Merits or the AE? That 'tis the question.
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all_hell,
Posted on: 2010-07-09 21:24 in The Market and Inventions
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I'm with you on warwolves.|
Originally Posted by Postagulous
But no one is going to farm Warwolves.
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they run right over the Goat's tar patch and ignore Payback's caltrops...
>:e
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But do you farm Vanguard Rebels on Gaussian's Arc? To me, that is the ultimate in masochistic farming. Warwolves comes close.|
Originally Posted by Deus_Otiosus
I was farming Warwolves before I was farming Bane Spider Executioners.
Like I said, I need to keep things interesting.  |
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| Yeah, I can see you're point [that I snipped out], but man, I hate them. I guess since I kinda dig CoT these days that BP have falled into the least favorite, most hated group...except for Warwolves when I depend on slows. But no one is going to farm Warwolves. |
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Thank you everyone at Paragon and on Virtue. When the lights go out in November, you'll find me on Razor Bunny.
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Ill try it
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Originally Posted by Postagulous
I recently discovered, or was told, a AE mish that I find fun to solo. I think it's 271212 off the top of my head and was made by Cyvert as a high level scrapper test. It rocks. Each black and white Leut triggers an ambush. Bad craziness.
Tickets are a side effect, but because of this I discovered what you guys have been talking about all along. Previously I would get burned over and over on merits, and thus changed to just buying LotG7.5s instead. BTW, try that. It's very fun. Oddly enough, I suggested it with a medium low level team and we wiped horribly. I run it +0/x8. |
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Wow, I don't think Gavin is the unusual one here.|
Originally Posted by Postagulous
Yeah, I can see you're point [that I snipped out], but man, I hate them. I guess since I kinda dig CoT these days that BP have falled into the least favorite, most hated group...except for Warwolves when I depend on slows. But no one is going to farm Warwolves.
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You don't like BP, who are like wheat before a combine harvester to most characters, but you "kinda dig CoT"? That's like "I hate Council/Freakshow but I kinda dig Malta/Knives".
I think which is better (merits or AE) will largely depend on your playtime. Goat's method is sound for those with very limited playtime while those with more can really make headway with merits. I always use a 4 to 1 ratio to determine which to do on any given play session. Meaning, if I can do 4 (or more) TFs, I'll go with merits. Otherwise, it's tickets.
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CoT at 50 are pretty much a joke, and don't throw unresistable def debuffs and Hurricanes at you. If you're melee you may well be better off with them than BP.|
Originally Posted by RemianenI
Wow, I don't think Gavin is the unusual one here.
You don't like BP, who are like wheat before a combine harvester to most characters, but you "kinda dig CoT"? That's like "I hate Council/Freakshow but I kinda dig Malta/Knives". |
Then again I fight Malta all the time, so I'm probably just weird. If Rularuu didn't completely negate my defense I'd fight them too.
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Tried the AE farm compared to the peregrine one, same map, same mobs, so same time to do it. It sure is effective but how boring. In 2 hours i can fill up 2 or 3 characters with stuff to sell, and i spend more time sorting that mess and crafting than farming.
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I've spent thousands of tickets on 35-39 bronze rolls and have gotten straight crap.
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My lethal-capped Fire/WP went at 'em late last night. Figured it would be nice to pursue Van Merits, a good basket of Reward Merits and Purples at the same time. Dialed it down from to +1/x8 to 0/x4 and still got humbled |
Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
But do you farm Vanguard Rebels on Gaussian's Arc? To me, that is the ultimate in masochistic farming. Warwolves comes close.
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Some people solo AVs, Frosticus is trying to find a way to take out a rikti pylon in less than a minute (down to 1.50). One day, I will find a melee build that can take these guys at +2/x8 solo.|
Originally Posted by Kitteh
My lethal-capped Fire/WP went at 'em late last night. Figured it would be nice to pursue Van Merits, a good basket of Reward Merits and Purples at the same time. Dialed it down from to +1/x8 to 0/x4 and still got humbled
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They are wicked. But fun.
"Hmm, I guess I'm not as omniscient as I thought" -Gavin Runeblade.
I can be found, outside of paragon city here.
Thank you everyone at Paragon and on Virtue. When the lights go out in November, you'll find me on Razor Bunny.
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Originally Posted by Paragon_Assassin
I've spent thousands of tickets on 35-39 bronze rolls and have gotten straight crap.
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blue side the least I've made off a 'run' of 1500 tickets is 50 million, crafting the good stuff for impatient buyers. With drop weighting favoring saleable sets it's pretty much guaranteed you'll get a couple of winners amongst the 20-odd rolls generated by a ticket capped map.
red side is a tougher sell, especially now with the merger looming. But you'll still get several winners per round, even if crafting doesn't generate quite the same windfall.
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Last year, I used to multi-box/self-PL quite a bit in AE land.
Lots of toons. Lots of runs. Figured I would add up their tickets tonight since I had never bothered before...
62,805 
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Like I said, I need to keep things interesting.