March Patch

[Daldaen]

Left overs from February Patch:


Paladin/SK Defensive Skills up to match Warriors
Ranger Offensive Skills up to match Warriors.
Ranger Spell Vendor gains more spells in Kelethin


March Patch:


http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20010306.html


Druid Track Skill increased from 50-125
Level 60s can Taunt mobs from level 60-65 now.
Various Hate changes to Healing Hate (unsure if this is already in action on P99)


http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20010314.html


Warrens Released
PoHate/Fear Revamped (New CT/Inny and new minis/Hate 2nd floor mobs)
Epic Revamps
-Magician Staff moved to Magi Mini
-Necro Eye of Inny moved to random Hate Mini
-Necro Slime Blood moved to Golem Minis
-Bard Trak guts triggerable via Undead Bard
-Druid Faydedar triggerable via TD Dwarf
-Druid/Ranger VS via Remains of VS
-Ranger SEoC moved to random Hate Mini
-SK Soul Leech moved to Golem Minis
-Wizard Staff off VS drop rate should be moved to around 80-90%~


http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20010327.html


Ring/Gate Dreadlands released (self DL port)
Wizard Bane spell quests released
Singing Steel Boots/Greaves get new effects that don't summon food/drink
Incarnadine BP now must be equipped
Tunare Symbol Quest extended to Disciple tier



That should give everyone a pretty good idea of what's to come in the next patch. I believe the devs have most of this already coded to change once they flip the switch but incase anything was skipped over it serves that purpose as well.

Very big patch for everyone on the server

[Man0warr]

Warrens and PoHate/Fear revamps are content related though, may not just be a flip of a switch like XP penalties and spells.

I guess we'll see.

[Rararboker]

Best patch!

[Ele]

Druid Track Skill increased from 50-125

At least I'll stop getting nasty PMs from rustled druids.

/cry for invis bp though

[Daldaen]

Warrens and PoHate/Fear revamps are content related though, may not just be a flip of a switch like XP penalties and spells.

I guess we'll see.

There's enough here I expect a full server down will be required.

It will be very interesting to see every mob respawn the same day again.

Was very lame to have VP split across 4 days, Kunark across 3 and Velious across 2.

[Man0warr]

Content related stuff takes longer for them to develop though, and I haven't seen any devs asking for Warrens info. So we may get some of the easier changes from this era on time but not all of it.

Siren's Grotto for instance should have been nerfed 2 "months" ago. Nothing wrong with that, just wouldn't get your hopes up that we will be getting Warrens and new CT/Inny this month.

[Erati]

need stuff to still go in from last 'time line' patch

aka knight stuff

[Fanguru]

Rangers are also still waiting for their parry and dodge skill cap to be fixed.
https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175016

[Oleris]

anyone know what the updated inny loot table will be? wiki isn't updated and I'm not sure if the allakhazam is accurate.

[Ele]

anyone know what the updated inny loot table will be? wiki isn't updated and I'm not sure if the allakhazam is accurate.

Allakhazam's Inny entry is not accurate to our timeline, Inny was upgraded again in the second Plane of Hate revamp.

Should be the race specific items. Out of these, only a few are decent -- Halfling sandals for Cleric/Druid (maybe rogue for resists?), Erudite shoulders, Dark Elf mask, Gnome ring (dat AC), Half Elf mask (if you really need the MR). The belts and cloaks are easily replaced especially considering our extended timeline, but are better on a shortened timeline.

Bloodstar Pendant
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: NECK
AC: 5
STR: +9 CHA: +9 WIS: +9 INT: +9
SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 SV POISON: +5
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: ALL except SHM
Race: HUM

Icebelt
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: WAIST
AC: 10
STR: +10 DEX: +10 WIS: +10 AGI: +10
SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 SV POISON: +5
WT: 2.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR ROG SHM
Race: BAR

Pauldrons of Power
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: SHOULDERS
AC: 10
STR: +9 CHA: +9 WIS: +9 INT: +9 HP: +30 MANA: +30
WT: 2.0 Size: SMALL
Class: CLR PAL SHD NEC WIZ MAG ENC
Race: ERU

