Elite skill hunters.

numri

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

Hobo Union

W/Mo

Dear GWG, For a while now i've been working on my Legendary elite skill hunter title on my dear Warrior-ess. I've accomplished so far:

90/90 Tyria skills
78/120 Cantha skills
37/141 Elona skills

My question to you is now, To finish this crusade I need a vast amount of skillpoints, Where would you find the best place to farm for exp? Drops are a nice bonus, But EXP is my main concern.... I try to do all the elona missions properly since they give 3 skillpoints if mastered right?

Thank you in advance, numri.

Kattar

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

FFF or Kilroy's Dungeon.

Basically any place that people do Survivor for xp. If you look in the service threads, those are the locations most survivor services run.

Rothaga

Rothaga

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

D/W

I would say just work on protector titles, that would help, then maybe work for guardian.

TheRaven

TheRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Virginia

Spirit of Elisha

W/

FOW can be a nice experience builder as well if you clear it. Plus you get some loot and a statue in your Hall of Monuments.

I'd suggest just doing what you consider fun. Vanquishing, mastering missions, fow/uw, FFF farming all give experience. Just pick the option you enjoy the most and then it won't seem like so much grind.

Another option, if you're rich and prefer to buy the title rather than work on it, buy elite tomes. Using a tome doesn't take a skill point.

MirkoTeran

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/

Try some of the surviver runs, or do some quests that give you a lot of XP (Titan ones come in mind.). FoW is also not so bad.

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

Don't forget that you get 5K experience when you cap an elite, plus the experience you will earn killing things to get to a boss.

You will have to farm some experience. A good way to do that is working on some of the other titles.

The Way Out

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

Zomg Zombies [OMG]

Mo/E

Whatever you do, do it in Hardmode!

Underworld runs are good for it now, in an hour you get 100,000xp plus whatever drops.

DoA clears are great for xp.

The Deep in Hard Mode.

Eye of North Dungeons in HM.

EotN Hard Mode Books... etc...

FFF has also been a great way, however, it is a bit slow and boring for me when compared to other means.

Orange Milk

Orange Milk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Ganking, USA

Retired

R/

YES, do it in HM.

You hav a Warrior plenty of Solo farms out there for warriors.

Plus those scrolls of exp that always drop when I kill a boss, instead of an elite tome or a green.

I remember when I was going for that title on my Ranger and I had a now nerfed farm run down so perfectly that I got a skill point every ten minutes, with scroll help. Now I have the title and about 200 unused skill points

Fried Tech

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

[Yeti]

E/

If you have characters in GWEN you can go to the consumables trader and exchange your unused skill point on one player into a "star of transferance". Toss the stars into storage and put them on your warrior. double click and BAM instant skill point for your warrior.

The Way Out

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

Zomg Zombies [OMG]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fried Tech
If you have characters in GWEN you can go to the consumables trader and exchange your unused skill point on one player into a "star of transferance". Toss the stars into storage and put them on your warrior. double click and BAM instant skill point for your warrior.
That is a costly way of getting skills... ouch. /homeless after a couple days... lol

Boris De Pig

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

Dreams of Decadence [coco]

A/W

if you're a warrior then a few vermin-farming solo runs should be reasonable. I think it's about 3k per run, so 6k per out and back. Using scrolls could speed up the xp gain.

Vanquishing has left me with a ridiculous number of skill points too.

BdP

Fried Tech

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

[Yeti]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Way Out
That is a costly way of getting skills... ouch. /homeless after a couple days... lol
its also the reason that they made the star. to move skill point from one char to another.

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

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finally i can move the 900 skill points off my ele.

scareater farm hm is a great way on ele to get skill points.

on warrior i would say vermin or raptor hm farm

The Way Out

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fried Tech
its also the reason that they made the star. to move skill point from one char to another.
I know what a star does. I know why it was made. Your reason for explaining?

numri

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

Hobo Union

W/Mo

Thanks for all the excellent suggestions.

However I just got back after a 6 months break. And I never did explore GW:en, I was so disapointed it was almost 99% PVE expansion.

What is this FFF place you talk about?

Give me a few days to get back in the lingo!

Also, Are there builds now for the deep HM where warriors are actually welcome...?

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

Why do ppl go for this title when you can't use most the elites anyway?

