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Thread: Mutant Rancor sampling technique
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GMANHNC
Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:00 pm
#1
If you don't know any smugglers, might want to try this...
If you have the scout skills that would qualify you for CH
Wear +25 Mask Scent clothing
Drink Jawa Beer +10 or better
Circle the Youth Rancor group until you hit the MR spawn
type /peace and then again
Crawl around to the different MR's with your view expanded fully out.
use your DNA macro: /stand;/pause 3;/sampleDna
Then watch states and wait at least 10 seconds between atempts on the same creature if waiting is to much for you alternate creatures.
I have used this the last 3 times and not had one agro, last night night I hit a spwan, used this had many fails no agros, and got 8 samples from 6 MR's as a bonus all but two were VHQ, and the other 2 were HQ.
Now I just need one more patch, then to Endor for MH DNA... then a few more resources for my 10 crates of Pet Stims and then off to TKA.
Hope this helps some poor BE...also where is the Rancor Cave? That is news to me.
If you have the scout skills that would qualify you for CH
Wear +25 Mask Scent clothing
Drink Jawa Beer +10 or better
Circle the Youth Rancor group until you hit the MR spawn
type /peace and then again
Crawl around to the different MR's with your view expanded fully out.
use your DNA macro: /stand;/pause 3;/sampleDna
Then watch states and wait at least 10 seconds between atempts on the same creature if waiting is to much for you alternate creatures.
I have used this the last 3 times and not had one agro, last night night I hit a spwan, used this had many fails no agros, and got 8 samples from 6 MR's as a bonus all but two were VHQ, and the other 2 were HQ.
Now I just need one more patch, then to Endor for MH DNA... then a few more resources for my 10 crates of Pet Stims and then off to TKA.
Hope this helps some poor BE...also where is the Rancor Cave? That is news to me.
Kiryoku
Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:22 am
#2
hey guys... i haven't been by here in a while buta recent debate made me once again glance through the pages of threads here... and i suddenly remembered something: i never shared my method for getting mutant rancor DNA before, and i've always wanted to... for anybody who cares, here it is:
foxeeand i used this method quite a lot, both at the rancor cave and in the wild to sample mutant rancors with minimal risk and maximum payout...
first of all, you'll need a hunting partner of a specific profession - smuggler... odds are you already have a friend who is one, if not you can find one as easily as you can find a doctor... they only need 0010 in smuggler for this to be effective as they only need it for /feigndeath... it also helps if one or both of you have some combat abilities, but that is not needed...
head out to the cave or a wild spawn and have your partner draw one (you can do more, but it gets really tricky) of the MRs away from the others, while you wait in a designated area far away from them... in the cave this is simple, just get close and run away when they approach - up close to the mouth of the cave (but do not go out)... they will follow you all the way to your trap...
this is where combat is handy... we had better luck sampling the creatures if one of their HAM pools was very, very low... after enough practice you can get them one hit away from death, and you too will see a difference... it isn't necessary for a successful sampling, however it does noticeably decrease the amount of failures and respective attacks from failing...
when you are ready to begin sampling, /peace out of combat (and stand back, the AOE bleed will instantly make you attack again) and have the smuggler /taunt (or /rescue if they are a ranger) until they succeed... once they have the creature aggroed on them and you are out of combat,have them/feigndeath... now, both you and the MR are out of combat, and you can proceed to sample... in the cave, the MR will walk back his spawn point (this is why you ran up almost to the mouth of the cave), but if he has to walk far it will take him a while... as long as you keep sampling, he will not aggro again unless you fail... once the MR is dead or if it attacks again, your smuggler can stand up and either go on to the next rancor or /taunt;/feign again...
ok... for the people who didn't want to read all that (should have put this first, eh?.. heh):
1. hire/bribe a smuggler
2. find the rancors and pull one from the rest
3. far from the others, have the smuggler /taunt and /feigndeath
4. start sampling
5. repeat as needed
with this method foxee and i cleaned up on MR DNA... most of the time we only received one sample from each creature before it died, but once i believe we got as many as three... back when we were using this method we had enough we were able to experiment with creating high level pets on a whim...
does this remove all risk from hunting for this DNA?... no... but would it be fun if it did?... part of the fun of this method is the teamwork... lots of shouting "did you peace yet?" and "HEELLPP!" (usually as i was /feigned and foxee was being chased by an angry rancor - be warned, a smuggler takes a while towake up, heh)...
anyway, i just wanted to post this on the slim chance that it would be useful for someone... there are probably better techniques well-known to everyone here, but it was worth the risk for me to post this...
good luck
Bendi_James
Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:31 am
#4
Wow...that's seemsan elaborate effort to acquire the beloved MR DNA but, one must do what one must do. It's always interesting to read how people get their MR DNA.
Personally, I have had the most success in the mornings..right after server re-boot...to get MR DNA. I know this sounds anomalous but, I have had it happen quite consistently so, I am inclined to believe it may be easier to sample in the mornings before the MR's have had a chance to have their morning barrel of expresso....lol. By nightfall and severalexpressos later, theyseema bit edgy with the mean caffeine buzz going on and all. At night,my sample rate of MR's has been extraordinarally crumby....sometimes managing only to get 2-3 samples in an hour or so of consistent aggro and running the hills of Dathomir. The mornings are peaceful and the MR's are lathargic at best. This works for me. If someone else could back my findings I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I have just been extremely lucky. Last Saturday morning, I had picked 12 MR samples in1.5 hours. Not a bad run of luck.
