Befallen Event -- Lanys T`Vyl mobs?

[maximum]

I recall on my server a time where Befallen was inhabited by dark elves. Was this just a GM Event, or was it a permanent revamp?

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=6694
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=6869
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=6659
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=6695
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=6877
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=6870
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=6868
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=6868

Was this just a GM Event? There are posts on Allakhazam from 2001 (as early as June, 2001 (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=6260#m99375350687528)) describing weapon drops. Does anyone know when the mobs were put in? I can't find specific patch notes on it.

[Triangle]

Very interesting question. I had forgotten about this stuff and never really knew the origin. Ele or daldaen - any thoughts?

[Pokesan]

Very interesting question. I had forgotten about this stuff and never really knew the origin. Ele or daldaen - any thoughts?

*casts summon lvl99 classholes*

[Pipsqueak]

Did a search for a shimmering ruby stiletto that someone referenced off one of those npcs. There's posts referring to a two week revamp relating to a group of dark elves in wc. Sounds like a gm story event that mixed up befallen for a short period. Would be neat to see it added to p99.

[Alanora]

I remember that event. It happened on my server too, but I never learned a lot about it. I do remember that at the end of it, a GM-controlled Llanys ran around in WC doing a storyline.

[Jabaniz]

I think I remember this too, I think the nooks would go there a get slaughtered by the higher level mobs

[Ele]

*The acolytes have performed the classhole summoning ritual.*

The revamp of Befallen seems to be part of an on-going set GM events and didn't spread out to all servers at once, but on a rolling basis as the GMs went around doing the event. Then some servers had the revamp taken away and reverted to the lowbie skeleton/rat version of Befallen, while others still had the DE infestation version. Some places report it as "Drow Infestation," "Death of Lanys," or "Malevolence." Lanys T'Vyl events (https://web.archive.org/web/20011116043214/http://everlore.com/Archives.asp?arch=month&tp=7/1/2001). And also Malevolence (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=6514).

Either it means they wanted each server to be its own dynamic world or they ran short on GMs/care to implement it evenly across all the servers.

https://web.archive.org/web/20011024041716/http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?zone=23

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=23&p=2#comments

http://forums.evercrest.com/f/thread/1/9462/New_Befallen__Two_Thumbs_Up_

http://www.eqclerics.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3914&highlight=befallen

1.) Don't be fooled by the cons. Everything up top is easy green to my 30th. But on the third level the guardians and other DEs are mostly blue, they are not low blues either. Many are necros and can put a hurting on you with DoTs. One named hit me for 120 although now that i think about it, it might have been a backstab. As mentioned earlier, even at 57th every thing agros. We had a full group of 30ths and got into trouble a few times.

2.) Fast and erratic spawns. Spawn time is real quick. Also several times, out of nowhere we would get 2-3 spawns popping right on top of us.

3.) Funky pathing. Nothing too new here. Down on the 3rd level, stuff sometimes wont follow you but will turn around and run deeper in, agroing more.

4.) No keys!! There are no keys to the locked doors. Either they were left out intentionally to make rogues more attractive or was a mistake on Verant's part. This can make things very rough for CR due to the fast spawns and everything agroing.

5.) Pristine studded leather drops down on the 3rd level and is no-drop. Its slighty better than splitpaw hide (least the gloves where at ac:5, +2 wis, +10 mana (maybe +5)). It looks like tizmak/ulthork armor. Got a tunic for my druid, AC 14 and some other minor stats (no wis). Also got several 11/30 swords and a 8/30 dagger with minor +stats (both droppable).

6.) The franticness of the dungeon really adds to the excitement in my opinion. A very fun night for our group of 30ths.


Runnyeye was revamped a month or two before Befallen in ~May 2001 (https://web.archive.org/web/20010604082058/http://www.gameznet.com/eq/index.shtml). We may already have this version? Haven't spent any time in RE since early 2011.

[maximum]

Runnyeye was revamped a month or two before Befallen in ~May 2001 (https://web.archive.org/web/20010604082058/http://www.gameznet.com/eq/index.shtml). We may already have this version? Haven't spent any time in RE since early 2011.

I highly doubt we have RunnyEye revamp yet. I threw Befallen Drow Infestation on our Progression Timeline wiki page (http://wiki.project1999.com/Timeline), with the hopes it will classically happen.

[Pokesan]

does this have anything to do with dark elf NPCs at a tent in WC? I vaguely remember that!

[maximum]

does this have anything to do with dark elf NPCs at a tent in WC? I vaguely remember that!

Probably.

[thufir]

I definitely remember this on Xegony. Was sad to see the revamp go away when it did. I liked the new Befallen a lot. Hopefully it happens here. Same with Runnyeye. (We don't have either yet.)

[Morningbreath]

I bet Project M would go over a lot better this time.

[Swish]

I bet Project M would go over a lot better this time.

[maximum]

I definitely remember this on Xegony. Was sad to see the revamp go away when it did. I liked the new Befallen a lot. Hopefully it happens here. Same with Runnyeye. (We don't have either yet.)

I don't know what triggered it "going away", but I recall other friends on other servers telling me Befallen Revamp was still live, even when my own server was reverted back to Befallen 1.0.

[thufir]

I don't know what triggered it "going away", but I recall other friends on other servers telling me Befallen Revamp was still live, even when my own server was reverted back to Befallen 1.0.

Yeah. On some servers it stuck around indefinitely but it was removed on others. I don't know what rubric they used for making those calls, if any.

Regardless, I'd like to see it. This game could use some more mid-20s dungeons. I seem to recall it having halfway decent no-drop loot, too. It was a cool revamp.