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Anyone have any feedback on unlocking contracts of war vs running goblins and fools?

Can FTP 110 toons handle it with a 110 gold tank, all snowbound geared? My shaman healer is now 120 but his gear isn't great.

Is it better AAs a run?
 
Kelset said:
Anyone have any feedback on unlocking contracts of war vs running goblins and fools?

Can FTP 110 toons handle it with a 110 gold tank, all snowbound geared? My shaman healer is now 120 but his gear isn't great.

Is it better AAs a run?
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I believe that @imgregrice has run Goblins and Fools with F2P 110 group. Greg? Comment?
 
Kelset said:
Anyone have any feedback on unlocking contracts of war vs running goblins and fools?

Can FTP 110 toons handle it with a 110 gold tank, all snowbound geared? My shaman healer is now 120 but his gear isn't great.

Is it better AAs a run?
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G&F is going to be a significantly easier instance than Contracts of War, and significantly less xp / hr.
If you can complete the pre-quest for CoW, then you can easily handle G&F.

My path has been 95-105/107: G&F, 105/107-110 to AA max: GMM
Go to GMM soon as you can, some groups may be able to go sooner... just try it out.
I've not completed all the pre-quests for CoW... so I cannot compare GMM to it... but GMM is fantastic 105-110 + AA XP.

I like that route as it requires no pre-questing to run the instances.

When you say FTP 110... do you mean 250AA FTP? My group of 6 is FTP with a 1x krono and max AA @ 110. They easily handle the above.
Having a 110 gold tank would probably still carry you in G&F (so long as you have CC). For the other instances... a true FTP (250AA) group may not have enough UMPH even with the gold tank.
 
Colonel - USMC Retired said:
Thanks! So to clarify, it would look like this?
[CODE lang="yaml" title="Resume Grind React"]globals:
EverQuest: (just an example server)
StupidToon:
Resumegrind: enabled
reacts:
Resumegrind:
action: /grind resume
condition: "${Grind.Paused} && !${Group.AnyoneMissing} && !${SpawnCount[pccorpse]}"
sleep_frames: 15[/CODE]
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That looks good to me, please let me know if you have any issues.
 
hytiek said:
I had tried this almost perfectly. I had no issue with Healer Merc - the issue I had once was DPS Merc. What fascinates me is that my experience had PC3 drop from group but the Merc remained in the group. I've talked with Sic and it seems that this is a new EQ issue over the last month or so. I'll keep looking into this, but at this time, I do not have a remedy or solution in mind.
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Thanks man, I appreciate you looking in to it :)
 
allandallis235 said:
G&F is going to be a significantly easier instance than Contracts of War, and significantly less xp / hr.
If you can complete the pre-quest for CoW, then you can easily handle G&F.

My path has been 95-105/107: G&F, 105/107-110 to AA max: GMM
Go to GMM soon as you can, some groups may be able to go sooner... just try it out.
I've not completed all the pre-quests for CoW... so I cannot compare GMM to it... but GMM is fantastic 105-110 + AA XP.

I like that route as it requires no pre-questing to run the instances.

When you say FTP 110... do you mean 250AA FTP? My group of 6 is FTP with a 1x krono and max AA @ 110. They easily handle the above.
Having a 110 gold tank would probably still carry you in G&F (so long as you have CC). For the other instances... a true FTP (250AA) group may not have enough UMPH even with the gold tank.
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Hey sorry, clarity of the group comp always helps =) it is also kind of wacky because of the way my friends and i came back to EQ and then our tank dropped off for real life commitments (traitor!)

106 SK gold account (haven't bought him expansion yet)
120 shaman gold account
110 bard autogranted up to RoS max, will be back to FTP in a few days
110 druid autogranted up to RoS max, will be back to FTP in a few days
I'm also currently leveling some other boxes to join the group currently a zerk and beast, they are 104 and catching up just basically leeching at this point

I've not tried to use him to tank anything in TBL while unlocking things i've just used my merc tank and some of my friends that are playing we do that for fun, so i'm not sure how he would preform in TBL but i suspect very poorly until at a minimum 110, once i get him there what are his chances at CoW? Would it be worth it to step up xp, or is GMM a good bet?

My plan is to get the SK to 110, i'm not sure when i will buy him SoL but i will at some point for the level increase, the DPSes in the group will eventually also be kronoed

Thanks!
 
Kelset said:
Hey sorry, clarity of the group comp always helps =) it is also kind of wacky because of the way my friends and i came back to EQ and then our tank dropped off for real life commitments (traitor!)

106 SK gold account (haven't bought him expansion yet)
120 shaman gold account
110 bard autogranted up to RoS max, will be back to FTP in a few days
110 druid autogranted up to RoS max, will be back to FTP in a few days
I'm also currently leveling some other boxes to join the group currently a zerk and beast, they are 104 and catching up just basically leeching at this point

I've not tried to use him to tank anything in TBL while unlocking things i've just used my merc tank and some of my friends that are playing we do that for fun, so i'm not sure how he would preform in TBL but i suspect very poorly until at a minimum 110, once i get him there what are his chances at CoW? Would it be worth it to step up xp, or is GMM a good bet?

