Ocean of Tears  

I came here trying to work a step in my SK 1.5 epic. The first dock in EFP proved frustrating as I never saw a boat, though I waited for 30min. Then I went to BBM and after a shorter wait a boat arrived. I got into OOT just fine except the boat was gone. No big deal. I ran to my NPC and hailed him but he wouldnt respond. Then I started getting attacked by mobs from the other side of the zone that were no where in sight. I decided to relog and try again. When I got to character selcet it showed my toon in Kernagir. Grinnng and cursing with my head titled like the dog from the old RCA logo I tried to log it in regardless and got disconnected. --- Possible Solution: When I rebooted the game I ran a Full Scan at Update screen. When I logged back in I was in OOT and the NPC responded appropriately by attacking me (all I wanted was a pepsi).

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Was needing to get to OOT and I noticed the translocators were gone in East Freeport, so I came here to see what's up. Found out about the boats, waited a few minutes, boat came and parked about a minute in front of the dock that has the ramp, than sped towards OOT zone. I was worried after reading everything here since my laptop is only par, but I zoned no problem. Only eventful thing is after I zoned I was in mid air and dropped and took 12 dmg from falling back on the boat. Didn't realize this is just like Buried Sea ship (travels very fast in zone) So I jumped ship after zone with lev and ran towards my mages spell merchant along the way could see the very ship that brought me to OOT racing at mac 3 back towards Freeport from BB. I should have stayed on the boat hehe. Anyways, after reading alot of the post I figured I'd update this just to update travelers

how do you zone in the OOT now ?

Translocator in BB only teleports us in Timorous Deep,
and found nothing in East Freeport (crap new design btw).

Any translocator ? Any boat ?

Edited, Oct 9th 2008 10:03am by Komedies

Whenever I try to enter world with my pally (i need a turnin for his 1.0), EQ crashes... this has happened about 10 times now, I've restarted, deleted the map and zones files, repatched, failed, failed, failed, /tears hair out... if anybody knows how to solve this, please post ASAP !!!! Thanks!

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just started my shammy 1.0. first time i tried to go to oot on the boat, i dropped me in the water and i couldn't get to the island. the second time i tired, i finally got through.

the first time i was leved, don't know if that made any difference or not, just an idea

you have to wait for the boat now in bb at north dock and it can take forever EF has no boat and they took the translocator out of there you can not get there from east freeport!

Edited, Dec 16th 2007 5:02pm by divinereign

I recently went to the OoT to pick up stuff for my mage focus items, so I spent a while on the Seafury island.

The island can be split into 2 parts: top and bottom. The bottom is where most of the seafuries spawn, and is not that different from the old cyclops island. the top can be divided into three "islands" connected by bridges, and is where you can find the pirates and the mudtoes. also, if you hit monsters on the bottom from the top, they will run straight up.

gornit spawns on the bottom, and sometimes wanders to the top(I think. he was on the top when I got there so it's possible he spawns up there as well- but I killed him before he had a chance to come up so I'm not sure). the seafuries help him out, so if you can't handle him with an add, just wait and they'll wander their separate ways.

if you want to get to the top, I recommend swimming to the north of the island and running up from there, since there were less seafuries there and it was easy to time running between them.

the first "island"(east) has one of the mudtoes hanging out in a stone tower, the pirate captain next to a tree nearby, and the Oblong Bottle in another stone tower. the middle "island" has the gnome mage Toko(?) and the other mudtoe, who spawns on a little ledge that you may have to pan down to see though he'll run straight up when you hit him (assuming you don't kill him in one hit). the last "island" has some other named pirates (windwalker and some other guy), and was the only place on the top I saw seafuries.

I might add more if I return o the OoT (the revamp has made it a pain though, so maybe not). hope this helped people!

is this zone gone or something~ ive been to every translocator by the OoT one and im like WTF sence when

The ground spawn of the cryptic page on the combine server is no longer there. Anyone know where this was moved? Thanks

revamp is pretty good.. the seafury island was beefed up with about 30 spawns instead of the 8. it's pretty crazy how quick they respawn. i thinkaround 5 - 10 minute timer.

There's some new content as well.. noticed a guy on track near the sister of elrossi island.. King of the Sea. Was red to a 61 druid. Didnt get close enough to get a con though. I fear losing corpses in the ocean.

Ancient Cyclops was slain on the seafury island. I found him on top of the place. it's 2 large hills with 4 sections of beaches. the 4 beaches have about 10 each. then gornit and a couple of roamers are up on the hill and rope bridge between the two hills.

I cant wait to see what else is out there to find. =)

Well i was xchasing sharks for the 5 year bash and found a Strongbox at the bottom of the sea. This looks like a ground spawn but I can find no mention of this anywhere?

