Field of Bone

Titanas

Titanas

Dalayan Elder
Does any one on tier actualy kill the targets in this zone?
This seems like a lot of work for a tier 1 guild to go through in order to have access to D Map = Loots.

The amount of time spent to be able to Flag,Bind in Ikisith.
The Monsters in the zones are quite hard for fresh 65's that will be wanting those upgrades.
From my Experiance this zone is packed with Wondering mobs that are as hard as most non Iki "Tier 1 Targets"
The one boss I encountered had 18 adds and he was perma rooted.
18 ADDS they can be controlled but thats crazy. we gave every one a target to root/cc or tank it would be possable to kite them but the named summons right off the bat and all the adds insta kill who ever that was.
This zone feels like a T4 zone but with T 2 loot

My suggestion/Request Unless I'm missing something this zone could use a revisit
 
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There is theoretically no clear to any of the field of bone bosses and there is a lot of them clumped up in one zone. That said they are also all pretty hard compared to the rest of entry content (see: purely tank and spank).

I felt some of the loot was lacking when me and a few others killed these just for kicks but at the same time it seriously is like 11 raid mobs in one zone. Some of them are very good introductions to mechanics you need to deal with later though (see: those sand golems that completely obliterate you for being in melee range)
 
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The amount of time spent to be able to Flag,Bind in Ikisith.
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Isn't this like 3 hours work? Can you no longer bind in The Murk at dubious? It's also kind of dishonest to even include the Ikisith flagging process in the entire complaint because it's just generally useful to have for EXPing alone.

Titanas said:
The Monsters in the zones are quite hard for fresh 65's that will be wanting those upgrades.
From my Experiance this zone is packed with Wondering mobs that are as hard as most non Iki "Tier 1 Targets"
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Which mobs? The Kaezulians can pack a punch but the animals are pretty normal.


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The one boss I encountered had 18 adds and he was perma rooted.
18 ADDS they can be controlled but thats crazy. we gave every one a target to root/cc or tank it would be possable to kite them but the named summons right off the bat and all the adds insta kill who ever that was.
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Was this the Taskmaster? He did seem a bit tougher than he should when I did him but honestly we just brute forced the fight, I wouldn't be shocked to find there is a more elegant strategy that makes the fight easier. That's just one fight out of a lot though, I mean the dirt piles for example are pretty easy and unless something has changed a single tier 1 group could probably do the mudmen one. I think the main issue is that these fights are demand a level of strategy that just doesn't exist elsewhere at the same tier and it throws people for a loop.


Also if you haven't already try the fight in the underground complex with the chests, that is a seriously fun event!
 
I remember fighting Dread, Nisrak, the ancient dragon remains, and Taskmaster Xekri with a T3ish guild. Xekri was by far the hardest for us. We never beat him (we did the others). The raid force we had was never 18 on-tier. We always had a ringer tank or healer. Also we may have been missing something CC-wise in the Xekri fight.

Anyhow, anyone can bind in Murk, or even Remnants supposedly (if you stay far enough from the NPCs). People need to be careful running back or they'll agro stuff that sees invis (in The Murk). But really, I don't think getting a raid force to FoB and recovering after a wipe is that bad, unless you have unskilled players. I can't speak about loot, because I don't remember much about it. Only thing I remember a bracer from Nisrak that I quickly replaced.

Getting Ikisith flagged shouldn't be counted in full for the clear time to the bosses, because it's something you only do once and you should do it anyway for all the other stuff you can do in Ikisith. That in mind, I don't imagine convincing a bunch of T0/1's fresh out of Dalayan's Beginners to get Iki-flagged would be very easy or fun.
 
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Well Taskmaster pretty much ruined my guild as far as Field of bone raiding. We raid everything even if it isn't a raid zone and our guild pretty much never wants to go back there after wiping on Task master like 7 times with 0 gain in ground.

As far as the other targets. It feels like that zone is not guided at all we basicly went around with the mindset of start punching shit and see how hard it punches back and if it has loot.
No Trash drops
Obscure Bosses
Perhaps some guidance from a gropluk resistance or something telling you whats going on and who is who. Maybe this is there and I missed.
 
Titanas said:
Well Taskmaster pretty much ruined my guild as far as Field of bone raiding. We raid everything even if it isn't a raid zone and our guild pretty much never wants to go back there after wiping on Task master like 7 times with 0 gain in ground.

As far as the other targets. It feels like that zone is not guided at all we basicly went around with the mindset of start punching shit and see how hard it punches back and if it has loot.
No Trash drops
Obscure Bosses
Perhaps some guidance from a gropluk resistance or something telling you whats going on and who is who. Maybe this is there and I missed.
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Try the ancient dragon remains. He was the easiest one from my memory. The guild I was with had a very similar experience with Taskmaster. Either there is something more to it, or he's just really impossible at that tier. One idea we had was to use Shout of Agony multiple times (but there shouldn't be a need to use that spell on a low-tier mob like that). Anyhow, he's not worth the time! (And, therefore, should probably be changed). Nisrak the Chemist had a twist to him and we wiped a few times figuring it out, but I can't recall what the solution was.

Edit: Yes, Taskmaster is worth the time in certain situations. And most raids are too dumb to figure the strat out and will probably skip em and do alternative content. But it's an interesting fight and also very innovative in my opinion.
 
