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There were a couple of accessories I had been eying for both Sobius and Sephyia that were on my long list of things to do. After getting (hopefully) my last two Gukumatz claims I will ever need, I had some extra time tonight and thought I would give a couple of NM's a try.
The first was the Ironclad Executioner in Abys-Vunkerl. What I really wanted was the Mavi Tathlum for my BLU. That ammo piece is marginal at best, though there are situations where pushing your BLU magic skill as far as you can is helpful. After reading some peoples' experiences online I trudged out there to give it a go.
This fight wasn't easy, though it certainly wasn't a disaster. I had to use several of Seph's built up meds to stay alive and died on Sobi a few times when I couldn't get hate back on Seph. Still, it was a success in the end:
I'm not sure about the PLD waist yet, but I did keep it. The DNC ammo piece went to Seph since if I ever levelled DNC it would almost certainly be on her.
That then took me to my next challenge. There is a story behind this; I thought Seph still needed Kutharei clear for Shinryu access. As it turns out she did not.. However, Kuth does drop a nice THF boomerang, and people bragged on FFXIcyclopedia how easy it was.. Sooooo.. I gave it a try.
This fight was not pretty and I am glad no one was there to see it happen. Although I was able to hold my own for 75% of the fight, things got ugly at a few places and I had to zombie it with Bio and Poison until I could get Seph back up. Once I got Seph back up, unweakened and buffed, only to have this bastard Aeroga IV and follow up with a 1000 damage TP move. This resulted in more zombie-ing, more Bio'ing etc. I finally killed it but had to pop a Fools Powder. Seph even almost died *again* before I finally killed it:
Note the Firaga right before Seph finally dropped it.
Goal for tomorrow is to finish my Sobek Skins and hopefully Amhuluk for RDM legs.
The first was the Ironclad Executioner in Abys-Vunkerl. What I really wanted was the Mavi Tathlum for my BLU. That ammo piece is marginal at best, though there are situations where pushing your BLU magic skill as far as you can is helpful. After reading some peoples' experiences online I trudged out there to give it a go.
This fight wasn't easy, though it certainly wasn't a disaster. I had to use several of Seph's built up meds to stay alive and died on Sobi a few times when I couldn't get hate back on Seph. Still, it was a success in the end:
I'm not sure about the PLD waist yet, but I did keep it. The DNC ammo piece went to Seph since if I ever levelled DNC it would almost certainly be on her.
That then took me to my next challenge. There is a story behind this; I thought Seph still needed Kutharei clear for Shinryu access. As it turns out she did not.. However, Kuth does drop a nice THF boomerang, and people bragged on FFXIcyclopedia how easy it was.. Sooooo.. I gave it a try.
This fight was not pretty and I am glad no one was there to see it happen. Although I was able to hold my own for 75% of the fight, things got ugly at a few places and I had to zombie it with Bio and Poison until I could get Seph back up. Once I got Seph back up, unweakened and buffed, only to have this bastard Aeroga IV and follow up with a 1000 damage TP move. This resulted in more zombie-ing, more Bio'ing etc. I finally killed it but had to pop a Fools Powder. Seph even almost died *again* before I finally killed it:
Note the Firaga right before Seph finally dropped it.
Goal for tomorrow is to finish my Sobek Skins and hopefully Amhuluk for RDM legs.