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sun strike · Nov 07, 2013, 08:29 AM // 08:29

am fah or jade brotherhood mobs with chests around them or alternatively as you said, halycon job quest @ that area, top right corner.

Surge goes pre · Nov 08, 2013, 03:24 AM // 03:24

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Originally Posted by Obsidian I

Can't wait to get back into chest running again after a long break from gw1. Just curious what was the best place to get dragon staves? I'm pretty certain it was in a Luxor area with some assassin quest?

And for pongmei valley and echo valid forest could somebody kindly link me the maps they use or maps that have already been posted? Highly appreciate it!

Get me a 20/20 Dragon Staff!

Obsidian I · Nov 08, 2013, 10:28 AM // 10:28

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Originally Posted by Surge goes pre

Get me a 20/20 Dragon Staff!

God damn! What req was it? Was running hula on job for about 2 hours, 2 days ago and got diddly squit! However I went to farm Anjeka shrine for dragon moss farm. Few chests and got myself 3 echovalds within an hour or do. Only crap mods

only one with semi decent mods was q11 tactics with -2 w/ench and 20% daze reduction.

My search will continue for a dragon staff!

system.fan · Nov 08, 2013, 11:25 AM // 11:25

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Originally Posted by Obsidian I

God damn! What req was it?

GET not GOT

@Rice:
Thanks for the hint about Ice Dome...
Did ~30 Runs (~90-100 chests in NM) there yesterday and got 2 SWS's...
Crap Mod's only... but best drop rate for those shields i've seen so far from chests

Obsidian I · Nov 08, 2013, 01:20 PM // 13:20

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Originally Posted by system.fan

GET not GOT

@Rice:
Thanks for the hint about Ice Dome...
Did ~30 Runs (~90-100 chests in NM) there yesterday and got 2 SWS's...
Crap Mod's only... but best drop rate for those shields i've seen so far from chests

Ahaha Herpy derp. I guess thats what happens when i don't have my morning tea and don't read properly. I love those SWS they are by far my favourite shield skin in game

Rice · Nov 08, 2013, 06:33 PM // 18:33

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Originally Posted by system.fan

GET not GOT

@Rice:
Thanks for the hint about Ice Dome...
Did ~30 Runs (~90-100 chests in NM) there yesterday and got 2 SWS's...
Crap Mod's only... but best drop rate for those shields i've seen so far from chests

np.
i actually do the run in hardmode. give me a shout if u see me in game i will show u how i do it.

Zephyr of Light · Nov 10, 2013, 11:30 PM // 23:30

Im wondering but its just pure speculation my brain made up.
Does attribute's suffix calculation (to be applied on the shield),
also gets influenced if it drops around specific caster groups?
(Like ele/monk and mesmer/necro) or is that pure a fact of math and luck?

(i.e getting Shields from chests near particly/full caster enemys like Rott Wallow packs in Pongmei Valley, and Ice Elementals & Imps outside of Ice Caves of Sorrow)

Regards
Zephyr.

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Originally Posted by system.fan

@Rice:
Thanks for the hint about Ice Dome...
Did ~30 Runs (~90-100 chests in NM) there yesterday and got 2 SWS's...
Crap Mod's only... but best drop rate for those shields i've seen so far from chests

I know from personal experience that SWS's also tend too drop alot from Chests in the mission Thunderhead Keep.
Each mission contains 3-5 chests, time spend finding them varys.

The only downside from this is that u need too prevent that King Jalis Ironhammer doesn't die throughout the mission.
I usually do that with heroes and just gank through mobs, and flag them out of compass when opening chests.
However i haven't tried running him out of compass (Jalis) at the start in order too "stuck" him since he's scripted too follow a certain pathing if a player is in range. Togo in the mission Zen Daijun has some sort of Same mechanic, and the method above can be applied here succesfully on Zen Daijun.

