At 03:31 PM 12/21/00 -0500, Scott Malin wrote:
>From: "John Tatsukawa" <john@...>
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Solo Spectre Camp Break?
>
>
> > Just following up on an old thread.
> >
> > I was level 41 last night (42 now) and me and a ranger friend, Deerwen,
> > (level 45) fought a bunch of spectres last night.
> > Since we were near Oasis we checked out the Spectres and found them
> > uncamped. He was concerned about how to break the camp. I told him not to
> > worry about it. He waited by the inn near the sro zone and after I got a
> > sow from him, sang my aria and ran out to the island in the middle of the
>lake.
> >
> > I tried to Lament the spectre closest to the edge that runs down towards
> > the water. Resisted. Ack! Here he comes with 4 of his friends. Hmmm.
>
>This ranger should be chastised for having you pull. In that situation he
>should be up there with Harmony pulling. Lament, like the calm series runs
>into this problem, harmony doesn't although it's limited to outdoors zones.
>I'm always amazed at the difference a good bard can make, but at least in
>this case the ranger had the edge.
>
>Underbrush
>50th level ranger of Tunare
>Reedwind
>18th level bard of Veeshen
True. I wondered about harmony after I went in. He was concerned about how
to break the camp and I'm not that familiar with harmony. I know harmony
lowers the aggro range of a creature, but if the creature is out of range
of harmony, wouldn't it still get pulled?
For instance, there's 4 spectres on each corner of the square island and 4
in the tower (I really don't know the exact number. Never ran into there
with full spawn). I wouldn't know how the range would keep the ones in the
tower from aggroing, unless you can get close enough to them to harmony
without line of sight.
I wasn't too worried anyway since I handled the multiples pretty easily.
But it is good to know.
--------
My other concern is etiquette. Nobody was around the spectres and the
island was unbroken. As soon as I broke the spawn there were 3 other groups
who jumped in and started pulling spectres. One even ran us over with their
pull while we were medding and healing. I guess it's bound to happen since
I'm pulling the spectres so far away. Seems rude on from one perspective,
but from another it seems inevitable unless you are sitting smack dab on
the island.
---Windleaf