Curse

Lady Erighan · Apr 29, 2006, 12:26 AM // 00:26

Ok people, we're going to settle this right now...

ETTINS ARE NOT NERFED

I just spent about an hour farming and this is what I got:

10 golds, 14 purples, 5 blues and 20 whites dropped in total. Out of the pauldrens that were junk, I salvaged over 300 tanned hides. I also got a gold flat bow (not shown) that had a perfect 20% Deathbane grip, which I was able to salvage (hip...hip...hurray!)

Sorry I made another thread about this, but I just really felt it needed a thread all by itself. If the mods disagree, please move it.

And yes, I'm well aware of the fact people are now going to farm the hell out of them...milk it while it lasts...

Good luck and your welcome
Lady Erighan

Desbreko · Apr 29, 2006, 12:31 AM // 00:31

Now, if only they dropped assassin and ritualist runes. . . . The rune trader has been out every time I've looked and badly needs to be stocked up.

Evilsod · Apr 29, 2006, 12:31 AM // 00:31

I think your officially the luckiest RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO on this game. I farmed them for 30minutes and got 2 shitty little Sup Illusions while you grab yourself over 140k in sup absoprtions alone (till they drop to bugger all anyway).

Lady Erighan · Apr 29, 2006, 12:49 AM // 00:49

Well, this is the "normal" amout of golds I usually get, so I don't think it has anything to do with luck. Bare in mind though, the amount of golds you get over a certain period of time is directly related to the build you're using. Faster you kill them, faster you get rich...

P.S. Warriors are one of the slowest builds you can use

Evilsod · Apr 29, 2006, 12:57 AM // 00:57

As i don't know any other builds i don't exactly have much choice. Also i think these drops are bullshit, an entire run through Nebo, NKP then back through Nebo yielded me 6 purples and a ton of shit.

Replicant · Apr 29, 2006, 12:59 AM // 00:59

they were nerfed, now their not.

thank you anet for giving me something to do again.

Lady Erighan · Apr 29, 2006, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Don't farm Nebo. Bounce back and forth between Nebo portal and Scoundrels Rise portal. Nebo Ettins don't drop nearly as many golds as NKP.

Chris1986 · Apr 29, 2006, 01:05 AM // 01:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

As i don't know any other builds i don't exactly have much choice. Also i think these drops are bullshit, an entire run through Nebo, NKP then back through Nebo yielded me 6 purples and a ton of shit.

If you stick with Ettins for an hour (as boring as it is), you can get a lot of Golds, though never this much. So yeah, BS in a way, as I think it took a bit longer than an hour.

VitisVinifera · Apr 29, 2006, 01:06 AM // 01:06

Yeah this wouldn't suprise me at all. Now that all gold pauldrins = sup runes, we'll all be getting tons of sup runes ettin farming, which will drive the prices down.

Good if you need em, bad if you just want to sell. For that reason, my ettin farming will go down.

I have a feeling all the anti-farm code just got reset too.

And yes, ettin farming was temporarily nerfed, then gold/purp armors didn't always have runes (see latest update notes), and now it's back up to full speed.

Evilsod · Apr 29, 2006, 01:08 AM // 01:08

Neither do NKP.... thats probably becuase all i seem to get on this game are f*cking PURPLE ARMOURS!!! Surely i'm on for a record here, thats another 3 purple armours in 10 minutes.

Edit: 4 purples

Fred Kiwi · Apr 29, 2006, 01:10 AM // 01:10

i hate you

i hope all those superior absorptions come together to form some big rune golem that becomes real and eats all your beers

edit: clearly it is getting late, night.

sh4ft3d · Apr 29, 2006, 01:13 AM // 01:13

Sup. Inspirations for me.... Sucks. The runes are dropping well today though. Sup. Divine Favor first run, along with sup. Death and Sup. Axe. All in one run

Evilsod · Apr 29, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19

I think you may have stolen all the sup armours out here for the next month. Gone to the Scoundrels portal and back through NKD, now i have a grand total of 7 purple armours this run (compared to my 1 white)

byteme! · Apr 29, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19

Give it another week and some noob will scream "Ettins got nerfed!" because he/she didn't get anything nice over a period of time.

Lady Erighan · Apr 29, 2006, 01:21 AM // 01:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris1986

If you stick with Ettins for an hour (as boring as it is), you can get a lot of Golds, though never this much. So yeah, BS in a way, as I think it took a bit longer than an hour.

Trust me, this is NORMAL. And the fact all golds are superior, just makes it that much better.

Farming Ettins have been a business of mine (and a few guildies) over the past month, so I know what I'm talking about and have no reason to lie. I've sold hundreds of amors in the "service" forum on this site, so you can check out my thread if you don't believe me.

Evilsod · Apr 29, 2006, 01:27 AM // 01:27

Yeah i've seen those threads, but i really can't see them been profitable anymore. With sup absorp/vigours dropping that often they're gonna fall to about 5k before long.

Seems like a good ratio this run, 3 whites, 8 purples, 1 gold.

Edit: OK finished it now

A few more whites, 13 purples, 1 gold, am i just unlucky or something?

Chris1986 · Apr 29, 2006, 01:55 AM // 01:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady Erighan

Trust me, this is NORMAL. And the fact all golds are superior, just makes it that much better.

Farming Ettins have been a business of mine (and a few guildies) over the past month, so I know what I'm talking about and have no reason to lie. I've sold hundreds of amors in the "service" forum on this site, so you can check out my thread if you don't believe me.

I just farmed Ettins with the Rust/Frost build since I posted this, with not one gold, and that was about 50 minutes. I shouldve atleast gotten 8 out of the 10 you got, giving you a 10 minute leeway.

Vermilion · Apr 29, 2006, 02:30 AM // 02:30

In some sick way, I kind of wished while taking that screenshot you err=7ed.

Anyway, there have been many threads about how the ettins were nerfed/unnerfed. How do people still not know? >.<

Evilsod · Apr 29, 2006, 09:06 AM // 09:06

I just use Battle Rage and tank everything, should probably get my self a sword with an elemental mod...

I think Anet really did nerf ettin farming, not in the lack of runes sense, the sense that they've just made every single rune in the game worthless. Sup Absorptions are falling in price so fast, 43k last night, 39k this morning.

Kaguya · Apr 29, 2006, 09:13 AM // 09:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

I think Anet really did nerf ettin farming, not in the lack of runes sense, the sense that they've just made every single rune in the game worthless. Sup Absorptions are falling in price so fast, 43k last night, 39k this morning.

Which is sorta good, I can afford them now, got some new armor sets to slap the expensive ones onto