2.6.8 cloak

[DarkMageOfCarnDum]

Any mechanic for drop or random?

I have my thoughts but this is a post for someone else to see.

[Thieradan]

I am pretty sure it is random. At one point I was convinced both grims had to be up when the boss died because on several consecutive runs doing it that way, the good cloak always dropped. But then I saw the other cloak drop on a run where we kept both grims alive so that killed off that particular theory.

I haven't done the instance in a while, you can only lose the roll on something so many times before you decide it isn't worth it to keep trying.

[Shamirapopeye]

I've run that instance far too many times to count, both for the cloak and because it's such an enjoyable play environment. If there is a mechanic, after 100+ runs, I haven't found one. Good luck.

[Angadan]

lol there was a loooong time there, after Moria came out, that pet theories abounded: both grims must be alive...must kill him while he's in transition from shadow to flame...must kill the fire grim just before he dies (so the cloak doesn't get singed)...and on and on and on...

...and each time I'd hear one of these theories, of course, it would be while we were running the instance...so we'd apply the theory...and the theory always failed. Oh, maybe it worked once or twice, but the next attempt it would fail.

Never saw _any_ theory hold up to repeated attempts.

I think it's entirely random, with about a one-in-six chance of dropping. As someone very insightfully pointed out on these forums not long ago, human minds are attuned to seek and find patterns, even when no real pattern exists. I think that happens a lot in 2.6.8 runs.

[Bombadil411]

The biggest tip off for you on this question should be the fact that you loot this boss. There is no mob in this entire game in any instance (that I can recall) where the loot is defined by how you beat it; if you kill the mob, you get loot from a set loot table, and there is a chance to get anything on the loot table. The only time "Hard Mode" is gained or lost, a chest is involved, and since there is no chest at the end of 2.6.8 there is no guaranteed way to get the teal cloak to drop.

[SpankyPenzaanz]

Make sure throw feathers to the wind on the solstice before the next total solar eclipse. On the day that you go get the cloak, be certain to attach a negative node from a car battery to your left pinky toe (the one that goes wee wee home). Right before the boss dies make sure you eat a raisenet that looks like Richard Milhouse Nixon. Only then will the find the treasure you seek.

[whatever76543]

Kill it then loot it

[amlug]

Ok, it has been long enough since this instance came out that I can reveal my secrets to obtaining this cloak. Follow these steps and you will get it every time!

1. Make sure you aren't wearing any cosmetic clothing
2. Equip your level 1 starter weapon(s)
3. Make sure that every time you enter combat, you are killed
4. Wait for the Resurrection Timer to expire before releasing
5. /smoke during every "conversation" in the instance
6. Kill the two Rogmul without dying
7. /slap the boss when the final scene plays out
8. Jump into the portal in the back of the instance.

If this doesn't work, you did something wrong.

If you don't WANT to do any of this, then good luck with the random die roll that everyone else has to deal with.

[geoboy]

So what you're saying is.... It's random. Really? I'm disappointed.

[Galahadur]

Amlug = Win

No pattern to see here, people. Move along.

[be0wulfe]

This is an MMO, last I checked, right?
There is no pattern.
There is only, ever, The Grind.

[tempes15]

Ok, it has been long enough since this instance came out that I can reveal my secrets to obtaining this cloak. Follow these steps and you will get it every time!

1. Make sure you aren't wearing any cosmetic clothing
2. Equip your level 1 starter weapon(s)
3. Make sure that every time you enter combat, you are killed
4. Wait for the Resurrection Timer to expire before releasing
5. /smoke during every "conversation" in the instance
6. Kill the two Rogmul without dying
7. /slap the boss when the final scene plays out
8. Jump into the portal in the back of the instance.

If this doesn't work, you did something wrong.

If you don't WANT to do any of this, then good luck with the random die roll that everyone else has to deal with.

OMG! I spit coffee all over reading that! Classic and major kudos to the staff.

[whatever76543]

Dangit maintenance cannot load + rep screen >

[KenR]

Ok, it has been long enough since this instance came out that I can reveal my secrets to obtaining this cloak. Follow these steps and you will get it every time!

1. Make sure you aren't wearing any cosmetic clothing
2. Equip your level 1 starter weapon(s)
3. Make sure that every time you enter combat, you are killed
4. Wait for the Resurrection Timer to expire before releasing
5. /smoke during every "conversation" in the instance
6. Kill the two Rogmul without dying
7. /slap the boss when the final scene plays out
8. Jump into the portal in the back of the instance.

If this doesn't work, you did something wrong.

If you don't WANT to do any of this, then good luck with the random die roll that everyone else has to deal with.

You forgot:

9: Equip the lucky horseshoe (which if you don't know about you will shortly after the update)

[Snorii]

Jump into the portal in the back of the instance.

Oh good, now my fellowships will stop laughing at me!

[AshtrayX]

Funny post, thanks for the info

[NuclearTonic]

Ok, it has been long enough since this instance came out that I can reveal my secrets to obtaining this cloak. Follow these steps and you will get it every time!

1. Make sure you aren't wearing any cosmetic clothing
2. Equip your level 1 starter weapon(s)
3. Make sure that every time you enter combat, you are killed
4. Wait for the Resurrection Timer to expire before releasing
5. /smoke during every "conversation" in the instance
6. Kill the two Rogmul without dying
7. /slap the boss when the final scene plays out
8. Jump into the portal in the back of the instance.

If this doesn't work, you did something wrong.

If you don't WANT to do any of this, then good luck with the random die roll that everyone else has to deal with.

Well, somehow... I managed to do all that on at least one character...

[Virogar]

Ok, it has been long enough since this instance came out that I can reveal my secrets to obtaining this cloak. Follow these steps and you will get it every time!

1. Make sure you aren't wearing any cosmetic clothing
2. Equip your level 1 starter weapon(s)
3. Make sure that every time you enter combat, you are killed
4. Wait for the Resurrection Timer to expire before releasing
5. /smoke during every "conversation" in the instance
6. Kill the two Rogmul without dying
7. /slap the boss when the final scene plays out
8. Jump into the portal in the back of the instance.

If this doesn't work, you did something wrong.

If you don't WANT to do any of this, then good luck with the random die roll that everyone else has to deal with.

You're totally going to be at fault when the GMs get assailed with hundreds of tickets requesting a /reclaim on their level 1 weapons

[sjmartin19]

You're totally going to be at fault when the GMs get assailed with hundreds of tickets requesting a /reclaim on their level 1 weapons

LOL thatd be hilarious!!! I wanna do it now just for fun

[Lohi]

Good news to me. I took the blame once with 5 others shouting "Noooo!" when I killed the guy on my minstrel with my puny little Echoes of Battle. I think quite a lot of other players have taken the blame for this as well.

[auximenes]

the lucky horseshoe

I wonder what happens when you rub the white rabbit with the lucky horse-shoe?