It's raining runes!

Kuku Monk

Kuku Monk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me/E

Finally got some luck with drops...had 5 rune drops in Pre-Searing yesterday!!!

Kuku Monk

Kuku Monk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me/E

I suppose you'd rather me post about how much I got scammed by a little 10 year old, or how unbalanced rangers, warriors, *insert class here* are, or even how some people are worthless troll posters on message boards.....no luck son.

BladeX3I

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Searching... PM me with a good one

R/Mo

Gratz man

Now if they were only worth more that 25 gold...........

Gedscho

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

the Zen Men

Mo/W

Five?
PRE searing?

Kuku Monk

Kuku Monk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me/E

They were all minors, but that's ok. With my other character I sold 4 to the trader for around 400 gold each. They were vigor and some elemental ones... so I'm not sure if that's why they were getting a higher price from the trader or what...

There is some serious Charr action in pre-searing...majority of people will have no idea about how many charr there are. There are even level 10 bosses, 4 grouped together with a bunch of healers. I was a W/R and played with a W/E and we did a good job of pulling. But be prepared to die a lot!

Paladin_Adoni

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Cult of the Sacred Axe

W/Mo

WOW, care to enlighten us as to where they are? I never saw charr in pre-searing!

Kuku Monk

Kuku Monk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me/E

Over the Wall quest. Instead of going straight to pick up the ranger, veer to the right. There is an immense amount of land to explore. The charr are numerous and deadly. Your best option is to pull a group at a time, even make them chase you back to the entrance where there is a healer who will protect you. They drop some decent loot. Even without the drops it's worth it to explore the new areas. I was a level 8 with a level 8 pet, and my partner was level 12. The Charr are level 8 with the aforementioned level 10 bosses. Lot's of healers as well, so be prepared before you go running at them..... There is no death penalty either!

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuku Monk
Finally got some luck with drops...had 5 rune drops in Pre-Searing yesterday!!!

Congratulations....you got the most useless item in the game to drop for you

Judas Hawksriff

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Guardians Of Gwen

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuku Monk
I was a level 8 with a level 8 pet, and my partner was level 12.
Who stays round pre-searing to lvl 12 - they'd have to kill everything until they stopped recieving XP and THEN start doing the quests!

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Judas Hawksriff
Who stays round pre-searing to lvl 12 - they'd have to kill everything until they stopped recieving XP and THEN start doing the quests!
I'm in pre-sear on my alt character farming the catacombs for runes...and char for rares...I'm a lvl 11. You could fight those Char at the wall until you were a level 15 before they stopped giving XP...

Cymru Shyn

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

Wales, United Kingdom

[ROAR]

E/Mo

I think I remember one Charr......a green one near to where Devona is, you have to go kill some Grawl with her and then you see her say something like "What's that Charr doing south of the wall" thats the only one I seen so far, I might explore that area over the wall with my new Character.

Starsky-sama

Starsky-sama

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Land of the Z Chest \o/

[NOT]-Nomads of Turmoil.

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Algren Cole
I'm in pre-sear on my alt character farming the catacombs for runes...and char for rares...I'm a lvl 11. You could fight those Char at the wall until you were a level 15 before they stopped giving XP...
can you refresh my memory. which monster gives armor drops in catacs again. thx.

funny thing is they patched this lvl 15 thing, cuz ppl were actually doing it @ pre-sear where before it would crash their game if they reached or went over lvl 15 @ pre-sear. I guess it can be done. (since charrs are there)

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cymru Shyn
I think I remember one Charr......a green one near to where Devona is, you have to go kill some Grawl with her and then you see her say something like "What's that Charr doing south of the wall" thats the only one I seen so far, I might explore that area over the wall with my new Character.

Ya there's a shitload of char over the Northern Wall. You gotta go with a buddy....I like to solo them so I just give someone 400 or 500 gold to come with me and pull the lever and map out.

You gotta pull them and then run your ass off for the wall. Get them to chase you back and the Healer there won't let you die...and you got some guards to help you deal some damage. Great for EXP rares, runes & dye....it's also alot of fun soloing lvl 8 and 9 char

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Starsky-sama
can you refresh my memory. which monster gives armor drops in catacs again. thx.

funny thing is they patched this lvl 15 thing, cuz ppl were actually doing it @ pre-sear where before it would crash their game if they reached or went over lvl 15 @ pre-sear. I guess it can be done. (since charrs are there)

I'm working on a Nec/Mes....so I can mass attack and steal life from multiple targets at the same time...I literally just go through the catacombs and clear em out....I'll get a couple of dye(on a good day) and a few hundred gold in about 35-40 minutes.

Starsky-sama

Starsky-sama

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Land of the Z Chest \o/

[NOT]-Nomads of Turmoil.

W/

k. so there isnt really a monster that give out runes in catacs then...
i dont remember any that do drop armor type drops.
just thought you stated that you get rune drops in catacs?

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Starsky-sama
k. so there isnt really a monster that give out runes in catacs then...
i dont remember any that do drop armor type drops.
just thought you stated that you get rune drops in catacs?

newp. I farm catacombs for dyes and blue items. (i've even got a couple of max dmg wands and staffs). I farm the char for rune drops and purples

Shadowsting

Shadowsting

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Gentlemen's Club

Besides the Charr and Grawl, what drops runes?

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowsting
Besides the Charr and Grawl, what drops runes?

nothing in pre-sear

Shadowsting

Shadowsting

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Gentlemen's Club

Thought so. But still, how the fudge are people getting max damage items for level 8 and 10 Charr?

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowsting
Thought so. But still, how the fudge are people getting max damage items for level 8 and 10 Charr?

because drops are random.

Mr. Matt

Mr. Matt

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/Mo

I noticed this too when I took a new character through there. Two rune drops in the same instance from some Charr I was fighting. I was pretty amazed as I'd never seen one before in pre-searing... ever, but then I read up on the patch and it made more sense.

Another new feature of pre-searing I've noticed is that the weapons you receive for completing quests are now blue items. Same damage etc as they used to be, but with special properties. I'm not sure if the same is true for post-searing yet, but it probably is.

Shadowsting

Shadowsting

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Gentlemen's Club

Well, Algren, then how come, over three characters, have I never gotten a max damage item ever from a Charr.

If you mean max stat, like +30 health Hale head, then I realize that can happen any time. But if you mean like a 15-22 damage longsword, that's where I'm confuzzled.