Triumphant Mask
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: FACE
AC: 10
STR: +7 CHA: +7 WIS: +7 AGI: +7
SV MAGIC: +20
WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR PAL RNG DRU BRD ROG
Race: HEF

Hotof's Bracer
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: WRIST
AC: 10
STR: +10 CHA: +10 WIS: +10
SV FIRE: +15 SV COLD: +15
WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR RNG DRU BRD ROG
Race: ELF

Ring of Pureblood
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: FINGER
AC: 3
STR: +5 CHA: +5 WIS: +5 INT: +5 HP: +30 MANA: +30
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: CLR PAL WIZ MAG ENC
Race: HIE

Darkbrood Mask
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: FACE
AC: 7
STR: +5 CHA: +5 WIS: +5 INT: +5 AGI: +5 MANA: +50
SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5 SV POISON: +5
WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR CLR SHD ROG NEC WIZ MAG ENC
Race: DEF

Leatherfoot Sandals
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: FEET
AC: 11
STR: +10 WIS: +10 AGI: +10 MANA: +30
SV MAGIC: +20
WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR CLR PAL DRU ROG
Race: HFL

Engineer's Ring
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: FINGER
AC: 20
STR: +5 DEX: +5 STA: +5 CHA: +5 WIS: +5 INT: +5 AGI: +5 HP: +5 MANA: +20
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: WAR CLR ROG NEC WIZ MAG ENC
Race: GNM

Brewer's Mesh Cloak
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: BACK
AC: 13
STR: +12 WIS: +12 HP: +50 MANA: +50
WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR CLR PAL ROG
Race: DWF

Earring of Bashing
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: EAR
AC: 5
STR: +8 WIS: +8
SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 SV POISON: +5
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: WAR SHD SHM
Race: OGR

Skinner's Belt
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: WAIST
AC: 12
STR: +15 WIS: +15 HP: +20 MANA: +20
SV DISEASE: +20 SV POISON: +20
WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR SHD SHM
Race: TRL

Cloak of Scales
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: BACK
AC: 15
STR: +10 WIS: +10 INT: +10 HP: +50 MANA: +50
WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR SHD MNK SHM NEC
Race: BAR TRL OGR IKS

[Alunova]

Warrens and PoHate/Fear revamps are content related though, may not just be a flip of a switch like XP penalties and spells.

I guess we'll see.

The dev team has already put hundreds of hours into this patch and it is all tied to one big switch. It's 90% complete and we are just waiting for a couple bug fixes and the last few content related things. Should release on time.

[Ele]

The dev team has already put hundreds of hours into this patch and it is all tied to one big switch. It's 90% complete and we are just waiting for a couple bug fixes and the last few content related things. Should release on time.

praise!

[Rararboker]

The devs here seriously kickass.

[khanable]

The devs here seriously kickass.

[Llandris]

The devs here seriously kickass.

[Qtip]

The dev team has already put hundreds of hours into this patch and it is all tied to one big switch. It's 90% complete and we are just waiting for a couple bug fixes and the last few content related things. Should release on time.

Nice work to all the gms, guides and devs that make this server possible and keep it running years after it was first released.

[Man0warr]

The dev team has already put hundreds of hours into this patch and it is all tied to one big switch. It's 90% complete and we are just waiting for a couple bug fixes and the last few content related things. Should release on time.

Awesome

[Seltius]

The dev team has already put hundreds of hours into this patch and it is all tied to one big switch. It's 90% complete and we are just waiting for a couple bug fixes and the last few content related things. Should release on time.

Thank you!

[Sage Truthbearer]

The dev team has already put hundreds of hours into this patch and it is all tied to one big switch. It's 90% complete and we are just waiting for a couple bug fixes and the last few content related things. Should release on time.

Thank you. There's so much work that goes into even one patch, and you guys deserve our recognition and appreciation.

[falkun]

IMHO we should establish Ragefire style rotations for the spawned mobs, VS, Fay, and Trak now to avoid click fests and socks. At least for the first month or so until the backlog dies down. Eventually the Ragefire rotation wasn't needed.

