Legendary traits

[squirle]

Havn't seen a topic that has all the information on the codemaster forum so.
Any information is very welcome since i'm just starting to get them too.

Could contain spoiler information

What is a legendary trait for a hunter?
A legendary trait is the same as any other trait, but these give a "special" kind of bonus or skill that you will not get anywhere else.

How do i get these traits?
At lvl 41 and 45 the slots for these traits open up.
Beginning on lvl 39 you can start to collect these traits.

What do i need to do to get a trait?
Humanoid mobs from lvl 39 and onward drop Books and pages that are the basis for the traits.

A book is a quest start item that will tell you to go to Legolas in Rivendell. Which will give you a deed in your class tab to search for 8 different pages of the book.
The pages drop in a bunch of 2 * 4 from a group of mobs. Meaning you will have to grind two different groups of mobs for them. Some pages can only be gotten by drop (they will only drop when you have the deed) and some can be traded with other players (prepare to pay a good deal).

What traits are there?
There are 3 traits you can get with books and 1 trait that you can get by doing a class quest you get at lvl 45.

Trait information

A shot in the dark 39+ mobs
This gives you a bow attack that will Fear the mob for 10 seconds and has a cooldown of 30 seconds. It also gives you 1 focus and has a small charge time.
This doesn't work on beasts though it does on monsterplay bosses.
The book drops from ...
Pages 1-4 drop from the wights in Throllshaw in Nan Torneath
Pages 5-8 drop from the dwarves in Misty mountains in Gabilazan

Way of the hunter
This gives you an out-of-combat skill that restores 3000 power and morale in a 5 second cast with a cooldown of 10 minutes
The book drops from lvl 39+ mobs
Pages 1-4 drop from the Hillmen in donvail
Pages 5-8 drop from the (ongburz) orcs in Eastern angmar

The furthest charge

The book drops from 39+ mobs
Pages 1-4 drop from the 39+ mobs (random)
Pages 5-8 drop from the 39+ mobs (random)

Class quest trait
At this moment one of the two class quests can't be completed cause 1 item isn't in-game yet (putrid fingernails).

Write up later

[squirle]

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Don't know how big the limit or information available is :)

[Vodos]

1. All books drop from 39+ mobs, no book drops from any particular mob (ergo furthest charge is from anything, not only MM dwarfes)
2. First 4 pages for way of the hunter drop from hillmen in Donnvail
3. Each class has one book that has no quest page drops, only teal pages that drop from random mobs (like the books). For the hunter that's The Furthest Charge. You have to trade/buy those teal pages, all 8 pages are teal. The book gives a skill similar to rain of arrows, except it also roots up to 5 targets for up to 30 seconds. 3 min cooldown.
4. Press Onward (from way of the hunter) does not heal instantly, it has a 5ish second cast time and 10 minute cooldown.

[Magroth]

This is probably a silly question, but where can I find Legolas in Rivendell? I've tried searching all over the place but can't find him.

[squirle]

If you come down from the MM path go left and keep to your left (ridge).

[Magroth]

Ok thanks. I'll check it out my next trip to Rivendell.

[Acetaminophen]

A Shot in the Dark, lol. Nice name. (But I still go for the Lost in Interpretation quest name :p)

[Tr1Cky]

Do we have an update on this thread at all? Id like to see a complete list if possible ^^

[Nilhilwen]

just to add,i actually got my four pages of way of the hunter from hillmen on the ploughed fields south of donnvail and the other 4 from orcs in east part of malenhad along the lake shore,wasnt limited to the ongburz either ,i had one from the kharjan(sp) types there too.

[Riffie]

what about other classes like Lore-masters, will they get the pages/books from the same mobs?

[Riffie]

hmmm...... is the above informations correct?

I'v been killing wieghts for hours in Trollshaw and I havent got a single page or book.

I'm level42 and the wieghts are between level 38 and 40.

