Your mission...(farming challenge)

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

..if you choose to be bothered is to create a farming build for a certain area!


Kinda like a challenge, I'll even reward a prize for the farming communitys most fav build in the selected area!

The prize: A mini-pig!


The first selected area is Nolani Academy (Mission), you are to create a build that can solo in Hard mode.

For this area alone, due to the nature of the mission we'll focus on opening the gates and mass farming the rushing charr.

Rules
Must be solo (In the event no solo build is found a 2man build will be considered)
Must be Hard mode, due to drops in the normal mode low area being worthless.
Any class, with and secondary is welcomed.
Must meet a min 85% survival rate, no 10% survive 90% die rate builds!

Happy hunting

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

55hp SOA Mo/D with mystic regen.

you will hear similar build for each area.

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

Welll someone hasn't actually been there!


please resist from posting the first cookie-cutter build you can think of.

zwei2stein, that build gets pwned there, try researching first next time.
your suggestion is wrong, no mini-pig for you!

Dogma Blutlust

Dogma Blutlust

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Germany...

W/

this is just a weird research of a farmnoob i think^^...no challenge
but Earth-Ele with Breeze and Balthaura....shiver armor DOES work..i dont want the pig

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogma Blutlust
this is just a weird research of a farmnoob i think^^...no challenge
but Earth-Ele with Breeze and Balthaura....shiver armor DOES work..i dont want the pig :disappointment:
No if I was a farming noob I would be farming undead out side the hot springs.

I was trying to add flare to a challenge, thats why I picked the area (not because of any specific loot or special items), and because of the challenge involved.

So Dogman Blutlust, post a screen shot of your completed Hard mode run, and your build is incomplete, otherwise I'll assume its another cookie-cutter know-all knee-jerk post. And is that shiver armour or sliver armour?
I assume you countered the knockdowns somehow, it is possible with an earth-ele.

Sk8tborderx

Sk8tborderx

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

PA

Us Are Not [leet]

W/

Ward of stability stops KD.

Dogma Blutlust

Dogma Blutlust

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Germany...

W/

kk screen will be added maybe in evening

Tsunami Rain

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

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or even

Owol0EO8zBhr4UPursXDSKRfIPAI

if you want

cast your maintained enchants run to the switch and check to see what boss spawned. If it is the necro or monk boss just /resign and try again.

You may get knocked down by meteor shower you can use fleeting stability (or not take it and chance it (like I do)). To avoid them from scattering and killing rurik just stand in the corner by the door. The top build is a more stable build. just remember to watch out for the necro and monk boss.

not in this for the mini-pig so im not going to go post a whole strategy run etc.

If you want to make it a challenge you should pick a harder spot for your next challenge.

Pyro maniac

Pyro maniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Don't find the knockdown very hard, just step out of the MS
Were thinking of a SoA build with Mo/N with SS and IP. No degen there so no need for Mo/D anyway
However with SS the Knockdown will be hard

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

55 Mo/D

Prot Spirit, SoA, SH, Fleeting Stability, ZF, SoJ, Balth Spirit, Blessed Aura.


=]

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain
Owol0EO8zBhr4UPWJ3VDyDR9KPAI

or even

Owol0EO8zBhr4UPursXDSKRfIPAI

if you want

cast your maintained enchants run to the switch and check to see what boss spawned. If it is the necro or monk boss just /resign and try again.

You may get knocked down by meteor shower you can use fleeting stability (or not take it and chance it (like I do)). To avoid them from scattering and killing rurik just stand in the corner by the door. The top build is a more stable build. just remember to watch out for the necro and monk boss.

not in this for the mini-pig so im not going to go post a whole strategy run etc.

If you want to make it a challenge you should pick a harder spot for your next challenge. Hmmm I like the necor monk boss aviodance idea.
anyone willing to test this build?


And for the next spot I promise it will be harder, this was a begining so I thought something low where everyone is likely to have or easy to get. But yet still offers a challenge. The knockdowns and different bosses sold me on the idea.

Rainman

Rainman

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

none

P/

use the famous normal mode w/mo farming build... simple farming at its finest

Mourne

Mourne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

North Carolina, US

The Arctic Marauders [TAM]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu
..if you choose to be bothered is to create a farming build for a certain area!


Kinda like a challenge, I'll even reward a prize for the farming communitys most fav build in the selected area!

The prize: A mini-pig!


The first selected area is Nolani Academy (Mission), you are to create a build that can solo in Hard mode.

For this area alone, due to the nature of the mission we'll focus on opening the gates and mass farming the rushing charr.

Rules
Must be solo (In the event no solo build is found a 2man build will be considered)
Must be Hard mode, due to drops in the normal mode low area being worthless.
Any class, with and secondary is welcomed.
Must meet a min 85% survival rate, no 10% survive 90% die rate builds!

Happy hunting This area has been farmed since the beginning of hardmode. Why don't you just do a simple search for it...

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mourne
This area has been farmed since the beginning of hardmode. Why don't you just do a simple search for it...
Ignorance should be painful and deadly!

You've missed the idea of the thread, and I'm not going to explain it. I'v had my limit of ignnorance exposure.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainman
use the famous normal mode w/mo farming build... simple farming at its finest Not part of the rules, but nice try. Hard mode is a must!

no damage tank

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Inside Your Head [Psy]

W/

W/Rt maybe? i dunno, but it works at other places in hard mode

andrewf

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

I Seek Guild H K

R/

netniwk

netniwk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Bellgium

W/E

^ neat idea ,how is the pet surviving,though?

