Please, remove the Emaciated Maul of the Overseer. It drops in the Foreman's Ring, not the Ring of Fire.
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The Ring of Fire
Status: Removed
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In Acrulia Caverns there is a Ring of Torches. Stepping into this ring of torches will start a spawn cycle which gets progressively harder as the spawns progress.
When a person enters the ring, a number of untargetable, unnamed Grimlings will appear around the room, and a Grimling Warder will appear in the hallway to the room. None of these Grimlings can be targetted or attacked. The purpose of the Grimling Warder is stop being from entering or exiting the room. If you try to pass the warder when he is up, he will port you to a pit of Lava in the Dungeon. Your entire raid force needs to be in the room from the start to the finish. The grimlings will summon undead type monsters on a progressing level of difficulty. Every 20 Minutes, a boss monster will appear, and then the quest will get more difficult than the ring before. If your party or raiding force leaves the ring, the quest will reset, ending spawns and making you start again at the beginning. The first round is two (warrior) possessed corpses every 2 Minutes. Then a possessed battlelord will appear as the boss. The second round is two (warrior/shadowknight) possessed corpses every 1.5 Minutes. A possessed battlemaster will mark the next round. The third round is two (warrior/shadowknight) possessed corpses every 1 minute. A Possessed Warmonger is the boss. The 4th round is three possessed corpses every minute, A Possessed Warlord is the boss, who can drop significant loot. He flurries and has quite a few more HP than the previous bosses. The 5th round has level 55 possessed corpses which cannot be mesmerized or stunned. Two to three of them will appear every 45 to 60 seconds. The first three rings can be done by a group for XP. It's reccommended to have a raiding party handy to go past the 4th boss. The ring of fire was removed from Acrylia in the zone update of April 2003, although it remains active on the Al'Kabor server. Need all dialogues, faction hits if any, fight info, additional rewards, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gnostica 65th level Wizard (Al'kabor)
To be a wizzy is to be living on the edge, the edge of always stealing aggro, and I like always living on the edge.
To be a wizzy is to be living on the edge, the edge of always stealing aggro, and I like always living on the edge.
When you first step into the ring you'll hear this:
"As you step into the grimling's ring of fire, a hot breeze blows into the cavern and begins swirling about you. The grimling's constant chanting seems to grow louder..."
After a minute or two, possessed corpses will start to spawn.
Boss spawning:
There is no real consensus on the rate bosses spawn... after about 10 minutes Battlelords and Battlemasters will spawn, and will continue to spawn randomly every 5 or so minutes until the half an hour mark. At this point a big boss will spawn, and after this, about every 20 minutes, another boss will spawn.
It is unknown if it is random, or based on the rate of speed of killing the previous boss (a faster kill popping a tougher boss) or a progression of spawns from easiest to hardest. There is evidence supporting all three views on how the larger bosses spawn. Battlelords and Battlemasters can pop it seems at any time after the first 10 minutes or so until the raid wipes. It's unknown if killing the Possessed Underking stops the ring as we've yet to spawn it.
What we do know is that the first two are usually A Possessed Battlelord or A Possessed Battlemaster. They usually spawn right in the ring area along with the fodder, although they can walk in like a tough boss.
The higher level, tough bosses always appear to always spawn near the entrance to the ring, then wander in.
When any boss spawns it will say, "I now serve the master of the grimling horde. You too shall be reborn!" then wander in the room and start to lay waste. Heads up if you're a tank and see that message.
Other notes:
If the ring has started, and you try to run in late, or someone accidentally starts the ring as you're running to it, a grimling warder will say, "A fine sacrifice you make! Say hello to the master!" and port you to the lava pit where you'll slowly die. (Thanks to Stamm for providing that info and the fun.)
None of the fodder, nor bosses appear to say anything if they kill you while peeps are in the ring, nor if you kill them.
However, if they're up, and no one is inside the ring, they'll run about killing peeps until every thing on their hate list is dead. Then, shortly there after they'll rapidly start to depop and say, "The tresspassers have been slain. Glory to the master!". Then, when the last one has depopped, a grimling warder very shortly there after will shout, "'Master! The sacred ring of fire has been cleansed of trespassers." and then he'll despawn. At this point, you have to start the ring again from scratch, however, latecomers will be able to get past him now.
Also note, boss mobs will despawn very fast if no one is in the ring and no one is presently on their hate list.
Other thoughts:
I'm guessing you might be able to take a breather, by pulling peeps out of the ring and keeping a few possessed corpses mezzed or tank parked, then when peeps are ready, step back in. This might either restart the ring from scratch or continue it from where you've left off. No idea until we try it.
"As you step into the grimling's ring of fire, a hot breeze blows into the cavern and begins swirling about you. The grimling's constant chanting seems to grow louder..."
After a minute or two, possessed corpses will start to spawn.
Boss spawning:
There is no real consensus on the rate bosses spawn... after about 10 minutes Battlelords and Battlemasters will spawn, and will continue to spawn randomly every 5 or so minutes until the half an hour mark. At this point a big boss will spawn, and after this, about every 20 minutes, another boss will spawn.
It is unknown if it is random, or based on the rate of speed of killing the previous boss (a faster kill popping a tougher boss) or a progression of spawns from easiest to hardest. There is evidence supporting all three views on how the larger bosses spawn. Battlelords and Battlemasters can pop it seems at any time after the first 10 minutes or so until the raid wipes. It's unknown if killing the Possessed Underking stops the ring as we've yet to spawn it.