[Hothnogg]

i spent about 4 hours killing wights in trollshaw and didnt get a page, I then bought the book off AH when i went to bree for repairs. Went back and got 3 pages in 2 hours.

[Riffie]

Ahhh, ok, so I NEED the book BEFORE the pages start dropping :)

I'll try that, thx for the info :)

[Riffie]

hmm..... I'm looking for the book in AH, but it looks like none are selling it.

Is under the "book" section on AH or where did you find it?

[Datus]

it seems to only work if NOTHING is selected.
you have to type "book" in the search item.
use "page" for the pages.

[Oniken]

What is the trait from the 2 class quests? And is it true that Putrid Fingernails aren't possible to obtain, I doubt they would leave this like that?

Also for the skill from A Shot In The Dark, does that give the enemy a fear debuff (negative stats) or make them run in fear, like the ability we have that works on beast type mobs.

Can comfirm that 4 pages for Way Of The Hunter drop from the Hillmen in Donvail-Agamar.

[Roaky Lamu]

edit: disregard this post, just got the last one of a normal wight in hour 4, so for anyone else not getting them just keep at it :)

4th wight page for shot in the dark?

Got 1st three pages in 20 mins, been at it 3 hours of night cycles since and no 4th page. Anyone else experienced this? Going to kill Gurdring when it gets light as he is the only wight Ive not killed here while looking.

[Template]

I got my shot in the dark pages all rather fast from regular wights, i guess you're just unlucky.

Oniken, it's a 10sec 'run in fear' skill.

Putrid fingernails are missing and will be added with Evendim update, ridiculous imo.

Also Runed wing of dominance seems to be missing or rather rare, 4 morroval kills and not 1 drop.

[Belechael]

Ahhh, ok, so I NEED the book BEFORE the pages start dropping :)

I'll try that, thx for the info :)

I think that four of the pages drop after you've gotten the book, but you can get the other four without having read it.

Same thing goes for every class, as I haven't found any of our books yet, but I found a Champion's page (light blue).

[Morlu]

Since i cant see it anywhere in this thread or on the original list, the trait that goes with the furthest charge book is called rain of thorns, it is exactly the same as hail of arrows but also roots all the targets it hits, and it has a 3 minute cool down, it is a very VERY useful skill for MP. Also the trait for the class quest is called Bow of the righteous and it restores some power to you (no idea how much) each time you land a bow attack.
The furthest charge pages drop from and humanoid, sentient (i.e. not snow beasts e.t.c.) mod of level 39+ and you do not need the book to collect them.
The pages for the other two books do require you to have the book before collecting them.

[Belechael]

A friend of mine discovered that in the Lorebook they have entered levels for the legendary traits, which might suggest respective levels for the mobs that drop them.

Not sure, not verified, so don't take it for granted.

[Riffie]

Since i cant see it anywhere in this thread or on the original list, the trait that goes with the furthest charge book is called rain of thorns, it is exactly the same as hail of arrows but also roots all the targets it hits, and it has a 3 minute cool down, it is a very VERY useful skill for MP. Also the trait for the class quest is called Bow of the righteous and it restores some power to you (no idea how much) each time you land a bow attack.
The furthest charge pages drop from and humanoid, sentient (i.e. not snow beasts e.t.c.) mod of level 39+ and you do not need the book to collect them.
The pages for the other two books do require you to have the book before collecting them.

Thx for the info .... I found both books for sale in AH .... sadly they cost around 3-5gp each :(

I know that the traits that require a book before pages start dropping, can get the pages added by clicking on the pages in the inventory.
I have 3 of the pages for "the furthest charge" but I cant add them anyware.
Do I also require a book, to add them?.

[Roaky Lamu]

Yeah you need the book first and to then speak to legolas before the pages add :)

[Olorin Maiar]

I wish way of the hunter will be an in-combat-skill.

Cause out of combat i don't need a skill to restore health and power.

[Riffie]

I'v got the first 3 pages from the weights and one of them dropped of a lvl38 mob (as I recall it).

