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DJCoastal · Jun 12, 2009, 04:07 AM // 04:07

whoooooosh.... time to farm on my ele. T_T

AngelWJedi · Jun 12, 2009, 04:54 AM // 04:54

man this sucks big time. i used to tag on along with my guy to do the ghost birds for event stuff i made like 1-2 stacks every full run. >> i know go do raptors but they're boring and rarely drop a ton of golds/event items like the ghost birds did. really why did they nerf this and not raptors? and no more quick survivor title runs for peeps either. gg anet

paddymew · Jun 12, 2009, 05:33 AM // 05:33

I had to link to this.

Loki Seiguro · Jun 12, 2009, 05:52 AM // 05:52

Drats just when I wanted survivor for my sin.....should have gotten it earlier

Spider of the UW · Jun 12, 2009, 07:35 AM // 07:35

isnt it still better to Raptor farm for event items? cuz silver amour kills them one at a time and not all at once so the drop rate will be better?

tadevil · Jun 12, 2009, 08:05 AM // 08:05

Aaahaaaaa lame, I created a sin to do kegging and only kegging, didn't even get the chance to farm an event with it! Guess raptors it is..

They could have just made it a little slower not stupidly slow, gave them more health or something, I'm more comfortable with the keg farm I don't like raptors.

Teysar kitait · Jun 12, 2009, 10:41 AM // 10:41

this sucks i just got my derv to eotn

back to elem farming the vaettir then seeing as i dislike raptors.

omg A Simple Farmer that would've been awesome >.<

kegging is still possible though, they won't flee i think, it's just ridiculously slow.

Imaginos · Jun 12, 2009, 11:17 AM // 11:17

it takes roughly 30 kegs to kill a group of vattir @ 3 seconds a keg or 1 min 90 seconds plus the long ass run out there plus rounding them up

frozen armor+burning speed will kill them in about 4-5 applications or so. They have such stupid high armor that flame djinn's haste at 12 fire goes from 99 damage to about 11...the burning does far more damage. 1 min roundup + 3 min kill, though i played it "safe" with energy.

kegging is faster then the burning it seems but not by much when you count you can run right from sif/longeyes to the spot. Could probably add in rad field for 10 pips of degen but no disease and that will give you energy issues most likely.

the mesmer variation works but the timing is much more tricky on SF. The degen is higher/faster though and you only need channeling for energy management.

someone in a town suggested kegging+elementalist aoe when foes are knocked down. You'd need to position them against a wall to keep from scattering. I've not tried this variation yet.

any other ideas?

edit added in the bold.

Spiritz · Jun 12, 2009, 12:39 PM // 12:39

Here lies Keg Farming sadly departed ,
Best wishes to Budger who now faces a life on the dwarf dole que - you served us well.

Wonder if everyone who used him could hold a min silence in gw lol.
Loads of new keg sins are now going to retire i reckon but us die hard sin farmers will find new ways to get our norn rep and glacial stones farmed.

Joseph Spiritmaster · Jun 12, 2009, 01:11 PM // 13:11

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Originally Posted by Coney

I assume this is due to 2 hour survivor title. But piss-poor nerf at best...

I'd just do dwarven boxing myself in 12 or so...

I dont think it was just that, the prices of the event items (ie sweets, booze and party pts) were ridiculously low making it easy to buy the items, so i have a feeling that the economy was a little more of a factor

But yea, i love the raptor farm and pre... so now i can do both =D

the slasher · Jun 12, 2009, 02:25 PM // 14:25

Well, if what you say that it takes alot longer for you to drop a keg, then you must have tried it out today (12-06-2009), since I've keg farmed yesterday and i had virtually no problems with it, I did about 40 rezones and had abosuletly no problem killing them in ~1 minute

SimplyAmazing · Jun 12, 2009, 10:37 PM // 22:37

pppsssshh, who needs kegs? obsi ele (among many other builds) can still wipe out veattirs quickly, and i prefer it much more than raptors, and you don't have to go threw the annoyance of running there... but i think my favorite place for holiday items, is a LARGELY over-looked quest.... Cap Son... quick run on noob island, with a massive mob that dwarf's the vaettir's, there's probally 3x the amount in a very small area. Pew pew 3-4 times and you have close to, if not, a stack of holiday items.

spraite2500 · Jun 12, 2009, 10:40 PM // 22:40

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Originally Posted by SimplyAmazing

pppsssshh, who needs kegs? obsi ele (among many other builds) can still wipe out veattirs quickly, and i prefer it much more than raptors, and you don't have to go threw the annoyance of running there... but i think my favorite place for holiday items, is a LARGELY over-looked quest.... Cap Son... quick run on noob island, with a massive mob that dwarf's the vaettir's, there's probally 3x the amount in a very small area. Pew pew 3-4 times and you have close to, if not, a stack of holiday items.

