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[thistlechaser]

*props eyelids open with toothpicks* Last night was the worst night (sleep-wise) in a long, long, long time. If I got three hours of sleep, I'll be amazed. My brain just would not shut off, even with the few tricks I have to make it settle down. zzzzzzz

EDIT: How would Friday evening be to go into Monastic Cavern to beat up the Warchief for a DRK test? :} (He's not that big warchief that we encountered while XPing, the one that talked to us. He's just a "plan" NM, not a HNM. Level 74-75ish.) And there will be a CTY/FI Tree (Steelshells) Skilling Party on Thursday if anyone is interested. (See my CTY post.)




Battle Plan

1) Enter BC with only weapon, opo-opo necklace, and 3 charge items equipped. (Who knows if going in "naked" really works or not, but why not try it just in case?)

2) Eat taco.

3) Sleeping potions to 100% TP. While sleeping, put all armor on other than neck, head, and belt (chargeable items).

4) Wake up. Switch opo-opo necklace for stoneskin torque.

5) Rest to full (from taco increase) while waiting for stoneskin torque to cool.

6) Use blink band, stoneskin torque, haste belt (in that order). (Add reraise object.)

7) Change those three armor pieces to real armor.

8) Engage Maat from as far away as possible. Bio II and (if time before he reaches me) poison. Who knows if they'll stick or not. (Edit: Maybe absorb-vit and then bio II instead. Hmmm.)

9) Once close enough: Guillotine.

10) Eat Wing.

11) Guillotine again. If I'm fast enough, I'll SC with myself.

At this point Maat will likely do something Bad. Either my 2 hour (Blood Weapon) or something MNK-ish. Stun and (if 2hr or something bigger than Dragon Kick) kite.

When stoneskin/blink wears (somewhere around here?), try to use the pep-whatever au lait.

12) Once he's used his 2 hour (or at this point, if needed) use my 2 hour.

12a) If my HP is safe enough, use Souleater with Blood Weapon (no HP loss or gain for me, bigger loss for him).

13) Keep swinging until one of us is dead.

Things to use when/if needed:
* Hi-pots (drink them like water, keep my HP as high as possible for when he does bad MNK things to me).
* XP scroll/69 body armor (I'll have a macro that switches my body armor once the scroll levels me).
* Vile Elixer (hopefully the hi-pots/leveling mid-battle will be good enough, but if not then use this).

Things to buy/do:
1) Mail Loth to borrow/buy charges from the stoneskin torque (she's away until the weekend).
2) Buy a vile elixer
3) Start stockpiling hi-pots instead of selling them all.
4) Buy another taco.
5) Ask to borrow Niala's PLD rings. Pick up on Monday at Eco?
6) Look into earrings. Do I want to change those out for defensive as well? Probably not, but check.
7) Edit WS macro to take the TA and /wait lines out. The error messages from that kept distracting me in the ENM battle. (Make sure correct WS is in macro!)
8) Buy I. Wing.
9) Buy peppy au lait.

Random notes:
* I think I'll wear my AF pants, because they have +hp (only +15, but that might help...) and +7 parrying.
* I might carry a juice, but I'm not going to be casting much so I'm not too worried about MP.
* If Bio/poison stick, try to watch for the effects wearing off. Missed those messages in the ENM battle.



I mostly have that memorized (and have had for weeks and weeks), but I want it on paper as well. I wonder if I'm going too defensive? The longer the battle lasts (because I'm not hitting as hard as I might be) the more danger I'll have of dying. But if I can't take hits, then I'll die for sure. If Maat hits harder than the ENM mannequin guy (which he very well might) I could be in trouble.

If you have any comments or suggestions (any at all!) please let me know.

I know nothing about tanking food. Is there a better choice than a taco, maybe?

If you're sleeping from a sleeping potion, I assume you can just click it off?

I so want to get this fight done. :/ I might try it Monday night (after Eco/Escort if I'm not tired) instead of Tuesday.

Comments

[sel-s.livejournal.com]

Eat taco first. It gives +hp and +mp so you'll want to heal that up.

I went defensive as well as a lvl 69 drg and won easily. Everyone said that as a hume you have to go defensive.

Also, remember to take off your opo opo necklace... I didn't. ^^;

Goot ruck!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks! I'll change the order on that.

