Sky HNM & HNM - Rules and Regulation

Information and Misconceptions 1. We do Sky HNM on Sunday only. If you looking for a more full time Sky LS that does sky more on a daily basis and on weekdays then you be best off looking elsewhere. We are an end game LS that has been around a long time so Sky isn't the most important event for us as it's a beginner's event for a beginning end game LS and not one that is more experience. Most members in our ls already have stuff from sky already. 2. The Rpgdreamers Alliance does Sky HNM for fun, experience of things, and even for a reputation of killing a NM. We do not do this for money. If you're someone that think that doing sky event is a quick way to make gil in this game, you're going to be in for a shock of your life. There are better ways to make gil than coming to a sky events in hopes of making a quick buck. 3. Remember this is a game, so have fun first and don't get upset because things don't go your way on a lot or you didn't get an item. There are more important things in real life than having some upper gear or lots of gil in a video game. SKY HNM Rules & Regulations      In the case of Sky HNM, there's a 1-3 step process before you get to the point where you fight a Sky God HNM. Due to this process, for SKY HNM, a point or reward system was put in placed to ensure fairness to all members that participate in this event. But before we go over this point/reward system, let's review the process on how to get to the point where you spawn the HNM. Three Step Process 1. Sky Farming: This is the most boring part of the process. You have to kill mobs to get a key item to pop the NM that drop the key item that pop the Sky God HNM. This is like trying to farm for coffer key or ancient papy for Genkia 1. The time varies, the drop can be quick or it can take hours without any drop. Nobody like to do this part but it needs to be done. 2. Sky NM Fight: In this second process, you're require to basically kill a few NMs that drop the key items that pop the Sky God HNM. This part is a lot shorter and more fun than the first part. 3. Sky God Fight: This last process is what your goal is. The thrill of getting a chance to fight a Sky God as well as getting possibly some good drops from the fight. This is what most members like to do. Point and Reward System      Now that we understand the three processes to get to the Sky God fight. We need to understand the point system and why we need a point system. First, the reason why you need a point system is to be fair to the members who participate in all three process. If members can just lot on anything they want to after the Sky God Fight then some members aren't going to bother to show up for Step 1-2 at all. Why bother to show up for Step 1-2 if you can just get the good drops by showing up at Step 3? By having a point and reward system, members that are willing to take the time to help with Step1-2 (mostly Step 1) can feel they have a better chance at lotting as well as being rewarded for actually taking some of their game time to help the LS out with getting to the point of Step 3. We cannot get to the fun and exciting part of fighting a Sky God HNM if no one is willing to take the time to do the boring Step 1-2. Hence you need to give people a better incentive for showing up for Step 1 - 2. "How would you feel if you spend hours and hours helping the LS get Step 1 - 2 done and then seeing a guy that just show up for Step 3 get a better lot than you on an item that you like to have?" Not very good I bet. You be saying to yourself, "If he/she can do that then I'm just going to show up for Step 3 too and not bother with helping on Step 1 - 2." Hence you have disorder and chaos if people start to think like that. This is why a point and reward system will be in place for casting lot on items after a Sky God fight to ensure those that are willing to put the time in helping LS get all 3 steps done have a better chance of getting things. Now let's look at the point system and how it works. 1. Sky Farming Points: Sky Farming points is base on what items we are farming and the result on whether or not it is successful. Normally in terms of sky farming, we normally just farm for Ro'Maeve Water. Successfully acquiring Ro'Maeve Water will net those that participated when it drop 10 pts. To sum it up 10 pts for Ro'Maeve Water. 