Curse

ockwell · May 14, 2007, 01:32 AM // 01:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolusX

Crude are not rare.

And so aren't Serpent Axes.

Dropped from Cho.

But the thing with non-inscribable items is that people can flock-farm the mobs that drop them and they still have a decent value as long as the skin is desirable (talking about 15^50 low req). Cus not everyone will get a 15^50 with low req.
Maybe not as high anymore, but still decent.

Btw, this serpent still sold for 100k after HM was already out.

Cho is an awful place to farm tho, money is awful, only 500-1k per 8 minutes run.

But this place drop some of the rarest item in game (well, before HM came out) like mammoth, broadsword, and tribal.

Another:

I don't think this one is sell-able tho, gonna customize it for Koss

General DS · May 14, 2007, 01:59 AM // 01:59

If only i knew these were rare sooner...

I found 2 gold req 9, 1 with 15>50, 1 with +5 energy
and 2 other gold req 10 and req 12.

I could be pretty rich compared to my usual standards right now...

I found these while vanquishing shing jea, 1 from mantid, 1 from sickened guard, 1 from naga, 1 from locked chest.

it doesnt say they drop from mantid/mantis ( i cant remember what 1 is on shing jea), but they do

Denetor Pl · May 16, 2007, 08:35 AM // 08:35

Drop for me in Minister Cho's Estate

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Tsunami Rain · May 16, 2007, 09:31 AM // 09:31

I've been doing a little testing about a week ago for serpant axes. It seems I'm always tagged for farming so maybe someone can come out and give me a clear report if anything else drops.

heres the two areas:

start off in tsumei village (on hard mode)
go out to Panjiang peninsula and head south east to the cave (near by the bridge near the southern most point). In that cave are a bunch of naga. I've farmed them with my 55 monk/dervish build (will talk about that later) but they've only droped purples (then again I've been tagged for farming).

The other spot is this:

You start in tsumei village (hard mode) and have the naga source mission with you. Head to the mission objective area (that other cave-like area) out in sunqua vale. There you will find another large group of naga (they have mesmers and such). Now I havent tried THIS exact farm because my monk already did the naga source mission. It just occured to me that it may work.

Anyway heres the build:

55 Monk Dervish

smite 16
prot 12
divine 8
earth 8

ps, soa, mystic regen, soj, blessed sig, essence bond, balthazar's spirit, blessed aura

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not saying this will drop a gold serpant axe but if nagas do drop them this may work.

Pyro maniac · May 16, 2007, 10:02 AM // 10:02

I have been doing the 'cave' run for a while in Panjiang peninsula

in about 20 runs, I only got a non-max white serpent axe.
Build I used was a SoA 55 hp with either SS or SV.

AscalonWarrior · May 16, 2007, 11:36 AM // 11:36

I've done few runs in Cave and in Sunqua Vale, nothing amazing yet, few gold Sunqua Blades.

PS. SS is alot faster than SoJ

onerabbit · May 16, 2007, 08:33 PM // 20:33

Erm .. i did my 1st run fine .. even got a crude Axe.

so i ent wout again and my enchants started being stripped =o

did i do something wrong or is there enimies u got to skip

{Chos estate Explorable}

lennymon · May 16, 2007, 08:48 PM // 20:48

Minister Cho's explorable has afflicted mesmers, which strip enchants...afflicted necros which have order of apostasy (which strips enchants) AND sickened servants with starburst (which goes through prots). Enjoy those guys. Rt VWK?
Personally I just do the mission...

onerabbit · May 16, 2007, 09:06 PM // 21:06

I did the mission, but togo died -.-

managed 2 kill ~20 foes thhough .. i guess its easier and quicker.

Avatar Exico · May 16, 2007, 09:19 PM // 21:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by lennymon

Minister Cho's explorable has afflicted mesmers, which strip enchants...afflicted necros which have order of apostasy (which strips enchants) AND sickened servants with starburst (which goes through prots). Enjoy those guys. Rt VWK?
Personally I just do the mission...

Those Allicted Memers on Hard Mode dont have Stip Skill. Iv 55 there about 5 times alrdy and they dont use any Strip Skill because it Noob Island Monsters Skils just Buff up with a Elite addded in is all. So 55 Mo/N works awsome in Minster Cho's Explored Area they die faster with SS.

lennymon · May 16, 2007, 09:38 PM // 21:38

ah, neato, perhaps Ill play around there just for the plagueborn stuf. Anyways, the sickened guards are gonna drop the serpent axes primarily I think, and there are about 20 in the first part of the mission. The only trick to it is to aggro well ahead of togo...

edit: I should also add fyi, the [wiki]Afflicted Horror[/wiki] drops plagueborn mauls about half the time if yer into those.

