explanation on arcana pls?

[Thorrion]

Elementals definately aren't arcana... I fought quite a few recently and didn't get a single Intimiate... attacked a Poltergeist shortly after and intimidated it 2 or 3 times... solo'd a Dancing Weapon in Qufim the next day and intimidated it about 7-8 times... Elem fights last longer since you don't hit them very hard, so there should be been at least 3 or 4 intimidates if it was an Arcana.

[Mithrael]

Yeah, i've probably fought 500 elementals since i posted that, and i still have yet to see an intimidation message.

[Socrates]

ya, i never got intimidation msg from elementals. they arn't arcana. they're more like spirits.

arcana to me = mysterious animated objects

bomb = animated orange pumpkin
doll = animated robot
pot = animated pot
cardians = animated cards
weapons = animated weapons

my assumption is that all arcana foes in vana'diel were once inanimate objects that have been brought to life by unnatural and mysterious forces.

[Cloud Tiamat]

That's the firtst time I've heard FF's Bomb creatures described as "pumpkins....."

[zatteran]

ya i think we definatly got screwed compared to pallys. i mean realy, how often do you fight arcana mobs? now if we had a boost and a restiance against say.....fish type!......j/k. i just think arcana is too diverse of a mob group to be considered an effective boost to the drk ability list.

[TMPikachu]

Originally posted by zatteran
ya i think we definatly got screwed compared to pallys. i mean realy, how often do you fight arcana mobs? now if we had a boost and a restiance against say.....fish type!......j/k. i just think arcana is too diverse of a mob group to be considered an effective boost to the drk ability list.

It's still there, you still have that ability.

Be happy you aren't a samurai or dragoon :p

[Nanila]

People really really hate to fight undead though, so wouldn't go around saying how lucky pallys are. I try to avoid them the best I can if possiable. Really sucks to have someones health go into the yellow and have 20 undead run towards you while they were on the other side of the zone.

[TMPikachu]

another good point, I've never in my semi-longish career seen anyone go exp partying with the undead.


think of arcane circle and such as something like resist sleep or paralyze

it's just nice to have.

come to think of it...

Dragon killer works against about... 3 or so monsters that are all super high level

Demon killer, the same

Undead killer, noone likes fighting undead.

Arcana Killer, you fight golems for exp, bombs for exp, and weapons are somewhat common.

I would say that's probably the best ability out of the killers (aside from beast master's)