Change in Lower Ix pop method?

[Evelyn]

Ok, my LS has been camping out at lower Ix for 45 mins now. the ??? hasn't moved (NW spawn), and we have yet to recieve a shroud of animosity. Has anyone noticed a change in how you pop Lower Ix recently?

[Skold_07]

... the ??? can repop in the same place your just getting lucky, and no, it hasnt changed. 45 mins isnt long enough. try camping it for 2 days strait then i might look into this

[Turlos.]

Ok, my LS has been camping out at lower Ix for 45 mins now. the ??? hasn't moved (NW spawn), and we have yet to recieve a shroud of animosity. Has anyone noticed a change in how you pop Lower Ix recently?

It can repop in the same spot multiple times. That might have been what happened here for you. I was there just last week and saw normal behavior. So unless it broke today with maintenance, I'm guessing that is what happened to you.

[Evelyn]

repops the same place three times in a row? Sorry, but theres a 0.8% chance of that happening.

Anyway, usually before it would depop for a minute or two before repoping, and it hasn't done that either. the ??? hasn't moved.

[Skold_07]

im sure it did and you didnt notice...

[Evelyn]

Me not noticing? possible. 18? doubtful.

We're going on 1 hour 15 mins now, and its still here.

[andretti]

no, actually, it hasnt.. there are 20 of us here.. we have camped this many many times.. this has never happened..

we ALWAYS see it depop, and yes, repop in same room.. but now it has been 1hr15min without depop..

we have many ppl chking the ???constantly, and it has not depopped.

[Lockecole]

You do realize they're 30min repops, not the original 15min repops anymore. (though there still is the 1min pop period inbetween, so I dunno what to say...) If SE changed something it would be nice for them to let us know.

[Evelyn]

ok, even if its 30 min repop, still a 0.8% chance of it being in the same spot all three times, and it still hasn't depopped at all.

[Evelyn]

ok, it finally just depopped, after being up almost 90 minutes plus however long it was up before.

[NynJa]

0.8% ??
What the fuck are you calculating ??
theres a 25% chance that it will respawn in the same room (four rooms).

How the fuck do you get 0.8% from that is completely beyond me.



Ban this 5 post fag, he's wasting my time and my energy.

[Suiram]

Actually, it's a 6.3% chance of being in the same place 3 times in a row, but that's not why I'm responding to this thread. We've been having a hell of a time popping this since we've resumed sea farming post-ToAU. Once we had worked out a method in the past, we consistently popped it within 20-30 min. Now we're beyond attempt #3 of 1~2 hours of no pop.

I'm inclined to believe it's broken, but we could have just been really lucky in the past, I suppose. Has anyone successfully popped this in the last few weeks?


P.S. As of yesterday it was still 30min up, 1 min down. You were probably fighting something when it despawned and respawned.

[Turlos.]

Actually, it's a 6.3% chance of being in the same place 3 times in a row, but that's not why I'm responding to this thread. We've been having a hell of a time popping this since we've resumed sea farming post-ToAU. Once we had worked out a method in the past, we consistently popped it within 20-30 min. Now we're beyond attempt #3 of 1~2 hours of no pop.

I'm inclined to believe it's broken, but we could have just been really lucky in the past, I suppose. Has anyone successfully popped this in the last few weeks?


P.S. As of yesterday it was still 30min up, 1 min down. You were probably fighting something when it despawned and respawned.

We tried for a few hours last week with no pop. I didnt really think much of it because I had seen that happen one time before and just chalked it up to bad luck. However in the last 10 days at least I havent seen it pop. We have killed it since ToAU came out however.

[Evelyn]

0.8% chance to spawn in the same place three times in a row. 1/(5^3) = 1/125. Its called statistics.

Yes I have 5 posts. Yes i just created this account to see if anyone else was having this same issue. and apparently I'm not the only one. Before you flame me, and try to get me banned, when was the last time YOU popped Lower Ix?

EDIT: Ah yes, sorry, I did calculate it wrong. I thought there were 5 rooms. However, for being there for over 90 minutes, it would have had to pop in the same room 4 times consecutively, so its still roughly 1.5% chance. Either way, we're still having issues with the pop. We haven't tried it since ToAU came out until now. With the number of updates since ToAU was released its quite conseivable that it is somehow broken. And seeing one of the previous poster's response, it seems like I'm not the only person having problems.

[NynJa]

I dont know whens the last time I popped Ix'DRK. I've missed my LS's sea runs for the past 2 months because of my job. AFAIK, we're sitting on Ix'DRK deeds, sooooooo.



and you can take your statistics and shove em up your ass, since Ix'DRK ??? repop has been 30 min for like 4-5 months now, not 15 min.

[Lordwafik]

it's possible they ninja edited sea. How can alot of you be all "they changed the drop rates omg!" and not be open to listen to this one? silly.

[Suiram]

Sorry Mr. Statistics, but the first room doesn't matter. It's repopping once (25% chance) and then repopping again (25% chance) so 1/(4^2) = 1/16 chance = 6.3%.

I don't care how many posts you have, but arrogant + wrong = gtfo.

[Evelyn]

1) I said I calculated it wrong.
2) I said there should have been 3 *respawns* for as long as we were there (over 90 minutes). so its still roughly 1.5%

anyway I'm getting off this whole thing. think what you want, but my LS is no new kid on the block. we've been here before, were the first LS on bismark server to actually attempt to kill AV. In other words, we know what we're doing. We think there might be something wrong, so we're asking about it. No need to flame me about it.

[Map]

anyway I'm getting off this whole thing. think what you want, but my LS is no new kid on the block. we've been here before, were the first LS on bismark server to actually attempt to kill AV. In other words, we know what we're doing. We think there might be something wrong, so we're asking about it. No need to flame me about it.

Don't forget, this is also the first ls to find the fifths Ix'drk ??? spawn, so you know they're pros.

eh~ P.S. my shell hasn't gotten ix'drk to pop recently either.

[MisterBob]

Last 3 attempts on Ix'DRK we've gotten it in 45min....

The ??? is instant repop, it's been that way since the patch that changed it. We have people always watching all 4 rooms when camping, and when it moves, it reappears instantly now.

Btw, we use the same method that Kupo on Pand uses (or used to, dunno if they still do). It seems having 6 people killing Aerns instead of 18 helps insanely.