My plan is to get the SK to 110, i'm not sure when i will buy him SoL but i will at some point for the level increase, the DPSes in the group will eventually also be kronoed

Thanks!
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I think your group is strong enough for GMM... I think I'd try it. If you struggle too much, then fall back to G&F for a couple levels.
Regarding CoW... I think I'd wait until the group was 110 w/ some AAs before tackling the progression to unlock CoW.
 
i have a small problem with maidens eye grind. my group isn't that tough on kills, so i often stay in the whole 5 hours and don't finish it to the last waypoint. i get booted out of the quest and then the toons stand around and don't get a new quest. is there a workaround or a change to get them in after 5 hours again?
and well, i like to stay in for the whole 5 hours....
 
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vanemon said:
i have a small problem with maidens eye grind. my group isn't that tough on kills, so i often stay in the whole 5 hours and don't finish it to the last waypoint. i get booted out of the quest and then the toons stand around and don't get a new quest. is there a workaround or a change to get them in after 5 hours again?
and well, i like to stay in for the whole 5 hours....
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That's a first ... Yeah definitely something which needs to be catered for. You aren't pausing Grind and putting your crew on hunter tank are you? You are legit just letting Grind take you through the 13 locations and that takes 5 hrs ?
 
hytiek said:
That's a first ... Yeah definitely something which needs to be catered for. You aren't pausing Grind and putting your crew on hunter tank are you? You are legit just letting Grind take you through the 13 locations and that takes 5 hrs ?
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23 locations - otherwise that's ok - in that bigger hall there are so much mobs and/or i am killing so slow, that i get repops before the crew moves - but btw i like it, cause crew is off the screen for others for almost 5 hours;-) doing round 60aa an hour which is enough for me anyways....
 
vanemon said:
23 locations - otherwise that's ok - in that bigger hall there are so much mobs and/or i am killing so slow, that i get repops before the crew moves - but btw i like it, cause crew is off the screen for others for almost 5 hours;-) doing round 60aa an hour which is enough for me anyways....
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Typo on those locations, thanks! =)

How many healers are you running ? And killing so slowly, I really think you are doing yourself a disservice in Shei @ 60aa/hour; you should be way north of that in Restless Assault (Great Divide Two).
 
restless assault gave me round 30 aa - well - gear isnt that good so far, all toons 120 and almost maxxed aa - far off the 2500 hdex btw - group1 gear lvl 115 to 120 - tank almost fully g1 latest expansion - rest i'm working atm - most of the toons will have the 8 pieces g1 the next two days i would say (not that this will be a huge boost) - on board are 2 ber as well (all toons have epic 2.0) - all running on class plugin's (war and so on) - healers: cle+shm
 
Speaking about kills per hour....

Im at 80 kph in restless assault.

Is this an ok number? I get around 40% aa exp per kill so not that great. Didnt try the other grinds yet because restless is realy save for me (zero deaths),
 
krause said:
Speaking about kills per hour....

Im at 80 kph in restless assault.

Is this an ok number? I get around 40% aa exp per kill so not that great. Didnt try the other grinds yet because restless is realy save for me (zero deaths),
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for me, that's ok and correlates with my 30aa an hour there - but again, my toons seem to be pretty low dps.... and well, i don't know why
 
The KPH relates to so many factors and really should be used in line with gear/aa's and such. My toons are half group and half raid geared... I think my main crew in RA does about 190kph while my b-team was about 115 kph (war,shd,clr,clr,brd,rog).
 
Has anyone experienced with Goblin and Fools a goblin adept spawning in staging area when you zone in? This has happened to me about 1 in 10 runs, wipes my group since CWTN toons are paused at that point
 
Are there plans to do an 85 HA so that we can PL heroic chars? Or even just level heroic chars?
 
azcardfan7 said:
Has anyone experienced with Goblin and Fools a goblin adept spawning in staging area when you zone in? This has happened to me about 1 in 10 runs, wipes my group since CWTN toons are paused at that point
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Thanks for letting me know about this. I'll give it a look.

FWIW: I don't release the new grinds until I've run them successfully for ~ 15 hours. It's always possible that something is server specific or changed.
 
Boogsie said:
Are there plans to do an 85 HA so that we can PL heroic chars? Or even just level heroic chars?
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I'm not looking for such level stuff at the moment but I'm always open for suggestions. Provide information/url/etc and I'll be happy to give it a look.
 
Fantastic plugin, reminds me of WIlliams' from back in the day.

Once yesterday, and twice today, my group gets to the end of the locations, and then just sits there. Safe mode is off. Not sure why it doesn't end the task. I let them sit there for 5-10 minutes to see if it ends the task, but doesn't. No one has died, in that I need to resume. I have to manually /grind end, and then /grind start once outside.

Any thoughts? Cheers
 
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scoops420 said:
Fantastic plugin, reminds me of WIlliams' from back in the day.

