I can fianlly equip this axe I have had it for about 4 levels, let my LS leader wear it till 70 he was pretty sad when I had to take it back. I do pretty good dmg with this axe with STR gear on.
I just aquired this axe and i'm very pleased. Sure, it may only have +4 Rng Acc on it but thats nothing you cannot compensate for with merits. Speaking as such, this axe is not for just any Ranger, its for a serious Ranger. If you've got maxed merits for your Archery or Marksmanship, this axe is amazing. Giving +5 to a WS secondary modifier, increasing your shot's average damage and some accuracy into 1 item is pretty nice.
I had been looking for one to buy for a while, friend in my LS had one and a JP guy offered him 25M for it, so he sold, then a friend of his had one and sold to him for 13M. A friend of mine who plays Bard all the time decided that she doesn't play Rng enough so she sold to me for 12.8M the same day my LS friend sold/bought. If you're a serious Ranger, its a worthy investment.
Definitely a must have for RNG, I've saved up 48 KS so far, hoping to get my ls to help me when I have enough. Fransisca + Kriegsbeil = UBER RNG Having 2 axes will be awsome, for melee and Range Attacks. I still havent seen anyone in Asura with it, And I have checked many places, lol just to ask HOW IS IT. KS99 is my only hope ot get this, IF anyone on Asura wants to help PST ^_^
10mil on your servers? you guys are lucky... its 28mil on Unicorn and i also to who said this was useless: how did you come up with that? well anyway i cant wait to get mine... i just hope that i can get enough KS in time and that whoever i do it with will let me have it... if any of you are on Unicorn and willing to help me out lemme know
This axe drops from KS99 BCNM battle in horlias peak 18 ppl alliance is required. Expect to die at least once, this battle is much like King behemouth match, we just made sure to run away when meteor. My likshell "Phoenix-Down" did some KS99 runs in horlias peak one night I happend to have an orb the first run we got nothing second run was my orb and I got a rare/ex PLD sword I think it was Bayard's Sword and Kriegsbiel along with numerous other items. I thought this axe was a burden at first cause every rng in my LS was willing to give thier left arm for it but sadly I told them I was going to keep it.. just last week one sold on our server for 30 million gil. I loaned the axe to a friend I used to work with in Real life he is now 75 RNG after leveling with it for about 3 levels he's been trying to get me to let him have it ever since.. my Rng is level 66 and I can't wait to equip it. I think it'll go nice with my fransisca. Anyway hope some of this info. helped.
Mightyone Midgardsomr server RDM 74,RNG 66, BLM 40, WHM 41, NIN 37, DRK 37, BRD 44, SMN 26
My LS did this fight today, twice. Only got the axe drop once. We gave it to one of our rng's. Need to farm some more KS's, the fight isn't that bad really, just need to {run away!} when it starts meteor and hope you don't die :)
The only one in the price history in Jeuno on Quetzalcoatl sold for 5,555,555 gil. It wasn't someone selling it to themself, but it may have just been someone selling it to their mule so that there would be a price for it in the price history...
For the price this thing is, it is not worth. You will never end up using it HNM fights if you know what's best. Yes I've tried it for 6mil with a friend~ and we both decided it was useless. Fransisca is free and just as good if you like to use either of these axes.
As for giving one away to you~ a JP LS on our server helped out a friend of mine for the 99KSNM battle and since he used orb, he got all the items. He tried to give them some of the drops and offered gil from the drops, but the JP refused. Wish I could find a NA LS willing to do that for me^^ ...but, doubt it.
francisca and kriegsbeil are almost exactly the same, but after a lot of time spent thinking about which i want more in the long run, i say i want kriegsbeil, and here's why:
1) the 3 ranged accuracy you'll be losing from switching from francisca to kriegsbeil can very easily be made up for, and besides, the +5 AGI on this already almost makes up for it!
2) an extra 1 ranged attack may seem like a small amount, but if you're a RNG using a gun (which you should be. guns > bows for any RNG past level 70, and i have yet to see a 70+ RNG using a bow who doesn't suck), the AGI+5 will also enhance your marksmanship WS damage, all around making your ranged damage quite noticeably improved.
3) AGI+5. of all my reasons for wanting this, this is the biggest. i've pretty much already said why it's so good in my previous two reasons, and the only one-handed RNG weapon that gives an amount of AGI this big is lust dagger (which IMO sucks out loud for hi-level RNGs. if you wanna give me a reason why it doesn't suck, go ahead, but at high levels there's a LOT of weapons that are far better than lust dagger o_O).
a 70+ ranger should only and ever be using the Ebow if using a bow at all, but lets assume you already knew that, in which case the Ebow is hardly "sucky" damage, and compared to most other bows, besides of course the relic bow at its 4th stage, still does the most dmg out of any other bow available.
Edit: ugh im an @ss...all flaming aside this is a must for any serious ranger.
Edited, Aug 10th 2006 at 1:15am EDT by InsertFlame
How do you get 18 people to unanimously decide that you are the one who deserves to get this 10 million dollar axe after it drops from an epic bcnm battle?
I am saving all of my Kindred seals in hopes of one day obtaining this Axe, but I can't imagine finding 17 other people to join me an risking death, just so I can get an axe.
Perhaps you only get to do this stuff if you are in a large hmn linkshell....
The way my LS does this is one person provides all 99 KS. Then that one person gets to lot on 2 items that fall. The rest get divided up or casted on depending on the people.
Can a assume if you have "seen one drop," you have participated in this fight?
If so, how hard was it? How fast did your PT kill the Behemoth? What were the jobs in your alliance? Are there any other good item drops?
Any info on this would help me out a lot. After a few more EXP PT's I'll be a 75 RNG, and I need to know how to set up a PT to do this. Thanks in advance!
Fought it tonight, seems as hard as KB but maybe less dmg meteor, less room to fight in, less resistance to BLM spells (was never resisted even once) and less HP. Took us 28 minutes to kill it, at end everyone wiped out and he fell over... whm's reraised and grabbed the loot.
Axe dropped, think first one on Bismarck? At least never sold on AH.
I asked another friend of mine, and he said he did the 3 Cactuar BCNM. No Kriegsbeil was dropped. Also, the Clotho Orb used to open the BCNM only costs 30 Kindred.
Themis Orbs are 99 Kindred, and it is no limit, 18 people alliance. Balga's Dais, Waughroon Shrine, and Horlais Peak, seem to be the only places to use them.
Someone's gotta know what to fight to get this axe. I'm starting to get involved in these high level monster fights. So, I would prefere to fight a battle for this axe, rather than purchasing it from the AH...
This damn axe is not even on the AH in Odin. And of all the high level RNG's on the server I have run into/know do not have it. If anyone has some concrete info about abotaining this axe let me know. I know someone who fought the 3 Cactuars, the drops were: