Is there any trick to surviving in this area? The sprites are perfect for my skills, but every few minutes this happens:

A gust of wind blows an ash ladened cloud of gas into your face, burning your throat like fire. You roll on the ground in terrible pain as a coughing spasm wracks your body.

This does internal neck damage, and after 3 times (maybe 5-6 minutes total) I had an internal bleeder:

Your body feels at full strength.
Your spirit feels full of life.
You are slightly fatigued.
You have a severely swollen and deeply bruised neck, some minor abrasions to the right leg, some minor abrasions to the left leg.

Bleeding
Area Rate

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inside neck slight

It just seems like this is a bit excessive... Is there a stat that helps here? An item? It just doesn't seem like this is a viable hunting area.

Nope.

If you just want something in the 80-100 range that doesn't suck, try posting in the appropriate folder for suggestions. I think I ended up doing blood wolves and/or vines, or if I was still on Ratha after sand sprites I did razortusk sows then swain.

>The maiden/sprite/firecat area doesn't have that mechanic and teaches great for 80-100.

Yep, but the area is significantly more difficult than fighting the unarmed fire sprites. I tried there first and got owned pretty quickly.

It's just a shame to see an area go to waste.