Curse

A Leprechaun · Jun 19, 2008, 02:11 PM // 14:11

Lol, big aggros = fast time. I usually do it in over 30mins but I got a 23 min run today by doing the 4-3-2 rider aggro method and thats including that 8 or so dryders at the end ^^.

~A Leprechaun~

CE Devilman · Jun 19, 2008, 05:27 PM // 17:27

exploiter · Jun 19, 2008, 05:40 PM // 17:40

One q9 str Gloom Shield dropped for me, but I accidentaly merched it before identified :P Im so clever

Master Necromanz · Jun 19, 2008, 05:42 PM // 17:42

I think it's too overfarmed now... but now evryone gets his foW (I had before... but now I have for more chars...)

But a week ago I had only3 ectos a run now 6-8... its dependend on your luck.

Tirath Eldrahir · Jun 19, 2008, 05:47 PM // 17:47

I created a sin just to play this build. Call me a lamer if you want to, i probably am one^^
I took 3 runs to catch the mana tempo, and one more to understand how to get to the chaos plains?
Now, 8 ectos per run, not trying to go too quickly^^ but only crappy golds.
I play with a major rune I caught from the seller, but its way enough, i guess.

Elven Knight · Jun 19, 2008, 05:54 PM // 17:54

I was able to buy one this morning for 15k, all it takes is patience and quick reactions when you see one in the trade of party search. I got my rune after only 5 minutes of looking for someone who was selling one, so I was rather fortunate, although not everyone will be so. All I have to do still is level my sin up.

I'd like to correct myself, I bought it for 14k.

Okay, I just noticed, you said they use "Fear Me"...but isn't that an adrenaline charged skill? How can they use that if they haven't hit you due to Shadow Form?

Sneaky Cat · Jun 19, 2008, 06:10 PM // 18:10

i tried this last night...and had good runs

thanks

boogerboy72 · Jun 19, 2008, 06:17 PM // 18:17

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Originally Posted by Elven Knight

Okay, I just noticed, you said they use "Fear Me"...but isn't that an adrenaline charged skill? How can they use that if they haven't hit you due to Shadow Form?

adren builds from damage taken,

viper11025 · Jun 19, 2008, 06:29 PM // 18:29

I give UP on it and fow farming SERIOUSLY with a sin at least.
Anets server does a giant rubberbanding on me when I get past the obsidians.
All my friends can do it though.
Its like this.
Get right past them then this guy pops in to kill me.
http://www.apostropher.com/blog/img/...ler_rabbit.JPG

Elven Knight · Jun 19, 2008, 06:33 PM // 18:33

Hmmm...doesn't work that way on my war...I'm going to start looking into that...the only way I get adren is through physical dmg or hitting my enemies.

viper11025 · Jun 19, 2008, 06:36 PM // 18:36

Adrenalines wierd imo.

Tom Swift · Jun 20, 2008, 03:24 AM // 03:24

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Originally Posted by Puddin Cheeks

= you're not doing it right nancy.

Don't swing at the aatxe, they have deadly riposte. You just target them to throw on MoR, then step one step to stop swinging. If you keep attacking them =epic fail

Or just hit c to target nearby foe without attacking.

As to the "Fear Me" energy steal, I learned this way in tombs: take zealous daggers to begin with and attack the grasping darknesses (just don't attack the bladed). Even though the initial energy is low and you are doing 0 dmg, the gain from hits more than makes up for the 1 pip loss. Have a 2nd set of very high energy (+12 offhand, +5 weapon, +15-1 offhand inscription). That gives you a difference of 27 between your daggers and your high energy set - which is a little more than what you need to pull off the swiftness/DP/SF chain so if they do get you down to 0 at the wrong moment you can switch to the high energy set and immediately gain what you need. I also carried a 3rd set with no energy penalty in case I needed to gain energy a little faster while not hitting, but I never needed to use it.

As to the run to the plains - not much help we can give for lag. But, I find that I like dark escape better than dash or flame djinn. Its -50% dmg means that I could take a couple hits from the charged blacknesses without worrying too much (I was, however, running the earth sin build in normal mode so I did not need flame djinn for damage dealing)

Mr. Undisclosed · Jun 20, 2008, 06:50 AM // 06:50

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Originally Posted by CE Devilman

lol I think I've gotten like 6, I sell them unid because they're usually crap.

Jebus · Jun 20, 2008, 07:26 AM // 07:26

I must've gotten over 80 ectos from this farm, but just yesterday I had one of my best runs, 3 golds and 8 ectos. I average 5-7 ectos. I use the MoR/LF build, and average about 22 minutes/run without really trying. I dash past all Charged Blacknesses and take the shortest route possible to the Planes. I also kill the terrorweb dryders near the Mindblade spawn.

Carboplatin · Jun 21, 2008, 04:20 AM // 04:20

i tested the 85hp sin and it doesn't work, they scatter.

however, its easy to maintain a lower health with a vamp weapon when your hp is already low. sometimes i forget to keep the regen away and end up with too much health when i am busy chatting.

having only 85hp lets me degen pretty quickly, but probably not worth the inv space

Slabby · Jun 21, 2008, 04:08 PM // 16:08

Is this run possible with a minor shadow rune ?

Edit: Nvm I just tested it, rather close if you ask me.

Vexed · Jun 22, 2008, 12:12 AM // 00:12

Possible but tight as you said.

A Major rune will give you a comfortable period of time to renew SF, and is not that hard to come by.

A superior makes it ridiculously easy to keep SF up, but is expensive unless you're lucky enough to find one yourself (or stubborn enough to hold out until one drops for you, like I was).

Slay From The Hell · Jun 23, 2008, 11:29 PM // 23:29

19 minute run, chaos plains + dryders, 8 ecto's

Using Lava Font + Mark of Rotgort skills;] Nice jop discovering this

Vann Borakul · Jun 24, 2008, 01:18 AM // 01:18

I have a record of 13 ectos. I got 5 really fast, then a drought, then the other 8 dropped in near rapid succession. Has anyone beat that?

BadgerznPie · Jun 24, 2008, 03:08 AM // 03:08

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Originally Posted by Dylananimus

It's something I've noticed too...especially when farming for Glacial Stones.

If you take stuff out all at once you get less 'junk' drops and collectable drops. There doesn't seem to be much of a difference for the gold drop rate however.

If things drop one after the other I tend to walk away with more.

Don't know if anybody else has found this happening.

Yeah....I recently did a run, pulled 3 dream riders, so when it got to the groups of 9 mindblades, that's 27, and I let SF run out. 27 mindblades= 1 drop of 100 gold coins.

I believe this to be true