Was one of the nastiest HTBC in the HTBC era, too. Don't think a whole lot of people were doing VD on release, I remember trying quite a few strategies and never getting it to feel totally reliable.
IIRC, we shot it down with RNGs (as everything back then). Fetters were a nightmare and we didn't have GEO back then to cut incoming damage. Also, Light Blade could wreck tanks, though I think with Aegis most PLD were fine. It should be a cakewalk now but I haven't tried soloing that guy in a long time
It's soloable on VD in 2026. Watch out for Light Blade, full DT isn't enough, it usually hits for roughly 2500, shadows help significantly. Fetters die to ~2 weapon skills or you can walk away from their aura. I don't fully understand all of his mechanics but at one point a duplicate spawned at around 15% and they both used Light Blade simultaneously. Ninja or Red Mage are good for this. Trusts will fall over to Great Wheel unless you have some aoe healing like Selh'teus. D is substantially easier, anything below is likely braindead.
Of those events, we will soon be launching the second session of the event known as The Shadow Lord's Dominion.
As part of this event, equipment based on the Shadow Lord's storied weapons will be available as spoils for completing the ★Rank 5 Mission battlefield!
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Event Period*:
Friday, September 26, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, October 8, at 7:59 a.m.
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Since you'll need to increase your level and complete missions in order to take on the ★Rank 5 Mission, we're offering it on three separate occasions (one time each in August, September, and October) so that as many adventurers as possible can enjoy the content.
Please note that there will be no changes to the spoils you can earn from the battlefield on these three occasions.
If it's hard for you to complete the mission during this month, hopefully you'll be able to take advantage of the opportunity in October.
"As part of this event, equipment based on the Shadow Lord's storied weapons will be available as spoils for completing the ★Rank 5 Mission battlefield!"
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"Please note that there will be no changes to the spoils you can earn from the battlefield on these three occasions."
They also say the campaign will run three times, August, September, October, but August already gone and it's the first time this "The Shadow Lord's Dominion" event has run.
Someone did a poor job putting together the release notes, or it's a bad translation.
The first one of the new 3 was Wednesday, August 29, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Tuesday, September 9, at 7:59 a.m.
The second is Friday, September 26, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, October 8, at 7:59 a.m.
The third will be October 2Xth
In that case wouldn't the new dialogues have been datamined already, even if not available?
I don't think anyone checks all dialogue files for changes every update. People looked for them after the announcement about Prishe. But yes, there would likely be dialogue entries somewhere if it's a quest.
Edit: There was the Prishe's Tear and key items in the dats, so people knew to look for dialogue last time.
Do you guys think SE will take these Curator moogle items and make them incrementally used towards future rewards? Like if I skip Crystal Board this month, will I be screwed because 6 months from now a Rainbow Mog pell needs a Crystal Board? :/
Probably goes without saying, but the Kam'lanaut fight is trivial on D for Dancer solo if you just pop both your 2 hours and spam Climactic Rudra's. Normal is simple without 2 hours.
Done a few, haven't seen any of the Archduke items yet
Does anyone know if there is an exhaustive list of every item that is "Obtainable from Goblin Box", like in spreadsheet format? Wiki says the SP keys pull from a pool of items that have that flag, but was wondering if there's a master list of items that have this flag, since it's in the .dats. I have a ton of keys that I have been wanting to burn but wanted to look at the list of items I can potentially get.
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Anything marked on the wiki with the flag "Obtainable from Goblin Box" has the potential of being obtained for 50 tally.
Thank you thorny. I wanted to export everything I have on my main and do a search for duplicates in the main csv, so I can see items like Orpheus sash, epam ring etc and then choose to send them back to myself so I can potentially get them from keys. Much appreciated ^^
For those of you that visit Bg you already know the premise of this thread but for those that don't, it's simple.
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This thread is for off-the-cuff questions that don't merit a full topic to answer. 'What should I wear for my level 65 pup?' 'What's the best way to learn the Qutrub Blu spell?'
General Guidelines.
Any questions goes be it FFXI related or not this community has a plethora of people surely one will be able to assist you.
Please don't bash people for asking questions hating someone for seeking knowledge even if you deem it a stupid thing to ask makes you look like an even bigger tool.
If your answer is on the large side either providing a link or spoilering the answer might be a good idea to help reduce the thread size.
