Solo 55 Glacial Gemstone Farming

okashii

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

05 Sep 2007 at 11:26 - 41

off topic
I just bought 48 glacial stones for 14,400g (300g each) that will save me some time :P
now I wonder to sell the whole set of 100stones for some uber cash or trade them for gloves for my ele :/

DvM

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Survivor Squad[SS]

05 Sep 2007 at 13:26 - 42

famring with Spoil victor build, 1 at a time, getting maybe 2-3 stones per rezone, cleairng everything including getting bonds up and rezoning takes about 6-7 minutes

okashii

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

05 Sep 2007 at 14:41 - 43

Quote:

Originally Posted by DvM

famring with Spoil victor build, 1 at a time, getting maybe 2-3 stones per rezone, cleairng everything including getting bonds up and rezoning takes about 6-7 minutes IMO if you play 55hp SV N/Mo you don't even need Mending, Watchful Spirit, Essence Bond, Balthazar's Spirit if you take them 1by1, it just takes too much time to put them on & wait for energy

I use only 4 skills:
1. Protective spirit
2. Healing Breeze
3. Spoil Victor
4. Restful Breeze

first 2 to get to the location, then when you kill them 1by1 just cast: Protective Spirit,Spoil Victor,Restful Breeze, wait for the enemy to kill himself, recast Restful Breeze and wait untill the hexes expire

and if you fight 2 of them : 1,2,3,4<one dies>2,1,3,4,4

DvM

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Survivor Squad[SS]

06 Sep 2007 at 06:27 - 44

I like my current build, I can take on all mobs in 2 balls and with a little bit of good timing and strategy you have enough energy left at the end for recasting everything. Don't know if that simple build would be quicker though

Avatar Exico

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Way to Cold at Home:Illnois and School:Iowa.

We Trip Hard On [AcID]

09 Sep 2007 at 05:13 - 45

Nice Build. I would like to get me set of Glacier Arms.

Fox Reeveheart

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Michigan

none q.q

11 Sep 2007 at 03:13 - 46

Anyone got suggestions for a dervish for this? >.>

I really don't wanna give up 30k or something in just buying but I don't have any characters like monks or necros.

Joe Fierce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

Disconnect the fascination

LF High End PvE Guild that's not filled with elitists.

11 Sep 2007 at 06:05 - 47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox Reeveheart

Anyone got suggestions for a dervish for this? >.>

I really don't wanna give up 30k or something in just buying but I don't have any characters like monks or necros. if you check out the first page i did post a template for dervish =D

jadedragoon

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2006

Terribad Turtles [TaNK]

W/Rt

12 Sep 2007 at 06:00 - 48

anyone have a good rit build for this? I tried the vwk but thats way too slow

wetsparks

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

12 Sep 2007 at 06:36 - 49

This was on the first page for a rit build, it used VwK but I think you deal the damage with backfire, don't know for sure, I don't have a rit. But can anyone point me to a picture of how these look on the different classes? The wiki pages don't have the best images. In particular I'm looking for warrior (male), ranger (female), and paragon (male) images. I don't want to buy/farm 100 of the glacial gemstones to find out that they look like crap on my toon.

Friar Khan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

California

12 Sep 2007 at 07:39 - 50

Quote:

Originally Posted by wetsparks

This was on the first page for a rit build, it used VwK but I think you deal the damage with backfire, don't know for sure, I don't have a rit. Yeah most of the damage is backfire. VwK is mostly just an energy effecient way of finishing them off, but if you end up aggroing a couple accidentally VwK is one of the skills that helps keep you alive.

Scattered throughout the pages of this thread are some pics that you may find helpful.

My Sweet Revenga

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

12 Sep 2007 at 18:18 - 51

I find more loot drops if I kill them 1 at a time. I tried taking more of them out at once and got way less loot. Too bad most of this loot comes out as whites and blues tho.....

