I hate Big Shell

[josephm]

If it's raining or sunny Excellent Big Shell pops..or doesn't pop in the jungle. Fog or no fog. The prospect times are jacked and the map information seems lagged/limited. I think it's obvious when it's stormie or raining. My windows for big shell in the jungle are relatively small. I can pull maybe 50-100 a game day.

I don't mind it really, so much as that other than my knowledge 100% that it won't be in that spot during night time...but the weather doesn't seem to be working properly.

[magick1]

Nothing much too add, as you hit my observations right on. I rarely bother with trying to find above choise anymore, only when I really need it.

Additional tracking is still borked, it can still lead to areas with not mats at all (not just empty) or areas with different mats.

[tetra]

tracking is still borked rather annoying.

Getting anything over choice outside of the PR is a crapshoot and silly at best.

[lyrah68]

I know of only ONE big shell location in Burning desert, it is limited to Q50 and under, and is CAMPED tight with agro mobs. You need to take a full group to keep the agros off you or forget it, since being attacked in mid harvest WILL exhaust the entire area for 30 minutes (I wish it was only ten, but this is what I have experienced).

I have NOT found an excellent node of Big shell, I have found a few excellent nodes of oil, sap, shafts, armor shell, fibers of various kinds, but Big shell. SIGH I gave up due to agro. I might come back in 100 combat levels (at roughly melee skill of 165 ish) when I can take on a FULL pack of five baying gingos and a gorai or two. But at this point, TWO baying will take me out.

It is sad really since, in my newbie days, I knew EVERY node of the best type materials and refused to use ANYTHING else. Sigh* never thought I would miss the newbie crafting days half as much as I do...but I do miss them. You could run between the northwest and south west city for one type of crafting and the two south cities for another. Amps were still a pain, since the amber was scattered to the wind, and using the highest quartered eyeballs often gained you a better nuking amp.

If you are making pikes, you can find either a different shell...OR...a quartered material that is close to Choice Big shell, but not exactly for speed and damage, but close enough to make braving a pack of ANGRY gingos and their pals the Gorais not worth the risk.

[turkka]

Want above choice? Go to Prime Roots.
Want above choice in Prime Roots? Wait for a server reset for deposit to regenerate.

[kraegor]

Originally Posted by lyrah68

I might come back in 100 combat levels (at roughly melee skill of 165 ish) when I can take on a FULL pack of five baying gingos and a gorai or two. But at this point, TWO baying will take me out.

Did i read that correctly? Two baying gingos or two baying goari will take you out at lvl 165+/- melee? I'm just checking because I'm level 94 melee and I can handle two of them at once without hp jewelry or armor. In fact, I almost exclusivly wear focus jewelry and armor since I harvest more than I fight.

Getting back on topic, check out Thesos in the Fyros lands. At certain seasons and in certain weather conditions, it can be found near the Kami at up to Q200...

[basicart]

Excl Big Shell is day time and cloudy sky, thats why its rain or sun

[ahoga]

Some hints

You have to take into account some other factors, some sources appears only after rain or during night (or both) for example.

The weather indicator is very basic, it will start raining a little and only when it starts raining buckets the indicator will show bad weather. There is a critical time window between good and bad weather when specific sources can appear.

[lyrah68]

At level 165 (which if you read is 100 more than my current highest melee) I am sure I could take the WHOLE pile of them one, with my Live server weapons and armor (do NOT try this on ATS until you have made a full set of heavy armor at the best Q you can, and a GOOD weapon).

Trouble is at that spot, it starts with two bayings gingos, then two of the next step down join in (still not the end of the show, but getting close), then two Gorais add in, and then they tell two friends, and so on, and so on.

I have found SMART shell, and Horny shell in Thesos. I have NOT however found BIG shell (THE shell to use for damage and speed). I have prospected from the line of Palms, past the kami, past the "kittin corpse"(the one that never decays), past truly sane or safe foraging (had a group of 100s leveling there, so the safety was ifish, but if I died they would rez me, so I tried it).

I have not tried the other side of the river due to the same situation as Pyr, only an order of magnitude worse(instead of a group of 50's gaining xp for helping keep the mobs clear, a group of up to 125's is keeping them clear and they respawn twice as fast). There is a small safe spot on the way to Matis portal, I have found resin and a few other nodes (counter ballances, fiber, and armor shells, but NOT big shell...yet.)

Originally Posted by kraegor

Did i read that correctly? Two baying gingos or two baying goari will take you out at lvl 165+/- melee? I'm just checking because I'm level 94 melee and I can handle two of them at once without hp jewelry or armor. In fact, I almost exclusivly wear focus jewelry and armor since I harvest more than I fight.

Getting back on topic, check out Thesos in the Fyros lands. At certain seasons and in certain weather conditions, it can be found near the Kami at up to Q200...

[ozric]

Originally Posted by lyrah68

At level 165 .....

Why dont you track it ?