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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / EverQuest / October 2004Skeletons
What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three attack me at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this something new from the gamemasters to prevent people from just camping for hours? > What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three attack me > at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this something new from the > gamemasters to prevent people from just camping for hours? are they back? they were around last year for the fan faire/birthday celebrations....or maybe it's getting close to Halloween!!!!! >> What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three > attack me >> at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this something new from the >> gamemasters to prevent people from just camping for hours? > are they back? Yes! I was minding my spiderling silk farming when the neat message appeared that the skeleton army rises. Two seconds later I got a horde of white cons on my back and was desperately trying to reach the pok book in feerott. Didn't made it. :( Now the interesting question is: Are the fableds back too? :) Hagen >are they back? Yep >=) >they were around last year for the fan faire/birthday celebrations....or >maybe it's getting close to Halloween!!!!! They were around 6 months ago for EQ's 5th anniversary celebration.  SignatureTo reply, replace digi.mon with phreaker.net >What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three attack me >at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this something new from the >gamemasters to prevent people from just camping for hours? Ah, they're back eh? They (and their nastier big brothers/sisters) were an Anniversary feature, and may be making an All Hallows Eve encore, maybe. Some of the big ones had nice no-drop items then... Palindrome >>What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three attack me >>at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this something new from the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Some of the big ones had nice no-drop items then... These are actually different than the skeleton armies. The ones I saw spawned (guessing here) at the chessboard in BB and returned there and despawned (saw this) even while engaged in combat. The Skeleton Queen seemed to have a huge regen, as the Rogue and SK that were fighting it never got it below 94% before it despawned. The SK was level 66, as he conned white to me, and the Rogue was Dark Blue. >>>What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three >>>attack me at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > never got it below 94% before it despawned. The SK was level 66, as he > conned white to me, and the Rogue was Dark Blue. Sounds like possibly part of one of the epic 1.5 quests. I do recall a few days ago that there was a broadcast indicating there was a GM event probably going on in BBM, so it might have been that as well. SignatureOn Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr> Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Prophet of 68 seasons Tainniel Fleabane, Halfling Warrior of 32 seasons Giluven, Wood Elf Druid of 29 seasons Graeniel, High Elf Enchanter of 25 seasons > >What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three attack me > >at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this something new from the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Some of the big ones had nice no-drop items then... yep...went inand got a nice face mask! >> Ah, they're back eh? They (and their nastier big brothers/sisters) >> were an Anniversary feature, and may be making an All Hallows Eve >> encore, maybe. >> Some of the big ones had nice no-drop items then... >yep...went inand got a nice face mask! I got my lvl15 Rogue some really nice stuff, as she could sneak/hide and most of the mob killers just said help yourself :) I got one of those great bows (25 damage, good range and nice stat bonuses), the Bladecatcher sword, that mask you got and a ring. My Beastlord got one of those nice 2hb things that procs a 40hp vampiric effect too. Palindrome >I got my lvl15 Rogue some really nice stuff, as she could sneak/hide >and most of the mob killers just said help yourself :) I got one of >those great bows (25 damage, good range and nice stat bonuses), the >Bladecatcher sword, that mask you got and a ring. My Beastlord got >one of those nice 2hb things that procs a 40hp vampiric effect too. Steel Rod of the Knight. Nice weapon for low to mid level toon. Found 2 of them just a while ago and did an /ooc rotting on the second one for anyone nearby. I'd avoid Qeynos Hills at night though unless you got a good group. My friend (56 SK) went there twice. Once all dressed up for the kill and second time nekkid looking for his corpse. Seems he camped right in the middle of the spawn ground and couldn't shake 30 mobs long enough to escape. Their spawn spot is north of the smith sellers along the