Being realistic about getting Jboots?

[Lhancelot]

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

sow pots are better than jboots but having jboots for a handly quick click is worth it too...

"I dont have a peggy cloak cus I can buy batwings" just doesnt really fly, no matter what class you are.

I like this point, great analogy to the argument that jboots aren't worthy because there are sow pots.

[mickmoranis]

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

In the end (with the exception of intending to use it as an outdoor junk buff), Jboots are just a convenience item. SoW pots, while better, run out. Jboots are good enough and will last until a laggy trananon poop sock in BDA makes you destroy them instead of the rabbit meat you meant to and Ambrotos laughs at you leading you to get a charity MQ from Gats who will tease you about them for 3 years until you MQ one for his friend, Laboomer.

yea well I got a mage with a druid epic in his bank cus of eqluck

[Jimjam]

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

Thanks for the all the replies. Apologies about the tone of my OP as I had just wrote it after spending several hours getting AC to spawn in S RO, only to watch about 5 people port in at 9pm game time (this was 4-5am pacific time, doesn't get much more off-hours than that) and then losing the AC to one of them.

Currently using SoW potions, and I think they're a solid buy. I always stay stocked, but would definitely like the Jboots for the reasons many have already outlined in this thread.

As for me "not be willing to camp" or however it was put, I have no problem in doing a camp. In fact, I rather enjoy the rare spawn camps in zones like this. I've looted A Glowing Black stone from Pyzjn twice (one on live back in the day and once here) and killed her much more than that. I've also obtained Ring of the Ancients twice back on live by doing the S Ro camp.

I would absolutely love to camp the AC in S Ro like in days past, but, as I've said, Nilbog rewrote the script so that the S RO spawn is now basically a free-for-all clusterfunk at 9pm. My primary gripe with this entire thing would be the rewriting of the AC spawn in S RO... I really just can't even fathom how it was thought to be a good idea to rewrite the one spot in the game where players who can't/won't camp the OOT spawn had a decent change of getting a ring without fierce competition and changing into the 9pm crap show it is currently.

This was always the draw to the AC camp in S Ro, it wasn't as consistent as the OOT spawn, but it came with much less competition. The rewrite of the spawn script tosses this out the window and changes the camp into one of the least likely spots for one to acquire a ring thanks to that 9pm dinner bell.

Anyway, that's enough ranting from me... If MQ'ing is as safe as everyone seems to imply, then I'll just save my pennies. Thanks again for all the insight, everyone, see ya in-game.

There is no 'getting ac to spawn'. He just has a 10% chance to pop every 9pm. I found a guy once doing what you were doing, he had been doing it for hours. When I got the AC I felt so bad for him I just let him loot the ring. Rezbot could wait.

[mickmoranis]

yo i got a cleric, human in full golden plate, named rezbot too lol

She is robot looking as fuK!

[Baler]

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

Nilbog rewrote the script so that the S RO spawn is now basically a free-for-all clusterfunk at 9pm. My primary gripe with this entire thing would be the rewriting of the AC spawn in S RO...

^ Join Date: March 2017

Something doesn't add up here... anom alt?
That change is long before OP joined.

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Word on the street.. the cyclops seems more probable to spawn in OOT rather than South Ro.

[Cecily]

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

yea well I got a mage with a druid epic in his bank cus of eqluck

That's kinda cool though. I've always wanted to collect all the epics on one character. Have a necro sky cloak and bits of a pally epic so far.

[Gumbo]

I love hanging out in SRO and having people running up to me even before AC spawns, screaming that AC is theirs if he spawns because it's their camp and they were in SRO first.

[Swish]

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

I love hanging out in SRO and having people running up to me even before AC spawns, screaming that AC is theirs if he spawns because it's their camp and they were in SRO first.

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[spectrefax]

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

^ Join Date: March 2017

Something doesn't add up here... anom alt?
That change is long before OP joined.

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Word on the street.. the cyclops seems more probable to spawn in OOT rather than South Ro.

I was comparing the rewrite to my experience with this camp in classic 18-19 years ago on the live servers. I have only recently discovered and joined p99.

[spectrefax]

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

There is no 'getting ac to spawn'. He just has a 10% chance to pop every 9pm. I found a guy once doing what you were doing, he had been doing it for hours. When I got the AC I felt so bad for him I just let him loot the ring. Rezbot could wait.

Yes, I believe you're correct, which is part of my gripe. Why this spawn was rewritten in this fashion is beyond me. I mean, it basically made it such that this camp is now nothing more than a snipefest with a static, 3 minute window that encourages bad player behavior. The lack of forethought here is just mind boggling and doesn't mirror the classic experience p99 prides itself on because the spawn never operated in this fashion during launch-velious era on live.

I'll concede that the spawn event of yore was in need of a rewrite, but the rewrite that was implemented is just beyond awful.