Easiest FFXI BCNMs any monk can solo

Since my previous video showed something very hard for the average player to do, here I am showing a quickly-put-together video of two very easy BCNM-type battles that ANY monk can do easily without needing good gear, skills or experience.

The second fight I show, the 50cap ENM "Pulling the Plug", is more for completeness (since it has been shown in videos many times already by various people) and to test and show that it is doable even with the worst possible gear (although of course it's even easier with better gear). It's an old recording of mine and I was also trying a few other things at the same time (like whether enthunder and shock spikes from charge items were worth using in these types of fights).

To try and put myself in the shoes of a new player with less gear and no merits, I tried to use the cheapest possible gear I had around or worse: my body was an aikido gi (only stat a basically useless VIT+4), TMHooks (free from signet points), purple belt (free from quest and people could even have a brown one by this level), and legs/hands that have just low defense and no extra stats on them. Anyways you get the picture (I think I had rajas on though as the only exception of good gear but not enough to make a difference). At first I tried to see if I could do it also without using any anima (again just as another test) but that was pushing it, so I actually ended up trying to use it anyways in the last 10seconds of the fight and won with very little HP left, so I definitely recommend people not do that (I was just trying to test/prove a point, no need to make your life harder on purpose).

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[WolfgangPain]

How do you record like that? o_o

[genomeffxi]

@WolfgangPain you can use programs like Fraps on a PC

[genomeffxi]

@WolfgangPain also I used virtualdub and windows movie maker to add effects like temporal smoother for parts of it (like the run up to the BCNM, just to make things more interesting to watch.

[tekoa]

i recognize you, i think! did you play on diabolos?

and do you remember a dragoon named Tekoa?

[genomeffxi]

@tekoa sure, sounds familiar, I haven't played in a few years and am just now playing a bit more, still on diabolos.

[bshizzle911]

How were you able to farm the drake scales to get there solo?

[genomeffxi]

you can solo scales easily as BST40 in the 40 area, or you can duo the scales as MNK50/nin with a rdm, whm or brd for support. Or you can wait by the portal without a scale and whenever someone passes by the portal remains open for anybody for a few minutes.

[LonewolfCrystal]

your gear seemed good to me. good job.

[LostHope2109]

funny thing about it is i would proly still die even well prepared for it :D

[demonata892]

would just like to say..

I do the second ENM /war zerg up HP food. and take a couple Hi pots, also grab an anima and an icca wing, icca wing at start rest up after using hp food, kill light blue one w/ raging rush use psychoanima on contemplater, then 2hr and spam the big middle one, easy as hell :< hes bad ass so he did it w/o the anima lol GOOD JOB!!!