AotI: Awoken Serpant / Caves of Ice S2 drops

[Zorak000]

Can anybody give me a list of stuff that can be found on these missions? I have some ideas but I need comfirmation. also, please do not post pics without translating the text please.

(please excuse spelling mistakes, but kindly post the proper spelling if you can)

current list:

AS S2: monster level: 135+ req:???
lupucha: *9 [b] arb boa
naval ludda: *9 [b] beudk'i boa
Vanda merha: *10 [b] shigga desta
Vanda orga: *10 [b] ank dedda
dura gorha: *10 [b] gur bazga
zoona: *9 majimara
jishigara: *10 [b] gudda skela

jaggo: giga/bullet save

boss boxes:
same as S

Area drop: *10 [b] vish adac
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CoI S2: monster level:??? req:???

(Due to a lack of personal expirence, I forget what exactly spawns here... http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif )
lupucha: *9 [b] arb boa
naval ludda: *9 [b] beudk'i boa
Vanda merha: *10 [b] shigga desta
bil de vear: *11 [b] bil de axe
dura gorha: *10 [b] gur bazga
zoona: *9 majimara
jishigara: *10 [b] gudda skela

jaggo: giga/bullet save

end boxes:
same as S

Area drop: *10 [b] vish adac
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I will update this list as info comes in.


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[Shiryuu]

Lapucha drops [B] Arb Boa, and area drop is still Vish Adac. So far the same crap that drops from S also drops from S2 (ranpegi, magga guin, gudda gant, etc)

[majan]

I wonder if we will start to see 11* drops off of regular enemies, i.e shigga baret off of vanda merhas the way they dropped destas in the previous level bracket. I guess it matters just what level they will be,how far higher in the bracket theyll be that is. hopefully this will be the first time we see boss boxes dropping 12* stuff,which would likely be Ank Buti and Delpi. as for hard information,I'm dry,but I seriously doubt that they wont bump up the drops by at least one star ranking.

[Golto]

From the update topic

Awoken Serpant S2 monsters lvl 135.

So far jisaghara drop 10* gudda skela board.
Boss box drops on S2: 11* spear board and 11* axe board.

Maybe this will lead more credence to the S3+ difficulties in the future?

For the 'rare moatoob mission' I'm not 100% but Shigga Desta boards and Halarod boards might be area drops from any level monster.

[Xefi]

so S2 version for AoI missions are most likely going to drop the same stuffs. Sounds pretty unimpressive. :S

[amtalx]

I expected a lot more from this... ST fails again.

What level are the enemies?

[ryvius]

Well, so much for looking forward to that

[Kamica]

This is to be expected. Three enemies in the game change drops before level 150. Wait until we get a mission with 150+ enemies before making topics such as this.

The enemies that are exceptions are Igg, Mother Brain, Dark Falz, and Basta

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[Umberger]

On 2008-01-17 11:04, amtalx wrote:

What level are the enemies?



I believe level 135. According to AotI's Perfect Bible, enemy drops don't change until 150, aside from a few exceptions (as Kamica said).

[drizzle]

Most monsters from 100 to 149 will drop the same stuff. Only those that dropped 8-9* things at 100+ might be different at 125+... so no surprises here, really. But nice that Arb Boa finally drops.

[majan]

absolute booooooooooooooooooooo

[Xefi]

it will takes approximately (is this even correct? :S) 6 more months of waiting for the U.S. again before we can maybe have level 150 monsters.

[Cerberus1981]

If it drops the same stuff then surely it must drop more often? I'm not going to run a S2 when I can easily solo a S and get the same rares all for myself.

These missions aren't going to be very popular....







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[Xefi]

knowing the mighty Sega, the monsters will have the same drop rate for whatever they drop no matter what level they are.

[Kamica]

On 2008-01-17 11:53, Cerberus1981 wrote:

If it drops the same stuff then surely it must drop more often? I'm not going to run a S2 when I can easily solo a S and get the same rares all for myself.

These missions aren't going to be very popular....







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The thing is that people need mission points now due to the cap increase.

With a party, the S2 missions take roughly the same time as the S variants.

So my question to you is this: why not run S2?

