Hey gang!
At 19, I've managed to acquire 4 items needed for the lambent armor quest
without any real help from anyone thus far, with the exception with the
lambent stone itself. I'll tell you this, for all you newer bards out
there (including me), you can get these items fairly easily...
Dark Boned Bracer from Greater Dark Bone in Unrest... found mine on a
corpse lying at the zone as SOON as I stepped in! How convenient. Picked it
up, turned around and left. This was at lvl 15-16ish?
Grinnenne Charm from Griffenne in W Kar? Once again, i zoned in from the
wooden bridge, made an announcement this time, actually... Someone's like
"one charm in front of the wooden bride!" Woohoo. Walked straight out on the
path, spotted it, and grabbed it. yay! I think I was 16ish here too.
Opalline Helm from Deep Water Goblin in Oasis... Hey, there are normally
people pulling these guys and their pets to either the SRo zone or right
there near those huts on the shore during peak hours. If you can get on and
over there during these times, I'd make an effort to do so. You know, the
helm itself is pretty sorry to wear itself as armor, the people who are high
enough to kill DWG's most likely already have something better than an ac8
helm with no stat enhancers. I was maybe lvl 17 or so then.
Shin Greaves and Shin Gauntlets from Shin Ghoul Knights and Shin Knights in
Lower Guk... (forget which drops what) People pull these mobs to zone all
the time. The spawn rate isn't bad, and the way to do it is wait just down
the hall from the zone into Upper. They like to fight right at the zone
line, and if they zone, they'll turn to you. Again, once you wait a little
while, shouts and ooc's will say _____ is on _____ at zone. Pick it up and
go. Now the trick with Lower Guk is you have to get down there without
getting mauled. I just made 19, so I had sonorous clouding (invis song). I
also had NO faction hits against frogloks. When uninvis, they were dubious
or apprehensive? forget... anyway, yay me! The other trick is trying to find
it. That I'll leave up to you, cuz I couldn't even try to begin explaining
now LOL! Btw, I think both mobs could see through invis too.
Icy Greaves from Elite Goblin Guard in Permafrost Keep... Ya, another easy
one lol! This is the one I really did need help. These guys ain't no
cocktail party. They spawn way down in the valley with the King and
patriarch. I was with two groups 35+ one night. They were there for the Vox
bracer i believe. First group left, I still had no greaves. Besides, two ppl
in that group wanted greaves themselves. I made a /tell to a 46 Pal to see
if he would kill one for me so I could loot. I offered him my Runed Bone
Fork. Ya it was pretty late. So he was camping some weight reduicing bag,
and said he'd be down in a little bit. I told him the king just spawned - he
was scowling at me =P yikes! He hurried down with his two friends. From that
point on, we were there for 4+ hrs killing everything that spawned. You know
what they asked me to sing? Chant of battle!! (they asked for some dex
songs. was the only one I had. heehee!) The paladin leaves, with just two
fighters and this singing guy. wiz and druid actually. Hardly a balanced
group. Needless to say, I died once. Ran back from Halas, got camo from the
druid (didn't have my wind instrument obviously), and ran back down. I
noticed very little exp loss, and it was a small price to pay. As it turns
out, I got 2 FS wpns, 1h silvery war axe, and the icy greaves finally did
drop.
So these five items I've attained at just level 19. Yesterday (sat), i went
to the temple and got my lambent greaves and bracer. One small problem with
lambent. It doesn't match with barbed arms and bronze boots and chest. EW!!
I still look pretty pimp.
And regarding the lambent stones... By being at the right place at the right
time, I've received 2/3 i've owned for free! So you can finesse your way
into some lambent if you got the skill! =P
Good Luck all, and sorry to babble! I like to share my good fortune and
encourage others.
Special thanks go to Athren Notechaser for the questions he answered for me
before I went into the temple. You rock bro!
Pava, Bard of 19th measure
<Silent Dragons>
Cazic Thule
>Greetings!
>Yesterday I was allowed to tag along with the Esprit de Corps guild on
>Cazic
>Thule server. We did an assault on Mistmoore castle. 4 groups of 30's to
>low 40's (i am lvl 35) went in the secret way from the crypt up to the
>bedroom. We cleared all the hallways and the bathrooom, then set up base
>in
>the bedroom. Got the black silk gloves off the 10th Deathly Usher I
>looted.
> Not as common as I was expecting.
>
>Anyway, I had the gypsy musicians on track, but the groups were reluctant
>to
>pull them. They said there were 5 hard mobs between us and the musicians.
>I believe it. At one point our 4 groups were completely destroyed. The
>spawns there are very deadly. We often were fighting 6-8 mobs. Perhaps
>part of the problem was the groups learning to work together. Anyway, for
>those who have yet to get the gypsy lute, be advised that this is no small
>task.
>
>On another note, I was able to get the Deep Water Goblin's Opaline helm on
>the 3rd try. I knew nothing of these DW Goblins, so be warned that
>attacking one will likely get you 5-6 plus their pets.
>
>Fflewduer
>working on Lambent at 35 and finding it pretty hard going