Great XP doing katta Combine Merchant faction

[scrat]

I posted this info originally on eqnecro while these boards were down, figured a repost may be in order for those that use these forums exclusively.

I haven't seen much regarding the xp earned when doing the solo tasks i.e. Herb Retrieval & Shissar Slayer. What I do see everywhere is that you need 120 tasks to ally & that it takes forever. Most people say doing just solo tasks is a dreadful, boring experience that takes months and months and months of hardcore 10hr 7day/week work. The vet forums is chock full of people claiming they've been factioning since TBS release, and still are not ally. This is a different perspective; that of a casual necro.

I decided to start factioning at 72 when I got the new pet. I got my first tasks 18% into 72, and 502 aa on april 1. I reached ally Apr 20. I am now 54% into 75 and 573 aa. With the exception of 3 aa doing a different quest/couple raids the entirety of my exp earned since 72 was gained doing solo katta tasks. This was accomplished in precisely 16 login sessions spanned over 20 actual days, ranging between 45 minutes up to 3, maybe 4 hours. The xp is so awesome I dared not make a peep until I had raped & pillaged all I could use.

At 72 I was only able to kite 2 mobs between OOC, sometimes 3 if GoM was on a run. It was a total of 40 shissar kills to ding 73. 116 kills to ding 74. 81 kills to ding 75 (fewer sessions, more time with lesson). 71 aa dings afterwards to get my 120 tasks/ally faction. By the time I was near finishing, killing all 9 spawns without needing to med was the norm...due to some gear and spell upgrades during the process.

The key is to run 2 quests at the same time. Shissar Slayer (kill 20) given by the captain near the levant point, then Herb Retrieval (collect 4 herbs) given by the alchemist in the pyramid. Bind in the kite area near the greenhouse, fight until you kill 20 and levant back to zi to get another slayer task & turn in herbs. Gate/levant until your herb sets are depleted, then start killing again. On dial-up by the time I finished turning in herbs using gate/levant there was just enough time for a complete respawn. If you got the entire greenhouse, the slay 20 can happen as fast as every 30 minutes.

You want maximum empty bag space for the herbs; the drop rate fluctuates wildly. For two days you may never loot a blue aloe - then you will loot 10 blue aloe in a row while Thistlewart goes rare. You may have to utilize bank space if your luck is similar to mine. For each herb retrieval you must first get your character very close to the greenhouse to get the first task update, then loot (or drop/pick up previously bagged) herbs for the remaining updates.

The shissar herb tenders & alchemists do not summon, have between 60-80k HP and are mildly resistant to magic. I stopped using our curses fast, piling up poison & fire for zero resist. The shissar will cast a buff on themselves after spawning that gives them a melee proc that does small damage over time, but has a few-tick duration 75% snare - so beware of letting them tag you for extended usage of AoTD/Zombie pets. Outside of the proc-buff, they cast nothing.

The kite area south of the greenhouse is completely safe to camp in, bind, etc. Nothing paths though here, ever, unless it's following a player. Beyond the kite area is hills - if you run up a hill slightly the mobs will reverse and path away from you in dire emergancy - though dont use this as a normal tactic else risk getting banned/warned. The kite area is loosely defined as the road south of the greenhouse.

In addition to the nice xp killing the shissar gives - each task completion also adds to the xp. At 75 without lesson it was 15% aa; I did not pay attention to what tasks gave prior levels. The shissar also drop fangs, idol looking things, scales, coins & other junk. The fangs and scales are worth looting as they yield a decent merchant price if your bag space allows. A single herb should take priority if bag space is limited.

The hardest thing in the whole ordeal was actually getting to the greenhouse the first time. All shissar in katta see invis, see IVU. As you make your way north-east to the greenhouse, there are a couple areas where you are forced to trust the small aggro radius and run between groups of shissar. The golems, elementals & dervish type mobs do not see invis.

Lastly - be nice to others there. Odds are you will encounter others doing the same thing, and if you are a jerk and refuse to share a camp or let somebody join for slayer task - you will get the same treatment when you show up next time and the same people are there. I estimate I could have finished ally in half the time if I had solo access to the greenhouse all the time. Being one of those things that nobody every repeats once they get ally...competition for the camp fluctuates wildly.

