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HyunA
Profile Joined July 2010
Romania362 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 17:15:30
June 05 2012 17:13 GMT
#161
so before act 2 inferno, the warden-butcher run is the best for farming?
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
June 05 2012 18:09 GMT
#162
On June 06 2012 02:13 HyunA wrote:
so before act 2 inferno, the warden-butcher run is the best for farming?


Probably, yes.



How effective is it to just go for underbridge/siegebreaker runs without going for five NV stacks?

I have 167% MF that I put on before looting big chests/killing off the boss, but I barely feel it makes any difference.
Kevmeister @ Dota2
Leyra
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1222 Posts
June 05 2012 18:16 GMT
#163
On June 06 2012 03:09 FliedLice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 02:13 HyunA wrote:
so before act 2 inferno, the warden-butcher run is the best for farming?


Probably, yes.



How effective is it to just go for underbridge/siegebreaker runs without going for five NV stacks?

I have 167% MF that I put on before looting big chests/killing off the boss, but I barely feel it makes any difference.


Not worth farming big bosses without NV, imo. 5stack NV guarantees at least 2 rares. anytime I kill bosses without 5stack NV I get garbage, even with 216 MF. =/
Skyro
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1823 Posts
June 05 2012 18:28 GMT
#164
On June 06 2012 03:09 FliedLice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 02:13 HyunA wrote:
so before act 2 inferno, the warden-butcher run is the best for farming?


Probably, yes.



How effective is it to just go for underbridge/siegebreaker runs without going for five NV stacks?

I have 167% MF that I put on before looting big chests/killing off the boss, but I barely feel it makes any difference.


Yeah I agree with the above poster as it currently does not feel worth it. I've played around doing siegebreaker with just 1-2 stacks (the stacks you would just normally get from clearing area in front of siegebreaker from the waypoint + the elite in the underbridge) but it just did not seem worth the time as I don't think I've ever seen a rare drop from just 1 or 2 stacks. There is a also lot of talk about MF not working with end bosses and that does seem to jive with my personal experiences.

IMO if you're solo you should do 5 stack siegebreaker, and if you have a group of 4 to run concurrent underbridge chest farming that seems better than 5 stack siegebreaker in the long run.

On that note what do people think of spider queen + azmodan runs? Worth it or just stick with siegebreaker?
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
June 05 2012 18:36 GMT
#165
Guess I'll go on doing this then... But this leads to exactly what I hate about item farming in D3, it's not only luck dependant in the way that you need to find good items but you won't even get to that point if the champions you need to kill in order to stack the buff have some fucked up ability combinations.

On lucky runs this takes about 30 minutes (gussed, since I never actually looked at the time), but if you're unlucky it takes upwards of 1 hour or you just end up frustrated and start all over hoping for a better run...
Kevmeister @ Dota2
HyunA
Profile Joined July 2010
Romania362 Posts
June 05 2012 18:37 GMT
#166
If i do the royal cripts vases, i get more gold, but if i do warden-butcher run i get way more items. I still can't figure it out which of them is the most profitable.

thoughts? :S
Leyra
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1222 Posts
June 05 2012 18:37 GMT
#167
On June 06 2012 03:28 Skyro wrote:


On that note what do people think of spider queen + azmodan runs? Worth it or just stick with siegebreaker?



I think if you're capable of clearing SQ/Azmo quickly (needs a little bit better gear/skill than siegebreaker, no tyrael, mob types are a little worse in arreat crater, as well as SQ/azmo being harder than SB), it's definitely better, as you're guaranteed more rares from two bosses with NV. Personally I find siegebreaker really easy and efficient, so I stick with them, but sometimes for a change of scenery I'll do some azmo runs.
Skyro
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1823 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 18:50:15
June 05 2012 18:48 GMT
#168
On June 06 2012 03:37 Leyra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 03:28 Skyro wrote:


On that note what do people think of spider queen + azmodan runs? Worth it or just stick with siegebreaker?



I think if you're capable of clearing SQ/Azmo quickly (needs a little bit better gear/skill than siegebreaker, no tyrael, mob types are a little worse in arreat crater, as well as SQ/azmo being harder than SB), it's definitely better, as you're guaranteed more rares from two bosses with NV. Personally I find siegebreaker really easy and efficient, so I stick with them, but sometimes for a change of scenery I'll do some azmo runs.


