Raster of Guk - debunking exaggerated claims
 

Hey Monks,

I bought a long sock and I'm planning to take Raster this weekend. I added some spawn probabilities to the Raster wiki a few weeks ago, and I'm about to put them to the test. Reading forum-lore online however is making me nervous...here's the deal...

1. Almost every account I've read [1][2][3] says that Raster has a spawn rate of 5%. Fine.
2. It's easy to verify that a PH or Raster can be forced to spawn 3 times daily. Great.

It's also very common for people to claim up to a 200+ hour camp! When I heard this, I thought, surely this must be game time versus RL time...240 EQ hours is 12 RL hours. Plausible. The same source (link 1) which claimed a 200 hour max camp says a 40 hour average camp however, and if we assume this is game time, then that's only 2 RL hours. Clearly, when this person says 200+ hour camp, they mean 200+ RL hours.

So one of several things is true:

1. Raster's spawn rate is less than 5%
2. Raster's spawn rate is conditionally dependent on some other variables.
3. People are really, really terrible at estimating time.

I have my fingers crossed that it's option 3...

If I had screenshots of all the attempts i did on him (I used to make this robe to sell), I can confirm this camp is atrocious. I remember logging in at 6 p.m once, setting up camp - on a holiday mind you - and checking every 28 minutes for about 20 hours until he finally popped. Not as severe as that standard norm, but there was weekend wasted it felt like. Although, I've also had a 15 minute camp before... It's just really random, and if RNG is not in your favor, prepare for take-out..

On live, I camped Raster in about a day and a half.

And by that, I mean I camped him for 36 hours straight before he finally spawned.

problem is Lguk has a terribly long respawn rate - 30 min blows

Over the years I've camped a bunch of rasters. Once I killed him only to die while looting. Idol Rotted.... Have fun. Make sure to do the 8am trick and get the extra spawn.

40 RL hours, then gave up back on live. Here I convinced guildies and we killed Brother Q instead - much easier!

A couple months ago I got him after killing just one ph. You guys are waaay overreacting.

Does Bro Q summon or anything funky? or is he like the steamfont rogue epic fight where you just kite him around safely?

Nothing safe about a yellow con GM monk NPC.

He regens like crazy and quads for 300. Need 2 good groups with good DPS. No faction hit.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Brother_Qwinn