The Mob Ladder - A guide to what mob to hunt next

[Blast]

Originally Posted by club

whoo whoo
im high lvl to some uber mobs ...
as the spiders are not at all difficult to kill with a freind just grap a foxtrot and got to the outpost near teh rig and go getting them closer but not soo close as in radar when revived then the action start :

per example: you go north of spider and your freind is south but in radar then your freind shoots spider at south till spider hits him and he die then its time to you shootyou go shooting teh spider till ~the spider hits you then you die and your freind is already at spider shooting him and then after maybe 3 to 4 times teh spider is killed and you get some nice loots .... ( i mean HOFs !! ) iu made hof of 20 place some days ago on spider alpha heeh WOOT !!

I think what Oleg is referring to are mobs that you can take without dying. Anybody can do respawn killing if you just have a gun that will do enough damage to prevent the mob from regenerating until you come back.

[Oleg]

The two higher level categories are broader than the others, as there aren't so many mobs clustered together in terms of difficulty. No, Chomper isn't as difficult as a spider, but I don't see any need to split it down into further categories. It's a rough, at-a-glance guide.

I have my doubts about the Caperon and the Phasm though, anyone else with advice on this?

Small TskTsk aren't that difficult but you have to realise they do mainly Penetration damage. I can take them in unplated vigi.

Thanks once again for all the input.

[Freddie]

nice work +rep for that

i'm somwhere between Graduate and Medium

[chielsen]

I think faucer is easier than corns. Maybe it's because faucer often are higher maturity than corns, bot overall corn are harder. I think it's the case because there is a good spawn of stalkers (ti) which kick the highest faucer (alpha) big time.
Also 100% impact means overall more damage than 75% 25%.

[Superhal]

great guide, i need something like this.

Some suggestions from my own experience: merps seem harder than tantillions, but both seem easier than foul or berys. Imho, I think i have a good to fair chance of taking out merps or tantillions naked (1 ammo pistol or 2 ammo rifle,) but it would be very difficult for me to do fouls or berys like this.

so:
fouls ~ bery
merps > tantillons, but both easier than fouls/bery.

i would recommend a full set of pixie minimum for the "noob" category.

You might also want to include something like: as a general guideline, this chart is only for youngs, be cautious when fighting higher maturities.

also, it seems like i can use an equation to figure out if i have a chance against a particular mob or not:

(Monster's damage - my armor protection) + fap heal rate = actual damage rate
(Monster's hp / my gun damage) = killing rate
killing rate must be > damage rate

So, atm, I can handle any monster where they do 20-25 impact damage because of my rascal (-15) and fap (+10). For monsters over 30, my kill rate becomes a factor. I can handle argo hunter/gatherers only when i am getting 12+/shot.

[JackFlask]

Originally Posted by Oleg

No, Chomper isn't as difficult as a spider, but I don't see any need to split it down into further categories. It's a rough, at-a-glance guide.

I have my doubts about the Caperon and the Phasm though, anyone else with advice on this?

I can't deal with a second hit from a spider, but I've never seen any under alpha level.

Haven't killed a Chomper yet, but think I could revival wise but not patient enough. With Jag and 5B's I can take both Caperons and Phasm with a bit of work and fapping, so I see them in the same class and not uber (cause I'm a n00ber ). This is a fun thread.

[Oleg]

A little bump for this - still looking for some more comments, especially on those high/uber level mobs.

[Fjolla]

I suppose this is at what lvl u can _solo_ theses mobs.. that's why Chomper is in the uber section. With a friend, i can easily take down chompers. But to solo them is a completely different story, very very tough to hunt them alone. They may not be as diffcult as a spider but they are harder than everything in the 'High lvl' list.
I have never fought Caperons myself but are they really uber ?

Also i would recommend u to move Oculus down. They are definitely not in the same division as Hoggs. While mining i sometimes run across these and they are easy even w/o armor and a Korss 400. And i tell u, i can NOT kill a hogglo w/o armor

Furthermore, Troopers should be moved down also since they have very low HP. With a little dodgeskill and some fair DPS u can put them to rest before they even hit u.

[yoan]

great idea and great list. this will be very usefull.
+rep for u

[Phil Surtees]

Great guide.

I personally rate mobs by whether I can kill one without fapping.