Hollowshade Moor

ok, who do i kill to get the war started? is it the sonic wolf of owlbear prince? i have kill the named sonic wolf and the named owlbear and it didn't trigger the war. this sounds like a lot of fun. also, wehn the war is over what is the drop?
that if anyone knows.


Deedaay Foe`Real
51 heretic

This war bs is a major pain in the ***. Though its nice to see Verant having a go at dynamic content but the war is actually a huge zone wide nerf. No repop means that farming the named mobs for their drops and the owls for their pelt is much more difficult now. You can expect items coming from the Moore to increase in their gfay market value.

Oh - by the way - forgot to add that the "defenders" at the sonic and owlbear caves - summon. They can thus be difficult (three at once attacking and stunning you, summon when you run, stun when ytou try to gate - can be tricky even though all green. More fun from Verant.

I'm not sure what has launched this war, but it appears that any of the three factions can be in domination, or perhaps the three factions rotate. Last night I was present for a broadcast of "A persistant howling echos from the East, and the Grimling Defenders prepare for an attack on the south shore. After this, I watched a train of 5 sonic wolves attach the circle of approximately 9 Grimling Defenders huddled in the main Grim camp to the south.

Later in the day, I observed a train of 5 sonics attack approx 5 Grimling Defenders that were stationed outside the Owlbear caves. I was not present for the preceding broadcast message at this time, however, when a sonic wolf made it into the opening of the cave, a broadcast of "Sonic wolves howl in triumph as they claim the territory".

It may be that we need to complete the entire cycle of ownership, Grims, wolves and then owlbears.

.....Still looking for answers

Ok, I got caught up in this little war, as I'm sure you've heard a bit about it lately.

Here is the intel:

We (me 45 paladin and a friend 35 warrior) decided to help the Grimlings. We caught on as they assaulted the Sonic Wolf cave. We assisted in killing the Sonic Defenders, once they were all dead the Grimling enter the cave and a message goes out that they gained new territory. Now all sonic wolves should be replaced by various Grimlings. Kill them if you want, but I dont believe it matters.

NOTE: Once the war is on, there will be no more respawns until it is over. Really ticks off a lot of people (perfect pelt anyone? <snicker>). So be ready for some tells.

At this point you will eventually hear a message that the Grimlings are moving to attack the Owlbears. Assist them in killing the Owlbear defenders, in general any attackers will lose the fight unless assisted. Once they enter the Owlbear cave, the chieftain gets real excited and calls the Grimling prince back to the area. He can be found in the Vah Shir outpost, which is now Grimling controlled.

Up until this point everything was green to me, upon conning the bodyguards at the new Grimling Outpost they were light blue. Not trusting any cons on Luclin I made sure I got a lone straggler. Turns out my instincts were right, she was one tough nut to crack. I was forced to use LOH from full health, and she got me down another quarter before she fell. The bodyguards are furious casters and appear to gate back to their spawn point when close to death (quick to come back though). She had the regular Acrylia runes on her, four of em. It was at this time that my warrior friend got to close to the guards at the door and was killed <mourns>.

I almost followed, but made it to the SV zone close to death. Then an emergency patch forced us to camp.

The prince was inside the camp, with about two to four more bodyguards. I have heard from this site that he dropped a staff 11/30 or something. Not sure. We were curious as to how the war was ENDED, and that was the ultimate goal. It is possible it is TRIGGERED (begun) by the killing of the owlbear prince, at least after his death is when the messages started coming in. Which was shortly after a GM had repopped the zone to clear the previous unresolved war.

The defenders at all camps SUMMON, but do not move. I found that if you start on one side they wont summon and you wont get bounced around. They usually pop in threes, with the Grims being the exception, seven or so.

All in all, it is a very exciting thing to get involved in. Hats off to Verant for this one, they did a good job.

Keep in mind, if the prince owlbear is the trigger (not sure, and dont know how to make him pop)you might want to shout you are taking him down to warn players of the impending war. Wanderers escalate at this time, making it dangerous for some, and of course once the Vah Shir outpost is overrun, it becomes deadly to hapless young kitties and others players as well.

It would also be quite interesting to see if a different outcome would come out of assisting the owlbears or sonics in overcoming the Grimling defenders.

So get thee to the front soldier, there be a war a brewin'!

Abdielle Silvanost
45 paladin of Tunare <Ordaen De Brell>
and
Doless Durlinson
35 warrior of Brell <Arcane and Honor>

Druzzil Ro

Anyone ever saw Scarflank, possibly a named Sonic Wolf, wander in this zone?

It drops a neat item, Spiked Sonic Wolf Collar, nodrop, with lots of stats on it.

Thanks

Ignis
Vazaelle

Both the Owlbears and the Sonic Wolves are underconned. The Rockhoppers and Beetles are also underconned. They con green to me, but they almost kill me everytime and if there's more than one of them unless I get lucky I'm toast. However, if you can kill the Prince of the Owl Bears or Ghowlik of the Sonic Wolves, then you can get some really good druid armor. Dirtchomp is a named Rockhopper and drops a claw for melee types, and Gorehorn is a named Beetle and drops a really good mask. Hope this helps. Just be careful, even a druid kiting at lvl 47 barely managed to take Gorehorn on.

Both conned blue to me as a 21st level Wood Elf Druid. The zone is full of both creatures, but there is a plethora of the turtles. Tortoises/turtles do not seem to frenzy, and don't aggro until attacked (at least on druids, may not be true for other classes as is the case with many animals). These turtles/tortoises (Yes, I forget the exact name) do bite with the weak poison effect. Casting the level 19 Endure Poison buff on myself seemed to prevent me from ever getting poisoned. If a friendly druid or shaman isn't around to cast that on you, you might wish to be a little more cautious. They can bite from anywhere from 2 to roughly 25 points of damage. All the turtles I saw on track were mostly dark blue, with a few light blue turles thrown in, but not many.

Grimlings herders do aggro, but it appears that they are not running around in packs/groups, which makes sense since they're herders. I think they're actually herding the turtles! They hit for anywhere from 2 to 32 points of damage and they hit fast! They can take you out fairly quickly if you're not full HP/Mana so if you're not so hot on soloing, make sure you have a partner. Plus, all the Grimling herders conned dark blue to me. I'd recommend using a root or slow tactic on them if you're a caster, and if you're not, either have a buddy with you to melee, or a buddy who will heal you as you fight.

I'm at the low end of 21 if that helps anyone figuring out how they'd con to you. I would consider the Grimlings and undercon. They should have been yellow to me at lvl 21 in my opinion.

There were so many of these things on track (both mobs) that I imagine it would be fairly simple for folks to zip from 21 to 23 in this zone. I didn't go very far into the zone though, so there may be some higher/lower critters in there.