Farming them with 600? :P or 55?

anders_O · Jun 12, 2009, 10:53 PM // 22:53

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Originally Posted by spraite2500

Farming them with 600? :P or 55?

spirit bond would end in like 1 sec so I think 600 is a bad idea. 55 might work with SoA and shielding hands (think thats what they are called), just trow in a regen skill if they have heavy degen. Not sure if they carry enchantment removal tho..

Imaginos · Jun 12, 2009, 11:02 PM // 23:02

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Originally Posted by SimplyAmazing

pppsssshh, who needs kegs? obsi ele (among many other builds) can still wipe out veattirs quickly, and i prefer it much more than raptors, and you don't have to go threw the annoyance of running there... but i think my favorite place for holiday items, is a LARGELY over-looked quest.... Cap Son... quick run on noob island, with a massive mob that dwarf's the vaettir's, there's probally 3x the amount in a very small area. Pew pew 3-4 times and you have close to, if not, a stack of holiday items.

how's the gold item drop rate? As many were doing vaettir for title tracks.

Teysar kitait · Jun 12, 2009, 11:31 PM // 23:31

i feel like a noob right now but what's "cap son"? :/

Dr Dimento · Jun 12, 2009, 11:36 PM // 23:36

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Originally Posted by Teysar kitait

i feel like a noob right now but what's "cap son"? :/

The Captured Son, a quest on noob island in factions......

Either way, farming vaettirs quickly is still entirely possible with either Sin or Ele....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO_i_id2Yw0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDruAEdKhnY

Teysar kitait · Jun 12, 2009, 11:39 PM // 23:39

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Originally Posted by Dr Dimento

The Captured Son, a quest on noob island in factions......

Either way, farming vaettirs quickly is still entirely possible with either Sin or Ele....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO_i_id2Yw0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDruAEdKhnY

thanks Dr Dimento

yeah i think the point was that this was a Lot faster. but back to elems for the large majority of us i think

SimplyAmazing · Jun 13, 2009, 01:49 AM // 01:49

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Originally Posted by spraite2500

Farming them with 600? :P or 55?

yes, it's entirely possible and works, although a 600 monk is a bit slower, 4-6 minute runs. with my experience i've found a 600 rit is much better for this thanks to VwK, shortening the runs to about keg speed, 2-3 mins.

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Originally Posted by anders_O

spirit bond would end in like 1 sec so I think 600 is a bad idea.

you would think that, but it's not the case, infact PvX has a build for this.

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Originally Posted by Teysar kitait

i feel like a noob right now but what's "cap son"? :/

it was already answered, but just to confirm, yes The Captured Son, Just make sure to abandon quest and not take reward, or else you're done, oh and some people sell the letters for 500g-1k, i don't bother , i just drop them, but i guess you could if you wanted.

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Originally Posted by Teysar kitait

yeah i think the point was that this was a Lot faster.

I've kegged, 600'd, obsi ele'd, 55'd, raptors, everything, I definitely think the best way of getting holiday items is this quest, as there is just so many enemies in a very small area.

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Originally Posted by Imaginos

how's the gold item drop rate?

honestly on NM, not too many, in HM, the same if not more than the vaettirs, and from my experiences, LOTS of dye drops, i've gotten more black and white dye here than anywhere else in my 30+ months of playing.

oh i get many low req items here too, recently just got q7-8 max tower shields, and a q7 max sword, bad skins..... but just thought i should mention since some people are interested in that.

Bowstring Badass · Jun 13, 2009, 04:15 AM // 04:15

Because farming an entire mob in 30 seconds is completely good for event items?

Seriously though about time they did something about this. Just spend another 30 seconds degening them through rad field.