How many sabre cats have been killed since 1.6 went live?

derpsticks · April 2015

I'm surprised they aren't extinct yet.

SHADOW2KK · April 2015

derpsticks wrote: »

I'm surprised they aren't extinct yet.

Lol aye, tbh I have lost count of how many I have slain, but they keep spawning, and keep dying, ah well...

Panda244 · April 2015

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

SHADOW2KK · April 2015

Panda244 wrote: »

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

Relax:P we are not killing pandas hehe

AlnilamE · April 2015

Not sure why others are killing the sabre cats, but I got about a stack of leather from them at least.

UrQuan · April 2015

Um, I'm guessing there's a spot where they're spawning at a high rate?

AlnilamE · April 2015

No idea. But in the Rift you can't walk five steps outside of town without tripping over one.

Though I assume the killing of sabre cats is more popular in the Silver/Gold versions of the Rift.

Nestor · April 2015

There is an area near Riften where they spawn quite quickly. It is a good place to grind if you can't make it to the Vile Lab in Coldharbor. I think it just north of the stables, but the Thieves Sanctuary exit puts you right in the middle of it.

UrQuan · April 2015

Nestor wrote: »

There is an area near Riften where they spawn quite quickly. It is a good place to grind if you can't make it to the Vile Lab in Coldharbor. I think it just north of the stables, but the Thieves Sanctuary exit puts you right in the middle of it.

Ah, so that would be why it's "since 1.6 went live". Because now a ton of people with bounties are popping up in the middle of it and having to fight...

derpsticks · April 2015

Yeah, vr10 sabre cats. Good grind for DC. So many dead cats.

SHADOW2KK · April 2015

derpsticks wrote: »

Yeah, vr10 sabre cats. Good grind for DC. So many dead cats.

I am not fussy, I practically kill everything in the Rift, but giants/mammoths/trolls give better xp, think its 1.2 k for sabre cats, compared to 3k for giants blah blah.

Ah well...:D

UrQuan · April 2015

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

derpsticks wrote: »

Yeah, vr10 sabre cats. Good grind for DC. So many dead cats.

I am not fussy, I practically kill everything in the Rift, but giants/mammoths/trolls give better xp, think its 1.2 k for sabre cats, compared to 3k for giants blah blah.

Ah well...:D

Yeah, but at those numbers if you can kill 3 or more sabre cats in the time it takes you to kill 1 giant (and it's likely you can if you have any AoE damage capability) then the sabre cats would be a more efficient way of grinding XP - especially if they spawn quickly and if there are a large number of them in the area.

Of course, I prefer to just quest and kill whatever I happen upon as I'm questing, but if you're looking to grind XP you're probably better off going for the sabre cats.

SHADOW2KK · April 2015

UrQuan wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

derpsticks wrote: »

Yeah, vr10 sabre cats. Good grind for DC. So many dead cats.

I am not fussy, I practically kill everything in the Rift, but giants/mammoths/trolls give better xp, think its 1.2 k for sabre cats, compared to 3k for giants blah blah.

Ah well...:D

Yeah, but at those numbers if you can kill 3 or more sabre cats in the time it takes you to kill 1 giant (and it's likely you can if you have any AoE damage capability) then the sabre cats would be a more efficient way of grinding XP - especially if they spawn quickly and if there are a large number of them in the area.

Of course, I prefer to just quest and kill whatever I happen upon as I'm questing, but if you're looking to grind XP you're probably better off going for the sabre cats.

Aye true and fairly put, there is a couple of areas in the Rift where there is a lot of giants/mammoths, e.g the WW shrine, and other areas further out, and other areas where the respawn rate seems fast.

And but but....I like the giants and mammoths:( well killing them lol

UrQuan · April 2015

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

derpsticks wrote: »

Yeah, vr10 sabre cats. Good grind for DC. So many dead cats.

I am not fussy, I practically kill everything in the Rift, but giants/mammoths/trolls give better xp, think its 1.2 k for sabre cats, compared to 3k for giants blah blah.

Ah well...:D

Yeah, but at those numbers if you can kill 3 or more sabre cats in the time it takes you to kill 1 giant (and it's likely you can if you have any AoE damage capability) then the sabre cats would be a more efficient way of grinding XP - especially if they spawn quickly and if there are a large number of them in the area.

Of course, I prefer to just quest and kill whatever I happen upon as I'm questing, but if you're looking to grind XP you're probably better off going for the sabre cats.

Aye true and fairly put, there is a couple of areas in the Rift where there is a lot of giants/mammoths, e.g the WW shrine, and other areas further out, and other areas where the respawn rate seems fast.

And but but....I like the giants and mammoths:( well killing them lol

I'd definitely agree that it's more fun (and somehow more satisfying) to kill giants and mammoths than it is to kill sabre cats...

Natjur · April 2015

I am surprised with all the exp spots they have nerfed, why some spots still have instance respawns?

SHADOW2KK · April 2015

UrQuan wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

derpsticks wrote: »

Yeah, vr10 sabre cats. Good grind for DC. So many dead cats.

I am not fussy, I practically kill everything in the Rift, but giants/mammoths/trolls give better xp, think its 1.2 k for sabre cats, compared to 3k for giants blah blah.

Ah well...:D

Yeah, but at those numbers if you can kill 3 or more sabre cats in the time it takes you to kill 1 giant (and it's likely you can if you have any AoE damage capability) then the sabre cats would be a more efficient way of grinding XP - especially if they spawn quickly and if there are a large number of them in the area.

Of course, I prefer to just quest and kill whatever I happen upon as I'm questing, but if you're looking to grind XP you're probably better off going for the sabre cats.

Aye true and fairly put, there is a couple of areas in the Rift where there is a lot of giants/mammoths, e.g the WW shrine, and other areas further out, and other areas where the respawn rate seems fast.

And but but....I like the giants and mammoths:( well killing them lol

I'd definitely agree that it's more fun (and somehow more satisfying) to kill giants and mammoths than it is to kill sabre cats...

Haha aye there is that:}

kimboh · April 2015

Natjur wrote: »

I am surprised with all the exp spots they have nerfed, why some spots still have instance respawns?

Agree, I don't understand why they nerf almost every grinding spot in the game yet leave a handful of obvious ones, which are also used for gold mat farming.
Combined with the nerf to hirelings, they are both encouraging and discouraging grinding at the same time... Makes no sense.

Nestor · April 2015

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

And but but....I like the giants and mammoths:( well killing them lol

I like using them to test out new rotations to see if my DPS is better or not. They are good for that as they don't move around so much that I have to pay all that much attention to blocking and dodging and instead look at the numbers. No, I don't run the addon that gives me a combat log or the parts of FTC that do that, I just look at the numbers on the Health Frame of the mobs, so I need a slow lumbering mob for these things.

But for outright Grinding, the Cats are better. I can pull 6 to 9 of them and take them out quite easily.

SHADOW2KK · April 2015

Nestor wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

And but but....I like the giants and mammoths:( well killing them lol

I like using them to test out new rotations to see if my DPS is better or not. They are good for that as they don't move around so much that I have to pay all that much attention to blocking and dodging and instead look at the numbers. No, I don't run the addon that gives me a combat log or the parts of FTC that do that, I just look at the numbers on the Health Frame of the mobs, so I need a slow lumbering mob for these things.

But for outright Grinding, the Cats are better. I can pull 6 to 9 of them and take them out quite easily.

good on ya laddie