Curse

onerabbit · Feb 12, 2007, 02:10 PM // 14:10

...think its over, am half way through and getting 1 drop..not had 2 yet

SotiCoto · Feb 12, 2007, 02:11 PM // 14:11

Teh suck. -_-;

Meh. Maybe it'll happen again at some point... Then again, maybe some day drops will be double outside of Elite areas... and those of us incapable of surviving down there will have our chance to shine....
.... Not bloody likely though. A-Net loves its elitists.

onerabbit · Feb 12, 2007, 02:18 PM // 14:18

FoW and UW arnt classed as elites..acording to wiki...but then again the info comes from ppl like ourselves, only anet know

SotiCoto · Feb 12, 2007, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Oh?

So how tough are FoW and UW enemies compared to.... say..... Shiroken in Raisu Palace?

(Sorry, but the "toughest" game enemies I generally come across are the Shiroken in Raisu Palace and more recently the enemies in Perdition Rock, so thats my only comparison.)

Oh... and in case it makes any difference.... Assassin. Usually pretending to be an SS Necro for PvE, but still... Assassin.

onerabbit · Feb 12, 2007, 03:38 PM // 15:38

Well, the Attxe do about 400 dmg to a caster

but the smites arnt that bad, they do about 50dmg to casters, then u can go on to the rangers wich are trappers, then the necros wich can be a pain cus of slow pressure to the whole team, then the mesmers are a nightmare when u get a big grp

But most ppl solo smites are there probly easiest.

SotiCoto · Feb 12, 2007, 03:47 PM // 15:47

... Thats not telling me too much, besides that Bladed Aatxes need to be weakened, blinded and hit with SS (or possibly SV individually).

But I suppose that all means that the folks down there are particularly tough. v_v;

So wait.... which is the one you pay 1000 gold to get into? ... Or was it both?

Priest Of Sin · Feb 12, 2007, 04:04 PM // 16:04

I like to think that FoW and UW are the original elite areas. But, since we all know how to work them, they're really not that hard now. Just dump Blinding Flash on an aataxe... not too difficult. Whereas if you dump blinding flash on an enemy in DoA, he'll put it back on you, multiply it by 7, and somehow do 90,000,000 damage with it (being sarcastic, but you get the point)

Razorwood · Feb 12, 2007, 04:07 PM // 16:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by SotiCoto

So wait.... which is the one you pay 1000 gold to get into? ... Or was it both?

Underworld and Fissure of Woe.

Hell Raiser · Feb 12, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by SotiCoto

Oh?

So how tough are FoW and UW enemies compared to.... say..... Shiroken in Raisu Palace?

(Sorry, but the "toughest" game enemies I generally come across are the Shiroken in Raisu Palace and more recently the enemies in Perdition Rock, so thats my only comparison.)

Oh... and in case it makes any difference.... Assassin. Usually pretending to be an SS Necro for PvE, but still... Assassin.

UW and FoW are really not that hard.

A couple weeks ago my guildie and I took 5 heros and another guildie who took off after we got a spider for him. We cleared all of UW except Grenths Servants and The Four Horsemen. Some nice drops, too, I got a crystalline (purp req 12, but a cyrstalline is still a crystalline)

For FoW just the other day we took 3 guildies and 5 heros and did the forgemaster quest in FoW (maybe not that hard but still).

SotiCoto · Feb 12, 2007, 04:45 PM // 16:45

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Originally Posted by Hell Raiser

UW and FoW are really not that hard.

A couple weeks ago my guildie and I took 5 heros and another guildie who took off after we got a spider for him. We cleared all of UW except Grenths Servants and The Four Horsemen. Some nice drops, too, I got a crystalline (purp req 12, but a cyrstalline is still a crystalline)

For FoW just the other day we took 3 guildies and 5 heros and did the forgemaster quest in FoW (maybe not that hard but still).

So... could an Assassin survive down there well enough? An Assassin filling in the role of SS Necro? I'm guessing I can't take henchies in there... so I'd need some help from someone else and their heroes.... but that aside, what kind of party-build would I need?

I'd really like to get down to the Underworld.... even if its with a full party... I wanna see what its like for one thing, and hopefully get a better profit than I do grinding Echovald and selling to the merchant...
Besides... even though I play an Assassin, I wouldn't mind getting a Dire Black Widow just in case I ever decide to start using Ranger Secondary to any great extent (otherwise I'll just catch the Black Moa).

SuperStretch · Feb 12, 2007, 05:01 PM // 17:01

I go on UW runs all the time with another guildie of mine. Mostly to get ectos, but we like to have a ranger tagging along supplying us with 25k or so to clear mobs so he can get a Dire Black Widow. Message me if anyone is up for something like that. UW is not hard... We even made it through the deep last night in 2 hours. I got the EDGE

SotiCoto · Feb 12, 2007, 05:05 PM // 17:05

Meh. Kanaxai's Edge doesn't even look that good, and the skin isn't unique... and its effects can be replicated quite easily. The only prestige one even gets from it is to Ctrl+Click it in the weapon-slot in PuG groups... o_0;
Kanaxai's Axe at least is unique-skinned.
As for the blunt weapon.... give me Vera any day.

But in any case.... I wouldn't mind going with a group down to the Underworld provided they didn't mind I was playing an A/N Pseudo-SS (as I put it, since I feel a bit awkward calling him an SS Necro when he is Assassin-primary)...

O'course I've dragged this topic slightly off course.
Then again, since the double-drops appear to have ended, I'm not sure thats even relevant any more.

EinherjarMx · Feb 12, 2007, 05:09 PM // 17:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by SotiCoto

So... could an Assassin survive down there well enough? An Assassin filling in the role of SS Necro? I'm guessing I can't take henchies in there... so I'd need some help from someone else and their heroes.... but that aside, what kind of party-build would I need?

I'd really like to get down to the Underworld.... even if its with a full party... I wanna see what its like for one thing, and hopefully get a better profit than I do grinding Echovald and selling to the merchant...
Besides... even though I play an Assassin, I wouldn't mind getting a Dire Black Widow just in case I ever decide to start using Ranger Secondary to any great extent (otherwise I'll just catch the Black Moa).

i think that the safest (but slowest) way to go there is with trappers, you could try to hook up with a 3-4 trapper team and see how things work