POLL: Should the Wyrm Cave Devour Worm have a loot drop?

[mrieder79]

The Devour Worm is a mini-boss located in the Wyrm Cave in the Serpent Hills. It is an epic area and the Worm is appropriately epic. It has:

15 DR (penetrated by +4 weapons I think.)
Crush attack for approx 60-80 HP (counter by reflex save around 30)
Weakening breath (reflex DC 30)
Cast acid fog
Cast horrid wilting
Cast vitriolic sphere

Estimated 800-1000 hp (never counted, this is my best guess)


This boss is very tough for strength based toons without good reflex saves as the weakening breath really hurts AB and damage output. This synergizes with the worm's high (15) dr. Additionally, dex based toons without good damage also have problems with the DR.

Currently this mini boss has no loot drop. There are several other mini bosses on the server that are similar in power, have loot drops and give approximately 3-4x as much xp.

[Calodan]

Yeah might be nice but that water tends to hide the drop so it should be a dead body drop. Kind of like the dragons and stuff can be. Or the troll in the sea cave. That and it should be a decent drop. Nothing so good that we want to farm it alone but at least not be a consistent spoons and empty spirits or ale........

[duracele]

I am against anything attracting more crowd to that place. So i am tempted to say no...

[Shad]

It drops things sometimes.. Corpses
Make it drop Moorre.
Its similar by power to Hydra in Temple.

[grunts]

I vote yes, with conditions.

-The devour worm & dragon respawn should be doubled(twice as long).

-The amount of snakes that spawn in the center area should be cut in half.

-The Devour Worm should give more xp to mid epic characters.

-Another less popular epic area should be rebalanced to compensate. For instance, the Crystal Cave is very well done, it's a shame it's more trouble then it's worth for most character builds.

[Hoihe]

I vote yes, with conditions.

-The devour worm & dragon respawn should be doubled.

-The amount of snakes that spawn in the center area should be cut in half.

-The Devour Worm should give more xp to mid epic characters.

-Another less popular epic area should be rebalanced to compensate. For instance, the Crystal Cave is very well done, it's a shame it's more trouble then it's worth for most character builds.

Even Frost mages are murdicated there due to the mobs having piercing cold.

[Karond]

I voted no. I mean, two bosses that drop loot in the same area? There is only one in every other area on the server. I don't see a reason to make the best farming area for epics, which already contain several epic chests to boot, to get even better.

[illithid]

For it's difficulty it probably should, but for the reason's that Duracele and Karond pointed out I think it shouldn't. My vote swings to no to avoid flooding the serpent hills with even more people only there to grind and loot.

[Aelcar]

Based on the Devour Worm alone in a vacuum, it would probably be somewhat justified.

However, we are talking about the best farming area on the server, with a large number of chests, the best XP/time ratio and another epic boss north of the Serpent Trail (Medusa Queen).

Altering an area which is already so popular does not make much sense, in this regard. Maybe other areas that are not as frequented could be looked at, instead.

[mrieder79]

I spoke with Illithid about this in game. I think that you all make a good point. There is a lot of loot in that dungeon. Illithid made an excellent suggestion: give the devour worm a drop and move it to the spirit troll caves.

The spirit troll caves are rarely frequented because they are quite difficult with little reward. A few chests and a boss at the end. If there were two bosses that had drops, I believe that would tempt more people to go there. It would certainly tempt me (I had actually forgotten that area existed until illithid mentioned it!)

Illithid's suggestion made me think of other ideas:

-Make it an ice worm (lore?) and put it in the crystal caves above nashkel where (as far as I know) there is no boss.

-Put it in the high moor where the epic vampires are.

[mrm3ntalist]

Or in the Misty Forest. There is no boss nor dungeon there.

[Lockonnow]

in the crystal caves is a boss a dead one when i have kill it

[Lockonnow]

let it stay where it is

[Lockonnow]

something what i wish about the yuan ti Queen was this litte child was add on oure server

[mrieder79]

Or in the Misty Forest. There is no boss nor dungeon there.

The misty forest is for singing dancing elves making flower garlands for their long flowing hair, not serious things like bosses.