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Old Mar 20, 2010, 10:27 AM // 10:27   #21
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Great run.. 1st run: 1 ecto. If I'd never do this again my ratio would be 1:1 or 100%
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Old Mar 23, 2010, 12:04 AM // 00:04   #22
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What I like abou this farm is that its so easy I do it on two accounts. Thereby doubling my drop rate per hour
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Old Mar 23, 2010, 07:43 PM // 19:43   #23
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i wonder why pple still think tombs is worth the time?? let alone the anti farm code that messes ur regular drops

a full planes clear (+ the way there of course) can get u 15+ ecto's
but if u 1st spend all yer time rezoning tombs then u'll be lucky to get more then 2. how's that for yer %'s?
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Old Mar 23, 2010, 11:37 PM // 23:37   #24
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a full planes clear (+ the way there of course) can get u 15+ ecto's
Well unfortunately for me I guess the last full plains clear I did I only got 2 ectos. So the ToPK farm would give me the same amount as plains.
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 07:11 PM // 19:11   #25
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I'm going to try plains. But a/me is bad. U can only farm the ledge right. With my a/d build I can farm all terrorwebs and dreamriders in 4 minutes. I think someone posted an build on youtube. It's still not as good as plains I heard. I average 3-5 ectos an hour with a/d..
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Old Mar 27, 2010, 08:44 AM // 08:44   #26
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15+ ectos why do people talk such rubbish!? maybe one lucky run and maybe 1 or none.

Last 3 plains clears 1 , 5 and then 4 ectos...

Theres only 3 more ecto droppers on the 1st level , if it takes 2 mins for 6 on the ledge and 4mins for 9 foes its actually less efficient to kill them all..

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Old Mar 27, 2010, 11:46 AM // 11:46   #27
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Theres only 3 more ecto droppers on the 1st level , if it takes 2 mins for 6 on the ledge and 4mins for 9 foes its actually less efficient to kill them all..
Yeh you are right. A/me only takes 1.30 mins to kill 6. So it's indeed better. it's 180+ ecto droppers an hour with A/me. It's not bad.

How fast do people run plains on average btw? And what build is better for plains? A/d or A/e?

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Old Sep 18, 2010, 11:00 AM // 11:00   #28
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just found a way to speed this up.. use wastrels demise instead of spirit of failure if u are low on energy u can cast sf without deadly paradox on the last cast.

Wastrel's wont scatter them , it does 8+16+24+26+26(capped). 3 secs recharge for 5 energy.

Just ball them and use wd and cop then ai + ether nightmare and then wd wd + cop and they are dead... very fast..

good ecto hunting...
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Old Sep 18, 2010, 12:08 PM // 12:08   #29
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Am I particularly lucky with TOPK farm? i got an ecto every 3-4 runs.....*_*

There's no need to shadows step to them...just hide behind that corner near the bridge so spirit of failure trigger perfectly and you don't need to take dmg....shadow step when last mob health is low and collect
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Old Sep 19, 2010, 05:45 PM // 17:45   #30
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There's also an Any/Mesmer build that farms the right ledge that is posted on PvXwiki:

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build%3AAny/Me_UT_Ecto_Farmer
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Old Jan 10, 2011, 08:57 PM // 20:57   #31
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i know its kind of offtopic, but how do you farm planes in just 1 hour or less?
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Old Jan 11, 2011, 12:38 AM // 00:38   #32
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Plains farm was nerfed, the specters now have leech signet which goes through all forms of spell protection. I don't think there is an efficient plains farm that takes under an hour.
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Old Jan 12, 2011, 06:49 PM // 18:49   #33
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Plains farm was nerfed, the specters now have leech signet which goes through all forms of spell protection. I don't think there is an efficient plains farm that takes under an hour.
at least not solo farm
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Old Feb 28, 2011, 12:05 AM // 00:05   #34
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I only just found out about this run (topk) yesterday and farmed there(NM) for 2-3 hours. What a great learning experience it was, I got to learn how to perma & how to farm ecto's! From the 3 hours of muddling I got 7 ecto's, and more confidence in my own abilities to go and learn new builds. A great place to farm for beginners, but now....I wanna learn more sin runs!!
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Old Mar 02, 2011, 06:00 PM // 18:00   #35
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For all my Ranger friends, here's a fun one that's both easy and efficient.

Two ways to do it:
W/ Hero (easier): OgATY57g5Y7I/5UHAAAAAAA
Main build (R/A): OgcTcZ88ZC3Rn5AKN7uU445gHBA

If you're doing it with the hero, park him on the stairs and have him cast Zypher, serpants quickness, and symbiosis. You yourself cast winnowing and shroud of distress. Run towards the right ledge, hit shadow form just before you get near the agro range, then walk along that wall under the bridge. Shadow-step up to the fellas on the other side of that bridge, then the ecto droppers should bunch up nicely. Hit stability, shadow form, whirling defense, and then feign neutrality if you think you need it. They all die, takes under 2 minutes =]
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Old Mar 10, 2011, 10:52 AM // 10:52   #36
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Not a bad farm very easy to do and the profits not too bad either. Have a fun and good luck let me know if u get a triple drop!!
there you go
1'st run - http://img28.imageshack.us/i/gw127i.jpg/
2'nd run - http://img220.imageshack.us/i/gw129.jpg/
in that night got 9 ectos in 20 min but none since ..
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Old Mar 12, 2011, 09:44 AM // 09:44   #37
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there you go
1'st run - http://img28.imageshack.us/i/gw127i.jpg/
2'nd run - http://img220.imageshack.us/i/gw129.jpg/
in that night got 9 ectos in 20 min but none since ..
Can you post the code for that build and what do I need weapon - wise ? Thanks.
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Old Mar 12, 2011, 10:02 AM // 10:02   #38
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Droknar's reaper with full energy armor and you can put any dmg boost since aura of holy might was changed


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Old Mar 13, 2011, 07:41 AM // 07:41   #39
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It's funny, I tried this and on my first try I got an ecto!

This build also works great if you wanted to farm the first two waves of snowmen in the Snowman Dungeon.
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Old Mar 23, 2011, 08:34 AM // 08:34   #40
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This got nerfed. No more chaos ledge farms for ectos. They replaced the dream riders for graspings.

fml.
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