Why does no one go ToPk anymore?
clbembry
I was just there and nobody else was, do they not drop ecto's there anymore?
zmano11
sure you wernt in the wrong dis cuz i went there and there was a good amount of people there
clbembry
Yeah American D1 like 30 minutes ago.
Killamus
UWSC is much faster, more profitable, and easier to do.
Hooded Doom
uwsc = more betterer
Rhamia Darigaz
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uwsc = more betterer
manly B/P is far braver than puny sissy shadow sins.
ergo, topk = more betterer
ergo, topk = more betterer
majikmajikmajik
they nerfed pets so they cant leave an exploitable corpse which fueled MM's in TotPK for body blocking....and people moved to assassin farming.
Chthon
Just because you suggested it, I H+Hed it today as a MM. Man, that new Masochism is powerful stuff....
Arkantos
Compared to UW/FoW, the rewards are worse, and it takes longer.
riceangel
Greens as an end reward is not appealing
Songbringer
I solo it 1-2 times a week on my sin XD
the pretender
Well you can H\H the whole place in NM and HM easier and defiantly faster then you normally would with people. Ran the dang place 4 times in a row and only got 4 Ectos!
Playing in a team USUALLY(Not all the time) only causes problems. And for those that say ToPK is active haha do a survey of the area hardly any teams going on all you see is Permas(A/E|A/M).
Playing in a team USUALLY(Not all the time) only causes problems. And for those that say ToPK is active haha do a survey of the area hardly any teams going on all you see is Permas(A/E|A/M).
gw_poster
now if a-net were to put an end chest in ToPK instead of some janky old greens, you would be seeing a lot more people there. That being said, the new pet buff might encourage more people to try to relive the glory days of B/P'ing the place - despite pets not leaving exploitable corpses...
Scf Big M
They really should put an end chest in there. They did it for Urgoz and the Deep, why not do it here?
A Simple Farmer
Team runs are still done; sins and soh
Celebrian
<3 ToPK <3 if only they added an end chest to it, it wouldnt be such a discarded area. As the current greens dont really make it worthwhile anymore.
Having said that, I think it would be pretty pointless to use the old b/p build considering orders dont stack anymore, pets arnt exploitable corpses and minion limit. But I'm sure with the hundreds of skills added to the game since pre-factions there would be plenty of decent team builds to complete this area that dont require Shadow Form.
Having said that, I think it would be pretty pointless to use the old b/p build considering orders dont stack anymore, pets arnt exploitable corpses and minion limit. But I'm sure with the hundreds of skills added to the game since pre-factions there would be plenty of decent team builds to complete this area that dont require Shadow Form.
riktw
i sold my orge slaying knive for 80K in spamadan 3 weeks ago.
so yes i love topk
so yes i love topk
byteme!
Petra Arkanian
Last week I was in topk (with a balanced team) the mm insisted he was exploiting my pets corpse - has this changed?
Calista Blackblood
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Last week I was in topk (with a balanced team) the mm insisted he was exploiting my pets corpse - has this changed?
You had a badly misinformed MM.
Bodock
what is the limit on minions? is it 8?
deluxe
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what is the limit on minions? is it 8?
11 @ 18 death (masochism)
Catchphrase
There used to be a reason to do ToPK, urgoz and kanaxai when stuff aren't inscriptable. Inscriptable items pretty much defeats the whole purpose of soloing boss and doing those dungeons or w/e you call it to farm those green drops.
hallomik
In the old days, I used to B/P this one all the time. This past weekend, I decided to try to hero/hench it with a discord + Spirit Spammer (me) combo.
I wiped the first couple of trys, but finally got the hang of it. Winning strategy seemed to be to drop the spirits first, flag the H/H team behind me, Pull the baddies into the spirits, and then unleash the H/H.
It was pretty fast, but the cool part came at the end. After killing everyone around the Darknesses, I flagged the H/H off screen and soloed the Darkness trio - easy with a spirit spam build - and got all greens for myself.
Good times.
