Curse

Artemis89 · Aug 20, 2005, 04:00 AM // 04:00

^^ What he said

After Arena Net reads this and see all the good loot drop, you will possibly see Nerfs coming up in the next update. Oh well, they would end up nerfing it anyhow probably.

lord_shar · Aug 20, 2005, 04:58 AM // 04:58

I'm currently farming with my necro/mesmer all over the place (yes, it can be done!), and from what I've seen, overfarming specific locations does cause an auto-drop-nerf to kick in. When you go to a completely new location, the drops return to normal again. If you rotate between 6-10 farm spots, then you tend to get more golds/purples. Not exactly new information, but not everyone knows about this either...

Firan · Aug 20, 2005, 05:26 AM // 05:26

Farming is fun so try it out.
You will get lots of superiors and great weapon mods, but its no longer a guarenteed thing per run. You cant run in there, mow them down and rake in 5 golds.
Freddeh i dont understand what you are saying about "i put spirit because you did in modifications". Balthazars or protective spirit? If protective spirit, yes i did. I thought you might have meant protective bond because you said both during your post

I need my meds · Aug 20, 2005, 07:11 AM // 07:11

Awesome guide. You need a life, no offense (or maybe cus its summer its okay), but this is great.

I learned nothing except for the cool sword, but still...impressive.

A+

Freddeh · Aug 20, 2005, 08:28 AM // 08:28

Sorry, that sentance wasn't very clear :|...i had to type that out fast and it got garbled lol

And now i don't even remember why i mentioned it...something about your 'modifications' list having it...i dunno why though lol...ah well

And i don't seem to be finding this nice sword in the henge of denravi...it just so happens that it would be perfect for my build if i could only find it...i checked like 10 collecters as well as all around the henge and the weapons crafter there :|

Firan · Aug 20, 2005, 06:07 PM // 18:07

Freddeh, for your question. The sword gives you +5 energy. Get a longer enchantments pommel, 20% is not required but is recommended. 17-19 will also do the job very well. It will be pricy but you will find you will have alot more success. Sword vs Wand: Wand = Small chance of 1 maybe 2 more Orisons.
Sword = One more orison for sure, all your enchantments last 20% longer,
Symbol of Wrath 12 Seconds
Balthazars Aura 12 Seconds
Healing Breeze 12 Seconds
Healing Hands, Protective Spirit, Shield of Protection (Not sure about name, elite protection enchantment, works like overpowered Healing breeze), Zealots Fire, etc.

Those two more seconds = 22+37+27+(If using Elite )41= 127 to all enemies around you.

Firan · Aug 23, 2005, 02:53 PM // 14:53

/bump

GreatJustice · Aug 25, 2005, 02:33 PM // 14:33

I can't find this Desert Collector's Item. I look where that one guys said (up the little cliff to the tele, then to the right) But he was not there! Any help on this?

Howling Wind · Aug 25, 2005, 03:20 PM // 15:20

Outside of dunes of despair travel up north past the griffins and you should notice a teleporter with not much enemies surrounding it, there should be a ghost npc collector on the other side.

Firan · Aug 27, 2005, 06:38 AM // 06:38

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Firan · Aug 30, 2005, 03:11 AM // 03:11

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Firan · Sep 04, 2005, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Bump because i added a new part and want to show it.

Firan · Sep 07, 2005, 01:35 PM // 13:35

Added more stuff yet again.

Laetitia of Yenemi · Sep 07, 2005, 02:27 PM // 14:27

Just my build for griffin/mino farming outside Augury.

W/Mo

Healing 9
Smiting 11
Str 7
Axe 8
Tactics 3

Balthazar's Aura
Bonetti's Defense
Cyclone Axe
Vigorous Spirit
Zealot's Fire
Live Vicarously
Mending
Shield of Judgement (E)

I use a 3:1 Vamp Axe and almost full set of glad armor for 26 energy with wyvern helm to get my 7 in str. I have a -1 rec dam enchanted req 7 shadow shield and major absorb plus knights gauntlets for dam reduction.

As stated in first post, Mending and Live Vicarously with 16 energy leftover (10 energy minimum with no pips) then run and aggro the minos/griffins. When I have the full set on me I throw on Vigorous Spirit and then throw out a cyclone axe, immediately followed my a bonetti's. The Vigorous Spirit and Live Vicarously plus Vamp Axe give me 21 health per hit, so I max out each swing. When cyclone recharges I throw on Zealots then cyclone/bonetti's again. When cyclone recharges I throw on Shield of Judgement then cyclone/bonetti's again. When cyclone recharges I put out Balthazar's Aura, then cyclone/bonetti's again.

