What's the longest you've spent camping an item only to leave empty handed?

[Rararboker]

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

Bilge Farfathom. The PKT was worth a fortune on live. And for good reason.

I don't want to even admit how much time I spent in that zone until I finally got one.

I have bad luck with this guy too. Never seen him while on a character over lvl 40. Run into him every time I am running my new character to unrest.

[pasi]

Done like a dozen VT/VP keys and every epic at least once, nbd.

Anyhow, post from this same topic 2 years ago:

used to think that the RM nameds were stupid rare, but I didn't bother learning them on live. Seem to be a ton of Mithril Plated Girdles here. Bilge was ridiculously rare on live, but got figured out here.

Getting specific Efreeti Sky Drops is a huge pain in the ass if you don't have 3 years to do such.

Kunark - luckily most of the good items aren't horrible camps. The really shitty camps seem to be confined to useless quests - Failed Crypt Raider comes to mind. Pained Soul and Rotting Skeleton also suck, but they are worth the effort.

Velious Wise - aiming for a particular Skyshrine Wyvern/Cube drop was awful. Vaniki is a horrible camp when you take out server resets even if Prathun dropped all the details on spawning her. Revamped Chardok's 3 drop system blows for mobs that aren't easy to farm (Chokidai Vocal Cords easily being the worst offender). Some of the Kael quests require obtaining incredibly rare drops (I'm looking at you, Coldain Books), but you can usually just kill the quest giver.

Luclin was probably the worst offender with tons of ridiculously rare items on long respawn mobs.

Ridiculous Luclin Camps:
Medic's Pouch (zone wide iirc, I got mine the second day of Luclin, no idea if it was removed. Either way, dumb rare)
Various Umbral Drops like Yellow Fang Ear or Dathor Hammer (Rare drops off rare spawns)
Lcea Katta's Mask (~5% drop off long 5 day respawn)
Wand of Casual Blessings (~5% drop off long respawn)
Heart of Fungus (Good luck)

PoP Wise - the fucking Immobilize Shield from Air. I came back to EQ in 2007 and a shaman in the guild since PoP was still trying to get one.

Anyhow, I'd say Preserved Chokidai Vocal Cords and Heart of Fungus might be the two worst camps in the game.

[Paleman]

bane weapons for SSRA bring back a barfey taste in my mouth, dunno about you guys.

[Calibretto]

Oh! The shrink clicky from the deep took me for-fucking-ever too. Probably close to 40 hours if I added up all the sessions. Also the AC aug from Gyrospire Beza? Warleader's Pearl. Took me forever.

[dhoushi]

Sensei robe in EQOA. I hunted the temple for weeks, occasionally even spotting the sensei, but never once did he drop the robe.

[Feathers]

Tattered Tomb Shroud or Robe of the Foci both from Dalnir. I can't remember which one I never got. I'm thinking the necro one.

[criddopher]

My gf and I took shifts camping grimrot here after they made him more rare. Went 36 hours non stop, didn't see him once.

[radda]

i still never got voice graft from chardok and a buddy of mine camped that call of battle clicky in Ro expansion

[Pheer]

Went full neckbeard nolife mode at kunark release, spent multiple 50ish hour sessions in the crypt in Seb with guild only groups. Lost the roll on 12 cloaks straight before guildmates took pity on me and just gave me the next one that dropped.

[zanderklocke]

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

Went full neckbeard nolife mode at kunark release, spent multiple 50ish hour sessions in the crypt in Seb with guild only groups.

You didn't sleep or have to work?