Will I find the routes in this thread for Silent Surf and Pongmei?
The Chestrunners Thread
Lil Leena
Thanks so much for the responses
Will I find the routes in this thread for Silent Surf and Pongmei?
Will I find the routes in this thread for Silent Surf and Pongmei?
Glorg
Bright Star Shine
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Also, if you want the best chest/time ratio in silent surf, I would recommend finishing WoC until there are no more afflicted in the area (Cleansing Silent Surf I think it is), because it means that you can completely skip the alternative route, since it will no longer spawn any chests, meaning you will almost always get 4-5 chests, and very very rarely only 3.
The Mancer Man
Read or saw on video (can't remember) that Echod dont drop next to Stone Rains. Well I got one in Morostav west where the Stone Rains are. Gold but crap. but got one
superraptors
yeh it does, everything in the echovald forest drops it, exceptions are plagueborn mobs & luxon mobs.
SingYai
Does the yellow dots on the pongmei run means where the chances of a chest might spawn?
Whatway
Are most of these chest runs done in nm or hm? Nm would clearly be easier but would hm produce greater chances at max mods?
Glorg
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Originally Posted by SingYai
Does the yellow dots on the pongmei run means where the chances of a chest might spawn?
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Whatway => you can do both, in HM you've more golds, elites tomes and better chance to have max mods (but you can have max mods in nm too)
Whatway
Good to know. Between a sin and war, which is most versatile for running? I'm leaning towards sin for perma SF and better energy regen, but war's higher armor & damage reduction insigs are pretty attractive too.
carnage-runner
Sin without a doubt is better... I'd argue that Dervish's are the best due to the perma 50% speed boost.
In your case though sin>war. SF supplies you with an ability to simply ignore groups by running through them as opposed to having to run around them.
In your case though sin>war. SF supplies you with an ability to simply ignore groups by running through them as opposed to having to run around them.
superraptors
warriors are just as good and almost as fast as sins, the problem comes down to energy regen.
and you can carry sf on your warrior.
and you can carry sf on your warrior.
AndrewSX
Rangers. (R/A ofc, but is some places Escape works too)
Whatway
Some inspiring moments during MQSC has me testing MQ for chestrunnability on my sin, which has been pretty fun (the pvx drok's runner build is actually fairly good for it). When I'm good enough to post meaningful/consistent times and average chest numbers, I will. 
Remembering that I do have a derv, what skills are granting perma-50%? I'd love to take a VoSilence derv through some of these more common chest runs if I can do it that much faster. SF is spoiling me.
Remembering that I do have a derv, what skills are granting perma-50%? I'd love to take a VoSilence derv through some of these more common chest runs if I can do it that much faster. SF is spoiling me.
Premium Unleaded
dstab & pious haste & teardown = up to permanent +50% ims
Since all that is in mysticism, you could still take SF and other shadow art skills like HoS, etc.
Since all that is in mysticism, you could still take SF and other shadow art skills like HoS, etc.
Whatway
So something like:
Myst 12+1, SA 12, +20% enchant weapon
1 - Deadly Paradox
2 - Shadow Form
3 - <Derv Teardown Enchant>
4 - Pious Haste
5 - Dwarven Stability
6 - Heart of Shadow
7 - Shroud of Distress*
8 - Way of the Master*
*Replace one with IAM?
So I'd only need a low-energy, fast cooldown flash enchant. Good candidates to me look like Aura of Thorns (earth, area cripple), Conviction (earth, condition removal), Zealous Renewal (myst, e-management), and Grenth's Fingers (wind, condition transfer). Grenth's Aura seems like a good heal but is expensive. Shield of Force looks fun, but is also expensive.
Time to test I suppose.
Myst 12+1, SA 12, +20% enchant weapon
1 - Deadly Paradox
2 - Shadow Form
3 - <Derv Teardown Enchant>
4 - Pious Haste
5 - Dwarven Stability
6 - Heart of Shadow
7 - Shroud of Distress*
8 - Way of the Master*
*Replace one with IAM?
So I'd only need a low-energy, fast cooldown flash enchant. Good candidates to me look like Aura of Thorns (earth, area cripple), Conviction (earth, condition removal), Zealous Renewal (myst, e-management), and Grenth's Fingers (wind, condition transfer). Grenth's Aura seems like a good heal but is expensive. Shield of Force looks fun, but is also expensive.
Time to test I suppose.
superraptors
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Originally Posted by Whatway
So something like:
Myst 12+1, SA 12, +20% enchant weapon 1 - Deadly Paradox 2 - Shadow Form 3 - <Derv Teardown Enchant> 4 - Pious Haste 5 - Dwarven Stability 6 - Heart of Shadow 7 - Shroud of Distress* 8 - Way of the Master* *Replace one with IAM? So I'd only need a low-energy, fast cooldown flash enchant. Good candidates to me look like Aura of Thorns (earth, area cripple), Conviction (earth, condition removal), Zealous Renewal (myst, e-management), and Grenth's Fingers (wind, condition transfer). Grenth's Aura seems like a good heal but is expensive. Shield of Force looks fun, but is also expensive. Time to test I suppose. |
Whatway
No perma SF + perma +50%? Or just use SF situationally?
superraptors
yer pretty much situationally, ive never ran mqsc but i don't recall it being that clustered
waynevan2000
Here is my perma SF+50% IMS on D/A
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A vid showing CoF chest run. Switched Shroud for a shadow step.
http://youtu.be/uH6OP3mLBP0?hd=1
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A vid showing CoF chest run. Switched Shroud for a shadow step.
http://youtu.be/uH6OP3mLBP0?hd=1
Chilos
I have 20 lockpicks and I don't care about loot. I just want the Unlucky title (1000 points shy). Should I go for Whitman? I get about 100 when I break a lockpick, so I wouldn't run dry with them.
superraptors
hard mode any area really.
if you want speed just go pongmei.
if you want speed just go pongmei.
system.fan
agreeing with raptors... pongmei is fast AND can definitely give u good drops aswell
Chilos
Nevermind, just got Unlucky on Witman's. In my opinion it was faster than Pongmei noting that I only wanted Unlucky, I'm not assassin (and I didn't have the running build) nor I cared about drops. I get about 25 points on Unlucky on Pongmei while Witman's gave about 100.