I had expected to get get ally faction while I ground out level work; I wound up getting tons of xp while I ground out faction. The only reason I will now find another camp is to be nice to those still working on faction...and the dropped loot sucked. It's very much worth it- praetorians gear is casual uber. I've spent far more time & effort camping single items of lesser value.

So for the casual few who haven't bothered trying getting Combine Merchant faction...it's extremely viable and highly rewarding. Highly advisable. You will spend far more time farming other stuff so you can buy Orum.

On luclin the Orum in the bazaar ranges from 300-800p depending on the jerks selling. Asking in general chat & ooc's got me every orum I could use all for under 150p each, and a few hundred orum at 50p. Lots of players do/did all the group tasks for progression, and have not a single item they wish to purchase using Orum - those are the ones you want to buy from, not the plat sellers.

You can copy/paste the following to put some markers on your katta map

P 2.0000, 425.0000, -21.8852, 0, 0, 240, 3, Levant_Destination
P 0.5000, 429.0000, -21.5965, 0, 240, 0, 3, Zone-In_from_TBS_Whirlpool
P -68.1189, -79.2301, 8.5995, 0, 240, 0, 3, Herb_Retrieval
P 63.7150, 592.5095, -34.5000, 0, 240, 0, 3, Shissar_Slayer
P 2795.7424, -3019.4478, -541.4493, 0, 240, 0, 3, GREEN_HOUSE
P 2794.7781, -2734.5669, -541.6333, 0, 240, 0, 3, Safe_KITE_&_CAMP_area


Here is the spell set that becomes available doing this:
Level - Faction - Orux - Spell
71 - Indifferent - 150 - Umbra Orb Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11793&source=Live)
72 - Amiable - 200 - Bonestitch Fetish Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11799&source=Live)
73 - Kindly - 250 - Pyre of the Fallen Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11811&source=Live)
74 - Warmly - 300 - Mind Dissection Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11805&source=Live)
75 - Ally - 350 - Kedgefish Venom Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11790&source=Live)

Here is a link of the armors (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/itemlist.html?searchtext=praetorian%27s+energeiac+ silk)that become available.

[Delandra]

Wow! Good write up! You think this would work at level 70? I haven't even been to the TBS zones, but this might give me cause to go :)

[Winmancer]

Nice write-up Scrat! I also did quite a few of these, but most of my faction was done with library missions before the nerf. The exp and pp is much better with the herbal retrieval and killing shissars missions though.

You should be able to handle these at 70. Probably will require a some resting in between though. The shissar levels are 73-75 I believe. Have never seen anything over 75. It is definitely worth the grind though. Once you have ally, you can get you rk. II spells and the best gear available for casuals (old world Raid quality). Good luck.

Also, once you finish the 20 kills use Levant to get back. It puts you right in front of the captain for the quest and close to the turn-in for the herbs. Saves a little time on the running.

[Delandra]

Sounds good, I still have to find some of my level 70 spells, but think I will be able to do this with what I have.

[scrat]

Wow! Good write up! You think this would work at level 70? I haven't even been to the TBS zones, but this might give me cause to go :)

Absolutely it will work & be a benefit at 70. The only limiting level factor at all would be darkness resists, which shouldn't really be a problem unless under 65 where you would have a 10-level span. If darkness can land, it's game over for the shissar. And always keep in mind those hills behind the kite area will save you if you get a rash of resists.

I did forget to mention how incredibly easy this all was. Imagine a camp with 7 static spawns, all distanced far enough to allow mind-numbing single pulls. Throw in two roamers that spend most of their time away from other mobs and all alone, and you have a good idea what to expect.

[Desh]

Binding at the greenhouse is key to making this efficient. Its a long run, even on a horse. Shissar are pretty good exp but its not that hard to run out of spawns. Having to share the camp with someone pretty much kills your exp and faction rate, unless they don't want the herbs. Its also camped fairly often on Bristlebane.

