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Originally Posted by You just got tomahawked
I am going to start using my A/Ele to UW farm but I have a few questions.
For A/E is it normally accpeted to do it in HM?
There's not really any reason to. It's slower because the HM monster AI will scatter where the NM AI won't. The ecto drop rate is the same. And the uninscribable golds with ugly skins you'll get from HM aren't worth anything.
The only reason I can think of for doing it in HM would be to try to get a decent gloom shield, but the odds of getting 2 maxed good mods are so low that you'd be better off just farming more ectos and buying an inscribable one or investing in Z-Keys.
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What equipment do I need?
I would suggest:Shadow arts headpiece with Sup. shadow arts rune. Major or even minor rune will work in a pinch.
Weapon set 1:Fiery spear of 20% enchanting with a +5e inscription. The fiery prefix lets you keep things on fire during lava font's downtime; It's nice but not necessary. Spear works at range, which is nice if you want to try to kill a behemoth or accidentally attack an aatxe (riposte hurts), but not necessary; an axe or sword will work too. If you have a Sup rune, you don't actually need the enchanting mod, but it's extremely tight without it.
20/20 fire focus
weapon set 2: Vampiric anything of enchanting. Used to keep your life down while travelling between mobs. The enchanting mod isn't necessary, but it's nice to have if you forget to switch back to your enchanting set.
weapon set 3: Flatbow of fortitude. Used for pulling stuff without losing aggro from another group and for reestablishing aggro from a group that's broken aggro. The fortitude is unnecessary, but on a couple of occasions the extra 30 hp has saved me when I hit traps in a bad spawn.
Weapon set 4: If you really want to be extra careful, either a +15/-1 fire focus in case you screw up your energy or a +30hp, +45hp when enchanted staff (or weapon + offhand) for if you hit a trap.
Runes and insignias can be whatever. Radiant is nice, but not needed. I'd just use your normal armor and not bother re-runing.
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What build should I use?
I like:
[shadow form][deadly paradox][glyph of swiftness][dash][lava font][mark of rodgort][glyph of lesser energy][fire attunement]
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Is A/E faster than A/Me?
I don't know. It's certainly easier. And you don't have to grind titles for it. Since A/E became possible, I haven't heard any reliable posters comment on their relative speeds.
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What areas are done with an A/E?
You can do labyrinth, chaos planes, bone pits, as well as the quests Imprisoned Spirits and Unwanted Guests. I would stick to chaos planes and labyrinth, since they have the best ecto/time ratio. I'd only do bone pits/imprisoned spirits if I felt lucky about the unlocked quest chest or wanted to get someone a spider.
I think you could probably do forgotten vale if you had a spear, but nothing worthwhile drops there, and I don't think you can do the quest.
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How long shoudl it take?
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