Wasn't Cazel a rare spawn??
 

Not quite ready to post this in bugs - wanted to see what others remembered first.

I hunted in Oasis for many levels (and years!) back in the day, and saw SG's quite a lot, but only ever saw Cazel once. Here I see Cazel a good half of the times that I *just pass through* Oasis. He seems almost to be a permanent fixture here for some reason. I searched the forums, but didn't see this mentioned elsewhere.

So am I mis-remembering this, or is Cazel just super-common here (relative to classic where he was super-rare)?

i'm thinking people just kill sand giants a lot more often than on live

Cazel most likely shares spawn tables with SG's, and since SGs are killed quite a bit, there's a higher chance of him spawning. Just a guess

Speaking of Oasis, wasn't Lockjaw more common on live? I get Cazel being more common with higher level people passing through more often and killing SG's, but the same if not more people are killing crocs but I don't see any more Lockjaws.

Lockjaw was pretty rare on live.

But it feels ultra rare here.

His PH is sometimes a croc that swims around in the water. On live, Oasis was jam packed with 40 people in their teens and croc life expectancy was very low. As soon as Lockjaw popped the druids and rangers in your group would track him down and 2-3 groups would converge on him.

Here no one bothers to fish the camains out of the water, rangers don't exist, and the druids are too busy charm soloing to bother.

Speaking of Cazel, I remember that NPC making me think of Saddam Hussein.

The rare one is the one who drops the FR hat in oasis

Good post and very true. :D

Hatar i think. If i recall, he also drops a weapon that is really good for the level in which you can obtain it.