After the latest patch, Horntail is incredibly difficult to kill due to multiple reasons: 1. Delay. The removal of telecasting has been accompanied with delay for multiple actions such as potting, healing after teleporting, jumping and using skills. 2. Single target seduce is stronger now. The first person who enters will be the target of arms for seduce and it now causes multiple seduces instead of 1 seduce every 3 minutes. 3. Mass seduce triggers multiple times and often consecutively. It affects the 1st 10 people to enter Main Cave which strongly demands 2 parties worth of characters. 4. Bishops are even more important than before due to the changes to seduce and they might not survive due to reason 1.) Delay and reason 5.) Dispel 5. Dispel is now much more lethal because it can trigger multiple times within a short time frame. Horntail Head B can dispel twice within a short window of time and due to reason 1.) Delay, Bishops may not be able to use magic guard in time to protect themselves. Therefore, each squad requires a skilled, dedicated Bishop to ensure the success of the run. Due to the above reasons, Horntail have become a true, difficult end game boss. I have yet to catch a Horntail Death Message which reinforces my idea about the difficulty off Horntail. Furthermore, characters can use their Egg multiple times now provided it is on a clean HTP. This means reloots are much more desirable for attackers. Buyer Requirements 1. At least 1 Dragon Elixer. 2. At least 6250 HP for non mages. 3. Ability to quickly respond to instruction. 4. The buyer MUST NOT afk. This is especially important for mages. 5. 1000+ HP potions. Power elixers highly recommended. 6. The buyer should be able to run between ~8:00 to 15:00 Servertime. This is roughly our window of operations. Setup The squad will usually meet at Leafre to wait for Bishops to door them. Once everyone has arrived at Cave of Life entrance we use our dragon elixers to enter. The buyer will receive a party invite and the party leader will badge the party inside for signups. Signup The first person to sign up will usually be main seduce target. There is a specific order we use to sign up. The buyer will usually sign at the very end. Main SED > Melee > NLS > SE > Buyer > Bishops Once everyone have signed up and the squad is ready then the squad leader will enter the map and everyone will enter in a specific order. Players enter the first prehead map by clicking on the sign up NPC after the squad leader has entered. The order of entry: Main SED > Melee > NLS > SE > Buyer > Bishops Prehead 1 Once you are inside the prehead DO NOT MOVE. It is CRITICAL you do not move because if a player moves too far towards the portal then Horntail Prehead will spawn and the map will be closed off preventing further players from entering Prehead 1 has a safe zone at the top of first rope. Horntail will not be able to hit you but Wyverns may be able to fly up and knock players off from this safe zone. Do not afk. Spoiler Once prehead 1 dies then we will enter the portal at the top right of the map in the specified order that will usually look something like this: Main SED > Melee > NLS > SE > Buyer > Bishops Prehead 1 can last between 10 - 15 minutes. Prehead 2 When you enter the 2nd Prehead map, DO NOT MOVE. Wait until everyone has entered the map. The buyer and mules will stay at the bottom right of Prehead 2. Once the 2nd Prehead dies, wait until you are instructed to enter the portal. The same order applies and it is the final and most important entry order. The entry for the Preheads does not matter as much but for the main body it is imperative that you enter exactly when you are told to enter. Main SED > Melee > NLS > SE > Buyer > Bishops Prehead 2 can last between 10 - 15 minutes. Main Body Unlike preheads, Horntail Main Body only spawns when a special crystal has been hit multiple times. If you need to AFK upon entering the map say so immediately but it cannot be more than 15 minutes because Horntail MUST be spawned within 15 minutes of the first person entering. During the main body the buyer should stay near the NPC crystal at the bottom left of the map. I have highlighted the area that the buyer should stay in WHITE in the following screenshot. The RED box should be avoided since there is a rock that falls and deals damage at the very bottom left of the map. Spoiler Main body can last between 40 - 90 minutes depending on the run. (Weapon Cancels, Disconnections, Deaths). If you die during the main body please try and stay calm. The Bishop will usually resurrect you 9 minutes later. Sometimes, the Bishop will resurrect earlier if another player has died and you should be prepared and paying attention the entire run. Looting Please do not loot until you are told to do so. We will try to find the EGG immediately for you. Due to recent changes, the EGG will be visible unless it has dropped at the very left or right of the map. You should pet item pouch OFF. We will usually remind players to remove them. Do not loot anything except for the EGG and the HTP and loot carefully. If you misloot NX cards you will be subjected to a fine. In the unfortunate scenario that the EGG has dropped at the very edge of the map then you may be forced to loot multiple items to receive the EGG. You may be asked to refund NX cards looted in the form of AP resets / TP rocks / Mesos and if you loot any books you should drop them when you are next available. Payment You will usually be asked to pay each individual member of the run with (2B / Number of Party Members) Mesos through trade. Tips Watch your HP and MP if you are a mage. You should aim to be fully healthy at all times if possible. Set your pet auto HP / MP to high levels. Mages should spam MG when they see Dark Wyverns because they can dispel buffs. Mages should also spam MG during Main Body once the Legs and Tails are dead. Head B can mass Dispel and it does it often once below a certain threshold. Left Arm can also mass Dispel but it will be first preceded by a notice. Contact Whisper Ezion/Kaeln to schedule a run.
While I agree that HT is more harder now, I was watching someone's stream and there was no HT death message after they killed it.
Sure it's harder with telecast and such but 2b because of that? That's ~1b more than previously. Seems a bit ridiculous, don't you think? Just my two cents.
Wait, is this a joke? We have killed HT numerous times after the patch, it's not that much harder to justify a 1b increase. Hell, we even did a drunk HT run a few days ago and killed it (so much for 'incredibly difficult'). But you do you I suppose.