NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
October 5th, 2010 by AeonisUp Yours, Aht Urghan!
March 30th, 2010 by Aeonis
The release of new avatars made many summoners realize that they were behind on their TOAU missions, and therefore ineligible to fight for a pact with Odin & Alexander. But like in the past, that never stops us from trying….and in true Hornie fashion. Thanks to skill, some serious strategics from our resident ‘Astral Encyclopedia’ known as Seraphiel, and maybe a dash of luck, we were able to topple most TOAU battles with teams of mostly SMN setups. Here’s a few tips & strats that we used in our fights. This is nowhere near a definitive list, but it should help you to devise your own strats to help you and your Summoner buds get to the new avatars that much faster.
Aht Urhgan Mission 22: Shield of Diplomacy
You can do this easily with 3 75 SMN’s zerging with Fenrir. Summon your avatars and use Avatar’s Favor to conserve MP for this fight. Assault the Khimaira 13 with your Fenrir’s, pull back and let them do their thing. Recast & repeat as your avy’s die. No need for blood pacts like Eclipse Bite – Fenrir hits hard enough that they will hold hate most of the fight. Combine that with Karababa’s nukes and the Khimaira 13 will go down easily. Karababa will barely get touched, if at all, but keep an eye on her to be sure.
Aht Urhgan Mission 29: Puppet in Peril
We did this fight with 5 SMN’s and a THF. Again a zerg, but this time with Garuda’s and Predator Claws. Stay mindful of which avatar is “tanking” and use Retreats + Assaults to position the remaining avatars behind Lancelord Gaheel Ja to avoid the 0 dmg hits due to Granite Skin.
Aht Urhgan Mission 31: Shades of Vengeance
Quite easily handled by a team of SMN’s thanks to Carbuncle pulling. Send Carby in to get raped by mobs, pull back and wait for the one mob to come up the ramp. Then all other SMN’s unload on it with Garudas or whatever. Note: Don’t be like Aeo and attempt to Carby pull with yellow HP and almost blood aggro the whole mess of K23H1-LAMIAE’s!
Aht Urhgan Mission 35: Legacy of the Lost
You’ll need a sturdy tank and a dedicated healer. The rest of your team can be SMN for what is probably the harder of the TOAU fights. Start the fight as normal with the tank getting hate and then send in the avatars. Everyone but the tank should stay clear of Geesho for his various AOE’s. One of the SMN’s should be ready to Diaga the clones when they pop and then kite them up the ramp to the entrance until they despawn. Try to avoid Mijin Gakure, with priority on keeping the tank alive through this move. After all that, just burn Geesho down with bloodpacts.
Aht Urhgan Mission 42: Path of Darkness
We did this fight with one RDM sleeper/kiter, one DD, and the rest SMN. You could possibly get away without the melee. RDM buffed and defensed up (the works: blink, SS, phalanx), slept Amnaf in the first room, which will spawn the gears, that all go after the RDM. From there the SMN’s & DD split duties among the 3 gears and took them all down while Amnaf slept. Be quick with your Assaults to get the gears off of the RDM. Once Amnaf is slept and Gears are all covered, RDM should keep an eye on Naja and heal when necessary. After all the gears all down, start working on Amnaf until she retreats into the next room. Rest before the second room and repeat the strat as above. Rest before the third room, and when Amnaf takes Soulflayer form, just burn her down with BP’s like Predator Claws.
Aht Urhgan Mission 44: Nashmeira’s Plea
HAHA – syke! We tried this mission with a couple of SMN’s in the party, and were able to get Alexander down to about 50% before either time or lack of MP became an issue. You’re on your own with this one. Best to go with a strat from the wiki for your final battle!
Hope these little tips help you hardcore SMN’s out there get that much closer to your long awaited, much deserved new avatars.
Stay Hornie!
New Avatars Make Me Hornie
March 23rd, 2010 by Aeonis
I made a pact (pun intended) that if/when FFXI came with some new avatars, I’d come back and completely revamp GetHornie (.com …..the shell is another story lol).
Well it took them a while, but it looks like we’re finally gonna get some new shiny things. So I’ll be working on a “new improved” site for us SMN fanatics.
All your Korroloka Tunnel are belong to us….
Belly Dancers and Glory Stealers
May 8th, 2009 by Aeonis
The gods have smiled upon the little summoners that could once again! The Evoker’s Gages dropped in our recent trip to get them!
It didn’t take us long to get a rhythm with Lamie. A team of 5 SMN’s and out leader/token THF (who we’ll discuss in a second) took our time and worked her down without any issues this time. Congrats to Seraphiel on his lot and new gloves!
And this is now the second time I’ve seen Homicidal Flee into a NM for a kill shot! He’s starting to get pretty good at it! Apparently he has the hidden job trait “Steal Glory”. I kid…I kid…
Unbe-Reef-able
May 5th, 2009 by Aeonis
Hornie has started hunting down Lamie No.9 for the ever elusive Evoker’s Gages. There was admittedly little experience with this mofo between us all, which showed when her avatars’ Tidal Wave reared it’s head, or when Lamie caught a Summoner or tow in her sexy (lol) Charm. Yet we have still been able to pull out a victory with every meeting. Thanks, Hornie, for knocking down the Undead Swarm a couple of notches!