A little hint :) ..... do your hunting during night-cycle at that time ther will spawn A LOT more Weights. even in packs of 3 on the different ruins plateu :)

Happy hunting.

Also If you are going to kill the boss in the last ruin, do it during day-cycle, becaause at that time he only have one wight close to him, but during night-cycle he has 3 wights around him + al lot more spawn inside the ruin.

[Auri2L]

How are the books called for "A Shot in the Dark" and "Way of the Hunter" and who exactly drops them? I checked today on AH but I hadn't found any book for Hutner, only few pages...

[Ceriad]

How are the books called for "A Shot in the Dark" and "Way of the Hunter" and who exactly drops them? I checked today on AH but I hadn't found any book for Hutner, only few pages...

Keep checking, I got "a shot in the dark" on AH (4g). The pages for these two books dont drop unless you have the book and quest, and then they go into the book automatically - so you can not buy pages for either of the books you've mentioned, only for the Furthest Charge.

All three books appear to be dropped by humanoids over level 38. The best place for book drops I have seen is in the Book 4 Chapter 8, The unmarked Trail, instance. Done it 3 times and 4 books dropped (3 Hunter books), so if you want to avoid buying the books you could try helping some pugs do this a few times.

[Shariva]

How are the books called for "A Shot in the Dark" and "Way of the Hunter" and who exactly drops them? I checked today on AH but I hadn't found any book for Hutner, only few pages...

I looked on the AH a few days ago and searched on the words "Shot" (A Shot In The Dark), "Furthest" (The Furthest Charge) and "Hunter" (The Way Of The Hunter). This gave me some results but I decided not to buy any of the books because 4G - 5G is a little to much for me (Personal choice). I decided that I would be better of grinding mobs (Goblins or Dwarfs) in the misty mountains or so then to buy them. I didn't have any luck so far.:(

[Auri2L]

Is drop rate good from dwarves in Misty Mountains?
BTW, I don't have a lot of money too :/ and I need them for repairing items, for crafting materials (this is off-topic but anyway where is good place to get both pristine hides and dwarf-iron ore at the same time? :D ) and some skills...
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Is there any humanoids in Unmarked Trails instance? :/ I done it but never noticed them... only Troll-kind TREES...

[Ceriad]

Is drop rate good from dwarves in Misty Mountains?
BTW, I don't have a lot of money too :/ and I need them for repairing items, for crafting materials (this is off-topic but anyway where is good place to get both pristine hides and dwarf-iron ore at the same time? :D ) and some skills...
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Is there any humanoids in Unmarked Trails instance? :/ I done it but never noticed them... only Troll-kind TREES...

Draughad in the Trollshaws is good for pristines, packed with wolves, also plenty of dwarf-iron ore in the area (At 6 o clock in the morning ;) ).

Its the Troll-kind trees that drop the books in Unmarked Trail, I got both Furthest Charge and Way of the Hunter in this instance, and I've also seen A Shot in the Dark drop.

[Louh]

I know that many told that 38+ humanoid mobs drop books, that dwarves and goblins in the misties drop them, etc., but i am not sure if people are reporting something read or heard, or if they didi really find.

Guys, here is the big favour I am asking to the luckier fellows then me: can anyone who has actually found a hunter book from a mob drop (i mean not read about the place where they can be found, or bought them in AH) indicate what mob was that and where he was located exactly, together with the title of the book he found?

Such a list would be very very useful to all hunters still seeking to get those preciuos drops.

If any (lucky) player replied to this, I would be extremely grateful :cool:

[Shariva]

Just after the Evendim update I was in a small fellowship in the Misty Mountains when the book The Furthest Charge dropped. We were killing goblins at the big camp in the Eastern Bruinen Source for another quest. I rolled need on the book but so did my fellow champion by mistake. Since the champion had no use for it, we traded the book.

A few days ago I had a page for this book drop in Angmar. I was doing some quest there which involved killing some orcs there. I'm not to sure anymore, but I believe I was doing the false orders quest.

