Shiva_
03-17-2007, 01:01 PM
Has anyone ever gotten mobbed by a lot of monsters (like >=5-6) while grinding, farming, going for a mark, completing an objective, finding items, exploring, etc., which resulted in a Game Over or almost resulted in one?
Something like this happened to me twice last night:
I was in the underground part of that tower last night searching for some armor and the ribbon. I got mobbed two times while I was in the B3 section of it while getting those.
The first time was when I was in the NE wing. I was around a stupid Magic Pot as I was searching for a chest. :mad2: I had Basch and Vaan berserk (I have them in it to own enemies super quick), and one of them accidentally slammed it despite holding R2 to cancel actions. You know the drill; give them an elixer and don't hit them. Anyway, I managed to get away, turned gambits off, and used Dispelga to get rid of the berserk. Suddenly, like 5 skeletons begin to appear, and the pot is still raging mad trying to pull Flare. I try giving the pot an elixer to calm it down, but my guys get pummeled with AoE magic by the skellies. I finally manage to give the pot the elixer. Anyway, upon killing those skellies, couple of them end up becoming Necrofiends, and they begin viciously slapping my guys. Some of them die. It was a vicious cycle of Curaja, Arise, etc. I end up hauling ass out of there with Balthier and Fran left alive. The Necrofiends and additional spawning skellies then come with us. Then Balthier dies, and I manage to exit back into the ring with Fran the only one standing. I was then able to full-heal everyone after this mob incident, thank goodness. :)
I then got mobbed again when I was in the SW wing while I was going for my next piece of armor. :mad2: It was beside the chest and had happened as I was about to open it. In that room, 5 zombies came around and starting spamming Cloying Breath and Lvl3 spells. Vaan and Basch get sap status. Unfortunately, once again, I had Vaan and Basch in berserk as I have them in it to take down everything lightning fast.
Ashe couldn't keep up with her own duties of healing. Anyway, after three of the zombies died, they then turned into Necrofiends who always get a kick out of spamming Phantasmal Gaze, and even worse, Curse. Next thing I knew, I had three Necrofiends on me and like 3 zombies (another had spawned), and my guys were getting hit with these things like crazy. My first team (Vaan, Basch, Ashe) died in no time with Basch in disease status (max HP at 1). I then switched in my reserves. In no time, one of them gets hit with Curse again and gets the disease status. Others except Fran get sap due to cloying breath. Balthier and Penelo get confuse status because of the Necrofiends' love for Phantasmal Gaze. With this group, I'm running around trying to get out back onto the ring but keep hitting walls/dead-ends and am lost. Next thing I know, Penelo and Balthier are dead, so Fran is the only one left alive. So I go into the menu and equip Fran with Excalibur and the ribbon that I had just gotten beforehand. Then, thankfully, I'm able to arise everyone. Then, Phantasmal Gaze hits again. It misses Fran thanks to her ribbon but hits the others. I go back to the menu and equip Balthier with healing rod and bowline sash, and Penelo with euclids sextant, demon shield, and bowline sash. The lingering confuse state doesn't hurt me but actually helps since Balthier puts a Regen on Penelo with the rod. :p Fran is then able to own those mobs with that Excalibur while everybody else supports. After defeating them, I was then able to full-heal everybody in that same spot. :) After that, I opened the chest to get that piece of armor. :) Then I switched my main guys back in and put their previous equipment back on.
Both of these times, I was so close to a Game Over, and I hadn't saved in a while! :eek: My guys have the most ultimate weapons, and I guess I got overly confident in that B3 section (I tore through B1 and B2). I've been mobbed like this before by like 4 Abysteels and 3 Hecteyes at the same time in the 2nd part of the mines.
Something like this happened to me twice last night:
I was in the underground part of that tower last night searching for some armor and the ribbon. I got mobbed two times while I was in the B3 section of it while getting those.
The first time was when I was in the NE wing. I was around a stupid Magic Pot as I was searching for a chest. :mad2: I had Basch and Vaan berserk (I have them in it to own enemies super quick), and one of them accidentally slammed it despite holding R2 to cancel actions. You know the drill; give them an elixer and don't hit them. Anyway, I managed to get away, turned gambits off, and used Dispelga to get rid of the berserk. Suddenly, like 5 skeletons begin to appear, and the pot is still raging mad trying to pull Flare. I try giving the pot an elixer to calm it down, but my guys get pummeled with AoE magic by the skellies. I finally manage to give the pot the elixer. Anyway, upon killing those skellies, couple of them end up becoming Necrofiends, and they begin viciously slapping my guys. Some of them die. It was a vicious cycle of Curaja, Arise, etc. I end up hauling ass out of there with Balthier and Fran left alive. The Necrofiends and additional spawning skellies then come with us. Then Balthier dies, and I manage to exit back into the ring with Fran the only one standing. I was then able to full-heal everyone after this mob incident, thank goodness. :)
I then got mobbed again when I was in the SW wing while I was going for my next piece of armor. :mad2: It was beside the chest and had happened as I was about to open it. In that room, 5 zombies came around and starting spamming Cloying Breath and Lvl3 spells. Vaan and Basch get sap status. Unfortunately, once again, I had Vaan and Basch in berserk as I have them in it to take down everything lightning fast.
Ashe couldn't keep up with her own duties of healing. Anyway, after three of the zombies died, they then turned into Necrofiends who always get a kick out of spamming Phantasmal Gaze, and even worse, Curse. Next thing I knew, I had three Necrofiends on me and like 3 zombies (another had spawned), and my guys were getting hit with these things like crazy. My first team (Vaan, Basch, Ashe) died in no time with Basch in disease status (max HP at 1). I then switched in my reserves. In no time, one of them gets hit with Curse again and gets the disease status. Others except Fran get sap due to cloying breath. Balthier and Penelo get confuse status because of the Necrofiends' love for Phantasmal Gaze. With this group, I'm running around trying to get out back onto the ring but keep hitting walls/dead-ends and am lost. Next thing I know, Penelo and Balthier are dead, so Fran is the only one left alive. So I go into the menu and equip Fran with Excalibur and the ribbon that I had just gotten beforehand. Then, thankfully, I'm able to arise everyone. Then, Phantasmal Gaze hits again. It misses Fran thanks to her ribbon but hits the others. I go back to the menu and equip Balthier with healing rod and bowline sash, and Penelo with euclids sextant, demon shield, and bowline sash. The lingering confuse state doesn't hurt me but actually helps since Balthier puts a Regen on Penelo with the rod. :p Fran is then able to own those mobs with that Excalibur while everybody else supports. After defeating them, I was then able to full-heal everybody in that same spot. :) After that, I opened the chest to get that piece of armor. :) Then I switched my main guys back in and put their previous equipment back on.
Both of these times, I was so close to a Game Over, and I hadn't saved in a while! :eek: My guys have the most ultimate weapons, and I guess I got overly confident in that B3 section (I tore through B1 and B2). I've been mobbed like this before by like 4 Abysteels and 3 Hecteyes at the same time in the 2nd part of the mines.