Curse

AngelWJedi · Oct 29, 2009, 12:37 AM // 00:37

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Originally Posted by Coney

My point exactly - even when you max speed run it with consumables in 13 minutes, the rewards aren't as good as you'd get doing a standard event farm...

LOL WUT? Uh, didn't you get 15 from the first quest?!? Hehe, I get it, 11 failz!

Uh, in just less than 3 hours over the past week, I've farmed 2 ToT stacks. During that same 3 hours of farming, I also got 60 unid golds and ~75K worth of vendor trash/salvage/ink/scrolls/tomes/inscs/mods/etc.

For 50 ToT bags, this second quest would STILL not be worth farming, PERIOD. This would be 150 ToTs/21 tonics per hour, assuming 20 minute run speed - you can do way better than this simply solo event farming. Not only that, but it's NOT REPEATABLE, so you can only do it on chars that have reached the appropriate outpost...

FWIW: If you have a box using old technology (sub 2GHz proc, sub 1GB RAM, sub GeForce 6), you're just not going to have the power to make it without significant lag/rubberbanding. My old box is a P4 3GHz GF4Ti 512MB, and I would fear having to play with the 5-10FPS in places, and general lag issues...

wow i wonder where you are farming you got so little. in less then a 30 minute run i get 5-12 tot bags/golds/good runes/feathers and other odds and ends. by the time i get a full crest stack(usually takes me half a day or less with grinding) i get half a stack of tot bags.

Wuhy · Oct 29, 2009, 12:46 AM // 00:46

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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

Codex Arena wasn't a major update? That was a huge coding issue to create.

ummm... it was? if yes then thats a pretty big fail.

HawkofStorms · Oct 29, 2009, 12:53 AM // 00:53

How? This is the first new PvP format since HB. And it is actually interesting and somewhat popular. How is that a failure? Because you don't like PvP?

Edit: Lets not forget the huge amount of AI updates that also occurred with that update. Just because that update didn't include a massive grindish system like the zquests doesn't mean there wasn't content in that update that took a lot of time to make.

Mr. Undisclosed · Oct 29, 2009, 01:06 AM // 01:06

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Originally Posted by Skyy High

I'm glad they spaced it out a bit, so I get a chance to play CB in addition to do these quests.

Err...guess you don't realize that the quest are available all week. You can still do the first one if you haven't. Honestly they're giving us less time to do these quests instead of more.

Regina Buenaobra · Oct 29, 2009, 01:22 AM // 01:22

Everyone... The quests, again, are not daily. For example, there will be no new quest tomorrow either.

The quests were paced in a particular way, and they were not designed to be daily.

byteme! · Oct 29, 2009, 01:38 AM // 01:38

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

Everyone... The quests, again, are not daily. For example, there will be no new quest tomorrow either.

The quests were paced in a particular way, and they were not designed to be daily.

If this DOES NOT sum it up nicely for EVERYONE then maybe some of you need to go back to school or be less dense. The lady above clearly said what she meant and meant what she said. Should be no mistaking this now. Now run along and find some other technicality to fuss over.

Clear as mud?!

shoyon456 · Oct 29, 2009, 01:42 AM // 01:42

Ugh, as long as the last quest doesnt come out on the last day of the event. That would piss many people off.

Kook~NBK~ · Oct 29, 2009, 01:57 AM // 01:57

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

Everyone... The quests, again, are not daily. For example, there will be no new quest tomorrow either.

The quests were paced in a particular way, and they were not designed to be daily.

Thank you for clarifying this, Regina.

(I'm trying to figure out how anyone could fail at reading comprehension so bad that they'll twist your words into saying something else.)

Rexion · Oct 29, 2009, 02:04 AM // 02:04

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Originally Posted by shoyon456

Ugh, as long as the last quest doesnt come out on the last day of the event. That would piss many people off.

why? because you had to wait?
we're lucky they decided to even put in new quests.

**cosyfiep** · Oct 29, 2009, 02:14 AM // 02:14

thanks Regina, its nice to hear from you,....and nice to know that I can go away tomorrow and not worry about a new quest (though I still have yet to finish the 2nd one---am memorizing the video from one of the previous pages....must be able to finish it once...I'm not that bad)....

so thanks again.

Shadowmoon · Oct 29, 2009, 02:26 AM // 02:26

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

Everyone... The quests, again, are not daily. For example, there will be no new quest tomorrow either.

The quests were paced in a particular way, and they were not designed to be daily.

Can we get a schedule for when the rest of the quests do get released so we can make plans accordingly? These are very limited when they will be available, so I'd like to make sure I'm am able to experience them before they are gone forever. Thanks.

