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Warrior of Orange · Jul 06, 2006, 05:11 AM // 05:11

everytime i agro the aaxte, a nightmare pops out of no where, is that normal?

Guardian of the Light · Jul 06, 2006, 05:12 AM // 05:12

Yes and its been like that for a while.

Kitty Soft · Jul 06, 2006, 05:14 AM // 05:14

guardian beat me to it...

Hidden in the Mist · Jul 06, 2006, 06:13 AM // 06:13

Where have you been?!

Opeth11 · Jul 06, 2006, 06:15 AM // 06:15

And to think I would never see complaints about Nightmares anymore.

Jiao Yang · Jul 06, 2006, 06:17 AM // 06:17

Do you actually mean there is one Nightmare for every Aatxe or were you just exaggerating? Because that wouldn't be normal.

RTSFirebat · Jul 06, 2006, 06:23 AM // 06:23

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Originally Posted by Warrior of Orange

everytime i agro the aaxte, a nightmare pops out of no where, is that normal?

Welcome to over 6 months ago. Those Nightmares have been in for ages

Russell.Crowe · Jul 06, 2006, 06:33 AM // 06:33

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Originally Posted by Warrior of Orange

everytime i agro the aaxte, a nightmare pops out of no where, is that normal?

I did do a run today, and it seemed like there were way more than normal, but still no big deal.

Former Ruling · Jul 06, 2006, 06:44 AM // 06:44

What they DID nerf in the UW was Chest Drops (Chest Drops got almost a global nerf recently anyway).

Last 4 Phantom Chests opened were purple, back in the day it was WEIRD and UNCOMMON to even a purple....

Slainster · Jul 06, 2006, 07:56 AM // 07:56

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Originally Posted by Former Ruling

What they DID nerf in the UW was Chest Drops (Chest Drops got almost a global nerf recently anyway).

Last 4 Phantom Chests opened were purple, back in the day it was WEIRD and UNCOMMON to even a purple....

*sigh* whats the point of doing a treasure hunter title if the chests are'nt going to give treasures??! Its meant to be half the fun dammit

Nexium · Jul 06, 2006, 09:36 AM // 09:36

hmm didn't they improve the Qualtity of drop's in chest a while back???

Seissor · Jul 06, 2006, 10:43 AM // 10:43

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Originally Posted by Nexium

hmm didn't they improve the Qualtity of drop's in chest a while back???

And then chest runs became a very common thing, the more chests are opened (farmed) the crapper their drops. Ive noticed areas like eternal grove (huge chest farming area) pretty much so only drops purple crap for me now.

While other more difficult areas to run drop an ok sort of item.

Cherno · Jul 06, 2006, 12:25 PM // 12:25

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Originally Posted by Slainster

*sigh* whats the point of doing a treasure hunter title if the chests are'nt going to give treasures??! Its meant to be half the fun dammit

I believe you were going for humor, but just in case that wasn't your intent, even if the chest drops a purple you get credit towards your treasure hunter title, just not the wisdom track. Treasure hunter is basically determined by the cost of the keys. If the key for a chest costs 600 or more, the chest it opens will count towards the title regardless of what color it drops.

makosi · Jul 06, 2006, 12:32 PM // 12:32

I haven't noticed any more Dying Nightmares recently. All I can suggest is that you increase Dvine Favour and cast SB before aggroing so that you are safer from interrupts and have a longer Spell Breaker duration.

One thing I have noticed is that Phantom Keys don't drop anymore. I used to see about one drop per run (on average) and since the rare items were imrpoved these keys are nowhere to be seen. Also the phantom chests drop Phantasmal Armour now. The gold : purple ratio seems to be the same in Phantom Chests as it always was.

??iljo · Jul 06, 2006, 12:44 PM // 12:44

yep..i got that phantasmal armor yesterday from chest and i was like wtf is this?...think they improved rare drops in UW..but lower ecto even more...

Amras · Jul 06, 2006, 12:52 PM // 12:52

@OP

I had the same thought, in the aaxte chamber I had 6 nightmare spawns, whereas it used to be 3-4. I don't know if this is only happening to me, but my guildies had had more nightmare spawns the last week too.

fiery · Jul 06, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50

Every 3 aatxes 1 shadow pops up.

Deacon Roswell · Jul 06, 2006, 07:09 PM // 19:09

They added those months ago but I think they've actually taken some out now. I do spider runs and could tell if I needed to scout ahead to kill nightmares for my monk. We stopped for a while to play factions and when we started up again, about a month ago, it was strange to see so few nightmares. I kept running around trigger happy looking for them but they were gone. The best thing to do is run it a few times and learn the patterns. Spell Breaker isn't needed unless there are more than 2 nightmares in a group(which is very very rare). If you are running a 2 man team, the necro should be killing most all of them. If there are 2 in the same group, the necro can kill one and the monk can kill one.

