Curse

Zena Starlight · May 07, 2007, 01:19 AM // 01:19

Mind sharing that build?

Hexum · May 07, 2007, 03:28 AM // 03:28

I got all this in one run earlier. Stats are meh on most.

Moa Bird Cultist · May 10, 2007, 03:12 PM // 15:12

Thats a very nice haul, Hexum. I played about with the ele build some and I've come to the conclusion that Arcane Echo Sliver Armor is actually considerably slower. The reason why this is, is that the pBAoE skills placed in the build contribute significantly more in terms of group damage. A good casting chain of AoE spells will net at least 2000 area damage, sometimes upward of 3000 if you chain all 3 before the mob scatters. Sliver acts as the 'finisher' against melee mobs - killing a target or 3 before they can flee out of range of the spell.

As for good drops recently, I've had 2 more Fiery Blade Axes, another Icy, a r9 Istani Shield, a Vamp Stonehead Hammer and more tomes and scrolls than you can shake a stick at. I'm also getting quite good at taking down the entire stormbringer mob

Infact I've been having so much fun doing this that I decided to get myself a couple of new bits of armour as well as a long overdue superior vigor for Ren's armour too, not to mention a gold tattooed scimitar at the bargain price of 10k

I've probably spent about 50k in the last 3 or 4 days, but thanks to this run, I still just about have 200k in storage. So yeah, I think I might have found my calling

ALSO EDIT: I know I said this run was good for Xp, but... isn't 500k a week a bit much...? (in 2 weeks I've scored 1 million Xp from doing this fairly casually...)

DShrike · May 12, 2007, 10:32 PM // 22:32

I killed everything in the zone except 6 mandragors, and heres the loot I ended up with. Both gold bows were req9 with max mods

Hexum · May 13, 2007, 03:32 AM // 03:32

I tried one time to take down Stormbringer, died and haven't tried since. LoL.

Corpselooter · May 13, 2007, 06:30 AM // 06:30

What monster does exactly drop the Icy/Fiery Blade Axes? Since i have done about ~50 runs there now and still no Blade Axe.

Avatar Exico · May 13, 2007, 03:33 PM // 15:33

Grats on the Build. Very Detailed out. Now Ele's have something to look forward to Farm in Low Levels of NF in Hard Mode.

sentinel tank · May 13, 2007, 05:01 PM // 17:01

are those bladeaxes worth alot???

Bug John · May 14, 2007, 08:35 AM // 08:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corpselooter

What monster does exactly drop the Icy/Fiery Blade Axes? Since i have done about ~50 runs there now and still no Blade Axe.

I was about to ask the same thing, so I decided to kill verything I can in the zone... Got 2 icy blade axe drops in the same run from stormseed jacarandas.

I don't know if other monsters in the zone drop them, if their drop rate is higher, or if I just got lucky, but the only blade axes I got came from jacarandas.

Stormlord Alex · May 14, 2007, 09:03 AM // 09:03

Icy Blade Axes drop from the Nephila, for sure. Just got one

cheers, Cultist!

Moa Bird Cultist · May 14, 2007, 04:00 PM // 16:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corpselooter

What monster does exactly drop the Icy/Fiery Blade Axes? Since i have done about ~50 runs there now and still no Blade Axe.

Well, just about anything in the zone can drop them, that would seem to be the general concensus from everyone who has posted here. As for the droprate, well, it's not massively high, so it'll take a bit of plain old fashioned luck. The sheer percentage chance of getting a gold drop from any given enemy seems quite high, but as with anything that relies on probability, you can still have a negative result a thousand times over if you're unlucky.

In other news, this run has scored me my collector of wisdom title (r2)

Heheh, only 299 more for r3

(thats 150 runs if we say 2 golds on avg per run @ 20 minutes per run tops. 50 hours

) Ah, what can I do, I've already wasted 2500 playin this game, what harm's another 50 gonna do?

technofern · May 14, 2007, 04:13 PM // 16:13

so ive been farming this alot very fast....so does anyone else realize the drops become less?

Hexum · May 14, 2007, 04:41 PM // 16:41

I got mine from spiders and termites. And yes the drops get less after a few runs. For me at least.

ThorDiantral · May 14, 2007, 07:28 PM // 19:28

Anyone found another place this can farm to get rid of anti farm code for 2-3 days? this is a great run, now if only there were some easier way to sell this stuff then merch or trade spam

Moa Bird Cultist · May 15, 2007, 03:05 PM // 15:05

Okay, what I'm about to say is purely speculative, so do not take it too literally.

