Operation Desert Swarm

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Battlefield Information
Location: Waughroon Shrine Level Restriction: None
Entry Item: Lachesis Orb icon.png Lachesis Orb Participation: 6 Members
Entry Currency: Kindred's Seal icon.png 30 Kindred's Seal Time Limit: 30 Minutes
Drops:

Enemies

Name Qty Notes
Platoon Scorpion
Vermin
6


Notes

  • Buffs and TP do not wear upon entry
  • The Platoon Scorpions use only the AoE Scorpion specials:
    • Wild Rage: Stuns those in the AoE
    • Earth Pounder: Binds those in the AoE
  • The presumption that the scorpions would wake up and mimic AoE maneuvers is false.
    • What instead happens is scorpions that are nearby are given approx ~1000 TP, and if it surpasses their threshold required to TP, they will TP. This gives off the illusion that they are mimicking one another's TP moves.
    • Moreover, this behavior in no instance wakes up the scorpion.
  • Sometimes after an Earth Pounder you see the message "The platoon scorpion's legs are lodged in the rocks!" which indicates that they are bound.
  • Sometimes after a Wild Rage you see the message "The platoon scorpion does not have enough energy to attack!" and it stops attacking for about 10 seconds.
  • They cannot be feasibly slept after the 3rd or 4th Sleep. Their Sleep resistance increases drastically when only few of them are left. Bind and Gravity are suggested.
  • Lullaby is never resisted, but loses about 4 seconds of duration with each cast. By the 9th cast it wears off immediately.
    • The Scorpions can resist a Lullaby by a Bard subjob.