AC in SK

[Ulthrin]

Can someone with screen shot plz confirm that AC do spawn in SK...
I myself killed him there but didnt take SS

[Extunarian]

Are you worried that you dreamed it?

[Ulthrin]

naaa...people just call me a liar

[Yinaltin]

there is no proof that this "ac" as you call it ever existed !

[Ulthrin]

only if GM steps up and say it does

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

I have seen an Undead cyclops there, never the ancient though.

[Acillatem]

it just spawned there today - guildie killed it and was braggin about it on Vent - I even asked - South RO or South KARANA and he said Karana so /shrug.

Not screenshot proof - but I do believe the person who said it.

[Uthgaard]

only if GM steps up and say it does

It did, and does.

[Maurk]

pwnt.

[Yinaltin]

It did, and does.

there is no proof
i have never seen it in there so I MUST BE RIGHT !

[Ulthrin]

there is no proof
i have never seen it in there so I MUST BE RIGHT !

So you dont trust the word of a Dev ?

[ryuut1]

should spawn in EK too =)

[Zyth]

Can someone with screen shot plz confirm that AC do spawn in SK...
I myself killed him there but didnt take SS


Sure!

http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n546/Deezie01/southkarana1.jpg

[guineapig]

I know this will blow your mind but he can also spawn in East Karana :)

(Well at least he should be able to, like he did on live.)

[rachel]

Ancient Cyclops in South Karana ? That's a rumor from live.

It never spawned in SK on live. It is an undead cyclops and people just think it is the same thing.

After I don't know 2 months real life time in south karana on eq live, not one person ever shouted ancient cyclops is up. I also never saw it. The alla mob list doesn't show it either. Noone has a picture of it on eq live either.

On P1999 it may spawn , that may have been added. I can not confirm this. If I saw it I would SS it.

[guineapig]

It did, and does.

:)

[rachel]

Ok, I've done this quest 23 times, either for my characters or friend's characters. So, let me give you what I've found out:

South Ro: Easy spawn, easy kill, high chance of KS, unfortunately. Best time is to do it late at night (real night) or very early morning (5am) when fewer people are on. The AC is substantially lower in level and hp's here than in OOT -- a level 35 caster or 35+ melee should be able to take it down.

To get it to spawn in SRo, kill the rares: a crypt mummy, a madman a giant rattlesnake, etc.. Otherwise, it's completely random. When you kill a rare, another rare spawns fairly quickly, so the more rares you kill, the better chance you have of getting the AC. I've done this about 10 times, and have gotten the AC to spawn within a couple of hours every time just by killing rares. Time of day, time of night, whether there's a SG up or not doesn't matter. Just kill the rares.

OOT: Hard to get the camp, much higher level, but very little chance of ks'ing. People respect the camp here, and I've only seen one case of ks'ing in all the time I've been in OOT. Spawn is every 6-7 minutes (I say that because it used to be 7 minutes, but seemed faster the last time I camped it). When you zone in, check to see if he's camped (probably is) and get on the list. Spend your time killing seafurbies while you wait. Best times to find the camp empty are early morning -- 5am is perfect.

Keep killing ph's, and you'll eventually get him to spawn. PH's are: a cyclops, Broog Mudtoe, a pirate, a aqua goblin (although a cyclops is much more common than the others). I've done this camp solo as a 48 mage, 45 druid, and 49 wizzie. Other times, I grouped with guildies to help them get the ring. If you can kill a seafury, you can kill the AC. If you can't, then go to sro.

East Karanas: I've seen him here twice, and both times someone was killing cyclops just prior to his spawn. My suspicion is that he's keyed off of the Broon, Droon, Proon cycle. However, given how many different types of critters are in the zone, it's possible that killing rares will spawn him.

The two times that I've seen him, he's seemed to be the same level as the sro cyclops, but neither time was I able to do more than con him -- he went down to people camping druids. However, that alone tells me that he's not seafury level (since the druid camp is really only good up to 29 or so).

Good luck!


1 person , in 11 years of eqlive has said they killed the AC in southkarana. 1 person. You think they were maybe just messing with people ? yes.

Noone has ever had a picture of the AC in sk ever on eqlive. I spent months there in the classic days and noone ever mentioned killing the AC. Sure people shouted that he could spawn there but no evidence. go to eq live clear the entire zone 20000 times and an AC will not spawn. Because he isn't on any spawn table in that zone. EK sure Sk no.

