Trophy Trios: the Three-Box Challenge

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Pithy, Nov 30, 2016.

  1. relentlessimp

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    -- trio warm-up --

    [ ] King Tranix in Nagafen's Lair
    [ ] Emperor Chottal in Sebilis
    [ ] Drusella Sathir in Howling Stones
    [x] Phinigel Autropos in Kedge Keep
    [ ] Royal Scribe Kaavin in Icewell Keep
    [x] Lodizal in the Iceclad Ocean
    [ ] Neh`Ashiir in City of Mist
    [ ] Tantor in Western Wastes
    [ ] Strong Horn in Western Wastes
    [ ] sebilite protector in Sebilis
    [ ] Tolapumj in Sebilis
    [ ] Priestess Sercema in Siren's Grotto
    [ ] Bledrek or Kerdelb in Velketor's Labyrinth

    -- trio initiate --

    [x] Vilefang in Dragon Necropolis
    [ ] class minis in Plane of Hate (Magi P`tasa, High Priest M`kari, etc.)
    [ ] a Kromzek Captain in Western Wastes (part of Leuz's Task)
    [ ] Yetarr in Kael Drakkel
    [x] the tangrin in Field of Bone
    [x] Vessel Drozlin in Cabilis East
    [ ] Kyenka in Kael Drakkel
    [ ] Mistress Latazura in Siren's Grotto
    [x] the full plate cycle, including Valorankt Zekkin, in Kael Drakkel
    [ ] Valdanov Zevfeer in Tenebrous Mountains
    [ ] Praetorian Myral in Grieg's End
    [ ] an enraged disciple in Cazic Thule
    [ ] Spirit of Radir / Tawro in Umbral Plains
    [ ] Netherbain Swarmlord in Umbral Plains

    -- trio disciple --

    [ ] any insignia named in Ssraeshza Temple
    [ ] a grimling high priest / High Priest Gakkernog in Acrylia Caverns
    [ ] Trondol Shir quest in Acrylia Caverns (repeated to cheese time limit)
    [ ] Kelorek`Dar in Cobalt Scar
    [ ] Keldor Dek`Torek in Kael Drakkel
    [ ] Prince Selrach Di`zok in Chardok
    [ ] Venril Sathir in Karnor's Castle
    [ ] Queen Raltaas in Dragon Necropolis
    [ ] Queen Velazul Di`zok in Chardok
    [ ] Zordakalicus Ragefire in Skyfire Mountains
    [ ] Maestro of Rancor in Plane of Hate
    [ ] Ixiblat Fer in Burning Wood
    [ ] a windrider drake in Plane of Sky
    [ ] Faydedar in Timorous Deep
    [ ] Talendor in Skyfire Mountains
    [ ] Lord Nagafen in Nagafen's Lair
    [ ] any named piranha in Cazic Thule (on the way to the Slime ring)
    [ ] any brown lizard from the NE corner at 4C in Cazic Thule

    -- trio master / group warm-up --

    [ ] Master Yael in the Hole
    [ ] Overking Bathezid in Chardok
    [ ] break-in and 1 wurm in Halls of Testing
    [ ] Terror in Plane of Fear
    [ ] the Va`Dyn in Akheva Ruins
    [ ] Vaniki in Dragon Necropolis
    [ ] Wuoshi in Wakening lands
    [ ] Gorenaire in Dreadlands
    [ ] Lady Vox in Permafrost Keep
    [ ] Severilous in Emerald Jungle
    [ ] Harla Dar in Western Wastes
    [ ] Master of the Guard in Sleeper's Tomb
    [ ] the Progenitor in Sleeper's Tomb
    [ ] 8th shawl crawl in Iceclad Ocean
    [ ] the Servitor of Luclin in Grieg's End
    [ ] Zelnithak in Umbral Plains
    [ ] Escort the Gnome event in Cazic Thule

    -- trio grandmaster / group initiate --

    [ ] break-in and 1 named (e.g. Treah Greenroot) in Plane of Growth
    [ ] a dracoliche in Plane of Fear
    [ ] Zlandicar in Dragon Necropolis
    [ ] Gozzrem in West Temple of Veeshan
    [ ] Telkorenar in West Temple of Veeshan
    [ ] Trakanon in Sebilis
    [ ] Innoruuk in Plane of Hate
    [ ] Rumblecrush in Umbral Plains

