Splitpaw and Tomb of Night questions

[Whitetyg]

<DIV>I just started these quests the last couple of days and have had nothing but problems.  The Mold Reaper is impossible to kill as he drains all my mana and beats my pet into the ground in seconds, even though I am 8 levels above him.  I posted in the Bloodlines forum, but nobody has responded.  In the first part of the caverns in splitpaw den (Earning Trust) I am getting smacked by paired ^^ white or ^^ yellow con spiders.  All my spells are Adept 1+ all my gear is level 40.  I have little  problems taking on green ^^^ singles, blue ^^ groups, white ^ pairs or yellow ^ singles, but white and yellow up ^^ groups are a little outta my league!!!  What could I be doing wrong?   I read about how easy it is in the caves, but has anybody had to start it recently post patch, over 40 that could help me out?  Even rooting one spider, I am losing 50%+ health before my pet gains agro and its usually dead if/when I can drop the first one.  Are both of these adventure packs group only?  My understanding was that Splitpaw was primarily solo and Bloodlines was mostly group (hence the reason I waited so long to start it).  I read elsewhere I am supposed to inviso down to the den??? But they see through inviso and besides, what is the point then? Or I can group with a  higher level mob to grey it out, but since I am over 40, nothing will grey out unless I can find a 50+????  Any thoughts?  Or should I forget about these zones and go back to grinding elsewhere?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BTW, I am not a newbie if your counting posts, I have just never been able to post before because of a proxy bug and even now have to attempt around 10-15 times to get to this far.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wither-Unrest</DIV>

[Dastion]

<DIV>When you hover your mouse over the entrance in Splitawpaw, it will say whether or not it is a solo or heroic (group) zone.  The solo zones are Hideout, Solo Arena (there is a group one), and Harclaves.</DIV>

[Whitetyg]

<P>I must be in the wrong place then.  This a cave, in the SE corner of TS.  Right where the gnolls 26-29th level gnolls live near the giants.  The door in the cave has 4 options, 2 say the same thing, the other two say difficult and very difficult.  I zone into the first one, (guessing easy), go downa  ramp and am faced with ghostly bats and spiders.    I saw some mushrooms behind the spiders that I can get to by moving some boxes.  Is this Harclave?  The arena?  I thought I had to get through this area to get to harclave and the arena.  The top selection is beyond my abilities with white and yeloow ^^ cons, I haven't even looked at the others.  I have completed the first step of the quest, where I got 1 key and opened 1 box on a pillar, using boxes.  Perhaps I am doing somethign wrong?  The quest description told me to enter the caves in the SE to travel top the splitpaw den.</P> <P>Wither-Unrest</P> <P> </P> <p>Message Edited by Whitetyger on <span class=date_text>09-22-2005</span> <span class=time_text>11:30 PM</span>

[Traigus]

You are going the wrong way. When you get to the cliff from the entrance (where you see the mushrooms)  Left is heroic mobs. You want go right to head for the town... you have to blow up walls and cross a chasm with boards. <div></div>

[Whitetyg]

<P>OK, thanks.  I'll give it a try.  Guessing the mushroom/spider area is for groups then and I can go the other way to get down.</P> <P> </P> <P>Wither-Unrest</P>

[Shipwreck_GPA]

<P>You have to pass through the zone you describe to get to the Den, where you can do the 3 trials.</P> <P>Instead of going left, towards the ^^ mobs, stay in the tunnel and pull the bats until they are gone. Then inch out and pull the ghostly spiders to your right. Clear everything as you go, and you will have room to retreat if you have to break combat and run. Once you kill the 2 ghostly spiders, one of which is static and one of which wanders, head towards where they were. This will be to the right. The mobs along this path are soloable, ranging from blue normal to white^ if I recall correctly.</P> <P>Along this path, you will pass through some larger open  rooms, but the mobs in there are all either solo or duo, and should not be too hard to clear. You can actually invis past them, but you will have to blow up a couple of walls using the movable barrels, which will be tough to do without invis dropping, so I usually just clear my way in.</P> <P>You should eventually come to a cliff with a fair amount of separate encounter, then have to jump across a chasm to a ledge perhaps 25 foot by 25 foot. There is a breakable wall here that needs to be knocked down. Go through the resulting hole, bypass or defeat the 2 mobs behind it, and you should be able to zone into the Den.</P> <P>You may wish to look for a map online, as there are a few twists and turns, and a map will help you stay on track, but that is up to you.</P>

[Maghantah]

<P>With Live Update #14, invising to blow up walls may be possible as they are apparently removing the speed reduction from invis/sneak. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P> <P>P.S.</P> <P>Love your sig GPA_Shipwreck, MST3k Rules! LOL</P>

[DwarvesR]

I just invis'd through last night with my 25 necro and my 33 warlock.  Blew up the walls as needed.  Wasn't any problem.  Didn't kill a sinlge mob all the way in with either of them.

[Whitetyg]

<P>Thanks all, been down there now a few times and started doing the solo quests.  I just got frustrated after a Tombs of Night disaster and then apparently going the wrong way in Splitpaw.</P> <P>Wither-Unrest</P> <P> </P>