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Shadow Own · Feb 26, 2008, 07:48 PM // 19:48

ok, i've helped a friend with a quest and we were with 2 human, 6 heroes on NM

the quest was assault on beknur's harbor and i have actually found out that there are MANY drops there, ill try to add a picture and i'd like to know if its worth farmin in HM.

i thought of 600/smite farming as u get like at least 12 monsters at same time for 55, maybe u even have to add a QZ ranger in the back for constant Spellbreaker.

My Lipgloss is Cool · Feb 26, 2008, 08:04 PM // 20:04

An interesting concept...Other than the possibility of being overwhelmed, I can't see any reason that you couldn't 55 this in HM...Probably Mo/Me for [skill]Mantra of Resolve[/skill] because all the Ridgeback Skales have [skill]Agonizing Chop[/skill]

I'd try it, but my monk isn't NF born

Qdq Swi · Feb 26, 2008, 08:05 PM // 20:05

Do those Blighters use Chilblains? If they do it could probably be done with 600/smit. If they dotn use Chillblains a 330 rit or Mo/D 55 monk with Mystic Regen could probably do it.

On terms of drops.. I doubt it.. Skales dont drop decent things as far as I'm concerned.

Bo Fairfield · Feb 26, 2008, 08:06 PM // 20:06

This would probably be doable with a simple 55 w/ SoA and SH. Maybe SoJ for damage?

Preliminar bar without knowing much:

[skill]Shield of Judgment[/skill]
[skill]Protective Spirit[/skill]
[skill]Healing Breeze[/skill]
[skill]Shield of Absorption[/skill]
[skill]Shielding hands[/skill]
[skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill]
[skill]Blessed Aura[/skill]
Optional... maybe Essence bond, mending, or some other damage.

Qdq Swi · Feb 26, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bo Fairfield

This would probably be doable with a simple 55 w/ SoA and SH. Maybe SoJ for damage?

Preliminar bar without knowing much:

[skill]Shield of Judgment[/skill]
[skill]Protective Spirit[/skill]
[skill]Healing Breeze[/skill]
[skill]Shield of Absorption[/skill]
[skill]Shielding hands[/skill]
[skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill]
[skill]Blessed Aura[/skill]
Optional... maybe Essence bond, mending, or some other damage.

Same build with [skill]Spiteful Spirit[/skill] would probably work better. Or even better would be the 330 rit build.. Even if theyr interupted a couple of times they survive.

My Lipgloss is Cool · Feb 26, 2008, 08:27 PM // 20:27

[skill]Grenth's Balance[/skill] [skill]Rotting Flesh[/skill] [skill]Vile Touch[/skill] [skill]Well of Blood[/skill] Are what the blighters use...
For the above build (having not done this quest and only going off the bad description of the quest on wiki) you'll want some kind of anti interrupt because there arn't many types of skale, so there will be plenty of ridgebacks, so plenty of interrupts

krammit · Feb 26, 2008, 08:30 PM // 20:30

Too be honest, gold is never really worth farming because when split 8 ways it really starts to suck. And while 'm interested to get your findings, even if you farmed that AS effectively in HM and each one of those gold piles was 100g, you'd still only get 225 after it was split.

GL though

Bo Fairfield · Feb 26, 2008, 08:33 PM // 20:33

he means soloing it Krammit... in which case he'd get 1800 if those were each 100g.

And the optional spot in that build I wrote should probably be [skill]Mantra of Resolve[/skill], for the interrupts

My Lipgloss is Cool · Feb 26, 2008, 08:40 PM // 20:40

I agree...My only worry would then be energy management; will they interrupt enough to bring you down to 0e and break MoR? Again, my monk is Proph born, so I can't try anything <.<

[Morkai] · Feb 26, 2008, 08:45 PM // 20:45

The amount of Gold dropped corresponds to loot scaling no? So in theory that much gold wouldn't drop anyway. It would scale to 1 man (or woman!)'s worth of booty.

Just my 2 Cents.

My Lipgloss is Cool · Feb 26, 2008, 09:12 PM // 21:12

True, but it's still a lot of enemies, and Skales can drop things like Fiery Blade Axes (Or some of them can...Not sure if it's the type of monster or where they are that determines that)

Yoshikuni Mahsu · Feb 26, 2008, 09:19 PM // 21:19

Anything a 55 can farm a Obs flesh ele can farm better.

(E/Me is for wussies, E/Mo ftw).

Mac Sidewinder · Feb 29, 2008, 04:21 AM // 04:21

Troll much Yoshi?

True the gold dropped may decrease with loot scaling but you will get all the item drops (scaled of course) but it is still better than 8 man, or h/h.

Fleeting · Feb 29, 2008, 04:41 AM // 04:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshikuni Mahsu

Anything a 55 can farm a Obs flesh ele can farm better.

(E/Me is for wussies, E/Mo ftw).

I'm waiting to see an obs flesh e/mo kill aataxes faster than a 55 n/mo or mo/n with SS and RH.

Yoshikuni Mahsu · Feb 29, 2008, 05:07 AM // 05:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fleeting

I'm waiting to see an obs flesh e/mo kill aataxes faster than a 55 n/mo or mo/n with SS and RH.

Lol. Cool off, it was a joke.

ReZDoGG · Feb 29, 2008, 05:19 AM // 05:19

I have thought of farming that quest along time ago, but the only chars I made in Nightfall were my derv,para,ele, and mesmer. And I probably completed it for experience points... I think maybe my Ele might beable to get it, and actually have a build that could farm it. I'll try it out and let yas know.

Actually nevermind, I had completed it. Just found out that the only quest he has is "The Cyclone Place", which is a follow up of Assault of Beknur Harbor. Too bad you couldn't get atleast Master quest for foreign chars. But I think Cyclone Place you might beable to farm also... it says there are a good number of skale during the quest.

A Simple Farmer · Mar 29, 2008, 09:33 PM // 21:33

Oh no not another!

Ok, so there is approximately 5 groups of 28 and one group of 8, for a total of 148 skale. With my monk I could consistently complete the quest in 11 minutes (including the 1min startup.) as a smite duo, and 7 minutes with a 2man famine smite (HM of Course).
For the rewards weekends thats 14-21 per minute. While not as fast as Raptors, it is a good alternative for those that don't have EOTN & want a couple blade axes.

Unfortunately I accepted the reward for my monk

, but the quest is still active with my mesmer

.

I think this quest has some real potential for rewards weekends in NM, perhaps dualing shadow form nukers?

Antithesis · Mar 29, 2008, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Thanks for the update ASF. Any chance you could reduce the size of the image?

I don't mean to sound like a teacher's pet but I think the forum rules are 800 px wide so our low-res brethren don't have to scroll horizontally.

A Simple Farmer · Mar 29, 2008, 11:50 PM // 23:50

fixed, my bad.

lilesnoopy · Mar 30, 2008, 12:08 AM // 00:08

can a tyrian character take this quyest or no??