In between that time I saw many a page drop for other classes like guardian, minstrel (I looted one from those same angmarim) and champion. To me it seems hunter books and pages are more rare then the others, but that could be just because there are more hunters then other classes on the server I'm on. I think it's safe to say that they do drop.

[Phantorus]

Its because there are so many hunters, so far ive had equalish drops from most classes as have most of the people I levelled with and grind with :).

[Louh]

Just after the Evendim update I was in a small fellowship in the Misty Mountains when the book The Furthest Charge dropped. We were killing goblins at the big camp in the Eastern Bruinen Source for another quest. I rolled need on the book but so did my fellow champion by mistake. Since the champion had no use for it, we traded the book.

A few days ago I had a page for this book drop in Angmar. I was doing some quest there which involved killing some orcs there. I'm not to sure anymore, but I believe I was doing the false orders quest.

In between that time I saw many a page drop for other classes like guardian, minstrel (I looted one from those same angmarim) and champion. To me it seems hunter books and pages are more rare then the others, but that could be just because there are more hunters then other classes on the server I'm on. I think it's safe to say that they do drop.

Thanks you very very much, Shariva ;) that was a really kind reply. Anyone else with such useful informations?

[Shariva]

Its because there are so many hunters, so far ive had equalish drops from most classes as have most of the people I levelled with and grind with :).

I thought as much. That's probably also the reason I went nearly insane when I looted page 10 for the furthest charge. :p

[Mortify]

I know that many told that 38+ humanoid mobs drop books, that dwarves and goblins in the misties drop them, etc., but i am not sure if people are reporting something read or heard, or if they didi really find.

Guys, here is the big favour I am asking to the luckier fellows then me: can anyone who has actually found a hunter book from a mob drop (i mean not read about the place where they can be found, or bought them in AH) indicate what mob was that and where he was located exactly, together with the title of the book he found?

Such a list would be very very useful to all hunters still seeking to get those preciuos drops.

If any (lucky) player replied to this, I would be extremely grateful :cool:

Shot in the Dark (Legendary Book) - Iron Crown - Can't remember if it was a fighter or a crossbowman, but it was certainly an Iron Crown.

[Ueauvan]

btw if you hadnt realised "A shot in the dark" was the first Inspector Clouseau film ...

says a lot about how Turbine view Hunters ;)

[HardOnails]

I know that many told that 38+ humanoid mobs drop books, that dwarves and goblins in the misties drop them, etc., but i am not sure if people are reporting something read or heard, or if they didi really find.

Guys, here is the big favour I am asking to the luckier fellows then me: can anyone who has actually found a hunter book from a mob drop (i mean not read about the place where they can be found, or bought them in AH) indicate what mob was that and where he was located exactly, together with the title of the book he found?

Such a list would be very very useful to all hunters still seeking to get those preciuos drops.

If any (lucky) player replied to this, I would be extremely grateful :cool:

ive had alot of books droped, probably 4 or 5 hunter books and 20 odd other ones (to many pages to think about)

its random from humanoids, ive had them solo and in groups from all over in uru and carn dum, on the way there, from the undead area below there, from the minas towers area, from hillman allover angmar, from dwarves and hillman in misty and even from undead in trollshaws

best thing to do is pick a camp himman near helgrod or dwaves in misty near giants are good, go farm there, sell all the books and pages you get and buy what you need

i did all 3 books in 2 days and made about 30g like that as well probably 20 hours of farming

[Ueauvan]

ive only ever had pages drop off 39 or above mobs.
wights after 400 + wights only at nighttime in trollshaws and 2 deeds later i got 4 pages
4 pages off dorfs in gabby south of MMs
4 pages off gobbies in middle angmar forget name but its where the statues with dread are
4 pages drop off orcs south east angmar (deed time again)

[Bamber]

complete list here - http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=33459 :D

[Louh]

complete list here - http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=33459 :D

Oh wow, thanks for this link, very useful indeed! As for the legendary books, it just indicates where the pages, and not the books themselves, drop, but i guess the books drop in the same areas of the pages, also considering what many kinds players above have already indicated.