2. Sky NM Fight Points: In this process which is basically just gathering together to kill the NM that drop the key items that is needed to pop the Sky HNM God. The process is actually a bit shorter and more fun than the first process of Sky Farming. The number of Sky NM we have to fight varies depending on which Sky God HNM we are targetting. You get 10 pts for each fight that you show up and participate in. To sum it up, 10 pts for each NM fight. 3. Sky God Fight Points: This is the process that is the most fun and where most members will show up for. In this process, you are awarded 5 pts to take part in the Sky God fight. You also need to show up for this part if you have enough points so you can cast lot. To sum it up, 5 pts for Sky God fight. Attendance Rules Effecting Points      Rpg Dreamers Alliance Linkshell as a whole does Sky on Sunday only. It is require for members to attend or try to attend each week, barring any real life events such as jobs and school. Since we are fighting Sky Gods, attendance is important as the more people the better chance of success in beating the Gods. With Kirin a solid number of 23 people is best to ensure a pleasant and clean run. Success means drops that members can lot on and use to upgrade their gear. If you unable to attend or have to miss out on a run, just notifiy a Linkshell officer ahead of time.      However please note that if you are online and decide not to attend a run due to fact you don't feel like doing it or that it's just a farm run and not something exciting that you want to do, your lack of attendance can hurt the overall attendance and performance of the LS on the Sky run. Remember that members attendance to any event is important for an event to be successful.      If you are online and have missed 2 runs in a row because you don't feel like showing up for the event or don't feel like helping out, you will be deducted 50 points. Every run you miss after that, you will be deducted 25 points. Again this will apply if you and your toon is online but not bothering to come and help out.      If you are busy in real life and really can't attend events then of course we won't dock your attendance. We're not going to force people to log in and play the game over real life. Just make sure to give advance notice as all events are posted in advance for you to know whether or not you are able to attend or not. So it's your responsibility to let an officer know if you can or can't make it. We deduct points from members to ensure they continue to show up and help LS out instead of just sitting on their points and coming whenever there's something they need to lot on. This Attendance Rule only applies to members in the Linkshell that want to be involve in Sky. If you have no interest in Sky than ignore it. Casting Lot Base on Your Points For Suzaku, Genbu, & Seiryu      Now that we know how points are handed out in each Steps, let's look at how Points are worked into casting lot after each Sky God fight. Casting Lot is base on members that has at least 150 points minimum in total so far. Members can cast lot on the rare/ex item of their choice base on their main job only. If they win the item then 150 points will be deducted from their total point value. If you cast lot and you don't win then 50 points will be deducted instead. Why do 50 points get deducted by members who didn't win when casting lot? Simple really. It's to prevent people from just sitting on their butt with a minimum of 100 points total. By having a minimum total points of 150 points to be able to cast lot, it allows more members to be able to cast lot and give more reasons for members to want to come and do a Sky God run. By deducting 150 points from those that win casting lot and deducting 50 points from those that didn't win casting lot, it forces those members who cast lot to have to come back and earn their points again for doing Sky Farming. As long as a member has over 150 points accumulative, he or she can cast lot as many times as they wish for each God fight until they no longer have the 150 point minimum require to cast lot. Example #1: Let's say Earthen Abjuration Rare/Ex drops. There are three Warriors that like to cast lot on this. One Warrior has 400 points total, the second Warrior has 200 points total, and the third warrior has 150 points. All three Warriors cast lot. The second Warrior won the casting of lot. He/she will have their point total deducted by 150 points being the person down to only 50 points. Now he/she will have to earn points again if they wish to cast lot next time. The third Warrior didn't win casting of lot but loses 50 points instead. He/she will have to come back and earn points again to be able to get the 150 points minimum to cast lot again because his/her point total