Lost And Found

is it just me or is it glitched had 6 people in a circle around where the ring should have been for 8 straight runs

prolly just you :X

most likely

You do need at least one hint before you can "find" the ring. So, if you had skipped finding at least one, that may be your problem.

On two occasions I've had all 3 people triangulate the location to exactly one spot, but it just flashed as its ??? spot very quickly. So make sure everyone is tabbing around as quick as they can. It disappears and reappears very quickly depending on hoe many hints you have found.

Apologies on the necro, but does anyone have any more tips and tricks for this one? We're using up a lot of time just trying to find the hints. Mashing my tab key to no avail whenever the npc is being talked to, but coming up with no ???

Have one person search with the NPC, and the rest search the other side of the map via tabbing. You don't need the NPC for the ??? to pop, she just helps with finding the right area when ??? isn't up. Majority of the time when I ran this (led a lot of groups to Captain) someone else found a hint before I found one with the NPC. About 50/50 whether someone got the second hint too before I found one with NPC.

Edit add: Plus with the NPC you'll know if the ??? nearby is mob, seaweed or hint, she says different things.