a Shissar Stalker  

I ran around The Grey twice and saw 0 stalkers, a few revenants lying on the ground though.

I was the only one in zone, Sleeper server.

Edited, Nov 9th 2006 at 7:46am PST by Fenthen

Am here trying to get the EB necklace for one of my toons, and have done it numerous times before. I am finding the Shissar Stalkers rarer than hen's teeth (that's pretty rare), when they used to be all over the place. I used to be able to quad them easily, now I never see 4 up at a time in the whole zone, much less close enough to make quadding them worthwhile. Thanks once again EQ.

Also, just found out the hard way that the stupid little boulderlings summon. Never had that happen before and been jumped by many of them. These were only 3 strong, and almost had me. I've survived being jumped by up to 5 at a time while killing various other mobs, and never had a problem evading them...

Oh well. Might as well complain about Income Tax or City Hall politics.

For all those who can get the EB necklace in Katta (from Drenic), by all means do so. Even if you can cast EB.

EB when worn has obvious appeal for most of us, but classes who can cast EB, or those who have a "clicky" EB item may think they have no uses for an EB when worn thingy. There are many times when I have seen folks die from such thinking, but here are my top two favourite examples:

(1) Phinny in Kedge dispells your buffs, and you can not re-buff in time. A CR from Kedge is no fun at all, and dying because you relied on buffs to breathe there will just make you feel worse about it. 'Nuff said.

(2) You are soloing in a place like the Grey (this has happened to one of my necro alts), and you go LD... and then get a 1018 for 20 minutes whilst frantically trying to log back in. Well, this happened to me twice, and both times my DMF seems to have run out whilst my toon stupidly sat there medding away and LD. And of course, she died. Granted that rarely happens, but I have never been without EB when worn items since.

In fact, I have various extras in the bank (in shared bank slot) for CR's... turtlebone (or whatever it is) ring for one, and a fishbone earring as well.

Having EB when worn gear is also simply meaning that you have one less thing to worry about when you are bopping about in airless zones. Collecting snake guts from these guys (or Torkazh in Echo) can get you a pretty decent (and free) EB necklace that is definitely a must have item in my opinion. As for Katta faction issues and "evil" races... you might seek the aid of an enchanter <<wink>>

~ Kj

Edited, Mon Sep 22 09:19:14 2003

This guy too is under Con'd.. my Shammy 46 con'd yellow to him.. so maybe 47 to 48 .. and maybe they nerfed this zone just a bit.. "hmm I wonder"

Looks like they fixed the con's Thanks

Edited, Mon Mar 31 20:58:46 2003

As a 54 paladin i can solo these guys, just pull to mons letalis zone and fear them, they hit very hard so gotta keep them feared and gotta watch out for adds, high level stonegrabber things pop if ur not careful and the golems will assist them, they seem to have high ac as i cant hit them very hard but not so many hp, not worth the effort imo as they slow to die and way too dangerous

eumadan
54 paladin
druzzil ro

Edited, Tue Oct 29 17:04:26 2002

are the polished serpent scales organs ? can they be used for the EB quest ? if not what quest is involved .thanks for help

Does anyone know if DMF can be cast here? I would think the duration of the EB effect would far outlast a druid cast EB and the levi would help avoid those ground traps.

Planning a trip there and this info would be very helpful.

Phrodoe Drogoson
Halfling Druid of 51 Seasons
Tunare

Those snakes have about 8 to 10k hp, hit for about 120ish. They have less HP than the stone guys, but they have more AC. Easy to fight them.

Tholan

Was in the grey last night hunting snakes for the organs with some guildies. Me (a 51 wiz), a 52 Pally, and a 52 Monk was in the group. Monk pulled of course and the Pally feared it. Once fear took I cast Bonds of Force on it, our wizzie version of snare. Sometimes BoF took first hit other times took up to 3 before it took. Same thing with the Pally's fear. I haven't tried casting Nullify Magic on them yet, but will give it a shot on our next trip there. As far as nukes go Ice Comet go partial resisted about half the time. However, their MR must be low cause Rend hit for full every time, 784 dmg at lvl 51. For some reason I forgot to try Draught of Fire on them--doh! But will later.

Anyways just my 2 cp.

Xanasbik, 51 Wiz
Underworld Knights
Zeb

do you think a 54 cleric and a 50 monk could solo these? or should we bring a druid and a tank along to sow and take the beating?
I just want to get the organs for the quest, and I've never been to the zone so I dont know what its like.

got a no drop "shissar organs" any ideas?


Clorthos Gianttoestomper
paladin of the 52 hammer
Fennin Ro

Level is accurate with what we saw as a 50+ group.

Killing of these beasts does trip faction with their king and guards. There are no positive faction hits (and they did enslave the Iksar) so we don't think it matters. Much like Inhabitants of Najena or similar.

These are the more rare wanderers of The Grey, though they can be easily found if you want one.

This particular Asp-hole hasn't dropped anything for us yet except scales. Perhaps a quest item, I didn't loot so I can't confirm if they are lore, or what they were called. They do have some coin, and max hit I saw was 100ish. Will update as we learn more.

One or two at a time proved easy for our group with a capable enchanter.