Limit Break Radio - Episode 45 - Let's Party!

[Aniero]

On the 45'th episode of Limit Break Radio, the hosts are joined by Tuufless, the mind behind the Campsitarus XP campsite blog. Today we're talking about XP camps, both common and uncommon from level 1-75 and into meriting. This episode was streamed and recorded LIVE for donors, or Starbreakers, to Limit Break Radio. We are offering this feature as an incentive for members to donate to our Fan Fest fund so we can attend the 2009 Fan Festival. We also make announcements about Extra Life 2009 and briefly talk about our upcoming panel at Youmacon 2009 happening in Dearborn, Michigan. That's all on this episode of Limit Break Radio!



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[Silentlucidity]

I'll be waiting for the "Duck The Funes" shirt.

[Sevokevo]

SOOOOOOOO. Death from Above = Red Death....... Thank You

[Chiihiro]

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His accents better then mine

[TamTu]

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His accents better then mine

We can work on it!


And speaking of his accents; I absolutely love it. But was it just me, or did he not get an outro?

[Chiihiro]

yeah his accent was awesome... he needs to be on the show moar.

[Allexia]

THK is also a myth cause it doesn't work for anyone else

[Kallo]

THK is also a myth cause it doesn't work for anyone else

THK = Treasure Hunter Kallo.

Of course it doesn't work anyone else. I have to will it to work for you if you want it to work. Ask Erell from Odin, she use to take my THK with her to Dynamis all the time. =P

[Viki]

THK is also a myth cause it doesn't work for anyone else

THK = Treasure Hunter Kallo.

Of course it doesn't work anyone else. I have to will it to work for you if you want it to work. Ask Erell from Odin, she use to take my THK with her to Dynamis all the time. =P

I think it's worked a few times for me as well haha. Once I hit 75... hopefully THK will become.... dun dun dun... THV! wooo~

Time to go listen to the ep.

[Allexia]

THK is also a myth cause it doesn't work for anyone else

THK = Treasure Hunter Kallo.

Of course it doesn't work anyone else. I have to will it to work for you if you want it to work. Ask Erell from Odin, she use to take my THK with her to Dynamis all the time. =P

yeah well Anieros jokes are still better at least you weren't kicking it from the back in the update episode

[kai_samoht]

lol duck the funes tag on the banner!

[Viki]

By the way, East Ronfuare_S as THF is amazing lol. I had two THFs in one of my last parties. I would pull, tank would voke. Other THF would SATA Viper Bite the DD, then I'd SATA Viper Bite the tank....Instant death. So don't turn away from it so quickly Kallo lol

[Lordshadow]

Alright, guys, in celebration of your episode, I dragged some of my friends and some random people out to a good camp for Cointeaches in Xarcabard [S].
Our setup:

SAM/NIN
BLU/NIN
MNK/NIN
RDM/WHM
BRD/NIN
BRD/WHM

No parser running, so I can't tell you who did what, but, here it goes.

Camp POS was at (F-7), basically at the Wall of Death in Dynamis-Xarcabard.

They are undead. They aggro to HP and Sound. They do not link. Hide is ineffective to shed aggro unlike most undead.

EXP/Kill was rather low, only about 100exp/mob, but, kills go very fast and chains can get very high. A long Dire Gargouille and Geddim roam close enough to the camp to pose a threat to someone not paying attention. A Greater Amphiptere never seemed to roam by during the hour we were at camp.

I had poked them a bit with my DNC in the past, and didn't notice a piercing resistance/weakness, so I brought a SAM and a MNK along to test blunt & slashing damage. They appear to have no physical resistance/weakness whatsoever, though, as the SAM said: "I found their weakness. Being hit."

These things have RIDICULOUSLY low HP and defense. A single BLU "Big 3" spell was able to knock off ~20% of the mob's HP bar. I will test a setup of BLU, BLU, BLU, BLU, COR, BRD later. A level 3 skillchain would likely be overkill on one of them. They showed no apparent resistance to any bard song cast on them. They have no TP moves and cast black magic. Their observed spell list consists of:

Ice Spikes
Stun
Blind
Bind
Aspir
Drain
Flood
Burst
Aero IV
Blizzard IV
Thunder IV
Blizzaga III
Thundaga III
Rasp
Choke
Drown
Frost
Bio II
Poisonga II
Sleep
Sleep II
Sleepga
Sleepga II

One bard was dedicated to pulling, running up the hill to grab a Cointeach before running past the party, down the hill, not stopping, to pull another. If the previous monster had lived long enough for the party to not immediately engage the newly pulled Cointeach, the second bard slept it.

No drops of any note: not even any crystals. All that dropped were Beastmen & Kindred Seals.

EXP, from a party inexperienced at these mobs, (and not the best merited) floated around 12k/hour without EXP band.

RDM seemed unnecessary as a healer, as, the entire time, Convert never seemed to be needed. White Mage, Scholar, or Dancer would work as well. Dancer bears more investigation due to being able to use Violent Flourish to stun -aga spells.

/NIN sub for pulling was unnecessary. Monster hangs back to cast a spell when initially pulled. /WHM would have been more effective.

[Yellow Mage]

Concerning a DNC healer, I know Waltzes form the majority of the "cures," but don't Sambas kind of not work on undead?

Also consider a Paladin party member (though drop them if they show up in nothing but turtle gear, like you always should in exp anyway). The additions to Holy Circle could prove advantageous if used at the right times, and pretty much anything a Paladin does is a bane to the undead, anyway.

Also concerning the healer bit, I am certain that I am not the only one offended by you implying White Mage as an inferior healer to Red Mage, especially after the April Update.

[Silentlucidity]

lol duck the funes tag on the banner!

I completely missed that the first time I looked at the banner.

Win!