark/ffxi/equipmacro1.JPG




/equip main Joyeuse
/wait 1
/equip sub Thanatos Baselard

Works though.

[Apple Pie]

I see. Because I didn't get the error when equipping shields on sub slot, I thought this would work for sub weapons. I have to fix it anyway. Thx for correction.

Hmm, total 4 (3 + 1) secs between two WS. I guess I should give up equipping secondary weapon then.

[Justarius]

you guys are crazy. i want a video! ggogoogogooo

[Apple Pie]

Before I logged off, I did some experiment.

First of all, I found equipping both main and sub weapons at the same time worked.

I created two macros:

[Evisceration]
/ja chainspell <me>
/wait 2
/ws evisceration <t>

[Savage Blade]
/equip main Joyeuse
/equip sub Hornet Needle
/item Icarus Wing <me>
/wait 3
/ws Savage Blade <t>

I first had Thanatos Baselard for main and Savor +1 for sub. Then pressed the first one to activate Chainspell and to shoot Evisceration. It worked without any problem.

After I finished watching it, I pressed the second one. I was surprised to see Thanatos Baselard swichted to Joyeuse and Savor +1 to Hornet Needle successfully. Icarus Wing was activated next. However, "/wait 3" seemed to be shorter. I missed Savage Blade. I'll try "/wait 4" next time.

Anyway, it is impossible to move the one that is already on the slot (e.g., main Joyeuse -> sub Joyeuse) without removing it first but it seems to be possible to swap both weapons simultaneously to a different set.

I finished capping most skills after I spent 3 hours on having fun with Steelshells. I'll go forward after I do some practice.

[Apple Pie]

This is what I'm trying to do.
http://www5.sppd.ne.jp/grendal/FF11/selfsc.wmv

[ZQM]

Originally posted by Apple Pie
First of all, I found equipping both main and sub weapons at the same time worked.

Why doesn't it work for me? :(

Could it be a lag issues? (As I believe you live in Japan, where as I am in the states)

[AtraposBLM]

Nice work Apple ^_^;;

Good luck on the Taru :P

[gaspacho soup]

Hey Apple, I downloaded the selfsc file but i can only hear the sound, no video :( Can you link me to the proper codec i need? Thanks :)

[Apple Pie]

The audio codec is WMA9.1 and the video codec is WMV9. You need Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 or later (WMP10 recommended).

[kazuri]

Amazing, that was about 2,096dmg from weapon skills, Fragmentation and MB alone, and I bet you could've gotten another MB in there if Lost Soul didn't die!

Good luck on Ark Angel TT~!

[Apple Pie]

Could it be a lag issues? (As I believe you live in Japan, where as I am in the states)
Suppose we have 4 weapons, A, B, C and D.

When we switch A + B to C + D, it works but for example, if we switch A + B to B + C, it doesn't. I guess that's the reason it didn't work for you.

I'm not sure if it was because of a lag issue or not but it could be.

[DrowII]

Apple you keep mentioning Savor +1, what is that weapon exactly I am unable to find any reference to it.

[Apple Pie]

Ouch! It is Saber +1 :sweat:

[Apple Pie]

I went there today but I was defeated in 13 minutes. I was hit by Poisonga II and all my shadows were gone. I quickly recasted Utsusemi:Ichi but AATT suddenly shot Amon Drive. I was petrified and killed then.

The Last Moment
http://www5.sppd.ne.jp/grendal/FF11/aatt02.wmv

By the way, I did self-SC on him and it worked.
http://www5.sppd.ne.jp/grendal/FF11/aatt01.wmv

However, I made a lot of mistakes. I don't know why but I mistakenly opened the spell list while doing this. As a result, gear-swapping didn't work. Well, I think I had to get used to new macro set...

Anyway, his HP was down to 60% in 13 minutes. I guess his HP is around 15,000. I think I have to calm down a little since I was so panicked that I wasn't able to follow each step I thought of beforehand.

I am 3,400 to LV74 ;_; and have to join in XP PT tonight... I'll try again.

[Apple Pie]

Something I found.

1) AATT is at LV75 or higher (I got 0.3 skill up for elemental magic)
2) Acc+ gears are necessary since accuracy was only 66%...
3) Yellow Curry is nice since it gives us resist sleep trait. (I resisted Sleepga two times)
4) Barpetrify seems to reduce the duration of petrification.
5) I was told not to go there on darksday since Amon Drive itself has dark attribute. (I'm not sure about this though)

[sekaran]

Wow, thats some nice work. If you can avoid dying in the middle, and instead out that outside ring, you can safely reraise without getting aggro I believe. I know this works for the other AAs, but thats because those go back to the center.. I don't remember if TT continues to warp around while you are dead, or stay in the center.

[Justarius]

Have you tried having a -% Magic Damage and -% Physical Damage equipment macro when you're petrified? Not too many -% magics, but this might be one of the few times the -20% physical Sand Mantle could be useful. :spin:

[Apple Pie]

Oh, that's a good idea. I'll definitely try it out next time.

[leii]

o.O holy.....that evil taru is insane...

[Zempten]

Originally posted by Justarius
Have you tried having a -% Magic Damage and -% Physical Damage equipment macro when you're petrified? Not too many -% magics, but this might be one of the few times the -20% physical Sand Mantle could be useful. :spin:

Yeah, don't we get a Fencer's Earring that does -20% magic damage or something? I'm not sure but does magic damage decrease time you are asleep or is it just magic DAMAGE as in aero 3 or something like that?