is now 100 points. The first Warrior with 400 points will lose 50 points from their total because they chose to cast lot even though they didn't win. But since he/she will have 350 points total, they can cast lot again without having to farm because their total points is still above the 150 points minimum. So in short, as long as you do a lot of Sky Farming and have a lot of points, you can cast lot as many times as you wish and you can even skip some Sky Farming session because of it. So in short, Sky Farming and Sky NM is a way to earn points to be able to cast lot on a Sky God run. So remember that if you cast lot and win an item, your points will be deducted by 150 pts. If you cast lot and you lose then 50 points will be deducted. So choose when to cast lot and when not to cast lot. Casting Lot Base on Your Jobs      First rule is that enable for you to cast lot you need to have a require minimum 150 pts to lot simply because you lose 150 pts if you win that lot. Second rule is that if you qualify on the first rule of having a minimum points is that the lotting or whomever can lot that have at least a minimum of 150 pts is base on priority of the jobs first that can most benefit from the item. This is a logical rule. Just because you have a minimum amount of points doesn't mean you should lot. You should only lot if that item is something that your job really benefit that most. An example of this is Zenith Mittens (Magic Attack Bonus +5, Convert HP to MP 50). As you can see the stats is really gear toward a Black Mage job first as that job will benefit the most from the Zenith Mittens. There's no need for other mage jobs to have first priority over a Black Mage LS member that can use the Mittens first. If no Black Mage need it than the next job that can benefit the most from having Zenith Mittens will be able to lot next base on whomever has the points for it. In this case the second most job that can benefit the most from having Zenith Mittens is Red Mage. As you can see this is what we mean when we say lotting base on job priorities first. Casting Lot Base on Your Points For Byakko and Kirin      Due to the high demand of gear from Byakko and Kirin and the rarity of drops from these gods. Casting Lots on these two Gods are slightly different. It will still cost you 150 points to cast lot and to win a lot. But casting lot is base solely on the person with the highest points total from Sky. So it's a single lot to person with the highest points if they have a job 70+ that can use the abjuration or gear. Handling Drops that are None Rare/Ex      The first common rule is "DO NOT CAST LOT OR RANDOM ON ANY ITEMS" until it's decided and work out by LS leader and sackholders as well as those that take part in Sky God fight. None Rare/Ex Items All none rare/ex items are lotted by the LS leader or a sackholder. These items are then put into Linkshell Bank to be sold or bazaar at a later time. Gil obtain from the sales of these items are then used to cover losses in other events such as Dynamis, Einherjar, or purchases for Sky Pop items to help cut down the amount of time we need to farm for them. In cases where we have a bit of excessive items, these can purchase by members with 800+ points. Material Equipment Purchase N/A Kirin's Pole 100 points Divine Log N/A 400 points Venomous Claw Scorpion Harness 250 points Behemoth Hide N/A 450 points Shining Cloth Noble Tunic 350 points Damascene Cloth x 3 Vermillion Cloak 700 points N/A Kirin's Osode 800 points Breakdown of Genbu Drops and Points 1. Sky Farming for Winterstone Farm Aura Pots till Ro'Maeve Water drops and a quick fight with the Olla Pots afterwards for Winterstone. 5 pts for Olla Pots fight, 10 pts for each Ro'Maeve Water. This is basically one session now as once the Water drops, we'll get the Winterstone right away. 2. Kill Sky NM Zipacna for Gem of the North Pop and kill Zipacna NM for Gem of the North Rare/Ex item. 10 pts for this fight. 3. Kill Sky God, Genbu Pop and kill Genbu. 