Dec 18, 2005, 10:10 PM // 22:10 | #1 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Oct 2005
Profession: Mo/W
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Hydras vs. Griffons
Ok, I make most of my money soloing grifs with my Mo/W. Not creative, but neither is the idea of making money, so who cares. Anyways, I was getting really bored and decided to try to make a build to solo hydras and go farm them instead. After about 10 mins of testing I had my build and I was taking out hydras no probs.
So I farmed hydras for a while, and found that I was getting a lot of claws, the odd gold/rare, and a lot of non-max damage crap that I can't use or sell for anything decent. Although it's a little more challenging, is there any economical benefit to farming hydras over grifs? |
Dec 18, 2005, 10:12 PM // 22:12 | #2 |
There is no spoon.
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Netherlands
Profession: Mo/
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Nope
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Dec 18, 2005, 10:18 PM // 22:18 | #3 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Oct 2005
Profession: Mo/W
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Well that's a kick in the pants. Ahh well... hydras are more fun... Maybe I'll get enough claws to make a living selling those near the collector...
Probably not . Thanks maxie. Javinator |
Dec 18, 2005, 10:20 PM // 22:20 | #4 |
There is no spoon.
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Netherlands
Profession: Mo/
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Hehe If challenges are fun to you, try farming Underworld. The drops are pretty great and it's the biggest challenge you'll get.
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Dec 18, 2005, 11:24 PM // 23:24 | #5 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Oct 2005
Profession: Mo/W
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I two man the underworld with a guildmate of mine which is kinda fun, but I don't have the money to test builds there yet.
Screw 15k armor, I've got a new goal: Save up to lose all my money in the UW . Thanks for the tips maxie. Javinator |
Dec 19, 2005, 02:24 AM // 02:24 | #6 |
Desert Nomad
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt Vernon, Ohio
Guild: Band of the Hawk
Profession: W/Mo
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Came as a shock to me too. Cheapskate hydras! I also had high hopes for the sand elementals, but nothing there either.
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Dec 19, 2005, 02:00 PM // 14:00 | #7 |
Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Walking the ruins of Ascalon
Guild: DVDF
Profession: Me/
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Yeah the drops are garbage everywhere anyway, but I like farming the Hydras.
You can get lots of wood and dust from the drops you get and then sell or craft them into other things |
Dec 19, 2005, 03:26 PM // 15:26 | #8 | |
Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Indianapolis, In.
Guild: Order of the Setting Sun
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Dec 19, 2005, 03:42 PM // 15:42 | #9 |
Krytan Explorer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Texas
Guild: NOT-Nomads Of Turmoil
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Trying making the trip north from Drok's - Giants up there are fun and go down pretty quickly with SoJ. Only done it a few times so nothing super from the drops perspective but there's bound to be something good hiding up there.
As for Griffs/Minos + Devourers - they are way simple and easy regardless of the interupts, again using SoJ they die pretty quick. I just run until I can get a decent size group (Devs included), keep Prot Spirt going and wand dmg until I get the adrenaline for Bonetti's, hit that then SoJ then wand Devs to death. |
Dec 19, 2005, 10:01 PM // 22:01 | #10 | |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Oct 2005
Profession: Mo/W
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I really wish I had shield of judgement...but I'm really lazy when it comes to capping skills. For the rockshots I just keep running until they stop chasing me. My build can take all the grifs they throw at me anyways and If it makes me aggro more then it's over with faster, but worrying about rockshots is still a pain and every once in a while they just happen to spawn in all the wrong spots. Where is the hydra claw collector? Most people don't farm hydras so one might be able to sell the claws for something decent (unless the collector's got nothing good). Anyways I think I'll stick to grifs and minos for a while until I can start wasting my money on the UW (did a few test runs there... let's just say I'm 5k poorer than I was. ) Javinator |
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Dec 20, 2005, 05:41 AM // 05:41 | #11 |
Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Nov 2005
Guild: Knights of the Ring
Profession: Mo/W
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altogether, I tend to make more $$$ doing full hydra runs, but get better "rare" drops/more keys from Griff runs (and if, say, a Devourer drops something better than a bleached carapace it makes my day )
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