There are a LOT of Dark Assassins in Umbral. I've come to believe that not all of them are capable of being the PH for this guy. Roughly speaking, I believe there to be 3 "groups" of DAs in zone.
One group paths more or less to the edges of the zone ... one such DA comes almost up to the ZI, another very close to the Druid Corner ... a third goes almost up to the Netherbian Swarmlord cave. I have never seen the SA in that position.
A second group paths about the middle of the zone, occassionally stopping to take a position in a loose ring around the Dark Master platform. I have never seen the SA in that position.
The third group shuffles about the center, open area of the zone. These look a lot like the second group, but wander a bit further out and never get in formation. This is the only place I have ever seen the SA spawn.
If anyone wants to sit around out there and watch these guys, I'd be curious to see if this does hold true.
I pulled one from very close to the ME zone in (wanderer that comes in close to the ent tunnel), so I'd have to guess it's a random spawn in any of the DA spots
Had this guy spawn when group was waitin for mini raid peeps to get there and I was out pullin. He spawned outta thin air just to the left of tunnel going into the plains and was headin strait out after spawning. He dropped the cape for us. Spawn point was kinda out in front of the rock area on left side. Hope this helps. I think hes a random spawn myself though.
back to pickpocketing.. not sure what the limits to it are but at lvl 52 i have pickpocketed mobs that even con to me. dont know if cause skill is maxed or maybe things have changed.. just a little something for the know-it-alls to think about
I happen to agree. Its kinda nice sometimes to have pickpocket set with your evade keys and grab plat or a BD/ruby crown etc off An Iksar Trustee Minimum Level: 57 Maximum Level:57 or simular level mob. Kinda blows the 5 levels lower out of the water.
what do you guys think? this verses the sash of dragonborn??? that has ac, but only 2ac, pretty measly if ya ask me, this has 5dex and 5sta...bit higher numbers...
I assure you that I take no credit for this post whatsoever but it made alot of sense to me and can be found on Sash of dragonborn discussion. I cut and pasted it here.. Hope it helps:
You all are confusing haste and delay reduction. Think about it.
The defintion of haste is "the number of extra swings in during some period of time". 20% haste means I am going to get 120 swings instead of 100 swings during some period of time.
Now, in order to get those extra 20 swings in, my weapon obviously has to be swinging faster. The effective delay on my weapon must decrease. By how much?
Lets say I have a 10 delay weapon. That is 1 swing every second. So, during 100 secs, I swing 100 times. For the sake of clarity, assume I have 100% haste. So, during that same 100 seconds, I am now swinging 200 times. What delay would I need on my weapon in order to do this?
200 swings * X delay = 100 secs X delay = 100/200 = 0.5
My effective delay is now 5, instead of 10. My effective delay reduction is 50%. 10 * 50% = 5
More precisely, Delay Reduction = 1.0-1.0/(1+Haste)
You also need to be careful when adding hastes. Hastes are additive. Delay reductions ARE NOT. If I want to find the effective delay on a 30% Bard speed and 21% FBSS, I need to add the two hastes and apply the same forumla.
Who's the geek, the person researching haste effects on discussion, or a person who FOLLOWS THEM AROUND telling them how 'geeky' they think they are? Not a hard question to me...
This item has 26% haste according to Magelo. For the record, Magelo gets their item data (including haste %) directly from the game without human intervention. It is always right. If you ever want to know for sure what an item's haste percentage is, talk to Magelo.
I ran some haste tests on this belt as a level 60 bard, equipping a shield in the offhand and a 24 delay weapon in primary.
With no haste, I made 35 attacks in 1:24, for a total of 2.4 seconds per attack (.417 attacks per second).
With a Silvery Belt of Contention (said to be the same haste as an FBSS), I made 41 attacks in 1:22, for a total of 2 seconds per attack (.5 attacks per second).
With a Sash of the Dragonborn, I made 38 attacks in 1:12, for a total of 1.89 seconds per attack (.528 attacks per second).
With the Shadowy Assassin Sash, I made 38 attacks in 1:12, for a total of 1.89 seconds per attack (.528 attacks per second).
So, basically, this belt is the same haste as the Sash of the Dragonborn.
[edited a typo in one of the numbers]
Artebus <Drunken Tsunami> Level 60 Bard Terris Thule
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Posted:Aug 21 2002 at 2:38 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) This is why you can't test haste when you have double attack. Your results are all over the place and completely inaccurate.