Anyone have any clue as to what this item is for ?

I took the Big boat to oot from freeport and was on sisters island. I made it where a little boat was by the shore. I jumped in the boat but how do you make it go? do you need to bye oars or do you type something? I'm frustrated and lost.

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Edited, Mon Feb 17 21:46:59 2003

Sister Isle doesn't have any sisters anymore!

Or so it seemed today when I got there.

Any information on this? Is it temporary? Or just the crack I smoked this morning?

I recently made my first voyage across the Ocean of Tears from Freeport, and at some point during the trip my stamina started dropping for no apparent reason. I was doing nothing but sitting, and when it got down to about 2 bubbles the stamina started rising again. Not long after it went back to full, I arrived at the Faydwer dock. Anyone have any idea why ths happened?

same as last post only a while ago. when i first got eq i madea a human warrior and someone gave me 50pp for no reason and i bought a lot of rino hide armor. now i wondered where the boat went so i got on and what do ya know firt island i stop the huge giant or cyclops is standing right there with many corpses before him. BAM i died and never saw my pp or armor again. oh welll screw that guy main point is i made a dark elf enchanter and some gguy gave me crystiline shroud robe or something and bone mask and amuelet for neck. also got 150pp for free. awsome everyone was twinking me for no reason. i go to east commons then run to freeport get a bind near the gates and then go through it with sow and superior camo on. i make to the docks and onto the boat so we stop at the first island and im just sitt in the corner practicing hide when all of a sudden i fall through the boat and desperatly swim to the island to try and catch it before it leaves, there is a lady guarding the docks and i con her and it sais so and so is ready to attack. oh great im stuck on an island guarded by people he are KoS to me. i am either going to swim back to freeport or petition and ask if i can get a port outta there
life sucks

Satraniz Blacksword
Iksar shadow knight
20th blade of darkness

Here is my gift to the soloing player....

Once you get to level 24, this is the place to be.....

On sister Isle, there are 3 dwarves on the back side of the island. Here is information on the 3 dwarves, as well as post OOT leveling tactics. I took my Necromancer up to 47 without grouping with another player.

****Warning*** If you kill these dwarves for esp, it will cause faction loss in Kaladim (including the Dwarf standing on the Peir when you get off the boat in Butcher Block Mountains)

1 Male Dwarf next to a fire and a tent. You can pull him solo, there is a dwarf in the tent that is in the upper 40's, dont worry he wont aggro.

1 Female Dwarf standing at a large Headstone, you can pull her solo away from the water, if you get to close the the 3rd dwarf near the water, he will join in. This dwarf is 1 level lower than the other two (sexist Verant...JK)

1 Male Dwarf standing at the water's edge near the Large Headstone. Pull him along the waterline to avoid a pull of the female Dwarf.

These Dwarves give great exp, they hit fairly hard, but since u will be soloing w/ pet (except druids) you should be able to take them down easily. Watch out for a named Pirate of Gunthak
he is a rouge and usually KOS to everyone (unless you have worked up that faction) He will join in while you are fighting the Dwarves, and his roaming path is near the area you will be fighting. He will be green at 24, but still have quite a few HP's and an ugly backstab when your sitting. If you get him on you, kill immediately, grab the earring and turn it into the NPC in the first hut (she is in the hut by herself), for some faction with the Sisters of Ellorosi, exp, and a small quest item (shark skin, Conch Shell, etc). You should be able to kill these Dwarves up to about 27 or 28, then head off to Rathe Mountains for Giant Skeletons untill you reach 30 or 31, if you are a Fear Kiting class, you can then Kill Cynthia at the bandit camp into your 40's. Do not attempt her if you cannot fear, or have a pet to interrupt (air pet for mages) as she is a Wizard and does 240 damage with a incredibly fast cast time. After she is (light blue) move to the Troll Guard Towers and Kill the SK and Shaman there until you are 47. (WARNING: Loss of faction with Grobb will happen if you kill those Trolls)

Happy Hunting...once you hit 47, go to the planes or Velious for some good armor...youve earned it.

Hi ,
i am a lvl 9 druid and have just started this , but i would recommend getting bound in kaladim , getting a lot of bags and heading to oot . get on the boat and zone to OoT when you pass some rocks jump off . there will be an island with 4 or 5 gobs on t . i , as a druid , harmony , snare then run to the top of the rock , when the gob is on the rock root and dd , when gob gets to half life snare then blast down to where it wants to flee and bash it a round till it's good and dead. the loot is good , a bow selling for almost 2 gold and 4 arrows . i plan to hunt here till lvl 11 or 12 .
happy hunting all ,
Gittio
Druid of the 9 season

I'm a 14 druid. Can I use Levitate and SoW to transport me and a friend to Aviak Island, so save on the swim and agro dangers? We both have Camo, because he is a mage, so we can /follow each other under camo (great quirk there). Ofcourse, I can also cast see invis on him. :)

Just wondering. I'm usually limited to a few hours a night when I play. I don't want to spend it waiting on the boat.

