Curse

go cubs · Dec 21, 2010, 06:54 PM // 18:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chico

You can map travel as soon as you see the victory message. You shave off at least 15 secs per run doing that instead of waiting for the timer. Once you collect also map travel with "M" and double click. From time to time it will tell you that you are on the active district but the mouse map travel seems to work best for me.

1 stack of gifts per account (max 2) per hour is doable but you won't be able to keep up the 1.5 min runs all the time.

Yeah i map back instead of wait for the timer and all but, my avg run is 1:50-2:00

I get the occasional 1:30 but he says he has an avg of 1:10 which i just cant believe.

Chasing Squirrels · Dec 21, 2010, 07:18 PM // 19:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chico

You can map travel as soon as you see the victory message. You shave off at least 15 secs per run doing that instead of waiting for the timer. Once you collect also map travel with "M" and double click. From time to time it will tell you that you are on the active district but the mouse map travel seems to work best for me.

1 stack of gifts per account (max 2) per hour is doable but you won't be able to keep up the 1.5 min runs all the time.

Ya i do this quick question though. example lions arch and gunnars hold have the bigger town symbols to click on the map why isn't eotn one of these bigger towns? Had trouble clicking eotn sometimes and was wondering why it isnt like a main town.

Erik Fox · Dec 21, 2010, 07:26 PM // 19:26

I really have no goal, this is one of the few lucrative farming events I like, so I just do as much as possible. I think I want to work on Party and Sweet titles, but I'm nowhere near max yet.

go cubs · Dec 21, 2010, 07:56 PM // 19:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chasing Squirrels

Ya i do this quick question though. example lions arch and gunnars hold have the bigger town symbols to click on the map why isn't eotn one of these bigger towns? Had trouble clicking eotn sometimes and was wondering why it isnt like a main town.

Yeah I agree, I think Anet tried to make Eotn the main city but left it as a small outpost symbol and its kind of annoying, they should have switched Gunnars and Eotn symbols haha.

Skyy High · Dec 21, 2010, 08:15 PM // 20:15

EotN isn't a main city because the open geometry of the area made it lag like hell when there was a city's worth of people in a single district. Outposts and cities have different population caps per district. Basically, forcing your computer to render 150 (or whatever the number is) players at the same time a few times per second is NOT a good idea.

MithranArkanere · Dec 21, 2010, 09:13 PM // 21:13

I'm getting 1..2 stacks per day. I'll stop once I get enough for titles in one charr, and sell the rest.

Edo123 · Dec 21, 2010, 09:15 PM // 21:15

I farm when i have some free time, prolly half -> a stack a day. Not a very heavy farmer. Just wanna slowly finish my vanguard

LifeInfusion · Dec 22, 2010, 12:34 AM // 00:34

I recorded with a random ranger from EoTN that I didn't have any experience with. 73 seconds from zone to end so I don't know how you guys are getting 2 minutes. Also I was out of practice so I didn't manage to position right (I hit only 4 targets).

Even with bad zoning I got 2:49 from victorious to next go.

49.89 ranger enters
99.53 Roland turns red (50 seconds)
122.36 victorious

If we had a routine going it would be quicker than 1:13 and I wouldn't need to type Int1 every time. Also Fraps drops my FPS from 100-150 to 30 causing town load times to be much longer. The video was taken at full resolution so I had to compress it (which is why it looks horrible).

Basically as long as /age says 1 minute in the map you're in a good position. 2 minutes means you could do better. I got 2:10 for a full run including getting quest on my ele, when Master of Whispers decided to be disagreeable and run around instead of staying put in Ice Fort. Hell I did it in 1:57 on my monk...

http://www.vimeo.com/18067947 - with human Ranger

http://www.vimeo.com/18069300 - monk solo

EDIT: If you watch the horribly blurry Windows Movie Maker video you will see I effed up when I needed to type int 1 and also when I zone I didn't use M, I clicked on my UI. That adds time. I'll put up a clearer one once I compress it using a real program.

But no way it's more than 1:30 for a decent ranger.

Hobbs · Dec 22, 2010, 12:40 AM // 00:40

With waiting for the timer every time, i.e. the most inefficient way my runs took between 2:40 and 3:10 depending on how well the necro balled. This is the time from one zone into Ice Cliff Chasms to the next.

