Snowman Lair HM chest drops

Tender Wolf

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I can see why in normal mode, the snowman lair dungeon only drops Wintersday items. But even though it's only snowballs and things that are used in hard mode in the same dungeon, I still think that something else besides those things should come out of the end chest. Yes some Wintersday items are fine but why not at least a good purple or bad gold? Purple because it doesn't add to your Wisdom title, since it's the snowman lair, and a bad gold because it adds to the title but no one would use it. Tomes and shards/gems probably don't need to drop in here but since it's hard mode I think a better reward would be in order than Wintersday stuff.

I Phoenix I

I Phoenix I

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Join Date: Jan 2007

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The Snowmen Lair is easy enough, even in HM. In other dungeons, you only get double rewards in HM of what you would normally get in NM, so why should the Snowmen Lair be any different?

Please, no more suggestions...

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

It's an easy dungeon, even in HM, so I don't expect great drops.

Most people do it repeatedly for the reputation points, not the drops.

Although I would like to see better drops, I don't think it is necessary.

Sir Pandra Pierva

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Does it get double drop in HM

quickmonty

quickmonty

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Pandra Pierva
Does it get double drop in HM
Yes. Four Wintersday items instead of two.

I D E L E T E D I

I D E L E T E D I

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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/notsigned
it was a little bonus dungeon, and its good place to CR which i think is good enough

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

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ok didn't know that.

You can't see me

You can't see me

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The reward must match the difficulty of the dungeon, (Or logic would have it).

That dungeon is way too easy to drop anything of remote value. I'm not signing anything that gives mundo rewards for no work. Stop suggesting things please. (Wasn't three threads on the first page already not enough for you?)

I pwnd U

I pwnd U

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Join Date: Oct 2005

in the middle of a burning cornfield...

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/notsigned


Easiest dungeoun in the game, we don't need better rewards for beating a kiddie dungeon

Adam144

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Join Date: Aug 2007

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Mini Polar Bear.

Tender Wolf

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If it's so easy then why did a full party of mine end up at 60dp, except for me because I had pumpkin cookies? Can't be that easy. Guess some of us are just a little better than others.

I Phoenix I

I Phoenix I

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Join Date: Jan 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
Guess some of us are just a little better than others.
Seems like an understatement there...

MisterB

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Join Date: Oct 2005

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That's the second-easiest dungeon after Frontis Irontoe's in GWEN, even in HM. The rewards are fine. I'm not going to comment on your 60 DP issue. Try changing tactics. Go Splinter + Barrage, or even R/E with Obsidian Flesh if you must. Those 2 builds are really easy to run in there, even if they may not be the best.

edit: /notsigned because I like the wintersday rewards there

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

Please, leave the wintersday stuff, free booze drops from that, and we all like booze, amirite?

DarkFlame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
If it's so easy then why did a full party of mine end up at 60dp, except for me because I had pumpkin cookies? Can't be that easy. Guess some of us are just a little better than others.
Not to flame, but after reading your other threads too, ain't it about time you visit one of the profession forums and have others look at and start helping you improve your builds?

As for the suggestion, its an easter egg of a dungeon, its rewards should match that silly tone.
/notsigned

Coin Operated Girl

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just take 1 other player with 6 hero's: 6 searings with hp/aegis (or 5 and an icy vein nec :P is also fun) 2 monks. Snowman will be exploding all around you... funny how people want rewards for this .... the dungeon itself is a reward imho. Free points, 4 high end chests, xmas moa birds and ALE! what more can a person want

I can't believe I actually posted to this

Phoenix Tears

Phoenix Tears

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2007

ya..some drop chance for polar bear ...

would be really a pain in the ass.. to wait ever a year.. just to get maybe a chance to get that pet ...

and 100 platin x thousand ecto pets SUCK

Arkantos

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
If it's so easy then why did a full party of mine end up at 60dp, except for me because I had pumpkin cookies? Can't be that easy. Guess some of us are just a little better than others.
As much as I want to, I'm not going to touch this post with a 20 foot pole. But I must ask you; what builds do you and your heroes run? I'm not going to say you're horrible at the game, I'm going to say I think your builds need some tweaking.

Anyways, /notsigned. It's an easy dungeon whether you think it is or not. It's meant as a bonus dungeon, it does not require gold rewards. If you don't like the rewards, don't play this dungeon. As far as I can see it's already too hard for you to do anyways.

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

Two SF heroes and a MM hero and this dungeon is a cakewalk. Fill out the party with the two hench monks and anything else.

mrmango

mrmango

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Tender, don't you ever take comments that are negative and try to wonder why everyone thinks they're stupid? (Btw they're very very stupid.)

Like this, pretty dumb. /notsigned

Kiragi Yagami

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idk, i dont want to critique tender's suggestion *hints at rest of people in this thread*, but i think that normal dungeon drops from such an easy dungeon might be a bit much, since a 2 person team with 5 barragers and 1 weapon spell rit can clear it in HM in about 3 minutes. still, i wouldnt mind having a small chance to get that polar bear :P

still, i have to go with /notsigned

knoll

knoll

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
If it's so easy then why did a full party of mine end up at 60dp, except for me because I had pumpkin cookies? Can't be that easy. Guess some of us are just a little better than others.
You shouldnt just run into a group of monsters. Take one by one and you should be able to do it in 11-13 mins.

Also the drops are bad because the dungeon is so easy.

Faer

Faer

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A dungeon that can be completed in less than ten minutes, consistently, and with minimal effort, shouldn't give out decent rewards. Even Candy Canes are a bit too high class for that nonsense.