Avatar Exico · May 16, 2007, 09:50 PM // 21:50

I like to Farm the Explored Area is easier and been careful what you see to take on and it awsome Xp when you get to the Sickened Pets.

TarjaTeOrteyn · May 16, 2007, 10:26 PM // 22:26

I've been farming both Mission and Explorable...in explorable it seems to me that there arn't enough sickened gaurds to make it worthwhile...I did however get a gold req 11 15% in stance serpant in the mission...only problem it seems it that what drops depends heavily on who lands the killing blow...if Togo or Yigo do you get either a white or nothing 99% of the time imo...any input would be appreciated

6am3 Fana71c · May 16, 2007, 11:27 PM // 23:27

I did Estate yesterday, got 8 gold items, but all of em were crap... and no Serpents

I did it again today, no gold items AT ALL.... only purples, bunch of purples... this is gettin overfarmed i guess...gonna try that cave lol

lennymon · May 17, 2007, 12:01 AM // 00:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarjaTeOrteyn

I've been farming both Mission and Explorable...in explorable it seems to me that there arn't enough sickened gaurds to make it worthwhile...I did however get a gold req 11 15% in stance serpant in the mission...only problem it seems it that what drops depends heavily on who lands the killing blow...if Togo or Yigo do you get either a white or nothing 99% of the time imo...any input would be appreciated

I've noticed a similar trend, but don't have enough data to support a real theory there yet. I run SV and vamp gaze though and the damage togo and yijo put out is pathetic so they really need to get lucky to kill something.

bodyboarder · May 18, 2007, 02:13 PM // 14:13

ok so i was doing the urgoz farm ( like everyone

) and then this dropped..

its only white and was only 5-25 but these guy must have the potential to drop max golds ones...anyone else had one drop in urgoz?

QoH · May 18, 2007, 04:48 PM // 16:48

i got 2 serpents so far in Urgoz, one white non max crap and one blue non max crap

warpedheat101 · May 18, 2007, 05:01 PM // 17:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by lennymon

Minister Cho's explorable has afflicted mesmers, which strip enchants...afflicted necros which have order of apostasy (which strips enchants) AND sickened servants with starburst (which goes through prots). Enjoy those guys. Rt VWK?
Personally I just do the mission...

i've farmed there more than 70 times and mesmers dont strip enchants...necros are easy hide behind a wall and cast ss on him then you wont be stripped...and starburst hasnt gone through prots any of the times i've done it

Marth Reynolds · May 18, 2007, 06:05 PM // 18:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by warpedheat101

i've farmed there more than 70 times and mesmers dont strip enchants...necros are easy hide behind a wall and cast ss on him then you wont be stripped...and starburst hasnt gone through prots any of the times i've done it

[skill]shield of judgment[/skill][skill]stone striker[/skill][skill]shielding hands[/skill][skill]protective spirit[/skill][skill]restful breeze[/skill][skill]essence bond[/skill][skill]balthazar's spirit[/skill][skill]blessed aura[/skill]
This works pretty decent for the estate (explorable), stone striker is only needed vs afflicted necromancers, it can't kill the afflicted ele + necromancers groups tough to much degen.
Drops are decent here but the sickend gaurds with bows often drop the best for me.
Essence bond and stone striker don't work together to well it seems, does anyone know a way around essonce bond most of the times not triggering with stone striker on?

lennymon · May 18, 2007, 06:34 PM // 18:34

I find the necro/ele pairs not too bad with the SV nec, but I run spirit bond, healing breeze AND vamp gaze. As long as you go in with full energy that is since the degen is horrific. Spirit bond triggers a LOT in those fights

FYI: Starburst issue, resolved at least for the exploreable, and I see now that the Cho mesmers dont carry the full skillset (thank goodness). Starburst in the mission (there's a servant immediately following the menagerie who I've tested this on): I hit PS, aggro well ahead of Togo/Yijo and he comes right for me and starbursts every time. Every time I've died... with prot spirit, without Togo/Yijo close enough to trigger Star Burst's aoe. It seems normal in the explorable though.