FoW Chest Run
mathijn
uhm, you will encounter more hex casting groups(degen, slow down) but it isnt that hard, compared to droks its a little bit easier i think
Lady Erighan
I can solo run FoW using a R/W or R/Mo build. The spider cave isn't that hard for a Ranger since most of their running skills also evade attacks. The hardest part is probably the entrance to the Forge Courtyard area where you "usually" have to run past the group of Ice Hands and Ether Breakers that guard the path.
Unfortunately, it's not worth people's efforts unless they just want to have fun.
Unfortunately, it's not worth people's efforts unless they just want to have fun.
Lint
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Originally Posted by sparks
Are they needed if you did?
ps what are the icons just to the left of your health bar
sparks
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Originally Posted by MirageCloud
how hard is this compared to a droks run?
Truthfully, that drok run aint worth it. It is way to easy now. There is to many runners spamming that stuff for 3k, sometimes 2k. The run for me is a flat 22min run. It takes a good 20min to get a full group. So in about 40min, you make 15k... Not worth it. You can make a lot more doing a copperhammer run. I charge 2k for copperhammer, its a 5 min run..... Get the point. BTW there is never a bad spawn for drok runs. Those are just exuses. Drok run is plain out easy... The wurms are not even close to a problem. For wurms you should use charge and balance stance before u even encounter the wurms, you should lose them in 5 seconds.
~~~~~~~~~ BTW, you can Run the forest! Heres some pics of me running it with the same friend above, but i was taking all teh dmg.   Then me making it below. He finnaly got targeted. 
S!carius
Bump, this is a good guild and should be stickied or commented on enought to keep it on the front page.
Pizza Pie!
@ Lady - can you post in you R/W or R/Mo build?
Dracostamer
Cool, not much profit though, have seen some perfect chaos axes drop =)
mathijn
As R/Mo
my build: 1. escape 2. dodge 3. stormchaser 4. whirling defense 5. dryders defense 6. heal area 7. healing breeze 8. rebirth attribute lvls: expertise: 16 wilderniss survival: 6-7 healing: 11-12
Lint
UPDATED, I added Videos to my giuld.
mathijn
i gonna orginize tours, showing ppl the tips and tricks for 1 key =D
Lint
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Originally Posted by mathijn
i gonna orginize tours, showing ppl the tips and tricks for 1 key =D
split keys with me, 50/50
 . Did anyone see the videos yet, are they helpful?
mattjones527
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Originally Posted by Lint
BTW there is never a bad spawn for drok runs. Those are just exuses. Drok run is plain out easy... The wurms are not even close to a
problem. For wurms you should use charge and balance stance before u even encounter the wurms, you should lose them in 5 seconds. Never bad spawns eh? I've had worms follow me all the way to the Dreadnaughts drift portal. Not only that but I have seen spawns the have had two Pinesole groups, a group of avicara, and 2 worms that were at the top of the first cave. Yes the droks run is easy but far from 100% completion every time.
Lint
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Originally Posted by mattjones527
Never bad spawns eh? I've had worms follow me all the way to the Dreadnaughts drift portal. Not only that but I have seen spawns the have had two Pinesole groups, a group of avicara, and 2 worms that were at the top of the first cave.
Yes the droks run is easy but far from 100% completion every time. the key to make the wurms not fllow you is use charge and balance stance before the wurms even pop up, and when the pop up, just run in a line. I allways lose the wurms after the first pop up this way. Back to FoW disscussion.
Da Cebuano
See I figured this run isn't very worth it at all, unless you are one of those bastards who have gotten all the luck in the game w/ a very special access key -_-
see: 1500 per key or 1k-1k250 if you buy from people multiply that for how many chest you plan to open per run. Say you have 10 keys = 15k out of those keys, 3 golds 7 purples, chances are, the drops are ****y and thats 15k out to thin air. Don't get me wrong, i bet theres alot of people who have made a mint from the good drops, but its entirely luck based, and basing on the gold drops i have gotten as of late, I simply don't find it worth the time(especially since going to fow means you can go do the spider run).
