Time for a BIG update!


Firstly, i was going to NEED Sshot before entering the cleft of dimension. So i learned the first few hunter levels in the basement of val castle. The i went to jacole cave and fought skull eaters in search of elixers. I gained alot of AB from them too and managed to find four elixers. Then i headed to pheonix tower and ascended high enough to bribe two magic pots (using three elixers) Even with the flee command i couldnt run from the enemies so i wasn't prepared to fight my way to the top. I headed back to val and finished mastering hunter (my only mastered job class) I also gained two levels which puts me on level 47.

Cleft of dimension:

I ran from all the battles in the ruins and forest parts and looted the place for goodies.

Woodsprite was not difficult. I used a Bare class (which is all im using against bosses now) I held masamune for first strike... but as soon as i was given control i switched for excalibur then used Sshot.

In the omega cave i fought battles. I used Leviathan to one-hit-kill the sybaratics, occulas's and grimalkins. Great dragons took either two extra physical attacks or another Leviathan summon. I did this purely to learn 2-handed which for some insane reason i havn't learned yet.

The Apprehendr would have been a lot more difficult but the right weapons and armour equipped made him easily defeated. I wore a ribbon to reduce the number of status attacks that would affect me. And (though i didn't know this before the battle) i wore Bonemail which turned his Drain attack (which he spammed) into a healing spell for me and a damaging spell to him. Windslash and physical attacks were easily healed. I just switched excalibur for the bloodsword whenever i needed to heal. Dischord and protes slowed the battle down but with Sshot it was still over fairly quickly.

Azulmagia wasn't difficult however he did kill me. After i inflicted the first 10,000HP his ???? inflicted 9999HP which instant killed me. This sent me back to my last save point forcing me to beat the apprendr again.
Initially i wore a Wall ring in this battle. When i rechallenged him i wore Winged shoes so i could inflict the damage faster, hopefully killing him before he could use ????. It worked and i did basically the same as i did for the apprendr. Sshot with 2-handed switching for the bloodswords if i needed to heal.

Catastroph was never going to be a problem. Casting Float before the battle and wearing a Wall ring kept me safe while i unleashed an onslaught of Sshot on him.

Then i charged straight for Halcyanos. I took a different approach with him. I chose a White mage in hope of being able to Beserk him then casting Blink on myself to avoid the physical attacks he was stuck using. However i couldnt Beserk him. With the Sage staff i was inflicting almost 4500HP (under the effects of shell :/ ) so i pressed on. Victory looked certain until he hit me with Holy which hit me for 6000HP.
I returned and pelted him with Sshot while weilding Excalibur and he died before he could use another Holy spell.

I was looking forward to Twin tania but the fatty disapointed. I did the usual... Held masamune for initiative, switched for Excalibur (in two hands) and used Sshot which inflicted massive damage. He only lasted a few turns.

I then headed back to Sshot alta roit and jura avis. They took 3 Sshots each and only two of them managed an attack (a windslash and a mealstrom)

Gilgamesh took two Sshots before he fled and i headed for Necrophobe.

I was seriously seriously worried about this. I wouldn't hardly survive one Flare or Holy so i especially wasn't going to survive four in a row from his barriers. I equipped a time mage with Summon5 and cast Quick followed by two bahamuts. Then i could attack again while he batted on about him being invincible with his barriers. Another Bahamut cleared his barriers. I threw Fire rods at him to finish him which all hit for 6000HP each. Gilgamesh showed and finished him.




There was a lack of challenge there. Halcyanos and Azulmagia both killed me but it was a simple case of "ok i know that now, won't fall for it again" and i beat them the second time. I know X-death will take me several tries as i remember a certain ammount of luck involved in my last one-on-one with him. Omega will require levelling, and shinryu shouldn't be a problem.

Now i have to master a few jobs/learn some abilities. I'm going to need sorcerer4, time6, white6 (i think) and a mastered ninja. Then it's time for the Final bosses in my challenge