NPC Spawn Issue: Magi P'Tasa Staff of Elementary Mastery Earth drop rate

[yyrkoon]

good work
i played a magician on blue and couldnt be bothered to finish the epic but now if staff becomes easier to get i might unshelve the toon

on the same page, in the smae message gwiedon refers to we have more info
https://web.archive.org/web/20011005...ofmastery.html

Name: Magi P'tasa
Zone: Plane of Hate
Location: ?
Spawn time: 1 day
Drops: Staff of Elemental Mastery: Earth (uncommon to rare drop), numerous other items
Class: ?
Level: 55
Hit Points: 32000
Casts: Damage shield on himself (he might recast it if you cancel his DS)
Hits for (max): 240
Notes: ?
Appearance: Large male revenant

it says spawn time 1 day, which seems to contradict himself when he says 72 hrs

it says uncommon to rare drop too, which contradicts the 30% drop rate he mentions above

imo, set it to 24 hours +/- 8 hours, staff drops 30% and there will be a lot of happy mages

[gwideon]

Originally Posted by yyrkoon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It says spawn time 1 day, which seems to contradict himself when he says 72 hrs

It really should say Spawn Time: Special since the mechanics for his spawn are different than most other mobs. He describes that the 10 spots and says that each spawn point has a 30% chance to spawn the Magi. I think on P99 the rate of his spawn is lower that 30% in each spawn location, possibly 10% (since there are 10 different minis that can spawn there). So, I think you are correct that his spawn rate is lower than in period, but the research does not indicate a straight 1 day spawn.

but he has a very good chance of being up because he has about a 30% chance of spawning in 10 spots

In actuality the spawn rate could be many times in 1 day if the 10 spots are staggered in the spawn time.

This explains why he can spawn a ton in a few hours, or can sometimes never spawn even if hate is cleared completely.

This indicates to me that the Magi is far more likely to spawn than the other 9 minis. Or it is possible that a few of the other minis also have a higher rate than some of the filler placeholders. However, since the walk through is about the mage epic, he only catalogs the Magi.

[Sunderfury]

Originally Posted by yyrkoon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it says spawn time 1 day, which seems to contradict himself when he says 72 hrs

This is not a contradiction. "Spawn time" is a classic thing, it refers to how long the mob takes to initially spawn upon a server reset (such as a patch or zone reset).

Respawn time is how often mob pops after initial pop (spawn time)