What we do know is that the first two are usually A Possessed Battlelord or A Possessed Battlemaster. They usually spawn right in the ring area along with the fodder, although they can walk in like a tough boss.
The higher level, tough bosses always appear to always spawn near the entrance to the ring, then wander in.
When any boss spawns it will say, "I now serve the master of the grimling horde. You too shall be reborn!" then wander in the room and start to lay waste. Heads up if you're a tank and see that message.
Other notes:
If the ring has started, and you try to run in late, or someone accidentally starts the ring as you're running to it, a grimling warder will say, "A fine sacrifice you make! Say hello to the master!" and port you to the lava pit where you'll slowly die. (Thanks to Stamm for providing that info and the fun.)
None of the fodder, nor bosses appear to say anything if they kill you while peeps are in the ring, nor if you kill them.
However, if they're up, and no one is inside the ring, they'll run about killing peeps until every thing on their hate list is dead. Then, shortly there after they'll rapidly start to depop and say, "The tresspassers have been slain. Glory to the master!". Then, when the last one has depopped, a grimling warder very shortly there after will shout, "'Master! The sacred ring of fire has been cleansed of trespassers." and then he'll despawn. At this point, you have to start the ring again from scratch, however, latecomers will be able to get past him now.
Also note, boss mobs will despawn very fast if no one is in the ring and no one is presently on their hate list.
Other thoughts:
I'm guessing you might be able to take a breather, by pulling peeps out of the ring and keeping a few possessed corpses mezzed or tank parked, then when peeps are ready, step back in. This might either restart the ring from scratch or continue it from where you've left off. No idea until we try it.
Gnostica 65th level Wizard (Al'kabor)
To be a wizzy is to be living on the edge, the edge of always stealing aggro, and I like always living on the edge.
To be a wizzy is to be living on the edge, the edge of always stealing aggro, and I like always living on the edge.
I just finished listing everything that dropped on the last Ring of Fire raid.
Please update all the links.
Unfortunately, the ring appeared to get stuck and Destiny fought and killed 7 Possessed Warmongers and no higher level bosses. Unfortunately, the raid was wiping and a friend's log shows that no one looted the last one.
[edit]
The last dropped rotted because no one wanted it. It was the Vile Rib of War for the 3rd time that night.
Edited, Oct 31st 2008 7:12am by Gnostica
Please update all the links.
Unfortunately, the ring appeared to get stuck and Destiny fought and killed 7 Possessed Warmongers and no higher level bosses. Unfortunately, the raid was wiping and a friend's log shows that no one looted the last one.
[edit]
The last dropped rotted because no one wanted it. It was the Vile Rib of War for the 3rd time that night.
Edited, Oct 31st 2008 7:12am by Gnostica
Gnostica 65th level Wizard (Al'kabor)
To be a wizzy is to be living on the edge, the edge of always stealing aggro, and I like always living on the edge.
To be a wizzy is to be living on the edge, the edge of always stealing aggro, and I like always living on the edge.
Gnostica wrote:
I just finished listing everything that dropped on the last Ring of Fire raid.
Please update all the links.
Unfortunately, the ring appeared to get stuck and Destiny fought and killed 7 Possessed Warmongers and no higher level bosses. Unfortunately, the raid was wiping and a friend's log shows that no one looted the last one.
Please update all the links.
Unfortunately, the ring appeared to get stuck and Destiny fought and killed 7 Possessed Warmongers and no higher level bosses. Unfortunately, the raid was wiping and a friend's log shows that no one looted the last one.
Updated, thanks.
I can not find a listing anywhere on Allah's for "A Possessed Warmaster" so I will post all the information that was gleaned from him. I will edit this message from time to time.
Stats:
Undead
A huge number of hit points, approximately 400 to 500k as a guess.
Hits for around a maximum of 600.
Flurries
Apparently slowable with magic, but we so far have been unable to do so.
Procs something that lowers attack rating.
Item Drops (So far):
Sinew Sash (confirmed)
Spell Drops (So far):
Brell's Mountainous Barrier
Cloak of Akheva
Zevfeer's Theft of Vitae
Strategy:
This is 90% a DPS encounter. You'll need at least 3 add tanks (preferably more) and 1 main tank (preferably more as you may not down a previous boss before the next one pops). A small CR chain is needed for A Possessed Warmaster and the previous two bosses, A Possessed Warmonger and A Possessed Warlord. You'll need a lot of wizzies and magicians with supporting bards and necros in group. Cleric undead nukes were helpful and should be used when no bosses are being beat upon. Pallies with slay undead help a lot, especially upon any of the listed bosses. Pets should be set upon the main bosses when they spawn and the pallies with slay. All other peeps should assist the MA to clear fodder as they spawn and only attack the main boss when no fodder is up. If you lack insane DPS you will fail.
Was downed with 4 groups with a focus on high DPS, all pre-Seru geared, Some PoP 0 gear. Suggested 5 to 6 groups of similiarly equiped characters. Necros and bards were in nuking groups with occassional twitches to healers.
Stats:
Undead
A huge number of hit points, approximately 400 to 500k as a guess.
Hits for around a maximum of 600.
Flurries
Apparently slowable with magic, but we so far have been unable to do so.
Procs something that lowers attack rating.
