Curse

system.fan · Jan 26, 2012, 07:17 PM // 19:17

hehe true the pve skills are pretty nice for running aswell.
but most chestruns take 4-6minutes so u'll at least need 2x3min alcohol... so u'd pay 500-600g/ea run for the skills...

not worth it for poor ppl like me

Zazael · Feb 02, 2012, 07:39 PM // 19:39

A run I'm sure most of you already know, but I thought I would share anyways since I've been using it alot lately, mostly as a change of scenery from Pongmei is the Raisu Palace run. Beside the change of scenery it also drops some really nice crap like Forbidden Staffs and Oni Blades (my heroes are happy people).

The run: http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9272/gw004h.jpg

Along the path I took theres usually somewhere between 3 and 5 chests to be found. Should be easily doable in HM for experienced runners. I pesonally prefer NM for higher retention rate and greater ease. Run takes around 4 minutes, which makes for a pretty awesome chest-per-minute ratio.

As for the build, I guess on normal basically anything goes. Just grab your generic SF build + some heroes with incoming/fallback/charge. If possible I recommend taking some kind of evasion, since there are a few annoying rangers that can piss you off easily with their delibi-something shot.

Our Blood · Feb 09, 2012, 03:16 PM // 15:16

Hey, Got bored with Pongmei so I started to run other area's in Cantha. I did 80 Lockpicks in Wajjun Bazaar, Result: 2Dragon staffs, 1 Bo staff, 2 Bladed shields and a TON of Armors.
So I took the liberty to make a map, on average you get 2chests in a 2min run. (1chest minimum and 3 chests if you are very lucky) => in my book this is a good ratio with a nice chance of cool skinned drops
The area is not that hard to run with SF and hero's ^^

By the way just a fun fact

I got all my rare skinned weapons on that very last chests on the route

(hope you guys are as lucky as me

)

edit: + many maps on page32 are disappearing

superraptors · Feb 09, 2012, 10:41 PM // 22:41

looks profitable atleast with the armors

LoveToBe · Feb 11, 2012, 05:36 PM // 17:36

So i'm not sure if this quest is new or if it only appears if u completed WoC, but its possible to return to the 'old cantha' so now u can get plagueborn chests again

Our Blood · Feb 11, 2012, 06:36 PM // 18:36

yep this quest makes the plagueborn chest spawn again (you don't have to complete woc) ^^
I was also very happy when I saw that

+ Makes VQ'ing easy again

Edit: Ty for the Pro tip Bright! I at least see get 3 chests now in 5 consecutive runs

Bright Star Shine · Feb 11, 2012, 06:50 PM // 18:50

Protip: have Seek Out Brother Tosai active, it can give you up to 4 chests.

Edit: just did a full inventory of chests, 2 dragon Breath Wands and some random stuff, all shit though, but patience might bring me some luck

Bright Star Shine · Feb 13, 2012, 01:11 PM // 13:11

So, one day further, we get this:

I'm loving the new chestrun^^

Also, something I've noticed, but need more testing to confirm: whenever I get a purple from this chest run, ALL the drops I get are purple from the same run. I've noticed it to be the case about 5 times in a row, but I'm looking for 1 counter example to dismiss it. It would make no sense at all if it were true, so I'm doubting it at the moment and dismissing it as bad luck. But I guess when it keeps happening without counter example, I guess it's true for this particular run...

AndrewSX · Feb 13, 2012, 01:23 PM // 13:23

Haven't got much time lately to test, so straigh question:

There are some areas that may be better to chestrun with the Flashback quest rather than with new spawns or most of the times doesn't change too much?

Bright Star Shine · Feb 13, 2012, 01:32 PM // 13:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndrewSX

Haven't got much time lately to test, so straigh question:

There are some areas that may be better to chestrun with the Flashback quest rather than with new spawns or most of the times doesn't change too much?

When chestrunning Silent Surf you might want to not have the Flashback thingy up, because with it up, it spawns some mobs to the north of Seafarer's Rest that sometimes have a chest, but not enough to make them worthwhile. So with WoC done, you get more chests there without the flashback.

In Pongmei, all it does is change 1 possible chest spawn from Afflicted to Am Fah

If you want to do the Bukdek Byway chestrun for afflicted items, logically, you'll need the Flashback up, however, you can do the exact same chestrun, but then without the Flashback for Am Fah chests.