Very kind, thanks again.

[bara]

I've had quite a few books/page drops so here goes:
Furthest Charge
1 book drop while solo grinding hillmen in angmar near donnvail
1 book drop while teamed up with a mate and grinding concur on way to helegrod
Pages that I remember
1 while helping with the last ingot in full fellowship
1 while doing towering champs in full fellowship
1 while helping LM grind necromancers in angmar
1 while helping 2 guys with the final challenge in angmar
1 from grinding concur hillmen on way to helegrod
various others I cant remember, ended up buying last 2 from AH

Shot in the Dark (best one imo)
1 book drop while doing champs of the arena in full f'ship
1 book drop off a boss in Barad Gularan in full f'ship
pages took 1-2hrs in total (a good idea to team up with LM/Champ when doing wights as they need pages from them too)

Way of the Hunter - waste of time I think
Book found by a mate from iron-crown nr donnvail
Pages again took 1-2 hrs

As I solo grind a lot of the time, the conclusion seems to be that you have a lot more chance getting books/pages if you are in a group questing or helping others with quests - but then of course you have to win the rolls...

Cheers,
Bara

[Elcastor]

what garbage this is! all that work and you cant use the trait in combat - does anyone who has all 3 ledgendary traits actually have this equipped??

seriuosly guys if any hunter has this book i would sell it and grind for the other 2 books

i wouldnt have this equipped if it was a class or race trait

[HardOnails]

what garbage this is! all that work and you cant use the trait in combat - does anyone who has all 3 ledgendary traits actually have this equipped??

seriuosly guys if any hunter has this book i would sell it and grind for the other 2 books

i wouldnt have this equipped if it was a class or race trait

4 leg traits :p

i got it and never equiped it, just something to do tbh

[Morgrim]

Guys

Am I missing something obvious? I got all the pages for Shot in the Dark and got the trait equipped at the bard, but i can't drag it to my quickslots. They're not locked - odd.

Any ideas? The words "Ranged weapon +11 damage" are in red which is strange. I have my bow equipped.

Cheers

[Scappydog]

Are you trying to equip the 'trait' or the unlocked skill. Equiping the trait will enable a new skill, its that skill that is slotted in the toolbar.

[Morgrim]

Sorted it - sorry - I wasn't looking in the skill tab - sheesh.

Cas

[Scappydog]

If you have the trait slotted does the linked skill appear on the skills page? It's the skill icon that drags to the toolbar, not the trait icon.

[Scappydog]

Sorted :)...thats the main thing.

[Kuku]

Can anyone confirm that the pages and books drop more often when you are grouped? Does the chance of finding the increase with the group size? I've had rotten luck looking for this stuff solo for more hours than I care to contemplate. About 6 hunter pages and no books.



best thing to do is pick a camp himman near helgrod or dwaves in misty near giants are good, go farm there, sell all the books and pages you get and buy what you need

i did all 3 books in 2 days and made about 30g like that as well probably 20 hours of farming

Sadly that's not really an option fur hunters anymore. Books and pages for most classes go for a couple 100 silvers, but pages for the hunter books start at about 1 gold. The Furthest Charge goes for 8-15 gold starting bid.

I was lucky to buy the Way of the Hunter off some guy selling it on /trade for a gold.

[Scappydog]

It took me about a week ( thats most evenings grinding for pages only ) to get all three done. Bought one book from AH and a few Furthest Charge pages. Once you have the other books slotted, pages for them seem to drop fairly quickly from the required mobs.

But in the end if you don't have the cash to buy the books, then grinding is the only answer. In my experience the drop rate is no different between soloing and grouping, only that you kill mobs faster in a group so may get pages faster. Best mob I've found for random page and book drops is the Orcs around the pools in Westeren Malenhead, the Bashers in particular seem to drop well.

