Not sure what mob type in Skyfire drops essence of sunlight. However, if it is 'chormodrachs' I suggest that you all skip doing any buffs at all or paying for KEI before you start. Chromos have a very nasty habit of dispelling over and over again. No sense wasting good mana on bad buffs. Hopefully we will see some cleric epic shards drop as well, both Savor and Hak will need three each. Brum -- could you verify which mobs have the best chance of dropping before we hit the zone? -----Original Message----- From: Brumbaugh Brian D Capt 50 SW/CP [mailto:brian.brumbaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:24 AM To: 'smee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'brumbaugh1@xxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [smee] Re: Oif! sure. i am hoping that they have a good drop rate. Ruth is only 11 essence of sunlight's short. Hopefully we get a lot more than that. She has all the celestial tempers, enchanted blocks and rings, leather padding and rain water/griffenne blood already. -----Original Message----- From: Steenhoek, Al M. (Maj)~U [mailto:STEENHOA@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:09 AM To: smee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [smee] Re: Oif! Sounds like a good plan. If we get enough of the essence (not sure what = the drop rate is) I might try to get a piece or two of the armor to = upgrade as well. Gild and Tae had a good outing in velks last = night...only died once...hehe. Seems like 51 is taking forever, however = my goal is to try and get 52 before sunday. Al -----Original Message----- From: Heiling Barry T Maj USAFE/DOXE [mailto:barry.heiling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:48 PM To: 'smee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [smee] Re: Oif! Winning the boots was a fantastic deal. Unfortunately, it was the pull = rate that was disappointing. Two SMEE groups could easily pull as fast or = faster than that 5 group raid was pulling. Have fought there with just a four person group that was pulling at about the same speed as that raid. For 6 Apr SMEE, recommend the following: 1. start at JP to assist Tae = in beating on Barduk (have tracker prepositioned to let smee know if worth = trip to JP), 2. head to Skyfire mountains to hunt wurm's (Hak =3D shards for cleric epic, Swayze =3D essence for cultural armor), 3. CoM reavers (Druid/ranger/shaman epic pieces). Events 1 and 2 can be done with any number of SMEEers, event 3 would require a near full turn out. UP will be a good place for us for some time to come, I would like to = hit it on and off as we go along. There are some great loots that drop there = and we can upgrade a lot of plate and chain class gear. Epic note: SMEE is capable of doing many of the minor battles for most class epic weapons. Hopefully, everyone has researched their particular epic and knows what items are required. Theese battles could make could adventures to have in our hip pockets for SMEE days. Actaully there are several items that can be done by 1-3 SMEEers. A goal for SMEE should = be to get everyone as close to their epic as possible, leaving only the large guild/planar type raids to get epic. SMEE can probably gather up enough high-level friends or FA support to actually complete some of the epics.=20 -----Original Message----- From: Steenhoek, Al M. (Maj)~U [mailto:STEENHOA@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:26 PM To: smee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [smee] Re: Oif! VPUTZ wrote: then we can try UP again (hopefully WITHOUT a sluggish raiding party at the entrance) Wasn't all bad...Tae won the roll for the boots that dropped...nice =3D upgrade for him. Al