The Alliance Maker

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

We Love Our Title's [Pro]

W/Me

18 Sep 2007 at 09:37 - 52

Quote:

Originally Posted by DvM

famring with Spoil victor build, 1 at a time, getting maybe 2-3 stones per rezone, cleairng everything including getting bonds up and rezoning takes about 6-7 minutes I agree with okashii no need for all those extra bonds only i take necrosis to finish them off with and found no need for healing breeze really maybe as a precaution

got about average 5 per rezone worst i got 3 most i got 7 so about 20 rezones for a full set i got all mine in one session of rezones

Immortalhatred

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

E/Me

24 Sep 2007 at 02:21 - 53

Ehm, I've been checking and it sounds interesting. Any hope an ele build could come out? I'm trying to think some things but I'm far from being a master at combining the right skills to farm a place... Only thing I have in mind now is obsidian flesh, sure would stop the degens but what for the rest? Glyph to constantly keep it up... any other ideas?

T1Cybernetic

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Uk, Nr Earth

Alternate Evil Gamers [aeg]

24 Sep 2007 at 08:59 - 54

I;ve not tested this but just off the top of my head i was thinking that this post :: HERE: :: might be what some others are looking for?

Forgive me if i am wrong :P but i have not got a pc to test it on yet.

Jerin

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2007

Mystic Divinity

24 Sep 2007 at 23:58 - 55

as for an ele try running a earth build with obs flesh and glyph of swiftness to compensate for recharge time, that should work.

Fox Reeveheart

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Michigan

none q.q

25 Sep 2007 at 05:51 - 56

Well if anyone check's out my thread I figured a build for dervishes... but it seems everyone caught on about the idea of a mesmer backfire secondary o.O.

Same though in numbers of stones per run, usually 2-3.

T1Cybernetic

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Uk, Nr Earth

Alternate Evil Gamers [aeg]

25 Sep 2007 at 13:15 - 57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerin

as for an ele try running a earth build with obs flesh and glyph of swiftness to compensate for recharge time, that should work. I tried this a couple of times but they seem to have a resistance to earth

it was slow and painful trying to kill them, trust me it's slow.
They go down fine with air and fire though, not tested water out but i will probably get around to that some time later in the day.

Mister O

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

27 Sep 2007 at 07:37 - 58

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Necro version:
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Immortalhatred

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

E/Me

27 Sep 2007 at 20:54 - 59

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This is what I used (ele) and this just doesn't do it pretty well let's say... anyone can figure anything better out? Thanks in advance!

exiled55555

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

01 Oct 2007 at 19:59 - 60

can u do this run with an assasin? if so can u plz share the build, thx

jon0592

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

04 Oct 2007 at 11:53 - 61

Is it 35 or 1000 stones for the Gaunlets now?

Linksys

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

04 Oct 2007 at 13:12 - 62

It's 100, not a thousand.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

06 Oct 2007 at 13:12 - 63

tox_169

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

Auckland, New Zealand

10 Oct 2007 at 02:15 - 64

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyla salanari

i know using a lame build for it is kinda wierd but...
[skill]vampiric touch[/skill][skill]vampiric bite[/skill][skill]melandru's resilience[/skill][skill]dodge[/skill][skill]zojun's haste[/skill][skill]storm chaser[/skill] Not lame, useful!

Being (if he's the same person in gwonline, that is) has a build like that, and I vouch for it. My variation:

[skill]melandru's resilience[/skill][skill]awaken the blood[/skill][skill]vampiric touch[/skill][skill]vampiric bite[/skill][skill]angorodon's gaze[/skill][skill]signet of agony[/skill][skill]dodge[/skill][skill]zojun's haste[/skill]

exp 15, ws 11, blood 10

absolutcrobi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Naked Pagans

Rt/Me

15 Oct 2007 at 03:31 - 65

I know this is a little late but here is my version of that original poster's build...

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[skill]Shield of Judgment[/skill][skill]Protective Spirit[/skill][skill]Mystic Regeneration[/skill][skill]Blessed Signet[/skill][skill]Smite Hex[/skill][skill]Blessed Aura[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill][skill]Essence Bond[/skill]

I was running into issues with having too low energy to cast anything, they seem to cast ether feast ALOT. So i took out holy strike to replace it with Blessed signet for more energy, but then signet of wrath wasn't killing fast enough. then i thought about it and replaced it with smite hex. 85 dmg every 12 seconds to everything nearby is much better then 100 to one person every 20 seconds. also this way i have been able to take on as many as 8 of them at one time.