[guineapig]

That's cool, I'll take your word for it. I'm just quoting somebody else.

[Acillatem]

Rachel, yer SRo interpretation is wrong. Sony posted the Sro AC script (and u can find the thread here on P99 in the Bugs forum). The script clearly shows the AC as the *Night Spawn*.

Also there is only 1 mob you have to keep under lockdown. It requires a little work becuz there are 3 mobs you kill for the first rotation, THEN you lock the AC cycle down to 1 mob every 30 minutes. You essentially hafta *not kill* the PH if he spawns at 7am in order to kill at 11am so it respawns at 9pm (nite time). It requires a little more work, but the spawn chance is significantly higher in Sro, AND the mob itself is easier.

Plus I like goin AFK for 29 mins at a time rather than having to non-stop kill shit every 6 minutes. Lets me get work done around the house as I camp the AC lol

[Daldaen]

Acillatem is correct. That is how the spawn functions on Live. It may have been changed on this server but I hope it wasn't :/. Silly to change how spawn mechanics worked, thats not very 'classic'.

[Malakriss]

Night hours are 8pm - 6am, you'll want to kill it at 10am not 11 if you want two chances per night.

[Badmartigan]

Night hours are 8pm - 6am, you'll want to kill it at 10am not 11 if you want two chances per night.

I kill at eleven and get repop at 9pm and 7 am.. and i've seen it at 7am... the night hours are diff on p1999 homie

[Spud]

Can someone with screen shot plz confirm that AC do spawn in SK...
I myself killed him there but didnt take SS

http://bigfoot-sasquatch.yolasite.com/resources/patterson_bigfoot_lg.jpg

[Ravhin]

Welp according to little birdie EK AC spawn is 6hr +/- 18 min fixed spawn with 10% AC 90% ph. Unless they've changed it. Which hopefully they have.

[rachel]

Sorry I should put quotes as those AC spawns are from alla circa 2001.

I was just trying to show noone has ever had evidence that the Ancient C. has spawned In Sk.

sidenote; on eq live i had 3 pyzjin up at once about 2 years ago.

[thulseh]

East Karanas: I've seen him here twice, and both times someone was killing cyclops just prior to his spawn. My suspicion is that he's keyed off of the Broon, Droon, Proon cycle. However, given how many different types of critters are in the zone, it's possible that killing rares will spawn him.

IIRC a dev posted that it was part of the Tarbul Earthstrider cycle, and only on the servers for about a week before his boss found out about it and told him to remove it.

On our server....only a few people could say.

[guineapig]

http://bigfoot-sasquatch.yolasite.com/resources/patterson_bigfoot_lg.jpg

My thoughts exactly! :D

[Rynada]

It did, and does.

Just curious what the spawn rate is on this... like what 1% ?

[rugerx]

845

[kenzar]

I always thought the SK AC spawn was a rumor. Uthgaard says it spawns there, he is a GM so im inclined to believe him. but this isnt my first rodeo, im sure if there was indeed an SK AC spawn there would be way more documentation on it. Im not buying it Uthgaard!

[Messianic]

I always thought the SK AC spawn was a rumor. Uthgaard says it spawns there, he is a GM so im inclined to believe him. but this isnt my first rodeo, im sure if there was indeed an SK AC spawn there would be way more documentation on it. Im not buying it Uthgaard!

Not if it's something super-rare, and particularly not if someone discovered it and kept it to themselves...

[kenzar]

Not if it's something super-rare, and particularly not if someone discovered it and kept it to themselves...

Once again im skeptical, the game isnt new, south karana is 11 years old. you think one person was able to keep it secret for 11years?

[guineapig]

Once again im skeptical, the game isnt new, south karana is 11 years old. you think one person was able to keep it secret for 11years?

It really wouldn't matter what the spawn mechanic was on live. They customized a spawn mechanic for a few rare spawns in order to keep them rare (ie: Quillmane).

Seeing as how large the zone is, how many mobs there are, with various spawn times, triggers, placeholders, roamers/static mobs, not being able to track the entire zone at once, AND combine all that with the fact that nobody has actively been trying to crack the secret to spawning AC in South Karana is reason enough as to why nobody knows how to do it.

[kenzar]

Nagafen also spawns in butcherblock, and vox spawns in East commonlands. its just SUPER rare guys! so super rare that it never once happened and wont ever happen because its a load of shit.