[Danth]

The dev team has already put hundreds of hours into this patch and it is all tied to one big switch. It's 90% complete and we are just waiting for a couple bug fixes and the last few content related things. Should release on time.

In case you haven't been made aware, a few items are missing from the February patch (most notably skill cap increases for hybrid classes). Are these missing changes set to be applied with the March patch?

Danth

[Daldaen]

I really don't see that being necessary for those epic mobs.

Just like the people who wanted a Vindicator rotation after a week.

Let it play out for a month and see what the situation looks like.

[VesperianSorrow]

The devs here seriously kickass.

For sure! I can't wait for the Warrens, that place is awesome and should alleviate some of the cluster fuckness of Unrest.

[blondeattk]

Fixed a bug that was causing some players to zone into the Warrens at the wrong location.

MARCH 27, 2001

hmmm warrens was out by this date ??

[JackFlash]

www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/19992002.php

[blondeattk]

Velious subscribers should run the Velious Patch to pick up new mood music for some Velious Zones

moody zones in velious? that cos no one mid tier exps there?!

[Oleris]

"The first issue addressed in the Warrens is the problem of higher level characters competing with lower level characters for loot on lower level creatures. To address this issue, in the Warrens, a group that "outclasses" a particular foe will not receive any loot that is MAGIC, LORE, or NODROP. All other loot will drop. "Outclassing" a foe is defined as having a group makeup such that no one in your group receives experience from the kill. This can happen if, for instance, the foe is "green" to all group members, or if the group makeup is of such a wide level range that the system determines the fight was unbalanced using regular experience rules."


This happening?

[Man0warr]

Didn't they remove that soon after? Trivial Loot Code I think it was called.

[Vallanor]

Oh damn! Cazic Skin alternative, increased Gnarled Staff drop rate, bane spell quests, and (most importantly) self port to DL! I'll be one happy wizard when this goes into effect.

[Gojetax]

Incarnadine BP now must be equipped

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't remind them shhesh.

Also, what about paladin lay hands update? That was suppose to be in feb patch.

1912 Loh at level 60 to a warrior with 6k hp and a cool down of 72 min is bleh.

[Tethler]

This happening?

Confirmed in-game.

Just got "King Gragnar was a trivial challenge for your party!"

Ran around and killed a few other named on track, got the same message. Only items that dropped were non-magical. Guess you can farm soft wicker armor lol.

[Culkasi]

Soooooooo, I know everyone is sitting tight on information etc - but has there been any confirmed sightings of Nortlav the Scalekeeper? I believe he should've been in with the March patch, but if he isn't, we need to report it as a bug - I just don't want to waste dev time if hes in and I just have no clue when he spawns.

[Telin]

Soooooooo, I know everyone is sitting tight on information etc - but has there been any confirmed sightings of Nortlav the Scalekeeper? I believe he should've been in with the March patch, but if he isn't, we need to report it as a bug - I just don't want to waste dev time if hes in and I just have no clue when he spawns.

He will be in next patch.

[Nirgon]

-Wizard Staff off VS drop rate should be moved to around 80-90%~




??????????????????????????

[jrx51]

def not 80-90% lol

[xKoopa]

Left overs from February Patch:


Paladin/SK Defensive Skills up to match Warriors
Ranger Offensive Skills up to match Warriors.



Bump

[nilbog]

-Wizard Staff off VS drop rate should be moved to around 80-90%~



Current magelo lists this as around 37%.

http://eq.magelo.com/npc/79330

[Erati]

Current magelo lists this as around 37%.

http://eq.magelo.com/npc/79330

The staff certainly moved to near 100% drop

I know this for a fact because I was both a wizard and only played in classic era. ( launch - end of Velious, AAs were my out lol ) Previously before the Epic update in Velious - there was only 2 Gnarled Staff on the server. Wizard epic did not get completed on Bristlebane for a long ass time due to this and also the fact there was only 1 CT Skin on the server.