    -- trio god / group disciple --

    [ ] Klandicar in Western Wastes
    [ ] Lcea Katta in Katta Castellum
    [ ] Trondol Shir quest (a true success; no repeating to cheese time limit)
    [ ] 1 flurry drake (e.g. an Emerald Defender) in North Temple of Veeshan
    [ ] Derakor the Vindicator in Kael Drakkel
    [ ] Dain Frostreaver in Icewell Keep
    [ ] Velketor the Sorcerer in Velketor's Labyrinth
    [ ] Grieg Veneficus in Grieg's End
    [ ] Cazic Thule in Plane of Fear
    [ ] Lord Feshlak in North Temple of Veeshan
    [ ] Lord Koi`Doken in North Temple of Veeshan
    [ ] Lady Mirenilla in North Temple of Veeshan

    -- group master --

    [ ] 10th Coldain ring war in Great Divide
    [ ] 1 dragon (e.g. Silverwing) in Veeshan's Peak
    [ ] Thought Horror Overfiend in the Deep
    [ ] Sontalak in Western Wastes
    [ ] Aaryonar in North Temple of Veeshan

    I downed Vessel Drozlin a couple nights ago with my trio @ 54 (Enchanter, Cleric, Magician). Took me five tries before charm held throughout the fight. (Did Verina Tomb last night, too. Chanter epic well underway.) I'm looking at Phinigel for my next achievement.

    First attempt:
    [Sun Apr 04 12:34:32 2021] Vessel Drozlin says 'You may get the Rod of Xolion, but the Crusaders of Greenmist will bury you in this pit!'
    Final attempt:
    [Sun Apr 04 14:34:54 2021] Vessel Drozlin says 'You may get the Rod of Xolion, but the Crusaders of Greenmist will bury you in this pit!'
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:30 2021] Lartik hits Vessel Drozlin for 58 points of damage.
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:30 2021] Vessel Drozlin has been slain by Lartik!
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:30 2021] Your faction standing with Legion of Cabilis got worse.
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:30 2021] Your faction standing with Cabilis Residents got worse.
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:30 2021] Your faction standing with Scaled Mystics got worse.
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:30 2021] Your faction standing with Crusaders of Greenmist got worse.
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:30 2021] Your faction standing with Swift Tails got worse.
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:30 2021] You gain party experience!!
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:32 2021] You receive 1 platinum, 1 gold, 3 silver and 8 copper from the corpse.
    [Sun Apr 04 14:38:35 2021] --You have looted a Xolion Rod.--

    Verina Tomb only took one attempt. She's so much easier it's shocking that they have the same sort of spawn timer.
    [Wed Apr 07 13:39:20 2021] Verina Tomb says 'Hatred is the Universal Truth.'
    [Wed Apr 07 13:45:50 2021] Verina Tomb has been slain by Draan N`Ryt!
    [Wed Apr 07 13:45:50 2021] You gain party experience!!
    [Wed Apr 07 13:46:02 2021] --You have looted a Innoruuk's Word.--
     
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  2. Sketchy

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    It's pretty obvious if you can just look past the blacked out boxes. Grats Thucy!
     
  3. anotheregostar

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    Vessel at 54 is pretty nice - He's way harder than Verina as you said. You'll have no trouble with Phinny or probably Lodi if you were able to take him out.
     
  4. thucydides

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    I can't believe nobody even bothered to speculate on how the Dread kill was done =(

    [Thu Apr 1 12:49:41 2021] You begin casting Tashanian.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:49:42 2021] Dread glances nervously about.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:49:45 2021] You have been slain by Dread!

    [Thu Apr 1 12:49:48 2021] You begin casting Ensnare.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:49:49 2021] Dread has been ensnared.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:50:11 2021] You have been slain by Dread!

    [Thu Apr 1 12:50:22 2021] You begin casting Reviviscence.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:50:22 2021] Your Water Sprinkler of Nem Ankh begins to glow.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:50:40 2021] You begin casting Reviviscence.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:50:40 2021] Your Water Sprinkler of Nem Ankh begins to glow.

    [Thu Apr 1 12:55:21 2021] You begin casting Tashanian.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:55:22 2021] A shiverback glances nervously about.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:55:47 2021] You begin casting Allure.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:55:57 2021] A shiverback's body pulses with the spirit of the Shissar.

    [Thu Apr 1 12:56:37 2021] You begin casting Malo.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:56:42 2021] Dread looks very uncomfortable.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:56:44 2021] You have been slain by Dread!

