BCNM F.A.Q. and Guide - Updated 4/2004 (30BCNM)

[Awntawn]

The tip is this:

Don't die, 'cuz raise1 hurts ><

[DJplaeskool]

Very sad and upset...
Did 6 BCNM30s today...
Spent 4 hours...
Died 5 times...
Lost 4.5k xp...

and got a whopping 47k worth of loot from my crate...

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I'm gonna go cry in a corner now...

don't be too discouraged by this though...

One guy made over 2.3 Million...
Another over 1.2 Million...
The rest at least 250k+...
then me...

EDIT:
...Ugh...I'm such a drama queen...
Don't mind me folks...that's just the by-product of a Vivarin induced lack of sleep...

My REAL advice for BCNMs is DON'T GO IN EXPECTING TO BE SHOWERED WITH RICHES AS A REWARD FOR VICTORY...
you win some, you lose some...
...I just gotta go out and get 11 more Kindred Seals and I'm back in there...

[Awntawn]

@2 seals D;

If I don't have enough after this, I'm farming D;;;;

If you don't wanna die, get a SMN :/

Ancient magic is fucking hard to stop. We did stun (blm) > stun (drk1) > bash (drk1) > stun (drk2) > bash (drk2) and it still dumped a tornado... Basically it takes like 20 seconds to cast, and you have to have it stunned on the last second... Pain in the ass. Guillotine seems to stop it pretty well though, and arcane circle seems to have stopped it quite a few times. The safest bet is to have the tank run like the wind whenever it sees tornado in the text :sweat:

But seriously, ba-aero and wind carole don't do shit....

[Siven]

Do people always just lot on the loot, barring prior arrangements? Obviously if you go in with the specific intent of getting someone something then that person should get it if it's dropped, but otherwise if you can trust everyone in the PT is sharing AH profit after sales even feasible?

Originally posted by DJplaeskool
Very sad and upset...
Did 6 BCNM30s today...
Spent 4 hours...
Died 5 times...
Lost 4.5k xp...
and got a whopping 47k worth of loot from my crate...

[Masaharu]

Usually when people do BC fights, they do them 6 at a time - one time for each person's orb. For each fight, the owner of the orb keeps all of the loot from that crate.

If you're only doing it once, the leader (preferably person with the orb) chooses whichever method he wishes to distribute treasure - it's up to the other PT members to agree and go or not. It can be open lot, certain item automatically goes to the leader, etc.

[StarvingArtist]

Digging through the data files, these seem probable to be awards for 30BCNM. I need to update what monsters + names are in each of the new 30 and 20 BCNMs. Forgive my poor translation on some of the Japanese.


Wizard's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Elemental Magic skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Warlock's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Healing MP+1 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Mercenary's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: VIT+2 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Wrestler's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: HP+30 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Healer's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Enmity-1 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Pilferer's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: DEX+2 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Esquire's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Defense+5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Killer Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Attack+5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Trimmer's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Accuracy+5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Singer's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Evade+5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Beater's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Range Accuracy+3 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Ashigaru Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Shield Skill(?)+5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Genin Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: AGI+4 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Wyvern Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: Haste+5% | Lv30 All Jobs)
Magician's Earring (Ear | Latent Effect: MP+30 | Lv30 All Jobs)

Axe Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Great Axe skill + 5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Cestus Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Hand to Hand skill + 5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Mace Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Club skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Staff Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Staff skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Rapier Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Sword skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Dagger Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Dagger skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Shield Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Shield skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Scythe Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Scythe skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Pick Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Axe skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Song Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Singing(?) skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Gun Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Marksmanship(?) skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Katana Obi (Waist | Latent Effect: Store TP+1 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Sarashi (Waist | Latent Effect: Enhance Dual Wield | Lv30 All Jobs)
Lance Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Polearm skill +5 | Lv30 All Jobs)
Avatar Belt (Waist | Latent Effect: Summoning Cost -2 | Lv30 All Jobs)

[StarvingArtist]

Looking for names of monsters in:

Cloudy Orb 20BCNM - 3 Bats (2 triples/1 fat)

Sky Orb 30BCNM:
Ghelsba/Yughott Grotto - Horlais Peak - 2 Beetles or 2 Lizards
Palborough - Waughroon Shrine - 3 Birds

Moon Orb 60BCNM at Fei Yin - Qu'Bia Arena

Also non-equipment drops, attacks/magic spells used by monsters.

I heard a rumor that one of the 30BCNM can drop kujaku/Peacock Charm. I highly doubt that, but wouldn't that be nice?

[Cloud Tiamat]

What about Qu'Bia Arena BCNM60, where you fight the 4 Gigas? (Nephiyl Keepcollapser, Nephiyl Moatfiller,
Nephiyl Pinnacletosser, and Nephiyl Rampartbreacher)

[StarvingArtist]

Most likely, it will have the same items as the other 60BCNM areas.

[lun4tic]

Here's your beetle names.

Edit: Sorry, I thought raising the resolution would change the pic size, but the green beetle's name is Risan.

[Taoist]

Dear Starving Artist,

Update this thread for the new BCNM's please.

Your pal,
Tao

[Vivid]

Kindred Spirits tactics, anyone?