Sol A and Permafrost aren't dungeons you go to to find pickup groups,
IMO. First, anything interesting is considerably farther in past the
zone line, and secondly because of that, you need a group that knows how
to work together. Snaring is mandatory, as is a puller who knows what
the heck they are doing.
At the same time, they are 2 of the most fun dungeons in the game, again
IMO. Especially on older servers where Lower Guk is so camped you have
to book an appointment for a spawn spot, these 2 dungeons are probably
the only places where you will be able to explore dungeons the way I
think Verant really had in mind when designing the game. (assuming you
resist the temptation to go to a spoiler site for maps and mob
locations)
I missed these 2 the first time around, mainly because neither were
itemized until after they were way green to my character, but I've had a
great time in them with my new character, and am a bit sad now at 37
that they are getting too green for me.
On Mon, Nov 15/99, JasonF <JasonF@...> wrote:
> From: "JasonF" <JasonF@...>
>
> /shiver
>
> Man. I friggin' hate goblins. They train up like they work for Amtrak.
> Sol A and Runnyeye are the worst, Permafrost isn't quite so bad.
>
> I know it's because I've been in bad pickup groups, but I have died and left
> empty-handed every time I've tried to fight in Sol A as a bard. So far I've
> made excursion there three separate times for vambrace and boot items and
> there's usually just about 12 people in the zone, half of them resting from
> Sol B. I have yet to even get to the spawn locations for these items. I
> don't have a strong guild, so getting them together for this sort of thing
> just isn't possible. So every once in a while I cruise to Sol A and ask if
> anyone is fighting in there and need a bard. So far no luck. Just another
> couple of empty-handed deaths and a run back to Cazic-Thule where the
> coordinated people seem to fight.
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