    [Thu Apr 1 12:57:28 2021] You begin casting Malosini.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:57:31 2021] Dread looks very uncomfortable.

    [Thu Apr 1 12:57:52 2021] Your Fufil`s Curtailing Chant spell has worn off.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:59:23 2021] Your Occlusion of Sound spell has worn off.

    [Thu Apr 1 12:57:01 2021] You begin casting Color Shift.
    [Thu Apr 1 12:57:02 2021] Dread is stunned by scintillating colors.
    [Thu Apr 1 13:00:31 2021] You begin casting Color Shift.
    [Thu Apr 1 13:00:33 2021] Dread is stunned by scintillating colors.

    [Thu Apr 1 12:59:45 2021] You begin casting Manaburn.
    [Thu Apr 1 13:00:06 2021] You begin casting Harvest.
    [Thu Apr 1 13:01:19 2021] You begin casting Voltaic Draught.
    [Thu Apr 1 13:01:22 2021] You have slain Dread!
     
  5. Break

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    Are you saying that you can stun lock Dread or time his DTs? Is he able to DT while stunned? I believe they will go through DA, but it would be mind-blowing to find out that they can be (mostly) avoided using a simple stun.
     
  6. Darchon

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    Druid for Ensnare, Cleric for Resurrect, Enchanter for Tash/Stun, Magician for Malosini, Bard for Occlusion/Fufils, Wizard for Manaburn. Six-boxer confirmed!
     
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  7. showstring

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    Enjoy the ban!! Hope the piccolo was worth it
     
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  8. kai4785

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    lol, I trust there's enough gaps in the time stamps for camping out toons. But once he started doing damage, the fight was over in 37 seconds:

    [Thu Apr 1 12:59:45 2021] Manaburn to [Thu Apr 1 13:01:22 2021] You have slain Dread
     
  9. thucydides

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    Well the pet was going at it for about 4 minutes, and a one handed bard, but the wizard sped things up a lot
     
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  10. relentlessimp

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    I managed to get the tangrin down at 56. I charmed Warlord Zyzz for the fight, weaponized him and gave him a muzzle, and it took a few tries for, once again, charm to hold out long enough for the fight. I mixed in some nuking with the mage, and had the earth pet there with taunt off for DPS, and wound up getting the mage killed when summoned. Managed to rez the mage and resummon the pet for added DPS mid-fight. Charm broke just as the tangrin started to run, but luckily Zyzz was stunned by the monkey long enough to recharm and chase his fleeing ass into the water. managed to lure Zyzz away, break charm, and coth the chanter to clear aggro to get rid of him so I could loot the monkey in peace.

    The first few tries ended with charm breaking early, getting summoned by Zyzz, and the monkey stunning the chanter into oblivion. At that point the earth pet just died in under 30 seconds with no amount of healing capable of keeping it alive.

    Really, the hardest part was charming Zyzz, since there's Troopers all over (and if Trooper Taer is roaming by, he'll aggro on charm). Having a mage to coth when things go south speeds up retries, but it's way too slow if you get more than one trooper. Anyone else wanting to try needs to Pacify Trooper Chikzik on the lower level, and maybe Taer if he's roaming past; otherwise it's quick to duck down the lower level and run out the side entrance, and then hope charm holds long enough to get to your Malo box (though before weaponizing and hasting, a half-decent geared chanter can channel through his smacks to mez and recharm).

    Amusingly, on one of the charm attempts, I aggroed the Crusader on the bottom level... but apparently he doesn't run at SoW speed, so I outdistanced him and only his pet wound up following me to the prep island, which was promptly murdered by Zyzz.
     
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  11. relentlessimp

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    Smacked down Vilefang tonight at 57. It took all damn night and lots of CRs, but it wound up being an accidental pull when I finally managed it. Charmed a worker, since it was popped in the room I was pulling him to, sicced mage earth pet, and landed slow on first try while mezzing the two rats that guard the entrance to his pool - I accidentally proximity aggroed them. Charm held for the fight, and down he went. Now I just need some Vindi tags for my Circlet.

    For a hat trick I went and took out Abyott so I have all the pieces for my Circlet quest.
     
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  12. relentlessimp

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    Got Phinny down at 58. A little late, but it took forever to get EB items for all three characters. Pulled him out, mezzed him, Tash, Malo, drained his mana for a bit, Slowed, Blanketed for blur, Malosini again on the mage for aggro and let mez fade. 57 Earth pet only needed 3 Complete Heals, threw out 2 or 3 nukes on the mage. As an added bonus he had the Staff of Elemental Mastery: Water so I don't have to do it again.