I didn't time any of the runs where we just mapped back to the outpost and met up.

go cubs · Dec 22, 2010, 03:18 AM // 03:18

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Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

73 seconds from zone to end

49.89 ranger enters
99.53 Roland turns red (50 seconds)
122.36 victorious

You are timing from the moment you enter, to the moment you win.
I am timing from the moment I win, to the moment I win the next quest.

That is why i am getting 1:50-2:10

We were just timing the whole thing differently apparently

In your video it took 1:44 ( I timed mine and it took me about the same) to complete the actual quest alone [Including the dialogue (40-45 seconds)].
It took you in the video 32 seconds after the victorious to load into the next quest. With a decent team mate you probably could have easily done it in about 20-25 seconds (It took me about 30 seconds to do this part on average).

That would put you right at about 2:04-2:09 which is right about where I am on average.

Obviously you will get quicker runs when there is a better ball, but that is about an average run.

So i think we were just timing it differently?

Delete HB Already · Dec 22, 2010, 05:09 AM // 05:09

I timed starting at the very start of the dialogue and was victorious after 1:29. I was a ranger using a necro hero.

Lordshonsu · Dec 22, 2010, 06:32 AM // 06:32

my goal is to get the drunk, party, and sweet title done as much as possible and collect money to do my 2 elite armors and get 16 hero armors

sandor · Dec 22, 2010, 08:49 AM // 08:49

I don't really have a goal I'll just do it until I'll get bored and that's pretty fast.

Grav · Dec 22, 2010, 09:31 AM // 09:31

I'm just looking to get it done as often as I can without getting bored of it before it ends. Currently that's working out to be a stack a day during the week, a couple on weekends. Not sure if I'll quite get enough to max Party at that rate, but it'll certainly help, and it's not long before Canthan New Year again anyway.

beatdownbob · Dec 22, 2010, 02:22 PM // 14:22

I've managed to farm up 100 pressies so far.

Using Necro Heroes "1" flag, he seems to stand still more than if I use "All" flag.
How do I get him to "Stand Still And I Really Mean It." ? Because his ice fort seems to work about 1 time in 5, giving the enemy 1 second to bunch up isn't working too great, Aggresive/Guarding/Pacifist mode doesn't seem to help.

Also, what techniques should I use to stop myself feeling all empty and vaccuous?

Chasing Squirrels · Dec 22, 2010, 03:04 PM // 15:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by beatdownbob

I've managed to farm up 100 pressies so far.

Using Necro Heroes "1" flag, he seems to stand still more than if I use "All" flag.
How do I get him to "Stand Still And I Really Mean It." ? Because his ice fort seems to work about 1 time in 5, giving the enemy 1 second to bunch up isn't working too great, Aggresive/Guarding/Pacifist mode doesn't seem to help.

Also, what techniques should I use to stop myself feeling all empty and vaccuous?

I got it to work on someone elses advice from earlier which is. Flag the necro wait like 1 second after they turn red to use holiday blues then wait 1 second to use icefort now you have to make your hero use snowball which will keep on failing and cause him to keep using it(this is how u get the necro hero to stand still) and then after icefort is gone use snowcone and by that time the warrior on your team should have charged in and all the enemies from the otherside will rush him causing them to bunch up

Voodoo Rage · Dec 22, 2010, 07:05 PM // 19:05

I've never even tried this before. Wow, this is really easy. I should max my vanguard at some point later today. :cheers:

LifeInfusion · Dec 22, 2010, 07:10 PM // 19:10

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Originally Posted by Voodoo Rage

I've never even tried this before. Wow, this is really easy. I should max my vanguard at some point later today. :cheers:

Wiki has it as 90-120 seconds for a run. I kind of made it shorter?

am I the first person to put up a video or something?

Dzjudz · Dec 22, 2010, 07:36 PM // 19:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

Wiki has it as 90-120 seconds for a run. I kind of made it shorter?

am I the first person to put up a video or something?

Well 90-120 sec on average is reasonable, not bad at all. If you kill the enemies before their second Ice Fort it's fine.

Wrath of m0o · Dec 22, 2010, 08:35 PM // 20:35

Eternal Survivor
Created new ranger 2 days ago, just got Legendary Survivor 10 min ago.
NF to EoTn FTW!

Nothing like getting paid to do a title, third time i've attempted this title.
TY Anet for SD, even though i was already gwamm 50/50 and overpaid i guess for the party, sweets titles..This fun frenzy was awesome. TY to all the necros i played with, i couldnt have done it with out yas.