I've been working on soloing the ring quests for fun, and the only one I've been wondering about is #7. Several guides talk about aggroing Corbin out of harms way and feigning him off in Dobbin's presence, but I'm wondering if I should just skip the hijinks and kill all the giants and orcs instead. I'll probably have the assistance of a hasty griffon, unless a rhino is a better idea.

Any suggestions?

So far I'm only on Ring 2 (Boridain doesn't like wolves! Silly little blighter) but I don't see a problem solo until 7.

7 is hard to do solo.. I duo'd my 8th ring in two days with a monk. 8th is soloable btw... 7th would be hardest... if you're a skilled soloer.. go for it... but its tricky for sure.

Remember that egress clears aggro too...

Remember that egress clears aggro too...
Aye, I was wondering if I'd have time to do that and then get back to Dobbin for the hand-in. Has anyone actually done this?

In any event, the only thing I lose from failing is the key, and there's more where that one came from. =)

EDIT: Just tried it, works fine.

The dwarf actually hangs around for a long time (at least he did for me when I was doing the 7th ring for my beastlord). Rather than just waiting for the giants to despawn I AE rooted them and burned them down one at a time. I had time to run all the way back, loot the corpses, and /poke the dwarf for a couple minutes before he started moving again. Not that it would have mattered since there's no more fighting at that point.

I did the 7th solo, was quite easy really, when the giants popped i aggro'd the dorf and trained him away (giants never aggro'd me or the dorf). Then i rooted the dorf, camped and logged right back in and followed the dorf once root wore off. I also bound myself at the spot he walks to incase i needed to get back quick.

I did it kinda backwards.

I aggroed Corbin to run him to Dobbin, Egressed, ran back to do the turnin, and then rounded up all the giants and orcs and killed them. :thumbup:

Just need to find Gloridain up and I'm done.

Finished #8 last night, all solo, and with the exception of #7 I fought all the battles and won them (no "cheating".)

Was fun! I actually think I can win #7, too, so going to try it again. Hehe.

I have done the first 8 rings solo several times and I alway do what Athunder says: aggro Corbin, run him north away from the ambush, root and camp out.

Works perfectly every time. You have time after the turn-in to round up the giants and orcs and take them out one by one, to prevent them terrorising the zone.

Jo

I'm talking about re-doing 7 without the aggro trick. I think I can fight all the giants and orcs and win without Corbin getting killed.

If it works, I'll post the technique.