Item Drops (So far):
Sinew Sash (confirmed)
Spell Drops (So far):
Brell's Mountainous Barrier
Cloak of Akheva
Zevfeer's Theft of Vitae
Strategy:
This is 90% a DPS encounter. You'll need at least 3 add tanks (preferably more) and 1 main tank (preferably more as you may not down a previous boss before the next one pops). A small CR chain is needed for A Possessed Warmaster and the previous two bosses, A Possessed Warmonger and A Possessed Warlord. You'll need a lot of wizzies and magicians with supporting bards and necros in group. Cleric undead nukes were helpful and should be used when no bosses are being beat upon. Pallies with slay undead help a lot, especially upon any of the listed bosses. Pets should be set upon the main bosses when they spawn and the pallies with slay. All other peeps should assist the MA to clear fodder as they spawn and only attack the main boss when no fodder is up. If you lack insane DPS you will fail.
Was downed with 4 groups with a focus on high DPS, all pre-Seru geared, Some PoP 0 gear. Suggested 5 to 6 groups of similiarly equiped characters. Necros and bards were in nuking groups with occassional twitches to healers.
Gnostica 65th level Wizard (Al'kabor)
To be a wizzy is to be living on the edge, the edge of always stealing aggro, and I like always living on the edge.
To be a wizzy is to be living on the edge, the edge of always stealing aggro, and I like always living on the edge.
Gnostica wrote:
I can not find a listing anywhere on Allah's for "A Possessed Warmaster" so I will post all the information that was gleaned from him. I will edit this message from time to time.
Stats:
Undead
A huge number of hit points, approximately 400 to 500k as a guess.
Hits for around a maximum of 600.
Flurries
Apparently slowable with magic, but we so far have been unable to do so.
Procs something that lowers attack rating.
Item Drops (So far):
Sinew Sash (confirmed)
Spell Drops (So far):
Brell's Mountainous Barrier
Cloak of Akheva
Zevfeer's Theft of Vitae
Strategy:
This is 90% a DPS encounter. You'll need at least 3 add tanks (preferably more) and 1 main tank (preferably more as you may not down a previous boss before the next one pops). A small CR chain is needed for A Possessed Warmaster and the previous two bosses, A Possessed Warmonger and A Possessed Warlord. You'll need a lot of wizzies and magicians with supporting bards and necros in group. Cleric undead nukes were helpful and should be used when no bosses are being beat upon. Pallies with slay undead help a lot, especially upon any of the listed bosses. Pets should be set upon the main bosses when they spawn and the pallies with slay. All other peeps should assist the MA to clear fodder as they spawn and only attack the main boss when no fodder is up. If you lack insane DPS you will fail.
Was downed with 4 groups with a focus on high DPS, all pre-Seru geared, Some PoP 0 gear. Suggested 5 to 6 groups of similiarly equiped characters. Necros and bards were in nuking groups with occassional twitches to healers.
Stats:
Undead
A huge number of hit points, approximately 400 to 500k as a guess.
Hits for around a maximum of 600.
Flurries
Apparently slowable with magic, but we so far have been unable to do so.
Procs something that lowers attack rating.
Item Drops (So far):
Sinew Sash (confirmed)
Spell Drops (So far):
Brell's Mountainous Barrier
Cloak of Akheva
Zevfeer's Theft of Vitae
Strategy:
This is 90% a DPS encounter. You'll need at least 3 add tanks (preferably more) and 1 main tank (preferably more as you may not down a previous boss before the next one pops). A small CR chain is needed for A Possessed Warmaster and the previous two bosses, A Possessed Warmonger and A Possessed Warlord. You'll need a lot of wizzies and magicians with supporting bards and necros in group. Cleric undead nukes were helpful and should be used when no bosses are being beat upon. Pallies with slay undead help a lot, especially upon any of the listed bosses. Pets should be set upon the main bosses when they spawn and the pallies with slay. All other peeps should assist the MA to clear fodder as they spawn and only attack the main boss when no fodder is up. If you lack insane DPS you will fail.
Was downed with 4 groups with a focus on high DPS, all pre-Seru geared, Some PoP 0 gear. Suggested 5 to 6 groups of similiarly equiped characters. Necros and bards were in nuking groups with occassional twitches to healers.
Updated, thanks.
6 posts
yay go us Al'Kabor types )
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
...on Al'Kabor.
Lana, Paladin of Destiny on Al'Kabor
Updated, thanks.
i understand ring of fire quest was removed but does anyone know if they moved these drops to other mobs in acyrila casuse that one spear is basically the only item i have found on this site with a + modifyer to disarm trap. That would be sweet to have just for that alone.
i understand ring of fire quest was removed but does anyone know if they moved these drops to other mobs in acyrila casuse that one spear is basically the only item i have found on this site with a + modifyer to disarm trap. That would be sweet to have just for that alone.
the ring buged? i steped into the ring and nothing happened, do all the spawns in the room have to be alive? do you have to kill them?
As it says above, "The ring of fire was removed from Acrylia in the zone update of April 2003."
Anyone planning on raiding this quest should have all casters first list what there total mana regen is with items, then list melee classes with +100 hp items in doing so maybe this will help reduce who should roll on what items. There is a Mask that give FT3 but is ALL/ALL, an Earring of FT1, but then there is also a ENC only item too. Research item drops and pre-roll if need be. If X drops X loots it.