If you say you pickpocketed a 50+ mob and you're 49, then you're flat out lying. Level 50 can pickpocket max level of 45 Level 51 - 46 Level 52 - 47 Level 53 - 48 Level 54 - 49 Level 55 - 50 Level 56 - 51 Level 57 - 52 Level 58 - 53 Level 59 - 54 Level 60 - 55 NO exceptions to this rule
Ummm..I have a level 34 rogue and he was pickpocketing heads and toes off of giants in GD that coned yellow and red, so maybe there is an exception to the rule. /shrug
Nope, that's still under the rule. Until 51 the max level you can pickpocket up to is 45. Period. Your chances might be a little low (understatement hehe) for some of those REALLY reds, but you *could* have a 1 in 10000000 chance of pickpocketing something off a lvl 45 while your lvl 6 or 7... dun remember what level we get that at... it's been soooooo very long. (3+ years...)
He/she MAY be lying, OR they haven't updated their signature. Don't slam people for 'lying' if their are other reasons why it might look like they are.
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Posted:Oct 09 2002 at 2:40 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) now i have no idea about the pickpocket lvl cap stuff but i know that you can't pickpocket magic items or items that the mob has equiped which would include this and most armor and weapons
well playing a beastlord but not a monk i can understand the purpose of this item..yes there are several items out there that have hast..personally i would rather use the silver chitin handwraps from velks..major hast item and at least has some ac..this is to save some of those haste items for people that do not have one which by time coming to this place should ahve one anyways..my guess is that this item has a better haste ratio than fbss due to the level to get it
Silver Chitin Handwraps are all well and good, but if you are a Monk and are planning on finishing the Celestial Fists epic and you are using Silver Chitin for your item haste, bear in mind that you will have to replace the item haste you previously had on the Handwraps once you get your hand-slot epic. (CF haste is like 40%, from the right click effect, sort of pulses like a bard song, and stacks with one item haste and one spell haste).
Not that it would be any trouble to sell the SCHW and get an FBSS or whatnot, but hey.
I THINK the haste is 26%, and I've seen these for as low as 10k in the Bazaar (someone was selling everything on him), though that was on The Rathe server, you might be on a different one.
Has any one ever really notice that when using a haste item you swing a lot more but you miss a lot more also. Might there be a trade off to the haste items like faster attacking but lower chance of hitting?
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Posted:Feb 20 2002 at 12:06 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Not Monk Wearable, What a rip..far as i know (in EQ world) that the Monks are defined by thier sashes/headbands, yet this time verant decides it we can't wear one... how sad 8/
From the list of classes that can use this piece it's obviously being considered "chain" armor. The name sure doesn't imply this though. From a pure role-playing point of view, something with a name like "Shadowy Assasin Sash" wouldn't be usable by Paladins at the least. Oh well, VI naming once again makes no sense.
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Posted:Feb 20 2002 at 10:46 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Plain and simple. Morons. Nice of them to put (worn) next to everything and even cast time on clickable items. For this it doesn't matter quite as much since it's droppable, but what about all the no drop haste items? How do I know if an item is an upgrade for me if the haste is 2% before I loot it???
welp its good to see another type of haste belt out there might makes aquiren a FBSS from the farmers a bit easier, This has no ac like the FBSS or FRSS but it adds some ok stats.....Still one of those items i wont be seeing.....Currently saven 5kpp for the SCHW......but a good addition non-the-less.....really makes me think about camopen the moldmaster for the 11%gloves
welp its good to see another type of haste belt out there might makes aquiren a FBSS from the farmers a bit easier, This has no ac like the FBSS or FRSS but it adds some ok stats.....Still one of those items i wont be seeing.....Currently saven 5kpp for the SCHW......but a good addition non-the-less.....really makes me think about camopen the moldmaster for the 11%gloves
That was a pretty good test. Only off by 1% actually. I don't know how he tested that so well, double swings mess up a lot of haste tests, or so I've heard of. Makes sense, I have noticed myself that it is hard to find the 'beat' of swings with double attack.
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Posted:Feb 19 2002 at 6:26 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) on karana i almost one first one to drop but this STUPID pally had to roll and beet me by 2 i was soo pissed it would of been first thing i won in months lol
This STUPID pally? I do believe you are refering to me. Well, now I am really glad you lost. I guess the Divine Light was with me that day. Sorry sore loser!