So too keep It short, give yourself a shot at it :P

sun strike · Nov 11, 2013, 07:38 AM // 07:38

^mods are generated at random
and THK let alone any mission is not efficient at hunting chests with few exceptions, the point of chest RUNNING is to skip the bs and get straight to the chest.

bywa · Nov 11, 2013, 09:15 PM // 21:15

If anyone would like to join and run together i leave my IGN: Damy Rade. I'm mostly running kurzik areas since I'm quite lazy to do missions to unlock cities on luxon site. (but if there was anyone who prefer run them i would do it). Cheers.
Ps. Any ideas how to run past big groups of dredges? They remove stances, have knockdown and interrupts. I usually die when chest spawns near them (in morostov trial)

sun strike · Nov 12, 2013, 06:16 AM // 06:16

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Originally Posted by bywa

If anyone would like to join and run together i leave my IGN: Damy Rade. I'm mostly running kurzik areas since I'm quite lazy to do missions to unlock cities on luxon site. (but if there was anyone who prefer run them i would do it). Cheers.
Ps. Any ideas how to run past big groups of dredges? They remove stances, have knockdown and interrupts. I usually die when chest spawns near them (in morostov trial)

use the skill "i am unstoppable", to run past them, preferbably carry shadow steps + dash or have a bunch of heroes with you to meat shield them while packing shouts like charge, fallback/incoming etc.

system.fan · Nov 19, 2013, 11:48 AM // 11:48

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Originally Posted by bywa

Ps. Any ideas how to run past big groups of dredges?

would recommend more or less what sun strike already said:

1. Step = Move in with "IAU!"
2. Step = Open Chest + Pick up crappy drop^^
3. Step = Dwarven Stability + Dash = 6 Sec. Ultra Fast Mode.... No enemy will follow you.

That works pretty much everywhere for me.

Also you should take "Can't touch this!" with you on a hero.
When active the warriors can't knock you down with "Shove".
Works pretty nice against Rot/Fungal Wallows too....

Peace

bywa · Nov 20, 2013, 03:58 PM // 15:58

Yeah thx guys. I was running, more secure way with shadow sanctuary in place of rush and didn't have a breaking agro skill. I found Mourning Veil Falls quite fast and comfortable area to run and got mine first Goth there. Got some gothics and echovald in pogmei also, but I have theory that they drop there more likely in purple quality.

sun strike · Nov 22, 2013, 01:33 PM // 13:33

Hard mode basically turns all areas into the same chance to drop more golds.

Les Rituas Mitsouko · Nov 22, 2013, 10:02 PM // 22:02

Hi there,

I opened 1000 chests in the Pongmei Valley in HM for this result :

Golds : 655 (with 127 armors)
Purples : 256 (with 51 armors)
Elites tomes : 46
Reg tomes : 43

Including 43 rares (golds and purples) of this list (all of them can be drop in Pongmei) :

sun strike · Nov 23, 2013, 01:26 AM // 01:26

thanks for the results, really proves that shield drops are random and not favored.
would also like to know the amount of non-rare shields most people consider were dropped.

Les Rituas Mitsouko · Nov 23, 2013, 12:42 PM // 12:42

Shield of the Wing, Aegis, Defender, Tower Shield (I've dropped a q8/16 in nm 3 days ago), Estamped Aegis, Crude Shield (but not sure), Renforced Buckler, Ornate Buckler, and maybe some others.

I do the same stats in hm but with one or more player, cause I feel the drop quality is less than in solo. For the moment I've opened 450 chests in duo+.
Further, with +2 players, the first opening have a chance to drop x tomes (reg or elites) in the same chest (x = number of player). In that event, all of the other players will open an empty chest. It's a bug wich can be profitable... or not ^^.

(Hope my english is understandable ).

bywa · Nov 23, 2013, 04:06 PM // 16:06

Nice research. Did you take notice how many of those shields were dual modded?

Les Rituas Mitsouko · Nov 23, 2013, 06:01 PM // 18:01

Nop, imo it's really aleatory, like wands and focus.

Guy Incognito · Nov 24, 2013, 02:33 PM // 14:33

Interesting thread.

Can anyone recommend a good place to run/farm for White Reavers?

system.fan · Nov 24, 2013, 02:58 PM // 14:58

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Originally Posted by Guy Incognito

Interesting thread.

Can anyone recommend a good place to run/farm for White Reavers?

