The Bigger They Come...

To echo previous posters, this quest is a pain in the proverbial buttocks. With evading mobs, randomly vanishing helpers, and a low spawn rate this quest is especially nasty for anyone without a tank spec.

The easiest way I found to do this as a non-tank character who can't afford to have a whole pack descend on you at once was to set up camp at 19,39.

http://i.imgur.com/hGHlC.jpg

I clear the surrounding lesser mantids and there is a Deathmixer that pats by here. I cc one of his sidekicks (In order of preference- regenerator > drone > cacophyte > any others) and then engage and kill. He seems to respawn fairly quickly and it takes me about 15 minutes to get all four. This is about the only spot on the island where I can get my back to the ocean, not worry about Taoshi pulling others around, and have room to dance around his mantid mines.

The Deathmixer is one of the easiest to deal with because he does not have any crazy fears, silences, or aerial raids- you simply need to move around his mines like most of the mantid dungeons require.

I recommend doing this either when (a) it's an off-peak time and you're not competing for him or (b) grouping up with people and doing it to ensure you all get credit.

I find the difficultly of this quest almost insulting. Rarely in my 5 years playing this game have I ever been more aggravated.

There are many elites in this area, and all are objectives of separate quests, however this quest only has four targets: [npc=63684]s, [npc=63688]s, [npc=63685]s and [npc=63686]s.

Copy this into a macro to help you find them more easily, while also preventing you from being dismounted while flying around the feeding pit (if Friends, Not Food! is up):

/cancelaura Swarming Insects
/tar Sra'thik Will
/tar Sra'thik Death
/tar Sra'thik Swarm-L
/tar Sra'thik Vess