Trial and Error

*Article's Character Information*

Seritle Zeales - CL 90 Jedi (prefer Sith)
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Greetings, readers. (SWG)

Tonight, I bring to you a story of an evil creature named Sher Kar.

Many adventurers take this thing down for a few reasons that I know of.

1.) Old Republic Lightsaber Hilt (Two-Handed)
2.) A Warmly Glowing Skull (Used in Lava Crystal synthesis in a Chu Don Gar cube.)
3.) A Malevolent Bowcaster.

There are probably more, but those are the top ones I know of.

Anyways, my being a Jedi (prefer Sith) required that I attain this lightsaber hilt.


To continue with the story, allow me to provide some of you who don't know with a location and some pictures.


Location: Mustafar - click for main page





Target: Sher Kar - click for main bestiary page





Drop: Old Republic Lightsaber Hilt Schematic - click to enlarge




Now that you know everything about the location and some statistics of Sher Kar and my past goal, let's continue.



In my situation, I am a FFXI Veteran. So when I played SWG to CL 90 *Sith*, I couldn't believe how easy it was, no exp loss, easy to find help, reasonable prices on items, all the dreams of a FFXI player. Now, there is one catch. No game you play, and I mean no game has a loveable drop rate. Sure your friends say that they got what they were looking for on the first or third attempt. This blog is for the unlucky players, imagine where this is going.

Let me just say that it took 40 attempts at Sher Kar, some of you are thinking, "Well, just wait for him to pop!". For those of you who do know, its not that simple.

Allow me to explain...

Sher Kar is an instance on Mustafar. Towards the northern end of Talrus Isle, refer to the map I placed. SWG has lockouts on most instances. If you dont know again, a lockout is a timer that is activated to keep you from re-entering for a set amount of time. This particular instance has a lockout of course, and here are the times for the conditions.

Successful - *Meaning all enemies in the instance are defeated, including Sher Kar before the instance timer runs out.* - 36 Hours (apparently)

Unsuccessful - *Meaning either your time ran out inside the isntance or you and/or your group members were slain.* - 8 Hours (Confirmed)

Now, all 40 attempts were successful. Meaning I had to wait 36 hours before the next attempt all the way til attempt 40 where I finally got the schematic. Each and every time the schematic never dropped. Imagine the frustration of finding the help for this instance without having the syringe to go in myself. Long Story short, it felt just like Enkelados, except I was being taunted with the "claim" and never getting the drop. Not to mention, the help always wanted the skull, so to this day the best crystal I have is a Bane's Heart.

So to any of you looking to get this lightsaber hilt, don't feel bad at around attempt 10 or 20. It will drop. I gaurantee it.

Here's a small hint you may not find in other places on the web. But, if you have 900+ or 950+ resources you used for your Fourth Generation Lightsabers, keep them because the Old Republic Lightsabers are made of the exact same resources and classes. It's just like crafting a Fourth Generation, just an ORLS.

Also, here are the stats for the ORLS for the sake of no more pics in this post.


Skill Mods:
Strength: 75

*please note that this was based off of an already crafted lightsaber*
Damage: *results will vary with each Jedi's own creation.*
Base Type: Energy
Attack Speed: 1
Damage: 732 - 1402
Base DPS (Damage Per Second): 1067
Elemental Type: Electricity
Element Damage: 57

Other Stats:
Range: 0-5m




In closing, although it was most annoying having awful luck on the drop of this shecmatic, it was worth it and was, obviously, possible.




Until next time, readers.



- Thanks to swg.allakhazam.com for pictures
- Thanks to a certain Instigator Bonecrusher for picture submissions on swg.allakhazam.com

Some Time Off

Updated - Novermber 3, 2006.

I retain internet connection throughout my leave over the weekend, so expect updates.

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Hello again, everyone.

None of you know this, but I'm originally from Florida and have just moved here a few months ago to Tennessee, meaning most of my family is still in Florida. Well I'm going back to Florida this weekend because my nephew is having his first Birthday Party there. So I won't be posting until atleast Monday or Tuesday. Theres no readers that read this blog anyways. But incase there are one or two of you, thats why I won't be updating. But here's a look into next time's story.

Sher Kar..

Enough said, lol.

Until I return, have a good one.



With best regards,
Seritle Zeales

P.S. Not to mention I have to write a 4 page essay while I'm out, so imagine the excitement I have for my teacher.. damn him.

It's All About the Bracelets

*Article's Character Information*

Seritle - 63 BLM/ 31 WHM
Zartavion 42 RDM/ 21 NIN
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Greetings, readers. (FFXI)

Today's bit is about a NM (Notorious Monster) named Enkelados

Some of you are probably going, "Oh yeah...".
Some of you are probably going, "Say what?".

Either which way, this story has no happy ending.

First off, some introductions are in order. Here is/are some/a name(s) and their description.

Zartavion - My best friend whom I try to play any and all games with. Also best friends in real life.


So, now that you know "everyone", let me continue.


It's about 10 P.M. Eastern Time. We're headed to Delkfutt's Tower, with our keys in hand, looking to have a go at a certain NM named Enkelados. Here's a picture of him.




Anyways, I had been reading about a pair of bracelets he drops and how they can help me get out of my being broke rut. Of course, Zartavion suffers from this rut as well. Heres a picture of the bracelets.




So now we're using our keys on the door to an area with a "magical force flowing upwards to the tenth floor". We get there, kill a few random giants. two NM's, which of whose names are not important, and lightning elementals, and we wait.

and wait...

and wait...

and wait...

As you can tell, camping isnt all too.. exciting, especially when you're trying to compete with other people. There are two spawn rooms as well, far from each other in a sense. We have one room, one person has the other. Imagine the excitement, won't you?

It's been about 3 hours of waiting, which isnt all too much, but its now 2 A.M. Eastern Time (Dont try to figure the time, because I already tried. its weird)
and we're not exactly too dedicated at this point, not to mention we're tired.

So we decide to look for the treasure chest spawns due to us having both obtained keys during our wait. Also hunted elementals. All the sure fire gil makers. We spend 30 minutes on treasure chests, check for Enkelados, nothing. Another 30 minutes for Elementals, check again nothing. So it's now been atleast 4 hours and we decided to call it a night. But, we had to check just one last time, and when we enter that room, besides our own, there he is...

In all his glory...

But of course, it couldnt last too long. Immediately after acknowledging Enkelado's presence, a familiar message appears...

*Random guy uses Provoke on Enkelados*

I immediately become frustrated..

I mean, we camped that bastard for what felt like so long.
*remember, I'm passing out, so I'm pretty much on edge*

I know it should be expected, but I mean come on. This was, in a long line of failed attempts for decent gil, another slap to the face. I became so frustrated, that I warped my partner, Zartavion, without warning and logged off.

Ironically enough, I logged back on to find that my lightning crystals were bought for 1k over my price of 3k.

Frustration gone.

Although its not 100's of thousands of gil, 4k times 7 is 28k.

I'd rather leave Delkfutts with a sure 28k then I would with a headache strong enough to make my eyes pop out, wouldn't you?

*doesnt matter, I'm happy with it*


- pictures taken from ffxi.allakhazam.com. -