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Bright Star Shine · Jan 29, 2011, 12:20 PM // 12:20

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Originally Posted by Wrath of m0o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu_6hdGZ6gU

If you play the game normally, your retention rate and odds of getting Gold over Purple will be higher than Chest running the same area, over and over and over.

Hehe, the vid made me lol

The background music is kind of hypnotizing :P

But anyway, in my experience I haven't noticed anything about bad retention rates, or bad chest drops from doing the same run over and over.. Maybe I'm just lucky?

P.S.: Thank you very much, now the tune is stuck in my head -.-

Icecream · Jan 29, 2011, 12:43 PM // 12:43

I did about 500 runs for the plag chest, Found it to spawn more like 80% of the time. Got more gold then grapes, though only 1 shield dropped and the golds were mostly armors.
Then Arcade joined in and we did about 150 runs, then we got 1 sword drop from the chest, also got some nice focuses from the chest wich seems to be the most common weapon drop from it, all was done in HM

Tommy's · Jan 29, 2011, 02:10 PM // 14:10

Just wondering, how many bow drops does everyone get from the plag chest? I seem to get very very little. Only purples so far.

Bright Star Shine · Jan 29, 2011, 02:39 PM // 14:39

I get quite a few bow drops from that chest, but for some reason, every single one of em is 15/-5... seriously..

Nemesis of God · Jan 29, 2011, 04:59 PM // 16:59

So in the end, which area is best to max Unlucky+Lucku+Treasure Hunter (for Monk)?
Witman's Folly/Ie Cliff Chasms?

Tommy's · Jan 29, 2011, 05:20 PM // 17:20

I'm running Silent Surf on my monk in NM. 58% retention rate for me. Works fine ^^ And you can get some nice fancy skins.

CrustyEarl · Jan 29, 2011, 06:43 PM // 18:43

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I know Silent Surf is already listed, but my route is a little different from the other one posted

I'd love to run this but I can't figure out how to even get close to it. I'm forbidden to enter the necessary zones to access it since I'm Kurzick (guild and alliance too). Any ideas?

Bright Star Shine · Jan 29, 2011, 06:48 PM // 18:48

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Originally Posted by CrustyEarl

I'd love to run this but I can't figure out how to even get close to it. I'm forbidden to enter the necessary zones to access it since I'm Kurzick (guild and alliance too). Any ideas?

Do you have access to Cavalon? If yes, do the "Befriending the Luxons" quest and the mission that follows, if not, go there^^ Get luxon faction by doing a couple of Jade Quarries is my advise..

After you did Gyala Hatchery, finish this mission and you'll be in Leviathan Pits, after that, it's a 1min run to Seafarer's Rest, which is where you need to be. All in all, should take you about an hour to get there.

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Originally Posted by Nemesis of God

So in the end, which area is best to max Unlucky+Lucku+Treasure Hunter (for Monk)?
Witman's Folly/Ie Cliff Chasms?

If you're anything besides Ranger, Warrior or Ssin, my best advise is doing the Bukdek Byway run. Chest spawns 80-90% of the time, it's a 45sec run, and drops Plagueborn weapons (which isn't the worst skin in the game^^)

Gl

Also, got this running Xaquang earlier^^

CrustyEarl · Jan 29, 2011, 06:54 PM // 18:54

Thanks.

This isn't going to force me to switch allegiance or anything is it?

Icecream · Jan 29, 2011, 06:57 PM // 18:57

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Originally Posted by Tommy's

Just wondering, how many bow drops does everyone get from the plag chest? I seem to get very very little. Only purples so far.

I got about 8 bows, 2 r9 15^50 ones.

Bright Star Shine · Jan 29, 2011, 07:03 PM // 19:03

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Originally Posted by CrustyEarl

Thanks.

This isn't going to force me to switch allegiance or anything is it?

No, you can earn faction from both allegiances, but you can only donate faction to your own allegiance, you can however use the 10k luxon you'll earn after the quest to buy jade for example. It will cause you to lose 10k kurzick faction though (if you have any at that time)

CrustyEarl · Jan 29, 2011, 07:53 PM // 19:53

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10k luxon you'll earn after the quest to buy jade for example.

That's good to know, Thanks again.

Wrath of m0o · Jan 31, 2011, 08:12 AM // 08:12

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Originally Posted by Nemesis of God

So in the end, which area is best to max Unlucky+Lucku+Treasure Hunter (for Monk)?
Witman's Folly/Ie Cliff Chasms?

If your looking for just Treasure Hunter i would say Whitmans, you always get 3 chests in 3 min. Lots of Grapes.

If your looking for Treasure and Wisdom at the same time, Ice cliffs.
You can get lucky and hit 3 chests in 3 min here, but i had to zone out with no chest here plenty.

I did 650 chests this double weekend, if your just in it for treasure hunter, i would say Whitmans is Fastest.