So, basically, it's usually not very beneficial. In fact, in Silent Surf, not having it up makes you get 4-5 chests more often, making your average about 4,2 chests, rather than like 3,7 with the Flashback thing.

That's just my experiences.

Rollin · Feb 13, 2012, 03:06 PM // 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

Protip: have Seek Out Brother Tosai active, it can give you up to 4 chests.

About what Chest-Run is this? what area? Wajjun Bazaar?

Thanks

Bright Star Shine · Feb 13, 2012, 03:17 PM // 15:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollin

About what Chest-Run is this? what area? Wajjun Bazaar?

Thanks

Yes, because it turns all the Am Fah in the area non-hostile, meaning that the only possible chest spawns in the area are Jade Brotherhood and the couple of Mantis up at Napui.

By the way: just debunked the idea of one purple = all purple, had a counter example. Guess the others were all bad luck.

Our Blood · Feb 13, 2012, 03:32 PM // 15:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

So, one day further, we get this:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1392/chestrun1g.png

I'm loving the new chestrun^^

OMG Bright! loving those drops man!
And indeed the purple drops are just bad luck

Rollin · Feb 13, 2012, 03:41 PM // 15:41

Oke nice Thanks man, Anyways could you post a pic what route you run?

An btw just curious: What District do you guys Run in? :P

Bright Star Shine · Feb 13, 2012, 04:47 PM // 16:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Our Blood

OMG Bright! loving those drops man!
And indeed the purple drops are just bad luck

Though I have to note that once a purple drops, the other chests are very likely to also be purple. Not all of them are, but in like 70-80% of the cases 1 chest purple means that if any other chests spawn, they will very likely also be purples. Can't prove it, but personal experience and data shows this. Though I shouldn't really complain about drops

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollin

Oke nice Thanks man, Anyways could you post a pic what route you run?

An btw just curious: What District do you guys Run in? :P

Funny you should ask about the districts. I seem to have the experience that in International district, my spawns are generally better, and so are drops. This is probably superstition on my part, but so far it's always been the case, so I always run in International districts.

My route depends heavily on spawns, quickly made a map for it

Our Blood · Feb 13, 2012, 05:13 PM // 17:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

Though I have to note that once a purple drops, the other chests are very likely to also be purple. Not all of them are, but in like 70-80% of the cases 1 chest purple means that if any other chests spawn, they will very likely also be purples. Can't prove it, but personal experience and data shows this. Though I shouldn't really complain about drops

Haha when you start paying attention to it

it kinda seems true

I also see more purples when my first chest is purple xD
Btw just got me a Paper lanter and platinum wand (crappy mods though)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollin

An btw just curious: What District do you guys Run in? :P

Euhm I run European German district

I'm in MQSC guild and to lazy to change districts

gw_poster · Feb 13, 2012, 05:31 PM // 17:31

Damn of course now I got my r7 treasure title and you guys discover a new and improved run!!! This is going to seriously cut into my lux faction farm (which coincidentally is silent surf). I'll report my findings with respect to the grape hypothesis

Rollin · Feb 13, 2012, 06:31 PM // 18:31

Not my day.. 50 Lockpicks used an only 5 Retained - Running in Wajjun now its nice & fun, no badass drops dropped yet, some elite tomes are the highs atm

Bright Star Shine · Feb 13, 2012, 07:03 PM // 19:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollin

Not my day.. 50 Lockpicks used an only 5 Retained - Running in Wajjun now its nice & fun, no badass drops dropped yet, some elite tomes are the highs atm

Hehe, 43% retain in HM helps

Whenever I run a full inventory, which in my case is 42 chests (unless I bother to clean up my Heavy Equip pack for chestrunning, but I barely do that lately) I typically break about 20 lockpicks, and I basically make those back merching all the crap I get + armors alone, any elite tomes (though I've noticed elite tome droprates here are rather low, or at least to me they are) are bonus cash, and the nice drops I've had so far (with a current offer of 40e) makes the run kind of worthwhile

It's a good change in between triple account chestrunning Rhea's Crater and running Vermin. And the potential for drops is even better than Rhea's Crater (though a good demons Outcast is 1,000e+) and it's been rewarding me only 1 day in

Can't wait for a good Bladed/bo/dragon/platinum staff

superraptors · Feb 13, 2012, 11:39 PM // 23:39

anyone done cleansing shadows passage then chest running from dragons throat, zoning to byway and zone back for another chest?