Also noteworthy, I have Explore 4, +25 Mask Scent clothing, anddrank a+15 Jawa Beer.I have used thiscombination of camoflage in the am. and pm. so, I have disregarded those elements being of any significant help or harm in sampling and considered that the "time" I was sampling may have had agreater impact on thesuccessrate.
At any rate, thanks for sharing yourteam effortand method for gathering Mutant Rancor DNA. 
It's very interesting!
It's very interesting!
ArthurDentOnBria
Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:51 am
#5
Thanks for sharing, and that IS a pretty clever technique, but a smuggler as easy to find as a doctor? rofl, oh man, I play on your server too and I can tell you that smugglers are probably more scarce than gorax. Hell, I even have a smuggler there but when he needs training... forgetaboutit. Docs are a dime a dozen. You can't even move two feet without tripping of one.
Message Edited by ArthurDentOnBria on 09-22-2004 08:53 AM
Dalmartynn
Wed Sep 22, 2004 1:40 pm
#6
Thanx. Nice post.
I have another "partner assited" technique that some of you may like to try. This also requires a combat profession. Some of you MBEs with a good tank profession could do this on your own. My wife,Arythm, and I have begun using this regularly now.
Arywill bring her TKM out with me to find wild MR spawns. She will tank the first spawn while I sit back and peaced and masked. After she has cleared the spawn and harvested the hide (her alt is M.Tail), I sit in the middle of the spawn still peaced and masked. Aryth then moves out of range. As the MR respawn slowly one by one, I sample before they ever know I am there. As long as I stand behind them,I can manage to pull a sample or three before they die. /rinse /repeat. If any of them agro, I pull them to Ary and spam peace, then return to my post in the center of the spawn.
Again, just another of the many methods that can be used to get that elusive MR DNA.
Dal
GMANHNC
Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:00 pm
#7
If you don't know any smugglers, might want to try this...
If you have the scout skills that would qualify you for CH
Wear +25 Mask Scent clothing
Drink Jawa Beer +10 or better
Circle the Youth Rancor group until you hit the MR spawn
type /peace and then again
Crawl around to the different MR's with your view expanded fully out.
use your DNA macro: /stand;/pause 3;/sampleDna
Then watch states and wait at least 10 seconds between atempts on the same creature if waiting is to much for you alternate creatures.
I have used this the last 3 times and not had one agro, last night night I hit a spwan, used this had many fails no agros, and got 8 samples from 6 MR's as a bonus all but two were VHQ, and the other 2 were HQ.
Now I just need one more patch, then to Endor for MH DNA... then a few more resources for my 10 crates of Pet Stims and then off to TKA.
Hope this helps some poor BE...also where is the Rancor Cave? That is news to me.
If you have the scout skills that would qualify you for CH
Wear +25 Mask Scent clothing
Drink Jawa Beer +10 or better
Circle the Youth Rancor group until you hit the MR spawn
type /peace and then again
Crawl around to the different MR's with your view expanded fully out.
use your DNA macro: /stand;/pause 3;/sampleDna
Then watch states and wait at least 10 seconds between atempts on the same creature if waiting is to much for you alternate creatures.
I have used this the last 3 times and not had one agro, last night night I hit a spwan, used this had many fails no agros, and got 8 samples from 6 MR's as a bonus all but two were VHQ, and the other 2 were HQ.
Now I just need one more patch, then to Endor for MH DNA... then a few more resources for my 10 crates of Pet Stims and then off to TKA.
Hope this helps some poor BE...also where is the Rancor Cave? That is news to me.
Kiryoku
Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:35 pm
#8
you know, now that you mention it, it is pretty elaborate... heh... the first few times we did it was just us trying to "survive" the experience... and by the endit was fairly practicedand i never really noticed how complicated it was, it felt like second nature...
the major drawback to this plan is that it requires a second person: a smuggler... the only reason this plan was even functional for us was because i was one... i'mpretty sure foxee would not have bothered to hire one if i wasn't available, buton the other hand, she rarely felt it was worth her time to go sample without me...if you have access to a smuggler, use him... it'll give him something to do, heh...
a little note on finding the smuggler: smuggler's are sneaky by trade, they are there they are just harder to find... there are fewer masters but you don't necessarily need a good smuggler - just a little above novice (and most smugglers don't advertise at that level)...
i really enjoy reading other methods for getting the DNA... this is by far one of the most fun aspects of the game... gotta love that risky, adventurous feeling you get... it's much harder to keep them alive and poke them with needles than it is to kill them...
oh, and before i forget: Rancor Cave - inside are several gnarled and mutant rancors, and the front door is guarded by an ancient bull... due to problems with POIs and a lack spawning, this may not be a good place to look right now (unless you're the first one there in the morning)... i think it is located around -4150 -2050 on dathomir, but i'll have to check my waypoint to be sure...
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