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Originally Posted by ForgeWhelp
The drop rate always starts good and then it ebbs and flows. If you do a run 100 times you will likely have a 'good' run every 15th (made up number) time or something. It looks on the surface like it's simply starts good and then drops off, but really it comes and goes. Do a run 100 times and you'll see it for yourself.
Memphis Rain
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Originally Posted by Hexum
I am not quite sure how you guys are doing this. I start on one side and next thing I know the dragon is dead. I get maybe 2 or 3 kills.
Stand in the middle and start casting on yourself around the 35-40 second mark, then wait until about the 3 minute mark that's when the entire first wave will be gathered. When you start killing ALWAYS go for the group on the right first, seems that if you go left first there's always 1 or 2 destroyers from the right side that would slip by and go for the dragon.
insightful moth
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Originally Posted by ForgeWhelp
You might get a point or 2 from the shield itself
You get +8AL from a max shield even if you don't meet the requirement.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Shield
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okashii
"Sliver Armor because it acts like and AoE but isn't direct damage so you don't need to worry about Vengeful Weapon"
um...no? before asura skills I used only sliver armor for damage and it does trigger Vengeful Weapon you can kill all the destroyers using just sliver armor, but it is true that it takes some time when you are left with the last one, but when using mantra of earth + stone striker I never had energy problems there were some very rare occasions when I was left with the last destroyer that just kept spamming vengful weapon and I had to leave I just did some runs with radiation field and it really affects the drops  and many times I almost died because many more destroyers had vengful weapon on them when I hit sliver armor (since they had lower health) I'd rater spend 10-12 min. using just sliver armor and get great drops one tip: after you kill the group on the right, move to the next one but stand where the stronger destroyes are (the ones that take 15dmg not 28) usually they stand behind those weaker ones this will save you a lot of time
ForgeWhelp
Not sure I agree with you, and if Sliver triggers Vengeful, then it's so pittifully triggered that it can be ignored. If you drop any true AoE on a group of destroyers, you'll die in about 5 seconds or less from vengeful weapon, but with sliver armor you will suffer little to NO damage at all...
okashii
just run a build without aura of restoration and with sliver armor for dmg, I dont attack destroyers with my caster sword so only sliver can trigger the vengful weapon, you can see it easily when you fight with a few last destroyers in the second group if you use sliver armor only for dmg
I might have been wrong with radiation field about lowering the drop rate just did a run using radiation field and stone daggers <no sliver armor> on both groups took about 13 min. (lost 1 minute on 2 destroyers outside radiation AoE) and I did have more drops (mostly more white/blue merchant food) one more thing : when I cast 4x lvl4 radiation fields so that the destroyers in group are almost dead and hit sliver armor to finish them all off I often just die due to mass vengful weapon, and I dont have that problem when I just use sliver armor without radiation field, when all destroyers are on full health
A Simple Farmer
First off, thanks for a great farm!
couple of things, Kinetic instead of armor of earth, is an easy take no damage. OgNCgUyj0Xb8VBAAAAgpQeA That leaves 3 slots for offensive spells & a lot of points. I find that Sliver trigger's VW and on it's own with no self heal will kill you right away. 2-3x Radiation Field before sliver seems to confuse the ai, some probably healing group leaving less to VW the sliver target. Though you are still VW possible 3rd spell: retribution?? Hexum
Thanks for the tip. I am a noob on solo stuff, is there an order to casting the skills? I am using the first build posted on this thread.
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Originally Posted by Hexum
Thanks for the tip. I am a noob on solo stuff, is there an order to casting the skills? I am using the first build posted on this thread.
Not really. The only thing you need to ensure is that you always cast obsidian flesh AFTER glyph of swiftness so that it recharges quickly and you can always have it up. Otherwise, one shatter enchantment and game over.
I usually start off this way Glyph of swiftness - Obsidian Flesh - Stoneflesh Aura - Armor of Earth - Aura of Restoration and keep renewing whenever they end. When I have aggro and start killing, then I try to cast Obsidian Flesh and Sliver Armor both on the Glyph so that I can keep sliver up most of the times. Adam144
Thanks for the great build, I tried it without radiation, as I don't have that yet, and used Stone Striker instead.
Paired up with 4 geomancer insignias, I found myself taking only the occasional -1 dmg. I let Stoneflesh Aura down once and ended up with 105 health before I could get it up  Close call!What I'm wondering is, since Aura of Restoration isn't the best self-healing in the game, is there any other way we can stay alive when VW comes into play? |