Bright Star Shine · Jan 31, 2011, 01:45 PM // 13:45

Still think Silent Surf is the fastest.. Some of my guildies were running that one this weekend too (I don't, I've done it so many times I'm sick of it.. For ever..) and they all clocked 5 chests in 3 minutes, 4 if unlucky with spawns.. Especially in NM this is easily achievable.. In HM you might be rusty when you're getting used to it..

gw_poster · Jan 31, 2011, 03:45 PM // 15:45

farmed the hell out of pongmei valley this w/e....tried mixing it up leaving from boreas seabed, maatu keep, and tanglewood...best number of chests seem to come when leaving from boreas. Never less than 3 chests in a run, sometimes as many as 5 or 6 -- and there are 3 definite spots that will always come up. Nothing special except a q9 death 20/20 jade staff, but some easy running. And thanks to the person earlier who mentioned HoS as that has proved invaluable running there. I also ran a bunch of Bukdek Byway, inviting in local chat anyone wishing to join, amazing though how many people didn't bother. I don't think they realize how easy it is! Anyway, the plagueborn seems to spawn a lot more than when I initially ran it, getting near 80% imo. I've actually had a number of plagueborn shields drop but never a dual-mod (same with foci)...only one sword has dropped for me this whole time and it was 14^hex lol

Tender Care · Jan 31, 2011, 04:27 PM // 16:27

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Originally Posted by gw_poster

farmed the hell out of pongmei valley this w/e....tried mixing it up leaving from boreas seabed, maatu keep, and tanglewood...best number of chests seem to come when leaving from boreas. Never less than 3 chests in a run, sometimes as many as 5 or 6 -- and there are 3 definite spots that will always come up. Nothing special except a q9 death 20/20 jade staff, but some easy running. And thanks to the person earlier who mentioned HoS as that has proved invaluable running there. I also ran a bunch of Bukdek Byway, inviting in local chat anyone wishing to join, amazing though how many people didn't bother. I don't think they realize how easy it is! Anyway, the plagueborn seems to spawn a lot more than when I initially ran it, getting near 80% imo. I've actually had a number of plagueborn shields drop but never a dual-mod (same with foci)...only one sword has dropped for me this whole time and it was 14^hex lol

I understand ur frustration with plagueborn...i've been running also in Sunjang District (pretty hard in HM) and chance of getting a decent plagueborn is really low.

Have gone for some chests in Jade Sea near Outcast, same result: bunch of crap armor pieces and jade stuff with not even decent mods to be salvaged....u_U

Bright Star Shine · Jan 31, 2011, 04:53 PM // 16:53

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Originally Posted by gw_poster

farmed the hell out of pongmei valley this w/e....tried mixing it up leaving from boreas seabed, maatu keep, and tanglewood...best number of chests seem to come when leaving from boreas. Never less than 3 chests in a run, sometimes as many as 5 or 6 -- and there are 3 definite spots that will always come up. Nothing special except a q9 death 20/20 jade staff, but some easy running. And thanks to the person earlier who mentioned HoS as that has proved invaluable running there. I also ran a bunch of Bukdek Byway, inviting in local chat anyone wishing to join, amazing though how many people didn't bother. I don't think they realize how easy it is! Anyway, the plagueborn seems to spawn a lot more than when I initially ran it, getting near 80% imo. I've actually had a number of plagueborn shields drop but never a dual-mod (same with foci)...only one sword has dropped for me this whole time and it was 14^hex lol

6 chests? Lol, you sure about that? I've been chestrunning quite a bit now, and I have never seen a spawn of chests over 5. If you have any proof of this, it would be awesome.. Also I thought an area could spawn max 5 chests, so.. Yawg, come explain please

gw_poster · Jan 31, 2011, 05:31 PM // 17:31

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Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

6 chests? Lol, you sure about that? I've been chestrunning quite a bit now, and I have never seen a spawn of chests over 5. If you have any proof of this, it would be awesome.. Also I thought an area could spawn max 5 chests, so.. Yawg, come explain please

thought I might get some flak if I said 6...I was running with glazed and bloodshot eyes part of the night (non-stop running ftl) so I may have been a bit hazy with my memory! Anyway, definitely a few 5 chest runs, which seemed like 6. I don't have a map or SS as I didn't think it was spectacular, I was just stoked at opening so many on one run. Going off memory, coming out of Boreas, there was one near the yeti group to the left off the first bend going right, then one near the end of the bridge where the sins pop, then one in the muddy hole below the cliff to the right, one near xiao the deceptive, one near the island guardian/wallow group to the left down the hill past the jade brotherhood mobs (although I tend to go up over the hill to the left of the jade brothers unless they have a chest near them), then I thought there was one on both sides of tanglewood, but must have been on only one side (nearer the dragon moss/kirin mobs), so that would make 5.

Bright Star Shine · Jan 31, 2011, 07:00 PM // 19:00

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Originally Posted by gw_poster

thought I might get some flak if I said 6...I was running with glazed and bloodshot eyes part of the night (non-stop running ftl) so I may have been a bit hazy with my memory! Anyway, definitely a few 5 chest runs, which seemed like 6. I don't have a map or SS as I didn't think it was spectacular, I was just stoked at opening so many on one run. Going off memory, coming out of Boreas, there was one near the yeti group to the left off the first bend going right, then one near the end of the bridge where the sins pop, then one in the muddy hole below the cliff to the right, one near xiao the deceptive, one near the island guardian/wallow group to the left down the hill past the jade brotherhood mobs (although I tend to go up over the hill to the left of the jade brothers unless they have a chest near them), then I thought there was one on both sides of tanglewood, but must have been on only one side (nearer the dragon moss/kirin mobs), so that would make 5.

I usually get 5 chests when doing Pongmei, 4 mostly, but 5 quite enough..

CrustyEarl · Jan 31, 2011, 08:54 PM // 20:54

I tried Various runs during this weekends event and while Silent Surf(Thx Star) was pretty cool once I made it there, Boreal Station was much faster over all. Plus killing the 12 or so wurm popup's netted some decent drops, Lockpicks, various golds, and a ton of Dye(I got a few whites and a ton of Green).