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The Son Of Morgoth · Dec 28, 2005, 07:22 AM // 07:22

Now to start this thread ill say i do not want this thread to be something about how people hate/love farming.

I dont kno about u guys but after the wintersday update many weird things have been going on in the uw when i dual with necros. For one the ecto drop rate is decreased and i have a feeling that those like 5+ candy cane shards i get per uw run are replacing some of my ecto drops.

Also before the coldfires might attack the smites once in a while. Now i have experienced a couple of times 2 groups of smites actually attackin each other and killing each other.......so i cant get their phat loot

Also the nightmare spawns seem to have drasticaly increased.....it seems that nightmares spawn now at every possible spawn point..

just to name a few of the thigns that come to mind when i think of what is goign on in the uw nowadays..

anyone else experiencing problems such as me or am i and my necro partner the unluckiest people in the world

X Bound X · Dec 28, 2005, 07:38 AM // 07:38

Candy cane shards replacing ecto: Possible but unlikely, as me and my partner have had a group of 3 bladeds drop both ecto and cc shards.

Coldfires eating smites: When you enter the Frozen Wastes and head down the first hill, those Coldfires have always eaten the smites there.Least more often then not anyway.

Dying Nightmare increase: Again doubtful.Standard Nightmare spawn rate, is 4-7 in the first chamber, 2-4 in the chamber with the terror webs, and 1-3 in the Frozen Wastes.

So unless you have more specific information, I'd say you guys just have interesting luck. :/

Asrial · Dec 28, 2005, 09:09 AM // 09:09

SMITES vs SMITES

tlr1293 · Dec 28, 2005, 06:15 PM // 18:15

UW nerf was awhile back. Used to be you could get a Gold per run and many purples. I have done many a trapping run as far as clearing out the Smites and ColdFires, to not only get 0 Ecto's by anyone, but 0 drops of color (blue/purple/gold) either. I would pay the 1k fee andcome out, after 2 hours, with maybe - maybe, that 1k made back.

Kais Unduli · Dec 28, 2005, 06:50 PM // 18:50

My last few trapping runs have dropped ectos (none for me), but I've never seen any smite on smite action. That's hot.

Shen Xi · Dec 28, 2005, 07:32 PM // 19:32

that's been happening for a long while now, smites killing each other, and coldfires attacking amites. annoying lil sob's...

Rc The Mad · Dec 28, 2005, 08:02 PM // 20:02

I've been doing UW for a long while now and know most of the 'regular' things that go on in a run.

I'd say that I don't think the nightmare spawns have increased at all since the christmas update. It seems pretty normal to me. I have noticed a slight drop in ectos though. Usually only one drops per run now possibly two, when I used to get more like 2-3 per run. Also I have noticed that smites kill eachother sometimes now. That's different, and annoying. That's probably just a bug though. I doubt that was purposely intended.

After the Halloween update Anet did some undocumented UW nerfs. They increased the smites energy a lot making necros have to echo SV in order to run out their energy. They also added a little change where sometimes in the first chamber if a nightmare pops up out in the open, it automatically aggros a single Aatxe with it. I'm sure people who do regular runs have noticed both of those.

Ado · Dec 28, 2005, 08:23 PM // 20:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rc The Mad

After the Halloween update Anet did some undocumented UW nerfs. They increased the smites energy a lot making necros have to echo SV in order to run out their energy. They also added a little change where sometimes in the first chamber if a nightmare pops up out in the open, it automatically aggros a single Aatxe with it. I'm sure people who do regular runs have noticed both of those.

I've experienced that too. A nightmare spawned and the aatxe was well out of my aggroradius. He still came at me however. Needless to say that was my shortest UW run ever.

Frost_ · Dec 28, 2005, 08:46 PM // 20:46

anet does a lot of stuff they dont tell you about

i personally think its bs, they should at least tell us what their changing in the game

Loviatar · Dec 28, 2005, 08:52 PM // 20:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frost_

anet does a lot of stuff they dont tell you about

i personally think its bs, they should at least tell us what their changing in the game

how about giving us a nice long list of specific changes you can prove were changed and not listed in updates?

Sir Edri · Dec 28, 2005, 08:57 PM // 20:57

I haven't noticed any changes...I was just there last night with a guildmate...got 3 ectos in one run, and my guildmate got 1 ectos.

The Son Of Morgoth · Dec 28, 2005, 09:18 PM // 21:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Edri

I haven't noticed any changes...I was just there last night with a guildmate...got 3 ectos in one run, and my guildmate got 1 ectos.

luckeeze

allience · Dec 28, 2005, 09:59 PM // 21:59

i go in UW at least once a day. since the winter update all i noticed is a decrease in ecto drops and more purple chests.

nightmares seem the same to me and i've randomly seen smites attaking eachother. but this behavior is old, i remember seeing them fight even 2 months ago.

Juicey Shake · Dec 28, 2005, 10:02 PM // 22:02

cc shards are replacing a lot of drops, especially charr.... I haven't gotten a hide in forever, all I needed was SIXTEEN to get a mask for my new ranger...

did 24 nolani gate runs, got 6 hides.

Strik3r · Dec 28, 2005, 10:10 PM // 22:10

I don't think they nerfed the drops. I do smites run with a friend of mine and we got 12 ectos total in a few hours. (6 each)

We had 5 in one of the runs.

Funk ee Monk ee · Dec 28, 2005, 10:19 PM // 22:19

Not to hijack this thread, but is it necessarily a bad thing to make it more difficult/impossible for a 2 man team to clear the area with some of the most lucrative drops in the game? You can't clear SF or FOW with a 2 man team, why should UW be any different?

I say more nightmares and a few mesmsers thrown in there is a good thing, especially for me and my 200-ish ecto inventory.

Carinae · Dec 28, 2005, 10:30 PM // 22:30

You can do SF with a two-man squad: monk and a necro.

But it's slowwwwwwwwwww.

Lord Of Losers · Dec 29, 2005, 12:54 AM // 00:54

i havent noticed any changes, especially since i havent gone to UW/FoW/SF since beforew wintersday updates.

cant wait to go back to my own dorm room and get back to playing GW.

acidic artist · Dec 29, 2005, 03:20 AM // 03:20

for me and my usual necro partner the ectos has increase and so has the dye drops. 2 or 3 straight runs after we finished cappin a spider for a ranger and a small 20k we go on to the smites. 2 and 3 ecto per run and 1 black dye per run for days straight. the update has been extremly nice to me. i just hope it keeps going this way. also some areas 3 nightmares pop up at once. its annoying but really easy to adjust to

The Son Of Morgoth · Dec 29, 2005, 05:03 AM // 05:03

well so far it seems that the majority of the people are having "bad luck" and some are having "good luck".

also something i dont get is since there has to be less ectos on the market now.....how come ecto prices are going down..:?