Fight Fire  

Make sure you handle any loot that drops before you say "Grieving Soul Scent" and cause the NPC's to finish their script. You will get kicked out of the zone at the end, and can not zone back in. I campfired back and was immediately punted back to PoK, tried walking back to zone with the same result.

Edited, Dec 17th 2023 10:22am by Gullian

My box lineup: Bard, Shaman, Ranger, Rogue, merc tank, merc healer

Here's how the lieutenants work:

• Around 10-20 seconds after the death of the last mob in the second wave, 4 yellow con (@ 110) mobs will approach from the bridge. If you are invis, they won't aggro you. However, they will aggro you from any distance in the zone otherwise (unless you escape and re-invis).
• They hit like absolute trucks and one-rounded my merc tank (330khp, max defensive aa's) before I could even get 1 mez off. They are obviously linked to each other and cannot be split.
• They will not aggro you when you zone in if you invis yourself fast enough.

They can, however, be rooted, snared and mezzed and don't seem very resistant.

The easiest strategy I found was to just bow kite them to death with the Ranger. I invis'd before they aggro'd and opened up with Vinelash Cascade off to the left of them, then individually ensnared each. Despite having a ton of hp, they are relatively easy to kite with a few caveats:

• At a certain interval (it feels like every minute or 25%, whichever comes first) the mob you are attacking will stun itself for 5 seconds, drop all buffs and mem blur itself. Make sure you keep some distance to re-apply snare when it becomes active.
• I was hit with a zone-wide AoE once mid-kite for around 90k when the rest of my group was in the instance. It never occurred when my Ranger was alone.
• They can/will summon you when they reach 1%! Have a defensive ability (weapon shield, deftdance, etc) ready at around 2% to avoid getting melted by your kite. This wiped me the first time.

My first success was just by solo bow-kiting them with my Ranger. On my second, I bow kited 2 of them down, popped Cover Tracks, then brought my group in to kill the remaining two (keeping one mezzed).

Overall, this mission just seems like it was terribly tuned for a non-raid gear single group.

I think the minimum level is 110. We had 1 person in group that was 109 and when she said ready, the npc ignored her.

I've heard that there are actually 4 evolving items that potentially can drop here. Does anyone have names/links?

Thanks.

Torn Efreeti Boots are currently listed as a reward.

They are one of the TBL rare drops that has a rare chance to drop off one of the 4 final MOB's (lieutenants).

Granted, while the rares only drop in this mission -- they are not a "given" (a reward).

if you are on faction with the fire Djinn they dont auto agro. This task is also fairly trivial if you have an enhanter along, everything, including all the 4 mobs at the end is mezzable with the group ae mezz.

One added note - for the first part, when you do the talking to the mobs to make them start the task, there is a slight delay between when you say the word "battle" and the mobs agroing. So if you set up on the very side (I usually go to the left of the group of mobs from when you zone into instance) and target / talk to a mob on the very edge. If you get to max "talking" distance and then face away from the mobs towards the edge of the island. When you say the word "battle" you can immediately run away from the group of mobs and not get any agro which then lets you split pull them using other methods.

No issues here boxing it with a chanter as main (with bst and druid + mercs). First part I did the talking then ran off a bit to the side and self stasis to clear the agro... after that they seemed to all be pull-able single using lull(or two and mez one to speed it up).

Second group of mobs added in some yellow cons but some blue cons too so lull still an option or mez / blur to get singles for my box group.

The final part I just pulled the 4 with the chanter kinda away from my box group then used beam of slumber to mez / root them all and then single target mezzed 3 of them. I kept 3 mezzed and just kept killing 1 until it died. It would deagro, but after a bit it would agro again and could be damaged. Was slow going but worked fine, then picked another target and kept the 2 mezzed... rinse repeat. I stuck with nukes / melle since the deagro also cleared dots off.

Just a little heads up on the lieutanants...

