BA攻略情報/BA内道中/進行MTをする人向けの基礎知識/English

This article is English version of BA攻略情報/BA内道中/進行MTをする人向けの基礎知識.

Here shows information the leading Main Tank*1 (the leading MT) should know.
Information for alliance commander(conductor?) like party forming etc., is omitted here. Please check below instead.
指揮をする人向けのマニュアル的なもの(in Japanese)
Generally, the leading MT tends to also hold the roll of alliance commander. but that's not mandatory. we recommend you to share these rolls among multiple players.

Mobs on the way to the bosses

The condition for mobs linking

• The condition for mobs linking
  • Only when you pull an Elemental Level(EL) 65 mob, other EL 65 mobs will be linked if they're close.

• On the other hand, when you pull an EL 66 mob, other mobs are never linked.

Catching linked mobs

• The leading MT must mind to catch all linked mobs immediately, not only the mob you pull.
• Since linked mobs accumulate no enmity, the leading MT has to draw enmity toward them not to make other players their aggro.
  • Using ranged skill and Provoke jointly.
  • Using Defensive Buff ability for drawing enmity.
  • Doing self-healing for drawing enmity.
  • Using Eurekan Potion.
  • Using AoE skills.

• When you can estimate that more than two other mobs will be linked, you'd better to announce about possibility of massive linking and ask help.

Reference: BA@MANA ●敵を釣った時にお供としてついてくる敵について。（by Largo-san, in Japanese.)

Positioning while facing mobs.

• Try not to turn mobs' front to alliance members.
• Especially, you should be careful with mobs which has frontal-cone AoE.
  • Arsenal Byblos (”Page Tear”, Instant)
  • Arsenal Calcabrina ("Terrifying Glance", Massive range and width, With casting)

Interruption of Dangerous skills and AoEs

• Tanks(including the leading MT) should interrupt Dangerous skills and AoEs which you can with Stunning skills and Interject.
• You should request others to interrupt skills which you cannot like below, with Sleep.
  • "Berserk" from Arsenal Centaur.
  • "Terrifying Glance" from Arsenal Calcabrina.
  • "Heat Gaze"(Conal AoE) from Arsenal Calca*2.

The way to pull mobs.

• Please pull mobs toward you enough.
• Please guide them to distant place from other mobs, for safety.

Exercise of caution toward patrol mobs.

• mobs in BA can be categorized into two types.
  • Patrol: The ones shuttle on their own routes.
  • Not-patrol: The ones wander around in their own areas.
• Each patrol mob has long routes and is also EL 66 mob and so strong. They can be a menace if they join when alliance is dealing with other mobs.
• The leading MT had better to give priority to pull patrols, or deal other mobs at the distant place from patrols' routes.

• The list of patrols
  • Arsenal Sprite(Aggro type: Magic)
    • Their perception range are so wide. The leading MT had better to pull them first.
  • Arsenal Geshunpest(Aggro type: Health)
  • Arsenal Calcabrina(Aggro type: Sight)
  • Arsenal Logos(Aggro type: Health)

An example of the order to pull mobs

There can be exception. Please find the best way for yourself with trials and errors.

1. Mobs which have highest priority (Patrols, especially Arsenal Sprite) and which can approach us.
2. Mobs which have the element as the same as previously killed mob has.
3. Mobs which linking will not be happened(EL 66 mob or isolated EL 65 mob)
4. Mobs which linking can be happened.
5. Distant mobs

Art / Owain

No comment in particular.

Raiden

In the beginning, Please guide the Raiden to the far side from the entrance, to prepare for "Ame-no-sakahoko".

After the first "Cloud to ground" and "Bitter barbs", please guide the Raiden to the center of the field, to prepare for "Whirling zantetsuken"

Absolute Virtue

Please maintain to turn The Absolute Virtue's front to the west.

Not to make alliance confused about the direction when adds pop.

Please be careful not to involve others in "Auroral wind"

Reference: ●「オーロラルウィンド」の注意点 (in Japanese)

Proto Ozma

Please check below also.
●オズマMT向けガイド (in Japanese)