I just got my face beat in by my NPC

[Taskmage]

I've heard a lot of people having trouble with Mijin Gakure. My NPC came rdm/nin so she had Chainspell instead. That wasn't too bad but then she decided to do two Blessed Radiance back to back. 481 through Stoneskin + 648 = dead taru.

[WishMaster3K]

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You have to fight your NPC for them to get to 70? O_o
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Just read the wiki. So I guess the smart thing to do would be to unlock this when they're 61? :-D

That's gotta be embarrassing to lose to someone who can't be over 65. I don't think I have the gumption for that kind of rejection.

[Taskmage]

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Yes.

And now I won. Melee was totally the way to go. My Blizzard IIIs did like 181.

[WishMaster3K]

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Didn't you learn anything from watching that RDM Maat Melee?!?!

Spells are for BLMs and SCHs >_>;

[Yellow Mage]

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Didn't you learn anything from watching that RDM Maat Melee?!?!

Spells are for BLMs and SCHs >_>;

I don't care if you were being sarcastic, I chuckled.

[Andrinor]

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I got mine to around 30%, then she Mijin'd on me for 1018 o.O. I came SAM/DNC and frankly needed it. It seems the NPC appears NIN/??? for most melee types (She was /WHM for at least one fight for me, didn't see any SJ abilities in the other fight). SMNs are reporting the NPC as a BST with a crab pet. Mages seem to get RDM/???.

BTW, she knows all Ninjutsu as NIN including Jubaku: Ni. Brat. Where did she get that scroll .-.

1/2 on the fight. If you get the NIN, bring fire resistance gear or keep your HP up around 30%. She'll quit somewhere around 20%.

[WishMaster3K]

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Any mention on their level?

I realize that their race has nothing to do with their stats (apparently, our companions have A+ in everything, know every spell and have way too much MP proportional to their race), but what about fighting your NPC at 61 in comparison to 65?

[Andrinor]

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My NPC ate my two hour on SAM and hardly blinked. WSs were significantly less than they were on normal merit mobs (Gekko and Kasha with 10% overwhelm and Hagun did about 500 dmg each). 4 WSs into the fight and she was still at 60%. I don't know if fighting the NPC at 61 matters or not, but I suspect not. She was DEFINITELY not a normal PC level 65 when I fought her.

I ended up using Soboro 100% of the time and kinda whittling her down while keeping my HP up with /DNC to survive Mijin Gakure. It took about 4 minutes and worked OK. She still had me in the red when she gave up.

[Taskmage]

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Mine used Blizzard III and Utsusemi: Ni. But she also used Diaga II so ...

[WishMaster3K]

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And Silence doesn't stick?

[Yellow Mage]

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Mine used Blizzard III and Utsusemi: Ni. But she also used Diaga II so ...

Maybe, just maybe Diaga II is listed as a spell RDMs can learn in the game's database, however, the scroll/ability to learn the spell in unaccessible to players.

That makes sense, right?

[Taskmage]

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@YM: Probably. Same as Jubaku: Ni

I wasn't able to stick Sleep or Silence. Another rdm said his bind and gravity didn't work. Slow, Para, Poison all worked.

[Losrase]

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I did my NPC break 65 Cap as 75BLM/RDM and my NPC is (normally a 65 Galka but has to be higher or has a high magic resistance) RDM/???

I went in thinking this is going to be like the Maat fight...Completely wrong.

The sequence went as follows:
I buff (stoneskin, blink, ice spikes,...etc.)
I started with Thundaga 3 (in case my NPC had blink or shadows up) 204 dmg
NPC casts Thunder3
I think well, it might of had stoneskin up...
NPC casts Stone 3
Then I started a rally Manafont (Thunder4(183), blink, Blizzard4(176), and Fire4(163))
NPC Rally (Blizzard3, Stoneskin, dispel, blazespikes)
Now I thinking "What kind of magic resistance does my NPC possess!!"
Then every time I cast blink, my NPC will cast dispel or diaga or diaga 2 or poisonaga.
Then my NPC cast a Stone3 which broke through my defense for 454(WTF!!!!)
Then I make a run for it.
I escape the BCNM with 231 HP.

Now reading this post, I am going go back in with my Gravedigger and see if I have better luck.
New plan: 75BLM/RDM
Buff
poisonaga
Macro (Choke, Burn, Shock)
Macro Recast Blink
Macro (Slow, Paralyze, shock spikes)
En- of the days element
switch from Kirin's Pole to Gravedigger(finally unlocked) +melee gear and run in to melee.

[Andrinor]

Re: I just got my face beat in by my NPC

One important note: there is no XP loss for this if you die, so may as well go down swinging. The fight is no joke however as you can see, so bring a RR item or a friend.

[Losrase]

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One important note: there is no XP loss for this if you die, so may as well go down swinging. The fight is no joke however as you can see, so bring a RR item or a friend.

True, but there is no reason to die when you know you are going to lose. I am at less than 1/2 hp (the 454 + poison + dia) and he is just a few hairs above 1/2 hp.

This makes me think my level 65 Galka has about 1600-1700 hp. I only used 5 damaging spells [Thundaga3(about 200) , Thunder 4(about 180), Blizzard 4 (about 180), Fire 4(about 160), and Drain(about 60)] and he was still above(closer to) 1/2 hp but below 3/4.

Anyone else can guess how much HP your NPC (BCNM) has? This will give me a good guess number I can shoot for.

Also, how much melee damage was your NPC taking per hit (please include your weapons damage, your NPC's job/subjob(if you remember), and your +strength). I wondering should I just suck it up and go 72 BLU/NIN and fight my NPC as a RDM/NIN or would my 75 BLM/RDM plan work.

/rant

I still blows my mind how strong my NPC is in the BCNM but how quickly he gets beat down by spells when I summon him. I got Thundaga 3 once while battling with my NPC and he was in the red after one. I hope the new items can change his job class/AI to as he is in the BCNM. I would have him be a RDM/NIN + player intelligence full time. In the BCNM he was countering my buffs with almost PC intelligence and when he is summoned, I dont know how many times he debuff a non-mage mob with silence...

/end rant