One more quick q re: small rocks

[Sarumar]

there is a bed nearby

[nyktos]

Okay I was wondering if anyone figured out a great strategy to getting the rols quicker? I just kill all the trainers and master than go off the map for 3 mins and do it again I was wondering if there is a better way?

my thoughts...

[it depends on how much time you have / what you're doing]

* i set up my phone to maintain battery if i will be away from power
* i have a stopwatch app to mark 3 mins
* i decide how i will grind...

--- clear all rooms & wait 3 mins
[i read the forums after clearing mobs & getting "off-screen"]

~OR~

--- "float" in the room / screen with the highest spawn rate
[after 3 mins of killing fresh spawns (floating)]
then clear the other screens!

keep in mind: you are gaining as you hunt = loot, XP & gold!

[Poots80]

I find it really useless to sit around for the respawn. I usually do something else while I'm grinding. But I do find that in the gargoyle cave with the "platform" where the boss was, the masters seem to respawn a lot quicker. Sometimes I'll be able to kill 4 or 5 before other guys respawn.

Also, I'll go around killing regular gargoyles in other parts of the cave just for exp.

Works for me.

[pugsrule]

Welcome to the struggle compadre. It seems that cold facts are in play here. It's just a matter of grinding away and praying to the randomizer.

I'll let you in some harebrained strategies I've tried to no avail.

I've tried hiding behind the columns and furniture and jumping them.

I've tried going around the columns in a counterclockwise pattern, before attacking.

I've tried going around the columns in a clockwise pattern, before attacking.

I've tried standing right next to their respawn tiles and whacking them as fast as I could.

I've tried fighting them with no armor, no helmet/hat, no shoes/boots, no rings or amulets, no weapons, nada.

I've tried letting them whack me until an inch of my life.

I've tried suicide (actually letting them kill me).

I've tried just killing just the bosses (masters).

I've tried just killing the interns (trainees).

I've tried being nice with them by dropping mead, meat raw and cooked, mushrooms, carrots, weak poisons, etc.

I've dropped items on the floor spelling DIE and GIVE.

Nuttin' worked.

I personally think they are sick or broken. A high percentage of them drop (stones) small rocks when you whack 'em. A clear indication of kidney issues.

GRIND ON...........

AND ON.........

AND ON..........

[nyktos]

oh boy, i TOTALLY understand!
i am feeling the hurt right now!!!

i have done "the grind" more than a few times...
i've gotten the drop before the count (measure item) every time.

BUT - at the moment, the last item i need for the full set... the ElyR
im almost at 1,500 poisons = 7,500 small rocks on a RoLS grind

i stopped two days ago, for a breath of fresh air...
and i thought about heading back to Iqhan
(so i can compete in the Highscore Thread)
but im back at it - determined to get my drop!

i feel like, that if i leave - i will lose my count.
but that is IN MY HEAD! my point is... you could get three drops in a row
from only three mobs - you just gotta "get lucky"

so give up on the grind if you want,
but hold on & keep going!
it might only take ONE MORE KILL!
good luck travelers!

[mirajp1]

you both are having tough luck
It's same with me.
To complete my set I just need a ShAF but after 23 JRODR and 255 polished rings I still haven't got one ...
But atleast I m near iqhan caves so I m levelling up

[nyktos]

when you're waiting for respawn...
make sure you are not standing on an actual spawn point!

[phydeaux]

Are there "spawn points"? I thought they were zones in which the randomizer picked a point for each spawn...

[nyktos]

there are single tiles designated to spawn mobs
(each spawning tile has a limit to how many mobs it can produce)

most just spawn one, but i have seen three or four...
when you see the partition for the mobs
(i think it looks something like this... )

(1+1+3)

thats three tiles, one of which can produce up to three mobs...

so it would be bad to stand on one
or worse if it was the tile that could spawn multiple mobs...

[phydeaux]

Oic... I haven't gotten into the map coding yet, so there ya go