Well yes 2 bosses = more guaranteed rares but siegebreaker runs are invariably linked to the chance of getting 2 resplendent chests (underbridge and caverns of frost/keep depending on your class and which dungeon mobs are better for you). Like when I run siegebreaker I start/reload game until underbridge respawns so I have a chance for the chest since there's a guaranteed elite pack in there so that's my first stack. Then I get the rest of my stacks clearing caverns of frost which AFAIK has a guaranteed chest on the 2nd floor. So it's like 2 bosses or 1 boss + chance @ 2 chests (since I *think* caverns of frost doesn't always spawn but I've never seen it not spawn... maybe I'm just lucky?). Time is also a factor in terms of which you can do faster. No idea how long a SQ/Azmodan run would take. Siegebreaker runs usually are 30-40 mins for me.

Also are SQ/Azmodan loot any better? What about A4 stuff?
Charger
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2405 Posts
June 05 2012 18:59 GMT
#169
On June 06 2012 03:48 Skyro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 03:37 Leyra wrote:
On June 06 2012 03:28 Skyro wrote:


On that note what do people think of spider queen + azmodan runs? Worth it or just stick with siegebreaker?



I think if you're capable of clearing SQ/Azmo quickly (needs a little bit better gear/skill than siegebreaker, no tyrael, mob types are a little worse in arreat crater, as well as SQ/azmo being harder than SB), it's definitely better, as you're guaranteed more rares from two bosses with NV. Personally I find siegebreaker really easy and efficient, so I stick with them, but sometimes for a change of scenery I'll do some azmo runs.


Well yes 2 bosses = more guaranteed rares but siegebreaker runs are invariably linked to the chance of getting 2 resplendent chests (underbridge and caverns of frost/keep depending on your class and which dungeon mobs are better for you). Like when I run siegebreaker I start/reload game until underbridge respawns so I have a chance for the chest since there's a guaranteed elite pack in there so that's my first stack. Then I get the rest of my stacks clearing caverns of frost which AFAIK has a guaranteed chest on the 2nd floor. So it's like 2 bosses or 1 boss + chance @ 2 chests (since I *think* caverns of frost doesn't always spawn but I've never seen it not spawn... maybe I'm just lucky?). Time is also a factor in terms of which you can do faster. No idea how long a SQ/Azmodan run would take. Siegebreaker runs usually are 30-40 mins for me.

Also are SQ/Azmodan loot any better? What about A4 stuff?


Caverns of frost is not a garanteed spawn - sometimes a cave called cave of icefell or something like that spawns instead. I know this from countless runs getting the pieces for the whimsyshire staff lol.
It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback.
Leyra
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1222 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 19:02:23
June 05 2012 19:01 GMT
#170
On June 06 2012 03:48 Skyro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 03:37 Leyra wrote:
On June 06 2012 03:28 Skyro wrote:


On that note what do people think of spider queen + azmodan runs? Worth it or just stick with siegebreaker?



I think if you're capable of clearing SQ/Azmo quickly (needs a little bit better gear/skill than siegebreaker, no tyrael, mob types are a little worse in arreat crater, as well as SQ/azmo being harder than SB), it's definitely better, as you're guaranteed more rares from two bosses with NV. Personally I find siegebreaker really easy and efficient, so I stick with them, but sometimes for a change of scenery I'll do some azmo runs.


Well yes 2 bosses = more guaranteed rares but siegebreaker runs are invariably linked to the chance of getting 2 resplendent chests (underbridge and caverns of frost/keep depending on your class and which dungeon mobs are better for you). Like when I run siegebreaker I start/reload game until underbridge respawns so I have a chance for the chest since there's a guaranteed elite pack in there so that's my first stack. Then I get the rest of my stacks clearing caverns of frost which AFAIK has a guaranteed chest on the 2nd floor. So it's like 2 bosses or 1 boss + chance @ 2 chests (since I *think* caverns of frost doesn't always spawn but I've never seen it not spawn... maybe I'm just lucky?). Time is also a factor in terms of which you can do faster. No idea how long a SQ/Azmodan run would take. Siegebreaker runs usually are 30-40 mins for me.

Also are SQ/Azmodan loot any better? What about A4 stuff?


The chests definitely make up for it, but SQ/azmo is quicker for 2 bosses, in my experience. (60k dps, 35k hp, 600res), but I will sometimes get hung up in arreat crater on obnoxious phasebeast elites. The Caverns of frost/ice fall caves are 100% spawn(one or the other), but they also occasionally have obnoxious burrowing leaper guy elites. The underbridge is about 50% spawn in my experience, with about 25%ish? chance of chest spawn. Their loot seems about equivalent in my experience. Haven't tried doing any NV stack farming in Act 4 yet, the mobs seem a little too annoying for my tastes, heh.

