HoS chest runs?

boogerboy72

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2007

[Scar]

N/Me

Are these chests dropping better or something? ive seen lots of "Hos cr" in the eye. Just wondering if i was missing out some something or not.

trielementz

trielementz

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Spectra Sg [SpcA]

W/Mo

no better, but it's relatively quick compared to full blown dungeons. plus boss is a pushover with a pug.

Arathi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

Or get any hero or hench that can interuppt good or you could get Great Dwarf Weapon spell use it on henches that melle or shoot with a bow or spear for ints

Cargan

Cargan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Scotland

[ESP]

W/

yeah, the dungeon is very quick. With the right build you can run to the boss and have the chest spawned in under 10 mins (starting from Central Transfer Chamber). I hope they don't nerf it as it's one of the few things I can do in EotN when I have a spare 10-15 mins.

Arathi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

What do you think they will do now? i did this 3-4 days when Gwen came out it was fast easy then it spread like a swarm on honey they will add more mobs make it hard and alot more now

Sasuke The Betrayer

Sasuke The Betrayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Los Angeles

Pink Pearl

Mo/Me

Gawddam. Anet is probably gonna read this now and nerf it. No one has been making threads on HoS for fear of this (I see PuGs talking about "not making this run too aware"). Oh well, I've gotten my fair share.

kev doppleganger

kev doppleganger

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

England

Diversionary Tactics [DT]

W/E

what does hos? stand for lol

Sasuke The Betrayer

Sasuke The Betrayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Los Angeles

Pink Pearl

Mo/Me

Heart of Shiverpeak :/

Spellforge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guildless

N/

I don't see the point in nerfing it.
for an investment of 10 -15 minutes 8 people are likely to end up with a fairly rubbish gold item that will go straight to a merchant for 300 gold.
You do have a chance of a good gold , a boss item , polymock piece, a gem but the odds are that you probably won't get one.

The proper farmers -the ones that influence the economy - they have much better places to farm for those 15 minute that will net them a lot more gold (the way to truely get money is to kill lots of things quickly for the money drops - not to purposely go after a gold item as they are a random drop)

GWEN groups don't drop a lot of money piles - I don't see GWEN as a place to farm for cash. If they nerf this before they nerf some other areas I will be very disappointed

Sasuke The Betrayer

Sasuke The Betrayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Los Angeles

Pink Pearl

Mo/Me

If you didn't realize, Onyx is steadily decreasing but managing to stay at 7k. HoS Runs are currently one of the fastest ways to earn an Onyx gemstone. Also... I've seen plenty of rare things come out of there, Colossal Scimitars, ELemental Swords, Gloom Shields, etc. And plus, it isn't even about the "influence" on the economy. It's about the fact that people can run through all the levels on a dungeon with no quest. And when battling Magmas, all you simply do is spam kegs to win

therangereminem

therangereminem

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/Mo

lol the nerf is already on it way.before this posts. something about adding a boss like moster that drops a key fpr the dungen boss level that way you cant just run too the end lay crap loads of dyomite and boom!!!!!!!!

also talks about only a certain number of barrels out at one time doing the dmage also

so have fun do as much as possible like i am. i knew about the duncun fix and what day it was going to happen 6 days before hand. have not heard anything from my source yet so i give it 1 week or so.but he has not been on in about 3 days soo could be thursday

Hailfall

Hailfall

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Germany

Phantom Commando

N/

oh boy.. someone had to go post about it lol..

Well i made a lot of money out of it and got my r7 asuran title.. so at least some profit before it will get 'fixed'

CHunterX

CHunterX

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Washington

W/E

Thanks a lot.

Bruce Leeroy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hailfall
oh boy.. someone had to go post about it lol..

Well i made a lot of money out of it and got my r7 asuran title.. so at least some profit before it will get 'fixed'
wut?? You get Asuran points for this run?

korcan

korcan

noobalicious

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cargan
yeah, the dungeon is very quick. With the right build you can run to the boss and have the chest spawned in under 10 mins (starting from Central Transfer Chamber). I hope they don't nerf it as it's one of the few things I can do in EotN when I have a spare 10-15 mins.
ive been leaving from the eye, guess leaving from ctc would cut down on the time a bit if you start from HoS right off the bat.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hailfall
oh boy.. someone had to go post about it lol..

