Has anyone been having the same issues?
Ectos NOT Droping?
Astral Design
I am new to the under world, I have only played there a few times. Night before last and last night I did a total of 10 'smitie' runs with a SS/SV Necro and a 55 Monk. One gold item droped, no ectos, 2 purples. Thats it. I don't get it I thought that the under world was to drop at least 1 ecto per trip. I know it wasn't the Monk snagging the drop before I saw it because the Monk in question was playing in the same room with me.
Has anyone been having the same issues?
Has anyone been having the same issues?
Venenatus Ensis
this is just something that i heard so i dont know if it is true. apparently there is a new command that came out with the last patch that doesnt allow you to keep farming the same spot over and over. after doing it twice, the game fixes it so the drops are bad so you go somewhere else. for the first two runs though, just bad luck.
Malty
i thought it was 5 runs before bad drops
Kotari
My partner and I just got 5 ectos between the two of us on a run yesterday. You probably just ran into a string of bad luck.
pyrosamurai
I believe so...I really am frustrated because I solo'd with SoJ for 10 runs and I cleared the hall and I got absolutely no ectos.
Gloria Saldez
that is bad luck like times 10......i am a 55 monk in training hoping that ectos will drop for me and my guildie that comes.....as for the 5 drop limit thingy i dont know but my friend in my guild has done it loads of times and each time gets at least one ecto.....but hey begginers luck
Sents
I'm curious about the people you've grouped with, was it their first trips as well, or had they been, possibly farming previous to you grouping with them?
Murder In China
Could be the worst luck of your life so far.
cerb
Just do quests. If you farm UW too much, drops get nerfed so you gotta clear a lot more or do something else.
We just do smite runs with quests (Ice King & Unwanted Guests) and average 4 ectos per run plus a few skill points (25K exp in reward) and gold drops.
We just do smite runs with quests (Ice King & Unwanted Guests) and average 4 ectos per run plus a few skill points (25K exp in reward) and gold drops.
BlackRecluse
its near to impossible to find a decent monk now adays, one that isnt afraid of every single monster...and one that doesnt bring smiting skills. ive pretty much given up on 2-man runs; too many terrible monks and 45-minute smite runs.
Two April Mornings
i cry blasphemy
supersititon
all jsut bad luck
supersititon
all jsut bad luck
manitoba1073
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Originally Posted by BlackRecluse
its near to impossible to find a decent monk now adays, one that isnt afraid of every single monster...and one that doesnt bring smiting skills. ive pretty much given up on 2-man runs; too many terrible monks and 45-minute smite runs.
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Linsys
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Originally Posted by manitoba1073
and theres a problem with smite skills on 55 monks. srry dont see where u mean that. i have 2 55 monks both carry SoJ and smite spell. and 45 mins to do smites runs is bad by then me and my tag alongs when i have them have cleared the village and worked our way up the dragon road by that long of a time. yeah id say there r terrible 55's out there. seen a few mostly there the ones using SB.
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So the noobs are the monks who carry SoJ...
TRIvario
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Originally Posted by BlackRecluse
its near to impossible to find a decent monk now adays, one that isnt afraid of every single monster...and one that doesnt bring smiting skills. ive pretty much given up on 2-man runs; too many terrible monks and 45-minute smite runs.
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Linsys
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Originally Posted by TRIvario
on the contrary, I find way to many ss/sv necros that have no idea how to kill smites under 3 minutes, they cast sv, and then SS right after every time and don't understand why it's not working. They also do a bunch of other stuff like echoing SS instead of SV and having the smites, smite hex the SS's when SV runs out, then I have to wait for the necro to get energy back and give it another hopeless shot.
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Anarchy!
WHO ECHOS SV????? and ya soj sucks
log1k
what could be worse than a monk that doesn't speak english, with SoJ, and..... Sprint!!
RotteN
SoJ pretty much ruins SS effectiveness ... and SB is basically the better (safer) way to go
i usually echo SV, cause the random 55 i team up with usually doesn't aggro a lot of smites, and even then still uses bonetti's while having SV on him, so it takes a pretty while till smites are drained ...
i usually echo SV, cause the random 55 i team up with usually doesn't aggro a lot of smites, and even then still uses bonetti's while having SV on him, so it takes a pretty while till smites are drained ...
quickmonty
Can we put all these "Drop" threads in one place, with a definition of RANDOM?
fiery
Eh, not a gurrantee to pop into UW and get ecto drops. Drops been dying ever since the new PVE tombs.
Linsys
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Eh, not a gurrantee to pop into UW and get ecto drops. Drops been dying ever since the new PVE tombs.
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No for me... I get about 1-3 EVERY run.... but I "trick" the anti-farm code.
kimo the healer
I noticed ectos drop more frequently in chaos plains.
Loralai
There's absolutely no need to echo SV. Simply make sure it's set on 17 seconds (11 attribute). When monk gets FULL smite aggro, and not all but one that's coming slower from the back...full aggro, cast SV on him. Wait approximately 6 seconds, (for me it's when my SV is 1/4th recharged) while you are counting/waiting, you cast echo. This gives SV time to actually work and remove and degen the smite energy rendering them unable to smite hex. After 6 seconds, cast the SS, switch target, cast the echo SS. Then cast Desecrate. Done. Dead.
fiery
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Zephro
I go with a pretty awesome 55er, he can aggro around 8-10 smites and 3 colds at once, and not drop below 75% life. Or even die, for that matter.
awelcomecomatose
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Originally Posted by TRIvario
on the contrary, I find way to many ss/sv necros that have no idea how to kill smites under 3 minutes, they cast sv, and then SS right after every time and don't understand why it's not working. They also do a bunch of other stuff like echoing SS instead of SV and having the smites, smite hex the SS's when SV runs out, then I have to wait for the necro to get energy back and give it another hopeless shot.
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awelcomecomatose
Pre aggro atb let energy fill. After every smite has aggrod fully. SV. Wait 3 seconds. Echo SS. Oppostite of group ss. They should die in under 15-18 seconds. If you want to be on the safe side you can cover hex. Anything near 3 minutes per smite group would annoy the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO out of me.