Abyssea Experiences

[Grizzlebeard]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

Went in yesterday with 103 minutes and 6 hours later I'd capped Cor exp, earned 120k merit exp, raised Marksmanship 17 levels and learned Numbing Shot, and earned 60,000 Cruor. From my initial disgust at a timed expansion I have to say this is one of the greatest things S-E has introduced.

Regarding the chests, to gain the time you seem to have to open select blue chests with the key you purchase from the vendor who sells armour, cost is 500 Cruor per key. Black and gold chests seem to be items, have half a dozen Adaman Barbutas, a scroll of Stone V, and a couple of Baramnesia or however it's spelled in addition to high end crafting materials and VNM pop items.

[Lmnop]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

Time chests (as far as I saw, all time chests seem to be +10 mins). Also, you can only hold 3 stones but you can get 4 stones' worth of time. For instance, you could trade one stone to the conveyor, exit Abyssea, come back a week later with 3 stones. OR, you could give 3 stones, exit, come back later with a stone.

We entered with 120 minutes and exited with something like 180 mins remaining. Unfortunately, your time gets capped at 120 and you always need another stone to enter.

We had 2 party members full-timing picking chests while the other 16 chain-killed.

Honestly, I'd like the event more w/out time chests. Makes it very hard to leave, and with only 18 people, it hurts a lot when people start ducking out of the event early.

Oh, and as for farming cruor: remember, you're also getting 10 merits per run.

[Romyro]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

dumb question...how are you guys staying longer than 90minutes?

2nd trip to abyssea: about a 3.5 hour stay, got 23k cruor and over 100k XP. I went from halfway through 77 to halfway through 80.

Full Alliance getting more XP than a 2-bard party is nuts. I bought the entire Perle set directly after.

Even though i do Abyssea, cant wait for the prices to hit rock bottom. I'd rather spend time kiling NMs there than curor farming.

[Lmnop]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

1st trip to abyssea: half hour stay, got about 400 Cruor.

2nd trip to abyssea: about a 3.5 hour stay, got 23k cruor and over 100k XP. I went from halfway through 77 to halfway through 80.

Full Alliance getting more XP than a 2-bard party is nuts. I bought the entire Perle set directly after.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

The word you're looking for is "atrocious."

[ShepardG]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

For real my spelling is attrococ...ish.....FUCKING HORRIBLE most of the time, thanks for that though should have atleast caught that one ^^

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

So far...all in all, I'd have to say SE did a fucking bang up job with this pseudo expansion.

Minor FFY.

[ShepardG]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

So after the "server Machine" maintenace yesterday, Mob families got reset and had to be "brought back up" to a IT~ level.

Full Alliance Exp parties are possible, Killing Mobs with Magic increases the chance of Blue chest drops which subsequently increases the chance that you'll get a time extension. Exp per mob caps at 600, unsure of what Cuor caps at. With time extension it's quite fessible to have an 18 man alliance exp on mandragora or birds or bees etc. for well past the 120min time limit.

Reports from folks are saying that they got 180k/20k Curor in 4 1/2 hours of exping and variations up and down.

So far...all in all, I'd have to say SE did a fucking bang up job with this sudo expansion. I'm ridiculusly curious as to where their going to go with the next two honestly, enough that I'll keep subscribed even through FFXIV.

WHICH fucking comes out 3 days before my god damn wedding. Cause i'm gonna be able to pull THAT one off ><

"No baby, we cannot consumate our Marriage IHAVEFUCKINGRABBITSTOLEVELUPONGDI!"

[Romyro]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

ha, there was a lot to go through...musta missed that line. not a big deal. 200 allied notes isnt much of a loss.

[Solymir]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

Yes. I admit I don't always read every sentence in update notes. Thank you for the confirmation from an official source though YM.

[Neverslip]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

Uh . . . no, they didn't

I, personally, fully admit I wouldn't have reread that. So if no one else... he/she took it in the shorts for 2 people; me and Solymer.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

Thanks for that tidbit as well... someone had to take it in the shorts so the rest of us may have smooth sailing. {/salute}

Uh . . . no, they didn't:

*The EXP bonuses afforded by Dedication and Corsair's Roll will not apply within Abyssea.

≪Jun. 22, 2010 (JST) Abyssea≫

[Neverslip]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

Also, XP rings DON’T work there…I wasted a charge ; ;.

Thanks for that tidbit as well... someone had to take it in the shorts so the rest of us may have smooth sailing. {/salute}

[Solymir]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

The Perle Hauberk Set looks like an easy to get replacement for PLD's Homam--can farm the Cruor or just buy from AH. I'm not entirely happy about it, but I'm sure many people who couldn't find a stable Limbus group would be.

Unfortunately you can't mix and match pieces without losing that bonus haste. So for Homam owners it doesn't seem worth it.

Also, XP rings DON’T work there…I wasted a charge ; ;.

Wow, thanks for the tip.

[Romyro]

Re: Abyssea Experiences

Only done "Abyssea - La Theine" so far, but it seems nice and flexible; can go after NMs for drops, farm Cruor to purchase armor, or even just exp on the fast re-popping monsters. If what people say about respawns' level adjust to how fast the monsters were killed is true, it makes for a nice way to exp with a sane time limit (90 min) and auto-scaling difficulty.

There might be something behind this. In the mega run I did, xp started I think in the 90s per kill. Eventually I started seeing upwards of 150 per kill. There might be some thing about the types of mobs you’re fighting as well. We were killing mandies, someone pulled a Titan wannabe then back to mandies. When we got back to mandies xp seemed lower again. Kills were fast so there wasn’t a long period of time between deaths.

Also, XP rings DON’T work there…I wasted a charge ; ;.

The Perle Hauberk Set looks like an easy to get replacement for PLD's Homam--can farm the Cruor or just buy from AH. I'm not entirely happy about it, but I'm sure many people who couldn't find a stable Limbus group would be.

Ha, I think Neverslip mentioned it already, but this gear went from 4m to 300k in like a week ><.