Tunare  

can a dorf say hi to her without getting smacked dead?

I just want to know how to fix faction. Tunare is my diety and i want to fix it.

For all of the people who follow Tunare and have problems killing their Goddess I have listed some nifty alternatives in the posts under the Earing info. This deals primarily with Cultural Armour and the wis that it increases.
Hope it helps. :)

Edited, Sat Apr 5 07:12:33 2003

i have heard from many different people that tunare drops the best sword in the game. this was before PoP but i just wanted to know if this was true

Aloha all and well met.

(I started typing this on the Braid of Golden Hair item link, but also posted the comments here.)

In the short time that I have used this weapon, BRAID of GOLDEN HAIR, coupled with my swifty, I have found it to be a wonderful weapon. It is not the best weapon ever created, but it is certainly one of the better ones that that can be won.

The damage ratio is lovely, and the proc is a wonderful additional tool to maintain aggro for camps that kill level 45-50 type mobs for exp groups where a real MA class, such as a warrior, Paly, SK is required.

In a MA group scenario, especially with an underequiped MA, however, the weapon does seem to create a bit more aggro than I would hope for -- Not as bad as Earth/Aggrocaller, but still noticable :-(

The stat modifiers in str, sta, agil, and wisdom, although not HUGE, do add 20 stat poiints in areas that us ranger types appreciate. The 50 hp and mana are bonus points that are icing on the cake.

Hence, I have found this weapon to be used best by the ranger in solo melee situations doing the AA exp grind, in areas where it is a bit more difficult to arrow kite, such as Velks lab.

As for a couple other questions listed on the forum page, I will take a smack at them.

A ranger is very useful in POG. A Tunare ranger who wishes to preserve his faction can still be in the exp group by "finding mobs" -- which is critically important if you want to kill Tunare. To help -- use your track sort distance feature and SOW your tank type partner. Have him "auto follow" you while you run to the closest mob on your track. He aggros mob and you both run back to camp, where your group kills the mob. Repeat 300 or so times and you will have cleared the zone. It will be benificail to change your hunting location from time to time as you thin out the mobs, or the pull times will be rather long. Basically, kill all the mobs in one area and then run along to the next area to clear.

Clearing the zone is important. Please note that when you aggro Tunare, she wll begin to summon all the remaining mobs in the zone (save the warm lights) to assist her in killing you. So you need to kill everything else in the zone first.

When killing Tunare, be wary of her knockback. There are several methods to getting around it, but will let you figure those out by yourself. Knockback is not fun :-( so mind your aggro. Hug your buddy and hold on is all I can say about that.

As for /q -- yeah it works, but for the most part, if you are in PoG and are not extreamly careful about using your uber ranger bufies (SoW, CoE, SoN CoP, etc ..) you will more than likely take a faction hit along the way. Remember 3 strikes and you are out, so Tunare rangers ought to complete their little helm quest before doing anything else in this zone.

There is some discussion on faction issues and completion of some epics. I have heard that you really ought to complete at least the first half of your epic prior to killing in this zone, as these faction hits can pose issues with certain people you will have to deal with. I am not privy to that knowledge, so I will let people with greater wisdom than I to comment on such things.

Hope this helps on your hunt