Talk:Orichalcum Survey

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Does mining gear help prevent loss of the pickaxe here? Tahngarthor 22:25, 13 September 2006 (EDT)

I don't know, i'm going to try it now Firewall 22:14, 18 September 2006 (EDT)

Update: Mining Gear doesn't appear to have an effect, but I will need to test it osme more Firewall 15:30, 19 September 2006 (EDT)

Anyone know about how many you need to get the ore easily? We went in with 3, and ran out of time, though our Smn isn't used to soloing and didn't kill them very quickly, and the Drg just has downtime after fighting. Anyhow, what's a good number to bring in for this? --Zagex 00:23, 22 September 2006 (EDT)

Just did this with 5, and won with about 5 or so minutes to spare. How "luck based" is this assault? --Zagex 01:37, 22 September 2006 (EDT)

I would say this assault is 100% luck. You don't need skill to mine after all. So to me, the more the merrier. Firewall 13:40, 6 October 2006 (EDT)

Hmm... it's a little bit discouraging to hear this. I've been doing this assault for quite a while now with 3 or 4, and we've always won before the 20 minute mark. We send people down each of the three paths (N/E, North, and South) and tend to find the ore around the time that all the first mining points have been cleared. I'm assume we've just been lucky, but what are other people's spreading strategies for this assault? Byrthnoth 23:16, 31 May 2007 (CDT)

Just did this assault. first attempt we did with 3 peeps and ran out of time, since we did nothing but either pop worms and/or break pickaxes. second attempt we came back with 6 peeps and won, but ore was not found until the 21 minute mark. rat wasn't in the area, so it was easy invis and walk back to rune at 24 minute mark. Ayrlie 23:30, 20 June 2007 (CDT)

Has anyone tried charming these worms? I'm not entirely sure if they are able to be charmed but if they are then this could be done very easily with a BST. Rylus 22:44, 31 May 2008 (UTC)