26 posts
Not back as of 8/07/04
-Lawthorne
not back as of 6-11-04
12 posts
i would like to know if this is back. if not i agree that we should use /feedback to get thous butheads toghter to get it fixed and back in.
3 posts
Does any one know if the fixed RoF?
11 posts
I really wish they would bring this event back =) There isn't much content for a smaller 60's guild who isn't large enough for the Planes. This would be perfect! Maybe everyone should do /feedback in game to get them to reinstate it!! Just a thought.
Ellysienne
Bertox
Ellysienne
Bertox
If the ring event was removed as of April 2003, why are these items still listed?
because the items are still in game, on the people that did the RoF before it disappeared .
hunter Roxas Nitehowler
forest stalker of illumanati
MM
hunter Roxas Nitehowler
forest stalker of illumanati
MM
hunter Roxas Nitehowler
Plainswalker of illumanati
MM, EQ
hunter Roxas
WoW retired
Plainswalker of illumanati
MM, EQ
hunter Roxas
WoW retired
Ok its now 10/02/03... any idea if the ring is still broken or not?
Also any other nice drops in this zone worth slaying for?
Also any other nice drops in this zone worth slaying for?
Me Ubah Ogah!
Tank god for da blood of hero's !
Tank god for da blood of hero's !
9 posts
6/23/03. Does not work. If Sony has changed the trigger, then it is not known at this time. If they have it on a list of 'things to fix' list, then it is not priority at the moment.
1 post
So when do you guys think this will be fixed?
25 posts
5/29/03 Ring of Fire is broken. Don't waste the time of 30 people like I did.
15 posts
PATCH MESSAGE, APRIL 23, 2003
"Acrylia Caverns, Hollowshade Moor and Grimling Forest have been revamped. We have updated the content in these zones to more accurately represent their design intentions and to address concerns voiced by players."
Any idea whether the Ring of Fire quest still exists? If so, how much has it changed?
"Acrylia Caverns, Hollowshade Moor and Grimling Forest have been revamped. We have updated the content in these zones to more accurately represent their design intentions and to address concerns voiced by players."
Any idea whether the Ring of Fire quest still exists? If so, how much has it changed?
20 posts
Our guild went into Acrylia last night with the ring of fire in mind. Sadly, it would appear the Ring has been broken. We tried various things and never got the quest to begin. I was sadly disappointed.
The mobs in the zone have been seriously nerfed too. Where there used to be numerous SK harmtouching Grimlings that conned blue, there are now a bunch of light blue things that are very easily dispatched. Acrylia ore is about to flood the market.
The mobs in the zone have been seriously nerfed too. Where there used to be numerous SK harmtouching Grimlings that conned blue, there are now a bunch of light blue things that are very easily dispatched. Acrylia ore is about to flood the market.
Couldn't get it start either, :(
2 posts
anyone know if this is fixed yet?
Thanks
Thanks
26 posts
if i remember right then the patch msg at the time said that the ring of fire was taken out of the game due to the revamp... i think the patch msg also said that its not going to be reinstated, not 100% on this.
25 posts
Not as of 7 June 03 at 11EST
48 posts
Hmm, there used to be lots of light blue mobs to me when I was lvl 56 before the change. There were also casters of all types. Now, I am lvl 58 and have yet to see a light blue mob, they are all dark blue or higher. There are no more SK's, but there are warriors, necromancers, priests and shamans aplenty. Have yet to see any other mob classes there. Those are the changes that I have noticed, along with changing all the named guys. Good luck to everyone.
One Angry Kitty
the rate at which skellys spawn is incorrect.
They seem to spawn in threes on the first round.
22 people on this raid and we are having a tough time with 2 enchanters.
They seem to spawn in threes on the first round.
22 people on this raid and we are having a tough time with 2 enchanters.
Don't know a lot about the type o mobs but is it possible that they are summoned? If so Banish would RULE if u were just after the loot wouldnt it?
Edited, Wed Apr 9 14:21:36 2003
Edited, Wed Apr 9 14:21:36 2003
Not summoned, but most of them (if not all) are undead.
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Lost Fires
Ayonae Ro Server
Dargadin, Barbarian Shaman of the 61st Season
http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=494767
Lost Fires
Ayonae Ro Server
5 posts
I need more ppl in my guild to do this @#%$. Either that or a sympathy guild.
30 posts
could 40 people avg lvl 58 do all waves of this, and im assumeing seers orb of power is on last wave if not which is it.
4 posts
I would like to see 20 paladins with Slay Undead, 5 clerics, 5 shamans try this
Add a bard to each group for AE Mana, extra Haste, etc.
But I agree, Paladins love the Acrylia Ring Events.
But I agree, Paladins love the Acrylia Ring Events.
Mobutu Virginhunter
Justifiable Cause, Xegony
"It's times like these I wish I'd have listened to what my mother always told me."
"Why, what did your mother always tell you?"
"I don't know; I wasn't listening."
Justifiable Cause, Xegony
"It's times like these I wish I'd have listened to what my mother always told me."
"Why, what did your mother always tell you?"
"I don't know; I wasn't listening."
