Thursday 2 September 2010

Federigo Mission : Uraeus

Mission Information
Participation : Solo
Character Lineup : 2x Master Grace - Shotgun Blaster + Flintlock, Master Scout - Arnis + Enhanced Tactics
Requirements : Uraeus Scale (Scale Piece x2, Solvent x100, Emerald x5, White Gold Bar x1), Key to Uraeus Lobby (Family Reputation x300, Pure Ionium x100, Pure Quartz x100, Pure Aidanium x250, Pure Etretanium x250)
Rewards : Elite Schvarlier Armor Recipe (rare), Le Noir Recipe (semi-rare), Elite 92 Armor Recipe, Level 100 items, Constellation Indication (2 maximum, rare), Dragon Heart Recipe (unconfirmed), Le Noir item (unconfirmed).
Frequency : 5 days
Duration : 120 minutes time limit. Average time of 25 minutes to complete mission.
Difficulty : Hard, Highly Equipment Dependent

This mission is highly annoying and frankly takes a fair bit of time, and most often than not disappoints me in loots. But I do it anyway. The best loot that people have gotten (as far as I know) is ESAr, which isn't really that prized at the moment due to two reasons - ABS insertion and the weakness of metal armor vs Occult Magic, Occult Assistance and Madness (the popular stances in the metagame).

This raid is another Wildbeast raid, and I have only attempted to do it without racial weapons once. It's doable, but takes a lot longer. More time spent = more resources spent in buffing and maintaining HP.

The mission is initiated by going to Bahama Peril -> Bahama Underground J8. Among the ingredients needed, only Emerald is rather hard to get. Crap rings are in demand for making Emeralds and Black Oxides, and Emeralds themselves cost 300-800k each in Rembrandt. With the inclusion of a White Gold Bar, the requirements can reach 5m already but the rewards are not as promising as compared to Mission : Griffon.

As the mission starts, I buff principal and clear all Uraeus Eggs except the one nearest where the snake will spawn. I then buff my shooters Shooting Enhancement (duh) and Hound, and may sometimes use a Heart Choco (level 2 Hrin Potion) and a blue lollipop. I make sure my characters are separated from each other to avoid the snake's AOE attack which can cause stun and poison. There's a very high chance of dieing once u get stunned, so try to avoid getting all 3 characters stunned at the same time. Snake will usually go for the highest DPS character, and once a character is stunned, the other shooter MIGHT steal the aggro away.

Crack the Eggs

Be careful of painful debuffs
The mobs can cause poison which reduces your attack and MHP and  the snake's attacks may cause an additional poisoning which further decreases attack and defense. Double poisoned and stun mean trouble.


After downing the snake (for the first time), the egg + snake killing is done three more times to complete the mission. With good rifles, Principal buff should last for 2 snake appearances, so that means having to cast Principal twice only. With less specialized rifles, it will take more time and as i said earlier, longer raid = more resources spent.
Are animals wild beasts?

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