Curse

CyclonicYoh · Sep 27, 2008, 03:59 AM // 03:59

i think there's something to non-max health = more drops, done 20 runs or so, and i'm noticing higehr averages when i let SF run out once then keep it maintained at about 50% health. And i agree, this will definetly get nerfed to at least the HoS keg drop rate

Rhamia Darigaz · Sep 27, 2008, 04:20 AM // 04:20

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Originally Posted by CyclonicYoh

i think there's something to non-max health = more drops, done 20 runs or so, and i'm noticing higehr averages when i let SF run out once then keep it maintained at about 50% health.

20 runs is nothing. do about 1000 and record all of your drops and you might be able to talk with some knowledge about the effects of percent total health on drop rates.

Aum · Sep 29, 2008, 12:39 PM // 12:39

even if they nerf the keg farm... you can still use a/me and do pretty much the same... its just not mindless... close... but not quite as much

ReZDoGG · Sep 29, 2008, 05:33 PM // 17:33

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Originally Posted by Aum

even if they nerf the keg farm... you can still use a/me and do pretty much the same... its just not mindless... close... but not quite as much

Not really. A/Me is pretty limited to the enemies that it can kill. Best thing bout kegs, is you can spam as fast as you want to put some some major damage, not to mention it knocks enemies down, which is great for those enemies that deal AoE damage, use Signets, or enemies that heal. You can literally Solo Vanquish all of Northern Shiverpeaks, and one Asuran area... You can also boss farm with it...

It is a pretty crazy way to farm, and nothing like it, so it will be sad to see it go if it does. Knowing Anet, they probably already got it planned in next update if they caught wind about it.

BulletStopper · Sep 29, 2008, 11:55 PM // 23:55

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Originally Posted by ReZDoGG

Knowing Anet, they probably already got it planned in next update if they caught wind about it.

If they didn't know before, they do now.

niek2004 · Oct 01, 2008, 02:48 PM // 14:48

The problem with farms like this, is that evrybody will keep their better spots secret, so it wont get nerfed. This is going to get nerfed, so just let other ppl ejoy it while it lasts. I'm pretty sure there is more out there than just vaettirs.

Aum · Oct 02, 2008, 12:02 PM // 12:02

FWIW Rezzdog.... I have cleared the Vaettir in HM with A/Me many times. I wasn't referring to vanquishing, just Vaettir in HM. happy farming.

silfo · Oct 03, 2008, 01:42 PM // 13:42

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Originally Posted by Aum

even if they nerf the keg farm... you can still use a/me and do pretty much the same... its just not mindless... close... but not quite as much

They can always replace some vaettirs with IW ones to nerf the area for permas altogether.

Martin Alvito · Oct 04, 2008, 03:01 AM // 03:01

Why change spawns when you can just make the NPC not follow you through portals?

Any self-respecting lazy programmer will solve the problem with that small bit of code.

sky sliverwolf · Oct 04, 2008, 09:07 AM // 09:07

ehh since word is out on this keg farmn, i might as well make it worse. I used him to farm bosses around eotn (the northern half) got the idea after the HoS runs. And used him to farm other crap in the area, made alot of cash doing it. Alot more than raptor farm runs thats for sure.

pipo · Oct 18, 2008, 01:46 AM // 01:46

i keep getting killed by the horse things ( forgot their name) in norrhart domains because there are big groups of them and they hit through my shadow form , i think my "im unstoppable" doesnt work long enough ( i dont have dwarven stability btw) is there anything i can do about this ?

MrGuildBoi · Oct 18, 2008, 01:57 AM // 01:57

You have to go all the way around, can't take the shortcut going straight :P

pipo · Oct 18, 2008, 02:09 AM // 02:09

ow ok :P i thought it was just me being a noob

( which probably is the thing :P)

edit: i tried the run around those horse things , and it works great

thanks for the help

im gonna be farming a lot with halloween

dasmitchies · Oct 28, 2008, 05:36 AM // 05:36

Maybe it's just me but I have been getting more tot bags from the raptors than this. Anet nerfin drops or me being paranoid?

Senrath · Oct 28, 2008, 05:48 AM // 05:48

I'd say you being paranoid. I'm getting more from vaettirs than raptors, by a fairly large margin. And more golds, too.

Sjeng · Oct 28, 2008, 08:26 AM // 08:26

In case the nerf bat will hit this next friday, could someone post the next fastest way to farm these Vaettirs? I've seen a mention of some A/Me build?
Shame I can't do this all day :P would certainly help getting my titles.

Masao · Oct 28, 2008, 08:32 AM // 08:32

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Originally Posted by Sjeng

In case the nerf bat will hit this next friday, could someone post the next fastest way to farm these Vaettirs? I've seen a mention of some A/Me build?
Shame I can't do this all day :P would certainly help getting my titles.

A/E does this by using choke points with the UW Frigid Armor/Burning Speed build.

A/Me is just Arcane Echo perma with degen through Radiation Field/Ether Nightmare and CoP with Channeling for e-management.

There are burnt down/ruined buildings on each side so just pull them up against the side of those with their left side against the wall to choke. You'll figure it out after a run or two.

Madeentje · Oct 28, 2008, 08:35 AM // 08:35

Already got 12 stacks of ToT-bags doing this, and 550 extra ID's in my wisdom title :P.

BUT...Some friend of mine says he can do runs in 1 min 10 secs (I do it in 2 min 30 secs) because he can aggro both groups at 1 time, but he doesn't want to tell me how. I tried a zillion things (Recall, Shadow Walk,...), but nothing works, does anyone maybe know?

Masao · Oct 28, 2008, 08:39 AM // 08:39

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Originally Posted by dimitjeeuuhh

Already got 12 stacks of ToT-bags doing this, and 550 extra ID's in my wisdom title :P.

BUT...Some friend of mine says he can do runs in 1 min 10 secs (I do it in 2 min 30 secs) because he can aggro both groups at 1 time, but he doesn't want to tell me how. I tried a zillion things (Recall, Shadow Walk,...), but nothing works, does anyone maybe know?

Possibly from using the choke point on the left side once you zone into Jaga, and then going and aggroing the right side and reaggroing the left side from the choke point.

Highly doubt he can hit both groups at once, though. I've tried every choke point manip you can think of with every build, E/Me, E/A, A/Me, A/E you can think of and it just doesn't work. AFAIK it takes longer to aggro everything than a minute ten anyway.

Honestly though it doesn't matter, everything dies after a couple minutes pew pew pew and the profit from even a slow run is greater than most other farms out there.

Madeentje · Oct 28, 2008, 08:44 AM // 08:44

I'm doing it with Me/A, so the chokepoints don't work? :/

But my friend does it with E/A and he says he has enough time to aggro the 2 groups and kill them with just 1 Shadow Form...

BTW: How much longer till we can play again? I'm bored :P.