A hidden gold mine....Follow

I know that this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I love this zone for all those reasons.

Bah. I'm wanting one of those Soulstrippers bad for my cleric. I've heard horror stories about camping that, and you got 3 of them? They're supposed to be a rare drop off a rare spawn.

Sometimes this game seems like it knows what you're camping for, and only drops it for people who don't specifically want it...

I'm glad someone else finally said it. As a noob (which I think I still am since I don't get the opportunity to spend a lot of time playing), I played all 16 classes to get a feel for them all and see what I liked. Leveling at low levels is fairly quick so it wasn't a huge time inevstment. I played most of them at least long enough to do the noob armor quests and I must say that in many instances, whatever the character needed to drop almost NEVER dropped. The drop rates for the items needed to construct the noob armor, especially in comparison to how often the same items dropped for characters killing the same mobs in the same zones who DIDN'T need the drop, were often absolutely abysmal.

For example, my dark elf necromancer needed three deathfist scout scalps to complete her armor and I never, ever got one as a drop playing her. And she tried for HOURS. I sent my erudite shadow knight to Nektulos Forest and one dropped off the first deathfist scout I killed. (She got her other two by running around to every vendor in Neriak. Very annoying but MUCH quicker than trying to get them by killing the mob.) I also remember that spiderling legs were impossible to get to drop from the spiders in Everfrost when my barbarian rogue needed them for noob armor. SPIDERLING LEGS! I could probably think up at least a half a dozen similar examples.

I came away with the distinct impression that this was done just to make the quests last longer and make them harder to do. In my experience, this behavior of the drop rates was rampant and consistent. And, very, very annoying.

I'm also glad to see that I'm not the only one affected by this phenomenon. Around the time I hit level 11, I gave up on my newbie necro armor quests because I was getting better gear using the money I got from selling the drops I couldn't use. I would think that quests for newbie gear would be somewhat more easily completed...like maybe completable before you don't need the gear anymore?

Fetisher
lvl 19 necro
E'ci server

As a 65 Elder Druid I like to spend time, when I need some low-key Soloing, in Nadox. I Charm the Exhausted Bloodtusk (Level 59 Boar) and buff the **** out of him.
Then I go a slaytanic killing spree.
Across the bridge, middle tunnel, second room. All Dark Blue cons, most Level 57 to 59. Nothing summons. Most have cash loot ~ 5 to 9 pp each ~ and a couple of saleable items that drop. Most of all though is the gems, I mean a lot of gems.

With a single hit of KEI and Cha buff, I go a waste a couple of hours of very low stress playing time, collect 2000pp in gems and PP, a bag full of tribute bait and close to an entire AA.

On Rallos Zek, I usually see two or three other peeps the whole time I am there.

OH, and now there is the new Zone Experience Modifiers in effect….extra bonus if it app-lies to you.

soulstripper isnt that rare, i farmed it for a while and got no less than 12 strippers in about 2 weeks time, i soloed the guy from lvl 60ish and at the time he was pretty tough, but i never died and he dropped the stripper every time. boring camp tho and some times he took a few hours to spawn.

Sheesh. About 8 months ago or so myself (pally) and a shammy camped the SS for 14 hours straight. Wanted one for my alt cleric. After 14 grueling hours without the enraged soulstealer ever spawning, he finally spawns....we kill him, and he drops some mage cloak. ARGH. So said ***** it, went and bought one for 6k in bazaar and will never go back to that camp.

In retrospect though we did get a ton of gem drops.