Ice Caves of Sorrow Mission in HM...
takes some time to practice untill u can do it fast but nice drop rate imo.

had a few white ravers and ascalon war hammers there

Nov 22, 2013, 10:02 PM // 22:02	#1194
Les Rituas Mitsouko Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: France, or Pongmei Valley Guild: Like A Rolling Chest [RoLL] Profession: Rt/	Hi there, I opened 1000 chests in the Pongmei Valley in HM for this result : Golds : 655 (with 127 armors) Purples : 256 (with 51 armors) Elites tomes : 46 Reg tomes : 43 Including 43 rares (golds and purples) of this list (all of them can be drop in Pongmei) : G=gold / P=purple Echovald Shield : 2G / 1P Gothic Defender : 3G / 1P Guardian of the Hunt : 0G / 0P Bladed Shield : 1G / 0P Ornate Shield : 1G / 2P Amber Aegis : 3G / 0P Plagueborn Shield : 2G / 0P Iridescent Aegis : 0G / 0P Diamond Aegis : 0G / 0P Emblazoned Defender : 2G / 0P Spiked Targe : 0G / 0P Jitte : 0G / 0P Katana : 0G / 0P Dadao Sword : 0G / 0P Shinobi Blade : 0G / 0P Fellblade : 1G / 0P Dragonsword : 3G / 0P Broadsword : 2G / 2P Tetsubo Hammer : 0G / 0P Colossal Pick : 2G / 2P Dragon Kamas : 4G / 0P Bo Staff : 2G / 0P Platinum Staff : 1G / 0P Dragon Staff : 0G / 1P Jug : 2G / 0P Paper Fan : 2G / 0P Paper Lantern : 1G / 0P

Nov 07, 2013, 08:29 AM // 08:29	#1181
sun strike Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2012 Profession: W/Rt	am fah or jade brotherhood mobs with chests around them or alternatively as you said, halycon job quest @ that area, top right corner.

Nov 11, 2013, 07:38 AM // 07:38	#1188
sun strike Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2012 Profession: W/Rt	^mods are generated at random and THK let alone any mission is not efficient at hunting chests with few exceptions, the point of chest RUNNING is to skip the bs and get straight to the chest.

Nov 11, 2013, 09:15 PM // 21:15	#1189
bywa Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2007	If anyone would like to join and run together i leave my IGN: Damy Rade. I'm mostly running kurzik areas since I'm quite lazy to do missions to unlock cities on luxon site. (but if there was anyone who prefer run them i would do it). Cheers. Ps. Any ideas how to run past big groups of dredges? They remove stances, have knockdown and interrupts. I usually die when chest spawns near them (in morostov trial)

Nov 20, 2013, 03:58 PM // 15:58	#1192
bywa Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2007	Yeah thx guys. I was running, more secure way with shadow sanctuary in place of rush and didn't have a breaking agro skill. I found Mourning Veil Falls quite fast and comfortable area to run and got mine first Goth there. Got some gothics and echovald in pogmei also, but I have theory that they drop there more likely in purple quality.

Nov 22, 2013, 01:33 PM // 13:33	#1193
sun strike Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2012 Profession: W/Rt	Hard mode basically turns all areas into the same chance to drop more golds.

Nov 23, 2013, 01:26 AM // 01:26	#1195
sun strike Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2012 Profession: W/Rt	thanks for the results, really proves that shield drops are random and not favored. would also like to know the amount of non-rare shields most people consider were dropped.

Nov 23, 2013, 12:42 PM // 12:42	#1196
Les Rituas Mitsouko Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: France, or Pongmei Valley Guild: Like A Rolling Chest [RoLL] Profession: Rt/	Shield of the Wing, Aegis, Defender, Tower Shield (I've dropped a q8/16 in nm 3 days ago), Estamped Aegis, Crude Shield (but not sure), Renforced Buckler, Ornate Buckler, and maybe some others. I do the same stats in hm but with one or more player, cause I feel the drop quality is less than in solo. For the moment I've opened 450 chests in duo+. Further, with +2 players, the first opening have a chance to drop x tomes (reg or elites) in the same chest (x = number of player). In that event, all of the other players will open an empty chest. It's a bug wich can be profitable... or not ^^. (Hope my english is understandable ).

Nov 23, 2013, 04:06 PM // 16:06	#1197
bywa Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2007	Nice research. Did you take notice how many of those shields were dual modded?

Nov 23, 2013, 06:01 PM // 18:01	#1198
Les Rituas Mitsouko Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: France, or Pongmei Valley Guild: Like A Rolling Chest [RoLL] Profession: Rt/	Nop, imo it's really aleatory, like wands and focus.

Nov 24, 2013, 02:33 PM // 14:33	#1199
Guy Incognito Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: the 1980's Profession: W/	Interesting thread. Can anyone recommend a good place to run/farm for White Reavers?