#GaliemVaelant,
Posted: Jan 09 2003 at 3:00 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Take 40 50+ peeps, and do this:
25 posts
Having done the ring many times, and just done it again last night. I appreciate your 'utopian' vision of this quest. Lemme clarify a few things:
1) it takes about 1.5-2 hours to get through 6 waves. No matter how many people you bring (they just keep popping no matter how fast or slow you kill them)
2) each round has one named mob and each named mob drops 1 and only 1 item. So after 2 hours of none stop fighting you have 6 pieces of loot, but in all fairness the first 3 usually suck.
I didn't intend this as a flame. just to clarify some of the things about this ring event. There are many pieces of loot that drop now there that haven't been listed yet, and are actually rather nice. Also some of the loots posted have been retroactively improved.
We were in there for about 5 hours, 35 63+ people no wipes, very few deaths, and a few nice drops (also some really sh*tty ones)
Have fun :)
1) it takes about 1.5-2 hours to get through 6 waves. No matter how many people you bring (they just keep popping no matter how fast or slow you kill them)
2) each round has one named mob and each named mob drops 1 and only 1 item. So after 2 hours of none stop fighting you have 6 pieces of loot, but in all fairness the first 3 usually suck.
I didn't intend this as a flame. just to clarify some of the things about this ring event. There are many pieces of loot that drop now there that haven't been listed yet, and are actually rather nice. Also some of the loots posted have been retroactively improved.
We were in there for about 5 hours, 35 63+ people no wipes, very few deaths, and a few nice drops (also some really sh*tty ones)
Have fun :)
1 post
I was surprised at the way this has been upgraded from what's posted here and what I have heard. Our guild did this the other day and couldn't get much past the forst couple spawn cycles. Mobs have a ton of HPs, and if you arent careful, you can re-trigger spawns by stepping close to the Ring again (close by a foot or 2 was enough to start another 3-set).
We died a lot trying to get it down. Some of this info is just plain wrong. A battlelord spawned on the FIRST spawn set when I stepped in on the 2nd try. This is supposed to be the boss mob?? Seems to be 3 possessed corpses every time now too, not 2 or 3.
Someone else mentioned Coth being bad. Yeah, its not good; we lost someone to the hall guard, he got teleported down to lava so one of the mages coth'd him back. Wham, a Grimling Hero pops on top of 3 possessed corpses, and had his way with us. Hero was dark blue to me at 60 but he seemed to have a LOT of HPs.
We had 6-7 groups here for this, most of us closer to 60 than 55. And we got spanked.
Bloodpool
Warlock
We died a lot trying to get it down. Some of this info is just plain wrong. A battlelord spawned on the FIRST spawn set when I stepped in on the 2nd try. This is supposed to be the boss mob?? Seems to be 3 possessed corpses every time now too, not 2 or 3.
Someone else mentioned Coth being bad. Yeah, its not good; we lost someone to the hall guard, he got teleported down to lava so one of the mages coth'd him back. Wham, a Grimling Hero pops on top of 3 possessed corpses, and had his way with us. Hero was dark blue to me at 60 but he seemed to have a LOT of HPs.
We had 6-7 groups here for this, most of us closer to 60 than 55. And we got spanked.
Bloodpool
Warlock
4 posts
Our Guild did this a while back, all 60+ in the guild nit sure how many people,nmaybe 30 or so. Hac the cleric sit in ring to spawns and the call to move out melee moved in, was the most fun I had in a riad yet. We cleric were able to melee and since they are undead, we tanked very well with our new hammers. But primary attention is always on healing :-)
Found a constant rate of spawns in a timely order so your were never below 60mana while meleeing. No need to med or rod! New changes to rods make them useless it seems for a large raid now anyways.
GL on it guys, it is a fun camp!
AJIN ANTONIC
60 Battle Cleric of Brell
Anthology
RodcetNife
Found a constant rate of spawns in a timely order so your were never below 60mana while meleeing. No need to med or rod! New changes to rods make them useless it seems for a large raid now anyways.
GL on it guys, it is a fun camp!
AJIN ANTONIC
60 Battle Cleric of Brell
Anthology
RodcetNife
27 posts
We tried this last nite, first time we had very lil info on the quest, and with 24 people all 55+ we gotten eaten alive. We regrouped, found out some info and had 36 for second try.
OMG! The things in there spawn so fast it was not even funny! We made it through round one, killed the boss of that round and received the bpme bladed scimitar. We all died like hades by the time we could kill the 2nd boss mob from wave 2.
What we learned? Nope, not everyone need stand in the center of the ring like we tried the first time. We did maintain a FD necro in the center durin the fights, then once we were all near death he walked out FD to stop the spawns. Yes, everything despawned once all were dead and the necro was FD outside the ring itself. Quiet a few of these can be mezzed, and I think its more important now *hindsight* that you have 2 MA's, and focus on one or two of the mobs at one time, instead of 5 MA's working on a mob each.
VERY important to get them killed fast as fire since we had them spawning all over the place.
We went in there with no knowledge about the RoF quest, we just wanted to have fun. Think most everyone that was there will agree though, even with 2 wipes, we had a total blast. Bugged or not, this is royal hoot, extremely intense, and fast paced. Can't wait to try again!
Althea Lee
60 druid
Evolution Dawns
Xegony
OMG! The things in there spawn so fast it was not even funny! We made it through round one, killed the boss of that round and received the bpme bladed scimitar. We all died like hades by the time we could kill the 2nd boss mob from wave 2.
