Vaettir with the new Obsidian Flesh

I was thinking of leaving a character from my second account at the portal as a doorman. Near-instant rezone when the run is over, saves a chunk of time. The second character can also carry merc stones, spare salvage kits, and extra Measure for Measure inscriptions. Plus he can take the stuff you want to keep (dyes, mats, weapon mods, tomes) so your pack doesn't start to fill up, leaving less and less room for new drops. That way you can stay out as long as you like without having to zone back to an outpost.

I was thinking of leaving a character from my second account at the portal as a doorman. Near-instant rezone when the run is over, saves a chunk of time. And my times are getting better with practice anyway. That sounds great in theory, but I reckon you'd end up having to run your second account inside to collect the drops assigned to him, making each run longer. I love the idea, but a stack of Merchant Summoning Stones may be easier, and in any case, I just zone back to Longeye's. It's not like the run to Jaga Moraine is hard or long.

@Sethellington: As I've said earlier, I personally dislike the Ether Nightmare / Cry of Pain combo for an Elementalist. Given the tools an elementalist has to reduce recharge times, it seems wisest to exploit them. You already have Glyph of Swiftness, so Spec 4 points into Air Magic so it can be used on Crystal Wave / Teinai's Crystal. It recharges quickly enough that you can use it once in between Obsidian Flesh casts to make your damage skills recharge even faster. Hell, even bring a cheap 40/40 set to swap to, you'll be amazed at how often it'll trigger.

Compare that to the Ether / Cry setup: You'll be hitting for minimal amounts of Armor-ignoring damage while keeping the enemy at -10 degen. The skill recharge items you've access to are doing you zero good because of the degen cap.

Also, if you're wearing Geomancer's Insignias (as you should) you don't need the Mantra of Earth for survival, just for energy management. So you spec only enough points to give you a duration you're comfortable with, and put the rest into Energy Storage. That way you can maintain Storm Djinn's Haste even with the way Obsidian Flesh reduces your mana regen.

I've found it best to wait the extra few seconds for them all to cluster around you before starting the attack chain. That way they all die at once, you don't have to deal with stragglers, and they never run away.

Oh, when you gather them, are you trying to get all 60 at once? Don't. Kill them in two groups. I usually begin with the south first, but that's just habit at this point. I can't see it making an appreciable difference.

Good luck!

Yeah I switched to the Echo/Crystal/Teinai's build. The reason I was getting stragglers is because I was trying to gather all 60. But how on earth can you gather 2 groups and kill them separately in 2 mins!? How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice man, practice. Keep Storm Djinn's Haste up whenever you're running, and with the faster skill recharges from the 4-spec Glyph of Swiftness and/or your staff/wand/focus ....you'll be killing them very quickly.

I get burnt out very quickly, which is why I'm a horrible farmer, but doing a few runs and experimenting with routes helps a ton. You'll learn how to get your aggro bubble to barely brush a Vaettir to bring his mob over. That's one of the great things about this build compared to the Assassin one: barring lag or missing a cast, you cannot die. So go crazy trying to find the route that's easiest for you. Oh, and always keep moving to avoid bodyblocks. I end up sidestepping like a fiend.

EDIT: Oh, and don't get too hung up on the "/age" thing, it's misleading. It just means in this instance your runs will be anywhere from 2 minutes to 2:59. Anytime you see a screenshot with an "/age", it'll most likely be on the end of that timeframe. Still faster than the A/Me in my opinion, but nothing to get hung up on.

I learned this fairly easy. Hardest part was learning the run since I am completely new to this. I normally kill like 36 of them.. is there another group of them somewhere where I am missing? And I thought I was doing it fast by killing them in 2 mins haha.. There is groups to the left and the right, there is 60 in total.

The muling idea was somebody else. It's something of a benefit, but I favour merch summoning stones myself. The two are not mutually exclusive. Why would I want to sell dyes, for example, to the summoned merchant? But I also don't want to have 5-10 slots of my pack filled up with different colors after an hour or so, making me stop and merch more often. Thus, I pass those off to the doorman to hold. Same with tomes, useful weapon mods, mats, and other items worth keeping. And the doorman can hold the summoning stones, leaving one more slot open for farming.

That's your problem. This is for Hard Mode only. In Hard Mode there'll be 60 Vaettir, and their increased attack speed just makes your life easier by keeping you swimming in Energy. Thanks for pointing that out. The farm does work in normal mode, but the drops are horrendous, and getting the energy regen is tough at the start.