Curse

Sagittario · Oct 25, 2011, 06:31 PM // 18:31

Hello,
I'd like to get surv on my rit via this Halloween quest, which requires 402 captures. Those gems are untradeable, so I have to farm them all by myself.
Could someone advice me how to speed this farm? What route is the best and fastest? Is there a way to shorten Weakened by Dhuum or multiple use of 1 corpse?
Thanks in advance

BenjZee · Oct 25, 2011, 07:23 PM // 19:23

For starters I'm guessing you know you can get your 402 stones by putting in storage then talking to the NPC for more stones right? Thats one tip, and also you can collect them on any character that has UW, so if your more used to UW on another character you could use it there. There is alot of groups currently in ToA that do Skeleton runs that involves going as a party to kill like 6 or so skeletons then rezoning. Mind if you go in a group it could be quicker then heroes and its alot cheaper on entry fee technically too.
Thats my advice anyway... If your major patient you could gain the skeletons over the year and wait for the long term reward but i dont think this point in gw's life you want to attempt that.

Sagittario · Oct 25, 2011, 08:42 PM // 20:42

I've got the empty gems already and started the farm, but I found it slow.

Spiritz · Oct 25, 2011, 09:11 PM // 21:11

You will find its def a slow farm - especially for the amount thats needed

chuckles79 · Oct 25, 2011, 10:20 PM // 22:20

Just as the title says, every little bit helps.

Even if you get a few hundred thousand xp it'll help get you a jump start on the title or get you within striking distance.

Remember, every run of FoW in NM (easily done with heroes) give 100k xp so if you are close just get some shards and you are across the finish line.

I Rahavan I · Oct 25, 2011, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Well as a solo farmer yes it is going to be slow but if you get a group that's doing a UW and farming skellies you can easily get 40 per run. My guild mates have done this, just takes a lot of time per run. In my opinion it just feels less grindy. Doing the same thing 10 times is better than doing it 30+times. either way it's the same amount of time the only difference is the amount of money you spend.

Kranas · Oct 25, 2011, 11:10 PM // 23:10

You can't really speed this too much, assuming you have no issues with the enemies in the UW because of the CD on using gobstoppers. Its what a 50 second, 1 minute CD? 400 minutes just for the waiting to use gobstoppers...

Shenro · Oct 26, 2011, 12:08 AM // 00:08

Well i Run heros with my paragon- I manage to capture a Minimum of 11 skeles a Run and max of 16-17 within 16-20 Minutes. Even the groups with multi skeles, Cap one, run away, wait until the Weakness is gone and repeat.

====How i do this Quickly=====
Start off by small pulling Aatxe and the Skele when entering UW. Capture that first skele and flag heros back. Take the Quest from "Lost soul" and clear the Chamber. Now you can access all of UW on the Map below i have Linked close and good Spots to capture the skeles. There maybe 2,3 or 4 skeles in some locations. Go from Number Order from 1 To 7.

Sagittario · Oct 26, 2011, 06:44 AM // 06:44

Tahnks Shenro, this is what I needed.

Shenro · Oct 26, 2011, 09:21 AM // 09:21

No Problem if your finding it hard to read the Map just give me a Wisp and i'll show you.

PM for my IGN.

drowze · Oct 26, 2011, 05:19 PM // 17:19

Apparently I seem to have written my original post as if I wanted to make people do it the way I do it. I just suggested a farm that I think is pretty fast.
But to each his own and because I seem to have stepped on some peoples toes by accident I'll just delete the crap I wrote before. In the end GW is a game, meant to have fun, so if I may, I would like to humbly suggest that people do it the way they enjoy most.

nuclear_herring · Oct 26, 2011, 06:12 PM // 18:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by drowze

you get 2-3 skeletons per minute.

Er, no you don't. The weakness lasts about a minute. 1 cap per minute per person and I can't see a way round that. I would like to be wrong though.

Our Blood · Oct 26, 2011, 07:23 PM // 19:23

1skelle run is killing the one at spawn and resigning, you can get 2/min if you have fast party.

but on average i farm 30 every 30-40min (so one stack every 35min)

Kirasaw · Oct 26, 2011, 08:50 PM // 20:50

I'm doing the same run as Shenro
SoS + 7h HM
45-50 skele in 1h

Shenro · Oct 26, 2011, 10:00 PM // 22:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by drowze

Join a pug to do 1 skeleton runs. With a decent group that resigns fast enough and uses scrolls to get in fast, you get 2-3 skeletons per minute.

Some people prefer not to join a group-Not all off the groups will tend to have scrolls. My method caps about 45-50 an Hour even More if i ran fast enough with Fall back and Incoming and a better hero Setup. But In all honesty just do whatever works best for you, and for me My method works.

@Kirasaw Why capture Hardmode? Save less time fighting and Hassle in NM then HM.

Crimson Court · Oct 26, 2011, 11:39 PM // 23:39

yeah with heroes I do 11 skellies per ~13 min.

I usually run past the final few Smite Crawlers for those last 2 skellies.
Killing those annoying things are what takes up most of my time.

nuclear_herring · Oct 26, 2011, 11:40 PM // 23:40

Now I understand how you can get fast skele farming (Drowze, i hope you don't think I was having a go, I just hoped you knew something I didn't) using scrolls and mapping in & out of the UW, I wonder whether that is a cost effective way of doing it.

Even split among a PUG of 8, collecting 1 skele per scroll must knock a big hole in the profit you make from doing the quest. Is it still cost effective?

drowze · Oct 27, 2011, 12:42 AM // 00:42

@nuclear herring: np mate, I didn't get offended by your or any other post... it seemed to me that Shenro got the idea that I was putting his way of skele farming down, so I just removed my post to eliminate any misunderstandings all together.

You are right about 1 skeleton runs being a bit costly. I have thought about that as well shortly after I was introduced to it by a guildie. But normally in the pugs that form in ToA you get 40 runs for 5k (each of 8 players pays 5 runs... I mentioned scrolls because they are faster, I don't use them myself for skele runs either). So that's 1k investment for 8 skeletons and you get 1k for 3 when getting the reward. If you add the ToT bags you get as well, then I personally believe the speed of the farm justifies the cost. But that's something everyone needs to decide for themselves.
I completely understand that this kind of grinding isn't to everyone's liking and I usually do something else after 40 runs as well^^ That's why I edited my post to say that you just need to do the one you like the most. A stack of tots more or less won't make or break your ingame wealth status either

Edit: And I mainly farm skeles for booze/party/sweet points, so I'm not selling all the ToT-bags. So if the cash reward pays back the runs, I'm already satisfied. Just adding this so you know I'm not actually trying to maximize my profit either.

Kirasaw · Oct 27, 2011, 12:44 PM // 12:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shenro

@Kirasaw Why capture Hardmode? Save less time fighting and Hassle in NM then HM.

Why HM because hm or nm is the same for me. 14 min run in HM 14 skele, 1 min less is not a problem.

Heros clean all the way i kill skele alone.

Jason Xll · Oct 27, 2011, 12:58 PM // 12:58

Hey guys, I farmed up the 402 skeles using the Skele farm PuG method of just clearing the first chamber. Didn't take long, only 2 days or so of moderate gaming.

Now I face a new problem, what's the fastest way to cash them in? Zoning between rewards is currently the only option I see.