Curse

Da Kenster · Sep 05, 2011, 03:47 PM // 15:47

Think I have a few of these in storage, that is good

Star_Jewel · Sep 05, 2011, 04:13 PM // 16:13

I'm kind of surprised they completely finished off Factions with the last several weeks, rather than randomizing the campaigns. I wonder if that will hold true with the remaining locations in Prophecies, NF, and EotN.

On topic for this week, I also have plenty in storage. But if one doesn't, NM spirit spam in the Nahpui mission should yield plenty of essences (and a few feathers, too).

Voodoo Rage · Sep 05, 2011, 04:19 PM // 16:19

Too bad he wants so many, I've always stockpiled those because they can be traded for a perfect 20/20 death focus from the collector.

Da Kenster · Sep 05, 2011, 04:22 PM // 16:22

The above post is correct, spirit spamming build works pretty well in the mission. Do the respawned essences have drops? Just curious as I haven't seen any

jazilla · Sep 05, 2011, 04:32 PM // 16:32

NM 330 Ele Earth build is amazing for this. I don't play PvE anymore, but I love that build and think I may venture into the abyss for one last Hurrah!

KingCrab · Sep 05, 2011, 04:41 PM // 16:41

Already hate this farm. Keep dying with multiple celestial essences on the floor. Which is the best of the 4 celestials to kill 1st with a spirit spammer??

Urass · Sep 05, 2011, 04:42 PM // 16:42

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Originally Posted by Da Kenster

The above post is correct, spirit spamming build works pretty well in the mission. Do the respawned essences have drops? Just curious as I haven't seen any

Killed 2 bosses and have just been killing the essences since... 1 hour... 5 Celestial essences... not great drop rate.

Got the 5 the first 30 minutes... not sure what the secret is.

Valshia · Sep 05, 2011, 04:53 PM // 16:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Da Kenster

The above post is correct, spirit spamming build works pretty well in the mission. Do the respawned essences have drops? Just curious as I haven't seen any

No, the respawned essences won't drop loot or give XP. Once the first ones are killed you'll have to restart the mission to get more.

Da Kenster · Sep 05, 2011, 05:22 PM // 17:22

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Originally Posted by Valshia

No, the respawned essences won't drop loot or give XP. Once the first ones are killed you'll have to restart the mission to get more.

Figured as much. I'm done though, so gladly moving on. Thanks for the responses in the above posts.

I found the monk boss pretty easy to kill in response to the above post, just space your spirits out so signet of judgement doesn't do damage to them all, and it focused on me, so it went down pretty fast.

Mr_Finesse · Sep 05, 2011, 05:35 PM // 17:35

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Originally Posted by Valshia

No, the respawned essences won't drop loot or give XP. Once the first ones are killed you'll have to restart the mission to get more.

I don't think this is actually true. I just had two drop from re-spawned Essences.

WhiteAsIce · Sep 05, 2011, 05:37 PM // 17:37

Does Winds of Change affect the appearance of Nick?

zacharias · Sep 05, 2011, 06:11 PM // 18:11

The respawned essences do drop but they seemed to taper off quite a bit after I respawned them more than once. Only did two bosses as well, then backtracked. The phoenix is the toughest because of the degeneration.

X-Bomb · Sep 05, 2011, 07:23 PM // 19:23

don't pay more then 300-500 gold each, people will be giving these away by Wednesday.

Star_Jewel · Sep 05, 2011, 07:27 PM // 19:27

Turns out I didn't have as many of these as I thought and had to farm a few for my alt. I went out the left-most portal to Kaijun Don. Did him and moved forward to the Turtle boss, then backtracked to kill their essence spawns. I had to bring Displacement to block the ranger tengu.

Having another party member loaded seemed to help with this one. If you have an alt account, doesn't hurt to have them stand there at the beginning (with a rez, if dying is a problem for you).

makosi · Sep 06, 2011, 09:14 AM // 09:14

I recommend simply running this mission in NM over and over with 7 heroes. As you progress, more Celestials spawn and thus the liklihood of getting Essences increases. Spirit spamming, or other solo methods, don't get this benefit.

**cosyfiep** · Sep 06, 2011, 09:36 AM // 09:36

man another week that he wants stuff from the canthan new year--good thing I had just taken a bunch of mules thru that mission (and outside of tons of koi scepters and feathers essences dropped quite a bit)

vader · Sep 06, 2011, 12:11 PM // 12:11

Damn. I had a bunch of these and then I went and traded them all in for Gemstone staves for my Mesmer heroes.

wilebill · Sep 06, 2011, 12:20 PM // 12:20

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Originally Posted by makosi

I recommend simply running this mission in NM over and over with 7 heroes. As you progress, more Celestials spawn and thus the liklihood of getting Essences increases. Spirit spamming, or other solo methods, don't get this benefit.

I farmed my first 4, then ran the mission with a full group for the fun of it. Got maybe 2 per run. Then farmed the last 3. So, yes you can get all the Essences you need just by blasting through the mission repeatedly with 7 heroes. But I did not see any Essences from respawns. Was curious about that but did not see any. Overall, farming was faster. Running the mission more fun.

makosi · Sep 06, 2011, 02:03 PM // 14:03

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Originally Posted by wilebill

I farmed my first 4, then ran the mission with a full group for the fun of it. Got maybe 2 per run. Then farmed the last 3. So, yes you can get all the Essences you need just by blasting through the mission repeatedly with 7 heroes. But I did not see any Essences from respawns. Was curious about that but did not see any. Overall, farming was faster. Running the mission more fun.

I didn't backtrack to kill the respawns; I just whizzed from the start to finish then repeated. I think I got all 15 within about 4 runs in NM.

Chuy Dog · Sep 06, 2011, 05:20 PM // 17:20

I ran through the mission three times last night with 7 heroes. I mean ran, it is super easy with all heroes. I had to backtrack several times because I get lost in Factions very easy. I got essences drop from respawn twice. The bad news it I only got 10 over the three runs. The good new is I got that many without much of a try, and picked up a whole lot of feathers. I can't believe people are selling them for 2K each.