Curse

Keneth · Apr 30, 2008, 05:40 PM // 17:40

Yup, still works like a charm. I get about 2 globs per run in average but take slightly longer as the drops are better when you kill smaller groups and, of course, when there's fewer people farming in the region.

Murmel · May 01, 2008, 08:51 PM // 20:51

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Originally Posted by Keneth

Yup, still works like a charm. I get about 2 globs per run in average but take slightly longer as the drops are better when you kill smaller groups and, of course, when there's fewer people farming in the region.

O.o, maybe I should start from Zin Ku or the one in NF instead hehe(if it's not the Underworld itself that's screwing it up) anyway, this seems like a nice build, but since I don't have the right insignas/weapons I usually die at the grasps hehe

Washi · May 01, 2008, 09:14 PM // 21:14

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Originally Posted by Keneth

of course, when there's fewer people farming in the region.

Please stop with that crap urban legends.
Monsters have a fixed drop rate, get it?

Keneth · May 02, 2008, 08:26 AM // 08:26

Actually they're not "urban legends", on European servers the drop rates drop substantially in the evening and on weekends as far as common farming areas are concerned. It might not seem like much with items that have a generally small drop rate to begin with but the difference is more than obvious if you farm something more common. Good luck farming something on event days when the servers are full.

Washi · May 02, 2008, 11:36 AM // 11:36

I'm farming UW solo all the time. Didn't notice any diffrence during the weekend. Obviously your claims make no sense. A monster has a fixed rate of droping certain items, for the sake of argument lets say smite has a 2% chance of dropping ecto, that's it. There is nothing more to it, why would they implement some ridiculous complicated mechanism?

Keneth · May 02, 2008, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Because Arena.net are infernal spawns of evil and they want us to suffer.

Finn Family · May 31, 2008, 01:58 PM // 13:58

i always die becose there is not any heal skill so
may you get nice build whit heal in it ^_^ thx .

snodaard · May 31, 2008, 04:28 PM // 16:28

you don't need healing if you use the build right. otherwise you should go W/Rt wich is alot more easy..

T1Cybernetic · May 31, 2008, 06:34 PM // 18:34

Yeah if you are dying you are not using the right equipment /setup because you should be taking a very small ammount of damage and should not need a healing skill although lions comfort was the healing skill of choice at some point, just replace an attack skill with that...

Finn Family · Jun 01, 2008, 06:33 AM // 06:33

i will try it again .. if it doesn't work i'll try w/rit .

dont feel no pain · Jun 01, 2008, 05:59 PM // 17:59

nice to see the old thread is alive

gameprins · Jul 29, 2008, 11:21 PM // 23:21

sorry that i don't get it, some noob questions of me
how come their damage is so low?
is it just because you have a high armour against physical (PR)?
don't they have spells or something? Are UW monsters really that weak???

MisterB · Jul 30, 2008, 12:41 AM // 00:41

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Originally Posted by gameprins

sorry that i don't get it, some noob questions of me
how come their damage is so low?
is it just because you have a high armour against physical (PR)?
don't they have spells or something? Are UW monsters really that weak???

Yes, it's because warriors have the highest armor against Physical damage. On top of that 116 inherent armor, you have -8 absorption from every hit with Knight's insignia, Superior Absorption, and the shield. Then add +40 more armor from [[Physical Resistance], and an optional +7 from a shelter mod, and you take very little damage. All the foes that you target deal physical damage with their attacks. The Visage skills are used to drain the energy from the smites so they can't use their spells. It's not that the monsters are weak; Warriors just have an unmatched advantage versus physical foes, and this build is further designed to increase that advantage.

Actually, I suppose one could argue correctly that those foes do indeed have many weaknesses to exploit.

TripleCow · Jul 31, 2008, 07:10 PM // 19:10

great build, gj on it. its nice to see that i'm finally getting ectos again. i think the only problem i'm having still is trying not to agrro those stupid coldfire patrols.

also, for all those ppl with bad luck out there, a-net should have it so that if you end up doing 40 failed runs and only get one ecto, you should get points toward your unlucky title track.

too bad they don't update the game anymore

MisterT69 · Jul 31, 2008, 08:06 PM // 20:06

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Originally Posted by TripleCow

great build, gj on it. its nice to see that i'm finally getting ectos again. i think the only problem i'm having still is trying not to agrro those stupid coldfire patrols.

also, for all those ppl with bad luck out there, a-net should have it so that if you end up doing 40 failed runs and only get one ecto, you should get points toward your unlucky title track.

too bad they don't update the game anymore

It's not as much bad luck as it is chance. IF smite crawlers truly have a 2% drops rate, consider the chances of having EVERY smite drop ecto during a run. In theory you could get 30+ ecto in that run, but again, the odds are pretty astronomical XD.

dahammerman · Aug 28, 2008, 05:43 AM // 05:43

I can't freaking do it, I seem to have all the reqs. but I die on those damn smites, I used to not die, but now I constantly die.

Maybe it's because im only fighting 3 at a time?

Rezolve · Oct 01, 2008, 12:33 AM // 00:33

did u use physical resistance? the smites do 0 and 3's on me

**Marty Silverblade** · Oct 01, 2008, 01:04 AM // 01:04

Yes. It's in the OP.

snoozer80 · Nov 24, 2008, 01:33 PM // 13:33

I did about 10 runs yesterday - 9 ecto, 1 ruby, 3 or 4 phantom keys, few golds and 1 blacj dye ^^

Cool build but my runs still take about 24 mins cuz i kill each group of simites separatelly.

boarderx · Nov 24, 2008, 03:59 PM // 15:59

i hit a new record for me the other day

8mins (i dont know what the record is but i like beating my own record

) i had a chance at another 8min run but i caught coldfire aggro and still had a 9-10min run, ima fan of this build, too bad smites dont drop ectos like they used to.