Hi, my guild mates were thinking about raiding this place when we get a bit older. We raid for other guildies' equipment and I'd like this drum. Can any of you please tell me at what level we should attempt to get this. Our raid group is an Enchanter, Ranger(two), Rogue, Cleric, Bard, and a Warrior. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much.
The advice that RavinRed and Slipskin have posted is good, but I would add one technique that they have not mentioned.
You are a bard. You are one of the best single-pullers in the game. Use your Lull song (Level 8 - Kelin's Lament) to reduce the aggro radius of the surrounding mobs, and you can easily single pull. You'll also avoid the huge pathing issues that they described.
I've spent a lot of time in Mistmoore farming Essence of Moonlight and still use that same level 8 Lull.
We were just in Mistmoore with our guild, getting instruments for me and the Souldfire Hilt for my Paladain partner. We were a mixed group, I was the youngest at 38 and I think our eldest is 54. Amazingly enough, I could still get XP grouped with the higher levels.
I'd recommend bringing one higher-level player who will pull minimum agro to pull for you. Four or five at a time was all we could handle. Hallways and rooms need to be cleared mob-by-mob or you will pull the whole castle down on your ears. Also be warned that there is a pathing problem in the castle: if a mob takes too long to show up, RUN and don't look back. It's most likely taken the long way and gathered up about 10 of it's friends to help.
We managed to get eveyone's drops within a couple of hours. A couple of deaths here and there, and one occurance of the pathing problem that resulted in a TKO for the guild. (The picture of the corpse pile is great!)
But it's a FUN zone if you've got a good group. Pretty good money too.
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Considering that the mob who drops this is in a crowd of level 30-35 MOBs I suggest you wait until close to level 40 and have 2 full groups with heavy crowd control. Mistmoore Castle is a train station waiting to happen. The adjoining rooms are within the aggro radius of the MOBs in the ballroom so if you pull the ballroom the crazy pathing will bring in the piano room MOBs, the Ambassador Room MOBs and a few extras wandering around in the hallways.