The Collector "The Basketball Instance".

The collector is a new instance with 4 Encounters.

First encounter:

One Big Spirit "The Collected Essence" (lvl 300) with a bunch of small spirits.
The collected essence spirit can't be attacked while it is big. It becomes small and attackable when a small spirit dies. In sum, kill a small spirit, the big one becomes small.. do damage to this collected essence till it becomes big again, kill another small spirit till the collected essence becomes small again. repeat this process till it dies.


Second encounter:

Sister Botanicus (lvl 300)

You'll see a few 'plants' around this boss. These plants heal the Sister Botanicus if they life. To kill the sister it is needed to kill the plants.

( i think it has to do with the 'green' circle that goes around. I suspect that each time the green circle is at a spot where a plant is alive, that this will heal the sister botanicus)

Each time one of the plants dies it will pop 'cocoons' on players. These cocoons will stun that player for 10 seconds, unless the cocoon gets killed (by pets or a player that is not cooned). Cocoons don't do damage.


Third Encounter:

After killing the sister Botanicus, Immortal Guardians are spawned near three walls. There are also spirits around, just kill them when you are near those.
You are not supposed to kill these Guardians, for they are meant to 'bounce/knockback' you over the walls.

Look for the lowest spot in the wall (where the immortal guardian is standing in front). That will be the spot you want to be 'knocked over'.

Tactic, let one player do this at a time, others wait till the other one gets over. The player will first lure (use the q button ) the guardian, than stand in front of the wall (near the lowest spot in the wall, and far enough away from the wall to make a arch movement over the wall) to get knocked over the wall.
Do this for all three walls.

Fourth Encounter.

After these walls you'll encounter the Secretary (lvl 250), which is just a NPC to talk with, and will warp you to the final encounter "The Collector". One person needs to talk to him to activate a nano in all teammembers.

This nano activates a "knock-back-attack" in all players. This will allow you to knockback the mobs in the next encounter. Only one player + all Engineers / Nt's / Traders will be able to use the knockback attack:

The first player that uses the knockback attack will be the only player in the encounter that can use the knockback attack.
NT's, Traders and Engineers will have the knockback attack by default enabling them always to be able to use it in the encounter with the Collector.

When entering the place with the Collector. Nothing happens till the collector is attacked. look around, you'll see Two towers: one with a Red Fire, one with Blue fire.

I believe there are going to be three waves with Shades.

First wave contains one Red Shade and one Blue Shade. Purpose is: Knockback the Red Shade into the Blue Fire.
Knockback the Blue Shade into the Red Fire.


Second wave contains two red shades, two blue shades.

Third wave contains three red shades and three blue shades + 3 Plague Shades.
\
At that point our collector only had 1/3 hp bar left. Only trouble my team died due to plague shades.
\
I've been told that Crats can use their mezzes to mezz these shades, making this "basketball"-knockback encounter bit less difficult.

You beat me by posting already a walk-through, Enakur. Good job really! Thanks a lot.

We are going to combine it with screenshots we made last night or on test server, with my own preview tips viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5786 (quoted below), and various observations, and we'll have something even greater in the end... and, still, tips and precisions will be welcome!

Thanks again for this good job!

Posting already screenshots, without comments. We'll use them for the final walk-thorugh.






















(From a session on Public Test)

Addition: Itsallover -who came with his crat- tested the mezzing of the shades (shadows demons) adds in The Collector's lair and he says that they are mezzable not only with the crat nano known as "boss mez" but also with regular SL mez, except they have a very high nano-resist.

Step 1

Kill Essence Collector....... He is a big mob near the door. He has hectic AAD so you wont perk him & sometimes miss with regular hit. Killing the smaller Essence Fragment will make him shrink size, then you can DPS him.

Mezz mobs to get to Sister Botanicus.

Step 2

Kill Sister Botanicus, she coons you will Orchid plants. The Abyss Orchid Sprouts will heal her if left unattended. Kill the plants & DPS the Sister.

Mezz mobs to get to the walls you'll have to cross.

Step 3 (Get some practise)

"Bouncing" is the term I use for being Knock-backed. There are 3 walls you will need to cross to get to The Secretary, they have a few Essence Fragments in between which can kill players if left unattended. It is best to cross each wall as a team so wait for the other before moving onto the next one. You can also kill the Fragments to allow for more time.