What we learned? Nope, not everyone need stand in the center of the ring like we tried the first time. We did maintain a FD necro in the center durin the fights, then once we were all near death he walked out FD to stop the spawns. Yes, everything despawned once all were dead and the necro was FD outside the ring itself. Quiet a few of these can be mezzed, and I think its more important now *hindsight* that you have 2 MA's, and focus on one or two of the mobs at one time, instead of 5 MA's working on a mob each.
VERY important to get them killed fast as fire since we had them spawning all over the place.
We went in there with no knowledge about the RoF quest, we just wanted to have fun. Think most everyone that was there will agree though, even with 2 wipes, we had a total blast. Bugged or not, this is royal hoot, extremely intense, and fast paced. Can't wait to try again!
Althea Lee
60 druid
Evolution Dawns
Xegony
1 post
What about Dire Charm from Necros.... since all these things are undead... imagine what a necro could do... ;]
would cut down on all the enemies you gotta kill for a period of time wouldnt it? ;]
would cut down on all the enemies you gotta kill for a period of time wouldnt it? ;]
--<( Saladin )>--
Scholar
43 posts
I don't think anyone tried AoE or AE DD spells but i know that the shaman were using area slow and the chanters used area mez w/o worrying about the grimlings. This is a whore of a time now that VI changed it so go in with some well-planned tactics.
15 posts
Ok i'm not sure i fully understand. Once the triger starts the spawns, can he break the spawn rate without getting himself killed. Or dose he have to stay there untill the end to avoid being sent to the lava pit.
To die in battle is honorable, but to run for your life is smarter
Scholar
20 posts
No if the Trigger Dies then all the spawns cease. The monsters that are already there stay there until you kill them. Xlocing the person to stop the spawns is good, especially if they are a necro and bind there and you xloc to bind.
Scholar
20 posts
After doing this quest I have a few basic rules and info for future people. If you read this it will help you immensely on this raid level quest. Keep in mind that RoF is NOT a normal raid and as such MUST be conducted a bit differently.
Trigger: This is the person who stands inside the ring of torches. Once a person enters the ring and stands there for more than about 10 secs, grimlings appear throughout the room and after 2 mins begin to spawn the undead. At any time if you leave the ring under 10 secs the grimlings dissappear and the quest doesnt even begin. After that if the trigger dies or leaves the ring, again the spawns stop and the quest ends. Note: DO NOT leave the the rings if you are the trigger or you WILL be ported into a pit of lava! Only way to save your butt then is to swim to bottom and /quit or /exit out. If you do that youll go back to begining of zone. Ok the major thing to keep in mind for the trigger is that FD is a must! So a monk, SK, or even a Necro is good. But they must stay FD'd so that they dont pick up aggro.
Ok on one side outside of the ring of torches there is a boulder against the wall. After a few try attempts we learned that if you gather all your people there, it helps cut down the ping pong effect therefore allowing you to kill the mobs MUCH faster. I recomend that you spawn the first wave and then remove the trigger to see how fast you kill them. If you can kill them in under 2 mins, then you are doing good and should therefore try to move on. If not keep doing it until you get it down pat.
In the first wave about 3 skeletons spawn, sometimes a priest spawns, sometimes two and sometimes none. Either way killing the priest first helps alot. You can have a chanter on the others constantly back to back mezzing them, or if they are a melee we found that root helped.
General Knowledge to keep in mind.
1)Nukers are a must since they help cut down on the time.
2)Mez may work but not for long so its only effective as a chain mez.
3)Charm will only get you killed.
4)Root may seem old fashioned but it can help alot on the melee type mobs.
5) yes these are undead and as such all undead spells effect them.
6)Pets are a big help in this raid.
7) Do NOT use Call of Heroes....just dont...you will NOT like the results if you do.
8) CR is easy since once everyone dies all the mobs despawn. Once the trigger dies, or leaves ring all the mobs stop spawning.
9)If anyone leaves the room in which the ring is located, since the rings are ONLY in the middle of the room, they will be xloced to a very nasty place. So stand and die and at least your CR will be easy.
10) to get to the ring of fire, just take a left at the first split and keep following it until you get there, is easy to find. Only about 14 mobs in the way to get here and they all very easy. Inside the room you will get NO adds so rest up and buff up before you try with no worry.
Last thing i have to say is a theory that no caster would try out but seems like it might be worth trying. No one would try out AoE or AE spells because they where afraid that they might hit the grimlings that surround you as you do this quest. So I cant tell you if those spells work or if they dont. Either way it would be nice if someone did try and told the rest of us if it worked. I hope this helps people do this successfully, I know we shure spent alot of time doing this. And btw although 6-8 groups of 55+ is required to FINISH this raid. 4 groups of 50+ can do the first wave for exp and killing the boss if they are well balanced. This i know for a fact..
Edited, Wed Oct 9 06:01:22 2002
Trigger: This is the person who stands inside the ring of torches. Once a person enters the ring and stands there for more than about 10 secs, grimlings appear throughout the room and after 2 mins begin to spawn the undead. At any time if you leave the ring under 10 secs the grimlings dissappear and the quest doesnt even begin. After that if the trigger dies or leaves the ring, again the spawns stop and the quest ends. Note: DO NOT leave the the rings if you are the trigger or you WILL be ported into a pit of lava! Only way to save your butt then is to swim to bottom and /quit or /exit out. If you do that youll go back to begining of zone. Ok the major thing to keep in mind for the trigger is that FD is a must! So a monk, SK, or even a Necro is good. But they must stay FD'd so that they dont pick up aggro.