Shayne Hawke · Oct 29, 2009, 02:32 AM // 02:32

No quest tomorrow means I can spend the whole day racking up a nice CB streak.

Mr. Undisclosed · Oct 29, 2009, 02:32 AM // 02:32

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Originally Posted by Rexion

why? because you had to wait?
we're lucky they decided to even put in new quests.

Because it'd give everyone a very limited amount of time to complete the last quest on all characters.

Tom Swift · Oct 29, 2009, 03:10 AM // 03:10

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

Everyone... The quests, again, are not daily. For example, there will be no new quest tomorrow either.

The quests were paced in a particular way, and they were not designed to be daily.

Drat, I cleared tomorrow night's calendar to make room for one. Oh well, they come when they come and make a nice change of pace.

Kali Magdalene · Oct 29, 2009, 03:22 AM // 03:22

It took me five tries because I don't know the underworld and one of the maps I was using to get around was a bit misleading...also lag death to Aatxe - not rubberbanding, but an Aatxe well outside of shout range was hitting me in melee. I couldn't knock it down or turn it friendly.

Once I got past that initial bit, it wasn't too bad. I didn't find the bone pits to be any harder than the rest of the map, which was surprising. Most were easily knocked down pairs, and if there were more than two, I could usually turn everything friendly. I did get a stack of hexes and massive degen twice, but the degen only took me to 100 hps or so. I didn't need to use any consumables other than the tonic needed to take the quest (and five of those, out of many). Probably the most dangerous part was actually dealing with the obsidian behemoths on twin mountains, since I had to time runs and shouts to keep as many as friendly as possible and not get spammed to death by their long range attacks.

Overall, I found it challenging and not too easy, but not as difficult as I expected from this thread.

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

Everyone... The quests, again, are not daily. For example, there will be no new quest tomorrow either.

The quests were paced in a particular way, and they were not designed to be daily.

Yay, gives me time to do this 1-3 more times before the next step.

I do hope the next step is a bit less nerve-wracking.

Coney · Oct 29, 2009, 03:23 AM // 03:23

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Originally Posted by AngelWJedi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coney

Uh, in just less than 3 hours over the past week, I've farmed 2 ToT stacks. During that same 3 hours of farming, I also got 60 unid golds and ~75K worth of vendor trash/salvage/ink/scrolls/tomes/inscs/mods/etc.

wow i wonder where you are farming you got so little. in less then a 30 minute run i get 5-12 tot bags/golds/good runes/feathers and other odds and ends. by the time i get a full crest stack(usually takes me half a day or less with grinding) i get half a stack of tot bags.

LOL WUT?!?

In 3 hours I got 2 ToT *STACKS*. Next time please quote only the text you are replying to, thx!

Neo Nugget · Oct 29, 2009, 03:25 AM // 03:25

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

Everyone... The quests, again, are not daily. For example, there will be no new quest tomorrow either.

The quests were paced in a particular way, and they were not designed to be daily.

Not tomorrow either? So I guess that means there will be quests the day before and the day of Halloween.

Not really a fan of the quest lines being spread apart like this, but maybe Anet actually has a reason for it. Maybe.

Zahr Dalsk · Oct 29, 2009, 03:39 AM // 03:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coney

My point exactly - even when you max speed run it with consumables in 13 minutes, the rewards aren't as good as you'd get doing a standard event farm...

LOL WUT? Uh, didn't you get 15 from the first quest?!? Hehe, I get it, 11 failz!

Uh, in just less than 3 hours over the past week, I've farmed 2 ToT stacks. During that same 3 hours of farming, I also got 60 unid golds and ~75K worth of vendor trash/salvage/ink/scrolls/tomes/inscs/mods/etc.

For 50 ToT bags, this second quest would STILL not be worth farming, PERIOD. This would be 150 ToTs/21 tonics per hour, assuming 20 minute run speed - you can do way better than this simply solo event farming. Not only that, but it's NOT REPEATABLE, so you can only do it on chars that have reached the appropriate outpost...

FWIW: If you have a box using old technology (sub 2GHz proc, sub 1GB RAM, sub GeForce 6), you're just not going to have the power to make it without significant lag/rubberbanding. My old box is a P4 3GHz GF4Ti 512MB, and I would fear having to play with the 5-10FPS in places, and general lag issues...

Some of us prefer running through the Underworld to generic farming. It's a change of pace, it's not so mindlessly repetitive, it presents an actual challenge, etc.

kartmaster · Oct 29, 2009, 03:39 AM // 03:39

Good times. Just finished the second one finally on my fourth try. Haha! Bring on number three!

optymind · Oct 29, 2009, 03:43 AM // 03:43

Regina, I'm pretty sure you can share this... what is the rarity (green, gold, purple, white) of the mad king's guard minipet?