By the end of Aura most of the griffins and all of the minotaurs should be dead, except for the ones hanging back. At this point Vigorous Spirit should be wearing off, but be careful, this is also when the griffins start their second round of Final Thrust and if you use Vigorous Spirit it will end your Bonetti's and 10 Final Thrusts will end you. I usually don't put Vigorous Spirit back on since their aren't enough leftover monsters to make the 9 health that much better.

When SoJ and Aura recharge, throw them back into the mix. I can usually clear the area of all enemies, including featherfist, before the zealots fire runs out, so right around a minute. All my healing is taking place through Live Vicarously, Vigorous Spirit, and the Vamp Axe, plus the 2 pips of Mending (3 - 1 for vamp axe).

I am working on a video with Fraps, but dont want to dish out the money to get more then 30 seconds of video. Any questions, find me here as Laetitia of Yenemi, which is also my IGN.

L

Sol Faithman · Sep 07, 2005, 03:20 PM // 15:20

I posted this elsewhere in the a Talus Chute farming thread, but it also applies to the griffins (and it seemed more appropriate here anyway):

I do something similar with a w/mo farming build.

Attributes are:

Healing 10
Smiting 12
Strength 1
Axe 9
Tactics 7 (coz of the nice +43 health -2 dmg shield I have)

Skills are:

Cyclone Axe
Bonetti's
Vig Spirit
Symbol of Wrath <- can sub Balth Aura in here if you want
Zealots
Healing Breeze
Sprint
Live Vicariously

I use sprint as I need to run past a couple of mobs to reach the area I farm but it can also be used to fire Zealots.

So, first cast Live Vicariously, then as you approach the first mob, cast Zealots, then as I engage, cast Vig Spirit and hit cyclone axe. This gives me instantly +20 health per foe and usually this is about 10 - 15 foes in one go so that's 200+ health per swing. In addition, casting vig spirit fire zealot for upwards of 22+ damage per foe.

As soon as the cyclone is finished, Bonetti's is ready so I cast this, firing Zealots again. Soon as energy bar is full (after about about 1 second lol) I fire SoW and cyclone again.

Basically, just keep alternating between cyclone and bonetti with other skills inbetween, even if you don't need em (healing breeze, sprint etc) just to fire Zealots and the occassional SoW.

I timed a run this morning and in just over 30 seconds (one cycle of Vig Spirit) I killed 17 lvl 24 foes

Edit:

I've since subbed Balth Aura in for SoW and it's ace - I killed a mob of griffins in around 20 seconds!! For some reason, if you cast Balth Aura just as Bonnetti starts to time out, you use the 25 energy for BA, but Bonetti still seems to be active so the energy bar goes up fast so you can cast sprint etc again to fire Zealots. Doesn't happen every time, but more often than not.

NOTE - I don't take them all on in one go although I can't see why it wouldn't be possible. I do the area in 2 halves. This build will do the bosses but not as quickly as some people say they can do it.

BTW - uses 1.5k glads armor with Sup Vig and Abs, minor strength and major axe (if memory serves me right - typing this at work )

Rich
IGN Sol Faithman

Sol Faithman · Sep 07, 2005, 03:20 PM // 15:20

Duplicate message doh!!

Laetitia of Yenemi · Sep 07, 2005, 06:43 PM // 18:43

Definitely use Balthazar's Aura instead of SoW. Alot of times when I tried SoW the aftercast killed my ensuing cyclone axe and I died. I even tried (before SoJ) both Balth's Aura and SoW and the same problem happened, always on SoW.

L

Yukito Kunisaki · Sep 09, 2005, 03:28 PM // 15:28

Couldn't you set up farming with only 3 rules?

Survive [through healing]
Tank [through effecient dmg reduction]
PBAoE Damage

If you can do all 3, I'm sure you can tank with any combo in this game.

Kamel-o-mat · Sep 11, 2005, 02:19 AM // 02:19

One question ...

The henge of denravi craftable sword has just 15%dmg+ while HP> 50% ... and not the bonus you mentioned. o_O ...

carnivore · Sep 11, 2005, 02:39 AM // 02:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kamel-o-mat

One question ...

The henge of denravi craftable sword has just 15%dmg+ while HP> 50% ... and not the bonus you mentioned. o_O ...

thats not a question