After this update - epics flourished and I remember actually going for mine due to this change. In my guild, if you were on your 'last piece' for your epic - you basically got it handed to you. So I worked hard camping Phinny for a couple weeks getting a Blue Crystal Staff knowing when I obtained it ( already having Gabstik and broken golem) I could simply inform the guild when VS was up and the Gnarled Staff would be defaulted to me. There was not a worry in the world he wouldnt have the staff after the epic revamp - it dropped every time and was a pleasure to see. I stayed up all night waiting for him to spawn after learning some clues for previous death - not once did the thought of not having my epic after this extremely long camp ever crossed my mind. It was always "soon as VS spawns, I can finish my wiz epic and go to bed"

I do not remember one time walking away from VS and not getting a new wizard epic - in fact he turned into solely an epic mob for a wizard that was ready - my guild didnt bother with it unless we had a specific wizard we were finishing the epic for.

Get Phinny staff, get the Golem in Fear - kill VS loot gnarled was the path.

Def not 30% drop rate.

[nilbog]

It's not that I don't believe you, I just need more to substantiate a change. I'm 99% done with the VSR respawn changes, and want to get this in at the same time.

[Man0warr]

Magelo doesn't have kill data isolated just from Velious though. Also, it's not a good resource for drop % on no drop quest items because I'm pretty sure it only counts looted items or at least requiring you to keep the loot window open for long enough to the Magelo sync tool to catch it (a few seconds based on their instructions).

In the past 15 years, I wonder how many times VS has died and the old epic quest items left to rot or corpses not even checked except to quickly loot droppables which has polluted the overall drop %.

Not just for VS, I wouldn't trust Magelo for ANY no drop quest items from classic era quests that have no importance on Live servers any longer. Like this upcoming quest item, the Undead Dragon Sinew: http://eq.magelo.com/item/6478

Even Magelo says the drop % may not accurately reflect the actual drop chance in game.

[Erati]

It's not that I don't believe you, I just need more to substantiate a change. I'm 99% done with the VSR respawn changes, and want to get this in at the same time.

Apr 01 2003 at 4:46 PMRating: Decent
Sir drannor
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There is a good chance I will be getting this staff first. Due to its common drop rate, and the fact that VS is rather easy (I think he's easier than the golem, or rather all that's involved in dropping the golem), I may get this well before being done with my epic. In which case, I will definitely be weilding it...

Nov 19 2001 at 4:28 PMRating: Decent
Obiquon
37 posts
What are you talking about?!

its 10/30 and this one is a much more common drop than the blue crystal staff of Phinny.

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#Mar 20 2003 at 5:57 AMRating: Default
Codeguru
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166 posts
I am told and have found that the staff drops 1 in 4 kills now. I was keeping track of the kills about 5 months ago and many have said they upped the drop rate on a patch so I checked and it is indeed higher now. Now it's not even that uncommon for the staff to drop multiple times in a row but it would still be rare. All I can say is it's about time, for something as over camped as Phinny sometimes is by the **** insomniac uber guilds it's nice to give the common wizard a greater chance to get it on 1 kill.

Maybe they decreased the drop rate after the initial near 100% drop ? That would explain magelo, not sure, I just know it was a near guaranteed drop for my time period of playing after the epic revamps went in and VS was 3 days.



May 29 2001 at 6:54 PMRating: Decent
eclypse
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No this is not the hardest part, the hardest part is phinny who drops his staff about once every 15 kills, as oposed to VS who drops it fairly regularly. Least thats been my expierence. My 2cp



was what I found on Zam - Phinny by far the mob most wizard complained about on all the commentary

[Daldaen]

Nilbog the VS on Magelo doesn't have any way to differentiate the Venril Sathir and the Venril Sathir (Fake - Druid Epic) when entering into their system.

For example that VS shows 120 Pulsing Green Stones out of 328 loot entries. I'm fairly certain it doesn't properly account for double drops as well.

So in actuality, you have either 208 VS Kills (if it doesn't account for double drops), or 268 VS kills (by subtracting the 60 double stone fake VS logs).

122 Gnarled Staves
122/208 = 58.6%
122/268 = 45.5%

That being said, again Magelo isn't the most reliable system.

