W/X FoW Spider Farmer

TheYellowKid

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mina Sucks [Blz]

torric what do use to render? divx create?

i use both atm, but i might try swapping dolyak for another attack skill and see how it goes.. could always do with goin a bit faster!

does everyone else jus turn the drops into materials? i keep mine and sell it at the shop dunno which way is more profitable tho?

be dynamic in your route, dont jus try and go the way you went last time cos it might be harder, and jus take it slow, or if theres no way if u can see a clear spot past the skales, aggro them let em run towards u then sprint thru em, usually they stop chasing before they've evn left ur bubble then stop as soon as u can and spam heal sig til ur back to normal..

also u dont need any points in inspiration u can put those points in ur weapon or tactics for healing.. i dont use any and have no probs with the base length of 30 seconds..

0siris

0siris

Riding the Gravy Train

Join Date: Oct 2005

Chicago Area

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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I use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit videos. And I'm pretty friggin frustrated right about now

About the drops. I usually Identify all unids, check the staves and bows for highly salvagable mods and normal salvage accordingly. Along with the glittering dust I get I can easily make 250 Vellum a week

Jedit

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Torric Icefist
I use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit videos. And I'm pretty friggin frustrated right about now

About the drops. I usually Identify all unids, check the staves and bows for highly salvagable mods and normal salvage accordingly. Along with the glittering dust I get I can easily make 250 Vellum a week Vellum's not economical to make right now. It's only worth 10g more than parchment, and the Dust is worth 15. If you want to keep your Dust for crafting, make Deldrimor Steel.

Da Cebuano

Da Cebuano

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Virginia born in Cebu

Jelly Toast[jT]

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Has anyone done this w/ just physical resistance? I'm thinking of brining disrupting chop and replacing watch yourlself for it. Reason is that I'm farming something else after spiders, and DC would make it loads easier.

Oh and I have already super absorb and a -2 shield, along w/ ascalon helm.

0siris

0siris

Riding the Gravy Train

Join Date: Oct 2005

Chicago Area

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Da Cebuano
Has anyone done this w/ just physical resistance? I'm thinking of brining disrupting chop and replacing watch yourlself for it. Reason is that I'm farming something else after spiders, and DC would make it loads easier.

Oh and I have already super absorb and a -2 shield, along w/ ascalon helm. It is possible to do without watch yourself...although you would need to heal more often thus making your run that much longer.

0siris

0siris

Riding the Gravy Train

Join Date: Oct 2005

Chicago Area

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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Finally got the video all done

The original gamecam recording was about 400 megabytes. I managed to cram it down to 80, and consequently the quality suffered. I fast-forwarded the video 90% faster than normal to comply with song duriations and size limitations. The original run took almost exactly 40 mintues.

http://files.filefront.com/SpiderRun.../fileinfo.html

And here is a link to the same video but better quality. Nearly double the size of the first one so I would not recommend it for 56Kers.

http://files.filefront.com/SpiderRun.../fileinfo.html

This is my first time messing around on Premiere Pro so dont expect anything too special

Anyways, Enjoy.

:edit: Forgot to add. My attributes were 15 Axe, 14 Tactics and 4 Strength. I usually run the build with 12 tactics and 7 inspiration which gives me about 55 seconds during which I dont have to worry about renewing physical resistance.

:edit: Also just in case you are wondering why I seem to insist on keeping my health above 50% it is because I am using a 14^50 axe.

God's Will

God's Will

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Rogues of Bastion

R/E

what runes/armor/sheilds are you using.

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

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Durr? What armor is that in his Avatar? What are those numbers in this post above yours for?

God's Will

God's Will

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Rogues of Bastion

R/E

just because there is glads in his sig doesnt mean he used glads for the run....
and the numbers he gave were attributes not what runes he used.

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

Put two and two together.

Opeth11

Opeth11

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada

Demon of the Fall [Opet]

Mo/Me

Well, to be fair, the picture doesn't show the leggins, gloves, boots or the helm.
*smile*

Rustjive

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

It's not really difficult to figure out something that works for you. Bring as much damage reduction as you can. With physical resistance that's a stance shield, superior absorbtion, and 1 piece of knight's. Run a good amount of tactics - I run it at 12 because Watch Yourself breakpoints at 10 seconds there. Max out axe, and split the rest between strength and inspiration.

Seriously, you're going to need to try it out before you can do it anyways, so spend some time thinking about it and figure out what might work.

0siris

0siris

Riding the Gravy Train

Join Date: Oct 2005

Chicago Area

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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Here is a complete breakdown of what I use.

Armor: Full 15K Gladiators with 15K Ascalon helm. Sup Axe Mastery, Sup Absorb, Sup Vigor, Minor Strength, Minor Tactics.

