Greater Amphiptere

Revision as of 16:14, 29 March 2010 by *>Chikamatsu (→‎Notes)
Job: Warrior
Family: Amphipteres
Crystal: None
Greater Amphiptere in the sky
Greater Amphiptere on the ground
Zone Level Drops Steal Spawns Notes
Xarcabard (S) 83 3
Respawn: 1 hour
A, L, T(S)
~15,700 HP
??? MP
A = Aggressive; NA = Non-Aggresive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound;
HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing
JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime; A(R) = Aggressive to Reive participants

Notes

  • Flies high up in the sky and cannot be targeted until they descent to attack a player, similar to Yovra.
  • There is often a telltale vortex on the ground directly beneath them.
  • Moves through the air very quickly, at nearly double the speed of players making it very hard to avoid getting attacked. When it descends and attacks, moves at increased movement speed ≤12% but can easily be outrun by anyone with movement enhancing gear. It does not use Draw-in.
  • One does fly even above the Campaign Arbiter and the Fortification, meaning you are at risk of being attacked by them when heading to/leaving from/during a Campaign Battle.
  • Changed after update? Spent two weeks at the C.A. with no attacks. (Reports of aggro to Ga spells). Can confirm that you will still get attacked at C.A.
  • Due to True Sight, one must be in front of it to get attacked, not under.
  • Seems to "blood aggro" as well.

Video

See the Video page.

Historical Background

Amphiptere, Amphithere, or Amphitere is a term used to describe a type of legless winged serpent found in European heraldry. In the Dragonology series of fiction books, amphitheres are an American type of dragon, having only its wings as limbs, apart from four vestigial legs, which are very small and so unserviceable. There are three species of amphiptere (Draco Americanus tex, Draco Americanus mex, Draco Americanus incognito) living in the Americas. They are based on the feathered serpents of mythology rather than heraldic amphipteres (except for the "Draco Americanus tex", or in other words Am. amphiptere, which has moth-like wings and was once thought to be a giant moth).

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