SK Feign Death is confusing me
 

Hey everyone,

I'm a little confused how FD for SK's work. There are many times I will FD and when I stand up, the mobs will return to kill me. I understand that dots will trigger agro, but it seems to do it even when I don't DoT.

Do the mobs need to reset to their spawn point? I pulled the huge named Griffin in Rathe Mountains on top of the hill and FD'd when I realized I had no chance, wait for him to go back to this spawn spot, and I got up with no issues.

Can someone tell me exactly what I need to do to be able to get up out of FD and not have the mob return to me? I'm obviously doing something wrong.

Thanks,
Avicious Cycle

I believe all FD (monk, sk, necro) has a CHANCE at instant mem wipe, but it is not guaranteed. After a certain amount of time, a mem wipe is triggered (30-60 seconds?). I believe in live EQ they added a message "your enemies have forgotten you" to make it easy mode to know when it's safe to stand up.

By the time a mob paths back to their spawn point it's generally pretty safe that 30-60 seconds have gone by and they have mem wiped.

I'm sure P99 mechanics could be different though

they have a chance to remember you but in general its best to wait till they path all the way back to their "home" position

also turn auto attack off before you FD cause that can cause insta-fail

Sorry I'm a bad source but
... Mobs 35 and under will always forget. Above 35 its a chance per tick or something someone told me.

There’s a bit of an exploit way to ensure mobs forget you. FD, /quit, and log back in.

Ps in my experience with Necro on p99 there no time after which mem wipe is guaranteed. Seems there’s always a chance mob will re agro and seems related to your lvl vs mob level.

Exactly the information I was searching for. Thanks everyone! :D

I remember there's a difference between mobs that stay in a spawn point and those who roam. Unless a memory wipe is triggered, higher level roamers will never forget you from a fd?

This is true. There's times where I wait for mobs on my necro to go back to spawn point and they still aggro. The % is low though and it doesn't commonly happen. Like maybe 10% of the time they'll still aggro back.

Mobs who are level 35 and higher have an 80% chance of remembering you if you stand up before they reset.

So you have a 20% chance of them forgetting you each time you FD.

Say you have two mobs standing right next to each other. You can cast a snare dot on one, which will cause both to aggro you. Pull them far away from their original spot and FD.

They will soon start walking back to their spots. The unsnared one will get to it's spot and reset much faster than the other one. As soon as it gets back to its spot, stand up and hit the snared one before it gets in aggro range of the other mob.