A good group can grind out the faction in far less time and make similar exp and pick up a few thousand Orux per person.

[Delandra]

Great! I'll give that a try next time I am on!

[Brahman]

For the record you do NOT need to drop the herbs.

If you hand them to the quest NPC and hit give she will not need them and give them back to you. This will give you the updates and is considerably faster / easier then dropping them on the ground. TY nef for sharing that trick with me :)

[neferakhen]

I got to ally doing the same trick, bound myself near greenhouse, kited until bags were full or was tired of running in circles, levanted, handed in herbs to get update, handed in again, gated back. Would do Serpent Slayer from Parvus in between from time to time.
(and it's the least I can do Brahman /poke)

Got well over 100 aa's and almost 2 levels. I was already kindly when I started doing it.

[Desh]

I'm 99% sure you can stick the herbs in the bank for a second and take them back out and it will give you the update. Of course, if you're standing at the quest giver it would be easier just to hand them in and get them back.

[neferakhen]

Yes, putting them in the bank and taking them out works too.. or trade with someone works... Which makes me wonder, has anyone seen the herbs for sale in the bazaar?

[scrat]

Aye, on Luclin when I was doing this there was always a buyer or two offering 500-1k each, and sellers with them at 2-5k ea. I didn't go this route since I had no difficulty obtaining them, but probably would have bought herbs if they were in the hundreds range.

When I hit ally, I want back to the greenhouse & gave the group there my excess 40 or so herbs. Doing some PR for the necro community.

[neferakhen]

hehe i often wondered about if someone sold them... I've never seen them in the bazaar in Povar

But, anyway, that's what I do now if I'm kiting the greenhouse, just give the herbs to whoever needs

[jes4asmile]

Was expecting to see a write up about the greenhouse camp on the 60ish boards. I've been kiting the snakes with my necro for awhile now. At 65+ this is a GREAT camp. I rarely get a resist on snare at 65, and with ext range you can get off the 63 root fast enough to re snare. 3 cycles of Dark Plauge, Night fire, Pyre, BoT and snare allows me to just barely knock out 2 mobs before having to med. Great write up btw covered everything nicely =). You can also give the herbs to your pet and hit cancel for the updates as well.

[gazen]

The shissar levels are 73-75 I believe. Have never seen anything over 75.
there is a 3rd task given by the same person that gives the shissar slayer, called battling the shissar, have to kill 5 templars, revants, arbitors, firetongues and 1 other thing i dont remember off hand, they are in that little boxed off area behind the greenhouse, the mob in the back is over 75, only 1 i seen so far.... still easily taken down though, be warned that the firetongues summon, so this will probably be the most annoying to finish

[Astroshak]

Actually, Serpent Slayer is the first task (kill 20 shissar in Katta, any type of shissar works), Battling the Shissar is the second task (kill 25 shissar in katta, 5 each of 5 specific types), and the third task is the one that sends you to the northwest part of the zone to kill a named shissar.

The shissar at the herb garden are 73 to 75. There are yellow con (to 75) and red con (to 75) shissar at other places, mostly in the western part of the middle ring and the west and northwest part of the outer ring of Katta.

[Evicksoul]

This is kind of off-topic, but once you get allied facion with the combine merchants, are you able to buy the gear you sell? Or do you have to raid in atiiki? Someone I was grouping with said there was other stuff you had to do before they'd sell to you, other than getting allied faction. Thanks in advance.

Great write-up, by the way.

[Winmancer]

Once you get to Ally, you can by the Praetorian armor and all your rank II spells from the merchants. Raiding gets you the phosphores as well as keyed for the elite merchants.

[encephalitis]

Amazing spot. Great guide. Thanks for the map /locs.

At 70 with all spells and 7khp/8.3kmana I'm able to chain kill these baddies without dipping below 80% mana.

Thanks again Scrat! I was getting SO tired of bears and spiders.

[Forkikzz]

If you bind at the spot your talking about in the kiting area how do you leave Katta? Is there a portal stone?

