After the 1st attempt’s failure:

Path of Darkness: Attempt #1 (Sunday 4th April 2010)

Winner: Razfahd & Alexander
Party Setup: PLD/war, DRK/war, DRK/war, RDM/drk, BLM/whm, WHM/sch
Result: Wiped at around 3 mins before timeout.

It looked cool at first, though Lusi died to the Blue Mage. Then it got nasty and the beam AoE hit the 2 DDs too much. BLM also got killed here and there. MP was a big problem. At the end I had almost no MP and had to sit. Then shit hit the fan and everyone died. I ran away to the gate but got Drawn-in and died.

The fight was disappointing because we didn’t even get close to killing it.

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We gathered together the next day, around the same time. However, there was quite a time strain because of the upcoming maintenance. So we rushed there and tried to start the fight before it gets to 45 mins before maintenance. This time we tried the other setup that Shino suggested.

Path of Darkness: Attempt #2 (Monday 5th April 2010)

Winner: Razfahd & Alexander
Party Setup: PLD/war, DRK/war, BRD/whm, RDM/drk, BLM/whm, WHM/sch
Result: Timeout, got kicked when boss HP = 1%

It looked cool until boss HP became around 25%, then it kept using the curing move that recovers about 1000hp per use. At one point we got it down to 20%, then in a few mins later, it got back to 35%. That was very discouraging. Anyway, while Shino the BLM was sitting for MP, Elfi  snapped and used Chainspell for Stuns. It was cool to watch lol! But when Chainspell wore off, it killed him in one shot ><;;

Shino then ran in, trying to nuke it to death, but died… Maybe he used Manafont too, but I’m not sure.

Boss now had 1% of HP left. Aika tried desperately, while weakened, to melee kill it. Lusi ran in, trying to use WS, but his PC kind of froze and he couldn’t walk. So, we got kicked when time was out.

Very frustrating ; ; Grrrrrr!!

@#$^@#$%^@#$% Lusi was very pissed off too.

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One more try…

Path of Darkness: Attempt #3 (Tuesday 6th April 2010)

Winner: Aphmau & Mercenary
Party Setup: PLD/war, SAM/war, BRD/whm, RDM/drk, BLM/whm, WHM/sch
Result: Won, at about 3 mins left.

This time we switched Aika from DRK to SAM. The fight was smooth, though Aika died to the Blue Mage ><;;

Then Aika died again to Alexander…. I felt hopeless. But with super Ballads from Mita, I was able to maintain my MP. Lusi didn’t have MP issue too. I Devotion’ed once, and that’s all.

At around 20% HP left, we started 2 hr burn. Invincible tank, Chainspell Stuns, Manafont nukes, and Meikyo Shisui WS. Aikanana defeated it. We barely beat the time limit =_=;;

Yay! Thank you all, and grats Aika and Lu. We finally caught up with them on ToAU missions!