Best farm mission outside AE?
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Catwhoorg,
Posted on: 2009-09-01 23:08 in The Market and Inventions
Remember that freaks are getting an xp nerf in i16. Therefore while still a great mission it's not the best xp/min. Might be worthwhile for energy damage dealers though.
First, define "best." Some farm builds handle certain mob types better than others, so some people use "off the beaten path" missions. A Fire Armor character might use a mission full of Infernal's minions, for example (not Harvey's mission). A certain mission from Maria Jenkins full of Mother Mayhem's minions (and with MM herself in the back of the map) was popular among some Spines/Dark Scrappers, at least until that mission had a timer added to it in I12 or I13. Some people use Council/5th/Axis America missions.
You've already listed the major ones blueside at least, though it doesn't really matter since as soon as they have timers added or the mob XP gets nerfed (hello, Freakshow) people will move on to the next-best thing.
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One mission I never see mentioned in these lists is the one I use the most. It is given by Dark Watcher in RWZ, and it takes place in the shadow shard. The mission title is just "Investigate Rikti Base", and is the third mission in the Dark Watcher arc.
In the mission, there is an outside area that leads to a cave area. I've never gone in that cave 
. In the outside area, about the middle, there is a large platform that has 4 large (about 20) mobs packed in a tight formation.
When farming it, I do one group (rest/heal if necessary), then do the next group.
On the top part of the platform is a group with a Fake Nem, and slightly off to one side is an Elite Boss which is needed for the quest (that I've intentionally never completed). He will not agro unless you attack him or one of the few mobs linked to him. For farming purposes, you do not need to take him down, although I do sometimes.
The short version is that in about 4 fights, you take out roughly 80 mobs, will get around 50k in inf/inf, and I usually get 1-3 recipes, and about 8-10 pieces of salvage. Takes about 10 minutes.
If you can handle Nemesis,
TV: Liberate Television (Nemesis)
Black Scorpion: Investigate Nemesis Army in the Shadow Shard. (Nemesis) It's the second last mission in BS's 3rd arc. Both the top and bottom part of the platform are packed with mobs, at least 12 mobs with about 10 guys per mob. (I love farming this on my stone/wp brute)
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I haven't tried this but my assumption is that Nemesis LTs and their stacking Vengeance would be kryptonite to my Shield Defense Brute, right?
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Originally Posted by Smilin_Joe
If you can handle Nemesis,
TV: Liberate Television (Nemesis) Black Scorpion: Investigate Nemesis Army in the Shadow Shard. (Nemesis) It's the second last mission in BS's 3rd arc. Both the top and bottom part of the platform are packed with mobs, at least 12 mobs with about 10 guys per mob. (I love farming this on my stone/wp brute) |
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The Liberate Television one isn't too bad for shield. When I run it on my mace/shield brute I can usually 1 shot most of the minions with fury and shield charge leaving the Lt's to mop up and most of the mobs are separated enough so not too many guys get stacked veng.|
Originally Posted by Sardan
I haven't tried this but my assumption is that Nemesis LTs and their stacking Vengeance would be kryptonite to my Shield Defense Brute, right?
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The shadow shard map can get a bit ugly which is why i usually run my stone/willpower brute and herd them up. I have almost a constant chain of Fault and Tremor keeping them stunned or on the ground. The most problems I have there is when the vengeance get's stacked 5-6 times
A really great place to farm is the Storm Palace, that place is wicked.
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Originally Posted by Santorican
A really great place to farm is the Storm Palace, that place is wicked.
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I heard it's best with anything /SR, correct?
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Originally Posted by Tatmia
I heard it's best with anything /SR, correct?
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Originally Posted by Mr_Enigma
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Unai's first mish is BP, not Freaks. Freaks is towards the end. Or at least on my arc, cause i just got it.
BP, if you can handle it, is awesome xp and drops.
I can't remember the arc holder but i ran a "crazed" farm that gave really good salvage drops.
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Love it there.
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Originally Posted by Santorican
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I used to do laps of the palace on my Inv/EM tank. Not the greatest killing speed, but it was mostly easy, laid back fighting.|
Originally Posted by Santorican
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On my DM/Reg scrapper I use the Psychic Clockwork outdoor map that Unai gives in his arc. They pose pretty much no threat to my scrapper.
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Ah yes, you are correct! There aren't overseers in the Storm palace, I forgot. I should have known better since I used to solo there on my ill/rad and his Rad Infection was quite effective at keeping him safe.|
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Please disregard previous snarky post...
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# Portal Crazed entities now have a Madness power which increases their To Hit chance and damage while reducing their defense.
# Portal Crazed entities experience and influence rewards reduced to 50% for minions, 40% for lieutenants and 33% for bosses. Their attacks are weak enough even with the Madness buff that they are a low risk for most heroes of the appropriate level
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Originally Posted by Catwhoorg
Crazed folks just got buffed in their power and reduced in their XP on test.
# Portal Crazed entities now have a Madness power which increases their To Hit chance and damage while reducing their defense. # Portal Crazed entities experience and influence rewards reduced to 50% for minions, 40% for lieutenants and 33% for bosses. Their attacks are weak enough even with the Madness buff that they are a low risk for most heroes of the appropriate level |
Yeah, but I think that was under the MA section. It isn't all that clear whether that was including their regular outside of MA spawning as well...
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Originally Posted by Sardan
Roffle? I do laps of the Storm Palace with no probs on my SR scrapper. There are no Overseers there--those are the ones that would slice through SR's defenses. There are only Brutes and Wisps. The main problem I have is that in the rare event an Honored Brute hits, he hits for something over 1300 points of damage so I have to be quick to use a green insp in that case.
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Well, I just showed how long it's been since I was in the Shard.
I'll solo a Faathim with my Emp as a penance.
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One of my favourite things to do is take my shield/ss to the storm palace. Now I dont know why (but im sure there is a good reason?) but shield charge does not work on the "circuit" which slows me down a bit. But I can still wipe out the mobs pretty quick with fireball+footstomp.
I also sometimes summon a Vanguard HVAS to follow me round (Although Im not sure if these now spawn as level 50s instead of 54s in a recent patch which I doubt would last as long). Except it sometimes falls off - it doesnt die as you can still see it in your pet display but never comes back.....
Most people know about the basic missions but I'm sure there are some that are great but most people don't know about. I would like to create a list of these. If you can provide the contact and the mission name.
The ones I know of are:
Maria Jenkins:
Save the Warrior Clan's village
Defeat Battle Maiden and her minions
Harvey Maylor:
Defeat all villians in area (Demons)
Unai Kemen:
Take readings from the rupture (the first mission) (Freaks)