Lint
i got a gold unidentified shadow blade, req 8 last night
. thats the total of my 3rd one so far.ii've must of gotten 40 keys or so. thats the total of 60k. And i've sold 2 shadow blades req 8 for 70k each (i've could've gotten more but i dont feel like spamming shit)). and besides the shadowblades i've goteen alot of gold. ALOT. 40/58 were around 10 or less req. 18/58 is basically req 13.
hinhtan
Unid Shadow Blade req 8 doesnt cost much mow a day I try to sale my in LA and Forge for 40K like 2 hours w/o any offer.
ps sorry for the off-topic anyway nice guide ..thk for sharing
Juicey Shake
Nice, I tag along on my ranger sometimes and just solo the forest- eheh. Makes it easier for the silly wars to run at the end of their tour, too.
Lint
Final Update! Created a new video, made it 1 video, and added music to it.
http://rapidshare.de/files/17697564/FoW_Chest_Run.wmv I now announcew FoW Chest Run giuld, Officially finished! ~Enjoy~ mathijn
i join, i solo it with my ranger
complete, including spider cave, gonna love the wall glitch =P
Lint
I'm glad to hear that you can do the run. But did anyone try the video yet? Tell me if it works please.
ibex333
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Originally Posted by Lint
I'm glad to hear that you can do the run. But did anyone try the video yet? Tell me if it works please.
Lint, great work man! Dont listen to those who bash you for not making a thorough enough guide, or not clear enough... You are not obligated to be doing this at all. It is a blessing to all these people that you even bothered to do this for them! So thank you! I cant do what you're describing at all... But I'm not gonna bitch about it, I'm sure all it takes is just more practice and lots of gold to waste. Still, thanx, since if it's not for people like you, people like me wouldnt even have a slightest idea of all those builds and strategies that give you a chance to get something good. mathijn
his video is great =D
lint is great 2 0.0
Lint
Thanks for all the replys guys, i do appreciate it
. Pritty soon im gunna have another guide up. SOLOing about everything in SF and Grenth footprint with an elementalist.
mathijn
nice, 2 bad i deleted my ele =D
1Kipisz1
its very good, but too much people when i build team wont to cheap spider farm
Lithium,
You said healing breze in the ranger one, i wouldnt take that because shatter enchant does bout 100 dmg whicxh hurts
mathijn
only mesmers shatter, i use HB as counter on the acients skales(life transfer)
and offcourse 2 support team mates if they are in trouble(mesmer free area's only) logan90
Can an ele run it? If so, does anyone have a build? I have a general ele running build but i doubt it would work very well in FoW.
Kyle The Piemaster
Ive had quite a bit of good luck with these runs, and they're loads of fun
Build that I use: W/x 16 tactics, 13 Strength Rebirth (for those silly kids that die) Contemplation of purity Holy Veil Sprint Charge Endure Pain Defensive Stance Healing Signet If you're about to go through a tough spot, use Charge then Endure then Defensive Stance and you wont have any trouble getting through. When you pass the skales and get life transfer and siphon on you, throw up a holy veil then use CoP to get rid of both hexes IMO healing breeze isn't very effective with the 10 energy cost. And I'd like to add a tip when using rebirth, because most people get someone up then they just drop right back down because of the skill recharge. Bring along a staff for +energy. Rebirth them with your melee weapon up then after your energy drops to 0, switch to the staff and use charge to help the person get out.
Lint
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Originally Posted by Kyle The Piemaster
IMO healing breeze isn't very effective with the 10 energy cost.
Well it is effective when u have low health, endure on, and 10 degen, so cast healign breeze then healign sig b4 you degen to death.....
Nerd! Randy!
Cool video...I've never made the entire run, but it's fun to try anyway...and the occasional gold drops from the chests aren't bad either....gj Lint
Originally Posted by Lint
Quote: I'm glad to hear that you can do the run. But did anyone try the video yet? Tell me if it works please.
Bertie Bullet Bow
FOW is the funnest place to farm, but you need a good team if you're going to play with others. Chests usually give you crap, but chests give you crap everywhere don't they? And then, once in a while...something outstanding drops out.
I've done FOW perhaps 30-40 times (varying quality of teams and durations) and found one very good item from a chest that made it all worthwhile (plus the 20 or so shards I collected). My find was a clean req 8, 15^50 chaos axe. I sold it within two days for 100k +38 ectos (should have got more but I'm still rich because of it!). While FOW chest runs might be hit and miss (mostly miss), FOW farms are very lucrative - I've farmed with people who've collected 5 or more shards on one trip (plus all the other merchantable stuff).
