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 Asura.Rinkydink
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By Asura.Rinkydink 2010-05-28 01:57:28
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ok, everyone knows PCA. nice piece to get..

crappy drop/spawn rate of argus..

now question i have (for people who may have camped this a few times and the like) is..

Wiki says either this OR the leech will spawn.

is there a definitive pattern or completely a lottery?

Yes i want the piece and i can probably camp a ToD i dont fancy spending the next few "pre update" days waiting for argus and then leech is there lol

im guessing pure lotto.. but hey..
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By Ifrit.Bloodbathboy 2010-05-28 01:59:33
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Have fun Sir Rinky!!!
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By Caitsith.Katas 2010-05-28 02:04:23
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can pop any combo, saw once pop 8 days of argus gl
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By Asura.Zatoichina 2010-05-28 02:05:44
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From what i could tell from camping it, it is pure lotto.

Not a hard NM to camp really though if you have time to dedicate to it, due to it's spawn conditions there is rarely alot of competition.

One thing i found helpful if you have access to another character is to have one in each area (Leech king/Argus) otherwise keeping the ToD is the hardest part.

I was lucky and went 1/1 on Amulet but it still took a while.
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By Asura.Rinkydink 2010-05-28 03:36:59
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dammit, just what i thought a complete random pop.. bugger me!!

i might just bite the bullet and pop in now and then like i did to get my moldy earring. I do have a seperate account i can use.. but um.. he'd get pwned around that area! lol

hmm.. well i guess its a lot easier than trying to get people for O.Hat pop ......


watch this space..... >.>
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By Sylph.Tigerwoods 2010-05-28 03:41:01
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Drop rate isn't bad on amulet, I went 1/4, though between all the no claims and leech kings, took me 2 months of camping at least 4 days a rl week. My final score was argus 1/4 leech king 3/22 (for earring)
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By Odin.Vecroge 2010-05-28 03:51:16
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Ive camped him about 10 times now, seen a bunch of crazy idea about how to make him pop, etc etc. One "theory" i will say i believe to be true based on my camping is that he will NOT spawn 2 times in same moon cycle, example Argus pop 10% moon, if next pop time is in same cycle Leech King will pop, and vice versa. Not gonna call that 100% accurate just based on my camping.
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By Asura.Sneaker 2010-05-28 04:19:23
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gl on camping rinky
i never camped argus,and im 1/1 on it:
each time i had to go to mhaura i was taking a quick look if argus or leech king is up. and im sure u can imagine what happened: one day i was checking-> he was up - killed him and got drop lol.guess that was the revenge for 0/22 simurgh ^^
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By Asura.Rinkydink 2010-05-28 04:22:22
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haha nice one sneaker cheers.. now give me all your gil!! you lucky sod!! haha

im thinking i might do the "random pop" into the zone when i have nothing else to do.. or just sit there. having fun with my sch killing stuff in the area lol
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By Ragnarok.Kogenta 2010-05-28 04:33:26
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totally random as a pop, camped for 1 weeks straight. drop % is fairly high, we went 2/3.
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By Leviathan.Dubont 2010-05-28 04:48:45
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ur better off just buying a PCC...
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By Asura.Rinkydink 2010-05-28 04:52:53
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some of us dont have 1.6million to spend on a neckpiece!!

id rather camp argus.. i got leaping lizzy 1/1 kill drop, VE 1/5, why pay for something you just need to take the time to camp..

i can find better things to spend 1.6million on.
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By Ramuh.Thunderz 2010-05-28 05:34:09
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the time spent camping him you can easily make that amount of money.
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 Asura.Rinkydink
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By Asura.Rinkydink 2010-05-28 05:39:49
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like ive said i probbaly wont go camp per sé, just pop in for an hour or 2 a day around the same time. Plus, im a crap farmer ^.^ cant make gil for love nor... well money
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By Ramuh.Thunderz 2010-05-28 06:24:44
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I know what you mean I had a horrible time farming gil for my hagun myself, just wanted to do the bcnm but sometimes the thing will not drop. So as a backup plan spend 2hours a day farming ladybug wings and if camping him doesnt work you know ure making some gil for it on the side.