Here are my logs from Al'Kabor:

[Mon Dec 03 20:12:31 2012] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Mon Dec 03 20:12:43 2012] --You have looted a Diamond Encrusted Staff.--
[Mon Dec 03 20:12:44 2012] --You have looted a Elder Spiritist's Greaves.--

[Thu Dec 13 19:51:32 2012] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Thu Dec 13 19:51:37 2012] --You have looted a Wild Lord's Trousers.--
[Thu Dec 13 19:51:39 2012] --You have looted a Diamond Encrusted Staff.--
[Thu Dec 13 19:51:41 2012] --You have looted a Gnarled Staff.--

[Sun Dec 16 03:30:30 2012] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Sun Dec 16 03:30:38 2012] --You have looted a Wild Lord's Trousers.--
[Sun Dec 16 03:30:39 2012] --You have looted a Nightshade Scented Staff.--
Sun Dec 16 03:30:48 2012] --Landan has looted a Gnarled Staff.--

[Tue Jan 01 12:41:25 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Tue Jan 01 12:41:29 2013] --You have looted a Singing Steel Greaves.--
[Tue Jan 01 12:41:30 2013] --You have looted a Lycanthropic Staff.--
[Tue Jan 01 12:41:31 2013] --You have looted a Spell: Bedlam.--

[Wed Jan 09 12:50:21 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Wed Jan 09 12:50:26 2013] --You have looted a Mrylokar's Greaves.--
[Wed Jan 09 12:50:27 2013] --You have looted a Shissar Nullifier Staff.--
[Wed Jan 09 12:50:27 2013] You cannot loot this Lore Item. You already have one.

[Sat Jan 12 12:45:45 2013] Venril Sathir has been slain by Dimitre!
[Sat Jan 12 12:47:18 2013] --Dimitre has looted a Gnarled Staff.--
[Sat Jan 12 12:47:25 2013] --Busta has looted a Donal's Leggings of Mourning.--
[Sat Jan 12 12:47:32 2013] --You have looted a Diamond Encrusted Staff.--
[Sat Jan 12 12:47:33 2013] --You have looted a Spell: Exile Undead.--

[Thu Feb 14 21:16:45 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
*[Thu Feb 14 21:17:07 2013] Darchon tells the group, 'Elder Spiritist's Greaves - Ancient Shissar Gauntlet - Gnarled Staff'
[Thu Feb 14 21:19:50 2013] --Gloiin has looted a Elder Spiritist's Greaves.--
[Thu Feb 14 21:24:31 2013] --You have looted a Ancient Shissar Gauntlet.--

[Sun Feb 24 02:29:59 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Sun Feb 24 02:30:06 2013] --You have looted a Lycanthropic Staff.--
[Sun Feb 24 02:30:07 2013] --You have looted a Deepwater Greaves.--
[Sun Feb 24 02:30:08 2013] --You have looted a Spell: Forlorn Deeds.--
[Sun Feb 24 02:43:55 2013] --Beimeith has looted a Gnarled Staff.--

[Thu Mar 07 18:41:08 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Thu Mar 07 18:41:14 2013] --You have looted a Diamond Encrusted Staff.--
[Thu Mar 07 18:41:15 2013] --You have looted a Blood Ember Greaves.--
***[Thu Mar 07 18:42:10 2013] Darchon tells the guild, 'no gnarled staff, which is surprising'

[Sun Mar 10 18:49:52 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Sun Mar 10 18:49:57 2013] --You have looted a Deepwater Greaves.--
[Sun Mar 10 18:49:57 2013] --You have looted a Diamond Encrusted Staff.--
[Sun Mar 10 18:50:00 2013] --You have looted a Gnarled Staff.--

[Mon Apr 22 14:04:06 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Mon Apr 22 14:04:11 2013] --You have looted a Deepwater Greaves.--
[Mon Apr 22 14:04:12 2013] --You have looted a Nightshade Scented Staff.--
*[Mon Apr 22 14:04:19 2013] You say out of character, 'rots Gnarled Staff'

[Wed Apr 24 17:54:22 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Wed Apr 24 17:54:32 2013] --You have looted a Elder Spiritist's Greaves.--
[Wed Apr 24 17:54:39 2013] --You have looted a Spell: Bandoleer of Luclin.--
*[Wed Apr 24 17:54:44 2013] You say out of character, 'Gnarled Staff - Waters of Impenetrable Aura - Elder Spiritist's Greaves'
*[Wed Apr 24 17:54:48 2013] You say out of character, 'staves are rotting'

