Sinclair wrote:
If you have the correct jobs, you can kill anything. Goblins use bomb toss often (one of only 2 tp moves), and if they're at high hp, you are likely to die. It has always been like this. But, you're asking for someone to fix the coding for a problem you can take care of yourself, really.
... Okay, maybe not you directly, but your carbuncle can!
Also, you have abilities that you can utilize in such a situation to counter the effectiveness of bomb toss. Did your paladin bother to shield bash? Did you have fire resistance gear at your disposal? Keep mages 17 yalms away, perhaps?
Knowledge and preparation is half the battle in FFXI. This game is known for being notoriously hard, and equally rewarding if done right. I mean, isn't that why most of us play?
Goblin Bomb toss is firing off faster than the redline tp animation indicates on this server, it is literally impossible to stun unless you get lucky. By the time you see the redlines and "Readies bomb toss" it is already too late to stun it. The issue is not with only Bomb Toss but an issue with all suicide tp moves that do absurd damage. I had a 1% Chaos Doll blow up for 500dmg in Lower Delfkutt's Tower while trying to learn a blu spell from them. Stinging Sophie final stinged a level 15 for almost 900 damage and that is a level 10 NM.
I've seen 2.5k final stings from those Vespo bee's in the CN basement while leveling bst there and that bee was around 25%HP remaining. There is something seriously wrong in how suicide tp moves are calculated, damage wise.
While we're talking about OP tp moves, monsters breath damage is still broken. I had a 75pld LS mate get Magnitite Clouded for 400 damage on a too-weak Antican in the desert. Raptors are still hitting for absurd damage on breaths even at mid to low hp and Barfira active. I think there is a misconception on bar spells by some, that is only a chance at resisting that element, it does not give you MDB or -% magic dmg taken from that element.
A "took weak" goblin suicide bomb toss killed my 75 thf who was literally at full hp. Despite being a taru, that should never happen.