First off, the zonewide aggro to group SUCKS! Grr. And for what ever reason, this included pets, even if you are FD.

My strategy was to zone my necro in, FD (lose pet....) then use PP (push-root) and FD... wait for refresh.

After rooting 3 , zone rest of group in to tank the 1 loose one. Keep the other 3 away from group (and snared/scented) while we took down one at time.

Periodically the one we were on went immune for a time (10s?) it dropped from extended target window, while some pop up text talked about stuff (sorry, was busy =P ) when this happens the target mob would get debuffed (lose Dots/debuffs) then resume.... and with the tons of HP they of course did this repeatedly through out the fight.

I also did this yeah old necro kiting method... but the debuff thing made things... interesting =P

Upon getting to the 'Receive Judgment' (final) step:

[Wed Dec 12 07:15:47 2018] Morturia says, 'Hail, Evasion Flame Desires'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:19 2018] Evasion Flame Desires says, 'Mortal, why are you here? By whose edict have you interfered in our battle?'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:27 2018] Morturia says, 'grieving soul scent'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:26 2018] Evasion Flame Desires says, 'Who is that? No such being has right in this matter. I must speak with an Udex of this place and have this explained.'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:26 2018] Udex Sixth Mistress of Sunrise says, 'Why have you called for an Udex?'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:26 2018] Evasion Flame Desires says, 'These mortals have interfered with our battle, Udex. They have done so at the request of one called Grieving Soul Scent. I demand an explanation and proof of precedent, for such interference.'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:31 2018] Udex Sixth Mistress of Sunrise says, 'I shall inquire. Come forth, Grieving Soul Scent!'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:32 2018] Evasion Flame Desires says, 'I insist!'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:36 2018] Grieving Soul Scent says, 'How can I help you, great Udex?'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:36 2018] Udex Sixth Mistress of Sunrise says, 'Evasion Flame Desires claims that you have invited mortals to interfere in this battle. Do you denounce this claim, or do you admit its truth?'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:37 2018] Grieving Soul Scent says, 'This I have done. This battle will lead to our doom! This is something you know better than I. It must be stopped. Nothing like this could be sanctioned, no matter what bargain was struck.'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:41 2018] Evasion Flame Desires says, 'A deal was struck, though I am not privileged enough to know why or specifically with whom. This useless djinn has broken the pact and must be punished. The mortals must be destroyed!'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:41 2018] Udex Sixth Mistress of Sunrise says, 'The efreeti is correct. You had no right to bring mortals into this battle. You did not even have the right to offer them access to our realm. For this you will face the Trials of Smoke. Should you survive then you will be proven worthy and your error officially forgiven.'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:41 2018] Evasion Flame Desires says, 'This is just, but you must also end these mortals for their intrusions!'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:46 2018] Udex Sixth Mistress of Sunrise after a moment's thought says, 'No, these mortals are guilty only of being tricked.'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:46 2018] Evasion Flame Desires interrupts, shouting, 'What? Not knowing the rules does not make them innocent!'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:46 2018] Udex Sixth Mistress of Sunrise says, 'And, therefore, it is my judgment that they be banished.'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:51 2018] Grieving Soul Scent says, 'I thank you for your mercy, Udex. And I am grateful for your mercy towards these mortals. I shall proceed to the Trials forthwith.' Grieving Soul Scent turns to the mortals present. 'I must apologize to you for my mistake. I grant you this one small token of my regret.' An item appears in the hands of each mortal present.'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:51 2018] Udex Sixth Mistress of Sunrise says, 'Go then, Grieving Soul Scent. And you, mortals, begone!'
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:52 2018] Your task 'Fight Fire' has been updated.
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:52 2018] You have received a replay timer for 'Fight Fire': 0d:4h:27m remaining.
[Wed Dec 12 07:16:53 2018] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Wed Dec 12 07:17:09 2018] You have entered The Plane of Knowledge.


Edited, Dec 12th 2018 9:36am by dagnarok