Submitted by Tamara on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 07:33.
On May 9th, if Darkkit is available, Darkkit and Tamara will be re-starting ClanAM CoP Mission Runs.
Here is the Mission List
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Chains_of_Promathia_Missions
Current plans are to begin on May 9th with the Ouryu fight
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Promathia_Mission_4-2
Essentially we will be running a dual "choo-choo" concept; which is to say we will be taking two choo-choos of ClanAM passengers from CoP 4-2 through CoP 8-5. Darkkit is Engineer for CoP Train One which, hopefully, will leave the Tavnazian Safehold station at 10:10pm Eastern on May 9th. I will be onboard and so we need just four more passengers to beat the Dragon. Sign-up under this thread to be a passenger, or to just help out.
On May 16th at 10:10PM Eastern, Train One, with Darkkit at the throttle, will depart a different CoP Station for yet a different CoP mission, a mission later in the series.
On May 18th at 10:10PM Eastern CoP Train Two, with me a Engineer, will depart the Tavnazian Safehold station to fight the dragon Ouryu. Sign-up under this thread to be a passenger, or to just help out.
And so it will go throughout CoP. My choo-choo following behind Darkkit's. Darkkit and Tamara are going to be doing a lot of work to support this - farming keys, etc. Each Engineer will be responsible for their own train each week, yet the trains are semi-sync'd. Which is to say I will not allow Darkkit's choo-choo to fall too far behind and she has agreed to not allow mine to fall too far behind. We will each scrounge passengers to fill each train and so succeed in taking some subset of ClanAM through CoP, via Wednesday and, one week later, a Friday train, and get dedicated FFXI folks their CoP rings.
I would suggest folks sign up for these choo-choos if you want to beat CoP. Some are flippant about CoP and say "it's easy" but basically it is a hard series of missions. It is not too often that someone offers to help you through CoP with a primary semi-static and a secondary semi-static backup nine days later. If you miss participating in this ClanAM series of runs then I weep for you, because after I complete this much work I am doubtful I will be leading any CoP for a while. Darkkit may feel the same way.
As stated each Engineer will try to keep track of their own passenger manifest, and if no one needs a particular CoP Mission it will not be undertaken; however at this point I know Slothimus needs the Ouryu fight and that is what Darkkit has agreed to try to manifest for on May 9th. My choo-choo will always attempt to follow the path taken by Darkkit's train nine days before; my choo-choo is your make-up session.
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attendance
Well we had 6 ppl show for this run. 3 that needed it and 3 that did not. if you missed my run then Tamara has one the next friday. We will be doing Sacarium next wed. So make sure you have all of your CS done and bring meds and stuff to farm the keys. At this point we will have to fight the boss for one of the keys and kill formor for the other. Also if you want to do anything else in there please bring pop items or get your quests started.
Darkkit
my Friday run
So far I have heard for those showing up for my May 18th run:
o Avayr (who said he wanted to help out)
o Kamustaka (who cannot make Wed nights)
o Tableandchairs (who cannot make Wed nights)
o Kamustaka's family? (Kamustaka was unclear on this)
o Avatarx? (Avatarx always seems to help out on these)
o Cyclonus? (Cyclonus said he would help, if online)
The Ouryu fight is one of those six-folks-only mission fights where it is best to have six folks. It is a level 50 capped fight and I come as the WHM - though if someone needs it who has WHM I can step out.
Remember, I follow nine days behind Darkkit's choochoo.
Depending on strategy inventory space can be an issue. The current plan is to farm for some feathers which yield mistmelts and go in with six folks - so I am going to try for a roll-call in advance of who is going to show up. So either post here or contact me in game.
Avatarx has won using different strategies so I will contact him to chat about this fight.
One Week to Go
These Clan CoP Runs start on May 9th, which is a Wednesday.
So far, other than Davros, seems like Clan folks are comfortable starting with Ouryu. I need to get with Darkkit to do some Mistmelt farming.
leader
Hello all, I am your conductor for this trip. As such I will be in the safehold at 8:30-9:00 pm eastern. I will be gathering people for this run. I am going to be there early incase we need to farm some items. But this will be the only time I am going to do this. You need to come prepaired with the needed items. Meds, food, and whatever the mission needs. ie this fight needs mistmelts and scales. But if people already have the items we could go ahead and go do the fight if we have enough to win. I do not mind doing a "Dry Run" before we totally commit but I do want to get it done. Also PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have all of your CS done BEFORE comming and make sure you have the correct CS for the mission you are on. There alot of different quests and stuff that give you a CS and we need to make sure people are not waiting around for one person that forgot their CS or (heaven forbid) we get to the fight and one member cannot get in. Also please get your ENM items as if there is a ENM we could do we will attempt it also while we are there. Like Maior says "there is no point to making the climb if we don't at least try the ENM while we are there" Well that is my 2 cents. I hope to see you on wed.
Also, I will not turn down any help that is offered. So if you are in the giving mood and want to come have some fun with your LS mates i will take you. The more the merrier.
