Can Fissure of Woe still be chest run?

KIDGOOCH

KIDGOOCH

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

MD

R/Mo

I think I recall the chest run being nerfed a while back (maybe a year and a half ago), though I could be wrong.

Does anyone still run this? What build is being used if you can run it?

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

It can still be run....

BUT the point of running it in a team has largely disappeared. People used to run FoW because chests used to always spawn the same type of item (ie, all purples or all golds). The main reason people ran FoW in teams wasn't because they had to (it is easily soloed/duoed), but because they could save money on keys by skipping the purple chests after the first person opened it.

Now that chest drops are random, there isn't really any motivation to team up for this anymore. And due to HM, you can find "better" chests then FoW ones in more runnable areas.

KIDGOOCH

KIDGOOCH

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

MD

R/Mo

Thank you for the quick response. I'm looking for someplace different to chest run, I've opened 2400+ chests, less than 100 from r5, and am bored with the other farming areas, plus the chance for the different drops.

Eragon Zarroc

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

farming easter eggs this weekend could give u a reprieve from normal chest running ;-) although it's just trading one grind for another =D.

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

FoW chestruns haven't been nerfed and people were doing them long long after the general nerf that made all chest drops random. Main reason to keep doing it in team was to split entry fee and to split and quickly locate chests on the map. And FoW chests can still drop very nice items, as opposed to most NF/EotN HM chests where the best you can get is an elite tome.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eragon Zarroc View Post
farming easter eggs this weekend could give u a reprieve from normal chest running ;-) although it's just trading one grind for another =D.
Agreed. Do this. You can get like ~750 chests opened without having to buy a single key.

Bon

Bon

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

BC

Dorks R Us

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms View Post
Agreed. Do this. You can get like ~750 chests opened without having to buy a single key.
How without keys?

Squiffy

Squiffy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon View Post
How without keys?
Picking up 1 easter egg will add 1 point to your treasure hunting title.
Picking up 750 easter eggs will add 750 points to your treasure hunting title.

At least thats what it was last easter.

Happy Hunting :]

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

W/P

Before you attempt to ask what is the "best way" to farm them eggs. It's the same friggin answer EVERY WEEKEND EVENT. Raptors or Vaettirs. That's it that's all. If you want to know how, I'm absolutely certain you can find your answer on wiki, farming section, youtube, google etc...

Just thought I'd get that out of the way. There's a thread just closed today asking the same friggin question.

Oh btw Happy Hunting