Submitted by Davros on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 17:48.

I. Introduction

I’m planning on setting up a Divine Might run in the near future. Since I don’t think we have 18 people in the LS who can participate, I’m going to set up a temporary linkshell to coordinate people with and so I can direct them all to this guide. So, I’ll be giving anyone in Clan AM a pearl who wants one and I will recruit the balance of the alliance on this weekend.

I am tentatively scheduling this for June 17th at 5pm eastern. I can't resolve all the scheduling conflicts and this is the best time i could come up with, so we may have to get this together again for those who couldnt make it.

II. What is Divine Might?

Divine Might (DM) is a BCNM fight that takes the place of Zilart Mission (ZM) 14, except in DM you fight the mobs for Zilart Mission 14 all at once instead of separately.

III. Why would you want to do this?

Aside from the moral victory of just winning the fight and clearing ZM14, by clearing DM you can select one unique earring. Choose carefully though you are stuck with your choice.

Abyssal Earring- Int +2, Scythe skill +5, Dark magic skill +5

Beastly Earring- Chr +2, Evasion +5, Axe skill +5

Bushinomimi- Str +2, Great Katana skill +5, Parrying skill +5

Knight’s Earring- Vit +2, Shield skill +5, Divine magic skill +5

Suppanomimi- Agi +2, Enhances “Dual Wield” effect, Sword skill +5

IV. How do you get the quest?

After going to Sky, go straight ahead until you zone into the Shrine of Ru’Avitau. At the very back of that area you will find a targetable area. After selecting that area you will see a cutscene in which you talk to the NPC Yve'noile. After the cutscene you will have DM listed in you Outlands quest log.

In order to get into the BCNM you have to obtain an Ark Pentasphere, which you can obtain by going to the fountain in Ro’ Mave ( Qu’ Hau Spring) between 12:00 and 3:00 during a full moon (you can find out when the next full moon is using the clock at www.mithrapride.org/vana_time/ ) while the weather is clear and trading Parchment and Illuminink to the fountain when it fills.

The Parchment can be purchased from the auction house and Illuminink can be farmed of the dolls named Cursed Puppets in Ro’ Mave. The dolls are not difficult to kill. I solo them frequently as a PLD, but for safety’s sake you might want to get a partner to duo them. Also keep in mind that you may get magic aggro in this area, so its wise to pull the dolls to the zone in front of Qu’ Hau Spring.

Also dolls can use meltdown, so if you can sub RDM or WHM for barfire(a) or go with a party member who can do so. I have gotten owned when I tried to solo these using a NIN sub instead of RDM.

V. Strategy for Beating the Ark Angels
(Credit: heavily borrowed from CerBalbanes guide for alliance set up and group fight strategies)

A. Ground Rules

I have joined other attempts to do this, and I want to establish a few rules in order to try to cure some of the problems that I have seen in previous alliances that have tried to do this.

One of the main problems I’ve seen is people will get there and then everyone will have a different idea about what should be done. This confuses people about what they should be doing.

Therefore, I ask that if you have any suggestions, communicate them hear ahead of time. Also, if you are unsure about something before the fight, don’t spam the linkshell chat log or party log since I’ll be giving instructions there. Just send me or your party leader a /tell. That way we can cut out some confusion. I’m not trying to by a tyrant or anything but we need to do these things so we have the best chance of success.

B. Preparation

1. Everyone who plans to join on this mission should obtain an Ark Pentasphere in advance.
2. Bring a reraise item with plenty of charges on it.
3. All melee bring at least 2 Icaris Wings and the food of your preference in amounts sufficient to sustain multiple runs.
4. All mages bring several yagudo drinks, ethers, and the food of your preference in amounts sufficient to sustain multiple runs.
5. All PLD bring yagudo drinks, ethers, tavnazian tacos, and some type of au lait in amounts sufficient for multiple runs.
6. All NIN bring evasion equipment since you will be soloing until help arrives, 2 Icaris Wings, Hi-Potions and the food of your preference.

We won’t be doing this on short notice so getting these things shouldn’t be a problem if you put in a little effort.

C. Alliance Setup

Tanks (5)
x2 PLD
x3 NIN

Mages (5)
x3 RDM or BRD
x2 WHM or RDM

Damage Dealers (8)
x1-2 BLM
x6-7 DDs
(If we have one or 2 NIN or THF/NIN a with evasion gear he/she will serve as an emergency tank in case something goes wrong with the others)

D. Ark Angels and Fight Order

AAs and their specials

1. Ark Angel TT (DRK/BLM)
Specials:
Amon-Drive - area damage + Paralyze + Petrify
Manafont
Bloodweapon
Note: attacks in this order Magic > WS > teleport

2. Ark Angel MR (BST/THF)
Specials:
Havoc-Spiral - area damage + Gravity + Sleep
Perfect Dodge
Charm
Resist-Gravity
Note: Does Perfect Dodge at low HP; can be gravitied, high evasion.