Darkkit
:-)
I definitely want to get on
I definitely want to get on board. I'm currently in the middle of finals, however, and am on Diablos. If possible could we do Diablos Saturday, May 5th, so I can join in the fun?
mission
As I do not know who is going to show up for this run I have no idea which mission we are going to be doing. We will start at the one someone needs. So if no one needs the dragon we will not do it and move to the next one someone needs. if it is diabolos then thaat is where we will start. so if you come please be a bit flexable for this first run. After this run we will progress into CoP with the next mission in the line. In other words, if you don't show up we cannot help you, and you will have to ask tam where she is going to start. She may want to start at the dragon and that is fine but I don't want to waste time with starting somewhere no one needs. Also, if you would like to farm or whatever for the mission items you need to get with me or tamara to schedule a time to do so.
Thanks
Darkkit
I think Darkkit raises a good point
I think Darkkit raises a good point - I said Ouryu because Slothimus needs Ouryu and seemed to be having trouble getting the Dragon done. About the only restriction I made was no more Promyvion Runs - those are waaaaay at the front and to be blunt it seems to me folks in ClanAM should have those runs done by now.
If you want to know my goals, they are:
1) try to have about 7 to 10 passengers to a CoP "train"
2) be prepared for multiple runs (not necessarily on the same night) to get all the passengers through CoP mission Z
3) you can miss a Wednesday night, my "train" follows Darkkit's path, by seven days plus two, so we have a built-in "catch up" process
4) if you miss Darkkit's run, then my run, I really don't have an answer for that yet - maybe there will be one final make up; but Maior has a quote about this situation somewhere on this board "some people you can't help no matter what" or something like that. Translation: some folks don't seem to make much effort to show up, I don't know whether their parents regulate their game time or they can't plan or what, but give them four chances and they will miss all four (my cat died, it is the wrong phase of the moon, I had to go wash the laundry that has been dirty for a month).
5) not doing CoP runs just for fun, if a train is ready for night Z and no one needs that Mission (through whatever stroke of good luck or bad luck) then we will NOT do the planned run and will try to do some farming - or we may see if we can skip ahead to another CoP Mission
6) not going to leave Darkkit's train too far behind (maybe only two CoP Missions). Darkkit said she would treat me with the same courtesy
7) trying to get as many ClanAM through this CoP mess as possible, but we are not going to do 12 hours of CoP marathons in one day (like one person I know!) LOL!
8) it is still a game, so even though some of these missions are horribly over-designed we are still going to try to have fun as a group
9) Darkkit and I have told others outside the LS, mainly because we need ppl and jobs and this process seems to be built well enough to get maybe eighteen folks through? We shall see!
On May 9th I plan to show up for Darkkit's Run, hopefully we will have found a tank for Ouryu by then. I KNOW I am going to try to farm MISTMELTS in ADVANCE of the May 9th run - which is to say I am planning on FARMING FEATHERS. Mistmelts will be manufactured at the last moment; hopefully on Wed Evening. Mistmelts can't be traded, Feathers can, so we farm lots of feathers.
May try to farm some feathers this coming Friday night, or even this coming Saturday night. This coming Saturday going to try to help Davros out - putting a note on my monitor.
I can help out with Diablos
I can help out with Diablos on Saturday, May 5th, what time?
Or you can talk to Darkkit about Diablos, she and I had a discussion about which CoP it would be proper to start with.
time
I'm flexible on it but I think that 2 eastern would be a good time. I'll ask Darkitt about it if I see her when I'm on Wednesday.
Okay, I will show up
I will show up at 1:30pm Eastern this coming Saturday and see if we have enough folks from ClanAM to help you with the Diabolos fight, Davros. I am WHM 74 but the fight is essentially a level 40 ENM (no experience loss).
If you can arrange a different time for this fight then just post here, but I often only drop by every other day.
Wed May 9th
I'll come on the 9th, I'm on that fight, Ouryu, 4-2
count me in
I'm down. As you all may know, I'm eager to progress in CoP. Am currently on mission 4-3. If need another smn for Ouryu fight I can come. Would prefer to start on Sacrarium but I want everyone to catch up. Send me /tell in game if going to need me for this fight.
You sign up to show up for
You sign up to show up for the Wed Choo-choo or the Fri Choo-choo. The sign-up means you are going to try to be there each and every week.
It's a long trip. Need some regular passengers.
heh.
I'll go twice a week if needed. Wednesdays are usually not the best days for me, as I have prior rl engagements... but not every week. So I will try to go with either group if possible.
Assist
I will help out as much as possible (I may have some work related travel in the near future); however, obviously, preference should be given to folks who need the mission to progress in CoP.
For missions in which more than 6 players can participate, you can count me in.
and FWIW: Some are flippant about CoP and say "it's easy" but basically it is a hard series of missions.
Is COMPLETELY the wrong attitude; Tam's right in saying that you don't get folks to help with these missions too often - so take advantage. However, not farming items that may be useful during a battle, because there is no longer any EXP loss - well that's just stupid.