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#1 Jan 13 2005 at 6:13 PM Rating: Decent
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After much debate and a short stint in FFXI and CoH I've finally taken the plunge and came back to the world of EQ, this time in EQ2.

One thing I've noticed with the "Hunter of ****" titles next o peoples names, I know you get this for killing a certain number of that monster. While killing gnolls I noticed first a update of You have attained the Rank of Gnoll Killer, then Gnoll Hunter. I'm pretty sure thats how it went, after those Ranks how much further do you have before you can have the title added to your name?


Kind of an irrelevant question, I know, but just wondering :)

Thanks.
#2 Jan 13 2005 at 6:18 PM Rating: Decent
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500 kills get you the title.

After you get all the kills press "P" and choose your suffix, it's a drop down selection.

Edited, Thu Jan 13 18:24:34 2005 by Kouranx
#3 Jan 13 2005 at 6:21 PM Rating: Decent
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Well 500 is going to take awhile, thanks.

But at least you get one after killing all the gnolls or orcs for the betrayal quests too.

#4 Jan 13 2005 at 6:51 PM Rating: Decent
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But at least you get one after killing all the gnolls or orcs for the betrayal quests too.


Yup, I'm doing the betrayel quest with a Ratonga Summoner. Basically once you are done with the quest you will get the title, I personally have like 120 more to kill.

The gnoll pups outside the North Qeynos gate are fast kills with a fast respawn.
#5 Jan 13 2005 at 7:11 PM Rating: Decent
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The gnoll pups outside the North Qeynos gate are fast kills with a fast respawn.

And as a bonus, die with a satisfying thud! Just don't spill any of that K9 saliva in your backpack... it leaves a nasty stain!
#6 Jan 13 2005 at 11:41 PM Rating: Decent
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also at 5000 kills you get master of title
#7 Jan 14 2005 at 3:45 AM Rating: Decent
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I have to say that I find "Hunter of Goblins" extremely unimpressive - especially when you find people on IoR still killing them when they have it. Perhaps it is just a mindset that I am unable to comprehend.

Hunter of <anything but Goblins> tells me they killed an awful lot of whatever.

Hunter of Goblins tells me they are a sad loser who stayed too long in the newbie yard in the hope of impressing people.
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#8 Jan 14 2005 at 5:38 AM Rating: Decent
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also at 5000 kills you get master of title


Actually 5000 kills gets you the Slayer of Title :)
#9 Jan 14 2005 at 9:22 AM Rating: Decent
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Hunter of Goblins tells me they are a sad loser who stayed too long in the newbie yard in the hope of impressing people.


Not really, some may have spent much time in Runnyeye ;)

(also some other 'blue' things are actually goblin race .. some are pretty low lv - hint for all doing the goblin mastery book which you can get from Enchanted Lands)
#10 Jan 14 2005 at 9:22 AM Rating: Decent
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I have to say that I find "Hunter of Goblins" extremely unimpressive - especially when you find people on IoR still killing them when they have it. Perhaps it is just a mindset that I am unable to comprehend.

Hunter of <anything but Goblins> tells me they killed an awful lot of whatever.

Hunter of Goblins tells me they are a sad loser who stayed too long in the newbie yard in the hope of impressing people.


Maybe they didnt just get it in IoR. In the Forest Ruins, there are some mobs that count as goblin kills and you can get xp well into the low teens from them. Also, there are gooblins in other zones as well. IoR is not the only place with gobbies.
#11 Jan 14 2005 at 10:25 AM Rating: Decent
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I'd like to be "Slayer of Crabs"
#12 Jan 14 2005 at 10:27 AM Rating: Decent
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I'd like to be "Slayer of Crabs"


Sorry can't have it, although you can get Slayer of Farries.
#13 Jan 14 2005 at 10:44 AM Rating: Decent
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If it was "Slayer of Faeries" I might not mind but then I'd have also change my name to Captain Hook, but I think it actually says "Slayer of Fey". The only ones that I know it tracks are Orcs, Goblins, Gnolls, and Fey.
#14 Jan 14 2005 at 11:26 AM Rating: Default
There is one for elementals as well IIRC
#15 Jan 14 2005 at 11:34 AM Rating: Decent
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The only ones that I know it tracks are Orcs, Goblins, Gnolls, and Fey.


