Rharzar

[mwatt]

Something is wrong with the way Rharzar exists in P99. He seems to be always up and he paths right through the area in which people often (or used to) kill giants. My 42 SK has taken 5 deaths so far to this guy - two of those deaths even occurred after I identified his pathing. I really don't recall him being much of a problem on Live. No way this is classic.

For those who don't know, he doubles for 288, and has some sort of DD that hits for 500 or more. His aggro range is wide and he sees through invis. He flies low, sometimes in little valleys and often can sneak up on you. If he does, it is unlikely you will survive.

So my questions are these:
1) Why is he always up? Is that natural, is it right?
2) Is his pathing correct? I really don't think so.

I would hope that people will chime in with comments, knowledge and maybe some pertinent links related to this guy.

He has basically ruined the giant area unless you can handle camping from atop the plateau itself. Even then, with a misstep you might well die.

[Atmas]

Yeah I am almost certain that his pathing is messed up on this server. On live I don't recall frequently if ever seeing him in the HG area. I think on live he just wandered around another area where there were some other drakes.

[Xadion]

Is he KOS? well duh obviously... but I seem to remeber he was not KOS when I was hunting for him for my epic-

He spawns in the correct spot- and in the hill/sphinx area he wonders it is correct- however he does indeed wonder out of that "Platue area with the evil sphinx- aka where the frog town is eventualy set up" now THAT I cannot say is 100% classic- as on live when I wanted him he was always wondering just around that platue- on here he goes outside and wonders around the HG mount area etc etc then back to that platue and circles around.

- I have no real proof just remeberances.

Also he is like hasten etc- his placeholder "a drake" will depop every 3-4hrs and if big bad drake pops and no one kills he wonders for 3-4hrs or so etc

[Danyelle]

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

He spawns in the correct spot- and in the hill/sphinx area he wonders it is correct- however he does indeed wonder out of that "Platue area with the evil sphinx- aka where the frog town is eventualy set up" now THAT I cannot say is 100% classic- as on live when I wanted him he was always wondering just around that platue- on here he goes outside and wonders around the HG mount area etc etc then back to that platue and circles around.

I think you just answered every question about pathing in this thread. My guess would be he paths in the (as of now on Live, FORMER) hill giant area, due to the fact that the place he USED to spawn and path is where the froggies went....and a mob of that magnitude that's KoS in what is basically a starting city even Sony acknowledges is idiotic.

Odds are it's where he is on Live now, and is on PEQ, and he never got changed back for P99.

[Ephirith]

I was attacked by Rharzar down in the valley between HG hill and zonewall, I moved up onto the hill to kill HG's and was never attacked again, even when he was up.

[fullmetalcoxman]

I spent some time in RM on live and never knew Rharzar existed until P99.

[Aicha]

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

I spent some time in RM on live and never knew Rharzar existed until P99.

This. I killed countless HGs on several different characters back on Live and never came across this thing. Here, he patrols all around the "hill giant hill."
Keeps you on your toes, I will say that. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Vaderman]

He is a cleric mob, his danger was that he healed himself repeatedly. I don't recall a 500 DD spell, but i guess that is normal since the spell casting AI here is more potent. 100% certain that his pathing kept him at the sphinx hill area with the other drakes in the SW corner of the zone.

[Austrianna]

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

I spent some time in RM on live and never knew Rharzar existed until P99.

This. On Live I had two chars kill giants there for a few levels, never even saw/heard of Rharzar til this thread, lol

[shooteneq1]

i am almost 100% positive in the old days he just stayed in the sphinx area circling around it.

On p99 though he circles around it and also comes to the HG area and does a circle around the plateau. He also DOES NOT despawn after 3-4 hours like hasten cycle. I have killed HGs for hours upon hours and he would not despawn. Once he is up i have never seen him not up untill a patch day. Thank god i play a druid and i just hit track and always kept him on it to make sure i knew where he was at all times.