[Crystil]

Trait information

A shot in the dark 39+ mobs
This gives you a bow attack that will Fear the mob for 10 seconds and has a cooldown of 30 seconds. It also gives you 1 focus and has a small charge time.
This doesn't work on beasts though it does on monsterplay bosses.
The book drops from ...
Pages 1-4 drop from the wights in Throllshaw in Nan Torneath
Pages 5-8 drop from the dwarves in Misty mountains in Gabilazan

Way of the hunter
This gives you an out-of-combat skill that restores 3000 power and morale in a 5 second cast with a cooldown of 10 minutes
The book drops from lvl 39+ mobs
Pages 1-4 drop from the Hillmen in donvail
Pages 5-8 drop from the (ongburz) orcs in Eastern angmar


This was very useful to me, whatever other people say about random drops - these places worked well.

Remember to go at night (game time)for the Wights in Trollshaws

Gabilizan was great for farming. There was one nice place where if alone you could permanently keep 1 or 2 dwarves in play. It took me two lengthy sessions to get all 4 pages, but i got also: half a level exp (with rested bonus), 2 complete other class books, several other class pages, several highly saleable items and made at least 15G from those 2 sessions.

Donnvail - if you can get past the 3 or 4 mobs at the front gate - then solo artists can just stop on the first hill in the town. From there it is possible to keep one (or two) at a time almost permanently in play saving running round. Once again, at this location in 2 sessions I did third level exp, got my 4 pages plus 2 other class books, several other class pages and again made a nice profit.

I have only just started the ongburz orcs in Ongbishuk camp where the 2nd sword is. So far killed fifty with no pages dropped.. but i guess sometimes things dont go according to plan.
Edit update: like buses... 3 pages then came in 7 kills. average for me ended up at about 1 page every 25-30 kills at this place.

oh PS.... despite being uninspired by Way of the Hunter - i decided to grind the pages while grinding exp anyway, and who knows, they may change the cooldown or cast time in the future so might as well have it - even if its not slotted.

[Strider Ravenclaw]

I wish way of the hunter will be an in-combat-skill.

Cause out of combat i don't need a skill to restore health and power.


I agree said this from the start, wish i had know it was going to be out of combat before i had wasted my time effort amd money getting this trait.

[Wolfie67]

OK could someone please tell me which of the legendary traits should be hightly recommended for a hunter out of the following...!

The Way of the Hunter !

A Shot in the dark !

A furthest charge !

cheers all :)

[zimoo]

Depends what sort of hunter you are. I currently have furthest charge and way of the hunter equipped, but that's mainly because I haven't learnt any others :p

Say for instance you're soloing, then the rain of thorns may not be much use...whereas it will be useful if you join a group without a loremaster (or a bad one).

Way of the hunter is just a nice way to slightly minimise downtime between battles. It's normally always on CD for me, as I use it to instantly regen all my power after a tough fight.

[SouledOut]

I have Press Onward and RoT slotted at the moment...

Its so nice to know so many hunters have pumped up vit/will/fate and can last so long in battle. Such a shame agility was neglected and they can barely out-DPS the minstrel but hey ho. I'm 450+ agi using food buff + active armour buff with 20%+ ranged crit (minimum 150 on all other stats)... I can solo Donnvail/Ongbishuk and other busy areas including Sarnur top floor while staying in combat most of the time and nothing is more useful than a 3k morale/power heal on the rare occasion u stop fighting... and since the patch theres a way to drop out of combat very quickly. Camouflage + heal anyone? Never had a atacked fire/poison DoT and died due to OOC regen not being fast enough?

[grimoire]

Page drops for Furthest charge are extremely rare. I have seen one single page drop, and I am level 49, so you can image how many mobs I have killed since I was high enough to kill 39+ mobs, and that includes grinding 1000's for the other two books.
The best bet is not to grind for the pages, but simply grind to make enough money to buy the pages.
You can get most for around 500s, though some idiots are trying to sell them for more than 1g.
AS a hunter in your high 40's you should easily be able to make 500s per 30 minutes by grinding, say, orcs in Onbushnik.