[scrat]

If you bind at the spot your talking about in the kiting area how do you leave Katta? Is there a portal stone?

The assumption was you would have another clicky escape option - such as the TSS /claim staff that ports you to Crescent Reach, or maybe a workers sledgemallet that proc's you to the overthere, or even perhaps the quested PoP necklace that ports you to PoKnowledge, etc.

Or even origin AA, or "return home" option on character select.

[Forkikzz]

Thanks Scrat. That's what I thought I was just hoping that I was missing something.

[encephalitis]

Thanks Scrat. That's what I thought I was just hoping that I was missing something.

Or you can just run it. It ain't far, and you end up in Toxxulia at the Paineel PoK stone.

[Todwelt]

Or you can just run it. It ain't far, and you end up in Toxxulia at the Paineel PoK stone.

Lots of people do not know about the zone out spot inside the temple in Katta.

From where you enter the temple, head straight across to the opposite wall. There will be a minor little pyramid back there and on top of that is the port out to the buried sea. From there take a boat the the barren coast then it is only a short run to toxx.

[encephalitis]

That's true. It took me weeks in /general to get anyone to help me figure out the "run it" path out of Katta. That's actually why I now have the Origin AA. Haven't regretted getting Origin though. Very useful to have a 5th option. (I also have the Attuned Spire Shard, OT Gate Hammer, and Thurgadin gate potion, to add to 'Return Home' after 6 hrs camped out).

[Rorthoz]

During that factioning I got stuck in katta once. I used the clickie port to TSS from /claim.

[Forkikzz]

I have read posts saying 120 missions for Ally. 10 points for each solo and it should take 10 solo to get to indifferent. I am at apprehensive and have done the herb mission about 15 times I believe, the kill shissar about 5 times and 3 group missions and still remain apprehensive.
D I do a few more or maybe petition?

[spoonr79]

solo missions are worth 10
group missions faction reward - orux reward divded by 2

so if this mission is worth 25 orux then that means it gives 12 faction points



-100 to -1 ...looks your way apprehensively (100)

0 to 99 ...regards you indifferently (100)

100 to 499 ...judges you amiably (400)
500 to 749 ...kindly considers you (250)
750 to 1099 ...looks upon you warmly (350)
1100 to ~2000 ...Ally faction

To go from apprehensive to ally = 1200 faction points (or roughly 2400 orum)

[Khyandys]

Forkikzz, I've had a lot of friends complain about being stuck at apprehensive for a long time, too. Invariably, they've all been conning the quest-givers. When you do tasks or group missions, you are only raising faction with those on the Combine Merchant faction, NOT every NPC in the city. Try conning one of the Trader Soandso guys and see where you are.

[Forkikzz]

Thanks Khyandys. I have been connning the merchants and the roamers/guards whatever they are. I'll con a merchant next time I log on to see where I am. Hopefully Indifferent or amiable.

[Lylith]

I finally just bound myself there and pop back and forth for turn ins when I have enough herbs. I'm at about halfway to ally now. w00t! freaked out today when BB server crashed, thought it was my pc because it was on my first pull, lmao. (hard booted pc, checked eventvwr, defragged, jsut in case....) Tried logging on and server was donw, opps! forgot to feed the hamster on the wheel, hehee. Logged back on and all mobs up, nice!

Great exp and nice when peeps are cool at the camp. If not, pain in the ass and I'll chill out or just leave for a while

[Mordethe]

Love the guide Scrat, my faction needs work so I will be abusing this information.
Mordethe

[GnekroeGnomicon]

Other than the armors, what spells are purchaseable through this faction?

[scrat]

Doing "katta" missions/tasks (combine merchant faction) yields rank2 versions of the TBS spell set. "Pirate" faction missions/tasks yields rank1 versions of the same. Rank3 are raid versions.

Level - Faction - Orux - Spell
71 - Indifferent - 150 - Umbra Orb Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11793&source=Live)
72 - Amiable - 200 - Bonestitch Fetish Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11799&source=Live)
73 - Kindly - 250 - Pyre of the Fallen Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11811&source=Live)
74 - Warmly - 300 - Mind Dissection Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11805&source=Live)
75 - Ally - 350 - Kedgefish Venom Rk. II (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=11790&source=Live)

And here is the gear (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/itemlist.html?searchtext=praetorian%27s+energeiac+ silk) lists available at Ally.

