So, after lots of testing today and help from people killing those who were being jerks to me and someone even showing me other spawn spots, we now have conclusions! 😛
Anywhere that the Ancient Gree Destroyer bot can spawn is where you want to be. Besides the giant dome in the center of the PVP area, it can also spawn in the Southern area in various places.
The robot spawns every 7 minutes.
On rare occasions, instead of an Ancient Gree Destroyer spawning, an Ancient Gree Defender will spawn instead. This robot is a lot smaller than the giant Destroyer Droid–similar to the war bots patrolling around and is about the size of a character.
While Ancient Gree Destroyer will always drop the small reputation, Ancient Gree Defender ALWAYS drops L1-L Defender. Please keep in mind that the bonus quest does ask you to defeat an Ancient Green Destroyer–not a Defender so defeating an Ancient Gree Defender, despite it spawning in the same place (and thus, if one is up, it needs to be defeated before a Destroyer will spawn), will not complete the bonus quest.
As usual, you totally rule. I didn’t know there was anywhere else the Destroyer spawned, do you know an specific spots perchance?
Telanis
I know it can spawn in the 3 caves in various spots (in the pvp zone), although I can’t confirm if that was a Destroyer or Defender 🙁
Vriff
He can also spawn in the very middle of the area, between the center and the republic base, just confirmed.
Vriff
Got this tonight from the little guy when he spawned in the dome. I saw big ones a couple times in the middle of the section near the pub base. There’s a raised area right in the middle with a cave on the north side — the droid always seems to be somewhere in the circle around the raised middle area. It was never in any of the caves.
Telanis
Just killed another on top of that central hill above the cave. That is clearly the area to be! Never ran into another player there either.
Telanis
Yep! That’s where I just got mine.
Vriff
I dunno if maybe something changed since last Tuesday… but I just can’t get the little bugger to spawn in both the dome and the southern area. Spent a whole day looking around and changing instances but nothing…
The only time it dropped is when I did Xeno II Boss 16 Man HM but lady luck was not with me. Anyone know whether the destroyer drops it too on rare occasions?
Tako
Well, I know it was very rare to begin with so… I’ll have to do some checking about changes when I can–sadly working this week and have been sick 🙁 really hasn’t been a good time for me to enjoy the event.
Nice to know it drops there as well at least. Sorry you lost the roll though 🙁 As for it also dropping from the Destroyer–I’m pretty sure it only ever contains reputation and no pet.
Marilea
Best way to guarantee you see it is to just camp the one in the dome until the little one spawns instead of the big one. You may want to do it with at least one other person since the big one is difficult to solo.
Telanis
Yey… dropped tonight for me after around 22 destroyers. 😛 Luck smiled upon me. Thanks Marilea for your assistance :).
There is a way to solo the destroyer by hiding behind stuff before he fires his main attack so it auto interrupts… soloed at least 6. 🙂
Tako
The pet did drop for us after 2 hours of patroling all the possible spawn locations (except for the one at the dome – too many people in there).
No luch getting if from the Destroyers though.
Later few guildies said that they got it too, soloing the droids, so 1) Droids are soloable and 2) Pets arent that hard to find!
Good luck!
Fawkno
Glad you got it! 🙂
But yeah, this droid is very rare–I spent hours (and more often than not, people will kill it thinking it completes the quest too…). Definitely Soloable though :3
Marilea
By any chance are you on The Harbinger server? If so I could help you farm it!
Fawkno
Found one in the center hill of the southern area today. Couldn’t beat it solo on my SW so I did it on my main and it dropped nothing — probably because I already have the pet? Can they detect that on loot drops? 😛
Telanis