Federigo Mission : Griffon

Mission Information
Participation : Solo
Character Lineup : 2x Master Grace - Shotgun Blaster + Flintlock, Master Scout - Arnis + Enhanced Tactics
Requirements : Key to Griffon Lobby (Family Reputation x300, Pure Ionium x300, Pure Quartz x300, Pure Aidanium x300, Pure Etretanium x300) , Griffon's Tear (Griffon Egg Shell x6, High Quality Ruby x2, High Quality Sapphire x2, High Quality Emerald x2)
Rewards : Elite 84 items, Level 88 Summoner weapons, Level 100 items, Elite 92 Armor Recipe, Le Noir Recipe, Elite Le Blanc Recipe (rare), Constellation Indication (3 maximum, rare), Dragon Heart Recipe (unconfirmed), Le Noir items (unconfirmed)
Frequency : 7 days
Duration : 120 minutes time limit. Average time of 3 minutes to complete mission.
Difficulty : Moderate, Highly Equipment Dependent

The Griffon mission has the best loots among all instanced missions, hence it can only be done once in seven days. The Elite Le Blanc recipe is not that rare to loot, and is currently selling for 250m or less in Rembrandt. Before this raid, owning an ELB was a lot tougher as "true" Griffon campers usually kept the 30dr for themselves and/or their factions. With the instanced mission, more players are able to create their own 30DR armors.

The mission is initiated by talking to the Pioneer's Warning at D6 of Vegas Javier. Once inside the mission, I buff Principal + Shooting Enhancement on my Grace Bernellis and sometimes Melee Enhancement on my Anton (scout). I then switch Anton to arnis stance and cast hound. I should really replace 1 of the Grace Bernellis with another musketeer for more damage, but I am lazy to train ranged characters.

Mission : Griffon buffs and debuff

I then proceed to H9/H10 of the map, where Griffon will always will be. He usually casts a spell that causes Griffon's dignity, which dramatically reduces my movement speed. Ideally, I should have positioned my characters into a triangle before this happens : Anton at the front distracting the big bird while the two Grace Bernellis whack the bird. The reason I keep them apart is because Griffon can sometimes claw my Gracies to death, and I wouldn't want that to happen to both of them at the same time.

X marks the spot

Big Bird hates Wildbeast Rifles

This raid is simple and straightforward, just buff up, go in, whack it and it's done. It does require higher level equipment to maintain HP and successfully deal damage.

For this raid, I usually always borrow WB rifles from the faction. Without these rifles, the mission will be very hard and will take a longer time. I have tried using non-racials, and it took me more than twice the time because Griffon was pestering me with attacks when he should have been long dead. Here are some of the weapons that have been lent to me for Griffon.

Owner : KingLazarus

Owner : Seitai

I'll grab a screenshot of two more rifles that I get to use for Griffon at some point.