Being realistic about getting Jboots?

[spectrefax]

So I've reached a high enough level on my main where I'm starting to think about trying to get a pair of Jboots. However, much to my dismay, it seems that all options to Jboots are, well, shitty at best.

Here's how it seems to break down:

1) MQ it. Camp 100 Shralok Packs or a bazillion stacks of bone chips and buy the ring MQ for 7k and simply pray I don't get taken for a ride. (yes, yes, vet sellers and all that, but how does that work for someone who doesn't know the reputable sellers in the community? What if my game crashes during the MQ? GMs have already stated they won't reimburse MQs according to the forum.)

2) Get in line at OOT once I reach mid 40s early 50s and deal with all the crap and politics that comes with that camp, in addition to needing to set aside anywhere from 12 to 24 straight hours to wait in line behind 5-6 other people who already have jboots and are farming the ring for plat.

3) Try S Ro where the AC has an extremely predictable spawn time now courtesy of the Nilbog rewrite. If it hasn't popped between 9pm and 10pm it isn't popping, and pretty much every druid on the server knows this as the zone population goes from 1 at 8pm, to 10-15 at 9pm, then back to 1 at 10pm-11pm.

I played back when Jboots dropped in Najena and up to Planes of Power, and the S Ro ancient was always my fall back from having to deal with #1 and #2, however, the spawn no longer operates as it did back in classic. It used to be very, very similar to the Pyzjn spawn in Qeynos Hills where it could spawn in the day and you can manipulate your chances of a spawn through thorough analysis of the spawn events and timing placeholders. However, it seems Nilbog rewrote both these camps (pyzjn and S Ro ancient) and neither operates in the same way as they did on live.

So, with the S Ro option no longer being viable due to a 9pm, in-game druid dinner bell (how was this thought to be a good idea?), is MQ for 7k really the best option available to a new p99 player like myself?