trail. Spawn area for EC is north-west of tunnel to Adventurer camp and NRo. BB spawns all over the area from Gfay zone to DC zone. Steamfront mountain has mob near the windmill. I have not been to Toxxula or Feerrott but I can't imagine Feerrott being easy being dark area with the trees and fogs. SignatureTo reply, replace digi.mon with phreaker.net Did you say something, Impmon <impmon@digi.mon>? >>I got my lvl15 Rogue some really nice stuff, as she could sneak/hide >>and most of the mob killers just said help yourself :) I got one of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Found 2 of them just a while ago and did an /ooc rotting on the second >one for anyone nearby. One of the last things I did in game (my account was reinstated for the 5 year celebration, I played for 2 weeks till the new engine went in) was get that staff for my fiance's monk. After getting a taste for the skeletons, I got toys for a bunch of my alts, and leveled a gnome sk from 3 to 7 or so by killing the tiniest skeletons and having them kill her at intervals. Was the most fun I'd had in game in a long long time :) I don't miss the high end blah, but these days I find myself really wishing I could be fiddling with half a dozen or so lowbies rather than writing half a dozen or so papers. Cel Retired druids & sundry >I'd avoid Qeynos Hills at night though... I'll check out East Commons, see if they are romping there, too. Palindrome > I got my lvl15 Rogue some really nice stuff, as she could sneak/hide > and most of the mob killers just said help yourself :) I got one of > those great bows (25 damage, good range and nice stat bonuses), the > Bladecatcher sword, that mask you got and a ring. My Beastlord got > one of those nice 2hb things that procs a 40hp vampiric effect too. I took my 19 froggy warrior to BB and lurked around the Dagnors zoneline, venturing out whenever some kindly high-level char would announce rotting loot. I got the 2HB, 1HS, 1HB, and earring. Are there any other pieces a warrior would be interested in? In particular, is there a 2HS? SignatureJohn Gordon "Between BST melee, their spells, their warders' melee, gordon@panix.com and their warders' procs, they put out enough damage to make monks cry." -- Dark Tyger > I took my 19 froggy warrior to BB and lurked around the Dagnors zoneline, > venturing out whenever some kindly high-level char would announce rotting > loot. I got the 2HB, 1HS, 1HB, and earring. Are there any other pieces > a warrior would be interested in? In particular, is there a 2HS? The mask mentioned by an earlier poster looks fairly nice; I think it would still be an upgrade for my 45 monk, so I'm trying to net one. The commanders are DB but I wasn't able to make much headway soloing one of them and eventually had to feign death. I see people talking about working on magic resist to deal with the Fear cast by some of the skellies, and more generally I see people talking about resists in the 100s and up. Even at level 45, with what I thought was some decent but hardly uber gear, I find mine range from 40 to 75. (Sorry, don't have a Magelo.) How do people get their resists so high? -- Don. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sukrasisx, Monk 45 on E. Marr Note: If you reply by mail, -- Terrwini, Druid 34 on E. Marr I'll get to it sooner if you -- Wizbeau, Wizard 32 on E. Marr remove the "hyphen n s" -- http://www.iCynic.com/~don >I see people talking about working on magic resist to deal with the >Fear cast by some of the skellies, and more generally I see people >talking about resists in the 100s and up. Even at level 45, with >what I thought was some decent but hardly uber gear, I find mine >range from 40 to 75. (Sorry, don't have a Magelo.) How do people >get their resists so high? Try bazaar and look for item that fits your class and race and look under stats vs magic. There should be a few item that you can get that will raise magic resist by quite a bit. Magic resist buff also helps. In the end, being higher level works the best. SignatureTo reply, replace digi.mon with phreaker.net >I see people talking about working on magic resist to deal with the >Fear cast by some of the skellies, and more generally I see people >talking about resists in the 100s and up. Even at level 45, with >what I thought was some decent but hardly uber gear, I find mine >range from 40 to 75. (Sorry, don't have a Magelo.) How do people >get their resists so high? I'm level 61, and I finally got the last of my resists to 100 or more. It's possible to do it at level 45, but if you had that kind of gear, you wouldn't need the mask. However the answer to your question, is it eventually becomes important to focus on the resists offered by the equipment you get as much as it is the other stats. Particularly if you intend to raid, having high resists is important. However with the number of one groupable targets these days that have nasty DoTs and AoEs that you'd like to avoid and also many mobs cast fear, so that's nice to resist. (It's really embarrassing when a green fears you.) The best way to get a specific resist up