I'll edit the original post so it includes this info, as well as armor links.

[GnekroeGnomicon]

Interesting to know. Thanks.

[Lylith]

I never bothered with the spells. You can level so fast, it's easier to just upgrade some gear and move onto SoF zones where faction is a killer to get spell upgrades.

[GnekroeGnomicon]

There a good overview of important factions for SoF then? from a non-raiding necro's perspective?

[Lylith]

http://www.necrotalk.com/showthread.php?t=9469

[GnekroeGnomicon]

Perfect thanks Lylith.

[Vexxing]

I started this method of leveling faction at 70 on aa around 50 aa when i started it. with changes to level xp and aa xp i have done 3 levels im 73 and am currently 253 aa and kindly faction pretty fast if you ask me when grp tasks can go very wrong or take forever with afks its all at your own pace.. what i would like to add is a method for turning in the herbs heres the trick if you go back and get the first task update next to the green house then go back to turning NPC with out droping them putting them in the bank ect you can just try to turn them in and they will stack up on your cursor and you get the first set of task up dates just click them all back on the npc to throw them in the trade window bam done repeat if you need to

[vanlor]

I never bothered with the spells. You can level so fast, it's easier to just upgrade some gear and move onto SoF zones where faction is a killer to get spell upgrades.

I would agree, except for Kedgefish Venom rkII. That spell will probably still be in your lineup at 80. The others, doubtful.

[TwoBuckChuck]

Been out of the game for four years. When I retired I was lvl 69, with 740 AA's. However when I logged in on Friday night I started grinding exp. Currently half way through 72. Was bored and read this thread. I play entirely by myself because most people moved on that I used to play with and the server I am seems to be in its own little world with very little grouping. This zone seems to be what I am looking for to grind away.

I down loaded the Katta map from Mapfiend.com and pasted the positions from the initial post on this thread. The map seems screwed up, not to mention the lines are all yellow and hard to see. I cannot find the garden, I ran around this zone for 2 hours last night.

I zone in from T.b. Mountains. Do I run down the ramp to the banker, and the 4 tunnels with midget guards? Am I heading in the right direction to get to the gardens? Every single guard is KOS to me, I suspect killing snakes will raise that? Any general help on how to find the garden would be great.

[scrat]

Here is a link to a current zone connection map (http://samanna.net/gen.info/maps.shtml) provided courtesy samanna. TBS expansion is under the Odus section.

The running path should be:
PoK book to Tox Forrest (paineel book)- run east to The Barren Coast - at any dock take a boat to The Burried Sea - run levitated into the giant whirlpool north/central to zone to Katta Castrum.

The easy path is: in guild hall purchase a port stone to Katta Castrum.

[TwoBuckChuck]

I am in Katta, I am talking about finding the green house in that zone.

[Todwelt]

I zone in from T.b. Mountains. Do I run down the ramp to the banker, and the 4 tunnels with midget guards? Am I heading in the right direction to get to the gardens? Every single guard is KOS to me, I suspect killing snakes will raise that? Any general help on how to find the garden would be great.

Tennebrous Mountains?

Sigh .. the reason I wish they wouldn't have named this place .. Katta Castrum. Too close in name to Katta Castellum and causes confusion. The "new" Katta, as everyone refers to it, can be reached via Tox --> Barren Coast --> Buried Sea (need to ride a boat to get here from barren coast) --> Katta Castrum.

Then, the greenhouse, or garden, is located at like the 1 o'clock position on the map. From zone in, go outside the pyramid (to the north) then around the pyramid and run to the due south down the path. After you get through the last door, start heading around to the greenhouse.

[TwoBuckChuck]

I am about as dumb as they come lol, I ran around Katta Castle last night for two f'ing hours. No wonder I couldn't find the garden. I should delete now while I am ahead. Not to mention when I used Levant it ported me right in front of a KOS guard so I was puzzled by that, and I pasted the locs from the intial poster onto the Katta map and it was all f'ed up. Makes sense now, reading comprehension for the win.

Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at it tonight.

[Todwelt]

I am about as dumb as they come lol, I ran around Katta Castle last night for two f'ing hours. No wonder I couldn't find the garden. I should delete now while I am ahead. Not to mention when I used Levant it ported me right in front of a KOS guard so I was puzzled by that, and I pasted the locs from the intial poster onto the Katta map and it was all f'ed up. Makes sense now, reading comprehension for the win.

Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at it tonight.

No worries ... lol ... it happens. Just glad to help you get straightened out. I think most necros become KoS in Katta castle. I know that they absolutely hate me there. I used the zone for xp and pp in my leveling up by fear kiting the guards. Maybe you did the same long ago?

Although the merchants and guards will not kill you in Katta Castrum, the mobs will be KoS. Elemental type mobs, golems and snakes. On your way to the greenhouse, be careful of the snakes as some see invis.

Good luck to you and welcome back.

[Ultulus]

yeah get death peace AA asap

[TwoBuckChuck]

Its called death peace?

I got a have it already. Its been 4 years since I played so I actaully had forgot about that AA, however when I logged in I had about 80 unspent AA's, (740 total), and when I did can buy in the AA list I never seen that one pop up. I'll have to check tonight lol, I seem to remember having that.

[Ultulus]

aye in the class list.. there are 2 ranks of death peace... first one I think you need to be 65 or 66 to purchase and the other you need to be like 76 to purchase.

[Aegrusnecrox]

66 to purchase first rank of death peace (5 AA's), which is 1 second cast time AA feign death (frees up a spell slot, cant fizzle, only fails 2% of the time, no mana cost).

76 to purchase the second rank of death peace (5 AA's), which reduces the cast time on AA death peace to .5 seconds. This + full willful death AA ranks makes your FD not only insanely reliable, but easy to cast/succeed too.

-Egg

[TwoBuckChuck]

Logged in last night and sure enough didn't have it, was an expansion after I had quit. Purchased the first level, will have to wait till I am 76 for next.

[GnekroeGnomicon]

So I spent what felt like an eternity wandering around Katta. I think I have finally figured out how to get around. Was working on th first portal quest, but I swear I would kite the mobs that spawn get them down to about 50% and then they would just chain cast their silence/hp/mana drain.

[TwoBuckChuck]

Hey Gen I am on Tunare as well, we should hook up and kill things. Whats your ingame name?

[Mardag]

At 70 I am having no trouble doing the snakes. I get about 30% of an AA on them and as long as I don't get hit I have zero risk. I have also finished 17 solo tasks that give extra experience, around 20-25% of an AA, and am slowly building up faction. Today I even got the Elaborate robe to drop so I got a 200hp/mana upgrade to my chest slot.

69.1 Hard is faster kills but the with the drops and faction gains I will be staying here for now on.

[GnekroeGnomicon]

Hey Gen I am on Tunare as well, we should hook up and kill things. Whats your ingame name? I am on Drinal sorry :)

Is there another good spot for killing snakes besides the greenhouse? Found a small camp just to grind on for a bit, but between respawning as summoner's and having a lot of splitting it wasn't very efficient. Was hoping for a good loc to sit and just grind xp at.

[Todwelt]

I am on Drinal sorry :)

Is there another good spot for killing snakes besides the greenhouse? Found a small camp just to grind on for a bit, but between respawning as summoner's and having a lot of splitting it wasn't very efficient. Was hoping for a good loc to sit and just grind xp at.

If you are just looking to grind xp and not too worried about the faction, can go to jewel of atiki. Otherwise there was no other place that I found in Katta that was very efficient for kiting besides the greenhouse.

[TwoBuckChuck]

Hit 75 and amiable to Katta this weekend. Enjoying the camp. Great write up. Tried to kill a Firetounge and he took it to me, summoner.

