Faydedar  

We did Faydedar with one group.

Lineup was: 65Tank, 65Cleric, 65Necro, 65Illu (me), 61Wiz and 54Dru

I think, Cleric and Tank would suffice, the rest is only for the quicker kill. Fight lasted a minute at most, the longest of the kill was the way to the spot. *gg*

Faydedar dispells one buff after the other, front to end, so maybe it's good to keep some crap-buffs up front.

Killed him on Drinal with a 65 cleric friend.
Druid is on same acct as 65 warr, turned in essence gated far enough away to camp. Warrior has nothing better than some velious gear and mostly heraldic stuff; cheap bazaar weapons.
My 53 druid has a new butter knife. GL all who want to do this with out a raid and even less than a group :).

We killed him this afternoon, and we owned him. Very easy fight no deaths at all. We had 14 average level 59 (extra high today =D ). He was also casting something else on me but i forgot what it was, and i never got hit by it. Very easy to resist. With a bard i had mid 200's MR and i resisted everything he casted. I did see some people getting feared though, so wear ur MR gear.
hehe at like 6% he started to run away...never seen a high level mob run away before =P

Killed Faydedar last weak did it with 4 people 65 bard 62 ranger 53SK and 62 druid(me). All of our resists were at 350 so we resisted all his ae's. I kept the ranger, shadownight, and bard healed and Faydedar went down in about 5 min.

Alright I didn't bother reading all the displayed posts, thought I'd just share my experience with this poser dragon. First try: Fay down, zero dead (had one group of lvl 60ish chars). Second try: Fay down, zero dead (three lvl 65 chars and the 54 druid we did it for). Third try (exactly twelve hours later incidently): Fay down, one death (foolish shaman forgot to put on resist gear 8P, had a 55 cleric, 56 druid, 63 SK, 55 shammy, and 65 wiz--my friend's account, me playing). Fourth and final try: Fay down, zero dead (had 65 wiz, 65 war, 65 druid, and 60 druid). Basically, if you have 200+ resists (which is easy to get IMHO, at lvl 65 at least ;P), Fay is easy. In all four times I killed Fay, I got a total of 10 AoE landed on me, which is nothing. Good luck with he/she/it, two groups of all 50ish can do her. Also, Fay conned even to my 54 druid (at the time) when I killed it for my epic, and AoE landed for the full 500dd or whatever and debuff about five times with resists at 150ish.

If there's anything that's gonig to make me quit EverQuest...it's this thing.

Let's go back a month...

First try - Decent turnout, though it took me all day. 15 or so people. Wiped in about 20 seconds, because our MT was level 55 and the cleric(55) didn't know what he was doing.

Second try - 3 weeks later. Finally got my hands on him, and got enough people to help. 61 warrior was the MT, 63 (and only) cleric. He was sure we'd be fine - I was quite confident we would be, as well. 13 or so people total. Of course, we managed to fail, as the MT forgot to use disc in the battle. Got Fay to 9%.

Three days later - Today. My guild isn't exactly uber, most are level 30 - 40. Alliance can be strong, but msot are unwilling to help. Had it planned that the 61 warrior's guild would help out today. He was busy raiding, I didn't mind waiting so long as we got it done. Of course, I leave for 20 minutes to help an ally get his epic - come back, and a druid I met earlier who said he'd let me have Fay was there along with hi uber guild killing Fay. I asked him what's going on, and he told me he waited "a whole 8 hours."

Just a few notes for those Druids looking to kill Fay for the epic drop.

First off DO NOT promise anyone in the raid rolls on crap. The epic spawned Faydedar drops nothing but the epic druid water. That's it, nothing more.

I have lead 4 Fay Raids and they went something like this...

1st Raid. Had 14 people on this one, some good lvl 53+ tanks a 61-SK and a 60 Cleric with a 52 Backup Cleric as well. I think we lasted a total of 3 minutes or so with me bound on the beach. I died--popped--memmed heal--ran over--healed--summoned--died--popped--memmed heal--ran over--healed--summoned--died--you get the idea. Died 4 times then gave up memmed evac and gated off before last tank dropped.

2nd Raid Got 26 people this time. Took almost 2 1/2 hours to recruit all of it and was watering at the mouth for this kill, tons of tanks tons of casters, and 4 clerics WOOT!! In the process of moving the last group over, a 63 Epic Shaman bud of mine killed the Doorf on the beach cause the little bugger would not hand over his fishing pole. Thought that was a good add to the evening.

3rd Raid Again 16 peeps or so, had good tanks, good healers, good casters, just one thing was left out on this one. No one decided to heal the MA so this fight went faster than the 1st raid.

4th AND FINAL--Pay attention this is what works the best. You need 2 - 3 tanks lvl 60+ Tanks and a cleric lvl 63+, get a bard to resist and magic spin, as well as a chanter to rune ma and slow haste da tanks. My final group for this kill was 2-65War 1-52Cleric 1-63Cleric 1-63Chanter 2-60 Wizzies, and a good bard. then some miscelanious tanks and the Ranger that has to die on every dragon raid...(It just aint a dragon raid without a dead Ranger)

The reason for lvl 60+ tanks and clerics is simple, they will not get feared by Fay, the lvl range is too high for them to get feared so you will always have some good dmg on the mob. Good luck and good hunting. FYI the doorf pops 12 hours after he is killed, and after the turn in. The real fay is on a 3 day spawn on my server so be warned if your bound on the beach and gating in to check the doorf. Real fay is up you will see --SMACK--Loading Please Wait--

Kitingu Fromadistance
60th Druid Tunare (-Soulbonded-)
Drinal Server

Edited, Thu Jul 3 16:43:37 2003

There has been VERY litte "real" information regarding this mob posted, so allow me...