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Most of those mobs are fine in difficulty except for Taskmaster.

You definitely need to mez most of those guys that come with Taskmaster if you want to try it anywhere near on-tier. I did the fight when I was around tier 3 or so, but the raid had a few tier 6-7 characters. They spam level ~60 necro spells and can't realistically be kited due to that. A certain tank stance helps start things off.
 
Man people said I was lying when I said there was a bunch of iksars hauling a crate around cabalis.

On a serious note, does the summoner + beyondling even spawn. I remember him being mentioned by some guys who attempted to kill him but was never able to find him in the zone for a very long time despite my desires to kill him.

real time update: im on the road to soloing lowbie content because i can and more importantly to verify the mob doesnt actually spawn.

more real time update: I can't find a dude so unless someone actually kills him frowntown.
 
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Basically everything I'd done in the zone except for Taskmaster was pretty well balanced for the loot rewards. Taskmaster (killed him twice) seemed to be about as hard as a T4 or T5 mob due to the number of those adds and what they did, and would probably be something that wouldn't stomp low tier raids if either not all of the adds cast those necro spells or there were less of them.

I heard there is or used to be some kind of actual dragon in the zone. No idea if I was being trolled though
 
Thanks for the list zaelia, I'm definitely interested in trying out some of these. The gear is really unique and well itemized.

I also have a question about the difficulty of the encounters. Is it for a 18, 12 or 6 man group comprised of toons of that tier? For example, could a mod map difficulty mob be killed by an on tier group of map map tier toons or would it require more than 6?

I remember doing the sand beetle event with abel and some people, we got pretty far with 1 group before we were overrun and decided we needed a paladin rather than a warrior, who happened to be ringo :D It was a challenging encounter for 1 group but 3 groups could easily do it. I really loved my Beetle Barbute :( Fucking cool ass name and it looked cool!
 
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Man I remember when ikisith came out and our whole guild was running around with orders to literally "Punch it in the face, see how hard it punches back, and find out if it has loot." Unless it's been relocated or revamped or removed or resomethinged there was a dragon on an island in the NW-ish area of the zone. Watch out when it eats your face!
 
Another cool FoB thread from someone who thinks he won the good sense lottery.

Bad news that lottery don't exist!
 
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Dread - tier 3 to 4 - night only in the big undead area around kaesora

Shackles of Inescapable Dread (Wrist, 11 AC, 65 HP Mana, 10 STR, 4 AGI INT WIS, 5svM/D/P, Effect: Leaching Spirit[proc], Poison DMG: 1, WT 0.8, Size: Small, ALL/ALL)
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Would it be out of line to change the proc to Vampiric Spirit which is the next pet tap over time spell or perhaps increase the rate of the existing proc slightly? I should say that while the raw hp/mana/and saves are better I feel like it's debatable whether it is an upgrade over the Beastlord Thurgadin bracer when you factor in the proc and focus effect, admittedly this may be because the bst thurg bracer is really really good.
 
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Dimmi said:
Man I remember when ikisith came out and our whole guild was running around with orders to literally "Punch it in the face, see how hard it punches back, and find out if it has loot." Unless it's been relocated or revamped or removed or resomethinged there was a dragon on an island in the NW-ish area of the zone. Watch out when it eats your face!
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Hahaha that was the best. I remain sad that the Ravenous Hrugtah drops no loot.
 
I didn't mean for this to be a Hate on FoB thread. I am just offering constructive criticism. Just as anything else when you make content you also need to promote it. You can't just assume people will "Go around and punch things in the face and see how hard it hits and if it drops loot" Maybe I missed it but some guidance on the zone would be nice.

As I mentioned some type of gropluk resistance force near the zone in would be a nice start that talks about whats going on in the zone.
 
Titanas said:
I didn't mean for this to be a Hate on FoB thread. I am just offering constructive criticism. Just as anything else when you make content you also need to promote it. You can't just assume people will "Go around and punch things in the face and see how hard it hits and if it drops loot" Maybe I missed it but some guidance on the zone would be nice.
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1) Search for other FoB threads and read them.

2) Content does not need to be promoted. There are 200+ zones live right now and PRETTY SURE you knew about them without a little golden ? directing you to them.

3) Day 1 of Ikisith, people DID go to ALL ZONES and walk around punching things in the face to see how hard they hit and if they dropped loot. THAT IS WHY YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IKISITH. BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE DID THIS.

You are a broken record from the distant past.
 
You made a big mistake which was bringing up a subject that was brought up multiple times before in which one of them resulted in the content being straight up removed because no one likes challenges.

Like I said in the first post: the fights might be harder compared to the rest of entry content, they might require you running to them and being flagged for ikisith but you can bind in the murk to make this mostly trivial. Now with that gone you have 11? potential loot dropping mobs in a zone with ZERO CLEAR INVOLVED. Dread also drops relics. You even have the pleasure of another raid mob right in the murk if you want to get more shit.

So yeah some of the loot might suck but over all if you want to progress without buying a ridiculous amount of droppable shit than this is one very effective way of doing it?


Also I never get the excuse of roamers, I can run a level 55 with no movespeed or invisibility through every ikisith zone except emerald jungle and get to places relatively safely. I also can sit around and try to solo these field of bone mobs with my poverty unbuffed sk dps and have absolutely nothing run into me for the 15 minutes.
 
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