Attributes in this run:
12+3 Axe = 15
12+1+1 Tactics = 14
3+1 Strength = 4

A cheap little req 12 cleaver 14^50, zealous, armor +5
45/-2 Stance Crimson Carapace

:edit: oh and my rangers extra longbow for pulling

Lint

Lint

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

In a house....

bleh

Why is located in tryrian exploreres legue? Isnt this meant to be in Warrior Forum?

jonnybegood

jonnybegood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

huh?

The Final Exodus[FX]

nope it's ment to be in here hence it's origin

Lambentviper

Lambentviper

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Noobs Just Took Halls [WTF]

Mo/E

the FoW is a place in the game. If im not mistaken, the Tyrian Explorers League caption says:

"share all of your questing knowledge..."

Im pretty sure that this subject fits that quite well

Lint

Lint

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

In a house....

bleh

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lambentviper
the FoW is a place in the game. If im not mistaken, the Tyrian Explorers League caption says:

"share all of your questing knowledge..."

Im pretty sure that this subject fits that quite well
So something about soloing UW would fit here too i guesse? Or soloing SF?

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

The first UW solo about 55ing I saw in this forum, so I figured this would be the best place to put it. PvEing is the focus of Tyrian Explorer's League, so it made sense.

jonnybegood

jonnybegood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

huh?

The Final Exodus[FX]

Racthoh I have no idea how to pronounce ur name, mind givin me a hint of sum sort, like spelling it in a different way?

Seef II

Seef II

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

US

R/Mo

OT: Rac-coth, I believe, he even had it in his title on this forum for a bit.

Wish America'd get favor sometime...

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seef II
OT: Rac-coth, I believe, he even had it in his title on this forum for a bit. Aye, the reason for it being that way is a long story.

0siris

0siris

Riding the Gravy Train

Join Date: Oct 2005

Chicago Area

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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DAMN I just realized I spelled your name wrong in the video Racthoh...

I will fix it by tomorrow I promise

My apologies.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

My name gets spelt wrong more often then right, don't worry about it. People will probably recognize it spelt incorrectly than correctly anyway.

Lord Critikus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

TGT

W/Mo

Right after i read this post and went down to FoW beach and tried this. It took me like 7k to learn how to do it but i think its ALOT easier if your a W/Me simply because phisycal resistance. With this build i took FoW beach+Cave might take you a lot less because at beach i only pull 3 spiders towards me at once .These are my skills

1.Physical Resistance
2.Cyclone Axe
3.Cleave
4.Penetrating Attack
5."I Will Survive!"
6."Watch Yourself"
7.Sprint
8.Healing Signet

My stats are.... (Not incluiding 15 point attribute quests)
Inspiration Magic:4
Strenght:10 (9+1)
Axe Mastery:12 (10+2)
Tactics:12 (9+3)
I use a Victo's Axe and the collectors 45/2 stance shield or a Grognar's defender.

NOTE:I am not posting this to criticize Racthoh. I simply did this to post an axe build other than a sword build....

TheYellowKid

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mina Sucks [Blz]

for my axe build i use

1. Sprint
2. Cyclone Axe
3. Cleave
4. Executioners Strike
5. Physical Resistance
6. Dolyak Signet
7. Watch Yourself
8. Healing Signet

I did try without Watch Yourself and sub'd in penetrating but found i had to heal loads more and i prefer to attack more then i heal.

My stats are:

Strength: 11
Axe Mastery: 11
Tactics: 15 or 16 (cant remember, but i use a sup rune)

think those stats are right but im not sure 100% but that works fine for me i might try swapping the sup tactics rune for a sup axe mastery (or even both at once!!) and see how it goes. But that build atm works fine and i can take on all the spiders at once without breaking a sweat..

so far racthoh u've made me about 100k, thanx!

Jedit

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheYellowKid
I did try without Watch Yourself and sub'd in penetrating but found i had to heal loads more
I cannot even begin to comprehend how anyone could need more than +72AL to avoid taking damage from Spiders. Phys Res alone should be enough to reduce all regular attacks to 0 or 1 with a -2 shield, a piece of Knight's armour and a Major Absorb rune. If you're taking so much as a single point of damage from any attack with both Dolyak and Phys Res up, then you have got your equipment woefully wrong. And by that I mean you are either wearing AL30 gear from Ascalon City or you have no absorption whatsoever.

TheYellowKid

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mina Sucks [Blz]

nope i have major absorbtion and droks gear, no defense on my weapon tho..

i dont use watch yourself all the time jus to cover the couple seconds of no dolyak and to stop westrals.

With about 20 spiders attacking you the couple points of damage add up quickly, plus when you do need to heal your minus 40AL obviously and during this time i was seeing 6's and 7's from some. All this means i need to heal more then if i bring watch yourself plus if anything happens and i need to heal when dolyak is off i can put on watch yourself and its not as big a problem.