Thanks

The sirens are crappy exp at 16 and they take a while to respawn. I'm a 16 druid and went to the aviaks, man what a place!! It looks like you can just pull out to the shore, so I did and sure enough a tanager comes a runnin to the rescue to kill me. I even watched him come over the hill running at me and I was way near where the boat is. Luckily there was another player there to get me out of my bind but I don't understand why he aggro'd on me from so far away. Kinda discouraged me from staying there but it looks like the best exp I can get at my lvl without dying. Anyone have any better suggestions?

Dravynknight
vallon zek server

Great Hunting for a 23 ranger or the like!

Island Details: On the spectre island the spectres (5) stick close (no roaming) to the "tower" in the middle of the island, they also have a small agro range which makes this all possible. There are also 5 other mobs, at 23 thats what you'll be working on. Depending on how someone left the island (more on this later) it will probably be 5 greater skeletons or 5 gargoyles. If its 5 gargoyles skip this next part.

If the skels are up kill them off (don't have to kill them all, but may have to cycle through 3 or 4 or more) until one or more gargoyles spawn (I like to get at least two up). The gargoyles will fight off the skels until there are no more skels and only gargoyles. Leaving you free to pull gargoyles.

I like to set up on the northeast corner of the island by the dead tree (way in the corner) the monsters do not roam here and you will be free from adds. I have seen some people pulling spectres to the northwest corner of the island, so this may be a safe spot to pull to also, but I am not sure about that. BTW I've never seen a skel or gargoyle in the NW corner by the itty piece of island apart from the rest of the island, so it might be okay.

Gargoyles are magic only, so make sure you have magic weapons/boots or your spells loaded. I've been really successful with melee and ignites (no kicks, I don't have magic boots :( ) I usually have about 5 minutes of down time per mob.

As far as loot, I've been getting 1 eye/5 gargoyles (off the top of my head) and I can sell them for 9plat each at sisters island (I'm ally with around an 90 cha).

For experience I get about 1/2-1/3 blue bubble per gargoyle. Not too bad.

BTW Please leave the island with one or two (or more) gargoyles up! This will leave the island with all gargoyles for the next adventurer coming through!

Happy Hunting!
Guthlaf Lanysbane
Wood Elf Ranger of 23 seasons
Drinal

I'm a newbie Gnome Wizard (4) in Kaladim. I want to take the boat to Freeport. I'm trying to get to Rivervale to meet up with some Halflings there. I don't know anything about the boat travel, but the MOBs sound way out of my league. If I stay on the boat, is there any danger or do the Mobs only attack if you leave the boat? I dont want to get all the way out there and die and be stuck back in Ak' Anon! The idea is to level with the Halflings, so I don't want to build up anymore before the trip. Is this possible or should I work on getting a higher level before attempting the voyage?

I have a new idea that might be fun for mages that like to roleplay - the water mage. You would only use the water pet, not any of the other pets, and you would only fight in watery areas. I think that this would actually be doable, and I might try it out. Here is what it might look like for you hunting in only watery spots:

1-7 : your newbie zones, don't have to hunt in water spot yet
8-15 : wisps in erud's crossing, sirens in OOT, Jonah in Lake Rathe at level 12
16-23: gargoyles in OOT, birds in Lake Rathe, lots of things in Lake of Ill Omen, crocs on beach of Oasis
24-34: sisters/dwarves in OOT, bunch of things in Lake of Ill Omen
35-38: spectre groups in OOT and oasis, gorillas in timorous deep with a partner, a few things in lake of ill omen
39-48: soloing gorillas in timorous or high level goblins in Lake of Ill Omen, can group and do specs in Oasis and OOT, can solo Gornit on Seafury Island, can group in Kedge Keep
49-55: seafuries in OOT and raptors in Timorous Deep

You wouldn't have to hunt 100% of the time in water areas, but you COULD get from 8 to 55 in only watery areas and still be able to pick up great exp. and money (good money would be from wisps, gargoyles, and gornit). I didn't even list a lot of the other watery spots that are also good hunting. I think it would be a fun roleplaying challenge. Would anyone else try it?

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Can someoe, anyone pleas tell me how to avoid Gull on Aviak Island. I am a warrior bound in Kaladim so the corpse run is extremely annoying. I need help avoiding him so my Cleric and I can hunt effectively.