Shadowed Men Superstitions and Tricks

[iruinedyourday]

Hey folks.. we all do it.. we all roll an alt, farm shadowed men for a solro quest. Strip the alt. Roll another one, farm the shadowed men for a solro quest. repeat, forever....

Whelp I need to ask I have some questions and wonder if anyones done the research?

What are the answers to these questions:

1. Which zone has the MOST shadowed men in one spot? I figure the more there are in one spot, the greater chance you have at RNjesus blessing you with the item you are after.
2. Do locations mater? are there zones that tend to have shadowed men that drop X item more than other zones?

uh.. thats it!

Id like to know the answers to these questions. If there are none, I'll report back.

[Swish]

I still believe Lavastorm has the most. Not scientific, but after stroking my chin a few times... there's definitely more there than in Nektulos and WC (I know, there's other places too)

Pretty sure its an even chance on the item you're looking for... though if you have more shadowed men to farm per cycle, you'll get it faster in Lavastorm (or wherever actually has the most)

[Crawdad]

WC has always been my go to for shadowy men drops.. I've tried LFay, Nek and Lava too, but I just always seem to get them drops in WC. Plus, its so heavily trafficked that you can just run by and find what you need on corpses sometimes.

[Sorn]

You can run back and forth between Nektulos and Lavastorm groups (I think they have the same number, or Nektulos has more, both in the vicinity of 6 or 7). WC only has 4.

I think what drops depends somewhat on which class the shadowed man is.

[iruinedyourday]

I like your new avatar sorn..

Im doing the LS ones, as both my alt and my farm toon happen to be in LS at the moment heh.. so lucky me..

Ill try to report back on the #'s of Shadowed Men at other spots, but so far we have:

Lavastorm: 7 Shadowed Men

[Swish]

What sound does a missing 8th shadowed man make?

[iruinedyourday]

What sound does a missing 8th shadowed man make?

on red nothing, becuse theres nobody there to hear :*(

[Sorn]

I like your new avatar sorn..

Thanks! I drew it myself :D

[iruinedyourday]

Thanks! I drew it myself :D

honestly I'm disappointed to hear that.. I was hoping you were going to reveal some awesome 1980s Saturday morning cartoon everquest mini series to me hehe

[Sorn]

honestly I'm disappointed to hear that.. I was hoping you were going to reveal some awesome 1980s Saturday morning cartoon everquest mini series to me hehe

Do you mean this majestic work of art (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077869/)?

[iruinedyourday]

Do you mean this majestic work of art (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077869/)?

I do love me some Ralph Bakshi Lord of the Rings :D

May I suggest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcnQ7Dlk_Ks

http://i.imgur.com/6MldFCj.png

[Sorn]

Well, I kinda prefer this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if4WhCzQzyU).

[Cecily]

I just AE the hand in innothule when I need something. Has a bunch. Then I port to LS and do it again. Repeat until killed by green cons.

[iruinedyourday]

I think getting overwhelmed and killed by Shadowed Men is one of the most classic feels you can have.

[Safon]

Well, I kinda prefer this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if4WhCzQzyU).

If you drew that avatar pic yourself I have so much respect for you right now

[gortimer]

Shadowed men dont give a fuuuuck what your resistances are. they land spells because they feel like it.

[Tupakk]

If you drew that avatar pic yourself I have so much respect for you right now

Animated mini series in the works. If you bug enough.

On Topic.

Goto SK they drop all the time there.

[Lemonhead]

Ya, I think Innothule has the most (maybe 8, or might be 7 or 9), and a 6.5 min spawn timer. What's the other spawn times?

[iruinedyourday]

Ya, I think Innothule has the most (maybe 8, or might be 7 or 9), and a 6.5 min spawn timer. What's the other spawn times?

that seems global, never seen them not be 6 min'sh

[Jimjam]

On the opposite side there is a shadowman that walks from the NW corner to close to the GFay zoneline along the zone wall in Lesser Fay. Just in case people are struggling with the Shadowmen Brownshirts beating them all up.

[guinness]

If I need something from shadowed men, I port between Nek and WC and AOE the camps in Nek, Lavastorm, and WC (60 wizard).

I've never noticed any marked variation in classes or drops between the locations. Using this method has never taken me more than 2 or 3 rounds to get whatever I'm looking for. I've done it a fair amount, too, for various characters.

Even just running between Lavastorm and Nek would be really effective, and it's still pretty close to the commons so you aren't running halfway around the world to do it.

[Ordrek]

As someone who is unfamiliar with this topic, what is the point of creating alts to farm these guys? Can't you just kill them with a main if you want to complete a quest?

[iruinedyourday]

Guys... remember when we got derailed from talking about shadowed men, and started talking about amazing Ralph Bakshi cartoons?

well this is like the best ralph bakshi looking cartoon ive seen on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uieM18rZdHY

And hey, bonus points if you like starfox.