Rainman

Rainman

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

none

P/

because arashi is the rangers beacons most famous build creator and his pet has super powers..

look at the skills plz!

gj arashi btw and to roshi : it should work in HM with a few more changes

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

It looks sweet, sadly I can't test it. Don't have a ranger.


But if we can get a "Yeah it works" from a few people, he just could win.
Don't worry I have a few mini-pigs to give out

netniwk

netniwk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Bellgium

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainman
because arashi is the rangers beacons most famous build creator and his pet has super powers..

look at the skills plz!
I saw he is healing his pet,just didnt think that would be enought to let it survive a whole mob in HM....

andrewf

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

I Seek Guild H K

R/

I take 3-4 @ a time, with Ot Cry my pet take very little damage..

BUT pet management is difficult to master..

Mickey

Mickey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Eternal Insight

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu
..if you choose to be bothered is to create a farming build for a certain area!


Kinda like a challenge, I'll even reward a prize for the farming communitys most fav build in the selected area!

The prize: A mini-pig!


The first selected area is Nolani Academy (Mission), you are to create a build that can solo in Hard mode.

For this area alone, due to the nature of the mission we'll focus on opening the gates and mass farming the rushing charr.

Rules
Must be solo (In the event no solo build is found a 2man build will be considered)
Must be Hard mode, due to drops in the normal mode low area being worthless.
Any class, with and secondary is welcomed.
Must meet a min 85% survival rate, no 10% survive 90% die rate builds!

Happy hunting This sounds pretty stupid, there is about 3 builds that are equally good right now to take this mission:

A/E Gloom Farmer
Mo/D Fleeting SoJ 55
E/D Earth SS Fleeting, Mystic

These builds have been out for weeks...wondering how the OP missed them...

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickey
This sounds pretty stupid, there is about 3 builds that are equally good right now to take this mission:

A/E Gloom Farmer
Mo/D Fleeting SoJ 55
E/D Earth SS Fleeting, Mystic

These builds have been out for weeks...wondering how the OP missed them... Glad I wasted your time getting you to reply to my thread.

And the before mentioned builds don't all work within the rules of the contest.

But feel free to reply with useless comments some more, but you didn't provide any information about your runs or scrn shots to prove its possible so your out of the running for a mini-pig.

phool

phool

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

May I suggest HM fog nightmares as a more interesting challenge for your next competition? These are a bit more interesting, with counters to many typical solo builds - dark aura+touch non-spell skills, mark of subversion allow them to deal with 55s, armour stacking and shadowform builds, grenth's balance makes them tricky for many others. There are a few standard builds which are ok there though they wouldn't be very efficient. I do have a couple of more unusual ones of my own, though ofc I wouldn't enter.

Mickey

Mickey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Eternal Insight

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu
Glad I wasted your time getting you to reply to my thread.

And the before mentioned builds don't all work within the rules of the contest.

But feel free to reply with useless comments some more, but you didn't provide any information about your runs or scrn shots to prove its possible so your out of the running for a mini-pig. Seriously, NO ONE, unless they missed the holiday, wants a mini pig anymore, they are all over every trader outpost, seriously. Plus, what type of build ARE you looking for? All those builds work, everyone knows it from the Over Charr-itable thread, so why don't you just go there for your build? I think its in the screenshot section.

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickey
Seriously, NO ONE, unless they missed the holiday, wants a mini pig anymore, they are all over every trader outpost, seriously. Plus, what type of build ARE you looking for? All those builds work, everyone knows it from the Over Charr-itable thread, so why don't you just go there for your build? I think its in the screenshot section. Have you read the original post? I've tried some of the mentioned builds in hard mode and they can't beat the various challenges.

The idea of this thread was to add a challenge into farming, hench the rules and the requirements put in place. I have no problems with people searching the forums and using build already posted.

The Mini-pig was a bit of a joke but added on purpose. I have about 4 to give out, and didn't want the prize to be something uber for the first challenge. I mean come on it is a low area with easy mobs, they still pose a technical challenge but there for all intent and purposes easy.

If you don't want to take part in the challenge you're more then welcome to ignore this thread. But please I must insist you stop trolling this thread. If it isn't constructive or related to the topic I don't see why you should post.

But you're more then welcomed to make a valid submission to the contest.

Mickey

Mickey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Eternal Insight

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu
Have you read the original post? I've tried some of the mentioned builds in hard mode and they can't beat the various challenges.

The idea of this thread was to add a challenge into farming, hench the rules and the requirements put in place. I have no problems with people searching the forums and using build already posted.

The Mini-pig was a bit of a joke but added on purpose. I have about 4 to give out, and didn't want the prize to be something uber for the first challenge. I mean come on it is a low area with easy mobs, they still pose a technical challenge but there for all intent and purposes easy.

If you don't want to take part in the challenge you're more then welcome to ignore this thread. But please I must insist you stop trolling this thread. If it isn't constructive or related to the topic I don't see why you should post.

But you're more then welcomed to make a valid submission to the contest. I just tried all of the builds, and they work, as long as Rurik is not aggroed.

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickey
I just tried all of the builds, and they work, as long as Rurik is not aggroed. Ok supply the scrn shots and you'll be in the runnning.