Also, remember to take off your opo opo necklace... I didn't. ^^;

Oops, actually I'll have to switch it to the stoneskin torque and then wait for that to cool down so I can use it. Hopefully 30 seconds or so won't make a difference.

Thank you!

[jehryn.livejournal.com]

Do that stuff outside, the fight is uncapped (You can fight him at level 75 and don't get the 'level capped' status icon), so buffs shouldn't go away.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hm, yeah? Okay, thanks!

[jehryn.livejournal.com]

Might need to ask around a bit to confirm tha the buffs don't disappear. But I'm 100% positive you can fight him at level 75, and 'uncapped' BCs don't remove buffs. But this fight could always be an exception to the rule.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I did a little web searching after posting my comment, and couldn't find anything either way. I think I'll do it inside, just in case. :)

Thanks though!

[jehryn.livejournal.com]

Good luck with your fight :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Just a couple more days till I can try! :)

[sel-s.livejournal.com]

I believe buffs do go away... so you can't have your whm friend protect IV you before porting over.

Anyway, since you'll be sleeping for a long time you'll want to buff up after that. The blink band effect disappears in about 2 or 3 min...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Good points! Right!

[draymor.livejournal.com]

Since you're not using MP to buff I agree, TP first, buff later.

I can also confirm that your buffs do get removed when you go in.

That annoyed me as it takes like 3 minutes for me to fully buff/rest >>;

IIRC each stack of sleeping potion gives you 300% TP.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Woo, thanks for the confirmation!

[merrkitty.livejournal.com]

Its hard to do your first time fighting him, but just stay calm.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm already jumpy and nervous, so I think staying calm is going to be quite a trick. :P But I'll stay as calm and as focused as I can! :)

[gbeans.livejournal.com]

You've never opo-slept before, eh? Okay, how it works is you have the necklace on. Pop a sleeping potion. Don't click it off, don't take off the necklace. Each potion will give you 25% TP (so you need 4 to get to 100% TP). After you're done getting TP, then take the necklace off :3

Remember, you've got 15 minutes for the fight. 15 minutes is *forever* unless you're doing, like, the Bard fight (where you're singing each other to death...) Take your time, calm your nerves.

Mer's right, it's really hard the first time no matter what you do. Don't get disappointed/upset if you lose. We'll happily get you as many testimonies as it takes, so don't worry about that, y'hear? :|

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You've never opo-slept before, eh?

Nope, never once and I was afraid to test it in case I needed my whole stack of sleeping potions to get to 100%! So thanks for the info! :)

15 minutes is *forever* unless you're doing

Yeah, if I hit the 15 minute time limit... well, with my -30 EVA there's no way I'd have enough hi-pots to last that long.

I'm almost, almost thinking of dinging 69, just so I can lose -10 of that EVA. If I happen to fail the first time, I won't be too upset about not being able to level mid-battle, since then I'll have my better armor on from the start.

We'll happily get you as many testimonies as it takes, so don't worry about that, y'hear? :|

Thanks so much. *snugs!* I just wish there was a less annoying place to get them from!

[zubis.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's not that bad a place. I've gotten DRK Testimonies from that NM with 3 people.

You know about Maat going crazy the longer you are in the fight?

[kelen.livejournal.com]

Totally.. need help, send me a mail. :) Just because I'm not logged in fully most days doesn't mean I won't log in to help. Pretty much goes for anything too. Don't be afraid to prod if you need something. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking about Friday evening to go kill the orc? Would that work for you? *snug!*

[kelen.livejournal.com]

Sure. n.n I'm not doing anything I can't cancel. (Meaning sitting around doodling and possibly rping. Such important stuff. *cough*)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Heehee, yay! I'll see if I can grab us another person then. c.c Not literally "grab" of course. Maybe. Hmmmm. *grabs D!*

[kelen.livejournal.com]

Ack! Thistle cooties! Thistle cooties!

Just don't get too down if you lose the firs try. :) If anyone can beat Drk Maat it's you.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I know everyone keeps saying they don't mind going test hunting, but that's my biggest worry about losing: Dragging everyone out again. :P I can buy/farm more stuff, but I hate being a bother to people!

Ack! Thistle cooties! Thistle cooties!

But Thistle cooties are sexy cooties~!

