Ssraeshza Temple

Im really sick of people not opening their eyes about this kind of gear incase u didnt notice theres no level req meaning your level 10 or 25 w/e class it may be to use will have some pretty awsome gear for that level,alot of other gear that drops in ssra doesnt so please stop and think before u post something about a certain item being crap just because u maaay have better

Where on the third floor is this imperial guard room? Been everywhere up there except past the 2 locked doors. Do you have to have a lockpicker class to get to this room? A short detailed walkthrough from the zone in would be nice =)

Just got Eindolan Voice, Nec lvl 56, also had Ber(255), off of a Shissar Arcanist. 125 mana, 3.0(2.5) cast time, usual fear spell description, "makes your enemy flee in terror, etc..

Does anyone still have access to that excellent guide for this zone from mtakacs? Would love to get my hands on it.

Thanks in advance

I haven't seen a nice guide to ssra, so a long time ago, I started to write one. Found some time to actually finish it and publish it. Hope you enjoy. It compiles alot of information from various sources, including folks here at Allakhazam.

http://www.the-commune.com/jolo/guides/ssra/

Enjoy

Hello:

Just wanted to throw my $.02 in since I've been doing a lot of camping in the mines lately. I box a 65 Monk and Shaman team that have ornate-level gear and around 100AA each. The mines are quite a challenge with this team but aren't overwhelming.

First thing to note that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else:

Skeletons in the mines have some initial agro against casters

Not sure if that statment is 100% accurate; but there is something that draws their attention to my shaman before a single spell is cast. Given that mobs come in groups this can spell doom. Almost every time I died it has been because of this.

To give an example, I have the monk pacify one mob and pull another. 2-3 may still come back with him. He stops before the shaman and turns to tank. Mobs still rush shaman even though she is futher away, standing, and hasn't cast a spell. Doesn't happen 100% of the time so maybe its only a single mob type that does it. Not a problem unless she eats a few HTs and gets low health aggro.

Some other things of note:

* Most mobs are SOW'ed and will run at low health
* Casters will gate
* Aggro ranges are large. Expect 3-5 on a pull without pacify
* Invis to undead will allow you to run around the mines unaccosted
* XP is pretty poor

There are probably 3 things that would bring a team down here:

* Strange Green Metal
* Dusty Soriz Worker's Pouch
* Luclid Shard

The strange green metal will drop from any of the 5 named down there. My best luck has been with Hilog Jarsith. Hilog also drops the Dusty Soriz Worker's Pouch. So, if you are after either of those I'd recommend doing his camp.

To get to Hilog get to the mines then work your way to the 3rd mine cart. This will be in an aclove on the left as you go down the main tunnel. There are 3 spawns there and Hilog's spawn is closest to the cart. The metal seems to be his common from my experience.

If you are after the shard you will want to go further in. Drops are best deep in the mines. I recommend going to the "T" intersection where you can make a left to head to the ZI from the Deep (which is 1-way unfortunately). Instead of going left go right and stop just inside the side tunnel where there are only 2 skeletons in agro range. You can fight these two, then pull the ones around them in pairs. Still not extremely easy, but easier than fighting your way down there.

Hope this helps a few of you.

Tsuyoi / Kany

Edited, Sun Jul 4 22:03:19 2004

Many see invis mobs here? How about rogue sneak/hide? XTC .... does his escort see through rogue sneak/hide?

I am hoping someone can tell me. Can a rogue pick the lock to get to high priest floor if they have a skill of 210 or does every member of raiding party need to get cmponents for the key to get in?

Also, what are the 3 mentioned components for they key?

Naline De'Praline
62 Assassin Zeb Server

Hi all looted this and was wondering if anyone knew what it used for?
Many tks in advance :)

Don't go here for xp, that's for sure. With the new xp rules, at level 60 you get as much xp from a level 45 mob as a level 52 mob. Given that most of the first floor (and a lot of the stuff throughout the whole temple) is low 50's, you'd be MUCH better off going elsewhere. Level 52 mobs quading for 270 per hit and over 1k per round (unslowed) haha. This whole zone is all about a quest grind to get keys to get to the REAL mobs which drop the good loot. In order to get there, you have to kill lots and lots of boring, underconned, no loot mobs.

Whether or not it was intended this way, best way to play this zone is to go with a HUGE raid group and just grind the mobs up, since all you want are the key pieces. Forget the single party stuff - total waste of time. You'd do BETTER with xp by going to an old world zone like seb and killing the EASY level 52 mobs.

***EDIT***
Since I first wrote this note much has changed with the way they handle xp in the game. It is NO LONGER true that level 45 mobs give as much xp as level 52 mobs, and if you can kill mobs that are within a level or two of your abilities, you start to see an exponential effect - i.e. an even con now gives you 4x the experience of a mob just a few levels lower. Since Verant has switched the xp rules, they have changed the game substantially - and made the risks of going into some of the harder zones more appropriate.

Edited, Tue Nov 26 23:47:50 2002

10 of us, 52-57, decided to check out the Temple. Our monk could single pull the first room, but past that we were getting two mobs each time. Since those Temple Patrollers hit in the 270's, keeping everyone alive until the enchanter could GoK the 2nd was a challenge!

Been looking for some info on Shissar Bane weapons. Not finding much of anything. Was wondering if someone could gimmie some info on how these are aquired, and if they are needed for anyone else in zone other than Emporer Ssra.

I know that one of the items needed is Shissar Warsword, and that the end result is a Corrupted Shissar Warsword, but to this point this is all the info i have managed to find. :\

Any info you can give would be greatly appriciated.

I'm not thinking of going to this place for fun.

I would like to know the drop rate that you are all getting here...

There are some nice lvl 50 multiple creature drops in this zone, and I'm wondering what you all got in the time frame you were there.

Is it worth trying the first level or so with a group or two, or would we wind up with the whole day gone and only one item (which I would end up rolling a 17 on)?

(Assume a couple groups who know what they're doing... that will help narrow down my responses)

Does anyone have info on How to get to the basement?

Also i am looking for information on the Key Quest and how to progress past the 2nd floor