I honestly think Siege/SQ/azmo are fairly similar, but I think you can eek out a little more bang for your buck with SQ/azmo if you're rolling through it.

Like I said before though, I actually prefer siege runs, just because SQ/azmo runs irritate me more, 'cause I find the mob types a little more annoying, lol.
Cloudedd
Profile Joined June 2012
1 Post
June 05 2012 19:17 GMT
#171
I actually found a pretty good video explaining some of the trade-offs of the different farming locations for late Hell/early Inferno.



Worth a look.

NotSorry
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States6722 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 19:24:45
June 05 2012 19:21 GMT
#172
If you're fine doing completely mindless shit for hours on end, well I guess that's a given since you're playing d3 to begin with, just do Act 1 Inferno royal crypts, smash all the vases and reset, this is what a lot of bots and scripts do for 600-700k an hour even works on HC because there is no chance of dying with it.
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. - Orwell
Avs
Profile Joined November 2010
Korea (North)857 Posts
June 05 2012 20:41 GMT
#173
On June 06 2012 04:21 NotSorry wrote:
If you're fine doing completely mindless shit for hours on end, well I guess that's a given since you're playing d3 to begin with, just do Act 1 Inferno royal crypts, smash all the vases and reset, this is what a lot of bots and scripts do for 600-700k an hour even works on HC because there is no chance of dying with it.


This is the best place to farm at the moment with Gold Find and Magic Find with 5 NV. Even after the nerf on the jars it still easy and safe for bots or players who want to play it this way. Unknown to the botters, the entire AH will be devoid of players and controlled purely by 2 factors:

Bots that are buying out cheap crap players are putting up immediately so players can sell cheap to bots. Bots then put the items back up for about 75% of the normal going rate to make a profit off these specific items. These are in turn bought by another bot which puts it up at 95%. These items are not bought.

This then pushes the gold farming bots to farm more gold. These bots bring in a infinite supply of gold into the AH to buy more items at cheap rates or medium rates to resell. They also off set the cost. The bots continue to bring in gold and trade gold on the AH automatically until basically prices become inflated due to lack of players actually farming/needing/buying items because they cannot compete against a bot that farms gold 20 hours a day
Gheizen64
Profile Joined June 2010
Italy2077 Posts
June 05 2012 20:49 GMT
#174
On June 06 2012 04:21 NotSorry wrote:
If you're fine doing completely mindless shit for hours on end, well I guess that's a given since you're playing d3 to begin with, just do Act 1 Inferno royal crypts, smash all the vases and reset, this is what a lot of bots and scripts do for 600-700k an hour even works on HC because there is no chance of dying with it.


Ferret + gold find gear + vault with the ability that autoshoot arrows = fastest gold of my life.

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Xinder
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2269 Posts
June 05 2012 20:59 GMT
#175
If only I hadn't rolled a barb, I'd be rolling in gold from vase smashing.
"Daaayyyy9, King Pussyfoot of NinnyVille"- Day9 while playing Amnesia
spacemonkey4eve
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States267 Posts
June 05 2012 21:51 GMT
#176
Haven't done this long enough yet to make it a definite statement, but after about 3 hours of goblin farming in act 2 path, the loot just doesn't compare with 5nv siege runs (Ran about 8 hours on Saturday). Plus the siege runs are more enjoyable Made about 5 million from that day of just siege, which isn't too shabby.

Still I wish I had more time to farm like those streamers so that I can also get 200k dps...
NotSorry
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States6722 Posts
June 05 2012 21:58 GMT
#177
Be a streamer and ask for gold donations, it works.
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. - Orwell
Derrida
Profile Joined March 2011
2885 Posts
June 05 2012 22:16 GMT
#178
just curious if anyone else has been farming the treasure goblin in act2 in a group of 4 with MF?
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Holytornados
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1022 Posts
June 05 2012 22:23 GMT
#179
On June 06 2012 03:37 HyunA wrote:
If i do the royal cripts vases, i get more gold, but if i do warden-butcher run i get way more items. I still can't figure it out which of them is the most profitable.

thoughts? :S


I would go for gold, personally.
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Butcherski
Profile Joined April 2010
Poland446 Posts
June 05 2012 22:44 GMT
#180
I've been farming the act 2 goblin fro about 3 days usually with 2-3 people. Porbably got ~20m worth of gear in my stach and we all got very nice upgrades to our gear. After 3 days it was enough to start farming act 3&4 with your new gear. Get your mf as high as you can so you barely kill the golbin before he escapes. If you are killing the goblin before he opens his portal you need more mf
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