5 pts for this fight. Drops From Genbu Adaman Ingot, Adaman Ore, Adamantoise Shell, Aquarian Abjuration: Hands, Aquarian Abjuration: Head, Arctic Wind, Black Beetle Blood, Divine Log, Earth Crystal, Genbu's Kabuto, Genbu's Shield, Martial Abjuration: Hands, Oxblood, Seal of Genbu, Shining Cloth, Venomous Claw, Wyrmal Abjuration: Feet Breakdown of Suzaku Drops and Points 1. Sky Farm for Curtana Technically not really sky farming but you will be awarded 10 pts equivalent of Sky Farming for finding Curtana from one of the random ??? in Ve'Lugannon Palace. A member can solo this looking for the ??? and obtaining the Curtana on their own for LS. This way that member will be awarded 10 pts of doing all the hard work for the LS. The ??? to obtain the Curtana appears randomly in the small 8 underground basements inside the little rooms off in Ve'Lugannon Palace. Does not appear in the first map of Ve'Lugannon. Keep checking each of the underground rooms to find the ???. Examine it to get the knife. This is basically solo sky farming, however in the case of have a friend or partner to help you such as a sneak/invisible partner then the 10 pts will be divided evening among you and your partner. 2. Kill Sky NM Brigandish Blade for Gem of the South Pop and kill Brigandish Blade NM for Gem of the South Rare/Ex item. 10 pts for this fight. In order to kill this NM, you need to steal Buccaneer's Knife from it then equip it and use it as a deathblow once it's HP reaches 1. It cannot be killed without using the knife as it will becomes invincible to death once it's HP reaches 1 unless the Buccaneer's Knife is stolen from it and equip by DRK, WAR, THF, NIN, or RNG. 3. Kill Sky NM Faust for Summerstone Claim and kill NM Faust to recieve Summerstone. A minumum of 12 are needed to do this. 10 pts for this NM fight. 4. Kill Sky God, Suzaku Pop and kill Suzaku. 5 pts for this fight. Drops From Suzaku Wind Crystal, Antarctic Wind, Aquarian Abjuration: Legs, Black Beetle Blood, Damascene Cloth, Divine Log, Dryadic Abjuration: Hands, Earthen Abjuration: Head, Giant Bird Feather, Neptunal Abjuration: Feet, Oxblood, Seal of Suzaku, Shining Cloth, Siren's Hair, Suzaku's Scythe, Suzaku's Sune-ate, Venomous Claw Breakdown of Seiryu Drops and Points 1. Sky Farm for NM Steam Cleaner for Gem of the East Kill Steam Cleaner NM for Gem of the East Rare/EX item. 10 pts for full session once we get Gem of the East. In this session, we are basically farming Detectors that summon Caretakers. As a lottery pop, Detectors will sometime summon Steam Cleaner instead of a Caretaker. 2. Kill Sky NM Mother Globe for Springstone Kill Mother Globe NM for Springstone Rare item. 10 pts for this fight. Minimum of 12 people needed for this fight. 3. Kill Sky God, Seiryu Pop and kill Seiryu. 5 pts for this fight. Drops From Seiryu Angel Skin, Aquarian Abjuration: Legs, Black Beetle Blood, Damascene Cloth, Divine Log, Dragon Heart, Dragon Meat, Dragon Talon, Dryadic Abjuration: Head, East Wind, Martial Abjuration: Head, Oxblood, Seal of Seiryu, Seiryu's Kote, Seiryu's Sword, Siren's Hair, Wind Crystal, Wyrmal Abjuration: Hands, Wyvern Scales, Wyvern Skin, Wyvern Wing Breakdown of Byakko Drops and Points 1. Sky Farm for NM Despot for Gem of the West Kill Despot NM for Gem of the West Rare/EX item. 10 pts for full session. In this session, we are basically farming Groundskeeper until Despot popped since he's a lottery popped from them. 2. Kill Sky NM Ullikummi for Autumnstone Farm Aura Statues for Diorite item. 10 points for the farming. Pop and kill Ullikummi for 5 points. Total points if both are done at same time is 15 points. 3. Kill Sky God, Byakko Pop and kill Byakko. 5 pts for this fight. Drops From Byakko Lightning Crystal, Aquarian Abjuration: Head, Behemoth Hide, Black Beetle Blood, Byakko's Axe, Byakko's Haidate, Damascus Ingot, Divine Log, Dryadic Abjuration: Legs, Earthen Abjuration: Feet, Malboro Fiber, Neptunal Abjuration: Hand, Oxblood, Seal of Byakko, Zephyr Well we hope you understand the rules and regulation of how things work in our Sky HNM & HNM events. If you're not sure and need things to be more clarify then please feel free to respond in the forum. Just post your comment in the link below. To check out your point total then check the Members Points link on the left side menu under Community. Breakdown of Byakko Drops and Points 1. Sky God, Kirin Pop and kill Kirin. 20 pts for this fight. Drops From Kirin Wind Crystal, Adaman Ingot, Damascus Ingot, Dryadic Abjuration: Body, Kirin's Osode, Kirin's Pole, Neptunal Abjuration: Body, Orichalcum Ingot, Orichalcum Ore, Scroll: Quake, Scroll: Raise III, Shining Cloth, Wyrmal Abjuration: Legs Well we hope you understand the rules and regulation of how things work in our Sky HNM & HNM events. Note that the rules and regulations are subject to change at anytime base on the market condition as well as input from LS members over time. If you're not sure and need things to be more clarify then please feel free to respond in the forum. Just post your comment in the link below. To check out your point total then check the Members Points link on the left side menu under Community.