How to win at PQFollow

I think it is how much total dmg you put in. I am playing SW, and usually finish in the top 5 when i sit back and just launch arrows. :)

I've come in first place for contribution and rolled 50 for loot, so that even with my first place bonus of +500 I came in dead last in loot rolls, winning nothing but the exp and influence I gained during the PQ.

Coming in higher on the tally helps your chances at loot, but never, never guarantees that you'll win a loot bag.

And yes, it's the amount of damage you do and, I believe, healing you contribute (otherwise you can totally see healers getting jacked, and I know my friend has gotten first place before as a healer).

I don't know...I just notice if i go into a PQ and fight it tradition running up to badguys and taking down one at a time i usually come in around 10th were as if i just sit back and tab and whip knives i come in with in the top 4. I don't know perhaps you get partial credit for every badguy you even do a little damage too, were as if you go one to one you doing more damage but to way less badguys. I've tried this method in multiple PQ's now and its worked for me everytime.

Allegory hates healers!!! ;p

I don't mind making it *A* factor, making it THE factor is silly, considering just healing right now gets my zealot NOTHING!

Hitting a bunch of little things with my shaman attack though, gets me #1.

I PQ'd it up all last night. The troll lands or w/e it's called have some REALLY good items for Elite rank. It's only a blue item, but for my mage it's 20 int to staff and that currently doubles my green staff.

Anyway, in the level 10 area there were not a whole lot of people around yet. So what I've started learning to do is just knock out the 1 of 70 mobs killed in P1. They're just regular mobs adn give 100 influence or more per kill. I've literally killed all 75 mobs and made it just under Elite, and got some nice experience points.

As for getting bags. If there's a lot of people there, some areas have more than one PQ for that area's influence. Maybe get your party and move to a different one. I've seen many left alone for a while, so I killed the phase 1 mobs and finished questing lol.

Also, the smaller the party the better. Just entering the troll lands place there's a PQ almost right inside the town. I managed to get a invite from a healer and a tank that were grouping. Well that made 1-tank, 1-healer, and 1-ranged dps. We trio'd the PQ. I got my 1st Epic (purple) item (a ring rank 11 tho, just 1 more level until I equip that sucka) from a major loot bag. Can try that.... hope it helps.

Edited, Sep 11th 2008 9:37am by GYFFORD

I play a squig herder, level 7 currently, and from 4-7 in various PQs I've managed to come in anywhere from first to fourth the majority of the time.

In the PQs that are pretty contained, I set the squig on aggressive and let him loose, and tab DoT and shoot everything, usually keeping on one mob until it's dead (which is pretty darn quick) before moving on to the next. The squig just attacks and mauls on its own.

Unlike FFXI's campaign it doesn't seem to give extra for actual kill shots, just damage given. It seems like those job classes with ranged damage ability will have the advantage in these unless/until they give more points for kill shots and/or damage taken.

I'm not exactly sure of the formula used for determining contribution. I'll have to check out some of the other, bigger messageboards to see if anyone's taken the time to figure it out.

But as people have said, DoTs seem to be the winner here.