Ok on one side outside of the ring of torches there is a boulder against the wall. After a few try attempts we learned that if you gather all your people there, it helps cut down the ping pong effect therefore allowing you to kill the mobs MUCH faster. I recomend that you spawn the first wave and then remove the trigger to see how fast you kill them. If you can kill them in under 2 mins, then you are doing good and should therefore try to move on. If not keep doing it until you get it down pat.
In the first wave about 3 skeletons spawn, sometimes a priest spawns, sometimes two and sometimes none. Either way killing the priest first helps alot. You can have a chanter on the others constantly back to back mezzing them, or if they are a melee we found that root helped.
General Knowledge to keep in mind.
1)Nukers are a must since they help cut down on the time.
2)Mez may work but not for long so its only effective as a chain mez.
3)Charm will only get you killed.
4)Root may seem old fashioned but it can help alot on the melee type mobs.
5) yes these are undead and as such all undead spells effect them.
6)Pets are a big help in this raid.
7) Do NOT use Call of Heroes....just dont...you will NOT like the results if you do.
8) CR is easy since once everyone dies all the mobs despawn. Once the trigger dies, or leaves ring all the mobs stop spawning.
9)If anyone leaves the room in which the ring is located, since the rings are ONLY in the middle of the room, they will be xloced to a very nasty place. So stand and die and at least your CR will be easy.
10) to get to the ring of fire, just take a left at the first split and keep following it until you get there, is easy to find. Only about 14 mobs in the way to get here and they all very easy. Inside the room you will get NO adds so rest up and buff up before you try with no worry.
Last thing i have to say is a theory that no caster would try out but seems like it might be worth trying. No one would try out AoE or AE spells because they where afraid that they might hit the grimlings that surround you as you do this quest. So I cant tell you if those spells work or if they dont. Either way it would be nice if someone did try and told the rest of us if it worked. I hope this helps people do this successfully, I know we shure spent alot of time doing this. And btw although 6-8 groups of 55+ is required to FINISH this raid. 4 groups of 50+ can do the first wave for exp and killing the boss if they are well balanced. This i know for a fact..
Edited, Wed Oct 9 06:01:22 2002
17 posts
Our guild tried this last night as a test to see how we were progressing on our DPS. We tried it 3 times. First wave was three mobs and every minute afterwards was three more. Possessed priests were able to spawn in any wave and did do complete heals as well as DD dispells,poisons,wraths. The mobs could all be mezzed,stunned,slowed and crippled but could not be charmed. Necro said all his disease and poisons would land as well as all vs undead spells except for charm. Mobs are very sensitive to heals and casts so you cant pile all your guild on one mob as the ones not engaged go straight for the casters. They can be rooted or snared but they break free fairly fast. You simply need high DPS and great coordination.
17 posts
Meant to make a clarification. The mobs could be charmed for a couple of seconds then would break charm and kill Enchanter. Not long enough to even get them engaged in combat. As other posts have stated their AC and HP'S are very high.Had a lot of 120 (minimum) backstabs. Could not tell if Rogue poisons were working as I got no messages from my hits on them. No resist or damage or effect or immune message.. nothing at all. But since I was using Muscle Lock 4 I would have thought I would have seen some effect but there was no change and no aggro.
Anonymous
Those mobs there got very high ac and some good resistance. Melees with normal weapon will hit just min damage every swing if not miss(a lot of missing hits due to mob ac). It is really up to low resistance type of dd spells to deal out decent damage. Bard song might work but you cannot attack or cast while the song is up.
My guild along with another guild tried and got through the secondw ring but couldn't pass the third ring. How? With pets. Let pet to take hts and drain preist mana. It is very hard to stun them from casting CH but never seen any of them cast more 5 CHs. So, just need to focus on 2 mobs and let other Preists to waste their mana to CH. Then move in tank mez those preists. Once their hp drop below 2/3 before they starts CH. Call for casters to nuke. Focus on one mob at time. This tactic worked during the first 2 rings but third one just too much for us to handle. We had 38 people there during that fight.
My guild along with another guild tried and got through the secondw ring but couldn't pass the third ring. How? With pets. Let pet to take hts and drain preist mana. It is very hard to stun them from casting CH but never seen any of them cast more 5 CHs. So, just need to focus on 2 mobs and let other Preists to waste their mana to CH. Then move in tank mez those preists. Once their hp drop below 2/3 before they starts CH. Call for casters to nuke. Focus on one mob at time. This tactic worked during the first 2 rings but third one just too much for us to handle. We had 38 people there during that fight.
#DarBar,
Posted: Jul 22 2002 at 12:38 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Edited, Thu Sep 19 10:33:44 2002
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jul 18 2002 at 1:05 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If you can charm these why don't you just charm the boss mob, he'll most likely kill his allies and you can sit back and relax put in mage and necro pets let the bards do the charming =P
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jul 10 2002 at 5:20 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) with the amount of people it takes to do this, why not just raid a plane?
1 post
Just wanted to add that the mobs from the enterance to the ring of fire DO NOT SEE INVIS...the corpse recovery is a joke since after everyone dies the mobs DO despawn
Some possibly to do this over a plane.
- It is a different type of fight than pulling a plane, and might be more fun.
- The loot is better.
- It is a different type of fight than pulling a plane, and might be more fun.
- The loot is better.
