Another Hunting Suggestion Thread

[DansMtnVue]

So... just trained to level 55, sword/board ambusher...


(at level 55), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 160 60
Shield Use.........................| 157 57
Combat Maneuvers...................| 162 62
Edged Weapons......................| 214 114
Ambush.............................| 214 114
Physical Fitness...................| 157 57
Dodging............................| 214 114
Arcane Symbols.....................| 70 15
Harness Power......................| 30 6
Disarming Traps....................| 271 171
Picking Locks......................| 271 171
Stalking and Hiding................| 214 114
Perception.........................| 158 58
Climbing...........................| 159 59
Swimming...........................| 157 57

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 4

And I've been hunting in Stone Valley... Trolls and Giants. The only problem (if you can call it that) is that they're not quite hard enough any more. Their boxes aren't any good for lockmastery ranks (with the occasional exception), and sinc I'm like-level, no cool junk being dropped. At 55, and bein a rogue, I should be able to uphunt quite a bit, since I walk around with a full array of mage / cleric spells plus my COL signs.

I took a little trip into the Illoke area, and was driven out by what seemed to be a pretty ridiculous gen rate. I couldn't leg and kill anything without two or three other critters either running in or genning in that room before I could finish. Plus the mastiffs are impossible (for me anyway) to hide around. So... any suggestions?

I took a trip out to Teras to take a stab at pyrothags, but between the lava flows and problems hiding around them, not to mention the oh-so-friendly environment, the fact that they're only 3 levels above makes them pretty unattractive. A quick glance through Tsoran's maps shows a few hunting areas in the 60-70 range, but one of those is Troll Kings... which used to be a no-no for rogues, due to the lost limbs turning into more Kings (with no treasure to show for it), and one of those is in EN, which I have zero experience with {Hunch Backed Dogmatist; Emaciated Hierophant; Muscular Supplicant; Farlook}. Are these critters a reasonable option at this point?

I hunt with a weighted weapon, so blesses for undead are pretty much out for now, so Eidolons and the like aren't viable.

I'm looking for something with decent treasure, a respectable but not crazy gen rate, unless it's something I can one-shot crit (been hunting stone things a bit too long lately... five swing kills FTL). Boxes are kinda important for lmastery ranks, too.

Any ideas / advice?

[Some Rogue]

I took a trip out to Teras to take a stab at pyrothags, but between the lava flows and problems hiding around them, not to mention the oh-so-friendly environment, the fact that they're only 3 levels above makes them pretty unattractive.

The trick is to go up that hill there. No skayls and no worries about the lava flows. Hiding is stil a bit of a pain, but the boxes are great for lockmastery.

The other option would be Black Forest Ogres in Illistim. They're pretty easy and used to drop decent boxes, but I haven't hunted there in quite awhile.

[NocturnalRob]

The trick is to go up that hill there. No skayls and no worries about the lava flows. Hiding is stil a bit of a pain, but the boxes are great for lockmastery.


dude...seriously? stfu. hahaha...STOP TALKING ABOUT TERAS!!

Dan, my rogue is 56, and the only time I die in pyros is when I decide to get saucy and run around with 3-5k in coins (thraks tend to drop 300-500 silvers per kill) and a few boxes on my person.

But pyro boxes are good for LM. As are mage boxes.

[DansMtnVue]

At 56, how much of a problem are mages? 15 levels of uphunting is pretty decent... specially with boxes.

[Some Rogue]

YOU GONNA GET RAPED.

if you try to hunt mages solo at 56.

[Some Rogue]

Seriously though, the eye fucking sucks. Sprites in that area will dispel you every chance they get, they cast clouds, nasty little fireball, and they will use weapon deflection on you.

Mages....boil earth, major ewave, sleep, major fire, immolate and the worst weaponfire you've ever seen.

And...to top it all off, everytime you kill a mage, you get at least a rank 1 wound from their "death stare".

[DansMtnVue]

Holy Hell... yeah... Ok... No Eye for me. I die enough as it is.

[Zarli]

if you're used to hunting fully spelled, you're not going to like skull temple/keen/temple etc in Illistim. Spell burst sucks.

The dark forest with Ogre's, vipers and boars is ok.. just not a ton of treasure. I have a 66 level rogue but when she was 55ish I had her in ogre's and it was good hunting. Hunting her right now though is horrible, I hate doing it, seriously considering becoming a pure picker since she dies more than she lives.

Good luck though.

[DansMtnVue]

I gotta say... I took the Chronomage express to Teras (with the whole crew), and had some time to kill, so I took another spin through the Illoke area out in Stronghold... and did really well. Four boxes, all of which gave me much-needed reps, and as long as I ran away from those verdammt mastiffs I did all right. I dunno what was up this morning... maybe Tsin was hiding in a corner somewhere beefing up the gen rate, but it seemed a lot more viable.

Currently in Teras marvelling at the swarms of Red-Scaled Thraks and knocking off pyrothags. I'll give it a while, but I might end up heading back to the stronghold... 62-is versus 58-ish, and a little safer, not to mention more populated (audience reps FTL).

[BigWorm]

Geez... Nali, Siphere, and I are like total trend setters. As soon as we make the move from Illistim to Teras even seems to follow suit.

Sorry that all the idiots had to follow us, Teras.

[DansMtnVue]

Hopefully I won't be categorized with any other newcomers who might be deserving of the 'idiot' title.

[BigWorm]

Hopefully I won't be categorized with any other newcomers who might be deserving of the 'idiot' title.

Heh, no didn't mean you. Just that a lot of the idiots from Illistim have been moving to Teras lately. We are almost afraid to stop by the statue lately since we always seem to run into some dumbass who recognizes one of us from Illistim. I actually don't even know who you play, but I'm sure I'll figure it out pretty quick if you pick at the statue.

[Some Rogue]

I think there's more idiots than not lately :(

[DansMtnVue]

Tterb, and a cast of dozens that sit quietly off in a corner and never bother anyone.

And I try pretty hard not to be an idiot. If I ever veer that way, feel free to give me a thump. :tumble:

[Widgets]

Tterb, and a cast of dozens that sit quietly off in a corner and never bother anyone.

And I try pretty hard not to be an idiot. If I ever veer that way, feel free to give me a thump. :tumble:

I saw Tterb tonight on Teras!

Speaking of annoying...Did you guys see that Widgets fellow on the Isle now? God damnit we're all doomed! ;)

[DansMtnVue]

I gotta say... I told myself I would give it an honest try, but was already half-committed to heading back to the Illoke area. This afternoon changed my mind. Those thrak swarms... full of one-hit kill critters that drop nice gems... and those super nice pyrothag boxes? Yes please.

Y'all're stuck with me for a while.