The Immortal Guardian is the mob that will "Bounce" or "kick" you over the walls. The 1st on is to the right, the next two on on the far left side. All facing East.

Stand about 10-15 steps away from the wall. The Immortal Guardian MUST face East or the wall you are going to bounce over. Agg him get in position & bounce away.
Go one at a time its easier than everone attacking the mob at once & aggro switching.

Once over the 3rd wall mezz to The Secretary.

Step 4

When all team members are in range speak to The Secretary & be warped into The Collector's chamber.
The Secretary will activate "Dimension Shift" this perk can be found in your control window (Ctrl 2)

Once inside the PF only 1 person can use the Shift attack, the 1st person to use it gets it for the duration of the fight. NT's, Engi's & Traders have it inately so they can use it anytime while inside.

PS I have not tested that if you go in with a NT's, Engi's & Trader & they use the ability 1st if someone else can still activate it.

The Collector......

As stated he spawns Shades, Blue shades need to be bounced into Red Pillar & visa versa for Red shades.
Bouncer - Attack shade & get agg move & place the shade then Bounce him for a field goal & his death. (Mezzed shades cannot be bounced)
Dont be scared to bounce adds off the doc if they have agg.

The last two waves can be messy, avoid standing right in the middle of the PF when the shades spawn as 5-10 or more shades agging you can insta kill you.
The Collector has an AOE - Ini so if ranged stay away out range & out of his knockback zone.

The more shades (Blue & Red), the more The Collector spams his abilities. Best to slow dmg on him while the Bouncers are killing shades.
Mezz The green (Plague Shades) & black (Death Shades)
DO NOT use AOE attacks!!!

A small sploit....... The Collector's Platform
There is a set of stairs, if you stand on the left or right of the stairs you dont get bounced, you only move up the base of the platform a little each go.
It is a reasonably safe spot. However if the tank uses it the collector can loose LoS & run away & heal. If the Doc stands there he can loose LoS on team members.

Team Structure
Any evade prof can tank Collector he is really easy if you are not nano reliant so Adv,MA,Shade,Keeper,Enf,Fixer

A safe team plan is to go with:
Doc,tank,crat & 3 more (Pref an NT,Engi or Trader) I prefer trader for the extra help with Mezzing. This is for an extra Bouncer.

Things to beware of: If your Doc/Crat dies or is getting massive agg, pull mobs off.
If you Bouncer dies - phailed raid

Any LD or Death will exempt you from rolling as you cannot get back into the instance.

GL.

Thanks Grind

Still a bit of practice (post tips and tricks and comments) and we'll be able to finalize this guide.

Anchor works in Collector Room!!!!!

Engi Recall doesn't

Still have to test if being rooted will not get you knock-backed but thats a hard one to test unless NT or Fixer.

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showth ... p?t=574836

Collector Loot List



oot is organized alphabetically.

Corpse:

Ape Fist of Khalum
Assault-class Tank Armor
Aura Magnifier
Black Molybdenum-Matrix of Xan
Blood Bat
Breastplate of Spiritual Rites
Burst of Speed Stim
Charred Abaddon Chassis
Cold Stone
Customized IMI Desert Reet 1000
Energized Carbonan Oven Mittens
Exarch Robe
Experimental Cyborg Token Board
Exterminator Ocular Enhancement
Fist of the Dominator
Fleshchopper
Fork of Ghasap
Frost-bound Reaper
Helmet of Spiritual Rites
Holy Book of the Immortal
Jobe Explorer Personal Pistol
Left Sleeves of the Pest
Manex Social Armour
Mantis Scissors
Neleb's Nano-circuit Robe
Neleb's Notum Battlerod
Original Search Glasses
Patch of Pest
Petticoat of Pest
Punishment Rod
Queen Blade
Reflex Pistol
Right Sleeves of the Pest
Small Gold Ingot
Small Platinum Ingot
Small Silver Ingot
Spirit Focus
Stereotypical Dragon Tooth Poker
Teachings of the Immortal One
The Edge of the Tarasque
Toothpicker
Tree of Enlightenment
Vagabond Cloak
Watchful Spirit Phulakterion
Yalmaha - 29500 - The Poniard
Yalmaha - 29610 - Daylight
Yalmaha - 29610 - Dusk
Yalmaha - 29610 - Sunrise
Yalmaha - 29610 - Sunset


Bronze:

