ML5 group advice?

[old.Whoodoo]

Last night I tried to do the group steps to ML5, namely 1-8. 1-5 went easy, but then we hit a snag, no mobs at all at 6,7 or 8.

I trawled through both VoS and ToA scrolls, which seem to be both be a little out of date, so I was wondering if anyone can give decent confirmation of the proceedure of unlocking these quests.

Reading http://vnboards.ign.com/Trials_of_Atlantis:_Master_Levels/b22591/66648508/?3 I found that theres a quirky way of getting faction, which involves one group members getting all the kills, and therefore all the faction in order to get the quests. Each time a group kills a quest, only the one with the killing blow gets a +faction, the rest get nothing it seems, or even a negative.

Can anyone confirm this, as after 2 hours killing Anubis' last night gave us nothing at either dungeon faction wise.

 

[illu]

All I remember is that there are 2 identical dungeons - so if the mobs aren't there in one dungeon - check the other dungeon.

Also the respawn time takes a while - I've seen it pop in 45mins ? but it has also taken a few hours.

It sounds like a group must have been just ahead of you and killed the mobs just before you arrived.

Oli - Illu

 

[old.Whoodoo]

All I remember is that there are 2 identical dungeons - so if the mobs aren't there in one dungeon - check the other dungeon.

Also the respawn time takes a while - I've seen it pop in 45mins ? but it has also taken a few hours.

It sounds like a group must have been just ahead of you and killed the mobs just before you arrived.

Oli - Illu

We checked /who halls before our raid at 1900, nothing. We hit the dungoen at 1915, and were there checking both spots till 0000, both dungeons had no mobs in the areas. I would have thought ML mobs would be faster than 3 hours.

On VN there seems a lot of difference of opinion, some say they shoudl already be there, others say its a quest with faction.....

 

[Chronictank]

We checked /who halls before our raid at 1900, nothing. We hit the dungoen at 1915, and were there checking both spots till 0000, both dungeons had no mobs in the areas. I would have thought ML mobs would be faster than 3 hours.

If something went drastically wrong with the dungeon they may have reset it, that means no mobs at all in there. But dont see it lasting that long :S

 

[old.Whoodoo]

"The high-end ML 5 encounters don't reset until all of the related spawns are cleared. You will want to go through the dungeon and kill all of the monsters not in the boss room. The "Hall of..." mosnters will respawn shortly after you do this."
This straight from a csr when I asked why ml5.8 had yet to repop. Mar 12 2004
- Tippie

From VoS, but does this mean EVERY mob in the dungeon? Some of the junctions have a pillar that casts a spell every now an then, respawning mobs like scorpions and lions, so how is 1fg supposed to keep up with this (being a group encounter)?

Im really confused now.

 

[illu]

I think both dungeons have to have their 5.6 5.7 and 5.8 mobs killed before they respawn. If you checked both dungeons - I can only assume the respawn time is pretty long :/

Check again today and see if they are there.

Oli - Illu

 

[Gear]

Hib to the rescue!

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/showthread.php?t=27772

This might come handy. I had the same problem.