lvl50 BCNM Treasures and Tribulation - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community

Dahc · 03-25-2008, 03:04 AM

Just curious of the sucess rate of those of you that have tried this and actually got the chest without popping a MOB on this one. Are there any sure fire strats to get the right chest or is it absolutly random?

fallenintoshadows · 03-25-2008, 04:18 AM

Some people say if you pan the camera around so you can see inside the chests you can see which is the real one and which isn't. I can't say this information helped myself unless I was looking for something really obscure and just missed it.

Amberly · 03-25-2008, 04:27 AM

1/1

i panned the camera and 2 were a little lighter pink on the inside to me but i really think its all luck

Dahc · 03-25-2008, 04:30 AM

hmm intresting

Heartily · 03-25-2008, 04:58 AM

I've been sucessful 5 out of 9 tries. I always choose middle
chest. I've got 2nd best drop once, (225K)and the rest usually ring and
ore avg. 10K. It' pretty random as far as I can tell. I googled T&T
and read some interesting theories but it really comes down to gambling.

Dahc · 03-25-2008, 11:27 PM

So what if I am one of the unluck ones that ends up triggering a mimic to pop. Are they hard to kill? What lvl can they be soloed?

Feenicks · 03-26-2008, 01:42 AM

The BC is capped at Lv50 so you'll be a Lv50 regardless. It's impossible to solo the mimic in this BC. Basically if you pick the wrong one, you die.

Quetzalcoatl · 03-26-2008, 02:12 AM

its random.

there are some theories.

1: the camera one. i tried this and i saw the 3 of em inside exactly the same.
2: Diaga. u cast diaga but u will always agro the small one.

if u cant get ppl to do it with ya just go NIN PLD or THF. if u get Mimic just Mijin Gakure or Invincible/Perfect Dodge + Warp.

this BC can be duoed by a good NIN with Elemental ninjutsu doing the Elemental cicle and a RDM.

pr just get 6 BLM and Manaburn it. this will require that at least 5 of the BLM can be able to Freeze it twice.

Good luck and btw... im 3/6 and got Astral once.

LyonheartLakshmi · 03-26-2008, 10:20 AM

Doesn't this BCNM supposedly drop Sorcerer's Ring? That's a nice chunk of change.

Amberly · 03-26-2008, 10:44 AM

just go in as a lvl 1. If you die, you dont lose any xp >.<

Truece · 03-26-2008, 10:56 AM

I have tried this BCNM thrice. The first two times as a WHM50, w/ blink, stoneskin, and a fresh Instant Warp scroll. Both times, I popped a mimic, and warped out.

The third time was just this past weekend. I wanted to see if it was possible to solo the mimic, and at least try to not waste 50 seals. So, I went in as RDM/BLU (with pretty crappy gear, imho) and set my spells with a focus on MND and Defense. I /randomed 3 times to decide which chest to pick (1-333: small, 334-666: medium, 667-999: large) and the result was the medium chest. I buffed up, rested to full MP, and attacked the medium chest.

Wouldn't you know, the one time I actually wanted to fight and I picked the right chest! The cherry on top: sorcerer's ring and a scroll of Freeze!

So, I warped back to Jeuno, put the ring up for auction, and just a few hours later, spent a million gil on items that I probably didn't need

NicasinXS · 03-26-2008, 11:07 AM

I think the mimic has draw in, hard to run away from.

Heartily · 03-26-2008, 11:20 AM

Wow - what luck. I go in as beast, naked, because I've filled up all my slots with yag necklaces and armor from killing spree in Giddeus. I target center chest , pop a jug pet and give pet fight command. If pet attacks, it's a mimic and I warp.
Works well except the one time ( I didn't remember)I had a lev 51 jug and it's 50 cap. This is the only time i decided to change my plan, attack the chest and then call pet if it was a mimic, to save a pet. Well, I attack the mimic bareass naked and call pet which doesn't pop. 3 hits and I'm dead.
It's a fun bcnm though, as beastmaster it helps me get rid of the tons of seals I get. Before i knew about this one, I was throwing out a hundred seals a week!

KingOfZeal · 03-26-2008, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Heartily

Before i knew about this one, I was throwing out a hundred seals a week!

I think you just killed about 10 people with that one sentence.

Seriously, if you're throwing out ANY seals, I could give you PLENTY of things you could do with them... just provide the orb.

Quetzalcoatl · 03-26-2008, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Truece

I have tried this BCNM thrice. The first two times as a WHM50, w/ blink, stoneskin, and a fresh Instant Warp scroll. Both times, I popped a mimic, and warped out.

The third time was just this past weekend. I wanted to see if it was possible to solo the mimic, and at least try to not waste 50 seals. So, I went in as RDM/BLU (with pretty crappy gear, imho) and set my spells with a focus on MND and Defense. I /randomed 3 times to decide which chest to pick (1-333: small, 334-666: medium, 667-999: large) and the result was the medium chest. I buffed up, rested to full MP, and attacked the medium chest.

Wouldn't you know, the one time I actually wanted to fight and I picked the right chest! The cherry on top: sorcerer's ring and a scroll of Freeze!

So, I warped back to Jeuno, put the ring up for auction, and just a few hours later, spent a million gil on items that I probably didn't need

Lucky.