You forgot Undead.

And yes I know the Ruins Lurkers are counted as Goblins.

And also that there are much higher goblin mobs in places like Runneyeye. However 99% of the people you see sporting a "Slayer of Goblins" title are in early teens. I don't think Runneyeye is a likely place for them to earn the title at that level.

And to get the title in Forest Ruins would again mean killing silly numbers of grey mobs. The exp is very good from them and you would easily pass through the levels where you got exp without reaching 500.

Gnolls are different as there are so many quests requiring them dead. The same for Undead and the rest.

And if you did finally get a Hunter of Goblins title from fighting in Runneyeye ate whatever level it is would you really want to wear it in public and be mistaken for someone fresh off the boat?
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#16 Jan 14 2005 at 4:39 PM Rating: Default
I earned Hunter of Goblins on IOR, and I don't feel it is a cheapened honor. I stuck to blue con mobs and above and soloed them. I also spent a lot of time amongst the aggro mobs, so there was a challenge in not getting overwhelmed. At level 6 several of these were arrow up blue con group mobs that I soloed. Given the ****** nature of the equipment on IOR, some of the fights were less than easy and downright close. *shrug* to each their own. By 16 I had Goblin, Undead, Orc and Gnoll. I usually wear the Orc title in Qeynos as it says Betrayer, which itself I think is an accomplishment - not an easy quest.
#17 Jan 14 2005 at 4:48 PM Rating: Decent
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and of course there is the view that getting the title, whether its goblins or the other stuff, isnt just so one can impress the masses. The world isnt always centered around "those who view"...sometimes people do what they do just for their own personal enjoyment <gasp!>. I knew that by the time I got Hunter of Gnolls and Hunter of Undead, that about a gazillion others had already been there....so it certainly wasnt a need to keep up with the "Jones'." I just like having a title to switch back and forth once and a while.....but then..I didnt put my second name up either when I had the chance...guess im just not ambitious.
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#18 Jan 14 2005 at 5:27 PM Rating: Decent
Bah! "Hunter of x" titles are useless. Just fluff the devs threw in. Besides I have hunter of orcs, undead and faries. I use none as with a last name they just clutter up the screen especialy in groups past 20. When "Garak Foebane, Hunter of goblins" and his five friends are in your group and you cannot even see the mobs through all the names you'll take yours off too.
#19 Jan 14 2005 at 7:10 PM Rating: Decent
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My Ratty Rogue should have the Title "Slayer of Cows" for the number of bovines that have fallen to his ichor coated blades.

For those who are confused by this statement, the Cows at the xroads <solo ones anyway> drop Adept1 spells every 2-3 boxes and occasionally tradeskill books aswell.

I have yet to find any equivelant in Antomonica.
#20 Jan 16 2005 at 6:53 AM Rating: Decent
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I got Hunter of Goblins on IoR also. Why? BECAUSE I WANTED TO. :)

I created a character and said to myself "This character is going to obtain every title he possibly can". Well, that begins with goblins, doesn't it?

Also, at the time I achieved the title, I could count on one hand the number of times I had seen that title on someone else. Right now he's working on Hunter of Orcs. And I intend to get that and Hunter of Undead prior to betraying Freeport and making my way over to Antonica to get Hunter of Gnolls.

It has to do with goals, that's all. I intend to play this game for the long haul, just like I did with EQ1. I'm sure that 5 years from now I'll have several "Slayer" titles under my belt also.

Before you start looking down on people for their achievements, you should first stop and try to understand that they might have had a motivation you had not considered.

We're playing a game here. Why does one person "not have a life" for killing 500 goblins on the IoR, yet another person DOES have a life for killing 500 goblins elsewhere? No makey no senza to me.
#21 Jan 16 2005 at 7:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Before you start looking down on people for their achievements, you should first stop and try to understand that they might have had a motivation you had not considered.