I was able to buy my hagun cuz some guy paid me like 100k/hr for pl'ing it was HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE but who would pass that up. I pl'd him for 3 days 5~6hrs each was crazy
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By Asura.Rinkydink 2010-05-28 06:38:51
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haha yeh true i guess..

hmm... pl services... maybe ill shout in whitegate offering that! lol
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By Siren.Aem 2010-05-28 07:30:19
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Camped Argus for a week solid, apart from two miss-claims, Leech King kept popping. I was actually going nuts, than got bored.. Went with LS into Attohwa and went 1/1 on Bando Kote from Xolotl.

Did cheer me up a bit :)
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By Asura.Rinkydink 2010-05-28 08:32:25
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pardon the swearing but *** WIN!

that is all i have to say on that story!
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By Lakshmi.Cesil 2010-05-28 09:31:08
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I remember camping this back when it dropped the actual Charm with my friend...we kind of went insane after 3 days of no sleep...we actually got it but haha I don't think I can ever do that again...

The BCNM however is easy...went 1/1 with it on there >.>
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By Asura.Rinkydink 2010-05-28 09:32:40
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shh for bcnm's seals are a no go atm

i lack them.. used a lot on redoing ACP and RJ to get ni, i may give it a go >.<
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By Ramuh.Krizz 2010-05-28 09:37:24
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Asura.Rinkydink said:
shh for bcnm's seals are a no go atm

i lack them.. used a lot on redoing ACP and RJ to get ni, i may give it a go >.<
Personally, I'd rather camp than use seals. I'd rather my seals be used to earn gil instead. (yeah, can earn gil if PCC drops, but I'm talking about higher rate drops)
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By Sylph.Sindri 2010-05-28 09:38:55
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Get a Torque instead~
 
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By Ragnarok.Ashman 2010-05-28 09:46:22
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Asura.Rinkydink said:
some of us dont have 1.6million to spend on a neckpiece!! id rather camp argus.. i got leaping lizzy 1/1 kill drop, VE 1/5, why pay for something you just need to take the time to camp.. i can find better things to spend 1.6million on.
Trust me... I just gave up on Eastern Shadow after going 0/27. If you have the time to invest watching a mob with a 10+ hour window you don't really have a reason NOT to farm 1.6 million in less time (Especially if you take multiple kils to get drop). Save yourself the headache.
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By Siren.Aem 2010-05-28 09:49:53
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Could be worse, could be camping Lava and Kusha Rings, albeit the repop times are timed 1.5-2.0hours, the drop rate is terrible. Seen accounts of people at 0/80+ on these, plus miss-claims and competition and TH3/4.

I'm currently 1/2 Lava Ring, but 0/21 Kusha (Two-days worth of camping, if I did it solidly). Oh well :(
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By Ramuh.Krizz 2010-05-28 10:09:54
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Siren.Aem said:
Could be worse, could be camping Lava and Kusha Rings, albeit the repop times are timed 1.5-2.0hours, the drop rate is terrible. Seen accounts of people at 0/80 on these, plus miss-claims and competition and TH3/4.

I'm currently 1/2 Lava Ring, but 0/21 Kusha (Two-days worth of camping, if I did it solidly). Oh well :(
I'm in the double digits on Dasra's Ring. Dreading having to do Nasatya's Ring for possibly just as long after.

Edit: Though the respawn times are nice. I can AFK when not in the window.
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By Bahamut.Habs 2010-05-28 10:28:08
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Leviathan.Dubont said:
ur better off just buying a PCC...
argus's pcc has way more epeen valu than 1 you can buy.theres a reason people camp rare/ex stuff and its not because of the stats.but of course noobs dont know or care about stuff like that right?
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By Ramuh.Krizz 2010-05-28 10:34:23
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Bahamut.Habs said:
Leviathan.Dubont said:
ur better off just buying a PCC...
argus's pcc has way more epeen valu than 1 you can buy.theres a reason people camp rare/ex stuff and its not because of the stats.but of course noobs dont know or care about stuff like that right?
Way you said it was a bit dickish, but I agree with your point.
 
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By Ramuh.Krizz 2010-05-28 10:54:46
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Caitsith.Shiroi said:
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argus's pcc has way more epeen valu than 1 you can buy.theres a reason people camp rare/ex stuff and its not because of the stats.but of course noobs dont know or care about stuff like that right?

I don't see what's so epeen about having a R/EX pcc? If you want epeen just say you got your PCC off argus before it was R/EX? You know when there was 100 people down there camping it.
That would be lying about it. There's no accomplishment in lying.
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