W/XX Jade Wind Orb Farm Build SOLO!!!!
Stats:
Strength 12
Hammer: 12
Tactics: 10
Skills:
Charge
Sprint
Any 6 other skills you like
Weapon of Choice:
The Ice Breaker (though any othe max dmg hammer will do)
Go to Ran Musu Gardens on Shing Jae Island. Exit to Kinya Province. Exterminate all the bugs (a.k.a. 1-hit-mantis) there that you can find, including the boss. Then prepare to make some turtle-soup on the beaches. When you are done and your appetite is still there, map back to Ran Musu and repeat. Mantisses and Kappas drop about 5% Jade Wind Orbs I think.
Ofc, this build isnt serious, any lvl 20 can farm bugs and turles outside Ran Musu. But Sprint and Charge just makes it go faster. Dont waste time and energy on skills, they are 1-hit anyways, at least for Warrior.
A guildie uses Barrage + ranger sprints, which also seems to do the trick fast enough. Minions dont have the time to kill things, because my wand already kills mantisses on 2nd blow with Necro. Just go for fast and many kills.
You need 250 Jade Wind Orbs (presumably, cos Day of Tengu also needed 250, and various transcripts from Gaile have said the same, but I havent seen them myself). At the END of festival, Emperor appears and you can turn them into Masks. You can also play minigames, special pvp and new quests to earn Orbs, presumably.
SOLO Jade Wind Orb Build!!! W/XX
Guildmaster Cain
Hot Dead
Ran Musu gardens is looking crazy now, soooooo many people....
moko
i lol'd when i saw the name of the thread, but the post made it back. rofl nice one :P and yeah, ive been abusing that area as well ;x the kappas drop more than the mandtis thingies for me tho. :/ my ranger just goes around and gives everything a quick headshot..
carnivore
You're using too much strength, or not enough. thx for the tip though
EDIT: Tried it, vermin gives better result for the time.
EDIT: Tried it, vermin gives better result for the time.
Bloodied Blade
I just grab my Assassin and go Assassin's Promise > Death's Chage > 1 shot > repeat. Takes a few seconds if I bother with a dual attack (death blossom).
Guildmaster Cain
Lol, well I guess its just the area that makes it perfect for the Orb farming. But thanks all for the great responses ^^, it was just my first solo build I ever posted.
Anyway, 2 other classes can be (mis)used for farming here: Rander, take a flatbow or longbow, barrage and Edge of Extinction. EoE with +40 dmg makes all mantisses in about 2x bubble radius die, after you kill 3 mantisses. See skill for details how this works.
Also, any MM build would be faster than my hammer warrior it appears. BUT dont you guys just love that senseless hammer massacre? Anyway, its jus easier for you, since you dont have to bother about keeping minions alive etc. Maybe Sins are nice as well maybe, unfortunatly, all my 6 slots are taken by other classes.
Anyway, 2 other classes can be (mis)used for farming here: Rander, take a flatbow or longbow, barrage and Edge of Extinction. EoE with +40 dmg makes all mantisses in about 2x bubble radius die, after you kill 3 mantisses. See skill for details how this works.
Also, any MM build would be faster than my hammer warrior it appears. BUT dont you guys just love that senseless hammer massacre? Anyway, its jus easier for you, since you dont have to bother about keeping minions alive etc. Maybe Sins are nice as well maybe, unfortunatly, all my 6 slots are taken by other classes.
Bloodied Blade
I've been dying to try EoE + Barrage on something =)
Guildmaster Cain
I think they should rename the festival to the Mantid Festival, we are all already playing the minigame Whack-A-Mantis! :P
Bloodied Blade
Unfortunately I'm stuck away from GW for the day...I'll probably spend most of tommorrow Barrage farming Mantids.
Apparently Elementalists just own this farm...Firestorm...Chain Lightning... Any AoE spell that an elly has...
Arcane Echo + Firestorm probably just kills them all in like 30 seconds or less...
I really wanna try using my monk with a min dmg sword and Balthazar's Aura... just run around and things die before they can run away. I'll likely end up going Mo/Me with Arcane Echo + Balthazar's Aura
Apparently Elementalists just own this farm...Firestorm...Chain Lightning... Any AoE spell that an elly has...
Arcane Echo + Firestorm probably just kills them all in like 30 seconds or less...
I really wanna try using my monk with a min dmg sword and Balthazar's Aura... just run around and things die before they can run away. I'll likely end up going Mo/Me with Arcane Echo + Balthazar's Aura
CronkTheImpaler
ELE's Oh yeah!!!! i just use meteor shower follow up with tenais heat.. =lots of dead bugs!!! lmao .. but the drop rate is pretty low.