is with augments. (Though the magic ones tend to be hard to come by) Otherwise you should start to focus on equipment with resists on it. (Honestly it won't be come important to you for a number of levels.) To combat this particular menace though, find a Enchanter willing to cast Magic Resist buff on you to resist the Fear, and find a Shaman to cast a Poison/Disease resist on you to resist the DoTs. -Chuck. (www.wormspeaker.com) _____________________________________________________ Spread love and understanding... but don't be afraid to bloody your knuckles doing it. -Alex Ross >>What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three >>attack me [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Some of the big ones had nice no-drop items then... On FV they were nice items and droppable ;p > Palindrome While digging out a new addition to the Den, DaFox found a scrap of parchment. On it, >>What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three attack me >>at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this something new from the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Palindrome Just logged in my main real quick in BB, yes they are the same mobs that were spawning during the anniversary. The large skellies were dropping the same loot as before ( had a rod and a sword drop in 2 minutes ), but I didn't see any fabled ( however I was just on for a few minutes ) -- Dira Idgit , Gnomish Necromancer at large. Cazic Thule http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=9869 When E-mailing me, remove the Anti-Spam Device (Super) from my reply address Visit my little Anime site, DaFox's Den: http://home.att.net/~DaFox/ ICQ:6154582 Haven't got ICQ? Go here: http://www.icq.com/ > What with the skeleton soldiers spawning in butcherblock? I had three > attack me > at once. I was able to zone without dying. Is this something new from the > gamemasters to prevent people from just camping for hours? I had my ranger foraging in Steamfont today and noticed a zonewide message something to the effect of "The ground shakes as the undead rise up" or something paraphrased like that... my screen shook like it was an earthquake... was pretty cool looking. I was near the Ak Anon zone, so I did not see any new mobs, don't know where or what spawned. Bcarshaman The Nameless >I was near the Ak Anon zone, so I did not see any new mobs, don't know where >or what spawned. They spawn mostly near the wind mill so you're probably too far south to see it. SignatureTo reply, replace digi.mon with phreaker.net Just a thought, you might want to make sure your bind point is not at BB camp. Someone died in BB, returned to the bind point in the camp and died again. And again before the toon zoned safely. SignatureTo reply, replace digi.mon with phreaker.net > I had my ranger foraging in Steamfont today and noticed a zonewide message > something to the effect of "The ground shakes as the undead rise up" or > something paraphrased like that... my screen shook like it was an > earthquake... was pretty cool looking. Hmmm...is that a reference to some movie, or is ground shaking as undead rise up a common thing in horror fiction, or what? I'm curious because that is pretty similar to the message that happens in DAoC in a zone that has a similar regular undead uprising, so I'm guessing there is some common myth or legend about undead that both sets of zone designers were drawing from. Signature--Tim Smith > I had my ranger foraging in Steamfont today and noticed a zonewide message > something to the effect of "The ground shakes as the undead rise up" or [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Bcarshaman > The Nameless I was in Steamfront last night with my lvl 9 Bard and they were spawing near the PoK book too. They were all 6 - 12 that I saw and after the first "zone in" and overwhelmed death, I levekld him up quite nicely there. Easy escape when more than 4 would pop on me. No great drops from these, but nice xp when I was just using the zone to get to CB. (I know there is a book in GF but I would rather run that distance there than in Plane of Knowledge. I hate the lag in PoK) Ben on Nameless Hi All :) I had a go at these in East Commons, with my 21 Berserker, and the spells the dark blue red-coloured skeletons cast are horrendous! I could manage the fighting ok, but with 3 dots and a fear on me, I killed the damn thing, but died because of the dots, even though I was bandaging like mad :D The casting range is incredibly long, too - I pulled it carefully with a thrown axe from max range (125) and ran with SoW to a place we could fight uninterrupted. Even though it was miles away, the spells rained down on me! I will reluctantly have to rely on charity from high-level types who might let me pick up their no-drop leavings, but dammit I want to earn one of those 2hb thingies myself! I can see little point in "special event" mobs that drop stuff high-level types just don't want, and that characters suitable to the zone have no chance of getting through honest toil. Bah, humbug ;) Palindrome > Hi All :) > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Palindrome Basically had the same thing happen to me last night. A Trooper Skelly conned blue to my Enchanter but before I could get off a spell I was feared and dotted. My lvl 20 pet did some damage to it but I was being fear kited by 4 greens and never made it back to help my pet. Needless to say I was able to find my corpse when the sun came up. I camped in the cave so I am ready to give it another try tonight. Ben on Nameless "Death is less than a Gate away" >> Hi All :) >[snip] >> I can see little point in "special event" mobs that drop stuff >> high-level types just don't want, and that characters suitable to the >> zone have no chance of getting through honest toil. Bah, humbug ;) >Basically had the same thing happen to me last night. A Trooper Skelly >conned blue to my Enchanter but before I could get off a spell I was feared >and dotted. My lvl 20 pet did some damage to it but I was being fear kited >by 4 greens and never made it back to help my pet. Needless to say I was >able to find my corpse when the sun came up. >I camped in the cave so I am ready to give it another try tonight. I even tried with my 41 mage and the focus-summoned pet (Stein) and had the same thing. Dark blue con, pet goes in (+86 points of summoned armour and purchased Fists of ixiblat) then I get Feared just like before... I'm running full pelt away from the fight, picking up aggro as I go. I JUST managed to bail out via Gate in the few seconds of control I had. In the whole "fight" I never got off ONE offensive spell :D Palindrome >In the whole "fight" I never got off ONE offensive spell :D Gotta work on the magic resists. I have had several resisted fear message with my 57 beast but I already had better stuff than what they dropped. My brother did have some fun. Last night, he was the only one of 2 (I was the other but sat by and did nothing) in the whole EC at sun down and used his 65 SK to round up the whole lot and tanked them all at once and lived. He was able to log on his 22 ranger to loot up the corpses. I also captured a shot of about 30 skelly chasing an chanty to the cave. Probably not a record for train but a big one nonless. SignatureTo reply, replace digi.mon with phreaker.net >My brother did have some fun. Last night, he was the only one of 2 (I >was the other but sat by and did nothing) in the whole EC at sun down >and used his 65 SK to round up the whole lot and tanked them all at >once and lived. He was able to log on his 22 ranger to loot up the >corpses. The zone was mostly deserted last night too, maybe 3 of us at most. >I also captured a shot of about 30 skelly chasing an chanty to the >cave. Probably not a record for train but a big one nonless. Highly impressive though :D Palindrome "Palindrome" <damon-nomad@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > I will reluctantly have to rely on charity from high-level types who > might let me pick up their no-drop leavings, but dammit I want to earn [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > high-level types just don't want, and that characters suitable to the > zone have no chance of getting through honest toil. Bah, humbug ;) At last year's event I took in my highest character, a Necro, and started killing left, right, and centre (and being killed twice). I left a few items to rot, with /oocs of where they could be found. However, I got what I was after, 200 bone chips in the bank. What server are you on? I'm on Xegony, name's Gwylliam Frankenstine (I can always make a friend). I have been through 6 "nights" of this Halloween Madness and I have yet to see any good drops - I get bone chips and tarnished weapons. I have only seen one leuteinent (sp?) in these nights and no commanders Lots of conscripts and foot soldiers. I have fought near the POK book and around the wayfarer camp and west of it but before the guards. Any suggestions of where I should fight. I would like one good drop before this ends > I have been through 6 "nights" of this Halloween Madness and I have yet > to see any good drops - I get bone chips and tarnished weapons. I have > only seen one leuteinent (sp?) in these nights and no commanders Lots of > conscripts and foot soldiers. I have fought near the POK book and around > the wayfarer camp and west of it but before the guards. Any suggestions > of where I should fight. I would like one good drop before this ends I've found some fine steel weapons as well, but it does seem to be that the special drops come only from the commanders, which thank heavens do not come near the PoK book or LDON camp. From the sound of it, you're hunting in Butcherblock? (The skels appear in 5-6 zones, as I recall.) Try wandering further afield, especially southwest from the camp toward the Dagnor's Cauldron zone, and you should find lots to keep you busy. :-) -- Don. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sukrasisx, Monk 45 on E. Marr Note: If you reply by mail, -- Terrwini, Druid 34 on E. Marr I'll get to it sooner if you -- Wizbeau, Wizard 32 on E. 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