maat fightFollow

i fought maat the past four nights and i fought him hard last night and finally kicked his butt. /cheer. but i just had to say that it it by far the most anxiety and nervousness ive felt in a long time and it was frustrating at the same time....and the fact that it is only a game....all i can do is laugh LOL
just had to share this /smile

well thank you very much Sing. maybe it was an adrenaline rush but it confused me with the hands sweating and the heart beating lol. im just glad its over with /cheer

Heh, nothing ever quite feels the same as your first time against Maat.
I went 1/5 on RDM Maat, so I went back when I was 75, had a ton of merits and better gear, and whooped his ass 4 times melee style

I beat Maat finally today and am now level 71, yay.

Like the original poster, I found it very anxiety producing and it made me depressed for hours after logging out of the game each time I lost. I actually started planning to level another job for my limit break, from 35 to 70...

Some observations:

After you are beat in the fight, you still have the testimony in your inventory. If you go back to him he tells you that it's junk and you need another.

Ruby Quadav is really easy to bore to death. So, it was a big shock fighting Maat. He's much more difficult. I felt discouraged. But, once you are calm, Nuke/Sleep, wait until you can recast, then repeat. With convert and meds it's not that hard.

I only failed to sleep Ruby Quadav a few times at the start of the fight when she had buffs up. Even on light's day it was not a problem.

Each time, I cast blind and 2 or 3 of the quadavs ran after me. I zone and reenter immediately, and it's only Ruby Quadav standing there.

It was almost as easy to sleep Maat, on both Windsday and on Darksday. Maybe pluto's staff makes it easy.

My first fight went like this:

I entered the battle field and accidentally cast Convert as my first action... I was shaking and fumbled around failing to cast the right spells and was dead.

Second fight:

I tried running up to him with only stoneskin on, so he'd have fewer buffs. He immediately did asuran fists, followed by Thunder II and I was dead. It took less than a minute.

Third fight:

I forgot about the 10 minute time limit and tried to fight him by resting for a long time while he was asleep, and timed out.

Final fight:

I'm a tarutaru, all magic capped, except for Divine. The healing spells are cast with light staff equipped. Sleep with pluto's staff. Enfeebling with spider torque and ebony wand. Aero III with Auster's staff and elemental torque. All on macros with the corresponding spells.

I ate a cream puff and entered the battlefield in my underwear.

Cheyrn: Composure

Equips back, body and jewelery:

RDM AF
Phantom tathlom
Moldavite earring
Spider torque
Zircon ring x2
Red cape +1
Penitent's rope
Light staff

Cheyrn: Refresh
Haste
Stoneskin
Phalanx
Blink
Protect IV
Shell IV

(runs up to Maat)

Cheyrn: Blind
Maat is blinded

Maat: Protect IV

Cheyrn: Sleep
Maat is asleep

(Cheyrn remembers to remove composure)

Cheyrn: Blink
Cheyrn: Aero III
Maat taks 321 points of damage

Matt hits cheyrn for 0 points of damage

Chayrn: Sleep
Maat resists the spell

Matt hits cheyrn for 0 points of damage

(Cheyrn remembers to Dispel Maat)

Cheyrn: Dispel
Maat's haste effect disappears

Cheyrn's stoneskin wears off
Maat hits Cheyrn for 7 points of damage

Maat: Fire II (interrupted)

Cheyrn: Sleep II
Maat is asleep

Cheyrn: Dispel x4
Maat's aquaveil effect disappears
Maat's shell effect disappears
Maat's protect effect disappears
No effect

Cheyrn: Aero III
Maat takes 411 points of damage

Maat hits cheyrn for 51 points of damage
Maat: Aero III
Cheyrn takes 220 points of damage

Cheyrn: Sleep
Maat is asleep

Cheyrn: Convert
Cure IV
Cure III
Paralyze
Maat is paralyzed

Aero III
Maat takes 411 points of damage

Maat: Enwater

Cheyrn: Sleep
Maat is asleep

Cheyrn: Aero III
Maat takes 411 points of damage

Maat: Thunder II
Cheyrn taks 145 points of damage
Maat hits cheyrn for 92 points of damage

Maat: Chainspell

Cheyrn: Sleep
Maat resists

Maat: Aero III
Cheyrn taks 218 points of damage

Maat: Water III (interrupted)

Cheyrn: Sleep II
Maat is asleep

Cheyrn: vile elixir
Cheyrn: vile elixir +1

Cheyrn: Aero III
Maat takes 411 points of damage

Maat hits cheyrn for 68 points of damage
Maat: Cure IV
Maat: Blizzard II
Cheyrn takes 121 points of damage

Cheyrn: Sleep
Maat is asleep

(Cheyrn sees no sleep animation)

Cheyrn: Sleep II
Maat is asleep

Cheyrn: Cure III
Stoneskin
Aero III
Maat takes 411 points of damage
Done

Battlefield clear time: 7 minutes 12 seconds

I thought it was good to reuse a thread. Concentrate knowledge so it is easier to access. I didn't know people have a problem with posting to old threads... Weird.

Anyway, speaking of necro things. I think RDM is a lot of fun to play. If that makes us "dead", as I've read recently, then I'm the living dead.