    Guild was bitching at me for streaming boring things and not stuff like epic kills, so I turned on stream right after mage pet engaged. Here
     
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  13. thucydides

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    Is twitch glued to your enchanter client even though you're swapping about or do you have multiple PCs running your different characters? Also, i hate your UI a little bit.
     
  14. relentlessimp

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    I have three computers, one box on each, and stream on my main rig, which is where I play the enchanter. And I like minimal UIs that give me maximum viewing area. I play at 2560x1440 but even back in the halcyon days of 800x600 I preferred UIs like this one. You would probably HATE my WoW UI - I use IceHUD there.
     
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  15. DubRemix88

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    2boxed phinny with just my beastlord and druid today, just to see if i could. Probably my most challenging fight so far.

    The pull was a nightmare and the fight was pretty close (juggled my guys across the zoneline till i could snare him and get him solo... so unbuffed, no pet, and low mana to start the fight). Face tanked him with the beastlord, spamming vt gloves of warding clicky the whole fight. Slowd/debuffed/got a warder up while getting beat on in the corner. Cast mask of hunter,sp, paragon and clicked lunar whisper neck to recover mana on the druid (only used dot clicks for druid dps). Beastial fury/frenzy of spirit got him down to about 50% health, then it was just a matter of not running out of healing mana on the druid. Pull probably took 10 minutes +prep, fight was like 2minutes or less total.

    Sorry I didnt take screencaps, tried to record the fight with a fresh install of CamStudio recorder but the avi file came out corrupted :(
     
  16. Break

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    If you kill the seahorses enough times, you'll eventually get 4 that can be pacified by a druid. It sounds like you wanted a challenge though.
     
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  17. DubRemix88

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    Dont think druids can pacify indoors, could do this with my paladin/trio but it'd really trivialize the fight (could just bind druid near phinny, pull phinny with snare, evac, tag, gate, kill in chamber)
     
  18. Devour_Souls

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    Seahorses is animals.
     
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  19. Mokli

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    The only lull a Druid has that can be used indoors. I actually don't own it. Guess I will now. Looks like there's no level cap for lull animal here, wonder if that is correct. On live, lulling those wasn't a thing for druids, it was a clear pretty much.

    In anycase, if the level cap was active, I don't see how any seahorse could be lulled with it: http://lucy.alkabor.com/spell_240.html
    When all seahorses start at lvl 39 and Harmony and Harmony of Nature are outdoors or are supposed to be.
     
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  20. Devour_Souls

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  21. Mokli

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    The power of assumption is amazing. On live, I never even bothered to get those spells, like here. I just assumed (as probably many others) that it was in line with our other lulls that were outdoors only.
     
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  22. DubRemix88

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    I tried a different pull tactic with the druid and very easily got him solo today in his chamber. No pacify, no invis, no train to zoneline.
     
  23. Break

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    So mysterious. I have two guesses:
    1. Pet pull.
    2. Charm a seahorse and pull from his empty spot.

    Is one of those correct?
     
  24. Saenayil

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    3. Kill all seahorses
     
  25. sowislifesowislove

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    The key to that secret pull strat is patience.
     
  26. DubRemix88

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    Super cheese. Bind in room, pull with crystalized pumice, snare in a corner away from tagger, evac, tag, gate back to heal.

    Feels like setting a trap for the beastlord.
     
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  27. Smudge

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    I'm not the best at trio, but I was particularly proud of fishing Magi out from 2nd Floor Cathedral 2nd spawn. Mage/Ench/Clr
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  28. Walex

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    Yelinak dead.

    To all those who sent me hate mail for selling loot rights in alliance, I don't plan on making this a thing and i'm not indending to steal loot from the rest of the server a la p99. I just wanted to check this one off the list. Sorry!

    Edit: Loot was mask, sk 1hander, cleric 1hander, Dragon's eye sage ring, talisman, head
     

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  29. thucydides

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    Damn man, grats. I'd played with the idea of it but got intimidated and never got around to really trying. I'm not even sure if my sorry non-ogre self could do it, getting stunned in range might be a death sentence.

    How many peridots did you blow through?
     
  30. showstring

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    wow people really do get mad about anything these days
    how dare someone else kill merbs and acquire pixels >.<


    hopefully the sold loot made up for the used up peridots
     
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