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That is an easy way of doing it but it doesnt maximize your chance for dropssince you could get a drop on your first kill and waste 10 minutes on a toon that cant get a drop. BUT since you said you can do it while cooking and such I see your point.
I use my Fire/Rad/Fire Troller mainly do to damage output. I can rad it up while its phased then me and the imps tear it to shreads. With EF+Char(Dam/Mez HOs)+Fire Blast+Fire Ball and the imps it only takes a few seconds to drop the target.
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hmmm not a big pvper and like I said, this was the first time I tried doing this....but it sounds like I'm missing an important point here....
Is there some downtime where you can't receive a pvp IO after getting dropped one?
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That is an easy way of doing it but it doesnt maximize your chance for dropssince you could get a drop on your first kill and waste 10 minutes on a toon that cant get a drop. BUT since you said you can do it while cooking and such I see your point.
I use my Fire/Rad/Fire Troller mainly do to damage output. I can rad it up while its phased then me and the imps tear it to shreads. With EF+Char(Dam/Mez HOs)+Fire Blast+Fire Ball and the imps it only takes a few seconds to drop the target.
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hmmm not a big pvper and like I said, this was the first time I tried doing this....but it sounds like I'm missing an important point here....
Is there some downtime where you can't receive a pvp IO after getting dropped one?
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I think that's the 10 minutes thing he is talking about.
Yep. After a PVP IO drop, that character cannot get another dropped for 10 mins.
Now Im not sure how the flag works.
If you were say teamed with 7 others in a PVP zone, and a PVP IO was dropped:
a) the game notes you are ineligable and rolls for the other 7.
b) the game rolls the team of 8 and ignores the drop if it comes up on you.
I believe it is b) from seeing some data from teams in PvP zones, but its certainly not conclusive either way (or even any possible 3rd way I didn't suggest)
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7 hours of mind numbing boredom
3 accounts at $15 each
15 pvp drops for around 2 bil
If you have the patience, time to waste and real money to blow farming pvp ios to make fake game money I say you earned every cent of that 2 bil.
You also earned the right to my sympathy 
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It isnt boring if you are actually in it to accomplish things other than getting drops. If you read my OP... SNIP
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No you weren't, from your OP.
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This time I decided to see how many I could get so I kept going right back in the arena as soon as I was done.
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Not that I care one way or another in this tête à tête but I easily recalled that line as I read through the thread. 
My take, if you enjoyed yourself, then... time well spent.
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That is an easy way of doing it but it doesnt maximize your chance for dropssince you could get a drop on your first kill and waste 10 minutes on a toon that cant get a drop. BUT since you said you can do it while cooking and such I see your point.
I use my Fire/Rad/Fire Troller mainly do to damage output. I can rad it up while its phased then me and the imps tear it to shreads. With EF+Char(Dam/Mez HOs)+Fire Blast+Fire Ball and the imps it only takes a few seconds to drop the target.
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can you get more than 60 kills/match that way?
Leaving my fire/kin with hotfeet and imps out parked on the spawn gets me 60/match.
With my 3 accounts i got 75 kills with my kat/regen killing them 2. if i could keep my end up, i could have gotten more. prolly closer to 90.
also, got my first recipe drop. its was a melee dam/rech. crafted selling for 20-40ish.
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With my 3 accounts i got 75 kills with my kat/regen killing them 2. if i could keep my end up, i could have gotten more. prolly closer to 90.
also, got my first recipe drop. its was a melee dam/rech. crafted selling for 20-40ish.
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turn on max recovery silly
Solo I know it just makes you exempt from getting one off the target that dropped. So say I am solo an there are two people I am fighting. If I kill person A and get a recipe I can not get another of him for another 10 minutes. However person B is very capable of dropping a recipe during that time. While I have never farmed it arena I have had 2 drop within less than 5 minutes of each other in zones, twice.
Duel me.
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Two accounts. 60 kills in 30 minutes. Use a Mastermind that is unbuffed for survival as the target. Fire Control or Mastermind on the other end works (MM On MM violence works best because you can swap killers without leaving the instance).
Best rate: Find a corner in Warburg. 20 Rez insp in your tray. Imps or MM Pets kill you every second you rez/click and EACH death counts toward possible drops.
Run out. Zone to base. Make 18 more from base Autodoc combining of greens/blues (storage next to it can hold last 2 if you like). Leave base. SAME spot as you died.
Repeat. On any toon due to rez low hit points you can more than double the arena rate.
P.S. - Expecting this to be fixed... soon(tm).
/runs
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I saw this thread and what the hell I made about 150 kills in 3 days(thats what my rep went up).
