Pankration in the Pit (09/04/2007)

[Halifirien]

That would be fine with me, and I'm sure Icewolf would appreciate being able to name his pet "FatCoq.""

 

[K. Ishitar]

i wonder if we can use these like npcs outside the pit. but that's asking a bit much it doesnt seem to say but i'll reread it.

it looks fun and something i'll definitely get into..

going to get a greater bird=D

 

[exodusamphi]

Gogo Cerberus

 

[Xalioniaf]

Bunny with Aern skill high tier ONRY

 

[Ruffyreborn]

On a serious note, I dont think NM's and/or HNM's will be available for use. Only the normal family mobs

 

[Rappa]

On a serious note, I dont think NM's and/or HNM's will be available for use. Only the normal family mobs

You'll be happy to know that pictures can be taken of most all monsters residing in Vana'diel, even the more "notorious" ones, such as behemoths and rams.

(letters)

 

[chrono fantasy]

Get a bunny with all of AV's skills, a bunny that can use every single 2 hr ingame!

 

[Morari]

*Waits for someone to make a pokemon opening using FFXI mobs*

Ask and you shall receive...

Why the freak do people keep asking? >_>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlZBLyiOZ4k

(Snagged from the equivalent BG thread.)

 

[Altheya]

On a serious note, I dont think NM's and/or HNM's will be available for use. Only the normal family mobs

You'll be happy to know that pictures can be taken of most all monsters residing in Vana'diel, even the more "notorious" ones, such as behemoths and rams.

If the plate is one that contains the image of a summonable monster, you will receive a soul reflector infused with the information from your soul plate.

Well... I'm just thinking you could both be right.... maybe you can take pictures of most mobs, even HNM, but it doesn't mean you can use them in the fight..... Maybe you can use them to teach skills to summonable monsters.

Of course, being able to summon behemoth is kewl.

 

[Jediknight]

Remember my old sig? Turns out I have the gift of prophecy. BOW DOWN BEFORE ME, PUNY HUMANS!

yep, gotta catch them all. but I thought it was going to be pvp >.>

 

[Morari]

yep, gotta catch them all. but I thought it was going to be pvp >.>

At least part of it seems be. If you looked at some of the datamining Uzor did earlier it says something about fighting against other adventurers' mobs

 

[hellstorm]

Sooooo... they've brought Pokemon to Vana'diel? Awesome!

"Volcanic Leech, I choose you!" mg:

no you got it all wrong it not pokemon it's




YU-GI-OH!

I choose you Jormungand

 

[Ruffyreborn]

You'll be happy to know that pictures can be taken of most all monsters residing in Vana'diel, even the more "notorious" ones, such as behemoths and rams.

(letters)

Yes, but this does not include the mobs such as:

King Behemoth, Bloodtear Baldurf, Vrtra, Leaping Lizzy and etc. Just monsters of that specific family, and not the NMs/HNMs themselves

Edit: To clarify, Behemoth is the normal family mob compared to KB. The Wyrm (from bcnm) is the normal family mob compared to vrtra, ouryu, etc.

 

[Uzor]

You all seem to be misunderstanding it a bit. You can catch the Cerberus enemy type, noty Cerberus himself. Basically, you take a "photo" of Cerberus, which is then projected as a kind of 3D-image on to the battlefield (if you've ever done CBG you'll know what I mean, its in the same place). Its not the monster itself, its an image of it kind of. So he won't have Meteor and Comet like the NM do. It will have the same abilities, but not spells.

 

[Jediknight]

At least part of it seems be. If you looked at some of the datamining Uzor did earlier it says something about fighting against other adventurers' mobs

Yeah, I got that. Inside joke of "gotta catch them all" to pokemon where you have pets fight each other.

I just thought it would have been like a ballista type system but in an arena (gladiator).

 

[Kagemusha]

Slimes would probably own most anything thanks to their obscene melee resistance.

 

[Skaw]

You all seem to be misunderstanding it a bit. You can catch the Cerberus enemy type, noty Cerberus himself. Basically, you take a "photo" of Cerberus, which is then projected as a kind of 3D-image on to the battlefield (if you've ever done CBG you'll know what I mean, its in the same place). Its not the monster itself, its an image of it kind of. So he won't have Meteor and Comet like the NM do. It will have the same abilities, but not spells.

Yeah, your picture results in a "regular" member of the family. And for those talking of Vrtra and the like, Wyrms were left off the list found from datamining.

Khimaira will likely be the most powerful one, if the pit version attacks anywhere near as fast as the real ones. I expect Nyzul usage to shoot up after this update. After all, you can come across almost every single mob family there, including a regular stock of HNM types.

 

[Mistra]

yep, gotta catch them all. but I thought it was going to be pvp >.>

Pretty sure that'll be the Coliseum when/if it ever opens up.

 

[Uzor]

Slimes would probably own most anything thanks to their obscene melee resistance.

It depends, they are also very weak to magic, and die fast that way. So teamed up against any other BLM enemy, or something with magic attacks, they'd be screwed. Against normal melee-type pets, they'd have a slight advantage though. Also, you set a "weapon damage type" to your mob, so your crab can have either blunt, slashing or piercing. If that's not enough, you can also set an element affiliation to your weapon type, so that every melee attack do 25-50 damage. So Slimes wouldn't be all THAT useful in those situations either. You can also set so that they give Amnesia, or Silence, Terror, Sleep, Drain, Aspir, Regen, Refresh etc. to all of your attacks in order to give yourself an edge over your enemy.

What I want to know, though, is if you can do a group battle with your pets only, or if you HAVE to make it as a group. Because if you can, I have the perfect monster/job combination in mind. And no, I won't share it

 

[Tristam Green]

It depends, they are also very weak to magic, and die fast that way. So teamed up against any other BLM enemy, or something with magic attacks, they'd be screwed. Against normal melee-type pets, they'd have a slight advantage though. Also, you set a "weapon damage type" to your mob, so your crab can have either blunt, slashing or piercing. If that's not enough, you can also set an element affiliation to your weapon type, so that every melee attack do 25-50 damage. So Slimes wouldn't be all THAT useful in those situations either. You can also set so that they give Amnesia, or Silence, Terror, Sleep, Drain, Aspir, Regen, Refresh etc. to all of your attacks in order to give yourself an edge over your enemy.

What I want to know, though, is if you can do a group battle with your pets only, or if you HAVE to make it as a group. Because if you can, I have the perfect monster/job combination in mind. And no, I won't share it

Fully agreed. I'd just put up a monster against a slime that did either Piercing, Slashing, or intense magical damage and watch that little fella get raped.