I wana Try this armor or Skyshrine but Skyshrine is kinda tuff for me to do since i'm guildless and only a 54 ranger heh. if you have any sugestions of what i should go for please let me know.
this is for all you rangers. IMHO go for skyshrine armor if you can. You'll take a 26 point hit in ac compared to this stuff but you'll gain 110 hp plus a bunch of other saves and extra str. Look up the Golden Leaf Breastplate to see the stats on skyshrine for rangers and check out the total stat info then compare to this stuff. Once agian this is just my opinion youu decide for your self.
The Gems needed for these Quests can be found in various zones throughout Velious, probably most Common in Velketor’s Labyrinth and off the Othmir of Cobalt Scar
The Ancient Tarnished Chain Armors are found in Temple of Veeshan, around the West Wing.
In an effort to save time I have consolodated a few notes that I have from my scrapbook, and I have posted them in the various Kael quested armour pages to help people out.
1. Yes, Halfling rangers can equip these. The screen shot is pre-halfling-ranger era, and Illia will update if one of us send in a photo.
2. Yes, wonderful AC. Kael Armours tend to be more AC based with lower stats and saves than their CoV faction armour counterparts
3. Yes, there is a soft cap for AC. Most level 60 rangers try to shoot for about 1100/1200 AC and then work either hp, saves, or stats depending on their playstyle and hunting locations.
4. I love my Kael armour as it allows me to focus AC in a few of the items and then a bit more flexable with the other items that I have to focus them on either stats or resists. Also, being fashion concerned Ranger, the soft green chain texture is lovely for a mid-50 to mid 60 ranger.
5. These are giant faction quested legs. There are 3 major faction groups -- Dorfs, giants and dragons. Giants are further divided into Kromiff, Kromzek, and Tormax faction. In order to do this quest, you will need to get your Kromzek faction to High warmly/Ally, and it is pretty smart for you to get your Tormax faction to at least Dubious. Kromiff faction is not required ( I was KOS at the time of my turn in), but it makes it a lot easier for you to get around in Kael if you are not concerned about all the Kromiff trash bonking you. (On a side note, I found it a small challenge and a lot of fun attempting to sneek around and camoing trying to get past them all -- the journey is half the fun :-) /giggle)
6. For more details on the quest check out the quest and the required gemmies for each item listed above.
7. For improving your faction there are a series of different quests that you can do to impove your giant factions. It is theorectically possible to become Ally to all 3 Kings (Dorf, CoV, and Tormax) it is very very difficult to maintain these factions if you are in a raiding guild. (To do this Kill giants to improve/max your COV and Dorf fctions and then kill Velks the Sorc about 40 times .. difficult, but not impossible) Most people find that hunting the CoV dragons and drakes while hoping for a set of chain to drop is generally enough. Killing some (100) dorfs, turning in their heads(30 or so) and turning in Kobald paws (eeks I had turned in too many to count) from Velks lab will generally finsh your faction hits off to the point where you can complete the quest.
8. The Kael armour items drop in the Temple of Vesh. in the north and west wings. The west wing is commonly hunted for this purpose. There are a couple points in which to pull to, but I like the "zone out" room if LTK is not up. If she is up then we raid her and then do the armour farming :-)).
9. Generally, a well balanced team of 3 velious equiped groups is the number I try to shot for when we do this. Standard mix of 3 MA type, 2 chanter, 2 shammy, 3 cleric as a baseline, with the critical pieces being a CoV faction mage available to CoTH the raiding groups into whatever location you want to pull to, and some form of FD puller. Round out your 18 people with a smattering of rangers rogues, casters and such, and you should be set for a happy hunt.
10. Watch the gating mobs - mobs gating and getting summoned is never a fun way to have a raid end. (Remember tash and mana tap the white and blue ones ... white and blue ...)
Just a few notes and comments. Hope this helps someone :-)
#Anonymous,
Posted:Jun 12 2002 at 6:45 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) ok you say it drops in ToV great is it still possible to get into temple of veeshan?
#Anonymous,
Posted:Apr 03 2002 at 2:43 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) ancient tarnished tunic is in temple of veeshan and the quest gems can best be found in velks lab
#Anonymous,
Posted:Mar 11 2002 at 4:39 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Do you have to be certain lvl to do this quest and finish it? and if so what lvl
#Anonymous,
Posted:Dec 16 2001 at 1:30 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Which would be better? Fullsuit of Golden leaf or Fullsuit of forest stalkers??? And at 27 where would be the best place to level up to 35 in 3weeks?
im only level 20 now, but once i level im wondering which of the armor quests i should go for once about level 45? this seems the best out of the 3 but im not sure if gettin faction up is worth getting faction up enough.
#REDACTED,
Posted:Sep 12 2001 at 2:51 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Random drop off drakes/wyvern/wurms in ToV. Flawless diamonds drop in Dragon Necropolis and Velketors most commonly. Probably can be found in icewell dungeon (not off the d0rfs). The chances of you getting this before 55 are about nada unless you are just in the right place at the right time. Must be ALLY to kromzek to recieve the reward. You are all gay.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Sep 10 2001 at 5:38 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) are u serious? ToV for the tunic thingy? Holy crap this is gunna take a while :(
#Anonymous,
Posted:Jan 07 2002 at 6:29 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Well.. Goldleaf armor to get you need the items that drop in ToV..
For the tunic, as well as all the other Ancient Tarnished stuff for the Kael quests, you need to bring a pretty good force with you to the Non-testing halls in Temple Of Veeshan. For the Flawless Diamonds, about the best place i have see is the castle area in Sirens Grotto, which also takes a decent sized force to do well in.
TOV -- 30ish people 59/60 or 45+(as many as possible) of 55+ (as many 60's as humanly possible) Sirens -- 2 Good well organized groups 55+ (60 chanter recommended)
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