BST and SMN duo, think that would work?

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I don't know, have not tried it yet, but I think that could be a good duo for exp. Think about it:

The BST charms a DC or EM prey and sent it against a T to get murdered.
Then the SMN casts Carby and send it in while the BST is looking for another pet.
When the BST comes back with a pet, release carby and SMN heals.

If that works, you could chain easily for some nice exp. If a charm fails, just cast an element spirit for a quick getaway.

BST could probably even sub war or any other sub for melee, since smn can act as healer if needed. BST could even sub BRD for added CHR and mage ballad (at higher level) for the smn. No need to get your hands dirty to fight the mob.

I'm just saying, there is a lot of strategies you could use to make this duo efficient at chaining T or even VT prey.

What do you guys think?
 
It seems plausible...I know Porum and Yomiku were doing it at level 14-15 so it seems like it could work... Unfortunately, I don't know any summoners at my level (17) that I would try it with...I'm waiting for Porum to catch up to 17 so we start duoing.... if we had another summoner at our exact level, that'd be awesome..hehe.. we're going to try to keep within 100 exp of each other..lol..

As for strategy, you could probably go after a VT and that way you can get more exp... get the tough to start the fight, and then send carby in half way... 1/4 of their health of the mob, you could both engage... of course , this is also with the help of dia/paralyze and any other enfeebs you can throw I suppose.
 
Tried this with a BST in Sea Serpent Grotto in my low 30s....worked pretty well, ignoring the times the BST didn't release his pet before death..
 
I have thought of this, and have started looking for SMN's to try it out.

Initially, I would say this would be great for places like the Maze of Shakrami. Worms can't follow you, and if you can charm the bats there, you are good to go.

Also, you get the ability to do skillchains. Very nice.

My summoner is 6 (pathetic!), maybe I will recruit my bro and try it out with his assmaster.

~Crook
 
Mishaela said:
Tried this with a BST in Sea Serpent Grotto in my low 30s....worked pretty well, ignoring the times the BST didn't release his pet before death..
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I thought you can't release the pet with Leave until like level 35.... once you get leave I hear you can party too because you can get a big mob to kill..
 
hi

at level 9 a bst friend and i we did crawlers in tahrongi...
fenrir pretty much tanked and was a DD while his mandys/rabbits was support DD.

need full mp for every fight though :|

or at least thats who i did it, pretty good exp in not a long period of time.
 
talk to Xanta on FFXI. He and his SMN friend always duo when they are both free and appearantly kick ass
 
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Stigmatas said:
at level 9 a bst friend and i we did crawlers in tahrongi...
fenrir pretty much tanked and was a DD while his mandys/rabbits was support DD.

need full mp for every fight though :|

or at least thats who i did it, pretty good exp in not a long period of time.
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I thought about the full mp thing. But I thing it can be managed after a few hours of practice. We could probably try this scenario:

BST charms a EM and send it to fight a VT prey.
Soon as the pet dies, SMN sends in Carby (or any other avatar) and BSt starts looking for another pet.
When the BST comes back with a pet, SMN releases carby and starts healing.
If after the second pet the prey is still alive, SMN sends in Carby for the final blow.

If after a fight the SMN mp is low, then he can take a break and rest while the BST puts an EM vs T to keep the chain going (just like when a BST is soloing).

And all that is considering neither players touches the mob. If they both get engaged, it can be over really quick. If you have a Titan or Ifrit, you could probably have them tank, have pets as support, BST as DD (depending of the sub) and SMN as healer if BST gets aggro or AeO.

It would probably need osme adjustment at first, but once both partners learn to adapt the the other, it can be efficient.

I'm glad to hear that this is something people have been doing with success, I will probably try and do it soon.
 
ok

keep in mind,,, carby doesnt have that much health of def when fighting VT's.. and charm can break then you have two mobs on you,,, and um yea

a recharm doesnt always work :|
 
Xanta and Skeeza are definately a great combo, lvl 68 atm if I remember correctly...been together since I think 60. They're always exping and fly through lvls....and Xan still has time to help me w/ coffers O.o
 
I have a friend who does it at lvl 65-67. Skeeza and Xanta they level pretty fast together. He says taht they get about 10-15k of exp every like 3-4 hours I think thats pretty damn good. I dunno it seems plausible XD
 
this sounds fun. i know a lvl 12 bsti could try this with. my smn is 12 also. give me time to feel out the avatars im gathering. :)
 
Yes, this works well, Xanta and I have been doing this since the low 60s. The strategy is pretty simple, but it takes some tweeking depending on the mobs you are fighting.

In the low 60s we were doing gobbies in Terrigan. Xanta would pull with an EM pet, and tank till my MP was full. When I got up enough MP I would send in an avatar to melee and add overall dmg, then BP whenever it was ready. Whenever X had to switch pets, Shiva would tank till the new pet got hate, and as soon as the mob was close enough X would release and I would finish it off with a BP. The best thing about gobbies is that they are suicide mobs, so with some luck they would blow up at full health and we would get an instant chain.

The best part for me is that I don't have to wait for parties, and I can acctually play my job the way I want to play it. Some level ranges the exp is a little slower, and sometimes faster, but we avarage 10-15k a day in about 3-5 hours depending on luck and how much we stop to mess around.

Anyway Xanta is an awsome bst and we are goin all the way to 75~! :D :D

PS: Kyp is a wicked awsome DRG and Hrono is the best microwave I know :D :D
 
Wish I had a bst to love when I was leveling smn. =/

Btw skeeza I love your sig!
 
lol thanks Sanjo, Deathdealer made it for me, I love it except I'm rank 6 now =P
 
Palum_Q said:
Mishaela said:
Tried this with a BST in Sea Serpent Grotto in my low 30s....worked pretty well, ignoring the times the BST didn't release his pet before death..
Click to expand...

I thought you can't release the pet with Leave until like level 35.... once you get leave I hear you can party too because you can get a big mob to kill..
Click to expand...

Odd, I thought they get it at 30? My apologies then....but still, when a mob's like 4/5 dead and he goes and charms another thing to help finish it off...just..bah. =\
 
I tried this last night @ 33 and it worked pretty well. I (BST) would pull the gobwith a pet, and when the pet was close to dying, Titan would come in and finish the job. SMN would rest, I'd find a new pet and pull away. Once I get leave, I can see the strategy changing a bit, but all in all i think it can work very well.

~Crook
 
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