TDS Progression #3: Clearer Skies  

You zone in, do not clear all the way up...he said "up you go" so we went up. Talk to him again and he tosses you to an island, then if you win it tosses you back down. He runs up a bit, you hail him and get him to toss you to the next isle etc.

I'm recently back to EQ and trying to catch up on some progression...just completed this as a 108 Wizard + J5 tank, boxing (poorly) a 100 Bard + J5 cleric. For the most part this was an easy mission, but the totems are a little tricky. First off, when you hail Ognit, he will gravity flux only the character who hailed to the totems. You'll want to try and have your whole group hail at once. The mobs take a few seconds to spawn once you're up there, but not long, so ideally you will want to invis your group ASAP. That will give you time to setup. The islands are very small (make sure you have levitate) but you may be able to avoid getting hit by all of the mobs at once. I think on the 3rd island (with 4 mobs), I could get out of melee range of one mob.

I found the islands with 4 mobs the hardest part, and the tank merc died once during one of these fights. Note that once you clear the islands, you get ported back to the island path, where there's a good chance you will get jumped by mobs. So the idea is hit invis as soon as you get to the totems, and then again as soon as you clear the totem islands.

The final two bosses were comparatively easy, since they are single mobs. I didn't notice if their AEs were cast at all, but it was not an issue even on my Bard, who is horribly undergeared. Fun mission overall.

2017/4/3(Mon)
Requested this group task with a 98 Enc
The level req for this group mission should be 95.

Information above is incorrect. None of the totem disruptors or guards were mezzable. We made friends with a second group who ran through a different instance at the same time as us. They confirmed this too - they are NOT mezzable.

For the rooted temple guards, do you have to CC them or can you just pick them off one-by-one? Are they too close for that?

And if you can't pick them off, would you recommend a cleric serial stunning them or would a pacify work? Could they be pacified such that their aggro range is that small?

Storm scrolls and aged metal pieces drop 3-4 per kill so collecting 6 of each is quick.

Earlier post is right in that it's worth clearing some of the storm mobs to give your group elbow room. I had just my warrior port over to the island and I kept the rest of the group on the rising road, but being sure to be within range and line of sight of the floating island on which the 3-4 kedge mobs spawn. They were easy mezzes for a 101 chanter, I don't think she had even one resist. So basically this just requires fighting 14 trash mobs in a row.

The final two fights were surprisingly easy. I have to check the logs to see if either named did even cast the purported spells. If they did we must have resisted them all. The second one's spell is a PBAOE so for all but the tank, keeping some distance negates that potential damage.

Easily boxed, took a little over an hour for my group: 105 druid, 101 warrior, cleric, enchanter, magician, wizard.

Storm dervish mobs on ramp do agro if you aren't invisible, and you can't be invisible to hail Ognit to get the port over to the totem islands. Recommend clearing them first before doing the hails. Can also range fight the totem guards from the ramp too as long as somebody is on the island fighting them. DO NOT autofollow a group member when that character is hailing Ognit. You'll end up in the water somewhere below.

Kayrsoc
104 gnome enchanter
Freedom Guard
Pocar

Chest spawned after hail of Ognit

Serpenscale Belt

The Death challenger starts when you zone into the instance, but the 30 min ach starts when you request. Learned it the hard way :(

Totem guards have about 1.5-2 million hp,
Blindness Lon had 3.9 million
Kelpin Larch had 5.