Cronk
Cronk
Guildmaster Cain
Ele spells would just be 2 slow... cast times... recast times... exhaustion... and you need to do 120+ dmg for a mantis.
I tried with my monk, but unfortunatly, Mantisses are so low lvl, that they dont aggro themselves. And their groups are of a size of 2 max. So If u attack 1, only 1 more will attack you. Just as well whack them in the first blow, instead of trying to aggro them 1 by 1...
EDIT: but your idea of Chain lightining sounds fun, only problem is that it is 10 secs recharge. Hammer warrior kills 3 mantisses in that time, without exhaustion effect. And firestorm, meteor shower, etc range of effect dont have a wide enough coverage and are 2 costly, take time. You can probably kill only 2 or 3 mantisses that are close enough together.
I tried with my monk, but unfortunatly, Mantisses are so low lvl, that they dont aggro themselves. And their groups are of a size of 2 max. So If u attack 1, only 1 more will attack you. Just as well whack them in the first blow, instead of trying to aggro them 1 by 1...
EDIT: but your idea of Chain lightining sounds fun, only problem is that it is 10 secs recharge. Hammer warrior kills 3 mantisses in that time, without exhaustion effect. And firestorm, meteor shower, etc range of effect dont have a wide enough coverage and are 2 costly, take time. You can probably kill only 2 or 3 mantisses that are close enough together.
Zinger314
AoE is overkill. The enemies are too spaced out. The only sensible way to clear out the Mantes is to kill them one by one.
The easiest way to do is to be an Air Spiker or a Cold Damage Necromancer.
EoE does not work as well as it should...you could take that 5 seconds and spend it somewhere else.
The easiest way to do is to be an Air Spiker or a Cold Damage Necromancer.
EoE does not work as well as it should...you could take that 5 seconds and spend it somewhere else.
pegasux
The only sapmmable ele skills that i can think of that might work well is stone daggers and the god aweful skill flare. but yeah aoe is a waste of times since the cast time is way to long to just kill 3 at best.
fatboyslimerr
Anyone found a good place to farm orbs in mainland cantha ?
pegasux
so far it seems the vermin are fast and easy.
Turbobusa
jades too... lot of them in south east of shing sea island. cyclone axe them to speed up the run as they always stay in group
Shadow Signal
Another good placed to farm on the island is jaya bluffs, the sensali are really easy for a warrior/mo with hundred blades and live vicariously. also, the yetis drop some rares there too. So you get orbs AND rares. i call that good
tuna-fish_sushi
lolz i hope you guys are farming 10 orbs because if you do the 4 quests you get 240orbs and they are repeatable on all your charecters. each quest takes 5mins except last which takes 10
Guildmaster Cain
Doh... anyone want to buy 1650 Orbs? :P I wonder If there is use for them, besides Masks. I hoped that I could turn them in for the Rice Wine etc, but alas...
pegasux
lol i'll buy them for um 1g each. i got stuck with some also but nowhere near as many as you though. sry
Bloodied Blade
I have over 300 of them... just do the pvp Dragon Arena, here's what you do:
Go to the middle of the arena with your team (where the 2 columns are). Dodge the Dragon Blasts that the other guys use, then fire back with your own Dragon Blast. Keep Trade Winds up for ez dodging. Don't follow or attack the other team, make them come to you.
I have several 20+ win streaks under my belt from the above tactic. I farmed all 309 orbs that way.
Go to the middle of the arena with your team (where the 2 columns are). Dodge the Dragon Blasts that the other guys use, then fire back with your own Dragon Blast. Keep Trade Winds up for ez dodging. Don't follow or attack the other team, make them come to you.
I have several 20+ win streaks under my belt from the above tactic. I farmed all 309 orbs that way.
DragonFeast
Heres my build...
get lvl 20 war...
go to ran musu gardens...
raise weapon stats high...
go outside and kill everything in one hit
get lvl 20 war...
go to ran musu gardens...
raise weapon stats high...
go outside and kill everything in one hit
DragonFeast
But i like mastered that tag thing so i do that alot and i kick *** 
Xen Foranus
Fastest so far in my opinion is:
Ranger using Quickshot
Ele using Flare, but a mes doing this would be even faster.
Good spots to farm:
Kinya outside of Ran Musu (duh)
Saoshang Trail (since they're all lined up and easy to kill)
Ranger using Quickshot
Ele using Flare, but a mes doing this would be even faster.