Quote:

Originally Posted by www.guildwars.com

Repeated map entry no longer reduces loot.

Now, theres a few ways this can be interpreted.

1: It's a bare faced lie - the common belief of much of the player base.
2: It's actually true - just accept it for what it is.
3: It is the truth, but it is not the only thing that governs droprate. - the belief that this may well work in a similar way to the unlocked chests in Elona.

Allow me to explain. The unlocked chests are now fairly common knowledge amongst the player base and having been in the game for some time now have been subject to no small amount of observation. What is known is that they refill approximately every 30 days and that for each one you open, the chances of getting a gold item or gem over a purple decreases. Now going back to the refill rate, it has also been observed that it can take much longer than 30 days for them to refill for some characters and that generally speaking, these characters are the most played on a given account.

My experiences reflect this - on my primary account I have a grand total of 19 characters, 2 of which are mules. Now, predictably, only 5 or 6 of these actually get played and even then I tend to stick to one character at a time. My experiences have been that for my less played characters, the chests have refilled every 30 days on the dot. As for my more played characters, chests have refilled, but the drops have got progressively worse. And then there's Rena, my first and most important character. The chests have not refilled at all for her since February. I've certainly played as her almost constantly the past month or two, so that would correlate with the evidence given on the subject already. So maybe droprate works a similar way? So if drops start to suck, switch to another character and the drops might be better.

I really don't know if this works or not, if it's true or no. It's as I said, just pure speculation on my part, though I'm now motivated to test this for myself. If anyone else wants to try this and offer their opinion, that'd be very useful to all concerned, I'm sure. I'm going to take a neutral stance on droprate myself, at least until it's been analysed further. So no calling me a conspiracy theorist, ok?

squan · May 16, 2007, 09:22 AM // 09:22

hmmmm did anyone ever tried arcane echo, echo and silver armor?

Sk8tborderx · May 16, 2007, 10:52 AM // 10:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by squan

hmmmm did anyone ever tried arcane echo, echo and silver armor?

why waste all that energy? Just use glyph of renewal, with 16 in earth, and 20% enchant mod, it can be kept up for the majority of the time, and doesn't waste a ton of energy like echo and arcane echo would.

Gawayne · May 16, 2007, 05:26 PM // 17:26

With Warrior:
Restoration: 12
Str: 10+1+3
Tactics: 8+1
VWK, Veangeful Weapon, Resilient Weapon, Bonetti' Defense, "Watch Yourself!", Dolyak's Signet, Weilder's Boon, Enraging Charge.

Same run. Against the spiders you shouldn't need Resilient Weapon or Weilder's Boon, they kill thenselves with 2 VWK casts, and your AL is to high for then to cause any real dmg. Against the Termites keep Resilient all the time and heal yourself with Weilder's boon if needed, and try not to aggro more than 5 or 6 Termites, Energy won't be a problem cause you have Bonetti's. Try to stay away from Skale Blighter, Vile touch will probably own you. Didn't tryed to take on the Jacarandas with this build.

Another build you could use is:
Earth Magic: 12
Str: 8+1+3
Tactics: 10+1

Glyph of Renewal, Sliver Armor, Armor of Earth, "Watch Yourself!", Bonetti's Defense, Lion's Comfort, Enraging Charge, Earth Attunement

The run takes a little longer with this build and it's a little harder too. But i got a lot more drops with it, maybe cause of that thing ppl tell about not killing all the mob at once will give you more drops. Use a +20% Enchants sword or axe, Rajazan or Totem Axe would be nice.

You can't take on Skale Blighters with this one either, neither Jacaranda's, but like i said, te drop seens to be better. In 3 runs, got around 5 Golden itens with this build, max and low req but crappy skin, some purple, 3 Picks and some gold. And it's a lot more fun than droping 1 ecto and 3 Blues every 3 runs on the Smiters.

I know, i know, with an Elementalist it's much easier. But my Ele is a lvl 15 Prophecies one and i'm too lazy to do 15 Attribute point quests with him right now, and i don't wanna even THINK about hunting Elite Skills. Besides that i have a Famine to cap and a 55 Monk to lvl. Lol.

clawofcrimson · May 16, 2007, 05:37 PM // 17:37

I do it with my 55 Ss monk...got some very nice drops

Hexum · May 16, 2007, 10:29 PM // 22:29

the 55 can solo anywhere, my monk is level 9 and i don't feel like running it through NF.