IDS farm

kel77

kel77

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Deep South

The Arctic Marauders[TAM] Former Leader and Officer | [SMS] Alliance

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Is it possible to farm IDS with a necro 55? Anybody done this lately and have an tips for doing so?

The Far Shooter

The Far Shooter

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Teutonic Monks [Holy]

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I doubt it as all the IDS builds work by staying out of their skill aggro so you don't get Maelstrom'd to death. To cast SS or SV you need to go in their skill aggro so I doubt it.

kel77

kel77

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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The Arctic Marauders[TAM] Former Leader and Officer | [SMS] Alliance

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I should clarify, I'm not worried about killing the imps so much as getting to them. Maelstrom you can walk out of(I've fought many colds in the UW) but running on the way there is the problem. Gnashers always seem to strip enchantments so I am wondering if I am going the correct route or is this not possible with 55 anymore.

Antitorgo

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Duty

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kel77
Gnashers always seem to strip enchantments so I am wondering if I am going the correct route or is this not possible with 55 anymore. It's a matter of the route and running far enough in a couple places to activate a rez shrine before you get killed.

blue.rellik

blue.rellik

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Join Date: Feb 2007

Melbourne, Australia

None

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kel77
I should clarify, I'm not worried about killing the imps so much as getting to them. Maelstrom you can walk out of(I've fought many colds in the UW) but running on the way there is the problem. Gnashers always seem to strip enchantments so I am wondering if I am going the correct route or is this not possible with 55 anymore. Ice Imps use Mind Freeze, which is a 90% speed debuff. Also there are more of them so you will find it difficult to just walk about of maelstrom

The.D0pefish

The.D0pefish

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i don't think you have a chance to run out of the maelstrom because they are at least 5-6 castint maelstrom on you and freeze you for 90%.
Colds are easy but avoiding maelstrom of the ice imps would be a freaking pain.
you could just go with soj and go there with henchies

kel77

kel77

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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The Arctic Marauders[TAM] Former Leader and Officer | [SMS] Alliance

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Quote:
Originally Posted by The.D0pefish
you could just go with soj and go there with henchies But then I would not get drops because of H/H.

Pyro maniac

Pyro maniac

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Join Date: Apr 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by kel77
But then I would not get drops because of H/H. flag them, just use H/H for the run
you will get all drops, only the money drops will be split over the party

I don't know what characters you else have, but Ele, Monk, Warrior, Ritualist, Ranger and Dervish are better at it. You might want to try those

furanshisuko

furanshisuko

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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Spell Breaker? maybe or some hex removal

kel77

kel77

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Ok so how would a warrior solo the imps? Note that I do not wish for a build, just a secondary suggestion and major skills to use.

Ken34

Ken34

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kel77
But then I would not get drops because of H/H. thats a lie, ive been there with a full party and i got a IDS on my second run.

Sniper22

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Join Date: Apr 2005

Actually I've done it lol, but not recently. Pain in the butt to run there, I believe i ran an ss build. I just ran out of mael when it was casted, not too hard. I think i used vigourous spirit with ps, so if i get stuck in mael, i can heal myself up by casting ps (only gets interrupted once in a while). Again, cant remember exactly how I killed em, but it is possible to survive them.

kel77

kel77

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The Deep South

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken34
thats a lie, ive been there with a full party and i got a IDS on my second run. It's not a lie, I would have better chances of drops solo. eff loot scaling.

Just did last night, didn't get a single drop with H/H

blue.rellik

blue.rellik

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Join Date: Feb 2007

Melbourne, Australia

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kel77
It's not a lie, I would have better chances of drops solo. eff loot scaling.

Just did last night, didn't get a single drop with H/H Flag them out of radar distance

kel77

kel77

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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The Arctic Marauders[TAM] Former Leader and Officer | [SMS] Alliance

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Ok but then we are back to one of my earlier questions...how would a warrior solo these impy thingies?

blue.rellik

blue.rellik

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W/Rt using Vengeful was Khanhei and stay just outside of casting distance

Pyro maniac

Pyro maniac

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Join Date: Apr 2006

wammo with alot of heal (SoR) and W/E with stoneflesh and some attack skills used to work as well, donno if it still works
I use the VwK, works great.

walmart_player

walmart_player

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

[DT]

how much do these go for now?

visitor

visitor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Kronos HQ

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Quote:
Originally Posted by walmart_player
how much do these go for now? 15-35k as far as i know.

The Far Shooter

The Far Shooter

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its really more like 12-20k.

Vazze

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Join Date: Aug 2006

What are the chances of an ids drop on a solo run? Every 3rd, 10th, 100th??

Crippie its Tom

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Canada!

none atm

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kel77
It's not a lie, I would have better chances of drops solo. eff loot scaling.

Just did last night, didn't get a single drop with H/H They are exempt from loot scaling, so he's right.

The Far Shooter

The Far Shooter

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Join Date: Dec 2006

Teutonic Monks [Holy]

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you get like 1 every 3 or 4 runs. I got 3 in 1 run on my first then did not get any util the 5th run after that.