*goes to buy the 3rd elite armor for elementalist, specialized in stone*
great guide, loved reading it, looks awesome.
I might give this a shot, first i have to get further in EotN with him T_T
Very nice, although i dont like the E/A Build as it kills them too fast, reducing your drop rate. I prefer the E/Me :)
This has been batted around quite a bit but there isn't any conclusive proof to it. I've used Stans E/A build here for a while and my drops have varied from awesome to crappy and back again.
I also use an Ele sliver build for the Glacial run and I get nothing good there.
I'd love to see some conclusive proof tying drop rate to kill rate/speed.
I also use an Ele sliver build for the Glacial run and I get nothing good there.
ive also used that build too, it works, but it is slow, you see my Glacial Gauntlets ^_^
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I'd love to see some conclusive proof tying drop rate to kill rate/speed.
my guildies have told me that if you kill one at a time the drop rate is higher, but i haven't confirmed this, they said there was some post on guru about it. this build does kill 1 at a time and ive gotten alot with it, so it works for me!
About the drop rate:
Altho i have no proof(video, graph, etc), I find that speed does reduce drop rates. I often killed raptors using the A/E, using the meteor shower, etc build. Later i tried with a sliver sin, altho my sliver sin didnt kill them all it did give about twice the drops. Maybe I'll make a graph if i have the time ^^
On Topic: Fantastic guide, very good work, very diive, I like it! You should definitly create more ;)
Suggestion get rid of battle standard and use the Asuran skill "Air of Superiority"
You have a chance every six kills to recharge ALL of your skills.
Many times I have cleared the cave because my skills have recharged 4 or 5 times letting me keep my Shadow form and sliver up constantly.
It acts like you have killed a boss every average 6 kills.
My skill set is
Glyph of Concentration. Mind Bender, Shadow Form, glyph of elemental power. Air of superiority, Deaths Charge, Intensity, and sliver armor.
Jordan,
During the Spectral Vaettir farm I have consistently got gold drops.
I have had at one time 7 golds dropped when I killed 36 of the Spectral Vaettir at exactly the same moment.
I don't believe speed of kills means anything. It's random.
Great guide. Used Elemental Lord instead of the ebon skill before, but this one actually does more dmg.
As for the Vaettir farm, I've been doing it a lot and I've always been using the build with Crystal Wave + Teinai's Crytals and gotten tons of gold, stones, map pieces dyes and stuff. Other farming builds have always been better when killing them 1 by 1.
question. If you have mindbender in there why do you need deadly paradox? I find deadly Paradox is fine by itself at 33% faster cast time so mindbender should work at 50% faster.
Man too bad my main character is a necro, Can't solo farm very well with him. Can't 55-SS with him in HM cause they break aggro and 55-SV is really just good for boss farming as far a speed is concerned
question. If you have mindbender in there why do you need deadly paradox? I find deadly Paradox is fine by itself at 33% faster cast time so mindbender should work at 50% faster.
deadly paradox makes SF an instant cast, dont ask me y
Thats the only reason people farm Raptors, is for Ele Swords :s
I dont do that farm for ele swords... I get enough from it when not wanting them. I farm for golds or on events where I can get the Easter/halloween or others special drops. ( i got like 2 ele swords in 1 day, 1st run that time when I did it proper without dying, then later on about after 20-50 runs).
I've been using a similar build lately, but Dark Escape instead of Mindbender (too low asura rank), Glyph of Concentration instead of Deadly Paradox and Elemental Lord instead of Battle Standard, I'm not sure which one is better, with EL you get another second of Sliver.
The instant cast of your SF is because of 50+33=83% faster casting time, it's faster than a 1/4 second skill, so it seems like it's cast instantly, it's 0.17 second casting though.
Okay, I just did this a few times, and I'm having some trouble with it. For some reason the mobs won't die before Shadow Form works off. This results in death, and after 50+ runs it's pissing me off. Anyone?
