Sub-50 Solo Challenge Giveaway

[Tecmos Deception]

Someone in my "yay I have a million platinum" thread suggested I do a giveaway to celebrate. I poo-poo'd his poetry idea, but seeing as I'm such a big fan of soloing stuff, I thought maybe a lowbie version of the Solo Arist Challenge would be a fun giveaway.

For anyone who does't know, the SAC is a for-fun challenge where players try to solo a variety of 50+ NPCs that are sorted into tiers of difficulty. Because of the nature of EQ and the rules of the challenge, enchanters and shamans dominate the SAC, although several different classes have participated, and the people reading the stories understand that a wizard killing a "disciple" tier mob is actually a heck of an accomplishment, even though an enchanter or shaman might be able to kill that mob in his sleep.

Anyway, I was thinking I'd host a solo challenge giveaway for sub-50 players, where players pick the zone and specific mob (or camp) that they will be soloing, and then they go solo that while taking video or screenshots and write up a post in the thread I create telling the story of their kill(s) from start to finish. I would judge which of the stories I like the best, considering everything from the class doing the soloing to the zone/camp/mob(s) they're dealing with to their gear to their former experience with p99 to how well presented their story/SSs/videos are, etc, and award a 1st prize of 10k, a 2nd prize of 5k, and a 3rd prize of 1k.

I'm (somewhat) open to suggestions of how to do the challenge within these general guidelines, and will think a bit more about the specifics before I host the actual giveaway. I know that this challenge will STILL favor some classes over others, because no matter what level a warrior or a rogue is, they just aren't going to be able to make as interesting of a story killing nameds solo as casters can... but I'd love to be proven wrong! I'll double the prize number for underdog classes that win, if any!

Thoughts?

[HippoNipple]

Sounds blue

[Halius]

So what are some good mobs for a 15 magician to try and solo? lol

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by HippoNipple [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sounds blue

That's the idea.

Originally Posted by Halius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So what are some good mobs for a 15 magician to try and solo? lol

I think I will make a post that is a walkthrough for this, to try to help anyone who is interested in trying to find something appropriate for them to try to solo... like screenshots of using the wiki to find the right level zones and links to maps to use and stuff. Basically all of the things I used to get a lay of the land when I was doing the SAC myself.

[Raize]

Originally Posted by HippoNipple [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sounds blue

Really blue

[Infuriati]

Originally Posted by Raize [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Really blue

How does red sound? I wouldn't know, seeing as how no one plays red.

[Dirtytony]

I soloed the chancellor in LOIO as a 45 ranger, as you know that mob is pretty tough and noway i shoulda been able to kill him.

The secret

Train the chancellor out of the sarnak fort and run him around snared , watch as goblins agro him and become ur little pets, the goblins are weak but will slowly beat him down. When he starts to run kill the goblins then kill chancellor for da win.

[Dirtytony]

Also can solo griffins ez in NK at a lvl lower then u should be able too, jus train griff to guards at the tower, watch as griffin whoops on gaurds but is left at about 30% for the ez kill

[Estu]

Sounds pretty cool. You might want to make a stipulation that people with high-level mains can't enter. You WOULD get more interesting stories from people who have the resources for leet equipment, clickable potions/whatever, etc., but the prize money would be wasted on them. Maybe an exception would be that these people could only enter if they donated their winnings to someone who could actually use them [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. (Obviously all this would be somewhat based on the honor system.)

[Morrissee]

I'm up for it - will there be an "official" thread to start it or is this the thread?