SS and LB title maxing time

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Steboy93
Steboy93
Furnace Stoker
#1
Im thinking about going for KoaBD on my warrior, i already have prot of tyria and elona and am part way though factions so they will be my first 3.
I have heard that compared to other titles sunspear and lightbringer are relativly easy to max, so i have two questions:
1) How long roughly will it take to max ss and lb by doing a show of force HM in sulpherous wastes, i am already rank8 ss(7500) and rank4 lb(2500).
2) are there any less time consuming/easy titles to max than ss and lb.

Thanks in advance for your help, i look forward to hearing peoples views and opinions.
Star Gazer
Star Gazer
Wilds Pathfinder
#2
cartographer titles are pretty easy to do as well...you still quite a bit ways to go...roughly 1k~+/- on the SS/LB runs out of remains...it gets old REAL quick...skill hunter is also an easy title to do, just takes some cash to get it
bhavv
bhavv
Furnace Stoker
#3
Protector titles, Skill hunter, cartogrophor and grind ones like SS + LB are the easyiest ones to get.
thezed
thezed
Krytan Explorer
#4
I would go for the Skill hunter titles. They are not hard and have the added advantage of being a lot of fun.
Croco Clouds
Croco Clouds
Wilds Pathfinder
#5
yep Skill Hunter is better than grind those SS/LB title, since searching boss makes u gain skill point. The problem is it's gonna cost u some buck for sig cap
Government Flu
Government Flu
Krytan Explorer
#6
Skill Hunter is expensive, but very easy to attain. Tyrian Skill hunter, however, becomes tedious and all too annoying with random boss spawns and then random boss no-shows.

That's the skill title I went for when I was getting Kind of a Big Deal. I'd recommend going for Canthan or Elonian skill hunter instead.

However, SS/LB is very easy to farm using the two quests in the desolation (the one where you use the rune of DOOM) and you'll actually get some gold drops and a few things you can sell to the merchant, creating a steady source of income.

It's a breeze farming those points in HM with wurms and is probably your best bet.

Happy hunting.
stretchs
stretchs
Jungle Guide
#7
When i did my KoaBD it was Tyrian Skill finder that wanted to make me pull my hair out because of the random spawns. Elonian and Canthan werent that bad. As for the SS/LB they are indeed quite tedious.

As well the money is a big issue for Cap Sigs, but also be sure you have over 200 skill points open to start from as it takes alot of them too, i have 4mil experience on my current KoaBD and my biggest limitation was Skill Pts as I had to do things just to get them.
Star Gazer
Star Gazer
Wilds Pathfinder
#8
nah, you dont need 200 to start from...remember, you get 5k exp for capping, and surely you will gain exp by doing quests and missions to get them (if you chose to do so)
M
My Sweet Revenga
Krytan Explorer
#9
If I remember correctly, I was farming about 5-10k LB points per day. I was only playing about 2-3 hours per day at the time.....

SS points I farmed from starting gates of desolation instead. Was making 10k per day for sure cuz I actually kept track that time.
Sarevok Thordin
Sarevok Thordin
Desert Nomad
#10
I'm thinking of the skill hunter titles since they SOUND like they'd have a more practical benefit in GW2.
wetsparks
wetsparks
Desert Nomad
#11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarevok Thordin
I'm thinking of the skill hunter titles since they SOUND like they'd have a more practical benefit in GW2.
Also more practical right now.

But, to the OP, you figure 600 lb points per 20 minutes is about 1800 points per hour, if you have a good group. And you need 47,500 more points to max out LB, is probably about 24 hours of doing nothing but that Sulfurous Waste run.