Well i made a lot of money out of it and got my r7 asuran title.. so at least some profit before it will get 'fixed' playing as a warrior, i really wish that i wasnt getting asura points but rather norn or dwarven. oh wellz, at least im getting a few dwarven points on the last tier of the dungeon.

R!ghteous Ind!gnation

R!ghteous Ind!gnation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by therangereminem
lol the nerf is already on it way.before this posts. something about adding a boss like moster that drops a key fpr the dungen boss level that way you cant just run too the end lay crap loads of dyomite and boom!!!!!!!!

also talks about only a certain number of barrels out at one time doing the dmage also

so have fun do as much as possible like i am. i knew about the duncun fix and what day it was going to happen 6 days before hand. have not heard anything from my source yet so i give it 1 week or so.but he has not been on in about 3 days soo could be thursday And how do you know this stuff before the rest of the community?

R!ghteous Ind!gnation

R!ghteous Ind!gnation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

N/

I think it falls under low hanging fruit... needs a fix

JaiGaia

JaiGaia

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2007

House of JaiGaia

D/

all good things come to and end sometime ... just ask the FUTURE TYRIANS/ELONANS/CANTHANS ..

Cobalt

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by therangereminem
lol the nerf is already on it way.before this posts. something about adding a boss like moster that drops a key fpr the dungen boss level that way you cant just run too the end lay crap loads of dyomite and boom!!!!!!!!

also talks about only a certain number of barrels out at one time doing the dmage also

so have fun do as much as possible like i am. i knew about the duncun fix and what day it was going to happen 6 days before hand. have not heard anything from my source yet so i give it 1 week or so.but he has not been on in about 3 days soo could be thursday Stopping HoS runs would be both unnecessary and childish on part of Anet it hurts absolutely nothing except the paying customers who enjoy doing it.

holababe

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobalt
Stopping HoS runs would be both unnecessary and childish on part of Anet it hurts absolutely nothing except the paying customers who enjoy doing it. That's a pathetic reason.
People enjoyed IWAY, but that got nerfed. If it unbalances gameplay it should be nerfed. And it does unbalance the game by creating an influx of gems/greens

Sword Liger

Sword Liger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

London

Valendra's Kingdom [VK]

W/E

tbh the drops arent that good, real farmers wont bother with this run.

and besides. Players that do HoH spend roughly 15 minutes and all they get rewarded with is a gold item, I don't see how this PvE run differ, keep it in my opinion or scale down the chest so it drops less valuable items...

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Man, i just find out about this stuff yesterday and bucks says its nerfed before the week is over Same thing that happened with urgoz solo(good times).

But at least i got some money to finish my 15k kurz warrior armor.

TY gold polymock piece

Would be nice if this didn't get such a brutal nerf.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sword Liger
tbh the drops arent that good, real farmers wont bother with this run.

and besides. Players that do HoH spend roughly 15 minutes and all they get rewarded with is a gold item, I don't see how this PvE run differ, keep it in my opinion or scale down the chest so it drops less valuable items... People are already complaining that they don't get very good drops from enemies. The only 2 golds ive had drop were 2 unmax golds, a hammer and a bow

plasmasword

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Spellforge
I don't see the point in nerfing it.
for an investment of 10 -15 minutes 8 people are likely to end up with a fairly rubbish gold item that will go straight to a merchant for 300 gold.
You do have a chance of a good gold , a boss item , polymock piece, a gem but the odds are that you probably won't get one.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sword Liger
tbh the drops arent that good, real farmers wont bother with this run. lol.

Sasuke The Betrayer

Sasuke The Betrayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Los Angeles

Pink Pearl

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by plasmasword
lol.
Then again... HoS isn't that consistent, so everything you get is all luck. Someone could do this for 24 hours straight and not get an elemental sword. This has, though, become an easy way to get money without DOING anything. I like to afk alot and let other people run it, and only help during the last level. It's worth it, considering I hardly have to do anything

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

I wonder if they consider this an "exploit" like they did with the urgoz spirit solo.
Course they didn't ban anyone for it.

I think that if this was a soloable run, maybe. But I'm actually going in a PuG now

*sigh* R.I.P HoS CR

Sasuke The Betrayer

Sasuke The Betrayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Los Angeles

Pink Pearl

Mo/Me

Actually... this is very well soloable. It's just faster with a PuG and there's no downside to it (Except when they afk and don't resign or something like that).

The build I use...

