Talk:Lian, Dragon's Petal

hm, have tried twice to find this guy........he is NOT there, though I think that because I have finished the quest closer to the stars and have not gotten my reward yet may be the cause (I even went into the city and back out, still not there---tried that 3 times).....there is a jade brotherhood guy there instead (green -friendly guy). so he is not ALWAYS there.


 * Heh, the boss is there except when you're doing the protect the fishmonger quest. Finish the quest.  --68.142.14.94 03:38, 11 May 2006 (CDT)

Skills confirmed with SoC on May 9. --adeyke 01:47, 20 May 2006 (CDT) You are bad...it's a she! Tomoko Pink Angel 13:52, 12 January 2007 (CST)e

Lian's drops random?
I have killed her about 15 times and gotten -0- drops, killed her with a Ele, an Assassin and a monk (using henchies). Are the henchies getting my drop?
 * If you've got seven henchmen, current theory says you're only getting an eighth of the potential drops. --68.142.14.34 11:19, 1 July 2006 (CDT)

Is it more efficient to farm with a few henchmen, take a while and not be too successful or to farm with 8 and quickly kill and retry?


 * I farmed Lian's Lantern solo twice in 3 attempts (it didn't drop the second time) with an Elementalist during triple green week using the following tactic - from the entrance, run left initially, then go up the stairs that are on your right just past a couple of collectors and finally follow the loop around toward Lian. Kill the first group of 3 Jade Brotherhood warriors that are separate or run past them (I used something similar to Build:E/Me Terra Tank, though I'd say use the Kirin farm variant and try to work in Glyph of Concentration and Ward of Stability in place of other skills [not Mantra of Concentration - Mantra of Earth is a stance, too]).  Pull Lian (and mob) back towards the stairs, taking a bow or wand shot anytime the group starts retreating.  Lian and group will follow but will not move past the initial stairway (by the 2 collectors).  At that point you can shuffle back and forth and drop ranged spells on them - note that the mesmer tends to interrupt twice and Lian will knock down once in a while, which is why I say use Glyph and Ward.  I did not bring any running skills and tried to aggro anyone but Lian to pull the mob --Falseprophet 19:11, 29 January 2007 (CST)
 * btw, I imagine a bow ranger would be optimal using this tactic, but it's really of most use to fire elementalists, so if you don't have earth skills, maybe try to run as a E/R and just lead the groups back to the killing zone one-by-one and hit them from just out of spell range with a bow (I think anything but shortbow).--Falseprophet 19:11, 29 January 2007 (CST)