Nemo the Capitalist

Nemo the Capitalist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Trust me you dont want to know my Chasms of Despair

Zaishen Brotherhood

N/Me

Hff.....uw For Solo Smites Etc

BLOODGOAT

BLOODGOAT

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2007

long a

Mo/

I don't know what your profession actually is (it says W/Mo but that could just be one of many) but if it is Monk, just act as 600 in the 600/Smite HM FoW run. You can easily get 50k exp a run and oodles more if you decide to use exp scrolls. I have 6mill exp from just casually farming FoW as a 600 and the undead outside of Bergen as a 55 which gives me more than enough skill points than I'll ever need

numri

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

Hobo Union

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Age
Why do ppl go for this title when you can't use most the elites anyway?
Because it's an awesome thing to brag to the girls..

"Hey ladies, wanna see my title?"

Quote:
Originally Posted by Numri
Dear GWG, For a while now i've been working on my Legendary elite skill hunter title on my dear Warrior-ess. I've accomplished so far:
Keyword! =D

BLOODGOAT

BLOODGOAT

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2007

long a

Mo/

Lol @ as soon as I read the word "title" in the first line I skipped down to see what they had already. Should have read the 4 words after! /doh

Randvek

Randvek

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Rise From the Ashes [phnx]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Age
Why do ppl go for this title when you can't use most the elites anyway?
Unlocks for use in PvP or heroes, of course.

Unlocks aside, just for the title to show off, even if it's a pretty worthless title.

Coloneh

Coloneh

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

D/W

I would say do vanquish and protector and guardian. farm titles to. might as well work on 2 titles at once.

numri

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

Hobo Union

W/Mo

Vanquish is clear all mobs, Guardian is all missions + bonus on hardmode, but protector? (all missions + bonus on normal?)

Smile Like Umean It

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Way Out

FFF has also been a great way, however, it is a bit slow and boring for me when compared to other means.
2000 xp in about 2 mins is slow to you? I do agree that it's boring, but that's why I bring someone with me. We all rotate who does it every 4000 faction or so.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Age
Why do ppl go for this title when you can't use most the elites anyway?
My Ranger was well on his way to Tyrian Kill Hunter and that's before titles actually came out (didn't have Factions at the time of would have had that too) I enjoy doing it and I liked him having everything.

wanmoke

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

In the land of Do Not Disturb

Wind Riders

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by numri
What is this FFF place you talk about?
FFF stands for "Fast Faction Farming". It is a technique to quickly amass Kurzick or Luxon faction via the repeatable quests. Each time you do it, you get 2,000 experience, thus, you can get skill points pretty fast that way. Duel of the Houses or Securing Echovald Forest can be used for the Kurzick side. The Jade Arena can be used for the Luxon side.

The Way Out

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

Zomg Zombies [OMG]

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Smile Like Umean It
2000 xp in about 2 mins is slow to you? I do agree that it's boring, but that's why I bring someone with me. We all rotate who does it every 4000 faction or so.

My Ranger was well on his way to Tyrian Kill Hunter and that's before titles actually came out (didn't have Factions at the time of would have had that too) I enjoy doing it and I liked him having everything.
Soloing outside of Sifhalla I get 245xp per kill... yes 2000 can be slow when you can drop thirty enemy in about a minute.

Smile Like Umean It

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

That still isn't slow. It's just slower than what you can get there.

numri

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

Hobo Union

W/Mo

Hmm, thank you for these nice tips, I'm gonna try it out as soon as bro stops bugging me :P

numri

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

Hobo Union

W/Mo

Are there any builds where i can just tank all of them and do it solo without all the henchies? Or are there enchantment breakers

Gaia Fiammetta

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2008

Nexus Auditrice

E/

I just got my Legendary Skill Hunter title yesterday (FINALLY!) and towards the end skill points were really hard to come by. I had a lot of success with doing HM vanquishing (and missions) while using scrolls. Even the cheapo scrolls that cost like 300 gold really help to bump up the amount of XP you get. In addition, lots of the bosses will drop those scrolls in HM.

If you bring along lockpicks, you can consistently get tomes/golds that help to finance both your scrolls and the cost of skill points. The drops are even better in HM. I always have a never-ending supply of golds that I can turn around and sell in the auctions.

Once you get close to the end, keep in mind that you get 5k experience for each elite you cap, in addition to whatever XP you've gained from killing all the mobs before the boss. You can even combine the vanquishing and the capping of elites. That was often a great way to get more XP when the boss was deep into the zone and I had to kill most of the enemies anyways.

Good luck!