Spells Used
AOE Fire:

_____Nuke w/top down 1 item debuff. The nuke's max damage is 500, though once over 100 fire resist, it only hits for 250. At 200 fire resists, the damage may be resisted. I am unsure whether the debuff can be resisted. Cast roughly every 15 to 45 seconds. The cast seems to actually be random, so it can be longer between casts, but will not get faster than every 15 to 45 seconds.

AOE Fear:

_____Fear spell will send your healers running. At 100 magic resist (BEFORE buffs, and ALWAYS buff fire and magic resist), it will be resisted *most* of the time. Lasts roughly 30 seconds, and is chain cast by Faydedar.

Melee
_____Faydedar can hit ya hard! 250 seems to be the max, but he is pretty fast... Chances are, if he gets ahold of ya, unless you have multiple healers watchin' yer butt, you are going to see your bind point soon.

Special
_____Faydedar DOES summon. He will do it, too... This, along with the fear spell is anathema to your casters. Every time you cast anything, every time your pet hits him, every time you hit him, you get agro. If you surpass the main assist in agro by even the slightest margin, then you will see your bind point.

Strategy

Remember to use four dummy buffs, click off sow, and set your character on WALK


_____After 3 wipes, I have done a substantial ammount of research. This dragon dies this Sunday. I guarantee it! Here's the main factors:

1) Where your people are positioned
2) How many casters you have in reserve.
3) When your nukers start nuking.

_____To put casters in reserve, have them stay in the water... NOT the lagoon Fay spawns in.. That would be suicide! No, put them in the water in the tunnel that leads into Fay's area. That will be the second tunnel you travel through getting there. Have EB on everyone, becase they will hopefully be there long enough to need it.

_____Put healers in the water especially, but have all nukers there until the call comes for nukes. Nuke when Fay's HP hits 60%... NO SOONER. It would be ideal to send out a couple nukers at a time, and have the others wait until the first ones are dead or out of mana. Do the same with healers. Send so many out, send more when needed.

_____If you are a healer or a nuker, and you get feared, you should already have a macro button to alert the raid of your condition. Click it. This lets the next healer or nuker in line know to come out. Use your head here. If they get feared or die, and there's nobody to replace them, stay and do your thing. If there are others in line behind them, then hit the water.

_____Keep in mind this is the most challenging fight in the druid epic. The druid is the embodiment of nature. When a part of nature gets cut down, it grows back... THAT is the key to Faydedar... Well, that and good resists.

If you fail

_____It is posted here that he despawns after 40 minutes of inactivity. I know this to not be true, neccessarily, of the spawned Faydedar. He *may* despawn then, maybe not. Really, there is a random depop. If he is engaged, the number resets. I've seen it take up to 3 hours, though he was badly bugged then (we have screenshots of him flying around... He also left his island then, which is NEVER supposed to happen).

_____If at all possible, bring a necro, and have everyone who can afford to do so keep a coffin in the bank. This will help you immensely. Keep a tracker near his island. You should go through the first tunnel, but stay on the outside wall. He WILL agro if you get on the wall of the inner island (the wall that the second tunnel goes through). Sometimes it is necessary, though, in order to get him on track. If it looks like he has depopped, edge in, checking track every two steps, until you hit the inner wall. Once there, start around toward the second tunnel while checking track. If he's still up, you'll know it when you get hit for 500 damage through the wall. I suggest levitating. If you do get hit by that 500 DD, then keep him targeted. Do not heal yourself... You just did away with the need to edge in while tracking... Just watch for him to vanish off the target window.

Myths

--Your casters are NOT safe on the southeast corner, though this is almost as good as the water..

--The spawned Faydedar will NEVER drop the sea dragon meat... Not sure if the real Fay will even. Go see that sea dragon in Cobalt Scar (sorry it's widely suspected that whole quest is broken, as the CS dragon never spawns, and the real Fay never drops the meat).

--Those below level 50 should NOT come to this raid. Some say 52 to 65... no no no... Try 50 to 65, and as many 65 as you can possibly get. Be sure to return the favor to them somehow.

--The dwarf used to spawn Faydedar will repop 12 hours after Faydedar is killed or despawns, not 12 hours after the last hand in.

--The NPC's will not attack unless you attack them. Even the one used in the monk quest (Lheoa?) will not attack the evil people, because he does not spawn on the beach. Just don't let anyone wander.

The MOST important thing to remember while preparing to raid is simple to achive

--NEVER KILL THE DWARF!!!!!

If someone gets attacked by him, they are not excused to kill him. He is very green, hits for squat, and can be mezzed. Have him mezzed or rooted (USE LEVEL ONE ROOT!!), and then have the person he attacked, and the person who mezzed or rooted him camp out and come back.

Hope I helped someone out there 8) Much luck!

Edited, Fri Apr 11 15:10:16 2003

Can anyone please provide any information with the real Faydayer? I'm trying to help a fellow Paladin with his epic by continously tracking in the Dreadlands AND Timerous Deep. My questions are, where does the real Faydayer wander around? Second, does he really despawn after 2 hours or is that a rumor and is only not up when the Iksar Master kills him or the triggered Faydayer replaces him? Any and all information would be greatly apperciated.

-Matthyas Lionheart
60 Paladin of the Sigils
Innoruuk Server

we did the spawned version of him for dr00d epic with:

61 bard
62 cleric
65 monk
60 ranger
59 beastlord
51 dr00d (me)

pretty well pwnage...i don't think anyone got below 1/2 hp! haha....

seems like even with resists only near 100 each (yah i suck) that i got TONS of full resists from the AEs!

overall a group of 60s could rape him...just as long as they know what they're doing!