[Inazuma]

even after reading about it from the perfect bible (monsters drop the same items from lv 100-149, i didnt actually believe it)
like cerberus1981 said, i really hope they at least drop more often from higher level monsters, cuz its stupid to make a more challenging difficulty less rewarding to the player.

oh well, more time to just continue to pile up millions of meseta (^_^);;;

[amtalx]

On 2008-01-17 11:12, Umberger wrote:

On 2008-01-17 11:04, amtalx wrote:

What level are the enemies?



I believe level 135. According to AotI's Perfect Bible, enemy drops don't change until 150, aside from a few exceptions (as Kamica said).



WOW...pathetic.

So basically, no new drops and enemies that are a whopping 5 levels above the player cap. I'm glad I quit when I did...

[KRKcl17]

On 2008-01-17 12:25, amtalx wrote:

WOW...pathetic.

So basically, no new drops and enemies that are a whopping 5 levels above the player cap. I'm glad I quit when I did...



Then why are you still posting here?

[Apone]

Any kind of increase in damage/HP for the monsters? Is it significant?

[shotsfired]

On 2008-01-17 16:07, KRKcl17 wrote:

On 2008-01-17 12:25, amtalx wrote:

WOW...pathetic.

So basically, no new drops and enemies that are a whopping 5 levels above the player cap. I'm glad I quit when I did...



Then why are you still posting here?



GREAT QUESTION!!

because quitters always come back, and they think because they "quit" they can bash the game. good riddance I say!!!

anyway, this news does kinda suck. oh well, it will give me a chance to level up jobs i have no desire to otherwise.... fortefighter here I come!

[9lotus]

so basically, a pointless change

[Sexy_Raine]

That's pretty disappointing.

[LLSmoothJ]

Well then, I just hope that the weapon drop rate at least increases in the S2s. Otherwise, besides money/MP/Exp/frags, what's the point of even doing an S2 when we can get it all on an S?

[Powder Keg]

Only lvl 135? Agh. It'll take a while to get all the other S2 missions as well before we start seeing S3 difficulty probably..

[Gen2000]

On 2008-01-17 12:25, amtalx wrote:

On 2008-01-17 11:12, Umberger wrote:

On 2008-01-17 11:04, amtalx wrote:

What level are the enemies?



I believe level 135. According to AotI's Perfect Bible, enemy drops don't change until 150, aside from a few exceptions (as Kamica said).



WOW...pathetic.

So basically, no new drops and enemies that are a whopping 5 levels above the player cap. I'm glad I quit when I did...



You leveled all those bullets and then quit, oh man.

[amtalx]

Yea, pretty much. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

I do plan on coming back one day though. Probably when the enemy levels are much higher and there are some AoI gunner rares. At least I don't have to worry about leveling bullets much when I return. It's actually comforting though. I've already hurdled the worst part of being a ranger.

[chibiLegolas]

On 2008-01-17 22:57, LLSmoothJ wrote:
Well then, I just hope that the weapon drop rate at least increases in the S2s. Otherwise, besides money/MP/Exp/frags, what's the point of even doing an S2 when we can get it all on an S?



To have a bit more of a challenge I guess?

[DragonStorm]

Um lets not just look at the boards for this...what about mats. is there rarer mats or unseen mats being found on S2 that couldnt be found on S? on psupedia theres a list of special gems that im curious to know if they drop on S2. because they for sure dont drop on S.

[EspioKaos]

Oh, Hidrahde, Ornum and all of those? There have been no reports of them dropping anywhere yet. Either the idea to use them was scrapped or it's being saved for much, much later. As such, I've been considering taking them out of our list on PSUPedia until they are released. Still, I wonder what kind of specialty syntheses, as their descriptions say, they would be used for?

[milka]

On 2008-01-17 20:06, Sexy_Raine wrote:
That's pretty disappointing.

[Shiro_Ryuu]

That kind of does suck that the S2 monsters are level 135. I was hoping they'd be more in the 150 range or higher or so, or dropping some 11* boards from regular monsters.

[LaMBoLOgy]

Seems kind of pointless to me...if s-s2 have the same drops, frequency,and mobs. Perhaps the challenge will be greater >:)