Ah, but the Gages still elude us! Welcome to “The List” Lamie No.9! We can tell we’ll be getting Hornie all over your face for quite a while.
Vulpangue Was No Match
April 12th, 2009 by Aeonis
It seemed a little rocky when we were gathering together. Many of the Hornie members canceled their RSVP to this event (it was Easter weekend after all….we did not factor that in in our planning). But those of us that were there were determined. And with the help of some of the Hornie Peeps, we were able to snag in a PLD – a key to our success without a doubt. We also had a RDM and a WHM, and of course our resident Treasure Hunter Monkey. All other attendees were SMN.
I hate to say that we overestimated this mob but it surely felt that way. We were using a different strategy than most linkshells would have the luxury to do. But the concept was the same. PLD holds him down, everyone else rape the mob. And oh, was it a rape fest! Each wave of bloodpacts would shave off 15-25% of the mobs HP. And without any extra melee going on, we never saw more than a handful of that nasty AOE that everyone fears. We were even able to summon + assault from outside of the AOE range. I believe that as long as there is a PLD (or other proper meatshield) to hold Vulpangue down, a small amount of Summoners and a healer for the PLD can take Vulpangue without any issues.
Out of 5 pops, 2 Karura Hachigane’s dropped, and maybe 3-4 Sylphid Epee’s.
I believe we’ll be trying again next week.
Waiting…. Always waiting….
April 8th, 2009 by Aeonis
Not sure how it is that I’m always at home for a version update >.>;;
I don’t know which is worse. Being here and waiting for the Play Button NM to spawn unclaimed, or having to do the update at prime time when the server is getting smashed by all the current players/new players/returning players.
I believe SE has cameras on us all and LOL’s as we click on that faded button…
A Glitch In The Matrix?
April 4th, 2009 by AeonisDuring a routine run to fight Ifrit, one of the Hornie Peeps (Fentylsghost) said he was getting a wierd bit of chat from the avatar NPC Ronta-Onta. Something about a fight in Cape Terrigan. A few of us, not paying much attention, said he had probably flagged the AF quest. But, as he pointed out, he was on MNK…
I was behind Fent a little ways to get my fork. When I got to Ronta-Onta, he opened up with the following:
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Within that text, just before he went into his normal yammering, I was given two options. One did nothing. The other led to the expected yap and resulted in the tuning fork.
Another member (Sheer) went and confirmed that we were not crazy. She also received the out of place text when attempting to get a fork.
Excuse me? Avatars? In Cape Terrigan??
Is this a glitch in the Matrix??
What is…real?
………Kung fu?
It Has Begun…
March 30th, 2009 by Aeonis
Me so Hornie!
Summoners young & old gathered together for the first Hornie event in a long time. Mind you, it wasn’t anything as epic as an 18 hour marathon with Pandemonium Warden, it was still fun to get together and show these avatars who runs these cloisters! I guess this marked the official start of the rolling of the ball (is that English?).
We ran around Vana’diel and raped every avatar (minus Fenrir, which we did the next night). Aside from the loooooooooooong ass walks for those of us unable to mini-warp, and our token THF Homicidal eating a few Astral Flows (thanks for the 1k sucka!) it was obvious that we hadn’t lost our Hornie-fied touch and we gave them “Prime” avatars the business! Again, downing avatars is no miraculous feat these days, but it was fun.
Today also marks the announcement from SE of some new updates to the Summoner job. While I’m not truly impressed at this moment, I’ll save my judgement for when the actual update comes about (upgrades to the Merit BP’s sounds interesting…but as I always say… ‘you never know with SE’).
Stay Hornie!
Looking For A Few Good Summoners
February 28th, 2009 by Aeonis
Looks like we’re gonna give it another go! After all, what else have we got better to do than to run around Vana’diel with 20 Carbuncles in tow?
We’re looking for Cerberus Summoners to join Hornie, that’ll be interested in doing some rare & downright crazy events, that either involve SMN related missions/gear/items, or would just be fun to do as a band of Summoners. Nothing is scheduled right now, so there’s no “line” to jump in to yet. Just looking to get the ball rolling since, as you know, hardcore SMN’s are hard to come by.
No strict requirements but here’s a loose outline:
» 70 – 75SMN in level is preferred for the planned events, and lower level SMN’s are more than welcome to join if you need guidance, help, or just wanna Get Hornie now in preparation for when you do get near “endgame”.
» You need not be “SMN only” and there will surely be instances where we’d want a career SMN to play another job. But you should at least have the desire to be SMN for most events (if we don’t roll as a Summoner force, what’s the point? lol)
» Though we do plan to do a few events that would normally fall into “HNM” category, we do not consider Hornie to be an HNMLS. Nor do we require exclusivity, so you’re free to be a member of another shell that is not a ‘conflict of interest.’
If you’re on Cerb, and you’re interested, talk to Aeonis for a pearl.