Open MG raid Mar 18 2011

[Arionex]

Looking to take the MG down to 80 and possibly 10% for the group task aug rewards tomorrow at 19:00GMT. I have talked to SoD and a few other guilds who are willing to help. The quests updated by doing this are Parts is Parts and Maximum Capacity. The updates for Parts is Parts happens at 80 and for Maximum Capacity happens at 10%, at which point the MG goes inactive.

Make sure you have the quests if you plan on joining. The NPC is Gearbie Gogglenoggin located at pos 1814 pos 2291 in DSH.

This a static open target raid. My understanding so far is that everyone in raid (possibly anyone in the area of MG will get updated) I cannot confirm either whether MG spawns adds during the attack. Those of you who have not done some of the farming parts of these tasks need to know that the adds are immune to snare, root and mez. They may need to be offtanked. I dont have alot of details but I am willing to at least try this event. Any help leading or simply attending would be appreciated.

[Zzlaarr]

I'll try to be there. Question is, when? ;)

[Dalsina]

Sounds Fun :)

[Blackjaw]

I'll be there with me and bard (Linalee).

When we watched MG on the first day, he spawned 18-23 mobs in front of him over a time of probably a minute. After a while (20 minutes?) they started to despawn again. When all were gone, MG spawned a fresh wave. And so on.

When the mobs were killed, there was no immediate respawn. Each mob can drop a single quest item - not always. The "uncommon" mobs (those that do not exist in the regular MG mission) always dropped a specific piece.

MG itself is static, can be attacked, and does nothing. Spell resists are insanely high.

His spawned mobs are pretty rough.. Lvl 90-95. The suits can be mezzed usually. The copters can not. They quad for up to 10k per hit (on my bard with ~6400AC, CA/CS 30). Some have a 30k AE (flamesuits, oozes). Some have massive heals (copter).

If he behaves different when under attack is a little unclear - but if over 100 people hit on him, be ready for MASSIVE lag and delays. There WILL be add waves; imo these are the same as when he is left in peace, but there were reports that the waves did not appear for 2 hours and then there were like 50+ adds at once.

[Deillusional]

I was speaking to Vmas yesterday and RF and SoD was going to take it out on Tuesday 22nd March, if you do take it out today don't kill it bring it down to 10% and wait for the script to catch up for the updates. It is not meant to be killed. (and be prepared for it to take along time (2 guilds took 5+ hrs to bring it down)). I have posted that you're planning on trying it tonight too, on SoD forum, perhaps you will get some people showing for that tonight.

[Schalimar]

i can't today. 22nd sounds better :)

[Abadonn]

I'll be there with me

Dibs on fero.

[Imrahil]

RF will raid this target during our raid hours on Tuesday together with SoD.

Today is an off day thing which of course you are allowed to do (just don't kill him :P).

[Blackjaw]

I also read that he got killed on another server - stopping dps for the server to catch up at around 20% should be advised :biggrin:
If there are no adds for more than 30 minutes, DPS should stop too for a while imo ;)

[Zzlaarr]

*** Hotfix ***

- The Mechamatic Guardian now has a limiter on the number of steamworks it can command at once. It will no longer process damage if this limit is exceeded.
- Reduced the spell resistances and the resistance to combat abilities on the Mechamatic Guardian. It should also return to where it belongs if pulled or pushed away.


http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=174972 (http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=174972)

[Imrahil]

Should be a bit quicker then :)

[Fantaghiroo]

Anniversary Raid: The Mechamatic Guardian

Where:
•Dragonscale Hills
Who:
•Gearbie Gogglenoggin (close to Vesiss, NW of zone in) in DSH

Say: "get them" to receive both tasks: "Maximum Capacity" and "Parts IS Parts"

The task "Maximum Capacity" is progressed by killing the Mechamatic Guardian in the Dragonscale Hills.
Updates occur at 80%, 60%, 40%, 20%, and 10%.
He then locks health and regenerates to full.
The Mechamatic Guardian is very spell resistant and has a very large amount of hitpoints.
Every certain health %, adds spawn at his location.
Everyone in the task receives a reward.

