Kung Fu Shoes ~ much needed

[Raruwaru]

Family:~~~~~~~~Sabotender
Found in Areas:~~~Altepa Desert West
Level:~~~~~~~~~48 - 53
Flags:

* Notorious Monster
* Not Linking
* Detects by Sound
* Based on Water
* Weak against Darkness
* Weak against Ice
* Strong against Water

Drops:

* Water Crystal
* Cactuar Needle
* Kung Fu Shoes



what im lookin for is the last thing on that list, yep the Kung Fu shoes, theyre worth around 7-800k and appear on the AH about only once or twice a month...{Kick Attacks} seem to be happening in my little experience with them(51-53) every 1/3 rounds or so of combat, so an added boost to them would go a long way to upping my DoT

this NM is out in the boonies, i honestly cant see it as a tough camp, and its lvl isnt that high, only thing thats of any concern is 1000 needles, other than that, just havin thf with TH2 and hope for drop, seeing as its in the boonies and it would be unreasonable to expect ppl to come camp for long periods of time, id like to get into the habit of checking on it myself, and if low and behold its up, then calling in the reinforcements, just givin ya guys a heads up if i request a couple ppl to tele-altep out of nowhere, its for a reason =P

[Yoshimoro]

.. blm, need.. kung fu shoes?
I'm missing something..

[Vindalesin]

He means for Henry

[Raruwaru]

yeah you missed somethin here yosh while u were away i switched back to henry and have been staticing with a friend of mine, anyway ive taken mnk from 47-53 in a matter of 3-4 days

i finally got enough money to back playing mnk to its full potential(well almost, need like 1-2 more items) and its paying off beautifully, i love mnk, its my true passion, blm was just.....a distraction

i already got af1,2 and and a garlaige key that just needs a coffer to open

when you see me next as Henry, i hope your impressed, as ive impressed myself kind of how DP has with himself, he was going on the other day about how he has SH, hauberk, and cock charm, and a few months ago, he was poor...i find myself in the same situation, all the time and effort has paid off, and you'll see soon enough yosh ^^

anywho, back to shoes, im thinkin of maybe loggin raru out there so i can routinely check up on the NM

[Alderon]

hmm, i would probly lvl MNK(Along with BRD or RDM) once i get BLM to 75, but what worries me about melee jobs is the sorts of the MUST HAVE items(a.k.a Ochiudos Kote, Ju Jitsu gi, Emp. Hairpin, Fuma Kyahan, etc). those are really expensive and even tho i could go camp the NMs that drop those, i dont think i want to waste 2-6hrs going after a monster that MIGHT drop an item, and usually theres 3-11 ppl after it as well.
I think RDM is more likely cause only really expensive stuff is Phalanx and Erase, after that i wont need to worry about BLM spells and i have nearly half the WHM ones.
BRD's problem is simply named Monster Signa(ironically i camped Hoo many times on ragnarok, got drop like 7 times and i sold them all XP).

But if i would do a melee job it would probly be MNK, i always loved how their WS look ^^

[Huck]

Forget other jobs
Just be like me and focus on BLM~
Exping MNK or BRD is taking away from your BLM Merits.
Buying gear for other jobs, is one less HQ staff.

[Alderon]

Huck said:

Forget other jobs
Just be like me and focus on BLM~
Exping MNK or BRD is taking away from your BLM Merits.
Buying gear for other jobs, is one less HQ staff.

Dont worry, im gonna get some BCNMs going and ill proby have plenty of stuff by the time i get to 75(and BRD aint that expensive, only a few stuff get past 100k)

[Raruwaru]

Alderon said:

but what worries me about melee jobs is the sorts of the MUST HAVE items(a.k.a Ochiudos Kote, Ju Jitsu gi, Emp. Hairpin, Fuma Kyahan, etc). those are really expensive and even tho i could go camp the NMs that drop those, i dont think i want to waste 2-6hrs going after a monster that MIGHT drop an item, and usually theres 3-11 ppl after it as well.

i would say kote and juji gi are the only "MUST HAVE" items you listed for mnk, in other slots there are alternatives, if not better items, emp pin for melee dd is useless except thf or rng, and fumas, in all honestly are only for nin imho, i tried using, and rse is just too good to use fumas over,

anyway~ leave the monking to me, you worry bout being uber blm like huck and we'll be set ^_~

[Rykasa]

saw that mob 3 times so far by just walking through the area, got tons of time at weekend, especially sunday if u need a rng for widescan

[Raruwaru]

yeah ive tried stopping by a couple times with henry as mnk/rng but the few times i have, it wasnt up, its not like this will be a hard NM, and im sure everytime im there its just waiting to be popped

i figure 4 or 5 people could make short work of it, if your on and so is my other char Henry, gimme a shout Rykasa

thanks~

[Tricky]

i have no problem helping you out anytime im on-line,

[Raruwaru]

just like most NM i camp my luck has been god awful, 0/3 now i think? anyway, the more i read, the more it seems that the shoe-line of mnk feetwear is only worthwhile after 71 when the 2nd kick attacks trait occurs, so i guess it would be a safer bet to just get everyone to camp Sabotender Bailarina(sp?) the NM in quicksand caves that drops Dune Boots, for when i hit 70 soon