Ishwar - level 93 Barbarian Rogue - GM smith - AB Server
#WhizzzKid,
Posted: Jul 04 2002 at 3:49 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I WANT ALL THE ITEMS THAT DROP OFF THIS GUY, I AM A MONK AND WANT TEH 2 MONK ITEM'S CAN ANY GUILD TAKE ME ON THE RAID ON ANY SERVER I WILL MAKE A NEW CARACTER FOR THAT ACCOUNT, E-MAIL ME IF YOU DO :)
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jul 04 2002 at 7:22 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) OMG, first off, its a quest, not one particular guy. Secondly, its takes time to get a char to the lvl that you'd need to be to do this. Thirdly, you sound like a moron. Grow up, lvl, and post responsibly.
#Rieli,
Posted: Jul 01 2002 at 12:48 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) This quest sounds really hard, but it's one of the coolest quests, IMHO. Sounds like a boxing ring or something.
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jun 26 2002 at 6:30 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) this one word say it all
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jun 22 2002 at 10:31 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Heres my one burning question... How big is this ring you have to stay in? If people are talking that you need 30+ people to pull it off... is there room to manuver etc in here?
1 post
Only one person needs to stay in the ring to keep it going, so you can fight in the whole room....just make sure one person is in the ring or it all ends and you become seriously distraugt.
Kthaind (Purgatory)
Nameless
Kthaind (Purgatory)
Nameless
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jun 12 2002 at 2:40 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) How many people does it take for this?
#Anonymous,
Posted: May 25 2002 at 2:07 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Sucks that its nerfed ><
15 posts
Verant in their oh so finite wisdom have changed this quest drastically.
The first circle spawns 3 mobs which will have 1 to 3 priests (which CH unfortunately).
Needless to say, my 2 groups of high 50's got swamped as it took forever, even with well timed stuns, to kill the damn priests.
Gah, Verant, if you read this, you should know this kind of vindictive change to a quest, without ANY noticable improvement in exp or loot sucks ass. You're constantly preaching to us players about "risk vs. reward" but you never give us any goddamn reward for these tremendous risks.
Eat me!
The first circle spawns 3 mobs which will have 1 to 3 priests (which CH unfortunately).
Needless to say, my 2 groups of high 50's got swamped as it took forever, even with well timed stuns, to kill the damn priests.
Gah, Verant, if you read this, you should know this kind of vindictive change to a quest, without ANY noticable improvement in exp or loot sucks ass. You're constantly preaching to us players about "risk vs. reward" but you never give us any goddamn reward for these tremendous risks.
Eat me!
45 posts
Can anybody tell me if these mobs are all undead for sure, and if they are charmable by bard and necro? Seems like that would be the perfect way to work your way through the cycle if charm is an option here. Thanks in advance.
#Anonymous,
Posted: May 05 2002 at 11:51 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) From reading these posts, it sounds like there is a way to DA your way to victory with enough 60th level bards. 60th level bards have a party invulnerability song with a 2 minute recast time. If you had 8 bards, by themselves, they could move in and out of the ring with invunerability up. They would have to have near perfect timing, but would maintain the quest while casters outside the circle nuked the hell out of all the mobs inside the circle. Of course, when are you going to find 8 Level 60 bards together? He He, It's just a thought, if anyone could actually get the bards together.
20 posts
that would work, if the entire thing didnt stop if even one person stepped out of the ring.
Heed the warnings of those who say this has been made harder. Gave it a go last night with a sturdy crew and it was bloody viscious. I think we killed 3 or 4 before 6 more overwhelmed us. All very hectic.
Someone noted below that you can't use FD in the ring - I can confirm as sole survivor that it works on these mobs if you are outside the ring.
Can anyone confirm whether or not these mobs are all undead - they look it but i had the wrong spells memmed to test my theory. If thats the case i'm thinking a few necros using charm might be the ticket for crowd control and some pretty serious extra hitting power. Anyone tried charm on these?
Falrinth
56 Necromancer
Cazic Thule
Someone noted below that you can't use FD in the ring - I can confirm as sole survivor that it works on these mobs if you are outside the ring.
Can anyone confirm whether or not these mobs are all undead - they look it but i had the wrong spells memmed to test my theory. If thats the case i'm thinking a few necros using charm might be the ticket for crowd control and some pretty serious extra hitting power. Anyone tried charm on these?
Falrinth
56 Necromancer
Cazic Thule
Falrinth (retired EQ Necro)
Druss - Dwarven Rogue of Azjol-Nerub
Druss - Dwarven Rogue of Azjol-Nerub
#Anonymous,
Posted: Apr 29 2002 at 4:59 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) has anyone tried changing tactics? verant when they released luclin said change tactices and the way u play.
#Aeromus,
Posted: Apr 04 2002 at 5:26 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Dude, I don't know where you got your 25 55+ player's from...but they all suck. You should get a better guild. My god. 25 55+ player's could clear a plane, hell Raid ToV....sheesh. Maybe you didn't have any clerics?
#Anonymous,
Posted: May 14 2002 at 4:18 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Hey Aero, while I agree with you that 25 55+ is a bit much, I think you should keep your opinions to yourself until you've actualy tried the ring yourself. I hate the arrogant b* on these forums that come in here and try to tell everybody how to play the game. So until you get in that ring with however many people you think is good and try it yourself I suggest you keep your big mouth shut!