Latest unofficial Raptor Farm Nerf?

Akimb0

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Rt/N

Anyone else noticed the groups of raptor nestlings give up the chase very early when you're trying to aggro the entire cave....? This happened sometime over the weekend as far as I can tell.

The.D0pefish

The.D0pefish

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

Germany

Matchup Close [yPrn]

Me/

worked fine in Hardmode for me.
I once used grasping earth while luring them in HM (so same runspeed) and they lost aggro.
So maybe it doesn't work in nm anymore but it does in HM

Yoshikuni Mahsu

Yoshikuni Mahsu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Akimb0
Anyone else noticed the groups of raptor nestlings give up the chase very early when you're trying to aggro the entire cave....? This happened sometime over the weekend as far as I can tell. Nope.

If you're doing it in NM, they de-aggro very easily, if your using a speedbost. This is because they dont have the 50% movement speed like they do in HM.

Abedeus

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

R/

They don't have 50% in HM. Even Aatxes in HM have only 25% boost (in NM it's 10%). I'd say they have 15-20% boost in Hard Mode.

They also don't attack 50% faster, don't cast 50% faster. Only bosses and boss-like foes does, and even then not all.

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Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

I just started refarming raptors yesterday (in need of some points) and it was working just fine except for 2 which didn't want to follow me.

xPIMPx

xPIMPx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Uk

Hmmm Defrosted Cat [Poo]

W/A

I heard if you bring gwen or go along as a cute naked female monk they are easier to aggro.

Sage Sanctus

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2008

England

Eternal Night Vanguard[TEN]

Mo/

What running skill did you use perhaps?

I always use dash to get to the cave, but never inside as that will cause you to break aggro with some of the nestlings. Dark escape is the running stance I use inside the cave.

I havent noticed any change in their running speed or their breaking aggro.

Antithesis

Antithesis

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

BrisneyLand

Sphincter Says [What]

W/

No change, farmed heaps in NM and HM.

Skinny Corpse

Skinny Corpse

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Company of Corpses [CoC]

No change in HM as far as I'm concerned.. I'm doing it right
now and they still keep following me around all over the place.

ReZDoGG

ReZDoGG

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Indian Township, ME

Nativ War Party (NWP)

Rt/Mo

It depends on what build you are using. I use A/E with Mindbender (Rank 10 = 33% boost)... I also take along Djinn's Haste for damage or for running to the cave. If you use Mindbender and Flame Djinn's Haste together, it seems they both stack to 50% boost and you will shake off Raptor's pretty quickly in HM. So only use one running skill and make sure you don't use anything else that would stack together, such as Flame Djinn's Haste.

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by xPIMPx
I heard if you bring gwen or go along as a cute naked female monk they are easier to aggro. like the one in healbot blues

in nm they de aggro very fast

they always have for me.

its like the oni.

lazy bastards

Antithesis

Antithesis

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

BrisneyLand

Sphincter Says [What]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by ReZDoGG
If you use Mindbender and Flame Djinn's Haste together, it seems they both stack to 50% boost and you will shake off Raptor's pretty quickly in HM. 50% seems to be the key to shaking off HM agro. Dash will do the same, don't use it in the cave.

Mr.Kotte

Mr.Kotte

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

Its 33%.
Mindbender at r10 = equal run speed

Shikiri

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2008

[COC]Company of Corpses

E/Me

Have been farming them for AGES, no problem here,