Talk:Search and Seizure I (Windurst)

After repeating this mission over and over, I came to the conclusion that the ??? doesn't disappear when the party leaves to return the mission. I would say it stays till the guards make it to the fortification point. screenshot of windom I completed this mission twice within 3 minutes on my RDM/BLM. Any job or equipment with +running speed and /blm subjob can achieve this. Pyerzuka 18:48, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

It is impossible to complete this on a job below 50 or even 40 for that matter. Sneak and Invisible + none-0 damage doesn't work as said previously. I've tried it on a 37, 40, 45 and 50. 50 finally one-shot him from behind... 2 stacks later. --Pyerzuka 10:24, September 14, 2009 (UTC)

Sneak/Invisible, walked up behind Transporter and let him have it with my Scythe. Dead in one shot, no further aggro from Guards. Tristam Green 18:19, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

• Soloed by 75 NIN/WHM with 300 TP at start, Blade: Jin took off about half its life, only the transporter needs to be killed both Guards warped shortly after, and the ??? was there. After WS, evasion gear setup was used.

• Soloable by a RDM/BLM. Both Bind and Gravity work on the Transporter. Five tier-III nukes from a well-equipped RDM/BLM should kill it. Chainspell is recommended for ease. Should also be noted that after Transporter is dead, the Guards can still attack before they warp.

• Soloable by a 75NIN/RDM with an enspell for added dmg, and Bind and Gravity.

• Easily Soloed by a 75 SMN/WHM. The Transporter will instantly die if hit without Aggro (Possibly from behind?). Tested 3 times with Carbuncle. Best to lay-in wait at the T-section that is closest to the fortification with Sneak and Invisible and when they run past, go behind and issue the Assault command.

• Tested 7 times as 73BLM/SMN, same way, having Carbuncle Assault and one shot kill. Make sure Carbuncle is directly behind and it will work. Otherwise, just Transporter comes after you.

• Also easy to solo as a BST75, have a pet assault the Transporter without Aggro and it dies on the first hit (see the SMN statement above this one).

• Did the op solo as Thf/Nin 75, used tools for sneak/invisi. Guards were out of sight at my attack and the transporter died after two normal melee hits (for together 100), so seemingly it's HP are rather low, maybe this got changed in a recent update(?)

• Just tested: If you are under the effects of Sneak and Invisible and hit the transport from behind he will die instantly(SCH57 using a Dark Staff that hit for 30 dmg). If under sneak and invisible and he is hit from the front, he will aggro and then continue running(SCH57 with Dark Staff hitting for 37 dmg). It also seems to have 100% accuracy from Sneak/Invis as I've not missed after having done this over 5 times now.

• Just tested as BLM69, Sneak+Invis and Tier II nuke from behind. Got aggro and died.
• AFAIK, spells circumvent direction, so it'd have to be done with melee.

• Soloed by 75 COR/NIN using daggers with SNK and INV. Is West Sabutarua using daggers. Also used slug shot when mob was out of range and killed it.

• PUP/DNC can solo easily at lv50+ using Valoredge Frame. Just have Spectral Jig up as it runs past you, and once you are behind it send your Automaton after it or run with it until you get in range again to Deploy
• Easily soloed by a 73BLM/WHM with Stoneskin and Blink. Took 3 Tier 4 spells and 1 Tier 3 ~aga. The guards didn't even glance my way. MrMortimer 16:13, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

• Did this earlier today as 71 THF/DNC and used the sneak trick to one shot it. Spectral jig does work, simple ran up behind it and engaged. One hit and it died leaving a triple question mark. Also found out that if you "agro" the guards and transporters, they begin to run near flee speed, so if you dont agro them, you can keep up with them at normal speed. Dopple 23:39, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

... you may not want to try again. I had been killing transporters for fun on ~50-ish DRG/DNC in West Sarutabaruta [S]. All you had to do was be under sneak and invis and do a non-0 damage hit. Cake! And it killed time between campaign battles, beating on the fortification for skillups. However, I got a little sloppy and learned my lesson.

Caught aggro by attacking the transporter from the side. They growled, turned to face me and entered battle stance, and then fled. Standard behavior. I knew that if I ran for the fortifications, I could nail the transporter just before he got there though from previous failures. Tried again and once again was sloppy and hit from the side. They turned toward me, growled, and entered battle stance... and then they attacked and tore me apart.

From that experience, as near as I can gather, if you do something agressive once they will run. The second time, they'll stand their ground. But it could've been proximity to the fortification, amount of HP lost (maybe 10% at most), etc. --Linoth 01:34, 24 November 2008 (UTC)