Mastodon Cloak

[Abazagaroth]

Once all the spawns are CoV mobs and ice burrowers just log out for 30 minutes and watch TV, or zone to SG and get some exp if you can kill in there. Those mobs despawn now after about that time. During my mastodon hunting time last week I spend 36 hours+ to get 4 furs, about half that time I was by myself and farmed all the mammals out several times, just waited, and those 6 ice burrowers I had roaming near SG was down to 1, and mammals were up again all over.

[Kaidian Blade]

Hmmm....

Abazagaroth...

I don't think the mobs de-spawn. Likely, some folks came through and were Ice Burrower farming. I've spent a gawd-awful amount of time hunting in WW. Being able to track, I can pretty much say with certaintly that unless you kill something, it stays up. There were many times (very late at night) I was the only person in the zone and the same number of Burrowers or CoV mobs were up while I was killing Hounds or PHs for the hounds (Mastodons, Brontotheriums). The longer I was there though.. the MORE CoV faction mobs popped as I killed more of the animals. The zone eventually becomes devoid of all animals and then it's deserted.

By the way...

What prices are being seen for the Velium Mastodon Furs on servers? I've seen them for 2-3k already on Sol Ro.

[Canto Wolfheart]

[Naeen]

On Emarr the furs go anywhere from 2-5k and the cloak ranges from 25-40k. Crazy if you ask me. But I'm already a wood elf so what do I need some silly crown for.

[Wyrdlan]

2k on Rodcet Nife.


Interesting aside, I went to bed with a cloak priced at 20k, and woke up Sunday morning to NINE different people telling me I'd never sell it for 20k and offering from 8k to 12k for it. Also, one person (who had not sent me a message I should point out) had purchased it for 20k.

I resisted sending a message to each of the nine people telling them to buy a clue. When hides go for 2k each if you don't get lucky on the first or second try 20k is selling at a LOSS.

Besides, I figure if you have the time and money to put that much effort into looking like a wood elf you deserve to pay up.

Old saying accredited to Anon:

It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.

[Talanic]

My experience:

The MOBs do NOT despawn. I have gone to WW to hunt (I've been exping there for weeks) and found almost everything up as an ice burrower.

I don't think that the animals are all on cov faction spawn. However, they are DEFINITELY phs of the ice burrowers and vice versa.

Killing animals spawns burrowers. Killing burrowers spawns animals. Fortunately, I was after the burrowers for exp anyway...and at times I would use CoV faction pets against them (NOTE: I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE), thinning out both populations at once.

It's an odd phenomenon. If a charmed npc attacks an ice burrower, the burrower's dispell proc will inevitably strip charm. However, the proc is also a DD...which is applied AFTER the dispell...which means that the npc is then aggro on the burrower, 9 times out of 10. If you can make it to zone (cov faction npcs all summon) after sicing your pet on a burrower, you may zone out to find the burrower laying waste to COV NPCs. This is incredibly dangerous, and may cause trouble with your server GMs, potentially. I talked a GM through it once and he did not comment. Also, if you try it, be responsible and don't get anyone else killed.

[Prence Talormade]

2.5K for mastodon Furs on Prexus, and extremely rare to find them in the Bazaar. We do have several 250 tailors on Prexus so they may be getting combined as fast as they are pharmed. only seeing about 1-2 cloaks for sell a day and they last only minutes selling price is about 15K. I can verify that the mastodons/hounds/bronto being killed off in WW does eventually result in all CoV Faction mobs in that zone and no evidence that they will despawn until killed or patched out .