Anduin

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Join Date: Jul 2006

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I agree with the others that say dungeon rewards should reflect the difficulty of the dungeon, and so in that sense the rewards are fine how they are.

But in that sense, Vloxen Excavations should give more faction points in hard mode, where it goes from being a normal quest, run of the mill dungeon, into being one of the hardest dungeons in the game (I found Shards of Orr and Frostmaw's both to be considerably easier than this dugeon, both of which are master's quest dungeons).

It currently gives 2250 points, whereas master's quest dungeons, which are easier and less time consuming, give 4500.

Then again, I should also be able to argue that dungeon difficulty should match the quest difficulty. Secret Lair of the Snowmen is in no way a master's quest dungeon. And, in a similar vein of thought, Vloxen Excavations, being a normal quest dungeon, should not be harder than the master's quest dungeons, especially when it is at the point of being one of the hardest dungeons (in hard mode). That's pretty rediculous, all things considered.

Lykan

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
If it's so easy then why did a full party of mine end up at 60dp, except for me because I had pumpkin cookies? Can't be that easy. Guess some of us are just a little better than others.
Well lets see, by looking at your 10-15 threads in here saying 'make this or that easier' ... i'd say you fail at PvE.

Quote:
Originally Posted by I Phoenix I
Please, no more suggestions...
I'll /sign this tho

Rewy

Rewy

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considering that my mainly played character is a Ranger, I find the dungeon very easy. (Only annoying thing was the traps... on the first time.)
I just buffed up everyone with fire weapons that I had + Greater conflagration and 2 eles. It was a cakewalk in the end in in HM.

(though to my other character - an assassin 25xSnowBall doesn't look fair XD )

TheRaven

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/notsigned, but not for the reasons everyone else has posted/flamed.

I think the rewards should match the dungeon. This dungeon is a cute homage to Wintersday, so it's appropiate that the rewards are wintersday items. If the chest is changed then change it to match the theme.
Add Candy Cane Weapons (rare drops)
Add a Mini Polar Bear (super super super rare drop, same odds as Strength of Snow quest)
add unopened Wintersday gifts.

The rewards really aren't that bad for this dungeon. You can get spiked eggnog here and it's the only place that's available outside of Wintersday. You also get a boatload of Delver points towards the title.

Steboy93

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This dungeon is extremely easy and i believe the rewards are fitting for the difficulty of the dungeon. If your entire party was on 60% dp you really need to get better at the game.

/notsigned

Arcanis the Omnipotent

Arcanis the Omnipotent

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Join Date: Sep 2005

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4 peppermint candy canes would be nice. Other than that, the dungeon's real purpose is to farm Deldirmor points. I mean, its the easiest way in the game to do so. Just go with what you have.

R.Shayne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

/not signed

The dungeon is a Wintersday dungeon so the rewards fit.

I do like the suggestion of adding wintersday weapons and especially the polar bear mini.

freekedoutfish

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Join Date: Jun 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf
I can see why in normal mode, the snowman lair dungeon only drops Wintersday items. But even though it's only snowballs and things that are used in hard mode in the same dungeon, I still think that something else besides those things should come out of the end chest. Yes some Wintersday items are fine but why not at least a good purple or bad gold? Purple because it doesn't add to your Wisdom title, since it's the snowman lair, and a bad gold because it adds to the title but no one would use it. Tomes and shards/gems probably don't need to drop in here but since it's hard mode I think a better reward would be in order than Wintersday stuff.
I would sign this idea if the purple and gold weapons were ONLY wintersday max weapons! Not normal skin weapons!

legion_rat

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Quote:
Originally Posted by freekedoutfish
I would sign this idea if the purple and gold weapons were ONLY wintersday max weapons! Not normal skin weapons!
I would sign that Fish. As for the OP, sorry tender I tend to agree this is an easy dungeon. I am not saying your playing ability is bad but perhaps you should try another build. There are several good ones to be found.

Practice more in NM if you need to.





(Oh and Fish, I like the new avatar)

~the rat~

thedeadlyassassin

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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It's not meant for the reward from chest, it's the best place to farm dwarf reputation.

Shayne Hawke

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam144
Mini Polar Bear.
Lol, no. Anyone else?

OP: I've never even touched the Snowman Dungeon yet, because I've heard how little reward it's worth, and I just haven't bothered to go through it. The point of it is Wintersday, and that's how it should stay.

Quote:
Originally Posted by freekedoutfish
I would sign this idea if the purple and gold weapons were ONLY wintersday max weapons! Not normal skin weapons!
I'd sign something like that, except I wouldn't even give them mods. I'd just let them give the chance of being maxed, with the proper requirements, of course.

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

/notsigned

I like the rewards they have right now , helps my drunk title and its an easy dungeon imo

RhanoctJocosa

RhanoctJocosa

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Put the Mini Polar Bear in the end chest. Mini Pets like the Panda are bad for the game, tbh.

Tender Wolf

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I do like the idea of the candy cane/wintergreen weapons and the mini polar bear in the end chest (rare chances of course). That would help.

Also, I thought of another idea for a way to clear this - what about Daze or Disease? Would that be effective? *goes to try*

MisterB

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[skill]Barrage[/skill] + [skill]Splinter Weapon[/skill]
Try it. They die. Blowing them up is better than spreading conditions, and faster, too.

Channel_V93

Channel_V93

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How does I bad at this game?

Idk ask tender wolf

Shadowmoon

Shadowmoon

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Faer


A dungeon that can be completed in less than ten minutes, consistently, and with minimal effort, shouldn't give out decent rewards. Even Candy Canes are a bit too high class for that nonsense.
/points to "heart of snow" quest
yeah the difficulty really deserved a 100+ armbrace mini