Lint
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Originally Posted by Bertie Bullet Bow
FOW is the funnest place to farm, but you need a good team if you're going to play with others. Chests usually give you crap, but chests give you crap everywhere don't they? And then, once in a while...something outstanding drops out.
I've done FOW perhaps 30-40 times (varying quality of teams and durations) and found one very good item from a chest that made it all worthwhile (plus the 20 or so shards I collected). My find was a clean req 8, 15^50 chaos axe. I sold it within two days for 100k +38 ectos (should have got more but I'm still rich because of it!). While FOW chest runs might be hit and miss (mostly miss), FOW farms are very lucrative - I've farmed with people who've collected 5 or more shards on one trip (plus all the other merchantable stuff). Well... Its luck. I've spent 100k+ on keys. When I was at the 40k or so I found a Gold Shadow Blade 10/10 Sundering +29hp 15^50. And well, I sold it for a hell lot and with that money i redeamed my keys and money that i spent to buy a hell lot more keys. Don't worry. Your time will come. SpaceGh057
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Originally Posted by Kyle The Piemaster
W/x
16 tactics, 13 Strength Rebirth (for those silly kids that die) Contemplation of purity Holy Veil Sprint Charge Endure Pain Defensive Stance Healing Signet Just thought I ought to mention, as no one else has... CoP and Holy Veil are monk skills, thus making this w/mo... Very nice build, I thought I might add, I've been trying it when we get favor. Not all that successfully...but it's fun.
Pi_Numurian
mpas a little confusing but good job
Lint
For some reason ever since factions came out, I've been getting very good drops. Just the other day i got 2 shadow blades, req 8, then 9 in a row. Now thats some luck!
fenix
Is there any KD in FoW at all? I can't remember
capitalist
The abysmals KD
Da Cebuano
Well, this is interesting and all but the only real deal when it comes to money nowadays in FOW are chaos axes and Shards. Shadow blades sell like crap now and so do the shields w/ the new factions weapons out. Even then, most people only buy perfects, so usually its not worth the time. STill I gotta figure out a way to get 250 ectos b4 factions ends(chp3 release) adn the only way I can get to that is by heavy powertrading, which I don't seem to give a damn for lately. Also, I've been trying to clear everything solo in FOW, obviously no large mobs w/ varying classes, but damn, those abysmals hurt, especially w/ them always w/ mesmers and such. Still, they hurt too much for physical resist and they interrupt too I think.
Evilsod
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Originally Posted by mathijn
only mesmers shatter, i use HB as counter on the acients skales(life transfer)
and offcourse 2 support team mates if they are in trouble(mesmer free area's only) On my first couple of runs in there i took Breeze. Yeah it works great to counter Skales, but thats it. Even then they can simply Rend it like they always do. Heal Area is alot better, specially for those chests that are in the middle of groups, you heal yourself and half a team at the same time. They both have the same cast time its just 1 you get the effect instantly whcih can still be quite important with Skales attacking from all angles. Same goes for Spider avenue, the number of Warriors i've seen die because they had to use Healing Signet and WW took them down is surprisingly high. When it comes to healing you need somet useful in every situation, not just 1. Of course i've never actually ran this on my Warrior, never will either. Apart from the obvious Spider avenue with the Called Shot spamming, evasion is a hell of a lot better than the bit extra armour. If you get hit by an Abyssal near the Tower of Strength, its all over. The rest of them swarm to you and your on your arse for the rest of your short life. The only exception been Cripple + Berserkers at which point your screwed... In my last few trips i've seen about 200 Focus/Rods drops, half that in Staffs and maybe 5 max Chaos Axes or Shadow Blades. My last 2 trips yielded me a +30 Sword mod and a 10/10 Furious Axe mod (which didn't salvage That and cast 'Rebirth' about 50 times... imho a Ranger is a smarter runner than a Warrior. Its truly amazing how many times Warriors just run straight into groups because they can 'obviously' tank through em and end up taking a dirt nap.
Lint
Well thanks to FoW chest runs, I have about everything unlocked
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