Be aware if you are going to solo these giants, stun although will suceed on the display does NOT actually stun them. Also Mezz type spells will not work on the giants, charm will but not mezz. just trying to save anybody else from the mistakes I have made.
As the headline of this post say, I just love soloing here! As a level 39 ranger I have np problem taking these giants out! I currenly wield a Wurmslayer and a Dragon Horn Ykesha, so the damage I'm dealing is not to make fun about. Once I got two giants on me in one pull, but I could handle them pretty well. Note that I only meele these giants, cuz all the roaming mobs makes it too dangerous to kit'em all over the place.
I have looted a couple of Giant foreman's tunics, some different low end weapons and a forest loop. I will garanteed stay here til I hit 40, cuz the exp is moving, and these guys are easier to kill than the average cyclops! (from Rathe Mountains that is).
Some people say that I'm "farming" the forest loops, I say No, cuz I get great exp here, the loot is nice and I love playing here! Buyt most people think it's nice to have someone to help'em if they pull one or two more giants than they can handle.
My advice to all you rangers at level 35 40 would be to go here and kill those damn giants! It so really kicks butt, yesterday I got two yellow bubs, today I have a feeling I will get at least 2 yellows and ding to 40. If I still get good exp here then, I might stay here a while longer.
Sincerely, Zenofex Stormcaller
"Therefore it can be said that victorious warriors win first, and then go to battle, while defeated warriors go to battle first, and then seek to win." - Sun Tzu, the Art of War
I just started soloing here too, I am a 34th level warrior and was getting tired of the Overthere scene. I have my bind wound up to 175, buy a few back packs of bandages and arrows, and get bloody. Right now I am sticking to the miners, gorging brutes, and hillocks, but I agree, this zone rocks.
these guys see invisible and they run around the zone like they own the place. my 20 necro has made this dangerous journey safely 3 or 4 times but it still is scary and sucks.
I got a port for my lvl 20 paladin to the Dreadlands as a lvl 46 cleric offered to guide me through to lake of ill omen. It was very frightening, there are craigs and brae's running about all over the place and all of them aggro me, the clerics advice was just to keep running if anything happened, but this proved difficult when i was double stiked for 64 dmg per hit and and kicked for 10 dmg which stunned on a number of occasions. After also braving a tunnel with web lurkers and spinners aggro'ing and poisoning me we made it and blessed be the healing power of a cleric we got through to the next zone pretty safe. I am never going out that way until i am at least lvl 40, it is weird and creepy with too many things that could kill me.
Whine whine whine! When I was like 25 my grandpa (Rolorn Smokewalker) thought it'd be fun to drag me into dreadlands...he said, and I quote "lets see if you're KOS to dragons!" ummm....needless to say I was smack in the middle of DL and there was no way of going back. Thank Erollisi Marr the dragon wasn't there at the time! Anyways on the topic of FM, it isn't that hard to avoid aggro. I mean the mobs are kinda big ya know. I ran naked without a sow through LOIO and FM, got lost in FM, dodged a ton of freaking mobs, and finally got back home(fort).
ok, I have spent about 5 levels here soloing different types of giants. What they drop is random. I have gotten the tunic on Hillocs, Tumps, Breas, and Craigs. I have also gotten about 4 loops of different giants. They all drop the same stuff, nothing special, with the exception of the Tump Stump on Tumps, there are for a Druid quest.
Killed him today, VERY red to a 30 enchanter, hits damn hard (high 80s to low 90s) and dropped a tunic: Giant Lord's Tunic (AC 18, Cha - 5, SV Cold + 5, WAR SK SHM / BAR TRO OGR) lost lotto, so no idea how much u can sell it for :-) hope i was of assistance
Aleminster Tas`Kaernon, Enchanter of the 30th rank on Mithaniel Marr
I really wanted to pull one of these but it had spawned right at the back of the fortress. It seemed as though all the others were gaurding it, so im assumeing it drops something nice.