Ever notice there are lots of bodies arround that Tower in the center of the zone, most often it is due to the unintentional killing that Grimfeather causes. Not that Grimfeather kills all those people, most of them were just jumped by too many bears, wolves, lions etc... and when they ran to the tower for help, the guards were not there. They didn't abandon their posts, they were killed by Grimfeather, it often happens at least once every eq day or so. Grimfeather gets into a fight with the guards and leaves the unmanned tower at half health.
So to hunt this vile winged thing do what i do, hang arround the tower, watch for it to attack the guards, let him kill the guards and then attack. I had done this at level 38, and 41
Barnebus Goodfight Warrior and Commander of Clan McMarrin Brell Serilis Server
I did this intentionally at lvl 30, just a word to the wise, He's faster than sow, and about equal to spirit of cheetah, Darn near killed me before I made it to the tower.
Sucker hits like a giant, averaged between 38 and 92 damage a hit to my 38 Ranger. He's got HIGH resists so fear/kiting went out the window pretty quick. Ignited him and bow/kited him until he finally dropped. Used up 9 stacks of Class 3 Steel hooked arrows. He's not to be taken lightly folks.
Linolwen Spiritchaser <Keeper of Eternal Shadows> 39 Ranger of Tunare Fenin Ro
Not to be taken lightly. I saw it agro on a lv 43 SK & kill him leaving the feather at 1/2 hp which i Lv 37 pal finished it off but it took off 1200hp of my 1400hp.
As for the spawn it is random about 2min after that one was taken down a 2nd spawned & was killed at about the same spot but i have gone long times & never seen one.
This dude can open up a can on a untwinked 47 war. Got about 1/3 of his health befor I had to zone. Don't think I was full health when I started either.
I got one 2 of my high lvl friends on and both were like around 54 or so and they just totally destroyed him and with just my luck got it with one try!!!
Whenever I enter the zone I ask "Is Grimfeather up?" and most people will respond if they see him, or if they saw him killed recently. As a lower-level character he'll outrun you and kill you quickly, as he's done me at lvl 18, so he's something you definitely want to know about if he's flying around.
Basstone Trombone <Lords of Rememberance> Bard of the 28th Song
i was in nk hunting beetles and fawn when along comes mr grimfeather. was killing gaurds in tower next to gypsie came then came after me for no reason i ran but i forgot that gaurds are not friendly to de necros at bridge tower so i had no choice but to stand and get killed. i hate that guy
I just hit level 31, and decided to sell before logging. As a rogue I must hide and sneak in order to sell at gypsy camp. In the middle of the transaction, he discovered me beneath my invisibility. I ran for all i was worth, but didn't get half way to the zone.
was in karanas with my 20th Enchanter takin out Beetles and a few Griffawns. I saw him earlier wanderin the zone and knew not to fudge with him so I went along my merry way. Then found the guard tower and thought "Hmmm, good place to Bind" I was Wrong!!:( Saw him kill the 2 guards and then he Agroed on me form like a mile away it seems, hed hit me once but i figured after the guards were done hes forget me, He didnt, so he killed me. Twice once cause I spawned in Tower and he was right next to it, real fun, lost a full bub in Five mins woohoo. DO NOT count on those guards for ANYTHING they suck.
It seems to me that the griffawns are the placeholders for the pain. There I was hunting griffawns when up pops old Grimfeather. Some high level dude killed him, and I went back to hunting griffawns. About 15 minutes later, here he comes again. Same guy kills him again. About 20 minutes of killing griffawns, and he spawns for a third time. Pretty sure no one was killing griffons at the time.
My roommate killed him with a 32 SK today. He agroed him, and ran to guards at the tower. Guards died trying to kill him, but took him down to 25% HP. My SK friend popped up, and killed him. He was oom, and at 50% HP when it was all over. Who says a erudite SK is crap? :)
I would say try to use your head, but thats what gets trolls and ogres in trouble in the first place. :)
I ported to North Karana with my 26 druid, and when I got there I saw Grimmy beating up the whole druid ring. He had taken one druid down, and another was about to die. So for fun, I tried to snare it. Big mistake. He instantly aggroed on me, so I put on Spirit of Cheetah and tried to run for it. He still outran me though, and I was griffon food. I am still waiting for my revenge, but take my advice: if youre not high enough level to handle this guy, don't tangle with him.
While waiting for a guildmate to give me a TP to BB, some great warrior of Norrath, after slaying the named creature, shouted that the Rune of Ivy was up for loot. He shouted the loc. and off I ran. He has my eternal thanks for leaving the rune for a ranger that will one day be putting together the Ivy-etched armor.
He outran me, somewhat barely (He was only slightly faster, it took him a while to catch up) with 32 bard selo's with MM drums; none of our high (higher since Verant's BS patches) resist songs actually resisted..I got charm, chains, and our lvl30 chant (which resists a LOT) off on him with no trouble..but being so fast I didn't wanna use em as a pet vs. HG's because of the new charm crap that makes the pet hafta return to you before he'll take orders.
Last night a 30 Ranger, a 30 WIzzy, a 27 Warrior, and a 31 Druid kicked ole Grim-Daddy in the ***** Key was to cast a fear on him, otherwise, he will pretty much slay med-lvl tanks.
Ya he is fast. He ran down my 32 bard with 28% buff to drums instrument playing. Still stuck on me from start to finish.
Although the next day I was running across the zone and he attacked my mage but not to worry he didn't see my 57 earth pet following behind me. Hence got my vengence back.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Feb 22 2001 at 4:04 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Anyone ever notice druids are always kiting stuff to death? Well Grim does drop a part for the ranger quest. I would like to hear from someone who kill this guy without running away from it all the time.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Apr 27 2001 at 10:17 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) /rant on
#Anonymous,
Posted:May 23 2001 at 1:08 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Oh, you must be talking about the quad kiting "you stole my kill" type druids; as I said on another post. Not all druids are bad; but the ones you remember are the ones that are yelling at you for "stealing" thier kill when it attacked you, or training the critter they're kiting on you. Either way the "anti-Druid comments" are made by the average people playing the class, and the average are just like I said, quad-kiting winers.
He's real easy to kill if you are of level. If you need him dead then just find him and ask some high lvl players in the zone to kill him. Just takes one 50+ to drop him. Hard part would be finding him once that is done you can ask one or two people to spend 5 mins to kill him for you.
Not so sure about. Had a level 50 Ranger friend take Grim out and it took him down halfway before he was able to kill it. Grim at lvl 37 is still tough for a level 50 meleer. I've also seen a level 40 wizard take him down with ease. Looks likes a caster friendly kill.
Well, now that Rangers have panic animal, this griff isn't that bad. My 42nd level ranger took him out day before yesterday. Was at full before fight, thinkingit would be close, and I might have to snare/root/run. Instead, at the end of the battle I had 4bubs of health, and 4bubs of mana. I wasted him. If you just keep him feared, hit him 5 or 6 times, then cast the low mana use spell panic animal, should be no problem. Oh, he only resisted panic like twice.