So like i said before i'd rather bring watch yourself and heal less then have an extra attack

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheYellowKid
i dont use watch yourself all the time jus to cover the couple seconds of no dolyak and to stop westrals.
You should be using that every four hits.

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

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I use "Watch Yourself!" whenever it flashes =/

TheYellowKid

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mina Sucks [Blz]

Quote:
I use "Watch Yourself!" whenever it flashes =/ lol yea so do i most times out of reflex, but i try not to because it takes some adrenaline away from the other attack skills and plus i can use it when fighting the enemies before the spiders so i still take next to no damage but can still run if something happens

nassan

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

Is there i Video how i can see how to get to the spiders? i kinda know where they are and how to get there....I have already seen the fight against the spiders..i dont know if someone alread has posted it...58 pages :S thats alot to look through.



Nassan

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

I would recommend getting a group together and experiencing the area first hand rather than rely on a video showing how it is done.

chessyang

chessyang

Not far from Elite

Join Date: Apr 2006

Florida

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Racthoh
I would recommend getting a group together and experiencing the area first hand rather than rely on a video showing how it is done. or if you have some cash around like other people said it will take you a few K to get use to it. Sold some IDS's and practice untill it became second nature.

Took me about a total of 20k to get the run down and then 1-2k to do clear the tunnle of spiders.... wasted 5k or more trying (attemping) to kill them ancent scales things ***Note*** to self run past*** I'm likeing the "Physical Resistance" over the "Watch your self"

DoctorEvil

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

I never even watched the video. Racthoh, posted a link to a guide by Ubermancer, which describes where to go very clearly. I didn't even read the whole thing, just the beginning on how to get to the beach. Combined with some of the screen shots Racthoh posted, you should be able to figure it out with a couple of runs.

There is a learning curve here for novice Farmers (like myself). It took me a half dozen trips just to figure out how to get to the cave entrance. Running past the Shadow Army takes a few tries to figure out which direction to go, where the safe spots are, etc....The tunnel to the beach where you fight your first set of Driftwoods also might take a couple of tries as either Shadow Dudes or Skales sneak up on you when your fighting. Then of course you need to practice getting by the Skales, which is usually pretty easy but bad spawns can make it much harder. Then once you figure that all out, you get to practice with the actual Spiders.

My advice to people trying this run for the first time is to just go out and try it, make the mistakes, then come back and refer to the guides and figure out what you need to do different. Practice, practice, practice......

That being said, this is a very fun solo run. I've been playing around with it for weeks now and throughly enjoy it for the challenge alone.......and the gold Shadow Blades and Chaos Axes It's terribly addictive!

Rustjive

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

I've found that Dolyak Signet extends the run by quite a bit, just on the basis of moving after killing taking a long time. In addition, most of your damage is from poison, so it's not like it helps there. Shields Up! is the better option, imo, and it has the added benefit of letting you spec next to nothing in Strength. I also dislike Cyclone Axe - it being energy based clashes with Shields Up and Physical Resistance.

My final build:
1. Shields Up
2. Cleave
3. Penetrating Blow,
4. Executioner's Strike
5. Physical Resistance
6. Watch Yourself
7. Healing Signet
8. Sprint

5 Inspiration, 4 + 1 Strength, 12 + 4 Axe, 11 + 1 Tactics

I'd take out Watch Yourself too, but it's useful for Dryder fighting.

Jedit

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rustjive
I've found that Dolyak Signet extends the run by quite a bit, just on the basis of moving after killing taking a long time. In addition, most of your damage is from poison, so it's not like it helps there. Shields Up! is the better option, imo, and it has the added benefit of letting you spec next to nothing in Strength.
I use neither these days, but the advantage of Dolyak over Shields Up is the shorter downtime. You're not likely to have enough strength to keep Dolyak up permanently, but the downtime is likely to be 2 seconds as opposed to 10-12 for Shields Up.

Quote:
I also dislike Cyclone Axe - it being energy based clashes with Shields Up and Physical Resistance. Not if you use a Zealous mod, it doesn't. Using Cyclone and PR, I never run out of energy and except immediately after using PR I'm rarely if ever below 20. There's plenty of room for another energy skill in there; before I began using two Superior runes I used Thrill of Victory for a time with good results.

jackie

jackie

/retired

Join Date: Dec 2005

On the Beach

I've cleared the beach & cave quite fast with the usual axe build when getting the spiders to as big groups as possible (+10 spiders) and preventing springs with cyclone axe.

jonnybegood

jonnybegood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

huh?

The Final Exodus[FX]

how often do you have to use cyclone axeto prevent thos damn springs?