Skyfire: 51+ Elder Wyvern not summoning - Resolved
 

Fought 2 lvl 51 and a 52 elder wyvern that did not summon at any point throughout the fight when I let fear break.

Looked for but could not find any drakes, wurms, or chromodracs that were 51+ to test.

http://i56.tinypic.com/2saxb3c.jpg

Did these summon initially? i remember alot of people soloing these and can't remember if they summoned straight away or if it got changed later...

Someone will have to find definitive documentation on this. I can't remember whether it was 55 out there or 51 and when it got changed around..

here's a good thread...

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=91

from 4/2001 there is this..


Also since alot of you soloers are wondering what summons out in that big bad dragon world..

Talendor (100%)
Ancient Wyvern (100%)
Guardian Wurm (100%)
Elder Wyvern (95% of the time in my experience)
Skyfire Drake (80% of the time in my experience)
Shadow Drake (30% of the time in my experience)
A Lava Walker (70% of the time in my experience)
Eldrig the Old (100% of the time in my experience)

Theres probably more, just that i don't remember everything =)

but then in 07/2002 there is this...

With patches, only Talendor, Guardian Wurm, and Ancient Wyvern summon now. The other mobs have been nerfed and presently do not summon. Good solo zone for kiters.
Used to be a tricky zone for kiters, just had to know what to pull and how to test em out if they summoned. Much easier now to hunt.

All 51+ mobs in skyfire summoned.

Initially it seemed like all elder wyverns and skyfire drakes summoned, like it was a mob ability either without consideration to level or level range skewed to the high end (I was over 51 and they were all blue when doing the bulk of my elder kills). This was changed sometime around epics to not use a zonewide shout, then much later to not summon at all.

Added missing summon flag to a few npcs, elder wyverns included.