Are we sure this is not a lottery spawn? -- Binarycow
I'm pretty sure it *is* lottery. --Aurikasura 12:46, 28 May 2006 (PDT)
Last I checked we killed Spleunking Sabotenders to pop this... --Binarycow 13:28, 28 May 2006 (PDT)
changed the page to note lottery spawn, since everyone except the original author of the page disagreed with it... including myself (popped her last night XP) --Eleri 16:54, 8 January 2007 (EST)
Several people I know, including myself, just found this NM up when going through the area, in fact camping the NM by just checking for it every day or so for a week with widescan, then calling in people when it was up. While not conclusive prove that it's not lottery, it certainly seems an odd coincedence if it is indeed lottery. -- Cheshire 5:03, 5 June 2007 (EST)
I've seen it around as well, however given that the placeholders drop an item used for a quest along with the mob itself being of a cactuar variety it is highly likely that a group trying to get a star spindel wouldn't have the man power to take down the NM and thus it stays popped until a group specifically comes to kill it. --Ariannas 15:59, 5 June 2007 (CDT)
I just popped this after killing the two Sabotenders in the hallway only once, hope this info helps. ^^ Norym 23:39, 26 August 2007 (CDT)
21 Hour Spawn...
So i Camped this nm thinking it was a lottery Spawn but i stay for 5 hours killing the PH's and was a no show, i loged out and loged bk in the nxt day and their she was standing their unclaimed with nobody in the area but me, this is not conclusive proof that its not a lottery spawn but it does seem very likely,
Definitely Lottery Spawn
I camped the lady yesterday, and was killing all three Spelunking Sabotender that pop there. There are two on the western side of the room and one on the eastern side. Once she popped, only one Spelunking Sabotender repopped on the western side. So one of them is a placeholder for the Sabotender Bailarina. If you don't have a few Bst around, it is a good idea to fight her very close to the zone, to avoid aggro from repops. Aphugel 19:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Both?
From my limited experience with this NM, I'm inclined to believe it's either a 21+ hour pop or it's like the Fei'Yin shadows and is lottery but has a long time in between kills before the NM can pop again. You definitely cannot kill the NM, come back an hour or two later, kill it's possible placeholders and have it pop. --Futan 18:53, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Testimonials
- Can also be trioed by BRD/WHM + RDM or WHM + a very well equipped THF/NIN or NIN/RDM(Using ni nukes and facing away) geared toward evasion. With a WHM or poorly equipped RDM, it may be necessary for the NIN to stop nuking, or THF to face away to stop TP gain. Despite popular belief, it has no TP regen of any sort and the mage can full rest while its being back tanked.
- Soloable by level 75 RDM/NIN using DoT strategy while back tanking.
- Easy fight with a few 75 DDs. Need to bring WHM or /WHM for curaga, however. At night, will ONLY use 1000 Needles, at 40% TP.
What's best Melee wise to do this fight with
A little bit of common sense here, the more melee you have on the Bailarina, the more TP it will be fed, which will lead to more 1000 Needles being used.
A good tip to avoid this is to sub NIN or MNK for the Subtle Blow, and to try to avoid "over doing" it with melee.
Best of luck to all who camp. --Kisukesama