FB 51 have a good laugh!

I'm lvl 58 veno with lvl 58 herc. Herc has lvl 3 Bash instead of lvl 5 Pounce I have solo'd fb51 at least a dozen times now.

The only threat, other than getting attacked by more than three mobs at a time, is Rankar. His aoe is annoying since it costs a few ticks off the hp charm, but he is certainly doable. I usually just avoid him and take Fushma and Myraidtail. Fushma can be taken alone without help. Myraidtail has a skill that increases damage to the herc, it's best to bring a lower lvl veno along to aid with healing... warn them to stay back and just heal, or they'll get killed by aoe easily.

I've done enough disastrous FB51 runs to hold the opinion that anyone deciding to "help" with one, should have all of the following:

A familiarity of the place (location of the bosses and such) Even if someone else in the squad knows the way, what will you do if that person has to leave? That brings me to my second point ...
Time to finish the whole thing FB51 is not a quick run, if you don't have AT LEAST 2 hours to devote to it, please do not offer to help. If you are the only barb/veno/cleric in the squad, they are going to be completely f***ed if you have to go to band practice/work/school/grandma's house or whatever. This also applies if you live in some backwater time zone and start FB51 at 1 AM when it's only 3 PM for everyone else. If you are tired, GO TO BED!!
The ability to remember that there are mobs that walk around the corridors. If you're not watching for them, what makes you think the cleric in your squad is either?
Knowledge of the concept of "aggro" If you get too close to a mob or a group of mobs, they will attack you. This is the reason we bring venos along. It takes 1147.5 mana to spam Ironheart Blessing on someone 5 times, which also puts us at risk of pulling aggro on ourselves. Casting Revive takes 960 mana, you do the math.
In the case of clerics, max heals and res for your level Self explanatory.
The ability to remember that the tabber needs to go back out to get the last tab BEFORE we all start attacking the last boss. (Seriously, I've done one where everyone forgot this, attacked the boss and then a herc veno had to keep him alive for 15 minutes while the tabber went to get his tab. She almost failed too because of herc's reflect or whatever it's called. The tabber got back just in time. I don't even want to think about how much mana she used ...)
The ability to meet the tabber at the door when they come back with their tab. With the exception of venos with hercs (this is not everybody who does FB51) no lvl 51 can survive being attacked by the roving mobs inside the Frostcovered Lands. Expecting them to not only find their way back to the party inside that maze, but come back alive and unkilled by roving mobs is completely unreasonable.

Thank you for bumping this Temptress, because I've had this rant brewing inside me for ages.

Hi Tear. b:bye

I wouldn't consider this necro unless it's been a full month, leaving it open b:victory

My FB51 glitched and I never got the third tab. No matter what I did, I just never got it. Therefore, my entire party fell apart and I have two quests for the last boss, but no tab. And my incomplete mob quests as well. Kind of sucks. >_>

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