Good spots to farm:
Kinya outside of Ran Musu (duh)
Saoshang Trail (since they're all lined up and easy to kill)
mathijn
kappa's =)
ranger with barrage
4 kills 1 shot
ranger with barrage
4 kills 1 shot
Bloodied Blade
^^
I do that with an A/R. The PvP mission nets you ~an orb a minute. 100% chance of 4 orbs per win. So you guys get ~3 orbs per 2-5 minute run and the pvp mission is 4 orbs in a minimum of ~3 mins 5 seconds (3 rezzes, 3 sec invincibility from rez, 2 castings of Dragon Blast).
Oh well, I'm amazing at the Dragon Arena and I almost have 10k faction with Balthazar from it.
I do that with an A/R. The PvP mission nets you ~an orb a minute. 100% chance of 4 orbs per win. So you guys get ~3 orbs per 2-5 minute run and the pvp mission is 4 orbs in a minimum of ~3 mins 5 seconds (3 rezzes, 3 sec invincibility from rez, 2 castings of Dragon Blast).
Oh well, I'm amazing at the Dragon Arena and I almost have 10k faction with Balthazar from it.
zaza
Quote:
Originally Posted by DragonFeast
Heres my build...
get lvl 20 war...
go to ran musu gardens...
raise weapon stats high...
go outside and kill everything in one hit
exactally what i did....
get lvl 20 war...
go to ran musu gardens...
raise weapon stats high...
go outside and kill everything in one hit
exactally what i did....
Aejorii
What I did was...
Level 20 ranger. At Ran Musu Gardens.
16 marks, 13 expertise.
Get a bow with long range.
Use Read the Wind and Quick Shot and begin to machine gun them to death. I find this method a lot faster than Barrage
Level 20 ranger. At Ran Musu Gardens.
16 marks, 13 expertise.
Get a bow with long range.
Use Read the Wind and Quick Shot and begin to machine gun them to death. I find this method a lot faster than Barrage
Faer
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guildmaster Cain
20/20 Fire Wand
20/20 Flame Artifact.
200+ damage per shot.
(Glyph of Energy when desired)
Any other complaints about Elementalists doing massive fiery hellburning AoE farming?
Chaotic Zero
yeah... i find it pointless getting orbs any other way then those quests. maybe for the lower lvls?
Faer
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaotic Zero
yeah... i find it pointless getting orbs any other way then those quests. maybe for the lower lvls?
Well, look at it this way:
Hokay, so you've got someone like me, who has 6 characters and who wants a mask for each one. Yes, each set of Quests will give me 240 Orbs; but that still leaves 10 Orbs to be gotten in another manner (for each character; therefore I must obtain 60 more Jade Wind Orbs). Now, I could do the Dragon Arena or Mini-Games to obtain the Orbs, but let's face it, I'm a cheap bastage and can't be bothered buying tickets and taking chances to maybe get 4 Jade Wind Orbs.
So, to get the 60 Orbs I need, I walk outside and blow stuff up. Spend about 40 seconds clearing an area, get 10-12 Jade Wind Orbs.
Yeah, it's all a matter of personal preference in the end. And yes, it's nice for the lower leveled people because then they aren't intimidated by fighting a bunch of experienced, level 20 players and/or level 18 Lesser Grasps.
Hokay, so you've got someone like me, who has 6 characters and who wants a mask for each one. Yes, each set of Quests will give me 240 Orbs; but that still leaves 10 Orbs to be gotten in another manner (for each character; therefore I must obtain 60 more Jade Wind Orbs). Now, I could do the Dragon Arena or Mini-Games to obtain the Orbs, but let's face it, I'm a cheap bastage and can't be bothered buying tickets and taking chances to maybe get 4 Jade Wind Orbs.
So, to get the 60 Orbs I need, I walk outside and blow stuff up.
Spend about 40 seconds clearing an area, get 10-12 Jade Wind Orbs.Yeah, it's all a matter of personal preference in the end. And yes, it's nice for the lower leveled people because then they aren't intimidated by fighting a bunch of experienced, level 20 players and/or level 18 Lesser Grasps.
Bloodied Blade
^^
The lvl 18 Grasps are cake. Shroud of Distress, Assassin's Promise, BLS, Horns, Spider, Fangs...dead...repeat combo with instant recharge of all skills from AP.
Granted, A/R Barrage would be faster. I do agree with you though that it's nice that the lower level characters can easily farm orbs. I weep in Dragon Arena when I have to Dragon Blast a level 4 who doesn't know what's going on or why I can dodge the light orbs of doom.
