Well written! At level 35 I'm charm/kiting the HG's and this morning ran
into the same exact thing you are talking about regarding groups blaming
you for trains. Unfortunately, HG's aggro on just about anything around
them. I was able to charm/kite 3 HG's when someone pulled 1 HG accidentally
through the 2 that I already had fighting.
For cyclopses, I'd recommend you pull them over to the unkempt druid's
area. Sometimes a druid will get aggro'd on your pet, but I then just have
my pet kill the druid for me. You even get good faction with the good
druids. = P
For HG's I'm thinking of trying to pull them south close to the Zazamoukh
enchanter area.
I'd highly recommend that you warn any groups that will be in your path
about what you are doing. My recommendation is that if there are a lot of
groups in the area, that you join one of them or find some other place to
hunt. Solo hunting can be very hazardous to other groups and can make a lot
of people mad at you.
---Windleaf Mistsong
At 06:32 AM 8/2/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Finally left my regular group and learned to use siren
>song. Here are some notes I haven't seen posted or in
>any guide:
>
>Tarskuk, the named cyclops is 33rd lvl and runs faster
>than SOW.
>
>The area to the right of the Lake Rathetear zone is a
>valley with a large hill in the middle (bandit camp on
>the hill top). There is a gypsy camp to the North and
>an undead tower to the South. The East side of this
>"racetrack" seldom has any action and this is prolly
>the best area for easy charm kiting. Optionally you
>can pull two Clops North of the gypsy camp to the open
>area near the ruined druid ring for your kiting.
>
>The cyclops are often well camped and many people who
>don't understand the bard class take exception to you
>and two angry cyclops barreling thru their peaceful
>camp. Any trains that occur during this time will
>likely be blamed on you.
>
>I like to get on early in the morning when there are
>few people in the zone. There are seldom any 'clops
>spawned at this time. Kill the placeholders,
>lizardmen, bears and giant skeletons until a few
>cyclops pop.
>
>Always kill placeholders until at least three cyclops
>spawn. It is a sad thing when you've got a cyclops in
>tow and the second is taken by a group that has just
>arrived. If this happens, relax. Not even Tarskuk
>can catch you with that drum equiped. Just run around
>the track until you see your next victim. If nothing
>else, you can have your pet-in-tow kill placeholders
>for you until more cyclops spawn. You will be
>surprised at how quickly cyclops can kill a bear or
>lizardman so be quick to retarget.
>
>Charm kiting with a group:
>
>Generally a bad idea. Cyclops hit very hard and
>mistakes are often deadly. But if you do, post your
>healers by the zone entrance and run by if you get
>into trouble. If you're really in trouble, the zone
>is right there. Melee type can hang out near the
>gypsy camp and you can train your weakened ex-pet to
>them for great xp. Have the melee types kill
>placeholders while you charm for a never-ending supply
>of prey. At this point, the cyclops will ignore the
>warriors in your group. Just keep it chained and at a
>distance and the fighters can walk behind it while the
>cyclops remains focused on you.
>
>Note: Enchanters have much better charming ability
>than we do. the difference is that we run like the
>gingerbread man so mistakes and unexpected problems
>are much easier to avoid. If you are lucky enough to
>group with an enchanter, let him/her charm while you
>sing Selo's. Chain/Bellow/FCC the other cyclops and
>keep your finger near the Selos hotkey in case the
>unexpected happens.
>
>Suggested songs to memm:
>
>Anthem/Chant of Battle
>Chains
>Hymm
>Selo's
>Bellow
>FCC
>Screach
>Siren song
>
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