Ambidextrous Plasteel Gloves
Awakened Soul Crystal
Beeping Backpack
Deformed Mantidae Abdomen
Deformed Mantidae Antennae
Deformed Mantidae Coxa
Deformed Mantidae Eye
Deformed Mantidae Femur
Deformed Mantidae Head
Deformed Mantidae Mandibles
Deformed Mantidae Prothorax
Deformed Mantidae Tarsus
Deformed Mantidae Tibia
Deformed Mantidae Wing
Diamond-Matrix Mesh
Electrophoridae Gloves
Enhanced Queen Blade
Fancy Stethoscopic Glasses
Frozen Tear of Uklesh
Gift of the Old Gargantula
Glimmering Magnetic Ring
Hacked Medi-Blade
Heavily Padded Overcoat
Hellspinner Shock Cannon
Journeyman Durable Boost
Kevlar Armbands
Low Recoil Diamondine Kick Pistol
Manex Social Armour (Backpiece Only)
Mantis Egg
Modified A-4000 NCU-sheet
Modified A-4000 Sensory Panel
Morphing Memory
Nelly Johnsons Little Black Dress
Notum Focus
Notum Saturated Metaplast Shell
Patch of Hard Novictum Spangled Hide
Patch of Soft Novictum Spangled Hide
Poetic Pants
Poetic Sleeves
Purifying Rod
Quick-Draw Holster of Aries
Ring of Memory Loss
Ring of the Nucleus Basalis
Rod of Dismissal
Signet Ring of the Green Knight
Silver Chest of the Collector
Silver ingot
Small Patch of Hard Novictum Spangled Hide
Small Patch of Soft Novictum Spangled Hide
Smart Hood of the Wanderer
Smelly Butcher Gloves
Spirit Bauble of Artillery Expertise
Spirit Bauble of Control Expertise
Spirit Bauble of Extermination Expertise
Spirit Bauble of Infantry Expertise
Spirit Bauble of Support Expertise
Stinging Snake Tattoo
Sturdy Detention Boots
Supporting Carbonan Holster
Titan Viper Tattoo

Silver:

Advanced Scent Sensor
Anything
Arithmetic Lead Viralbots
Blackshirt of Zuwadza
Chunk of Living Dragon Flesh
Cloak of the Wandering Knight
De'Valos Lava Protection Ring
De'Valos Radiation Protection Ring
Enduring Lead Viralbots
Enhanced Dustbrigade Chemist Gloves
Enhanced Dustbrigade Flexible Boots
Enhanced Dustbrigade Notum Gloves
Enhanced Dustbrigade Sleeves
Enhanced Dustbrigade Spirit-tech Chestpiece
Enhanced Safeguarded NCU Memory Unit
Eye of the Evening Star
Fly Catcher's Specs
Frederickson Micro-kinetic Sleeves
Frederickson's Kinetic Sleeves
Gaily Painted Hood
Gall Stone
Globe of Clarity
Globe of Sufferance
Gold ingot
Golden Chest of the Collector
Heart of Tarasque
Iridium ingot
Lava capsule
Lump of Living Dragon Marrow
Master Combat Program
Master Melee Program
Master Nano Technology Program
Modified Aggression Enhancer
Modified Ancient Combat Bracer
Nanobot Infusion Device
Observant Lead Viralbots
Omni-Tek Gunship***
Osmium ingot
Patch of Living Dragon Skin
Perfected Infused Dust Brigade Bracer
Piece of Living Dragon Wing
Platinum ingot
Poetic Stretch-band
Protected Safeguarded NCU Memory Unit
Shades of Lucubration
Shard of Living Dragon Skull
Silken Legchopper Gloves
Silver ingot
Sinew of Tarasque
Small Titan Message Container
Spiritual Lead Viralbots
Strong Lead Viralbots***
Supple Lead Viralbots***
The Expensive Kevlar Vest of Professor Jones
The Third Eye of Daria
Viral Targeting Subunit

Gold:

Alien Combat Directive Controller
Alien Matrix Alpha Box
Alien Matrix Beta Box
Alien Probe
Extreme Low Light Targeting Scope
Omni-Tek Gunship
Robust Backpack
Strong Lead Viralbots
Supple Lead Viralbots

Alien Probe omg omg ...this is the Gold Chance for Grind to get his Probe .... beware the probe-man!!!!