SRo AC FTE clarification

[Jimjam]

I was under the impression that it was first player to get on the aggro list of a mob was the 'FTE'. So starting cast a spell doesn't count, but landing a spell, body aggro, etc do.

Is that correct?

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

There is a PH to camp. On live you could camp the AC in South Ro because of lists and mutual respect but here you have dedicated 60 AC farming alts camped in South Ro on a permanent basis who will try to FTE.

One of the issues that make it unclassic is its still much easier to camp than on live. On live there was no known time frame, no known ph's, no known 33.xx timer that you could track.

If they wanted to model the 'experience' rather than the hard unknown mechanics it should be rewritten to be completely unknown like it was on live.

Would result in less farming as like live you'd have to sit in South Ro both day and night till you got it, not exp during the day log on at night and farm.

Out dated info. Now it just spawns at 9pm regardless of what you may have been doing to other mobs in the zone.

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

Your shitting me? Okay definitely wrong then. Question then? Why when I was checking out the Sro camp with my level 1 troll were there a bunch of level 60's running run killing shit?

I /yelled out Hail an ancient cyclops and some 55 druid goes "lol lies, I have a female derv on track"? They going by old code?

At 9PM there will be a random spawn from a list. 10% of the time it will be the AC, the other 90% of the time basically the normal S Ro trash.

So you can guess if AC didn't spawn by whether something else spawned at 9pm.



I did once kill an AC, when I got a tell from an angry 30 something saying it was their main, they had been killing PHs for ages. I explained them they (and the wiki) were wrong, how it works now and let them loot the ring anyway. This kind of thing makes a bigger difference to such a person than for my nth alt. Like even if they were lieing about their 30 being their main, their sperg out meant they deserved it to me. Hopefully he spergs out every time he doesn't get his way after I reinforced this behaviour [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]


Red stories: First attempt at AC I was winning against an in range SK, but an out of range druid came along and basically turned the battle. Later, a Thunderdome just MQd me one for free. It's swings and roundabouts on Red, I guess.

[Swish]

Overall on red you're going to get one faster whatever way you look at it.

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Was still contested when I got mine the other week, nice assumption though.

Outside of AC spawn time you might have been right. Better luck next time [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

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Maybe most American time zone players are asleep, what's your excuse? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tapped]

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

Lol, you best believe that if I started casting a spell before someone got a click off, I'm burning that mob to the ground because my click was before theirs. It's classic, homie

A few things of note here...
First, I didn't actually realize he used an insta until I had already conceded the kill, and he linked the item in chat. I just assumed Cheetah got me there quickly enough that I didn't have to worry about competition (he spawned in a corner) and then promptly squandered that advantage in using Razer. When I saw someone else's spell effect go off, I just assumed it was a full cast.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, after having previously conned the guy, I knew he was 60. I wasn't winning that burn race even if I had tried.
Finally, my gut feeling was that FTE rules said I was the loser here. Indeed, it appears they are... just not exactly in the way I assumed.

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

Question then? Why when I was checking out the Sro camp with my level 1 troll were there a bunch of level 60's running run killing shit?

Could be that they were also looking for other spawns in the zone, such as SGs, or Terrorantula.

[fastboy21]

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

Your shitting me? Okay definitely wrong then. Question then? Why when I was checking out the Sro camp with my level 1 troll were there a bunch of level 60's running run killing shit?

I /yelled out Hail an ancient cyclops and some 55 druid goes "lol lies, I have a female derv on track"? They going by old code?

Most likely they didn't know what they were doing was useless.

It was actually a single placeholder for a long time on p99. They changed it the current state a few years ago. No clue if there is a reason they don't make it the classic spawn for him. I'm sure they know what it is, it's one of the most well known mystery spawns that we have a definitive answer to.

[guinness]

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

I was under the impression that it was first player to get on the aggro list of a mob was the 'FTE'. So starting cast a spell doesn't count, but landing a spell, body aggro, etc do.

Is that correct?

Yes that is correct.

[Ikon]

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

A few things of note here...
First, I didn't actually realize he used an insta until I had already conceded the kill, and he linked the item in chat. I just assumed Cheetah got me there quickly enough that I didn't have to worry about competition (he spawned in a corner) and then promptly squandered that advantage in using Razer. When I saw someone else's spell effect go off, I just assumed it was a full cast.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, after having previously conned the guy, I knew he was 60. I wasn't winning that burn race even if I had tried.
Finally, my gut feeling was that FTE rules said I was the loser here. Indeed, it appears they are... just not exactly in the way I assumed.

Could be that they were also looking for other spawns in the zone, such as SGs, or Terrorantula.

I always set up a macro for rares.

/pause 4, /target an ancient cyclops
/pause 4, /cast 1

Put it on a hotbutton, put the button into hotbar 1 and bind a key to it, no more mouse issues, works even better with arrow of course if you can use a bow

Yeah must have been looking for something else

[Tapped]

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

I always set up a macro for rares.

/pause 4, /target an ancient cyclops
/pause 4, /cast 1

Put it on a hotbutton, put the button into hotbar 1 and bind a key to it, no more mouse issues, works even better with arrow of course if you can use a bow

Yeah must have been looking for something else

This does still require the associated keybind to be functional, and that was the problem here. I did a quick Alt+3 to cast Engorging Roots, as it was the fastest casting spell I had mem'd. Unfortunately, that day the 3 key on my Razer Naga was acting up, and not recognizing clicks from time to time. Two of those times just happened to be when I was trying to engage AC.

All the same, that's not a half bad idea with the macro.

[Gumbo]

Dealing with the AC in SRO is like shopping in a toy store with a dozen other people who all want the same toy. Since this toy is the #1 toy of the season, the store will release it at a certain time but won't tell you where it will be in the store. You see it and grab it first, it's yours...