I did Haukke Manor NM, Titan, Leviathan and ADS last night, ended up getting Level 5 Petrify, Mountain Buster, Veil of the Whorl, Aqua Breath, and High Voltage. You can apparently get Aqua Breath from Leviathan, though I think one of his adds is the one that uses it. Did a levequest in Mor Dhona with the Shadow Dragon to get The Look (Necrologos something something...so you don't have to do Amdapor Keep). Titan and Levi were done with a 7 man group where we switched every 10 tries, 4 70s/ 3 BLU -> 4 BLU/ 3 70s. On Titan the first time we did it the BLU's got it, then we swapped and it took ~10 tries for the rest of us to get it, but it was super easy, just watcj for Landslide and Weight of the Mountain and you can basically ignore the rest of the mechanics (don't stand in front when he does Mountain Buster though). Levi was ~10 tries each group, but we had a WHM and a RDM 70, so we blew him up, self-destructed to help kill adds, and then had all the BLU's get rezzed after his ultimate so each try only took 50-60 seconds so everyone got it in like 25 minutes. ADS, we spent more time in loading screens and running to it than we did fighting. As long as you don't stun or silence, ADS opens up the fight with High Voltage so you don't have to wait for anything and it's super quick. Took ~ 10 tries for the first group, and the second group got it on the first try.
I got a second group for Stone Vigil HM to get Diamondback, but we went as all Blue Mages, and couldn't even get passed the first boss. It's certainly doable, people just need to actually do mechanics, but my group seemed incapable of that and it was late so I didn't stick around to even try at the 2nd boss who has the ability. Will be trying that tonight.
I came up with a strategy, though it's obviously superstitious, but it worked for me every time....every battle where literally all I did as Blue Mage was Flying Sardine is the time I learned the ability. So, I'm going to be using my Super Flying Sardine strategy from now on, lol. It's hilarious.
I really am loving Blue Mage now, I'm at the point where I'm having difficulty choosing my active abilities. Some are pretty easy to get rid of for general play, but most get at least some situational usage Still have 1k Needles on my bar, not sure how much longer that will last though, since most spells are able to compete with it now, not in a single cast, but 1k takes 6 seconds and most others take 2-3 so if the spell does~450-500 damage, it's competitive.
Haven't tried Masked Carnival yet, will probably do that today to try and get Doom and Moon Flute.
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Doesn't it have a super low chance to hit? There's a reddit post going through and identifying which bosses are susceptible to spells like that (Missile, Doom, Tail Screw) and there are quite a few that can be hit by them, but as of yet, no final bosses identified.