I wiped the first couple of trys, but finally got the hang of it. Winning strategy seemed to be to drop the spirits first, flag the H/H team behind me, Pull the baddies into the spirits, and then unleash the H/H.
It was pretty fast, but the cool part came at the end. After killing everyone around the Darknesses, I flagged the H/H off screen and soloed the Darkness trio - easy with a spirit spam build - and got all greens for myself.
Good times.
Monster.
They really ought to just add a chest at the end, and maybe up the difficulty a bit if the chest was good. Could drop sigils or something, so you don't just have to buy them from the trader or off of an HoHer.
Mr. Undisclosed
Would be a cool little project for the devs, maybe add an end chest or something and voila something to keep people busy. I myself have never even bothered to do ToPK because it just didn't sound profitable and I'm sure a great deal of other people haven't or have only done so once.
zwei2stein
Hmm, no title, no statue, some loot, but less valuable and desired than in other areas, long and fairly boring, easy to wipe in pug (dungeon without res shrines, oh my!), final reward being decent thou (wtb wenslauss staves in bulk, 3k a piece!)
Something you do several times for fun, but never return to.
Something you do several times for fun, but never return to.
Snograt
Hmm, I tried (and failed - have I ever mentioned how much I suck?) to clear Tombs with just my spirit-spammer and standard Sab's necros.
Would you guys say that discord is the way to go for someone wanting to do this?
- I still love Tombs - sue me
Would you guys say that discord is the way to go for someone wanting to do this?
- I still love Tombs - sue me
Snograt
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Quote: Originally Posted by hallomik 1) I took the 2 healer plus 2 mage henches. Doh. For some reason I totally forgot about the henchmen in TotPK. I remember using the healers and rangers when I used to run my ranger and 3 ranger heroes through there. Sort-of worked a bit...
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Atro
Awesome, this sounds interesting, Ive done ToPK with a friend it was pretty fun but that was ages ago, I need to try this, thanks for the info.
AlsPals
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Originally Posted by Catchphrase
There used to be a reason to do ToPK, urgoz and kanaxai when stuff aren't inscriptable. Inscriptable items pretty much defeats the whole purpose of soloing boss and doing those dungeons or w/e you call it to farm those green drops.
Story of the game...inscriptions tanked the perceived value of most of the stuff in the game.
Snograt
Thanks hallomik - just completed my first-ever H/H clearance of Tombs ^_^
Did it as a trial run - so inventory was full (damn that 30 second timer - lose it please, ANet; it serves NO purpose!) The drop box at the end was full of blues and whites - with just Victo's Blade and Milius' Pillar to show for my troubles. I missed out on Victo's Maul and Illyana's Staff, so no major loss.
Still love Tombs
Did it as a trial run - so inventory was full (damn that 30 second timer - lose it please, ANet; it serves NO purpose!) The drop box at the end was full of blues and whites - with just Victo's Blade and Milius' Pillar to show for my troubles. I missed out on Victo's Maul and Illyana's Staff, so no major loss.
Still love Tombs
Fay Vert
While I agree that the time to next mission timer serves no purpose, and the one in tombs is mindlessly short. Gotta ask, what are you doing with your inventory that you can't fit the drops from Tombs in?
hallomik
Gratz Snograt. I took one mercantile summoning stone with me and popped him out in the fourth chamber. I knew I forgot something!
Snograt
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Gratz Snograt. I took one mercantile summoning stone with me and popped him out in the fourth chamber. I knew I forgot something!
I thought I had some - I've got tons of the damn things spread over every character except my damn Rit, apparently.
(edit) I think I'm getting the hang of it now ^_^
(edit) I think I'm getting the hang of it now ^_^
gw_poster
^^ that's sweet, gz. I think I might just do ToPK again because I'm bored shitless of the rest of this game...sabway, merc summoning stone, ele and monk hench, flag them away at end, r/rt spirit spammer build (i'm a ranger), anything I've missed? Oh yeah, B/P used to take about an 1h 15min...how long is this taking you guys with h/h?
Snograt
Probably a bit longer than B/P - this method is more like surgical precision rather than a steamroller.