[skill]Sprint[/skill][skill]Dash[/skill][skill]Death's Charge[/skill][skill]"I Am Unstoppable!"[/skill][skill]Shadow Form[/skill][skill]Signet of Stamina[/skill][skill]Endure Pain[/skill][skill]Feigned Neutrality[/skill]

At level 1 of HoS, hit I am Unstoppable early on and then run past the spiders (Whose monster effect won't cripple you at all). When near the snowball throwing machine in the water that is filled with those chained monk dudes... hit a death's charge on one and hit unstoppable again to avoid cripples and knockdowns (Shock and Hamstring). Once reaching the skelks near Budger, hit Shadow Form and avoid getting close to them (Chilbains) and run to level 2. Everything should be easy after that... Binding "Drop Item" to a key can help, when your spamming kegs.

Rothaga

Rothaga

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

D/W

Better get my runs in now then

mscobra

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

ROTK

Mo/Me

The NERF is coming!

Hide your children.

Read somewhere today(forget where), semi-official word from Anet that they were working on a nerf.

Not sure if I should call GW:en

Eye of the Nerf

or

Exploit of the North

Maybe

Exploit of the Nerf, fits best...

AlienFromBeyond

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by mscobra
Read somewhere today(forget where), semi-official word from Anet that they were working on a nerf. Sounds real realiable. But honestly, I would be surprised if they aren't thinking of a way to stop this. The only thing that'll be keeping me from it will be the double faction weekend.

Jamison0071

Jamison0071

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Melbourne, Australia

Morporkian Mercenaries

N/Me

Sigh....gg I just got into this run and it'll be nerfed

TideSwayer

TideSwayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

We Farm Your [?????????s]

Having ANet leave this alone is probably wishful thinking on all of our parts. It's bringing far too many Onyx Gemstones into the economy. They've already dropped down to their pre-Duncan-nerf rates.

ANet could remove the destroyable-with-keg walls and Budger Blackpowder entirely unless the Heart of the Shiverpeaks quest was active. However, it would still be runnable, and you could probably change the basic runner builds (all this takes at the moment) into something that could fight through the blob boss at the end.

ANet will probably add a Boss key somewhere and a locked door to the final room. It seems the easiest way to impede dungeon runners.

plasmasword

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

It's still not as bad as duncan was. This run brings in 1-2 onyx per run while Duncan was dropping 7 per run.

MisterB

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasuke The Betrayer
Binding "Drop Item" to a key can help, when your spamming kegs. You already have 1-4 keys by default. Switching weaponsets by hitting F1-F4, or even hitting your current weaponset key has a side effect of dropping whatever you are carrying. Just don't look for drops by pressing ALT while switching to your 4th weaponset at the same time, or you may encounter a "crash bug," heh.

I was wondering what all the HoS CR spam was about, now that everyone here knows too, a nerf can't be far behind. I'd love to be wrong, but that seems to be ANet's modus operandi.

Hailfall

Hailfall

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Germany

Phantom Commando

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Leeroy
wut?? You get Asuran points for this run? Yeah when you get the chest at the end, before that it gives you 200 asuran points..

went from 42k to 67k asuran faction.. goes to show how many runs i did already..

But anyhow.. yeah this will get fixed.. unfortunatly..

Zabe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

In world with nothing to do except poker

W/Rt

Bosslock won't work, that boss would be just kegspammed too ;D

Funk ee Monk ee

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Legendary Adventurers Guild [LAG]

Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterB
You already have 1-4 keys by default. Switching weaponsets by hitting F1-F4, or even hitting your current weaponset key has a side effect of dropping whatever you are carrying. I made Drop Item comma. It's right by the space bar and easily spammed.

~sings~ And I'm gonna farm farm farm till anet takes all my fun awaaaaayyyyy

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

look what else the chest is dropping

i guess it drops all other rares too then ..

B B

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

[GN]

E/

Drops sephis swords too

garethporlest18

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

I've done the run about 40 times. I' haven't gotten anything good haha. I found out about it on accident too, before everyone started running it.

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by holababe
That's a pathetic reason.
People enjoyed IWAY, but that got nerfed. If it unbalances gameplay it should be nerfed. And it does unbalance the game by creating an influx of gems/greens Eh, what?

First off, the only thing Anet is "balancing" is PvP... or have you forgotten all the unbalanced PvE skills, comsumables, title effects, etc that are PvE only?

Second, how does having the price of an item go down "unbalance" anything? It makes things more balanced, as more people can afford them...