Wayfarers of Veeshan

Jumping in the head first, hope the water's plenty deep...
I've been wanting to go to CT for a long time for a lot of reasons. Mostly because of an incident early in my EQ career that scared me to death. I've also been wanting to lead some more raids. While this is still new to me and the fact that I've NEVER hunted in zone it will require a new degree of patience from attendees. I am up to the challenge, are YOU?
So here's the deal;

DATE: June 4th (Wednesday)

TIME: 6:30 pm central

PLACE: Cazic Thule (meet at PoK OGGUK stone)

LEVELS: 50+

GOAL: 1st priority FUN TIME like only Wayfarers know how to have
2nd priority Explore a new zone with possible nice loots <dreams of a sticky pair of boots>
3rd priority I am looking for chunks of cazicite to make some nice resist bracers.

BACKROUND: The Q&D version is, this will be VERY challenging. If anyone has any experience hunting here, please post some info or links.
I will be researching heavily over the next few days and post more details on specific obstacles and/or camp sites as soon as possible.

Come and join the fun :spot:

Durezil Coppahtahp 55th Beguiler

It's on the calendar. Sounds interesting :)

At level 57, I was totally able to slow these guys, deep in, I think the camp was called Pyramid, so at level 59, debuffing these guys is cake.

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Count me in for sure, I too have been wanting to check that place out. Sounds fun !!

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I'm SO there.

Ox

Silyene was my first char ... VERY new to eq. Level 24 and I get all these cool spells. I want to go see where all these gates take me ... really excited about a new zone. I was dead before I knew what happened to me. LOL If it wasn't for Durezil finding people to come save me ... I would have given up eq that day! But I do think it's time to go back!! Can't wait.

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I don't quite remember all the details (in fact I don't think I ever knew all the details), but I recall hearing about a quest where you keep an NPC alive inside that place and you can get some sort of uber gloves as a reward that could be worn by plate classes and is a clickable gate to nexus. That item always sounded like something I wanted to have around. I doubt I'll make it to this raid, but maybe that's something you may want to look into while you're there.

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Expert Artisan Orionpax
Master Alchemist Raznorak
"Til' all are one!" ~Optimus Prime

Yes there is a quest....not sure what it is called, but basically you walk the gnome....for those who had joined us for Kahmon's 9th? ring quest in Iceclad where we walked the Dwarf....the walk the gnome is similiar...I know OTB has done this multiple times.

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Keepers of the Elements

I will surely try to attend...I as many wayfarers probably do remember the good old days of killing these lizards before they grew up! This zone for those that dont know use to be the primier hunting spot for level 30's in the old world. The layout hasnt changed...The maze is still the maze and even at 50 the maze could be bad if you got lost...But it is a fun zone...Durezil is going to be busy...As I have never seen a zone with more adds EVER. KC is a joke and so is chardok compared to what CT always was. Hate and fear were comparable I guess. This will be tons of fun Wishing I had leveled my monk to a point he could return to his old stomping grounds!. Oh well sally the ogre warrior with a girls name will have to do!

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Salyen 57 Conjurer (baron) 1 drop from epic!


Xabthik 40 monk
Slayinsongs 22 bard

An update on the direction this raid will be taking. We will be making our way to the area EqAtlas refers to as the ponds. There are 3-4 named in a relatively tight area and by my research it appears to be our best bet at control.

Crowd control will be a MUST here. Last nights raid to Hate saw a VERY welcome improvement in ASSISTING over the HOLE raid (which was incredibly sloppy im afraid.) It will be very important for everyone to stay close together and use that assist key. Depending on who shows up there may be calls for split tanking. I will do my best to make these calls absolutely clear but will take everyones full attention to be successful. A lot of these mobs strike very hard and fast, and there are a lot of casters with AE damage spells. I like to make a separate window for NPC casting filters to ensure stunning is timed properly.

Don't let an 'old world' zone fool you. This WILL be very challenging.

Durezil Coppahtahp 55th Beguiler

Great Enchanter minds think alike, I'm afraid. I agree with Durezil.

In both parts of his statement: Hole was pretty sloppy, but Hate was an improvement.

Though I do have something to add to this thread, I'm not one to just post "Yeah, he's right" posts with no other content

I would recommend that in zones like Hole, Hate, CT, etc. All melee be shrunk. More people can fit around in melee range on the NPCs, and it makes targetting easirt for the casters.

I actually had to have Delanie GROW me last night to see what was going on.

Sorry Kat and Del, I know it will be extremely time consuming and boring shrinking down that many people, but it will make things much easier in the long run.

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-- Mindbender Llaffer Outloud
L70 ENC
<select name=Skills>
<option>78 past 1750
<option>272 from 2100
<option>Jewelry:300+Trophy
<option>Tailoring:259+Geerlok
<option>Pottery:256+Geerlok
<option>Smithing:256+15%
<option>Fletching:254+Geerlok
<option>Baking:252+Geerlok
<option>Brewing:251+Geerlok
<option>Research:202+Geerlok
<option>Alcohol Tolerance:200
<option>Fishing:182
</select>

Hehehe with KEI all will be well for the shrinkers it's all part of the game

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Xandamir - 57th level Templar (Ranger Rezzor)
Perisai Troublemaker - 56th level Sacrificial OUTRIDER
Pulkaria - 54th level Beastlord (Furry Ranger)
Nealyn Prae - 43rd level Druid (Ranger Wannabe)
Calithe - 47th level bardling (Never wanted to be a ranger)
Nessah - 37th Level Ranger Mezzer

Unfortunately I will probably be able to read about the raid here before I even leave work tonight, but I thought I would list the Key tradeskill components in the Zone:

From the Spiders:
Spinechill Silk & Spinechill Ichor. These are used to make Nice caster gear.

From the Lizards: Tae Ew Blood, Pristine Tae Ew Scales, & Flawless Tae Ew Hides. The scales are used to make Plate Armors. The Hides are for Leathers & a 100% WR Bag. The Bloods are used for both of those as well as Chain Armor, a Shield, & Weapons on their own.

From the Mud temple area: Chunks of Cazite. These are used to make speciallly Jewelcrafted Resist Gear.

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Master Artisan Kahmon Feelthenoize
- Fabled 100 Shadow Knight of Cestus Dei Atherius
- Master(300) Jeweler, Chef, Potter, Brewer, Blacksmith, Tailor, Fletcher, Researcher
Vektor - 95 Ranger, Scout Extraordinaire
Kahzbot - 97 Enchanter, Master Spell Researcher & Tinkerer
Kroger - 98 Rogue, Poison Maker, Tome Researcher, and Illusion Collector
Shazbon - 96 Shaman, Master Alchemist
Vendding - 94 Magician

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-- Mindbender Llaffer Outloud
L70 ENC
<select name=Skills>
<option>78 past 1750
<option>272 from 2100
<option>Jewelry:300+Trophy
<option>Tailoring:259+Geerlok
<option>Pottery:256+Geerlok
<option>Smithing:256+15%
<option>Fletching:254+Geerlok
<option>Baking:252+Geerlok
<option>Brewing:251+Geerlok
<option>Research:202+Geerlok
<option>Alcohol Tolerance:200
<option>Fishing:182
</select>