What worries me is that it is exactly the motivation I thought it was. And I would question the word "achievement". But I'm the sort of person who doesn't like titles and would certainly not subjugate my enjoyment of the game to "earning" them.

If you want to get both Orc and Undead before you betray then you will either end up slaughtering grey mobs or turning off combat exp - just to get a few words after your name. You are right I do not comprehend the mindset that thinks this is a fun way to play. It does however sound very much more like the totally understandable mindset of someone who wants to brag about their titles.

Anyway we digress. My comments were more along the lines of a warning to those on the IoR not to expect their peers to hold them in vast esteem for their amazing feat. If you want to do it because you promised your granny or because your school chum did it then go to it and good luck.
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#22 Jan 16 2005 at 11:49 AM Rating: Decent
I have a lvl 6 priest that on the IoR and got the Hunter of Goblins title already, I have him there for a reason though, and he is specifaccly created for that place (a barbarian priest) so he can solo practically everything, Grimgash is the only thing that can give me problems is Grimgash (but i have done it)

Right now he has easily made over 1g just selling stuff to merchants and is Artisan lvl 9 with over 100% exp.
Eventually I want to get all of the differant slayer titles, but that will take time.
#23 Jan 16 2005 at 1:10 PM Rating: Decent
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Cyrus, out of curiosity, can you solo the Ghost Captain? That guy is a pain....
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Before you start looking down on people for their achievements, you should first stop and try to understand that they might have had a motivation you had not considered.


What worries me is that it is exactly the motivation I thought it was. And I would question the word "achievement". But I'm the sort of person who doesn't like titles and would certainly not subjugate my enjoyment of the game to "earning" them.

If you want to get both Orc and Undead before you betray then you will either end up slaughtering grey mobs or turning off combat exp - just to get a few words after your name. You are right I do not comprehend the mindset that thinks this is a fun way to play. It does however sound very much more like the totally understandable mindset of someone who wants to brag about their titles.

Anyway we digress. My comments were more along the lines of a warning to those on the IoR not to expect their peers to hold them in vast esteem for their amazing feat. If you want to do it because you promised your granny or because your school chum did it then go to it and good luck.


I'm still trying to understand the disdain in which you hold people who are collecting titles. Because frankly, it doesn't make sense.

I tell you what...when you go to the toy star and buy a box of toy soldiers, I'm not gonna tell you how to fight your "war". So why do you feel the need to question how others fight theirs?

I don't understand people who have an uncontrolable need to race to level 50 without any care given to the content they are consuming or missing on the way there. But you know what? Neither do I care. If they find that fun, then that's their business, not mine. And I'm not the one paying their monthly fee.
#25 Jan 16 2005 at 1:52 PM Rating: Decent
Yes i can solo Rockbelly, i have done it multiple times. the only problem i ever have is the group I'm in doesnt cooperate and attacks rockbelly.
#26 Jan 16 2005 at 3:36 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm still trying to understand the disdain in which you hold people who are collecting titles. Because frankly, it doesn't make sense.


Well you'll just have to wonder.

I'm not telling you how to play. As I said it is just by way of a warning to people who may think it is "cool". It is a personal opinion and you are welcome to differ.

I am not "racing to 50" in the slightest. However staying on the IoR to get a title that only means you stayed on the IoR much longer than you needed is not "content". I am the one experiencing the content while you are killing your 500+ goblins. You are the one doing something trivial and monotonous for a meaningless title.

Have you ever thought that there is actually a fair bit of content aimed at level 6 players leaving the IoR that you completely bypass by leaving it with the 220% exp or whatever the cap is. Whole swathes of the newbie areas around Qeynos and Freeport go grey in the instant of you leaving the IoR if you stay that way.

If you prefer to do it your way then fine. Whatever floats your boat. Just don't expect people to go "Wow! He's a Hunter of Goblins" as you walk by.
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