[TwoBuckChuck]

76 and climbing in this camp. Putting about an hour a night in before bed. When I hit 77-78 would it pay to leave this spot, and if so what do you recommend?

[Todwelt]

If you are more interested in the xp gianed form the camp, I would leave. However, if you want the faction I would stay. If you leave, I would head to loping plains and try your hand with the worgs and orc in the western part of the zone.

[Mardag]

The crocs in Loping Plains are level 78 so they will be dark blue until you hit 84, if it was possible to level to 84. I have zero problem killing them at 73 and tried my first at 71 with no trouble. They can also give faction if you do the collect quest, quest giver right near the beach with the crocs. They also drop spells from level 76 to 80.

[TwoBuckChuck]

Does Sothgar Fury work on Fire dots?
Same could be asked about Severans blood on disease? Looking at some of the focus for dot dmg.

[Todwelt]

Sothgar's Fury is a 30% focus to fire dots

Poison focus would have something like Vergalid's Blood or some such name. Vergalid in the name indicates poison focus.

Disease focus would be something with Serveran in the name.

These foci are good until level 75 dots, after which they start to decay in effectiveness.

[TwoBuckChuck]

Thanks for the reply.

[Sihk]

Great guide, thanks scrat (almost a year later)...man this zone is freaking huge. Took me a minute to figure out how to get back to the greenhouse.

These shissar bring back memories of spending hours in the_gay outside ssra temple. Pleasant memories now...kinda was the_suck then from all the trains.

The locs were helpful. Rogue pet + low resist rates makes for some yummy killing.

[TwoBuckChuck]

They are even good exp for the old AA bar at lvl 80 as well.

[Drazzminius]

I started here a couple of days ago, but the Green House on Quellious is all but perma-camped. There are 1-3 campfires in the kite area at any given time. The first couple of times I logged into here (bound here cuz I was determined to kill snakes, LOL), there were groups of lvl 75-80 toons doing the quests, so I took out all the elementals just to the west. By the time I finished up, they were just starting to re-pop.

Finally got into the Green House tonight. I did the Herb Quest four times while doing the Slayer Quest (herbs dropped pretty much one right after another and I killed two extra snakes to complete the fourth Her Quest) and no one else even entered the zone (thank you for Japan vs US time difference!!).

Great XP at 75 and pretty quick. Even the elementals aren't bad XP, but can't compare to the snakes + quests!

Thanks, Scrat. You da Man!

[vanlor]

I would hop over to attiki and try there if I were you. Guessing it is a lot less camped these days and has a ton more mobs.

Actually, if I were you I would probably skip TBS entirely b/c at 85 you wont be using anything from it tbh.

I would exp and work on faction simultaneously, whether it be for sof or sod, sod obviously having more useful spells/gear as you get higher in level.

[Drazzminius]

Went into Atiiki to check it out the first time I found the Green House camped. Not another soul in the zone. I just kinda wandered around; killed a few bugs an efreeti and a giant gecko wandering near a sand pit. Good XP, but I'm a slow leveller (never enough play time between wife, kids, school at night and being a Marine 24/7). I'm kinda looking forward to Kedgefish Venom Rk 1 & 2 (got a buyer up in the Bazaar trying to get he doubloons and orum since I never group). I only went over to SoD once so far and it seemed like half the Server was in that zone. Everything was camped and by camped, I mean there were groups within sight of each other in most areas... I killed two of the fairies, but got stomped by a third that resisted root and snare both...

I've logged back into Katta twice over the past two days and I've had the zone to myself both times. Maybe the campers all max'd their faction. :)

[vanlor]

yeah, attiki is two xpacks old now so no one really goes there. Best place to kill is the efreeti b/w the N and NW pyramids, just figure out your kite pattern and be careful of your z axis (but feel free to use it for a needed snare).

I'm not sure which zone you are talking about in SoD. If you mean fos then yeah, it's the new dsh. That can help u do the illusion task though as the stuff rots pretty often.

Anyway, I guess if you plan to play through the old levels, then chill in tbs. I just tend to power to highest level and progress as quick as I can during summer/breaks so I can do stuff at the higher group end.