[Felanias]

Hunter books or pages aren't actually rarer, I've seen the share of them drop. (Just not when I was playing my hunter lol;( well save that one time when the other hunter won the book :<)
Just need to get lucky enough to find any books. Hunting the book pages can take a while if your luck is low, got the 1-4 pages of a shot in the dark in about 1-2 hours at wights (while it was being overrun by atleast 3-4 others) which I consider fairly lucky.
As for the traits to use, Rain of Thorns is a must imo. In a group its useful as cc, soloing it can be god-like (if you're the person to do insane soloing attemps, like I am :P)it's pretty much a multiple trap. I consider Press Onward to be useful as well, I'm pretty much always on the move so a full morale/power heal instead of having to wait for a minute (and respawns) can be quite useful, however as I enjoy my insane soloing, I'd personally go for Bard's Arrow :P, tho it's a shame they nerfed predators cry (was looking forward to chain fearing beasts :(
Hunter book prices went down to their old prices, so everyone should be able to effort to buy the books & pages again, so that's good =)

[Elisar]

Never had a atacked fire/poison DoT and died due to OOC regen not being fast enough?
thats why u go to healer & buy 20 potions for removing fear/wound (for poison u dont need one)

As for the traits to use, Rain of Thorns is a must imo.
It is if you play with no loremaster in fs..
I have Bow of the Righteous & Bard's Arrow on most of time..

[sylvantos]

I was given the furthest charge, and placed it into my vault, since i couldnt read it due to my level. Anyways when i reached lvl 39 i got it out of my bank and it disappeared, i checked my deed log and it was there, i spoke to legolas, cant remember what he said tbh lol

Anyways I havent done book 4 chapter 8, and I am now in my low 40's, unfortunately for me, I have killed hundreds if not thousands of wights in the trolls solo, and in groups, and also in the MM, killing hillmen, but unfortunately due to the ridiculously fast respawn rates i am unable to go to the top of the hill near helegod.

I tried to farm the dwarves too, but again solo at low 40's is incredibly difficuly, have teamed up with others, they have gotten books and pages...but never once in 1000's of kills of the correct mobs as any book or page dropped for me.

I am getting rather concerned there is something wrong either with the page drops themselves, or my character is bugged out for not doing chapter 8, where you need to speak with legolas anyways.

I hope its not bugged out obviously, but I do wonder if there is some connection there, which is stopping any sort of class page or my own pages from dropping, or is it just random, and there is nothing wrong?


If it's because there are too many hunters, does this severaly low the drop rate, and if so how does it do this? The reason I ask this, surely the drops are random, and farming them won't or can't lower the page drops?

If so then the page drops in general need increasing slightly, since it goes beyond unfair that a popular class has to work 10 times harder than other classes because somewhere the server makes the decision to say too many hunter pages dropping, lets lower the drop rate for them.


Also should I try to buy the other book on the ah , and if i did invest in areally expensive book, will it increase the chance they pages will drop?

thanks.

[Felanias]

It is if you play with no loremaster in fs..
I'm not usually fellowed with a LM while soloing ;)

The Furthest Charge pages drop randomly, there isn't any right mob for them, the mobs listed are for the pages of the books listed with them, and you can only obtain those pages if you got the deed from that specific book.

[grimoire]

Well, at level 50, I just ended up buying all my furthest charge pages, except the single one that dropped for me.
Cost me from 300s to 1g each.
Life is too short to spend weeks grinding for pages.

[SouledOut]

thats why u go to healer & buy 20 potions for removing fear/wound (for poison u dont need one)

Show me the potions that puts out fire DoT and I'll happily add a full stack to the Lhinestad and Conuith I carry around with me :P

[Elisar]

I'm not usually fellowed with a LM while soloing ;)
I always have LM with me ;) makes life so much easier.