3. Ark Angel GK (SAM/DRG)
Specials: Jump - ranged damage + Bind + Blind
Call Wyvern
Meikyo Shisui
Note: Wyvern sleepable, 2hr blinkable.

4. Ark Angel EV (PLD/WHM)
Specials:
Dominion-Slash - area damage + Silence
Shield Strike - Stun + hate reset
Resist sleep
Invincible
Benediction
Note: Uses Spirits Within can be binded/gravitied, do not fight directly.

5. Ark Angel HM (WAR/NIN)
Specials: Cross-Reaver - area damage + Stun
Double attack
Resist Bind
Mighty Strikes
Mijin Gakure
Note: At 50% HP or less, tends to use Mijin Gakure.

Fight Order- TT> GK> Wyvern> MR> Tiger> HM> EV

E. BATTLE STRATEGY (Tanks)

Each NIN will occupy one of the MR, GK, or HM until the alliance can get to them.

One RDM or BRD will accompany each NIN and support him/her with haste, enfeebles and heals.

If we are fortunate enough to have a BRD coughcyclonuscough then he will support the NIN that tanks the HM since dual wield can take out shadows pretty quickly.

As to where each NIN is gonna solo each AA, to correlate with the order to be killed, GK should be pulled to the mid-top of stairway, MR pulled towards mid tunnel, and HM pulled to back of tunnel near entrance. In this fight, NINs should be more concerned about survivability then damage, so figure your builds according to haste, evasion, HP, and defense/-dmg%.

As for the PLDs, they will be kiting EV inside the BC circle, kiting clockwise and counterclockwise, using cure and JA's to keep each other alive, they will be assisted by 1 WHM. EV hits very hard and pretty much has a TP regen, so stack up on as much HP, defense, -dmg % reduction gear as you can. Note: EV also uses Shield Bash to stun fairly often so the PLD might want to set up /tells to one another in case they need assistance. The other WHM should be assisting the DD group as they move from one AA to the next.

Hopefully among the damage dealers we will have a couple people who can tank in a pinch. The tanks will set a /tell macro to let one of these people know if they go down so the sub can take their spot and keep the free AA from running wild.

F. BATTLE STRATEGY CONT'D (DD/SLEEPERS)

The rest of the 8 members in the alliance (Basic DD/BLMs) are key to success, AA TT must die within 45 seconds to 1 min of engaging him. He has the rare ability to teleport, and will use Paralyga and Breakga usually after the 3rd teleport which will hit the kiting PLDs, if any of them go down, it may well be a loss from that point so whms have to react fast with Stona and cures.

Therefore, ALL DD must go all-out on him (Icarus Wings are helpful, /sam for quick TP, /nin for survivability, if not /war) He will have to be killed in the BC circle they start in. SAMs Meditate and Shiyokyo will also be helpful if you have them available. Remember to follow kill order listed above, and assist WHMs with additional healing.

BLMs have 3 duties during this fight. Keeping SS and Blink buffs up, Sleeping Pets, and Nuking. When pets are slept, BLMs should assist in Nuking TT to death and other AA as the alliance moves along. But BLM primary responsibility is to SLEEP pets.

Once all 4 initial AA are dead, move on to the stairs, rest hp/mp and go all out on EV! PLDs continue to kite clockwise and counterclockwise, mages who were healing the entire fight should be swapped out for them to regain MP. When everyone is ready, dogpile on EV.

G. ARK ANGEL 2HRs (SEE ABOVE)

The only ones worth mentioning to watch out for is GK's Meikyo Suishi and HM's Mighty Strikes/Mijin Gakure. Meikyo Suishi (around 75% HP) can be effectively blinked, only reason why I mention it is that the NIN tanking must keep shadows up to avoid the Light SC he will try to perform, TT and GK need to die first for a pretty much successful run. For HM 2HRs, same is true for the NIN keep shadows up through Mighty Strikes (usually around 75% if u plan on DD tanking him), he "may" Mijin Gakure around 20-30%, so mages need to apply Barfira at the start of engaging him (I say "may," because like most NIN mobs, he may not do it)

Sleepers also need to keep an eye out for MR's Familiar which will target charm the person with most hate on MR at that moment. It will charm regardless if Tiger pet is still alive or not.