11-16-2005, 11:27 PM
Ruvanal,Nov 16 2005, 05:16 PM Wrote:Yikes! That is low rate of getting the ore in Burning Steppes. Taunshu has usually pulled in a much better rate than that, even when some of those epic mount characters are around. The case that a character with an epic mount does not necessarily hold when doing that type of mining. They move fast, but the respawns are on a dynamic respawn situation and you only need to be in the right area when the spawn happens, not run a race across the zone to get to a specific spot. Note that I have hit RTVs and DIDs in BS after I saw a epic mounted miner pass the area before I got there, the spawn can happen shortly after they passby too. I did a similar thing with Taunshu at level 35 in Charred Vale for mithril spawns and going up against mounted characters; I just needed to be at a spawing node before them, not race them across the area to get to a specific one.
My only question to myself on the Thorium Brotherhood reputation right now is, should I push the Dark Iron Ore to Andar for another Armorsmith, or use it on Littledude for a Tailor/Enchanter?
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Well I've mentioned it before. I have horrible luck finding much of anything but mithril and small thorium in Burning Steppes. I get my best ore rate when I stay in the caves killing ogres and getting the 3 or 4 DIO nodes that can pop in there but there are a lot of others that camp in there as well. But at least I get to farm some runecloth that was too. People tell me they have 16 RTV's mapped there I have 8 now and know of 2 more. I have about 4 DIO spawns not ogre cave mapped and know of one more. Unlike Un'Goro where I know the spawn groups well (if something spawns on the volcano I know where to go in Terror run to get another 2 nodes) I have no idea of this in BS becuase if I hit a node by luck I can't beat anyone to the other spots to even see if the stuff spawns in before they might have it mined.
I've also gone to Searing Gorge and there are a few DIO spawns that I know about there but since I have several thorium users I still like to get a shot at it. And I've tried every day of the week the only time frame I haven't tried is 4am to 6am server time.
If you don't mind Gnolack making your armorsmith stuff I think it makes more sense for us to try and coordinate professions that are doing the push. No sense to me in having 2 armorsmiths at revered and no tailors or enchanters or leatherworkers or whatever..
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.