[Felanias]

Show me the potions that puts out fire DoT and I'll happily add a full stack to the Lhinestad and Conuith I carry around with me :P
Have you tried bringing with you some bottles of water? ;)

[Strider Ravenclaw]

what garbage this is! all that work and you cant use the trait in combat - does anyone who has all 3 ledgendary traits actually have this equipped??

seriuosly guys if any hunter has this book i would sell it and grind for the other 2 books

i wouldnt have this equipped if it was a class or race trait

Totally agree, wish i hadnt spent all that time and money getting it, and no i dont have it equiped.

[Takuan]

If talking about orcs in eastern malenhad, is that behind the stone statue's that insta-killed me last time I went there (maybe coz I am still doing some b4 and some b6 chapters)? Or are they in the area I can get to?

Thanks!

[Infidelus]

You can't go through those stones until you've completed book 6 chapter 6 ;)

The Orcs are in and around Ongbishuk which is in the far eastern part of Angmar (yes, past the stones :))

[Takuan]

Thanks!

And bummer.... :(

[frolix22]

Having read some of the earlier posts in this thread it seems prices for the books in the auction house have dropped a lot recently. Can grab Way of the Hunter for roughly 800s now and the others are not much more expensive.

[Heldafor]

So some of the pages drop from the MM Dwarfs at High Crag, Is it just some pages of the book ?

Also where are the wights in Trollshaws i dont normally go there but in the time i have been there i have never noticed any wights

[etelemnar]

The Wights are north of Thorenhad. If you find Calenthon's camp (he has a camp site fire to bind to which is handy if you are doing this in more than one visit), then head north from him and the Wights are all over that pass up Amon Varadh and beyond.

They tend to come out at night in particular.

[Kuku]

Speaking of legendary traits, is it worth going after the trait given for completing my two class quests? And by "being worth it" I don't mean being only slightly better than our now-nerfed other legendaries. :p

The problem is that I'm a bit fed up trying to get that silly rune from Carn Dum. Why is it made so hard?
- First you need a fellowship for it. Being a hunter that usually means starting your own.
- Then you need a minstrel. At least I've never heard of a group making it very far without one. The rest of the group needs to be fairly balanced too.
- Even with the Iron Key it's still a pretty long run to Mormoz. Especially since you'll have to do Azgoth and that rescue quest as well along the way... there's no other reason for anyone to come along otherwise. By the time you get close you'll probably already be replacing team members who had to leave.
- When you finally get there, it's a roll against at least the minstrel. And my rolls are about as lucky as... well, my chances of "critting" a recipe :p

It doesn't have to be easy. But it was made a little too hard I think, having to group with a balanced team of which most members have no business going after the monster the hunter needs. If the trait isn't really worth having, I'm not going to bother with Carn Dum anymore :(

[Local_1]

A shot in the dark 39+ mobs
This gives you a bow attack that will Fear the mob for 10 seconds and has a cooldown of 30 seconds. It also gives you 1 focus and has a small charge time.
This doesn't work on beasts though it does on monsterplay bosses.
The book drops from ...
Pages 1-4 drop from the wights in Throllshaw in Nan Torneath
Pages 5-8 drop from the dwarves in Misty mountains in Gabilazan


Well so far I must have killed at least 50 of these wights in Nan Torneath and still not 1 page has dropped. What is the drop rate suppose to be.

[Local_1]

Have now killed 94 wights in trollshaws still no drop of pages been to all five wight camps. Minas Ciliant, Ost Chall, Amon Varadh, Barad Glamgil and Ost Brandas.

Are there any others I can try.

[Fingoldrom]

Ye the last page took me hours, but you get them in the end. I think they only drop from wights that are either + lv 39 or 40.

Make sure you have the book though

[Local_1]

Ye the last page took me hours, but you get them in the end. I think they only drop from wights that are either + lv 39 or 40.

Make sure you have the book though

Yes I have all three books completed The Furthest Charge.