Im going to retort back to my earlier statement. this game is 11 years old, if it were true there would be documentation. (granted the jboot quest is a little younger than that because jboots used to be a drop off najena.) during that time someone would have said "oh gee golly, theres the ancient cyclops in SK...SCREENSHOT!" and then posted it to any number of EQ database dedicated sites. but no, nothing, just a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors.

When someone finds a screenshot that doesnt look like it was edited in MSPaint by someone missing chromosomes then i might concede this. Even a link to a EQ site would work. Until then GL on getting your AC ring in SK lulz

Even with quillmane having the convoluted spawn mechanic that it does have, you would still see quillmane up at random times. No matter how intricate the spawn mechanic is, SK is too well trafficked to not have any reports or screenshots of the AC walking around.

GL on naggy BB spawn, and Vox EC spawn, i hear they are only lvl 5 and drop their entire loot table.

[Messianic]

Once again im skeptical, the game isnt new, south karana is 11 years old. you think one person was able to keep it secret for 11years?

A lot of stuff here doesn't work *exactly* like it did on classic. We don't know 100% of how things work, even if we were able to somehow slam all of our knowledge together.

I understand your skepticism - i've never seen AC in SK or EK for that matter, but I have heard credible people state that they did. So i hold kind of a tentative belief that he does spawn in those places, rarely.

It's more difficult to track than super-rare spawns like that dumb armadillo in Nro - ultra rare, but his loot is unique and clearly exists in game (Scute shield), whereas an AC ring from an AC in SK ends up exactly the same as an AC ring from Sro or OOT...

[kenzar]

Oh hai guys, i just found the AC up in SK!

http://i55.tinypic.com/w9b447.jpg

You guys are dumb lol

[Rynada]

I have complete faith in Uthgaard, he says it exists... then it exists. Just because noone has posted "valid" screenshots, doesn't make it less true. Yes the one that was posted is obviously fake, I mean a pink ancient cyclops... come on. My original question as to the spawn rate was because, it has been posted that the spawn rate at the Sro AC spawn is a 10% chance and only at night. So I was curious as to the rarity of the spawn in SK.

[Rynada]

Oh hai guys, i just found the AC up in SK!

http://i55.tinypic.com/w9b447.jpg

You guys are dumb lol

Nice photoshop..... but point still not taken.

[Uthgaard]

There's plenty of documentation on the SK AC. EK was the one without much to support it. But don't run around saying the proof doesn't exist just because you couldn't find it.

[Rynada]

There's plenty of documentation on the SK AC. EK was the one without much to support it. But don't run around saying the proof doesn't exist just because you couldn't find it.

Thank you, now can we get kinda a hint for a timer.... more rare than SRo which has a 10% chance... I already know it exists.

[Messianic]

There's plenty of documentation on the SK AC. EK was the one without much to support it. But don't run around saying the proof doesn't exist just because you couldn't find it.

You guys are dumb lol

...?

[kenzar]

Whats that smell? oh gross, uthgaard stepped in his own bullshit.

[Messianic]

Whats that smell? oh gross, uthgaard stepped in his own bullshit.

This should turn out well ;)

[guineapig]

I think Kenzar is upset about something.

[kenzar]

There's plenty of documentation on the SK AC. EK was the one without much to support it.

Funny because EK is the only other zone Alla has the Ancient cyclops ring dropping in (besides Sro/oot.) Where are all these SK docs? Links please

[kenzar]

PEQ database has 4 versions for 4 different zones, can we expect p99 DB has similar data?

Eastern Plains of Karana >> an_ancient_cyclops (15182)
Level: 41
spawn 1% chance

Southern Desert of Ro >> an_ancient_cyclops (35139)
Level: 37
spawn 4% chance

Ocean of Tears >> an_ancient_cyclops (69150)
Level: 41
spawn 20% chance

Southern Plains of Karana >> an_ancient_cyclops (14160)
Level: 41
spawn 6% chance

but Allakazam and my experience say otherwise on some of this.

[Rogean]

Why would you compare PEQ database to ours or make any assumption that they are similar?

[kenzar]

PEQ database has 4 versions for 4 different zones, can we expect p99 DB has similar data?

Eastern Plains of Karana >> an_ancient_cyclops (15182)
Level: 41
spawn 1% chance

Southern Desert of Ro >> an_ancient_cyclops (35139)
Level: 37
spawn 4% chance

Ocean of Tears >> an_ancient_cyclops (69150)
Level: 41
spawn 20% chance

Southern Plains of Karana >> an_ancient_cyclops (14160)
Level: 41
spawn 6% chance

but Allakazam and my experience say otherwise on some of this.