Glorg
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I get about 25 points on Unlucky on Pongmei while Witman's gave about 100.
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lost picks will give you 2.5 points for every 1% chance of retention.
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Chilos
Doesn't Witman have Shiverpeaks Chests in NM? Shiverpeaks Chests have 30% retention rate + the bonus from Treasure Hunter and Lucky (both 1, so the bonus is 15%), so 2.5x(30+15)= 112,5 Unlucky.
Isn't that the correct formula? 2.5 x (A + B), A is Chest's retention rate and B is inherent retention rate.
Isn't that the correct formula? 2.5 x (A + B), A is Chest's retention rate and B is inherent retention rate.
A Perfect Slayer
Hey,
I was Chest Running tonight and got a req 8 purple on Hard Mode. The drop wasn't max dmg but still first time for me getting one from a chest.
I was Chest Running tonight and got a req 8 purple on Hard Mode. The drop wasn't max dmg but still first time for me getting one from a chest.
system.fan
gratz Ann45kakda....
Anyone got a "new" chestrun in ascalon area HM?
Trying to get more "Wooden Bucklers" and "Round Shields" for my collection.... so i thought Ascalon HM should be a good area to get some.
If anyone got another idea on which chestruns i could get a lot of those feel free to let me know =)
cheers
Anyone got a "new" chestrun in ascalon area HM?
Trying to get more "Wooden Bucklers" and "Round Shields" for my collection.... so i thought Ascalon HM should be a good area to get some.
If anyone got another idea on which chestruns i could get a lot of those feel free to let me know =)
cheers
superraptors
yeah ascalon will be the best area to get them as there isn't creature specific loot tied to the mobs.
could try tengu mobs near lions arch, but ill have no idea.
could try tengu mobs near lions arch, but ill have no idea.
Bright Star Shine
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Hey,
I was Chest Running tonight and got a req 8 purple on Hard Mode. The drop wasn't max dmg but still first time for me getting one from a chest. |
A Perfect Slayer
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That dropped from the chests in Pongmei, it happens all the time. It's nothing special, at all. You can get purples up to q8 11-21 20% HSR from those chests, I have a screen of one on my comp, but Imgur is screwing me, so can't upload it. It's somewhere in the high-low req thread as well.
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Bright Star Shine
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Yeah, I knew you could get req 8 from chests in NM but didn't know you could get them in HM as well as it was the first time for me getting one
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Got this in Pongmei HM as well. The base stats are the best you can find on a q8 staff now.
exc3ssive
Can somebody tell me where is the best place to farm lucky/unlucky points>
I have much more unlucky than lucky points so i figured i need to do any area of eotn. Is that right and which one is the fastest? Help me please
I have much more unlucky than lucky points so i figured i need to do any area of eotn. Is that right and which one is the fastest? Help me please
Bright Star Shine
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Can somebody tell me where is the best place to farm lucky/unlucky points>
I have much more unlucky than lucky points so i figured i need to do any area of eotn. Is that right and which one is the fastest? Help me please |
Short answer: Pongmei HM
Long answer: look for it
exc3ssive
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I could tell you how to read... This question has been asked twenty times in this thread alone already.
Short answer: Pongmei HM Long answer: look for it |
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The answer: You are dumb.
superraptors
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You could tell me how to read?! You forgot to learn yourself first!
How does a pongmei HM is going to help me make lucky points, when it has 10%RR ? The answer: You are dumb. |
exc3ssive
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Originally Posted by superraptors
then run it in normal mode, what is the problem?
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Starting areas of the campaigns - Ascalon, Istan, Shing Jea has more than 40%. And that is the answer
Thanks for your helpful posts =]
Bright Star Shine
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You could tell me how to read?! You forgot to learn yourself first!
How does a pongmei HM is going to help me make lucky points, when it has 10%RR ? The answer: You are dumb. |
As to where farming Lucky will be better, the early starting areas indeed have higher retention rates, but a lot less chests. Too be honest, if you want to run an area in NM, I'd go for Silent Surf, or -and I hate saying this- Boreal Station, because at least these two still give you treasure hunter points. Pongmei NM would be great for Lucky, but also won't give you treasure points. It does have a minimal chance of dropping q8 Echovalds though :P
tooburns
thread revival ! still people chest running arround here ?
sun strike
occasionally just to rid the boredom.
currently i alternate between these areas:
-hells precipice
-pongmei
-xaquang skyway
-dragons throat
going to try out some raisu palace and the area outside granite citadel(south side) in the future.
currently i alternate between these areas:
-hells precipice
-pongmei
-xaquang skyway
-dragons throat
going to try out some raisu palace and the area outside granite citadel(south side) in the future.
tooburns
im in silent surf atm trying to get outcast weapons. Drop is mehh ! on 80 picks i got 2 outcast staff and 1 shield
ill go in rhea's for the next 80
ill go in rhea's for the next 80