Raster of Guk

[Skydash]

There is a slight issue with the Raster of Guk spawn rate.

Currently: Raster/PH respawns at 10am even if no PH was left to despawn at 8am.

How it should be: Raster/PH should not respawn at 10am if his placeholder was killed. And instead, spawn at the 28 minute normal respawn rate from the last PH kill.

Best write up = Source: (May 2001) https://web.archive.org/web/20010502005853/http://www.geocities.com:80/kibadachi_uk/raster.htm

"Rasters PH is a 72 min spawn/despawn, but the rest of Lower Guk is on a 28 minute spawn, so the best way to maximize the amount of PH you get is as follows. (Times are obviously EQ times.)

5am - Spawn. Leave this one to despawn, unless it is Raster obviously.
8am - Despawn.
10am - Respawn. Kill this PH
7 to 8pm - Spawn. Also kill this PH

This method ensures 3 PH's per EQ day."

Earlier post (Aug 2000): http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=4609&p=8#m16755

"I tried the de-spawn method. It works like a charm. 8am he or the PH de-spawns. 5 mins later, he or the PH re-appears. If you kill the placeholder it will take 29 mins. If you wait for him to de-spawn, it takes exactly 1 hour and 12 mins. "

[Varren]

These sources dont really say that you need to leave up the PH and let him despawn + respawn. There’s just no reason to kill the 5am spawn if its not Raster since it will despawn so soon after and not yield more spawns. The second quote is prob just talking about the normal respawn rate versus waiting an entite EQ day for despawn + repop.

[Skydash]

Best comment I found: "If PH is up when 8am gametime comes around, the PH will despawn. 1-2 game hours later, he respawns giving first spawn within an hour. Kill this if not raster, 30 min later around 7-8pm gametime you get another spawn. So that makes 2 spawns so far since the first at 10am. Come 5am, roughly 30 min from last kill (still not despawn time), another PH (3rd within an hour) will spawn. If it's not Raster just let this one despawn, else the process will not work.

So, not certain at all if letting PH despawn prevents a Raster spawn sooner, or if just killing everything that pops helps in any way. All you know for sure is with the despawn method, you get 3 spawns in an hour instead of 2, and given that your chances seem a little better.

Hope that didn't come out too confusing =) "
Source: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=4609&p=5#m103525908489541

Another: "Despawns at 8am and respawns at 10am. You kill that one.

He then respawns 29 minutes later. Kill that one too.

Again 29 minutes later he spawns again... This one is at roughly 6am. Let this one live.

He despawns at 8am and respawns at 10am.

Thus instead of only getting 2 possible spawns, you get 3 in the Game day period. "

Source: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=4609&p=8#m98628685850048

Another: "As mentioned, his PH despawns shortly after 8AM game time, and respawns shortly after 9AM. This is handy for a quick respawn only as the normal spawn time for his PH or Raster is about 30 minutes."
Source: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=4609&p=6#m100396070566563

[Bardp1999]

Suffering through Raster is an important milestone for monks as it shows how ridiculous EQ quests can be. I think it took me 20 hours at Raster

[Varren]

If it's not Raster just let this one despawn, else the process will not work.


This is the important part, but I am not finding this language in the sources. This is the assumption that I dont think is founded in the evidence.

Please quote the language that specifically says that killing the PH definitely prevents the 5am spawn