Akebo Wrote:I'll let you know when I go to the first HT run Thursday.

Rei Wrote:I didn't post in this thread because I thought other people would. ;x

I've been on a couple dozen Horntail runs. Started when I was like, 147. 153 now. It's pretty similar to how a Hero would HT.

First prelim head; the room-lag sometimes kills my combo, but I manage to cast Barrier once or twice before it's dead.
Same for the second prelim head.

For legs, I sit on them with Body Pressure on so even if I do get stunned somehow, I'll keep my combo up. This is the only time I use Body Pressure. If you use Final Blow while sitting on the left leg, you hit arms, wings, legs, and tail. Pretty cool, actually. I can use Barrier twice and Tempest if I feel like it before the legs/tail are down.
For tail, I just sit near Horntail's midline and attack until it's dead.

For rightside, I stand on the platform that lets me hit the right head, wings, and arm. When the head guards, I drop down and hit the wings and arm only. Stance failing is combo breaking.
After wings and arm, I stand on the top platform and Overswing reaches both the middle head and right head. When the middle head guards, I scoot back and hit just the right head, since Aran's damage lowers by more targets, hitting a guarded head results in a Miss.
The left side is pretty easy, the platforms are nicely placed so that if Stance fails, you can still hit a part and reposition yourself before your combo ends. Dispel isn't much of a concern, just use Standing, hit, next buff, hit, next buff, etc. and your combo will be fine.
One thing though, is that when the heads attack, they move down and out of range so either pull off a Final Blow quickly or hope they raise back into your range before combo ends.

Oh, and I use Final Charge a lot to get as close as I can to the heads.
Left arm is whatever.

I spam Overswing because I don't know when it's better to use Final Blow, if at all. Mine's Lv1 anyway.
Being near-lagless is essentially required, too.

So yeah, there you have it. Good luck [;

Kitteh Wrote:So I suppose just like the "omg sairs suck cuz der boat breaks all teh teim" the "omg aran suck becuz they get stun all teh tiem" meme isn't true either.

Silence Wrote:Thanks for your experience at HT. I haven't yet been to HT, thanks to the hackers holding HT and d/c groups. >_>

Two Questions I would wanna ask:

1. What is your HP ?
2. Do you experience the "overswing lag" when you pot/autopot? (eg. it swings once... pots.. pauses... continues swing )

Silence Wrote:Thanks for your experience at HT. I haven't yet been to HT, thanks to the hackers holding HT and d/c groups. >_>

Two Questions I would wanna ask:

1. What is your HP ?
2. Do you experience the "overswing lag" when you pot/autopot? (eg. it swings once... pots.. pauses... continues swing )

Rei Wrote:I actually don't get stunned at all. The things that break my combos are:
1. Freeze Standing failing on the right side.
2. 100 attack limit ...
3. Darkness without noticing and late/out of range dispel.



My HP is something like 26.6k with HB. Not realistic for most Arans. I don't know how much that takes away from the HT experience but I apologize in advance. :x

I don't lag on the main body in HT, so I'm not sure. Though back when Aran first came out with the "server upgrade", I think I did have that problem. But if you're talking about that lag even when you're lagless, then no, I've never experienced it.

Kaasoljoyyx Wrote:Just wondering, how many points you used to get that HP?

Rei Wrote:Threeeeee hundred.

Rei Wrote:Threeeeee hundred.

Rei Wrote:Actually all of it is still blooded. [:
I missed the sale haha, but I have quite some nx saved up, ready for another sale whenever that comes.

shouri Wrote:Wait.... so you have 300 less STR than a normal aran? How has that impacted your damage range? Wouldn't it... like... halve it?