The lvl 18 Grasps are cake. Shroud of Distress, Assassin's Promise, BLS, Horns, Spider, Fangs...dead...repeat combo with instant recharge of all skills from AP.
Granted, A/R Barrage would be faster. I do agree with you though that it's nice that the lower level characters can easily farm orbs. I weep in Dragon Arena when I have to Dragon Blast a level 4 who doesn't know what's going on or why I can dodge the light orbs of doom.
White_Chaos
I farm them with my MM lvl 26 flesh golum +9 vamp and fiends minions
vs lvl 3-8 enemys
What can go wrong?
Ele deal dmg to slow 3s to cast Fire storm
did you blast my lvl 4 char?
vs lvl 3-8 enemys
What can go wrong?
Ele deal dmg to slow 3s to cast Fire storm
did you blast my lvl 4 char?
king_robin
How do you get into Ran su garden with a Tyria Char? You cant do the mission either there
Unlucky Slayer
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s....php?t=3068063
This is a much better and easier orb build!!! (Seriously... Why make a thread about orb farming...)
Quote:
Originally Posted by king_robin
This is a much better and easier orb build!!! (Seriously... Why make a thread about orb farming...)
Quote:
How do you get into Ran su garden with a Tyria Char? You cant do the mission either there
They changed it weeks (maybe even months) ago that now you can do the missions on shing jea with your tyrian characters.
Loki Seiguro
hm...touch ranger or MM..that is all
Guildmaster Cain
Look, you might laugh at this guide, but apparently there are just some totally clueless ppl around that dont understand (poo) about what Tsunami is saying. Thats why I just spend more than 30 secs into writing a little explanation how it works.
And I made this guide, before there were quests available that could give all characters 240 orbs. Now its actually useless to go farming with any build.
About the clueless people... no pun intended... yes... you CAN get with your tyrian characters into Ran musu! Its an old update about 1 month ago, that allows any tyrians to do both missions on island as well. Also Canthan characters can do missions BEFORE Lions Arch now
If that isnt enough... I figured out a way to do the first mission with my Kryta Warior in 4:20 mins... if that isnt Grandmasters level (5 swords) i dont know it anymore...
And I made this guide, before there were quests available that could give all characters 240 orbs. Now its actually useless to go farming with any build.
About the clueless people... no pun intended... yes... you CAN get with your tyrian characters into Ran musu! Its an old update about 1 month ago, that allows any tyrians to do both missions on island as well. Also Canthan characters can do missions BEFORE Lions Arch now
If that isnt enough... I figured out a way to do the first mission with my Kryta Warior in 4:20 mins... if that isnt Grandmasters level (5 swords) i dont know it anymore...
Unlucky Slayer
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guildmaster Cain
If that isnt enough... I figured out a way to do the first mission with my Kryta Warior in 4:20 mins... if that isnt Grandmasters level (5 swords) i dont know it anymore...
Proof? I wont believe that crap unless I see a pic with your finish time.
As for the guide... Yes I'm going to laugh at it... This was pointless even before the quests... All you need is a lvl 20 with decent skills and you can mass murder the all the mantids you could ever want.
As for the guide... Yes I'm going to laugh at it... This was pointless even before the quests... All you need is a lvl 20 with decent skills and you can mass murder the all the mantids you could ever want.
Faer
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Originally Posted by White_Chaos
Ele deal dmg to slow 3s to cast Fire storm
Well.. as I said...
20/20 Wand or Rod, and a 20/20 offhand (both for Fire Magic) and you have instant casts and quick as heck recharges almost all the time for things like Rodgort's Invocation, Meteor Shower...
Not to mention the spells you all seem to be forgetting, such as Flare, Immolate, Fireball, etc... You'll be doing somewhere around 350+ damage to the Mantids and Kappa, and 150+ do the Crimson Skull... Didn't bother tracking the Naga but they were one-shot burninates.
The Elementalist's World does not revolve around Firestorm...
20/20 Wand or Rod, and a 20/20 offhand (both for Fire Magic) and you have instant casts and quick as heck recharges almost all the time for things like Rodgort's Invocation, Meteor Shower...
Not to mention the spells you all seem to be forgetting, such as Flare, Immolate, Fireball, etc... You'll be doing somewhere around 350+ damage to the Mantids and Kappa, and 150+ do the Crimson Skull... Didn't bother tracking the Naga but they were one-shot burninates.
The Elementalist's World does not revolve around Firestorm...
Mariena Feladon
Guide to orb farming:
1. Get weapon
2. Press C
3. Press Space Bar
4. Goto 2.
1. Get weapon
2. Press C
3. Press Space Bar
4. Goto 2.