This is my best drop 0.o
http://s544.photobucket.com/albums/hh353...27-10-46-18.jpg
I got 4 others too and their range was from 2 million to 52 million
Edit>just wanted to say this thing sells for 100 mill more crafted then the recipe.
Very nice
Lucky. Still haven't gotten that to drop red or blue side. Two +Res (Shield Wall) and one +hp/end proc in the 190ish drops I've gotten (90 percent+ while afk).
Wish I could sit there and spam faster but it's like watching paint dry. I need something like your LSU/Texas game or I just let the toons autolog and forget about them lol.
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This is my best drop 0.o
http://s544.photobucket.com/albums/hh353...27-10-46-18.jpg
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Holy crap. I had no idea anything was selling for that much. The mind boggles.
Freedom: Blazing Larb, Fiery Fulcrum, Sardan Reborn, Arctic-Frenzy, Wasabi Sam, Mr Smashtastic.
i've gotten 2 drops in about 88 kills so far. totaling 80mil. off for more....
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How were you getting this many kills? Did you go in the arena with one character from account 1, then kill a character from account 2, login another character from account 2, kill him, etc?
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What are the restrictions on these PvP IOs anyway? I've heard 10 minute timers, 3 level difference Max, Zones Suck, Zones Rule, Arena Sucks, Arena rules?
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What are the restrictions on these PvP IOs anyway? I've heard 10 minute timers, 3 level difference Max, Zones Suck, Zones Rule, Arena Sucks, Arena rules?
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I believe you can't get a recipe drop if you're more than 3 levels higher than whoever you kill. Once you get a drop, you can't get another recipe from that character for 10 minutes. That character can still give recipe drops on defeat during that 10 minute window, just not to whoever defeated him.
Freedom: Blazing Larb, Fiery Fulcrum, Sardan Reborn, Arctic-Frenzy, Wasabi Sam, Mr Smashtastic.
One drop in 12 kills. Was surprized. I was just messin' around in a zone and it happen. Recipe I got isnt worth a lot though, least not yet.
Thanks Sardan
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Saturday January 29th, 2005 (12:37 PM) ~ Monday August 9th, 2010
Those Who Lived It Will Remember Long after your Ban Hammer Crumbles and the servers flicker dead.
We Will Remember This One Moment In Time! ~ Shadow Ravenwolf
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This is my best drop 0.o
http://s544.photobucket.com/albums/hh353...27-10-46-18.jpg
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Holy crap. I had no idea anything was selling for that much. The mind boggles.
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Jackpot! I just got one to drop. That should give me a nice boost towards my eBil goal...
BTW, it's on Freedom blue side. If anyone wants to buy it for 570 and save on market fees, send me a PM.
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Once a PVP IO recipe has been earned, there is a 10 minute timer before the player that earned the recipe can have a chance at earning another recipe.
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Ok, I found this in the Patch Notes. This blows. So it doesn't matter who dropped it, you yourself are on the timer. Saying "player" implies account based reward, not character specific.
I'm seeing a mixed bag on this part. Some are saying that it's character based and using Account 1 to kill a rotation of Account 2's alts will work. Others are saying that no matter what you do, you can only get 1 PvP IO per account, every 10 minutes.
So...which is it? 10 minutes, hell be damned, or 10 minutes, just rotate characters across your accounts?
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Saturday January 29th, 2005 (12:37 PM) ~ Monday August 9th, 2010
Those Who Lived It Will Remember Long after your Ban Hammer Crumbles and the servers flicker dead.
We Will Remember This One Moment In Time! ~ Shadow Ravenwolf
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I was getting anywhere from 95-105 kills per 30 minutes when I had 3 accounts running and around 55-60 with just 2.
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How were you getting this many kills? Did you go in the arena with one character from account 1, then kill a character from account 2, login another character from account 2, kill him, etc?
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While playing 1 account in a match with no drops I average 60 kills. With 3 accounts I just take turns jumping between targets after each kill. After a while it kinda became a game to see which of my toons could get the most kills within the timeframe.
If an account got a drop I just swapped to another account and went at back at it with the new toon
Anyone want to check this:
Get no rewards, inspirations, influence, salvage or IOs from killing another player since the issue launched.
If you've been hoarding.... rutroh...
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That is an easy way of doing it but it doesnt maximize your chance for dropssince you could get a drop on your first kill and waste 10 minutes on a toon that cant get a drop. BUT since you said you can do it while cooking and such I see your point.
I use my Fire/Rad/Fire Troller mainly do to damage output. I can rad it up while its phased then me and the imps tear it to shreads. With EF+Char(Dam/Mez HOs)+Fire Blast+Fire Ball and the imps it only takes a few seconds to drop the target.