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Hello everyone,
I just finished 7th shawl and all of 8 except the actual war. I want to share some of my insights about the Swordfish tooth drop which isn't in the write up by Verdandi.
First of all, the write up seems to indicate that it may be possible to solo the swordfish near the succor point. I went there to reconoiter some and see if I thought it was doable. First off, Siren's Grotto will strip SOE and probably lev. I didn't try just SOW. Second, the swordfish are immune to changes in run speed, ie. no snare or root. Third and most important, swordfish see invis.
This combination of factors plus the underwater fighting makes them extremely difficult if not impossible to solo. I jumped into the water near the water fall with 10 min fixed duration invis, and was immediately agroed by one of them. No snare, no root, constant interrupts and for some reason couldn't jump out of the water, may have been my panic. I died on that attempt and got a rez from a guildie. Next night I went back with 3 friends. Three of us were 59 and had a bored 46 enchanter with us who was willing to try it for kicks. Even with the 4 of us it was a risky fight at first until we got our act together. One was a 59 mage and another 59 druid. The way we finally did it was summon a mage pet, buff it and ourselves to teh max, jump in, pull with malosini from mage, and send the pet in. The other druid and I CH the pet as needed. The first swordfish near the waterfall can be single pulled, the next one can't and you'll always get 2 with this one. It took us 5 swordfish to get tooth and there were a few iffy minutes while we worked out a strategy.
Thanks for all the info here on EQ traders and the write ups by verdandi.
Arturio Emerys
I just finished 7th shawl and all of 8 except the actual war. I want to share some of my insights about the Swordfish tooth drop which isn't in the write up by Verdandi.
First of all, the write up seems to indicate that it may be possible to solo the swordfish near the succor point. I went there to reconoiter some and see if I thought it was doable. First off, Siren's Grotto will strip SOE and probably lev. I didn't try just SOW. Second, the swordfish are immune to changes in run speed, ie. no snare or root. Third and most important, swordfish see invis.
This combination of factors plus the underwater fighting makes them extremely difficult if not impossible to solo. I jumped into the water near the water fall with 10 min fixed duration invis, and was immediately agroed by one of them. No snare, no root, constant interrupts and for some reason couldn't jump out of the water, may have been my panic. I died on that attempt and got a rez from a guildie. Next night I went back with 3 friends. Three of us were 59 and had a bored 46 enchanter with us who was willing to try it for kicks. Even with the 4 of us it was a risky fight at first until we got our act together. One was a 59 mage and another 59 druid. The way we finally did it was summon a mage pet, buff it and ourselves to teh max, jump in, pull with malosini from mage, and send the pet in. The other druid and I CH the pet as needed. The first swordfish near the waterfall can be single pulled, the next one can't and you'll always get 2 with this one. It took us 5 swordfish to get tooth and there were a few iffy minutes while we worked out a strategy.
Thanks for all the info here on EQ traders and the write ups by verdandi.
Arturio Emerys
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