Missions: Rag-tag crew for Promyvions Mea and Dem

Friday night, we tried to put together a group of people to take on Promyvion-Mea for Ryken and Promyvion-Dem for Richelle. We had four volunteers to help them out, and ended up with this group:

Ryken WAR/MNK
Richelle WHM/BLM
Splinte WAR/NIN
Elboron WHM/BLM
Itera MNK/WAR
Tsakiki BST/NIN

There was some question as to whether or not we'd succeed, at least for Mea, but we were armed with 6 full sets of anima, the meds we'd need, and the will to win. I was 3/3 on both Mea and Dem, and for Mea, I really prefered tanking as WAR/MNK, since the time I tried WAR/NIN I ended up dead. Since we had a WAR/MNK and a WAR/NIN already, I thought I'd go as a BST. I really liked using BST for this, as the mob radar and wide scan made it so much easier leading the group to the Memory Recepticles and the Spire. Jug pets came in handy for the journeys to the spire as well, as well as for the bosses.

We started out with Mea, since it's the harder of the two. We made it to the Spire without to much trouble, and came face to face with the dreaded Delver. The fight was rather sloppy, and took a bit longer than I would have liked. Itera and Kiki both used their two hours, and I believe Splinte and Ryken did as well, but I'm not sure. At least three of us came dangerously close to death, but a few well-timed Terroanimas gave us the breathing room we needed to keep everyone alive. When it was all over, Ryken ended up in Lufaise Meadows, but walked to the Dem crag to meet us for Richelle's final Promy.

We still had several anima left, and Elboron had a full set of recollections, so he headed to Jeuno to get them made into anima for the Dem boss. We weren't very concerned about Dem, just because it always seems like the baby of the Promys. Once again, we had little trouble getting to the Spire (they're both so much easier than in Holla), and headed in to face the Progenitor, before our two hours were available again.

Ryken accidently entered first, and ended up in the ENM battle, but he quickly exited and Richelle activated the mission fight. This fight was a lot smoother than the Mea boss, but it did take a bit of time to get it killed. Richelle ended up in Lufaise Meadows, and the rest of us headed there to escort her and Ryken to the Tavnazian Safehold. It's been a year since I first completed the Promys, but every time I help someone else gain access to Lufaise Meadows, it reminds me of how I felt my first time there.

So, to sum up, the people who insist you must have a SMN or two plus a RNG or two for the Promyvion bosses are just sissies. :-)