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Thurgadin Mines - Lesser Tar Goos and Coldain Heads?
So I was bored the other night and chatting with a friend, and I decided I would murder the lesser tar goos that show up in the mines under Thurgadin. I used to do it occasionally back on live for Coldain heads. If I was lucky, I would get one in four kills, usually one in eight or nine. Rest of the time was rarely the random Coldain or Giant beards, or mostly nothing. I know on live they eventually nerfed the tar goo drop of Coldain Heads to be much more rare (I think might have been around early to mid Luclin).
However, after around 22 kills (I eventually started taking screenshots of each kill to keep track, but only after the first like, six or so), I have yet to receive...anything from the lesser tar goos. They should drop: Loot: Uncommon: Coldain Head Rare: Woven Frost Giant Beard Ultra Rare: Braided Beard of the Coldain Also see: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=5416 And for post nerf rates: http://mboards.eqtraders.com/eq/show...-giant-faction Quote:
Is this just a case of RNG hate, or does this not work right here? No heads, no beards, not a thing. EDIT: Probably should have put this in the bugs section. More evidence: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?faction=188 Quote:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/z...tml?zstrat=102
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Last edited by Thulghor; 08-18-2015 at 08:25 AM..
Reason: I'm dumb.
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When hunting the spiders for silk I got a Coldain head drop from the goos.
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I was down there for about three hours before I realized I was trapped and had to get a group gate out. I got 4 heads in that time.
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With that said, I'm going to try a zero count at some point tonight and get a more accurate reading. Maybe this is all an RNG thing. Seems like it has it out for me if it does. Still, pretty sure these were more common on live. Would be nice to see if anyone else here remembers doing this on live during early Velious, and how the rates were. EDIT: Hey! My Magelo profile from Brell Serilis and back in the day still has all the bags of Coldain Heads I farmed up doing this exact thing: http://eq.magelo.com/profile/226049 So many heads in the bank. Like a freaky serial killer. | ||||
Last edited by Thulghor; 08-19-2015 at 12:04 AM..
Reason: Weirdness
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Seems to be about 1 in 20 to 1 in 30, which is pretty low compared to live rates. Spoke with a shaman named Purdii today who was doing it, who corroborates the rate.
Think my 37ish kills was just bad luck. I'll see if I can get a better source for the pre-nerf live drop rates, other than my own personal experience and experience of others. | ||
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