Skill hunter may take more time than that depending on how many you already have, especially in Tyria, where as mentioned, there are random boss spawns and sometimes the random equals no boss spawn. Also, capping in the RoT can be a major pain, especially the Paragon, Ele, and Monk bosses.
Wilkon Dawes
Wilkon Dawes
Academy Page
#12
to get max LB and SS it will take some time. im working on maxing 4 titles at the moment, SS/LB, seeker of wisdom, and treasure hunter all using the same run.

in the sulferous wastes and so far its about 4 days worth of work about 4 hours a day.
Emik
Emik
Jungle Guide
#13
I've been doing the SS/LB run for two days straight with over 70 runs a day...
Maxed my SS and am at 35k LB's but then EotN was released.
Also you'd say man that's alot of time to put in but don't forget it's HM...
I've made around 230k on sheer gold drops.
Sergeant of Marines
Sergeant of Marines
Desert Nomad
#14
Quote:
Originally Posted by Emik
I've been doing the SS/LB run for two days straight with over 70 runs a day...
Maxed my SS and am at 35k LB's but then EotN was released.
Also you'd say man that's alot of time to put in but don't forget it's HM...
I've made around 230k on sheer gold drops
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Wouldn't get his hopes up on this, the drops are random and unless you get that Rare Elemental Sword Drop, then most of it is Hero/Merch Food anyways...Although Ele Swords will go down alot in price since EOTN has come out and started dropping non max white ones

I would say do the Farm for about an hour or two a day then go do something else, it will make it a little easier on you from having to just grind it out, unless you like that sort of thing.
tuna-fish_sushi
tuna-fish_sushi
Desert Nomad
#15
I seriously doubt you did 70 runs a day for 2 reasons.

1) After doing a decent amount of runs my fastest time was 12 minutes.
70x12= 840 minutes = 14hours of just doing this run as fast as you can.

2) 1 run nets in a minimum of 600lb points.
70x600= 42k times that by 2 days = 84k. Yet you claim to only have 35k lb.

Though i can agree with you that this run is a good way to net money over time. However with the discovery of Elemental Swords in GWEN, you cannot get extremely lucky and make 100k in one run.

I have not tried the skill hunter titles but the ss/lb farm is very quick and you can get max on both in about 60-70 runs.
xshadowwolfx
xshadowwolfx
Krytan Explorer
#16
Just wondering anyone care to make a list of the easiest maxable titles with one being the easiest =D That would be uberly AWesome and I will love you.
Zeek Aran
Zeek Aran
Forge Runner
#17
*didn't read posts besides OP*

The Sahljala runs will max out your LB before your SS. When that happens, it's faster to do the run that starts from the Gate of Desolation. That's what I did. ^^

EDIT:

shadowwolf: Protector titles, then SS/LB, then skills, then cartography.

Unless you have 2 million to drop off for a lot of sweets.
d
dies like fish
Jungle Guide
#18
Quote:
Originally Posted by xshadowwolfx
Just wondering anyone care to make a list of the easiest maxable titles with one being the easiest =D That would be uberly AWesome and I will love you.
Easy titles to max from Easiest to Hardest:

Sweet Tooth
Drunkard
Protector of Tyria
Protector of Cantha
Protector of Elona
Canthan Skill Hunter
Elonian Skill Hunter
SS/LB
Elonian Cartographer
Canthan Cartographer
Tyrian Cartographer
Tyrian Skill Hunter
Wisdom
Treasure
Dallcingi
Dallcingi
Desert Nomad
#19
Quote:
Originally Posted by dies like fish
Easy titles to max from Easiest to Hardest:

Sweet Tooth
Drunkard
Protector of Tyria
Protector of Cantha
Protector of Elona
Canthan Skill Hunter
Elonian Skill Hunter
SS/LB
Elonian Cartographer
Canthan Cartographer
Tyrian Cartographer
Tyrian Skill Hunter
Wisdom
Treasure
What kind of order is that lol... wisdom should be higher all u need to do is buy unid gold and id away.... drunk is tedious but easy sure. u need cash for sweets so that is the same as wisdeom. ss/lb is easy as well just take heroes adn wham gg. it just takes time.
blue.rellik
blue.rellik
Forge Runner
#20
Tyrian Cartographer is harder than Skill Hunter. Skill Hunter is relatively easy though frustrating since you know where you need to go, the only difference is that sometimes you have to do it over and over again to get the right spawns

I'm currently at 97.5% Tyrian Cartographer and I'm at my wit's end at finding the last 2.5%