Once yesterday, and twice today, my group gets to the end of the locations, and then just sits there. Safe mode is off, so I am not sure why it doesn't end the task. I let them sit there for 5-10 minutes to see if it ends the task, but doesn't. No one has died, in that I need to resume. I have to manually /grind end, and then /grind start once outside.

Any thoughts? Cheers
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I'm not sure where you are encountering this problem? When it get stuck like that again, open the grind ui, open variables (TLO and debug) snippet it, and send to me please (private message) along with your MQ2Grind.ini -- thanks !
 
hytiek said:
I'm not sure where you are encountering this problem? When it get stuck like that again, open the grind ui, open variables (TLO and debug) snippet it, and send to me please (private message) along with your MQ2Grind.ini -- thanks !
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Will do! Appreciate it.
 
There is a rare chance a "swell armor" pops at the zone-in area of 'Contract of War' that can, and will wipe the group because everything is paused.

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Morning Hytiek! Restless Assault mission, safe mode at location 26, and they didn't end the task. Waited about 10 minutes to see if the plugin would end it, to no avail. Uploading you a screenshot of the TLO and debug variables as requested.

Can't pm you grind .ini. Redguides gives me an error saying "you can't send this person a message"

Let me know if you need me to do anything else or have any suggestions!
 

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I'm currently running GMM-The Darkness Howls. Can I check, using Grind will Grash, Bloodmoon Growler have a chance of spawning as I'd like to grab the Jetsam of the Darkened Sea AC aug.

Update:

Note: This named only spawns in a Heroic Adventure.Heroic Adventure: The Darkness Howls
  • Additional Info: Spawns after Step 4
 
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Sinickal said:
I'm currently running GMM-The Darkness Howls. Can I check, using Grind will Grash, Bloodmoon Growler have a chance of spawning as I'd like to grab the Jetsam of the Darkened Sea AC aug.
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Grind is not performing the mission, it's harvesting the XP mobs in the mission. So running Grind will not spawn the named.
 
One of the coolest features of this that i spotted right away and loved is the random /say written in to the script. Makes it look way more human. I wonder if that could also be added to the start of the /grind start as well when activating the group so everyone in the group doesnt sit at the exact same time.

adding it to the /say is very subtle and quite genius! those little touches make all the difference. thanks again for a great program

Edit: so i think this would do it ya? Start=/multiline ; /timed $\{Math.Rand[20,120]} /mac kissassist assist ${Group.MainTank}
 
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zathus said:
One of the coolest features of this that i spotted right away and loved is the random /say written in to the script. Makes it look way more human. I wonder if that could also be added to the start of the /grind start as well when activating the group so everyone in the group doesnt sit at the exact same time.

adding it to the /say is very subtle and quite genius! those little touches make all the difference. thanks again for a great program

Edit: so i think this would do it ya? Start=/multiline ; /timed $\{Math.Rand[20,120]} /mac kissassist assist ${Group.MainTank}
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You know what, that's a great idea. I'll add it for the next release after we're on the 64bit version of MQ!
 
I've had this happen to two chapters about 3 times now, for some reason my shammy and my beastlord have ended up in crescent reach. They did not die, I believe the cast origin.

I'm running kissassist for all my toons.

What works be a good place to start terrible shooting this? Had anyone else had this happen?

Also to answer my earlier post, I moved over to GMM and my box group with a gold 120 shammy, gold 110 SK and beastlord, silver 110 druid and bard and then two random characters I'm leveling up are running this just fine. About 60-65kph which is low but my gear is pretty poor currently, i also get slowed down because the PLee will sometimes get himself killed, i stopped it from happening as often by preventing them from getting movement speed buffs while grind is running and their kissassist is set to do nothing, but they still sometimes die. GMM is easy more reliable than Goblins and Fools as sometimes my SK would pull a group of like 8 gobs and couldn't survive until bard handled them all, especially if my healer was leaving behind for some reason.

I still can't say enough good things about this plugin, thanks again!!!
 
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Kelset said:
I've had this happen to two chapters about 3 times now, for some reason my shammy and my beastlord have ended up in crescent reach. They did not die, I believe the cast origin.

I'm running kissassist for all my toons.

What works be a good place to start terrible shooting this? Had anyone else had this happen?

Also to answer my earlier post, I moved over to GMM and my box group with a gold 120 shammy, gold 120 SK, druid and bard and then two rain characters I'm leveling up are running this just fine. About 65kph which is low but my gear is pretty poor currently. GMM is easy more reliable than Goblins and Fools as sometimes my SK would pull a group of like 8 gobs and couldn't survive until bard handled them all, especially if my healer was leaving behind for some reason.

I still can't say enough good things about this plugin, thanks again!!!
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change CheckStuckGem=1 to CheckStuckGem=0 in your kiss ini
 
I can't use /grind start as everytime it does, my monk crashes. Any insights? I run this the command on my monk,
 

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My Man Hytiek is a machine, love GRIND. Saved me a lot of time and I'm actually gaining them exp's quicker now ;)
 
ishio said:
I can't use /grind start as everytime it does, my monk crashes. Any insights? I run this the command on my monk,
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based on that I would ask @Sic to look at that dump....I dont think it has really anything to do with grind.
 
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