The task "Parts IS Parts" is progressed by killing the Mechamatic Guardian in the Dragonscale Hills down to 80%.
You can repeat this task and it's possible to get both augs as rewards. You can loot the drops of 15 mobs which
spawn around 13mins. The deliver step will update both tasks in time.
Best is to wait until you did the task "Parts IS Parts" once. After getting the task again you get updates for both
tasks and don't need collect more rare drops. If you got all drops, just hand them in and get your reward.

[Fantaghiroo]

Rewards for task " Parts IS Parts" are 2 augs (but you need do it twice for second aug):

Mana Laminated Gear set
[/URL]http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97013 (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97013)

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE AUGMENTATION
Augmentation type: 7 8
Slot: HEAD FACE EAR NECK SHOULDERS ARMS BACK WRIST RANGE HANDS PRIMARY SECONDARY FINGER CHEST LEGS FEET WAIST
AC: 28
STR: 0+2 DEX: 0+2 STA: 0+2 CHA: 0+2 WIS: 0+3 INT: 0+3 AGI: 0+3 HP: +220 MANA: +220 ENDUR: +220
SV CORRUPTION: +15
Recommended level of 90. Required level of 85.
WT: 0.0 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL



Beveled Mithril Gear Set
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97012 (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97012)

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE AUGMENTATION
Augmentation type: 7 8
Slot: HEAD FACE EAR NECK SHOULDERS ARMS BACK WRIST RANGE HANDS PRIMARY SECONDARY FINGER CHEST LEGS FEET WAIST
AC: 38
STR: 0+3 DEX: 0+2 STA: 0+3 CHA: 0+2 WIS: 0+2 INT: 0+2 AGI: 0+2 HP: +160 MANA: +160 ENDUR: +160
SV CORRUPTION: +15
Recommended level of 90. Required level of 85.
WT: 0.0 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL


Reward for task "Maximum Capacity" is a new mount:

Whirligig Flyer Control Device

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE
Slot: AMMO
Charges: Unlimited
Effect: Whirligig Flyer (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=9111) (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: 2.0)
WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

[url]http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97049 (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97049)

[Vegethalia]

Uh i didnt have time to begin with this aniversary tasks, so I am a bit lost...
In order to get the reward tomorrow (with the raid), all I need to do is ask for the 2 missions or do I have to complete something else?

Thx!

Vege.

[Pede]

Uh i didnt have time to begin with this aniversary tasks, so I am a bit lost...
In order to get the reward tomorrow (with the raid), all I need to do is ask for the 2 missions or do I have to complete something else?

Thx!

Vege.

You need to get the quests from the gnome mentioned above in DSH. Then get the updates from the raid and then collect the bits from the 15 mobs that spawn every 15 or so min. Sounds "easy" but it aint.. most idiotic quests ever. Especially as everyone needs minimum one item from one mob and most who want the "cool" mount need 3 more.

[Abadonn]

Uh i didnt have time to begin with this aniversary tasks, so I am a bit lost...
In order to get the reward tomorrow (with the raid), all I need to do is ask for the 2 missions or do I have to complete something else?


Yes, can collect pieces after doing the raid bit.

[Imrahil]

Can pre-collect also?

[Xack]

Update is when handing items in, so yes, can pre-collect.

Also note that you only need 2 of each item (and 3 for a few) even if you want the mount, as the items are the same for both tasks, and when you hand in an item, both tasks will be updated.

Task "Parts is Parts" (that gives the augments) require 1 of each item, and the other task (that gives the mount), requires 2 of each item (except for a few which it need 3 of).

You can therefor turn in items for "Parts is Parts" and get the first augment (which then also updated half of the mount-task), then get the "Parts is Parts" again and turn items in a second time, which will update the other half of the mount-task.

[Vegethalia]

Wooot thx all for the info!! :D