[Fri Apr 26 10:33:03 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Fri Apr 26 10:33:07 2013] --You have looted a Elder Spiritist's Greaves.--
[Fri Apr 26 10:33:08 2013] --You have looted a Shissar Guardian Staff.--

[Mon Apr 29 01:03:16 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Mon Apr 29 01:03:44 2013] --You have looted a Wild Lord's Trousers.--
[Mon Apr 29 01:03:44 2013] --You have looted a Shissar Nullifier Staff.--
[Mon Apr 29 01:03:48 2013] You cannot loot this Lore Item. You already have one.
*[Mon Apr 29 01:04:04 2013] Landan tells alliance:1, 'Gnarled Staff rot 29min, FCFS'

[Sun May 19 10:38:05 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Sun May 19 10:38:10 2013] --You have looted a Jaundiced Bone Greaves.--
[Sun May 19 10:38:10 2013] --You have looted a Waters of Impenetrable Aura.--

[Sun May 26 20:10:04 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Sun May 26 20:10:09 2013] --You have looted a Donal's Leggings of Mourning.--
[Sun May 26 20:10:10 2013] --You have looted a Shissar Nullifier Staff.--
*[Sun May 26 20:10:27 2013] You say to your guild, 'rots Gnarled Staff'

[Mon Jul 08 19:12:36 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Mon Jul 08 19:12:59 2013] --Landan has looted a Singing Steel Greaves.--

[Sat Jul 20 12:06:00 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Sat Jul 20 12:06:05 2013] --You have looted a Elder Spiritist's Greaves.--
[Sat Jul 20 12:06:06 2013] --You have looted a Spell: Frost.--
[Sat Jul 20 12:06:08 2013] --You have looted a Shissar Guardian Staff.--

[Fri Aug 30 16:29:02 2013] You have slain Venril Sathir!
[Fri Aug 30 16:29:12 2013] --You have looted a Wild Lord's Trousers.--
[Fri Aug 30 16:29:12 2013] --You have looted a Spell: Vocarate: Water.--
*[Fri Aug 30 16:29:25 2013] You say to your guild, 'Ancient Shissar Gauntlet - Gnarled Staff rotting FCFS im logging otu for awhile later'

------

I know that was EQMac, but 12 / 19 Venril Sathir's had staves and it is quite possible a few more dropped the staff without me mentioning a rot or trying to loot it.

It *is* possible he didn't have a staff. But as I do comment, I found it peculiar he didn't have a staff on that one kill. I don't think I'd seen a staff less one up to that point.

Something to the tune of 80% is honestly probably around what it was on Al'Kabor, and I can't see any evidence that suggest there was an uptick at some later date. There are posts on EQClerics which I posted in an earlier thread that mention VS has around this 80% drop rate, when the cleric is talking about a long VS rotation on their server. It should be around that 80% number here on P99.

Here is the EQCleric 2002 post I mentioned:

http://www.eqclerics.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5607&highlight=Venril+Staff+rotation&page=2

Unless I missed something, Venril Sathir does NOT drop the Staff every time. It's common (in the neighborhood of 3 Staves per 4 kills) but you are NOT guaranteed to get it.

VS is one of the FEW mobs that is on a strict Rotation on my Server. Every 2 or 3 months, your turn comes up and you kill him.

[nilbog]

Pending update,
Gnarled Staff drop rate 75% (march2001 onward)

[Daldaen]

Excellent thanks Nilbog for the classic update.

I look forward to reliving the classic "I've killed 20 Phinigels and still no Blue Crystal Staff" woes from wizards now instead of the Gnarled Staff ones of late.

[qualia]

Pending update,
Gnarled Staff drop rate 75% (march2001 onward)

best news ever

[CmCKiller]

"It's not that I don't believe you, I just need more to substantiate a change. I'm 99% done with the VSR respawn changes, and want to get this in at the same time."

YEAH MAN!! :cool: need my druid epic ASAP!