Job Class Strategies
It is difficult to create good strategies for Garrison. With the excessive
amount of lag involved coupled with an incredibly high number of mob targets,
most complex strategies will break down. As for specific job class strategy,
there are a few simple concepts that can greatly increase your chances of
success.
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Melee Characters
All melee characters should at the very least sub WAR to provide multiple
provokes. The mobs will instantly aggro the NPCs and must be voked off in order
for them to survive. This is also very important as your mages will be doing a
great deal of healing which will cause them to draw aggro. It is the job of any
melee character to pull as much hate as possible.
At least one melee character per round will have to be assigned as tank to the
boss mob. I suggest either a Paladin (to use Invincible) or a THF (to use
Perfect Dodge) for this role. The boss mob will use their two hour which will
kill most capped players.
Melee characters should also bring along an adequate supply of melee oriented
foods. Mithkabobs are the food I would most recommend as they increase your
damage output.
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Mages
The WHM is the backbone of a successful Garrison. With 18 players, 18 NPCs and
multiple target mobs, things get hectic quickly and a WHM has to keep up with
healing. Most people will tell you to have three WHM, one per party, to be
safe, but to get the best possible reward, I recommend having four WHMs. Three
to heal the individual parties and a fourth dedicated to healing the NPCs. As
mp permits, it is often wise to heal as many NPCs between waves as possible.
BLMs should not rely on nuking. Instead, these mages should stick with
enfeebling the mobs to make the role of the melee characters easier. You do not
want to draw aggro in this situation and nuking will most likely lead to your
death. You make a much more effective member of the team by sticking with
weakening the enemies.
RDMs should find a good midpoint between these two strategies, though healing
should be foremost.
Mages should also make sure they bring appropriate food supplies. Pies to
increase your total mp and juices to provide mp refresh are incredibly
important. Every mp point will count during Garrison, so you want to ensure
that you are optimizing your abilities.
Mages (or any job class capable of kiting/sleeping a mob) also play a very
important role between Garrison rounds. In order to give your group enough time
to recuperate, many groups will employ the “Sleep Trick.” This involves taking
a single mob out of range of the battle and sleeping it. The next wave will not
spawn until this mob is killed, giving your group ample time to rest to full.
It is, however, very important that the mob be kept well clear of the battle as
the friendly NPCs will attack and kill it if you don’t.
How do we organize our targets?
The sheer number of targets will make it almost impossible to designate
specific players to specific mobs. Rather, it is better to have people organize
around certain areas so that they are near the mob spawn points. This will take
practice. There are, however, some basic strategies and priorities that can be
suggested to your group.
Though it is the melee mobs that will do the most damage in a strict sense, the
caster mobs are more dangerous. They attack from a distance and often bind
players, which is very bad. Caster mobs should be high priority for attack.
Players should provoke as often as is possible. There will be lots of damage
and hate flying, so each player should do their utmost to help the group.
The boss mob(s) should be killed as quickly as possible, but must be tanked
very carefully. To this end, it is vital to designate one player as the tank
for the boss mob. During the fourth wave, this player should stay out of the
battle until the boss mob spawns so that they are prepared to provoke him. The
tank should usually be a PLD or a THF as their two-hour abilities will enable
them to tank extremely damaging attacks without losing hp. Remember that mobs
have 2 hour abilities, too. A MNK type boss will use Hundred Fists, which will
tear apart any tank not using an appropriate 2 hour. The tank should be
prepared to possibly die if a mistake occurs.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED, I WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. I HAVE CURRENTLY DONE ATLEAST 50 STRAIGHT GARRISONS WITHOUT LOSING. MY METHODS WORK PERFECTLY.
I can post information about level restrictions, item drops, what the item drops are based on, gil rewards, easiest/hardest ones to do, where to get the pop items. You name it, ive completed it ^^
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