[philia.livejournal.com]

*handslaps* No touchie ze D! XO

... Ahem, that aside, I'd go Friday, but I'll be XPing by 8pm Eastern. ;_; Must get BLM out of my hair. x.x

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, bah, I forgot you static then! Oh well, if we can't get another person or two on Friday, maybe I can get people on Saturday. :D *snugs!*

Or hmm, wonder if stuff is going on tonight? (Thursday I have a skilling party and I think you guys have your main job static?)

[philia.livejournal.com]

The only thing I'm personally planning tonight is taking Dano through Hell v.2 Qufim. Beyond that, I'm free to go beat up orcies. :3 I can't speak for anyone else, though.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I don't want to interrupt XPing! Might Saturday be better? Or heck, let me try getting other people on Friday first, then we'll look at Saturday if that doesn't work. :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's not that bad a place. I've gotten DRK Testimonies from that NM with 3 people.

Yay! Maybe I can get a small group together on Friday then.

You know about Maat going crazy the longer you are in the fight?

Niala left a comment saying that, too. I hadn't known. Eeeeeek! Why in the world would they add something like that? Other than the whole "S-E is evil" thing...

[lokyst.livejournal.com]

Just an amendment to that 15 minutes thing. You will be kicked out in 15 minutes, but in practice he'll start spamming weaponskills after 8 minutes. At 9 minutes I think he does it non-stop.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

...

Gah!

[lokyst.livejournal.com]

On the bright side, if a paladin could defeat him in just over 8 minutes, a dark knight shouldn't be worrying about that.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

a dark knight shouldn't be worrying about that.

Hopefully not! I'm more worried about taking the damage. Hopefully the blink/stoneskin will give me a little safe zone at the start, and I can keep my HP up from there. (In that ENM mannequin fight he was hitting me for about 130, and while I used a hi-pot after each hit, that still left my HP going down each time...)

And hey, while I have you, could I borrow your PLDing rings (something DEFly or VITly) on Monday? I can return them to you later that night or on Tuesday.

[lokyst.livejournal.com]

And hey, while I have you, could I borrow your PLDing rings (something DEFly or VITly) on Monday? I can return them to you later that night or on Tuesday.

Certainly. Which would you prefer? Defense or VIT? (I'd recommend defense since VIT is mainly useful once you've maxed out your DEF, which I doubt will be happening on a dark knight.)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Defense sounds good, thanks! :)

(I'd recommend defense since VIT is mainly useful once you've maxed out your DEF, which I doubt will be happening on a dark knight.)

Heeheeheehee. My attack is nearly 400 and my defense is under 200. :P

[gbeans.livejournal.com]

Also keep in mind that it's not like he has 10,000HP. He has a comperable amount of HP for a lvl70 player. (Meaning, for me, he had about 1700HP judging by how much damage I did to him.) Also keep in mind that he doesn't have items for restoring his HP like you do. Think of the advantages you have! /psych /cheer /grope :3~

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah. :) So hopefully the meds and tools I have will overcome his /MNK-ness. So long as I can keep pounding hi-pots fast enough to keep my HP up, I should be okay. I'm just a little worried that he'll do some big bad MNK thing that I'll have no chance against.

/grope

Oh baby! :D

[lokyst.livejournal.com]

Yeah! He may cheat, but then again so do we. ;3

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Rarrr! And I'll "cheat" all that I can!

Hmmm, I should probably add a reraise item to my list, in case I die while his HP is really low. (I wonder if he would start regaining HP while I was dead or if his HP would stay the same?)

[lokyst.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I should probably add a reraise item to my list, in case I die while his HP is really low. (I wonder if he would start regaining HP while I was dead or if his HP would stay the same?)

From painful experience with Chipoka's Maat fights, he does indeed regain HP while out of combat.

Also, if you think you're going to die, try and make it to the outer edge of the circle so that you can raise safely. Then lay him low from afar with a x-bow bolt or Bio II or something.

That's the BLM strategy, by the way. :3

[lokyst.livejournal.com]

Addition, this is where instant MP pots are very useful. o.ob

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

From the few DRK write-ups I've read (why don't DRKs write more Maat guides?!), casting is something we don't want to do much of. If the bio/poison stick I might try absorbing, but mostly I'll just be stunning when needed.

If/when I win, I'm so writing up a guide and sticking it in Google so other DRKs can find it. :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Woo, thanks!