Crystal War Revisited (11/08/2007)

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http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/topics/special/071108_1.html

Event Schedule
From Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 01:00 PST until Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 01:00 PST.

How to Participate
1. To take part in "Crystal War Revisited," talk to any of the moogles found at the following locations:
Southern San d’Oria (K-9) / Bastok Markets (G-8) / Windurst Woods (K-10)

2. Raid one of the following beastmen-held positions and obtain a fragment of the Huge Crystal being kept there:
Ghelsba Outpost / Palborough Mines / Giddeus / Davoi / Beadeaux / Castle Oztroja

*Defeating the special Notorious Monsters that can be found wandering about near the Huge Crystals will result in a temporary bonus to the amount of crystal fragments a character can hold for all PCs in the area at that time.

3. Should you safely obtain a crystal fragment, return to town and report back to the Moogle. Work together with as many adventurers as possible to secure victory a nd earn your nation the title of most powerful among the Allied Forces of Altana!

*Participation in Reliving the Crystal War is unlimited throughout the duration of the event.

Event Results
Following completion of the event, the scores will be tallied to determine if San d’Oria, Bastok, or Windurst is the victor. The final results will be posted in the Topics section.
And there may just be a special something waiting for the members of the victorious nation!
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Time to get those shades!
 
Any clues as to how to do this yet?
 
Okay, found my first Huge Crystal in Palborough Mines. It's on the middle level at F-6. They look like telepoint crystals. You can only get one shard from the crystal at a time, but I think you can carry multiple shards from different dungeons before you go to turn them in.

NMs seem to pop randomly from the crystals when someone harvests a shard, so look out.

Edit: Turning in one shard gets the NQ Dandy Glasses.
 
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Yay! I don't need to level up Goldsmithing now for some type of glass-ware. (Or Clothcraft/Smithing). :biggrin:
 
Watching the NMs die (you don't have to kill them yourself, everyone around the area gets this bonus) enables you to grab a total of six crystals instead of one. (At least in the higher tier areas. Davoi, Beadeaux, Oztroja, unsure about the lower tiers.)

These guys aren't pushovers though, being unprepared will probably make you dead. Thankfully you can CFH them without consequence to get help from surrounding onlookers.

What's still a bit confusing to me are the exact pop conditions of these NMs. One instance I waited by a crystal and one popped like any mob would, roaming around aimlessly. In other instances they seemed to be force popped, since they'd spawn claimed. Except, one time when I hit the crystal, it popped claimed by somebody else...so yeah, don't really get it.

The NMs all have the name "Warder" and use Dynamis models. SE actually implimented them by accident when Pankration came out (they were removed with an emergency maintenance soon after). What a rip-toot that was.
 
Oh, and here are where you find the crystals.

Ghelsba Outpost: H-7, on a chair in a hut near where Warchief Vatgit spawns.
Palborough Mines: F-6, at a dead end tunnel on the 2nd floor.
Giddeus: E-12, southwestern most corner.

Davoi: E-8, by the Screaming Pond.
Beadeaux: F-7, first underground area, need to go past one of the Afflictors.
Oztroja: I-8, on the 2nd floor past the first trap door, it's at a dead end.

Note that I'm not positive about the Oztroja location, but that's where people sighted the Warder Partisan a few months ago.

Anyway, go nuts.
 
just came from castle O, thats the right pos, fought the partisan too, them bad boys aint no joke, so <take care>
 
20 shards = Fancy Spectacles.
fancyspecs.jpg
 
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I checked the crystal in Beadeaux while wearing my Republic Aketon and received two shards. I don't know if that makes any difference, but I found it interesting since people said they were only getting one at a time.
 
Tim Wakefield said:
I checked the crystal in Beadeaux while wearing my Republic Aketon and received two shards. I don't know if that makes any difference, but I found it interesting since people said they were only getting one at a time.
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It doesn't. Palborough/Giddeus/Ghelsba = 1 Shard(+3 if NM dies.) Davoi/Oztroja/Beadeaux = 2(+4).

I recommend just doing Davoi, because it's the closest to it's regions outpost. And the Crystal doesn't seem as far in as the rest. It's at the pond used in the orb sidequest past the Jujitsu Gi NM.
 
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Alright, it would appear that the Warders' repop time is 1hr. Someone also may or may not need to touch the crystal when its window is open to pop it.

It may also appear claimed to somebody else. Why this is, I don't know. May be some strange bug. Not like it matters though, everyone in the vicinity of the death gets the bonus when it dies. Provided they check the crystal in time. CFH is a good idea to bring them down fast enough.
 
Sounds cool. I'll be able to try it out a bit when I get home.
 
Davoi NM ToD12:04 EST

seems repop is slightly less then 1hr
 
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Giddeus NM ToD 11:40 EST

repop is definately not 1hr exactly, perhaps is based on # of ppl that checked the crystal?
 
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btw anyone else notice the glasses are neither rare or ex
 
Oh hey, they're not...

I get to be a superstar on my dancer with them though and not see shit at night! :D
 
Wait so I dont have to do the event to get the glasses? ^^

Cuz 1 hour pops dont seem that great....
 
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