T1Cybernetic

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Uk, Nr Earth

Alternate Evil Gamers [aeg]

08 Nov 2007 at 21:49 - 66

A little late on but are we all having fun farming these

i'm just setting up to start again for a set for my necro but thought i would check for a better /faster way?
My necro touch/siphon seems to work ok but is 55'ing it working better do ya think? i don't know what to try next? it's a little boring doing it on the same character all the time.

Vexed

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Mo/

09 Nov 2007 at 04:18 - 67

Obsidian Flesh Elementalists do quite well here as well, and more notably, can clear the area in Hard mode. (~60 mobs as opposed to 12, tomes, lockpicks, and good golds in addition to the stones.)

Zurc Blackstarr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ghouls Of Helloween [DETH]

W/Mo

18 Dec 2007 at 15:49 - 68

you dropped those glacial stones.. you can see through inventory image... pssh

blurmedia

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2007

UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE [moko]

18 Dec 2007 at 16:17 - 69

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zurc Blackstarr

you dropped those glacial stones.. you can see through inventory image... pssh /slaphead
He dropped those stones to show how many stones he got in one run, not from one group.

360??

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

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W/Mo

19 Dec 2007 at 17:33 - 70

Is this farm still worth the time? And how much you can get from the glacial stones anyway?

tha_jimbow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

Netherlands

Mo/

19 Dec 2007 at 19:21 - 71

Quote:

Originally Posted by 360°

Is this farm still worth the time? And how much you can get from the glacial stones anyway? yes, its still worth it, did about 10 minutes and had 5 glacial stones,
for the money? no it isnt worth it, I believe they are 400g each now, it still is a nice farm if you want the gloves tho

wizzer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Cornwall,england

Losing makes me [RaGe]

Rt/

26 Jan 2008 at 11:32 - 72

i just use the 1st monk verion posted but put in smite hex,can clear them in about 5 mins max

Marverick

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

27 Jan 2008 at 02:42 - 73

I don't know if it's just me but do Glacial Stones drop more frequently in NM than in HM?

Dr Dimento

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

E/Me

27 Jan 2008 at 09:42 - 74

Quote:

So, any chance of an ele build that can work for farming those? =/ LOL, ele's pretty much own this farm. These guys here doing it in NM have maybe 20 of them to kill each run, in hard mode, there are exactly 60.

As for loot scaling....when there's 60 and it takes you 6 minutes to kill every last one, who cares. You can (as an ele) pull them in 2 groups, one group of 24, and another group of 36. HM makes this run very profitable with all the mes tomes and such.

Heres mah vid of it in HM w/ele. There's a topic in here with the build in it. As the video says, stone striker is unnecessary. I accidentally brought it out of habit. I usually have echo in its place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNeC0PQDXv4

UnKn0wN415

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Bay Area

Looking 4 PvP Guild!

27 Jan 2008 at 09:51 - 75

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Dimento

LOL, ele's pretty much own this farm. These guys here doing it in NM have maybe 20 of them to kill each run, in hard mode, there are exactly 60.

As for loot scaling....when there's 60 and it takes you 6 minutes to kill every last one, who cares. You can (as an ele) pull them in 2 groups, one group of 24, and another group of 36. HM makes this run very profitable with all the mes tomes and such.

Heres mah vid of it in HM w/ele. There's a topic in here with the build in it. As the video says, stone striker is unnecessary. I accidentally brought it out of habit. I usually have echo in its place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNeC0PQDXv4 Look at the post date for this reply 08-27-2007 your about 5 months to late...

Dr Dimento

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

E/Me

27 Jan 2008 at 09:54 - 76

lol, oops

me = pwned

Joe Fierce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

Disconnect the fascination

LF High End PvE Guild that's not filled with elitists.

27 Jan 2008 at 16:22 - 77

Lol, thread necromancy much?
yes, this build is a little bit outdated and the revisions people have made to it make it ten times better, and the builds for other classes people did are 10 times better, but the original build that i created was thrown together in one day and did not evolve via testing as i was speed farming rather than looking for a more efficient way, as i posted this on the preview weekend, and something told me the number of glacial stones required would go up after the weekend was over.