NPC Spawn Issue: Quillmane cycle changed or broken

[Handull]

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

Ya, cause ranger track just shows and sorts the 20 closest mobs, it doesn't matter that I can track a large area. I wish it would track the whole area, sort those, then provide the top twenty after truncation.

tracks the top 20 newest mobs, not the closest.

[nilbog]

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

Now might be the time to take the work and use the actual Live mechanics for spawning quillmane then screwing with the fake way here. Between this and the track nerf cloaks should be going for 15k now.

I saw your link in another thread you posted after this comment. Needs evidence like anything else. I suppose someone could fraps exactly how its done, and PM me. Or, collaborate on a method from research.

I might have stopped playing live before it was well known on my server as how to spawn quillmane, if it ever was? I do know Pegasus Cloak MQs for magician epics were 50k when I was camping mine.

[Sundawg]

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

I saw your link in another thread you posted after this comment. Needs evidence like anything else. I suppose someone could fraps exactly how its done, and PM me. Or, collaborate on a method from research.

I might have stopped playing live before it was well known on my server as how to spawn quillmane, if it ever was? I do know Pegasus Cloak MQs for magician epics were 50k when I was camping mine.

I can confirm that at least on EQmac the linked guide is the way to spawn Quillmane.

http://home.comcast.net/~echelonforester/quillmane2.htm

I've solo farmed up multiple cloaks for alts on that server using that guide, on a druid.

[Raavak]

Originally Posted by Quillmane_guide

BLACK - Typical Quillmane spawn area (78 second cycle). From my experience, PH's for Quillmane always pop south of Paw with many of the PH's popping towards the west wall. Other PH's can pop to the south or east but if many are popping near the west part of the zone and south of Paw, you are probably on the Quillmane cycle. Quillmane's PH's typically path north once they start roaming. When an elephant spawns on this cycle, it is always "an elephant" and no other type of elephant. Expect lots of lions and lionesses on this cycle. Quillmane does not drop the cloak every time he spawns.

PH pops SW of Paw? Not zonewide? Whew.

[Droxx]

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

I can confirm that at least on EQmac the linked guide is the way to spawn Quillmane.

http://home.comcast.net/~echelonforester/quillmane2.htm

I've solo farmed up multiple cloaks for alts on that server using that guide, on a druid.

I never farmed Quillmane during classic/kunark/velious era but this is 100% spot on for when I farmed lots of cloaks on the Sleeper.

[Droxx]

Also at some point the lone PH for Quillmane always pathed due north over Splitpaw eventually, but there are also lots of mobs that follow that same path that aren't the PH.

[lecompte]

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

tracks the top 20 newest mobs, not the closest.

Even with sortable ranger track? I need to do some experimentation but I think (not sure at all, just cursory observations) that only the first, closest, twenty mobs are sorted. But I was doing it right after repop and everything would have spawned at the same time then... Hrm. Well then. Experimentation required.

[Thulack]

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

Even with sortable ranger track? I need to do some experimentation but I think (not sure at all, just cursory observations) that only the first, closest, twenty mobs are sorted. But I was doing it right after repop and everything would have spawned at the same time then... Hrm. Well then. Experimentation required.

technically we shouldnt even be able to sort if you look at patch messages. but i think what its doing is taking the last 20 mobs that spawn and then you can sort though but it wont change your result when changed to distance.

[lecompte]

That makes sense. Thank you.

The last post in this thread that was on topic was:

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

Also at some point the lone PH for Quillmane always pathed due north over Splitpaw eventually, but there are also lots of mobs that follow that same path that aren't the PH.

Continue from that ;p

[Nerosys]

So whats in question here exactly? having spawned multiple quillmane's here on sleeper on live on eqmac im confused as what the problem is and why anything needed to be changed here? are you saying the wandering elephant calf and the wandering lioness is not classic ?