Sky OoA / Noble spawn clarification request

[Khaall Drogo]

Originally Posted by Silverwolf23 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hello sky goers,

I was hoping for some better clarification on the OoA and noble spawn mechanics. There seems to be a large amount of conflicting information.

After much browsing I have come to understand that the noble has a 7 day and a 3 day spawn. Both 7 day and 3 day can be going at the same time.

However I do not understand how to get the 3 day noble spawn cycle going.

1) The 7day noble pops on a (supposedly) static 7day timer
?) Does the 7 day timer start on pop or death?
?) Does the 7 day timer have a variance?

2) Upon the death of the 7 day noble an overseer of air spawns.

3) Supposedly the Overseer of Air does not depop according to wiki.
?) I don't understand why the above is true since I have personally witnessed the OoA depop right before the 7day noble pops.

4) Supposedly the 3 day noble timer starts if the noble is killed while OoA is up.
?) How does this work if the OoA depops right before 7 day noble repops?

5) Also supposedly the OoA can repop if noble is left up for a few days.
?) I have never witnessed this nor have I seen noble alive for more than 12 hours. Can anyone confirm?

6) According to some 2006 guides from live there can be at most 4 OoA which can result in multiple 3 day noble cycles allowing a noble pop 5 to 7 times in a week and sometimes up to 3 times in a 24 hr period. (Cannot confirm true for p99)

Please, PLEASE, provide some insight into this confusing spawn cycle.

And will someone please update the wiki with correct spawn timer info. (Multiple items for sky in the p99 wiki are missing or merely speculation)

Thank you to those who provide helpful information.

1) True.
Pop
Yes about 20 minutes or so from what I can tell.

2)Yup
3) He does Depop as the Noble is spawned.
4) More or less
5) Doubt he is left up
6) Yes there can be a total of 4 OOA up at one time... One spawning a 7 day and 3 spawning a 3 day. Therefore technically there can be 2 Noble Spawn on the same day. I have personally Seen 2 nobles spawn (the 7 day one, and a 3 day one) on our Thursday night slot.

For now there will be no 3 day Noble spawns any time soon.

[Samoht]

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

Don't think you understand meaning. Tell us more about isle 1

Cry more about how you're not getting any more nobles.

[Maliant]

Hey Samoht did I find you in game finally? Level 49 SK named Trozzle from Kittens Who Say Meow has been despawning princess everyday. Do you just log in and despawn princess and then come on the forums and blame it on AG and Rustle? Seems like something you would do.

[KENAK]

Do spiders even carry coins?

[Maliant]

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

I keep a char camped on isle 1 with 1000 gold just for these threads.

Thanks for making me spend 4k to help people buy keys for our raid. How many other sky raids have you disrupted? Petition put in, I hope the GMs do not tolerate this.

[Expediency]

The despawns may be a blessing in disguise. Buying 5k worth of keys increases the barrier to entry to killing noble. A/a/rustle/csg can more easily pay these costs. We had zero competition for the last noble we killed and it was leisurely. As a bonus a troll may get banned.

[maskedmelonpai]

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

I keep a char camped on isle 1 with 1000 gold just for these threads.

i dunno i understand. I not do much sky. what you implying here?

[Expediency]

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

i dunno i understand. I not do much sky. what you implying here?

Evidently is it possible to camp a char out in sky and wait for an island 1 mob to spawn; then when it spawns give said mob a trivial amount of gold to despawn. This forces everyone who wants to do any sky content to wait for the mob to respawn or buy 525pp key. Its a cheap way to grief people. We witnessed a kittens tagged player do it recently.

Sky is wild west right now; if gms rule that this tactic is legit i would assume a/a/csg/rustle will eventually return the favor.

[maskedmelonpai]

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

Evidently is it possible to camp a char out in sky and wait for an island 1 mob to spawn; then when it spawns give said mob a trivial amount of gold to despawn. This forces everyone who wants to do any sky content to wait for the mob to respawn or buy 525pp key. Its a cheap way to grief people. We witnessed a kittens tagged player do it recently.

Sky is wild west right now; if gms rule that this tactic is legit i would assume a/a/csg/rustle will eventually return the favor.

oh, interesting. it a mechanic, or a bug? liek, once it get the gold, do the mob liek say, "thank you, I gonna be off now," or do it ask beforehand or something? or does it just poof? i would think if it a bug, it not gonna be allowed.

[Expediency]

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

oh, interesting. it a mechanic, or a bug? liek, once it get the gold, do the mob liek say, "thank you, I gonna be off now," or do it ask beforehand or something? or does it just poof? i would think if it a bug, it not gonna be allowed.

I do not believe it is a bug it looks like a legit mechanic that is being used to grief people. Have the gms ruled om this in the past? If yes can someone please link to it? If this is legal a handful of unguilded people could force every sky raid to buy keys