CoP 2-3: Minotaur Fight | Clan of the Angry Monkey (FFXI)

Grats to all!

Submitted by sam on Mon, 03/06/2006 - 15:35.

Well, the event was a success. Congratulations to all who came and needed it.

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A Note to Maior

Submitted by Milotheshort on Wed, 03/01/2006 - 05:24.

I appreciate you setting up this event. ^^ Golagres, Durraur, and myself beat Mea last night. We even broke the record ^^. Well afterwards we made a point of going and exploring taz safehold. We made ourselves more familur with it and have completed 2-2 and are all now on 2-3, durr and i even did some swer style spurlunking. ^^ We also obtained the maps for this area. We are squared away. Also i would recommend pick up those hi-potion drops for emegancies in the future the medicated status is outweighed by the benifit they provide. Ne who see ya on the 4th. Also we have a common friend also on this mission whom we will bring along. Stewiekillyou is a very knowledgeable individual and i think it might be in both of your intrest to sit down and extange some information on different NM's and quests in this game. Well thats all.

Cool and Grats

Submitted by sam on Wed, 03/01/2006 - 15:56.

Grats on winning last night.

All I can suggest is have everyone read the link I posted above. It covers everything needed for this fight. The Minotaur is really simple, as long as people listen and have some idea of what's involved.

Also, the more the merrier. The Minotaur can be fought as an alliance, so the more people we have the easier it will be.

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Key

Submitted by Tamara on Thu, 03/02/2006 - 04:06.

I no longer have my Key; it was consumed when I solo'd my map.

Also, the last time I did this Minotaur Mission (I led the last Clan Minotaur Run) I went ahead and solo'd up to ten-seconds-walk-from-the-Minotaur. That turned out to be a big mistake, I waited approximately two hours and admired Aqueduct Walls while folks gathered.

This mission seems to be cursed for folks showing up on time. I hope you have better luck with this than I have had.

Timeliness

Submitted by sam on Thu, 03/02/2006 - 14:57.

Yeah, I know. The problem is, many people log on on time usually, but aren't ready to go. So they then spend a buttload of time gathering gear, getting items, and then travelling from wherever they are to the safehold.

I was still thinking soloing up to the Minotaur would be an interesting way to pass the time while I waited for people to show, but I wont start my way back in until 15-20 minutes after it was supposed to start.

Also, for the key, I think I've already got Trix committed to coming. So, we'll have a THF (honestly, after seeing how long it takes to farm keys, I have no real interest in ever doing these without a THF :-)

So, thus far, I have the following folks committed to going:
* Me
* Trix
* Milo
* Golag
* some of Milo's friends (just said "friends" no idea how many)
* Avayr

I hope we will see more turnout seeing as how many people still need it since Alliances make this so much easier.

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Ya ^^

Submitted by Milotheshort on Thu, 03/02/2006 - 16:50.

Unfortanatly gol's main is the only job he has at or above 40
Mine is my only at or above 40 as well

Golagres = 40+ RDM/BLM? (Dispel??)
Milotheshort = 40+ BLM/WHM
Durraur = 40+ BRD/WHM, 40+ WHM/BLM, and after the large success with BST in the promies he has been humping tail to hit 40 this weeek for the M fight. I believe he is currently 39. I'm sure he can be persuaded to bring any of his jobs, but he'll most likely bring BST.
Not like there is much to worry about he is the Macro King LMAO.

I'm also asking a few of my other friends
Rypervenche = 40+ BST, 40+ SMN
Stewiekillyou = 40+ RDM, 40+ NIN
Darkpheonix = 40+ DRG 40+ BLM 40+ WHM
Creepingdeath = 40+ RNG, 40+ NIN?
Omen = 40+ most jobs
Gonzothegreat = 40+ most jobs
Shinjin = 40+ PLD, 40+ SAM
Odel = 40+ most jobs

I'll try and ask these players first as i have the best history with them and have seen there abilities in action... if i were going to have a pick up party these guys would be amoung my first choices. I know Stewie needs this fight so i'll make him top priority... Omen and gonzo i'm more than certain have most of CoP done, Odel is probly the only one that may not have the Mother Crystals Done, in which he wouldn't be able to come. I know Dark is in the process of moving so he hasn't been on regularly in the past month... But Creep is usually game for anything, and i bet if durr and myself work on ryper we'll get him too.

Durraur (BST)+ Milo (Blm)+ Gol (RDM)+ Stew (NIN) + Death (RNG) + Ryper (SMN) = 6 that leaves 12 on the allience split.
I'll try to post again tonight and friday

-Milo, aka Miles aka Short

Lots of jobs

Submitted by sam on Thu, 03/02/2006 - 17:06.

Realistically, if we can get a balanced group of 6 or 7, we will be fine. Any more than that and it's just icing on the cake.

An alliance of 10 or more can destroy him really really quickly.

The one thing we really do need, however, is a WHM for Raise. If anyone gets doomed and can't get un-doomed during the fight with the Minotaur then we need to raise them as quickly as possible so we don't get sucked into another fight with the Minotaur.

Thus, I'd highly recommend Dur come as WHM.

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We had this problem

Submitted by Tamara on Fri, 03/03/2006 - 07:34.

We had this problem in our last fight, Maior, the solution is super-simple. You make sure the party leaders have re-raise up and you kick those in the Alliance who are dead in the Minotaur Room.

Also kick the WHM who stays behind to raise folks (which was me). It got lonely but at least our potential losses were minimized.

You re-form a few minutes later, down the canal. Don't know what happened to the ooze which was supposed to be there - he was gone over two days, maybe SE moved him? In any case no sneak was needed to escape from the Minotaur.

i think you might be on to something

Submitted by Milotheshort on Fri, 03/03/2006 - 15:33.

ya that seems like the more logical approach.

UPDATE:
Okies heres the scoop
Durraur is going out saturday night, so he most likely won't be able to attend. Golagres's laptop fan crapped out so now it shutsoff as soon as the Processor gets hot, which any computer nerd can tell you doesn't take long. We might try to rig up a ghetto hink sink, not sure. Gol might also be able to get on Durraurs consol version. Stewie will not be able to come, but Creepingdeath will be able to.
i'll try to sort out the details and make a final posting tonight.