I made no assumption, hence the question.

[rugerx]

Whats that smell? oh gross, uthgaard stepped in his own bullshit.

This should prove interesting!

http://www.longislandpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/popcorn.jpg

[Messianic]

I think Kenzar is upset about something.

HE MAD BRO

[maegi]

Seen the AC several times in SK and gotten the ring twice. So yeah it's just a myth man

[TanDemain]

On live, I acquired my AC-ring from an EKarana spawn.

[Chicka]

PEQ database has 4 versions for 4 different zones, can we expect p99 DB has similar data?

Eastern Plains of Karana >> an_ancient_cyclops (15182)
Level: 41
spawn 1% chance

Southern Desert of Ro >> an_ancient_cyclops (35139)
Level: 37
spawn 4% chance

Ocean of Tears >> an_ancient_cyclops (69150)
Level: 41
spawn 20% chance

Southern Plains of Karana >> an_ancient_cyclops (14160)
Level: 41
spawn 6% chance

but Allakazam and my experience say otherwise on some of this.

My 15 hours of camping the AC in OOT says no.

[Nedala]

i witnessed 2 ac spawns in a row in oot :P

[aerokella]

i killed ac as a 31 druid in sk yesterdayish. winning!

[Irfzero]

Proof 3/24/2011 for P1999 at least in SK

Thanks to Find Corpse For killing AC for me after my terrible 20minute kite (24 ench heheh )

http://i.imgur.com/C5mAB.jpg

Does that settle it?

[Killua]

Yeah, I encountered him a while back while on my Necro (I think around 26 at the time), had a couple level 24 Druids with me and we kited him around for a while but couldn't land a thing on him, this was before the recent spell resist issues. Seeing as he's lvl 41 in that's not surprising.

[aubie]

Thought this was BS until today. Was in SK getting bull elephant tooth and druid Bushmaster /ooc's "an ancient cylops in south karana?" Went running around and found him by the centaur village/hermit hut heading toward the spires. After pet kiting about 10 minutes...

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4799/eq000002.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/217/eq000002.jpg/)

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2701/eq000003.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/eq000003.jpg/)


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[Nyrod]

ogod my eyes!

wtf is with your UI lol

[Rais]

I'm going to guess there were under 30 AC spawns in SK in the past year. The zone is typically dead,besides from outside of paw.

On that note, Truegem got her ring off the SK AC!

[Knuckle]

so there i was, slaying a vescia gnoll, when suddenly, there he was. Ancient Cyclops on target with a big beautiful blue target ring around his body. I raced to him and pummeled him while the cleric pumped healing juice into my body. I right clicked the corpse and that big beatiful RBB looking ring was sitting in the first inventory slot..I right clicked and


BOOOMM


I woke up, sweating in bed, my glasses fogged.









It was just a dream

[Doors]

Don't lie, you probably had to change your blankets afterwards too.

[Fourthmeal]

so there i was, slaying a vescia gnoll, when suddenly, there he was. Ancient Cyclops on target with a big beautiful blue target ring around his body. I raced to him and pummeled him while the cleric pumped healing juice into my body. I right clicked the corpse and that big beatiful RBB looking ring was sitting in the first inventory slot..I right clicked and


BOOOMM


I woke up, sweating in bed, my glasses fogged.









It was just a dream

I have the same dreams except i'm slaying Guineapig

[Vladesch]

If it's anything like quillmaine you probably have to kill a wandering lion cub to have a 5% chance of spawning him over the other side of zone.

OOT sounds like an easier option to me for now.

[Tarathiel]

I have the same dreams except i'm slaying Guineapig

i have the same dream except im slaying chalupa's

[Loremasten]

I was killing between the spires and aviak village with my mage. Hoping to spawn Quillmane for my cloak, I killed all the mobs out of boredom. I was cycling through the cyclops spawns, Mroon, undead, and the regular. I saw the AC come towards the hill from the north east direction of the hill that lies between the village and spires. I killed it and it dropped the ring for me. I was so happy, not getting my cloak for many many more hours didnt really bother me so much.

[Striiker]

I already posted screenshots from a fellow guild member's fairly recent interactions with the AC in South Karana.

Earlier thread where I posted pics (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42009)

[bluejam]

Confirmed. Just slayed him.