Talk:The Warrior's Path

Tenzen's Skillchains
Here are the skillchains Tenzen did on us during my two unsuccessful attempts today:

--Valyana 21:22, 23 Dec 2005 (PST)
 * 1st run:
 * Torimai -> Kazakiri (Distortion) -> Tsukikage (Cosmic Elucidation)
 * 2nd run:
 * Yukiarashi -> Tsukioboro (Fragmentation) -- PLD dies, no Elucidation
 * Hanaikusa -> Torimai (Transfixion) -- MNK dies, no Elucidation
 * Kazakiri -> Tsukikage (Cosmic Elucidation) -- 2-step Cosmic Elucidation...

Hmm, at least we know some names.

It's probably going to take many, many people running experiments to finally figure out what's required to trigger Cosmic Elucidation in the first place.

It may be that all earlier WSes are red herrings and Tsukikage is the actual "trigger," representing the final WS that causes CE by design. I'd think that'd be a really cheap move on SE's part, though; if possible, I want to hold out hope that the combination is at least a little plausible for player use, even if it isn't designed to be used by players yet.

Did you catch which WSes were GK and which were Bow? --Maledict 22:13, 23 Dec 2005 (PST)

...Never mind, didn't need to make this entry. --Maledict 22:48, 23 Dec 2005 (PST)

No, I didn't see which WSes were which, no. I notice that on the second run the three WSes leading up to CE were the same, even though Torimai > Kazakiri didn't chain. He never used Tsukikage on us except to close CE.

Another odd thing: On our first run, time from aggro to Meikyo Shisui was 1m53, and he never ate the rice ball. On the second run, time from aggro to Meikyo Shisui was 1m26. He then ate the rice ball at 1m46, and did a second Meikyo Shisui at 1m53. That's almost a 30 second difference in first usage time between the two runs, and we engaged much faster on the second run. Mysterious. --Valyana 21:35, 24 Dec 2005 (PST)

My third (and successful) run was with a different group. On that run, Tenzen used Meikyo Shisui at 0:46, killed the MNK with one WS, then the NIN blinked two attacks. He ate the rice ball at 1:04, WSed on the SAM, used Meikyo Shisui again at 1:15 and then gave up without doing any more WS. Perhaps it's based on damage done, not time elapsed...On my second and third runs, he used Meikyo Shisui the first time after about 7k damage. But on my first run it was more like 11k. Puzzling. --Valyana 13:06, 29 Dec 2005 (PST)

I went again to help my first party and won on a dry run with no slept TP, no icarus wings and only one 2hr used, Benediction (to recover from Waterga III). He ate the rice ball at 1m29, used Meikyo Shisui at 3m41 after 11k damage, used two WS, both blinked by the MNK/NIN (the second one took two shadows), and gave up at 3m54 after 12k damage.

This doesn't make things any clearer...