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Thread: Gorax shards.....HELP!

Akaie
Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:58 pm
#1

Hey guys, I'm trying to get some gorax shards for a pistol, and sell what I don't want. So I went to Endor, found one and attacked ( I didnt buff up, what a moron I was). Even withought the buffs I had no problem staying alive, but I couldnt do enough damage to the gorax. Now the guns I was using are not weak by any means but then again there not uber either. I'd get two, maybe three shots off before I had to heal.


My question is, do you guys have any tips for soloing them? I can get some guildies to help me butreally wanted to do this solo.

Thanks for any help.

Akaie
Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:17 pm
#2

bump
Ithilkir
Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:17 pm
#3

Don't let them get withing 15m of you, get a droid to ping a wee bit of health off you and make sure you have a low SAC for the pistol so you can spam the specials over and over without needing to wait for action to recharge. Also make sure, especially with pistols, that you lead the Gorax into somewhere you can keep your LOS on him rather than up and down hills.



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Ochiir
Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:22 pm
#4

What he said mostly. Dont stand there and take the damage, keep out of his range by all means, using snares, roots or KD's. But remember to not drag him too far from his pop-zone or he will go in retreat mode and will regenerate faster then you would imagine is possible.
Akaie
Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:03 pm
#5

yeah had that happen, couldnt believe how fast his health went back up! the sac on my pistol with a pup drops to like 65-67 I believe. Gunna try again before I get help with em
Alpha_Bits
Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:25 pm
#6

So um... is there a particular place where the gorax roam? (Goraxes? Goraxi?)


I'm in the same boat, want to get a shard to have an FWG made for me, not rich enough to buy outright. /shrug





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Ochiir
Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:13 pm
#7



Alpha_Bits wrote:

So um... is there a particular place where the gorax roam? (Goraxes? Goraxi?)

I'm in the same boat, want to get a shard to have an FWG made for me, not rich enough to buy outright. /shrug






Not hard too find at all, just roam around the desert like area on the northern part of Endor and you should bump into one, might have to use a slow vehicle or a pet to not miss them spawning, but should be much of a problem. I can easily find around 5-6 a night if I realy want too.
Also if there are no wildspawns what so ever in your current area, move away abit till spawns start showing again. You wont find Gorax either if there are no other spawns.
Alpha_Bits
Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:03 pm
#8

Excellent. Thanks, Ochiir!



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Gith - Professional Scoundrel

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"It don't matter. None of this matters."
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Alpha_Bits
Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:34 pm
#9

Killed three of them tonight... no shards. Still totally worth it, most screwed-up and creepy-looking bugger I've seen in the game.



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"If I kill one of you, will the other two shut up?"

"It don't matter. None of this matters."
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BadgerSmaker
Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:06 am
#10

The drop rate on shards seems to have lessened somewhat since they added the smuggler items to their loot tables,

If you want to find these things, leave the smugglers outpost on Endor and fly north into the desert, you can see it on the CTRL+V map.


Use a macro like this:


HuntGorax
/tar gorax
/pause 1
/macro HuntGorax


Then just swoop about.The south eastern corner of the desert, above the POI there is a good area for them, but they can spawn all over the place up there.


I use the CM debuffs to kill them, Paralyze then Electrolyte Drain, warning shot, stopping shot, fire, poison and spam damage at them while kiting.


If I have to reapply the drain I use warning shot/stopping shot then run in and stick it back on.


Gorax range from 30k health to the big ones at 37.5k.


Be sure to read my guide on the Pistoleer forum about crafting pistols!




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stoowert
Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:27 am
#11

I killed my first gorax last night, but I died several times before i got my strategy down, I didn't loot any shards.



As for the issue of not being able to get his health down, its important that you put the gorax in as many states as possible. I'm a BH/CM and pisols 0001. I start off with stopping shot, I then paralyze, and then i apply electolyte drain and thyroid rupture. I then apply paralyze, and stick the fire and poison DoTs on him. The electrolyte drain and thyroid rupture will slow down his movement and attack speed, and the DoTs will cause a little damage. Now you can move away and continuously circle the gorax while applying states with your weapon I use torso shot, eye shot, and confusion shot. After that I spam Adv. Critical Shot. If the electrolyte drain and thyroid rupture wear off, use stoppingshot. This will give you a few seconds to stand still and fire or you can move in close to reapply the debuffs. REMEMBER that if you get within 10m of the gorax without him being rooted, you will probably die. The key is keep your distance at least 15m and to continually circle the gorax while firing.


mephed
Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:00 pm
#12

Not worth it now. I'm a MBH/MCM and I've killed over 40 since publish 19 and haven't found shards on any, only 4 delicate trigger mechanisms. Compared to the 1 in 4 loot on gorax before I would safely assume they're broke. I've been wanting to make myself a new gorax tusken horribly with good shards. Would have with last batch only had enough to make a fantastic Czerka Carbine though =) Puts proton to shame like my elite does =)



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Shaina
Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:36 pm
#13






mephed wrote:
Not worth it now. I'm a MBH/MCM and I've killed over 40 since publish 19 and haven't found shards on any, only 4 delicate trigger mechanisms. Compared to the 1 in 4 loot on gorax before I would safely assume they're broke. I've been wanting to make myself a new gorax tusken horribly with good shards. Would have with last batch only had enough to make a fantastic Czerka Carbine though =) Puts proton to shame like my elite does =)




I think you had some really bad luck. we looted shards on 2 out of6 over the weekend. a set of 70ish and a set of 150ish ones.



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