W/Mo pre-searing grawl farmer concept

NinjaMonkey

NinjaMonkey

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Israhell

Fremen Warrior Front

W/Mo

[note; i though this up while eating breakfast, didn't get around to testing it yet]

here goes;

Gear:
An axe.
A shield with "-2 damage while enchanted"
full collector's armor [27armor + 20vs physical]

Attributes:
Try to keep axe mastery as high as possible, then protection prayers, and dump everything else into strength [put a point or two into tactics if your shield requires any]

Skills:
Cyclone axe
Executioner's Strike
Frenzy
Healing sig
Shielding Hands
Symbol of Wrath
[rest fill up with whatever]



So there's a really big bunch of grawl between the entrence to Green Hills and that estate outpost, a lvl 8~ warrior can easily charge into them, and with shielding hands on you will get 0 damage from them.
just use cyclone axe when it's up [to deal damage to everyone around you] and executioner's on the one you're targetting. providing you have enough foes in your surroundings - you will be able to use executioner's after every cyclone axe. lots of damage
when things ge nasty and your hp dips low for some reason, use symbol of wrath - the grawl will run, quickly use healing signet once or twice to get hp back, then shielding hands again, and kill the suckas


you may wonder "why would anyone farm pre searing o_O"
well, i used a w/r for the same run, and so far i have 17 black dyes on that char you do the math


GL/HF,
/NINJMNKY

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

oo thats cool must give it a try when i can be bothered.

IamI

IamI

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

Sweet. On average how many grawl do you kill per minute? I've always been slashing those undead near oberan with smiting. Didnt think of grawl.. thanks

NinjaMonkey

NinjaMonkey

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Israhell

Fremen Warrior Front

W/Mo

Can pretty much kill everything around you in a minute - that depends how many of them you agro on yourself.
you can also try the bandit groups outside of ashford, or the skale outside fort ranik, but those don't drop black dyes for me as often as the grawl do

dahlen

dahlen

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Destiny of Guilds

Well, I love your idea but it's just pure bullshit.
I've been following your "build" and farming the grawl for a long time. No black dye.

They only drop crappy swords and Grawl Necklaces

exodite

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

KISS

Mo/Me

Crawl dont do it for me but the bandits do ive got 4 black dyes so far out of 5 runs which for 10 mins a time is quite a nice profit

dahlen

dahlen

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Destiny of Guilds

Then I guess it differs from person to person?
The bandits are always dropping Worn Belts.

Just shit. Skales are only dropping Skale Fins etc.
Where are the Blacks?

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

It's RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing Random!

Magik_One

Magik_One

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

H-Town (Houston, Texas)

Advocates Oh Honor [AoH]

E/Me

I tried this build out and i have 5 black dyes so far....omg this is amazing......but it did take me like 3 days or so...but 15 is a good profit

toric brightblade

toric brightblade

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Searching for EU farm guild

A/

well.........you could just SF farm with like...3 henchies, and get as much as you would get tenfold in pre. also, you could jsut do that once, and then get enough money to afford a solo necro.

toric brightblade

toric brightblade

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Searching for EU farm guild

A/

is........it possible to get a -2/enchanted in pre?

dimirpaw

dimirpaw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Canada/Alberta/Edmonton

I'm gona try this out right now, hope it works! :O

Maxiemonster

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by toric brightblade
is........it possible to get a -2/enchanted in pre? Yes, found one 3 days ago. Armor 11, -2 Enchanted, -1 stances. It was a purple Crude Shield

Duke Slytalker

Duke Slytalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

southern ILL

Signet of Ultimate Doom[SiG]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Murder In China
It's RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing Random! i've seen ppl saying alot, what does it even mean?

Maxiemonster

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

You can also buy a War Pick Pre-Order Key (18-33 Hammer), get to level 16, put 12 points in Hammer Mastery, and farm anything that you kill in one blow. The closer they are together, the better it is, Gargoyles are the best!

dimirpaw

dimirpaw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Canada/Alberta/Edmonton

I always found it pointless to farm in pre-searing unless your looking for black dyes, besides that you would be greatly wasting your time. However would be fun to own Gawls in pre-searing. Haha...

Red Sonya

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Lol one 100k drop in post sear and I've got enough to buy those black dyes and not have to waste time playing in some noobie zone. lol Nice suggestion though for those just starting out. I don't think I could play the noob zone again if someone paid me. I've done it like 4 times now and I NEVER want to see it again.

Yolanda Kai

Yolanda Kai

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Edmonton, AB, Canada

R/

Well it only takes a day or so of gaming to get to level 8, completely unassisted. Then you can make a decent living in there... sure it's not fun but then again not much farming is. If you have a weekend where the social plans crap out on you (or if you simply don't have social activities, I mean we are on the internet here!) then you can make a good amount of money on this without much effort.

I just started a new character on Friday and very nearly did a bunch of dye farming before I left (didn't see this post before going post-searing) but then I remembered that I was making the W/Mo as a break from my R/Me farmer so stopping for dye along the way wasn't the best idea.

Two April Mornings

Two April Mornings

No Luck No Time No Money

Join Date: Nov 2005

Amherst College, MA

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Me/

gotta love the presear farm-no rec items

AtomicNoVa

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Currently homeless

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by NinjaMonkeySkills:
when things ge nasty and your hp dips low for some reason, use symbol of wrath - the grawl will run, quickly use healing signet once or twice to get hp back, then shielding hands again, and kill the suckas Nice idea. But if your relying on them to run so you can heal, It may get ugly. The AI update does not seem to affect the pre-searing monsters. I use a mo/e build to farm the 15~ spiders south of fort ranik, in the ditch, with wrath and firestorm. They just sit and soak up the dmg.

junit

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

D/

nice work man,,,im lvling my guy up right now for this

junit

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxiemonster
Yes, found one 3 days ago. Armor 11, -2 Enchanted, -1 stances. It was a purple Crude Shield
where?!?

dimirpaw

dimirpaw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Canada/Alberta/Edmonton

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yolanda Kai
Well it only takes a day or so of gaming to get to level 8, completely unassisted. Then you can make a decent living in there... sure it's not fun but then again not much farming is. If you have a weekend where the social plans crap out on you (or if you simply don't have social activities, I mean we are on the internet here!) then you can make a good amount of money on this without much effort.

I just started a new character on Friday and very nearly did a bunch of dye farming before I left (didn't see this post before going post-searing) but then I remembered that I was making the W/Mo as a break from my R/Me farmer so stopping for dye along the way wasn't the best idea. Took me a week to get to level 20 and a day to get to level 16. I got to level 12 I believe it was before leaving pre-s.

ubermancer

ubermancer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

******************* Refuge From Exile [RFE]

Ive been level 17 in pre before. It takes a while I use a ranger, because I have a pre-order Ithas Bow. Monks are near neccessary until you can start being able to solo Charr (around level 16 ), because Healing Breeze is simply *awesome*. This was before the AOE AI ner--- update, but I always used Ignite Arrows + Dual Shot. I would gather up all the mobs outside of Ranik, then chew through them whenever I needed cash. Never got any black dye (got two one beta weekend, though) but I did get enough to pay for fully dyed black presear collectors armor.

It was pretty bitchin. =)

That shield probably dropped off of a Charr boss. Such a shield is godly in pre, and I would infact pay decent money (post sear, no presear character atm, but that will soon change again ) to get it. Ive never seen any golds drop in pre, but purples there are rarer then golds are in post

junit

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

D/

i know this is a little off topic but where do you get that blue see through sword in presear...i want one for looks

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

Wait..in an area where you ALWAYS go alone anyway..is it really "farming"?