Odds of Epic Weapon

[Millburn]

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

I'm sure there are isolated incidents of RMT within TMO just like there is everywhere

This is the same defense we saw over on Fippy over the nuclear arms race we call the SK MQ2 Wars. Specific guilds were guilty of doing it but they each used the other doing it as a justification for their participation. It implies you're complicit with it happening and
don't want to or don't care enough to deal with it (IE make a stand, whistle blow etc..).

In the end the whole notion that everybody was participating in the MQ2 stuff was a giant farce, it was a small group of people in two specific guilds that ruined it for the whole server. Nobody within those guilds who knew about it had the balls to step up and call anybody out on it and provide evidence.

[RevengeofGio]

Might be a silly question, but why is VS so contested? I was a pretty annoying bastard of a 16 yr old back in the day and somehow I got my ranger epic pre raid guild.

It does help being able to track and maybe they got me my epic so I'd shut up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ele]

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

Might be a silly question, but why is VS so contested? I was a pretty annoying bastard of a 16 yr old back in the day and somehow I got my ranger epic pre raid guild.

It does help being able to track and maybe they got me my epic so I'd shut up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Gnarled staff for wizard epic (only source even after post-Velious epic balancing patch) and Kunark class legs

[RevengeofGio]

So basically 3 classes need pieces off one mob? Not guarunteed to drop either I take it?

[Nirgon]

I think getting an offhand swiftwind would be a good goal. Then I'd try and get a conflag dagger if I wasn't primarily interested in raiding. Shit's gold on trash mobs, plus it doesn't pull hoss threat like Earthcall.

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

Might be a silly question, but why is VS so contested? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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20int on gloves frees up many other slots to go raw +mana =).

[Ele]

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

So basically 3 classes need pieces off one mob? Not guarunteed to drop either I take it?

Correct. Gnarled is like 25-50% chance for one drop, Green Stones are like 33-50% up to two drops.

Faydedar is guaranteed a druid pod each time though.

[Nirgon]

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

Gnarled is like 25-50% chance for one drop, Green Stones are like 33-50% up to two drops.

Faydedar is guaranteed a druid pod each time though.

More lucky than duct tape

[TarukShmaruk]

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

Gnarled staff for wizard epic (only source even after post-Velious epic balancing patch) and Kunark class legs

SoE really hated Wizards for some reason.

At one point in the PoP-era, they tinkered with some faction and broke the broken golem spawn, which caused it to get gibbed as soon as it popped by the other denizens in fear (probably Fright/Terror/Dread).

I was bound in fear and would check every single day by solo'ing enough mobs to run an Eye of Zomm over to the spawn for *over a month*.

In constant contact with a GM, their staff finally found out that the spawn was indeed broken, and after I begged him to pop the mob so I could get a group to kill it - he simply handed me the oil and said "I think a month is long enough".

(I'm not making this up. It's how I got my epic)

[Flamewraith]

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

This is the same defense we saw over on Fippy over the nuclear arms race we call the SK MQ2 Wars. Specific guilds were guilty of doing it but they each used the other doing it as a justification for their participation. It implies you're complicit with it happening and
don't want to or don't care enough to deal with it (IE make a stand, whistle blow etc..).

In the end the whole notion that everybody was participating in the MQ2 stuff was a giant farce, it was a small group of people in two specific guilds that ruined it for the whole server. Nobody within those guilds who knew about it had the balls to step up and call anybody out on it and provide evidence.

LOL I remember this shit, when citizen had a fuckload of SK's sitting on trak and they would all just HT him the second he spawned. Citizen was like the TMO of this server, but much more blatant cheating.

[Atmas]

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

SoE really hated Wizards for some reason.

At one point in the PoP-era, they tinkered with some faction and broke the broken golem spawn, which caused it to get gibbed as soon as it popped by the other denizens in fear (probably Fright/Terror/Dread).

I was bound in fear and would check every single day by solo'ing enough mobs to run an Eye of Zomm over to the spawn for *over a month*.

In constant contact with a GM, their staff finally found out that the spawn was indeed broken, and after I begged him to pop the mob so I could get a group to kill it - he simply handed me the oil and said "I think a month is long enough".

(I'm not making this up. It's how I got my epic)

Yes, I recall when this happened. On my server at one point GM would just give anyone who had the piece to hand in to the golem and zoned into fear the oil.

There are a couple of other things that made me wonder about the wizard hate. Skyfire evac point for instance. At one point in PoP I even hear they considered giving Strike of Solsek a percentage chance to backfire and cause 300 damage to the caster.