Camping Minstrel's Coat

[Xerlic]

Maybe someone killed the Warlord, cuz I just went to the Altar to make sure I knew where I was going since I'm running an AF3 alliance on Saturday. I found the Altar, but it's a good thing I didn't run into the room because there definitely was an orcish Warlord in there with the altar that conned Impossible to gauge. O_o

[LockeCole]

There is one harder Orc type in the throne room, but nothing too tough. I think the ones you guys are referring to is the Orc Overlord (Overlord B-somejunk), who's surrounded by other "Impossible to Gauge" orcs ( who remembers names:spin: )

[Vilurum]

So are there two altars, or two spawn points for the orc warlord (who occasionally spawns as overlord bakgodek rather like lumbering lambert from battering ram)?

Because having done AF3, and having subsequently been dragged along to skillup in the other area (including on the warlord O_O), I can definitely confirm that there is an altar in one place and a warlord in another place. So unless there's a second altar or a second warlord spawn spot ... I don't see it as being an issue.

Remember: the altar is in the first part of Monastic Cavern (the part you pass through in order to reach top-center Davoi), not the second part past the barrier.

[Layoneil]

in the first area (before the gate that needs to be opened with the Crimson Orb). there's an Altar, that's the Altar you need for the BRD AF3, that's also the part of Monastic Cavern where the Coffers are located.

at that Altar there is ONE - Orcish Warlord, it has True Sight.

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in the second area (after the Crimson Orb). there's another Altar, to the NW of this Altar is the Orc Crest for Genkai III.

around this Altar are a number of Orcish Warlords, Orcish Hexspinners and Orcish Overlords. all of them have True Sight.

Overlord Bakgodek is the HNM, he's a lottery pop of the Orcish Overlords in this area.

[Vilurum]

Ah, I get it. So the conclusion we can all draw from this is: Vil doesn't always know what he's talking about. ^^

So, um ... what's the other altar for?

[Layoneil]

don't know, not even sure if there's anything targetable there, never got that close.

[Xerlic]

I was definitely in the area you described because I was following your directions, Vil. =P BTW, thanks for that. I was originally going to just wander around Davoi and Monastic Cavern till I read this thread.

[Shiymmas]

I'm wondering, have any of you Novv campers ever seen him more than once in a single day (24 hour period)? The reason I ask is because last night, my LS had groups taking shifts on his spawn for over 12 hours while others were hunting Hakutaku eyes and Novv never showed up, at all.

Now personally, I've seen Novv 4 times, and killed him 3 times, and never seen minstrel's coat OR siren's hair. Strangely enough however, as often as I've camped him (now at over 50 hours on his spawn), I'd never seen Yarr the Pearleyed until last night, which I saw twice, but I've never seen Novv more than once a day.

So anyway, I realize he's "lottery" but most NMs that are lottery have a repop timer, then it's just a matter of chance if the NM spawns, within a certain time frame. However, Novv seems to be unique in that he doesn't spawn within most lottery pops' 2-8hr time period. That said, it makes me wonder if in fact he's not a 24hr spawn, simply due to the fact that I've never seen him twice in one day, and have had many 5hr~ camps on his spawn end without ever seeing him.

An interesting note to add; we camped Novv from about 7 or 8pm central up until after 8am. Around the time the second maintainence from the other day would've ended, 2 Japanese Novv-hunting parties showed up right on his spawn and started killing placeholders. This furthers my thought that perhaps he's a 24hr spawn, simply because this would've been within the pop window for a 24hr spawn after the maintainence server outage.

Any thoughts? Anyone seen him more than once a day? I'm really fed up with camping him, and I want some concrete information about his spawn conditions, instead of rumors, or mistranslated JP site info.

[grunion]

i personally camped him twice, saw him twice both times. both times were similar

start camping and killing PH's
2 hour later he pops
kill PH's for 2 more hours
he pops again

same thing happened the 2nd time, about 2 hours before he popped both times.

[Siven]

I camped Novv over a period of 4 days:

Day 1: killed all sahagins in the area; 1st pop (hair, no TH) in about 2 hours, but 2nd didn't pop (hair, no TH) until 3 and half hours later; the other worthless NM also popped twice during this time.

Day 2: only killed PH in the southern part; 1st pop (nothing, no TH) in about 2 hours, 2nd pop (nothing, no TH) at least 4 and half hours later; other NM popped once.

Day 3: only killed PH in the southern part; 1st pop (nothing, no TH) in 1.5 hours, 2nd pop (2 hairs, TH2) about 3 hours later.

Day 4: only killed PH in the southern part; 1st pop (coat, TH2) in about 3 hours.

[Shanra]

I managed to get a PT to go camp this for me. Luckily they were that bored. We killed placeholders for about 4 hours before he spawned. We were the only ones in the area at first, and then another small party (skill up perhaps..only 3 people) came and were killing some too. We had been there so long and saw neither NM pop, we were going to give up at midnight (my time) which was 20 min away, when we decided.

10 min before we were going to give up, the thing spawned. I got lucky, hehe. He dropped the coat, no hair. I had a thf 2 with me. (Who, after 4 hours, came away with 16 gold beast coins, the rich bastid tarutaru, haha.) I'm glad too, as getting people to camp that was rather hard.

Now if I can just get people to go kill Hurrican Wyverns so I can get my skull..I can finish the Opo-opo crown quest...

[Vilurum]

A 62 SAM friend of mine, along with a 70-something RDM friend of *his*, offered to hunt the coat with me while we were waiting to do Windurst rank 8 missions last weekend. So we went there, and encountered another party of 70's which was skilling up and testimony hunting there.

We joined forces, I got to witness the glory and power that is a taru SC, and the testimony dropped after about half an hour. About two thirds of them were kind enough to stick around and keep fighting until the NM popped about an hour and a half later - and joy of joys, it dropped the coat (no hair).

So yeah ... I was really incredibly lucky when it came to getting this item, but I'm still very happy to have gotten it. Next on my list, as well, are Opo-Opo Crown items. And maybe a Kard some day, but I'm a bit attached to my Light Staff so I'd likely not use it much for debuffs. And for melee, my Cermet Sword +1 is my current favorite choice (even though it's some 30 levels under cap, unlike my near-cap dagger).

(Incidentally, my luck continued later with the missions. I walked out of Uggalepih with an Unlit Lantern and an Uggalepih Offering, though I did lose the lot on the Tonberry Board.)

[Miriamel]

Was there 5 hours, no pop, we left, 10 mins later it pops and the other party that was camping (and arrived about 20 mins before we left) gets it. Oh joy.

[Kweh]

My LS went with another tonight to camp Chyrbadis (sp), and half of us camped Novv. Novv spawned after about an hour of killing, got the coat first drop

Coastal Sahagins are Novv's placeholders

[Vilurum]

And for all that trouble, it's not as nice looking as the nice soft warm looking Choral Justaucorps too. It's this black coat design ... I think Tactician Magician's Coat is the same? Something like that. One of the things where it floofs out at the waist like a hoop dress. Even on guys.