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im sure if you look from page 1-59 there ITS ALOT of ppl telling you how to get and what they did same as you and didnt get a3/a4 again we flooding the page with same stuff here let me tell you auto-attack stop attacking at 10% let the mage nuke it to death and your done

im sure if you look from page 1-59 there ITS ALOT of ppl telling you how to get and what they did same as you and didnt get a3/a4 again we flooding the page with same stuff here let me tell you auto-attack stop attacking at 10% let the mage nuke it to death and your done

Maybe for A4 you need to break some damage with single nuke, like maybe 10k? That being said I recall someone getting A3 and A4 with trusts on MNK and MNK Trusts can't nuke for that much I think?

The only thing I can think of from my own experiences is that you can't pull the mob with the same element you kill with. When I was on RDM I was pulling with Fire and had enspell on and it didn't work, but both changing the enspell and/or pulling a different way seemed to solve this. Might be tinfoil, but until I hear otherwise this is how I do it.

I'm thinking that killing speed is one possible condition again.

Right, but even then we don't know the exact condition for it. You can post X works but that does not means X is the actual condition. It can be X + Y or even Z, but you got the Y or Z without knowing it.

When I got A3 to pop I did not purposely wait for the last 10% and switch to nuke only. I engaged entire time and nuked fairly early. It's a strategy that works, but it is not the actual condition.

The point of posting testimonials is to figure out the correct condition by subtraction, because it's 100% not figured out yet.


All my T5 are more than 10k. If there is a dmg threshold and it's much higher like 20k, then it's quite harsh and I doubt that too.

I'm thinking that killing speed is one possible condition again.



Just FYI, I used enthunder, nuked fire and occasionally mixed with thunder. So I did mix different elements, although I only used 2 elements plus dia.

I pulled maybe 3 with fire then after that it's all dia pull. It could be different element dmg ratio but I am not sure.

It’s not. My kill speeds are exactly the same on BLU and it’s incredibly inconsistent when A4 spawns.

anyone noticing reduced rewards from sortie after the update? I feel like a full sweep normally nets you on average 6 drops either 3 boxes/3 sapphires or 4/2, 2,3,1. did a run today and got 1 old case only. I know there's always the RNG for these style of events, but that just seemed like a sudden decrease in drop rate.

My supposition for A3/A4 is that it can be killshotted by either white or magic damage, but that damage must represent what was done as the majority of damage for that mob. Eh if 75% magic and 25% white damaged, then kill with magic. There are others who say can still get with WS though… so who knows?

You still cant understand that some people SOLO this on jobs that doesn't have nukes. Unless you suggest to stop and let Shantotto to finish last 10%?

Don't need magic kill or any magic at all, can melee it down with pure physical from 100 to 0. Kill three monsters without using a WS, then kill three more and you have the items for the boss.

Does using JA affects the kill? I tried to melee it down to 0 on WAR with Shantotto II nuking but no WS (her TP was stuck at 3000).

After 3 kills on leech, no chest pop. The only thing I think could affect it was that I used Provoke to pull the mob. Ran out of time so didn't try further kills. Will test again after I finish unlocking other jobs.

I was going to ask if anyone had increased rewards, got 2 +1 cases, 1 NQ and 5 sapphires

Shanto II use WS i think.

My understanding is that she will only WS if I do, I had my eye on her TP and it was capped at 3000 throughout the fight.

I go in as THF/DNC. I go in to get the gold from all 4 NM's and the red from A, C, and D.

You would have to be lucky enough that he isn't opposite of the C area you decided to enter. You have 2:30 from the time you open a door/enter C so any job you would pick can get the red, just depends on how lucky you are.

COR will have an easier time since you have Bolter's Roll.

Tried BLU on A major boss but got wiped twice despite only spamming Expiacion as the solo DD. Not sure if the distortion element of Expiacion raged the Boss despite no skill chain triggered.

Tried BLU on A major boss but got wiped twice despite only spamming Expiacion as the solo DD. Not sure if the distortion element of Expiacion raged the Boss despite no skill chain triggered.

Just wanted to share what we have been doing for the last week..

Maximum rewards, fool-proof strategy, 14 steps:

Party Setup: COR, BRD, WHM, BLU, SAM, ANYTHING

1) Bolters roll then everyone goes North to gather 6 Acuex. One person can check south for Leech NM before joining the party. Have BLU nuke them down while party buffs. Avoid any physical damage to them. Make sure they are all tagged red when they die. 1 Blue + 2 Brown chests.

2) Go further North to area A boss and don't forget to rest for 1 tick after #A1 gate for the second blue casket. Kill boss A. For all bosses use savage blade, tachi shoha, reso, etc. spam to avoid skillchains. Can stun lock with sudden lunge.

3) After killing the A boss, bolters and head East to elementals and check for the Leech NM on the way. Avoid the Porxie.

4) Complete 3 objectives on Elementals. For the first 3 kills avoid magic aggro and kill them with anything in less than 20 secs each for blue chest. 3-step leaden works well. Then you can just WS/SC the rest for the 2 brown chests. Wildfire>Wildfire, Fudo>Fudo, CDC>CDC all work.

5) Kill area B boss. Avoid SC. Can stun lock with sudden lunge.

6) After killing the B boss, head South to K-8 and kill the Porxie on the way. If you already passed it on the way you can go back for it.

7) At K-8, Bolter's and split up. Half the group goes South-East to the locked gate B while the other half goes West to the other locked gate B. Open the gates together and find and kill the Bhoot NM within 2.5mins.

8)After killing the Bhoot, head to the upper level of skeletons.
MB fire or light-based spells at least once each on 6 skeletons to get both brown chests. Ninjitsu, Dia, low/high tier nukes all work.

9) Kill area C boss. Avoid SC. Can stun lock with sudden lunge.

10) After the boss, split into 2 groups to save time(or don't) and kill the remaining skeletons and ghosts on the way to corses. If you didn't already get the blue chest, have everyone focus and kill 3 corses within 20 secs from aggro for Blue chest. Kill the remaining corses for the second blue chest.

11) Head to area D and look for the Fomor NM. Kill the NM and head to one of the small rooms with 6 Fomors (H-9 or G-6). If you didnt find the leech NM earlier, the COR can go find it and solo kill. When the last NM dies you should get a golden chest.

12) Kill the 6 Fomors in order (WAR/MNK/WHM/BLM/RDM/THF) while doing a 4-step on each. Can entomb to keep them petrified. You will get 1 Red, 2 Brown, and 2 Blue chests.

13) Head to area D NM and kill. Avoid SC. Can stun lock with sudden lunge.

14) Kill Fomors with the remaining time.

Good luck

9) Kill area C boss. Avoid SC.

A3 didn't pop for me with my blu