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Originally Posted by Sancta (Post 1627374)

Hello, my character name is Tenderle, a level 44 bard. I have been camping the AC in Sro for 3 days (or 20 hours total). There is a timed PH and there is an actual precise method of spawning this mob. Since he only spawns at night, you can get attempts per in-game night if you kill the PH at certain times.

Today, I was able to spawn the AC and engage it while it was at 100% hp. Thinking I had first engage, I proceeded to kill it. I knew the exact time it was going to spawn and was even ready for it with a Terrorantula I was going to charm onto the AC.

Eunomia the GM later informed me that I was not first to engage and henceforth my Ring of the Ancients was given to the person with first engage. This person just happened to run by the zone and engage first. It was Meltan from <Necropolis>, a 31 Wizard who petitioned and got the Ring of the Ancients.

I understand that this spawn is considered a FFA, but why doesn't the person who spent 20 hours to get the AC to spawn be considered camping the AC? There is a legit way to get it to spawn and it is extremely precise. It's on a timer and he even spawns in the same small area of the desert.

It seems like it could easily be considered a camp since there is an entire non-random and precise method to spawn him in a certain area within the desert. There is a specific PH and it's not every mob in the desert, nor is it even every humanoid mob in the desert.

Thoughts?

they changed the camp in S. ro where it is kill a mob at a certain time no longer works. It is now a random spawn since the last patch.

aoe whole zone a few times at night ez to get, sucks that a gimp 31 wiz petitioned for the ring after putting in the time though

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Originally Posted by Korrupt (Post 1627443)

aoe whole zone a few times at night ez to get, sucks that a gimp 31 wiz petitioned for the ring after putting in the time though

This is the big thing. I highly doubt that wiz would have won the fight (they MIGHT have, but I bet they'd go OOM from resisted snares/roots/nukes long before AC died).

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Originally Posted by Oleris (Post 1627438)

they changed the camp in S. ro where it is kill a mob at a certain time no longer works. It is now a random spawn since the last patch.

No, the timer really isn't random at all.

Check here:

http://cdn.project1999.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=129564

It's the developer that actually made the change. The only thing that's random is the location, and it's not even that random, it's a certain section of the desert.

Same thing happened to me. Spent around 15 hours running around, with no sow mind you, camping the ph's for some sham just passing through to kill it and then link it in ooc. The whole situation sucks but it is the rules. I decided to just save up plat and moved to the oot spawn.

Good luck to you

All the rules considered, it's still mind-boggling to me that a GM would intervene to take the item away from you and give it to a level 31 wizard who clearly has no ability to camp the item on his own.

Either we're not getting the full story or the GM just doesn't like you. I get that there are "rules" that have to be "enforced", but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this was a bad judgement call.

Hmm, had good experiences with Meltan, he sat around with me while I was camping some Goblin Gazughi Rings and just chatted and helped clear trash until I got one. Seems pretty chill whenever I talk to him.

If he lucked out, and it was a low-level AC (He can be as low as 32 per the wiki?), at 31 he might've been able to solo it, albeit slowly. Isn't that the perk of the Sro? Sro AC is in the low 30s, whereas the OoT AC is ~39?

Also, If you're 44, and still set to camp Jboots, you should really try the OoT camp. Static spawn, nothing to worry about as far as running around... Also I'm not sure why you bothered using a charmed pet on AC to begin with.. you should've just chant kited or fear kited him far into the Sro forest, away from prying eyes.

Sorry that you didn't get your jboots, I know how those long camps can make you wanna tear yer eyes out.

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Originally Posted by Sancta (Post 1627464)

no, was changed last patch, not last year.

This is one of the dumbest rulings I've heard on on these servers. If that wizard was alone he wasn't going to kill the AC, there's no reason to give this guy anything. PetitionQuest rules again, ain't classic.

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Originally Posted by Oleris (Post 1627518)

no, was changed last patch, not last year.

Right, the patch that his was updated on was a month later in 2014, in January. There is a patch note that references this.

I got the AC to spawn the exact time I meant it to spawn. It's a 30 minute timer.