Deacon Roswell · Jul 06, 2006, 07:11 PM // 19:11

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Originally Posted by fiery

Every 3 aatxes 1 shadow pops up.

if that were true then there would be no nightmares out by the spider spawn because there are no aataxes there.
This is completely false. I've had none spawn in the first room and I've also had 6 spawn. There is no set number period.

Former Ruling · Jul 06, 2006, 07:26 PM // 19:26

I go on atleast 2-3 runs per night, and I haven't any higher number of Nightmares - atleast not in a pattern that really threatens to hurt your run.

Again, like my previous post, The chests there have really started sucking.

True the normal drops and chest drops have gotten alittle skin improvement.....but at the cost of almost never getting a gold. (My partner yesterday even commented at the end of a smite run about half his inventory was blue and purple Eternal Shields and Ghostly Staves).

Jul 06, 2006, 05:11 AM // 05:11	#1
Warrior of Orange Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2006	OK I think ANET nerfed UW everytime i agro the aaxte, a nightmare pops out of no where, is that normal?

Jul 06, 2006, 12:32 PM // 12:32	#14
makosi Grotto Attendant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: "Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff. Guild: Requirement Begins With R [notQ] Profession: Me/	I haven't noticed any more Dying Nightmares recently. All I can suggest is that you increase Dvine Favour and cast SB before aggroing so that you are safer from interrupts and have a longer Spell Breaker duration. One thing I have noticed is that Phantom Keys don't drop anymore. I used to see about one drop per run (on average) and since the rare items were imrpoved these keys are nowhere to be seen. Also the phantom chests drop Phantasmal Armour now. The gold : purple ratio seems to be the same in Phantom Chests as it always was. Last edited by makosi; Jul 06, 2006 at 12:35 PM // 12:35..

Jul 06, 2006, 05:12 AM // 05:12	#2
Guardian of the Light Forge Runner Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Radicals Against Tyrants Profession: W/	Yes and its been like that for a while.

Jul 06, 2006, 05:14 AM // 05:14	#3
Kitty Soft Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2006 Profession: Me/E	guardian beat me to it...

Jul 06, 2006, 06:13 AM // 06:13	#4
Hidden in the Mist Banned Join Date: May 2006	Where have you been?!

Jul 06, 2006, 06:15 AM // 06:15	#5
Opeth11 Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada Guild: Demon of the Fall [Opet] Profession: Mo/Me	And to think I would never see complaints about Nightmares anymore.

Jul 06, 2006, 06:17 AM // 06:17	#6
Jiao Yang Lunar Rabbit Join Date: Dec 2005	Do you actually mean there is one Nightmare for every Aatxe or were you just exaggerating? Because that wouldn't be normal.

Jul 06, 2006, 06:44 AM // 06:44	#9
Former Ruling Grotto Attendant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cedartown, Georgia Profession: R/	What they DID nerf in the UW was Chest Drops (Chest Drops got almost a global nerf recently anyway). Last 4 Phantom Chests opened were purple, back in the day it was WEIRD and UNCOMMON to even a purple....

Jul 06, 2006, 09:36 AM // 09:36	#11
Nexium Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006	hmm didn't they improve the Qualtity of drop's in chest a while back???

Jul 06, 2006, 12:44 PM // 12:44	#15
??iljo Desert Nomad Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: N/	yep..i got that phantasmal armor yesterday from chest and i was like wtf is this?...think they improved rare drops in UW..but lower ecto even more...

Jul 06, 2006, 12:52 PM // 12:52	#16
Amras Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2006 Guild: Farmers Union [CASH] Profession: Mo/	@OP I had the same thought, in the aaxte chamber I had 6 nightmare spawns, whereas it used to be 3-4. I don't know if this is only happening to me, but my guildies had had more nightmare spawns the last week too.

Jul 06, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50	#17
fiery Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: maryland Guild: InYurFace Gaming [IYF] Profession: R/	Every 3 aatxes 1 shadow pops up.

Jul 06, 2006, 07:09 PM // 19:09	#18
Deacon Roswell Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Diego Guild: Absence of Evidence [AoE]	They added those months ago but I think they've actually taken some out now. I do spider runs and could tell if I needed to scout ahead to kill nightmares for my monk. We stopped for a while to play factions and when we started up again, about a month ago, it was strange to see so few nightmares. I kept running around trigger happy looking for them but they were gone. The best thing to do is run it a few times and learn the patterns. Spell Breaker isn't needed unless there are more than 2 nightmares in a group(which is very very rare). If you are running a 2 man team, the necro should be killing most all of them. If there are 2 in the same group, the necro can kill one and the monk can kill one.

Jul 06, 2006, 07:26 PM // 19:26	#20
Former Ruling Grotto Attendant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cedartown, Georgia Profession: R/	I go on atleast 2-3 runs per night, and I haven't any higher number of Nightmares - atleast not in a pattern that really threatens to hurt your run. Again, like my previous post, The chests there have really started sucking. True the normal drops and chest drops have gotten alittle skin improvement.....but at the cost of almost never getting a gold. (My partner yesterday even commented at the end of a smite run about half his inventory was blue and purple Eternal Shields and Ghostly Staves).