[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)
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@Jadran
Hi! Things are going pretty good for me this league - I've been very fortunate with drops and made some steels in the market before prices started going through the roof. I skipped prophecies for the most part while leveling; I had some cruel prophecies that I knocked out quickly. Probably that nice chain normal one you have just continues in normal. But the non-chain ones could probably be knocked out quickly and then you can get merciless ones in their place. ====== A chat channel sounds fun; let me know what you find. Last edited by hankinsohl#1231 on Jun 6, 2016, 7:12:58 AM
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@Hank, I think I am going to agree with Serleth on this one. Your stories are pretty good reads, and add a fun life to the thread.
@Serleth, I was ahead in challenge ticks for a short period of time, it was folly to think it would last. @Jadran, A discord server would be easy enough to set up. Or just create a channel in the reddit server. Both would work, just not sure what would be better. Also for your prophesies if you can clean out the normal ones in a few minutes or less, that might be better than sealing them. But it will be a time vs silver argument depending on which one you value more. Also I started Plaguemaw in cruel, and was given the next parts in Merc, so I am not sure exactly how all of them work, but some do not seem to be fully restricted. The interwoven adventures of the first weekend:
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The reason there are interwoven adventures is because I play vastly more than my guild does. The guild I am a member of is made up of all friends I have in real life who also enjoy playing this game. We have a standing ~4 hours we play together on Thursdays, mostly spent in maps or master missions. The first Thursday of the league is spot quest completion, and maps. Depending on when we get to maps there might already be a Zana involved, which is pretty convenient (esp for those with less time to spend in Wraeclast). The league starts with KrillsonSenpaiNoticeMe pitifully flinging swords at a giant, lobbing cold orbs at the undead, and attempting to dodge some flightless birds. We get that far, and a guild-mate buys a few CA gems for me and I start leveling them. Progression continues with the cold orbs until Kuduku is slain, and a rare 2link +1 bow drops. I promptly switch, the group composition at this time is a fire trapper, a flametotem, and myself(CA and Split Arrow). Our merry band continues on, completing random prophecies here and there on our way through Act 1. Progression in Act 2 speeds up a little as the group splits at town to collect the different waypoints. Luck is on my side as we kill Fidelitas, a 3link +1 bow drops. One more support, and I can mostly drop the Split Arrow. I find a Lochtonial Caress, switch to Frenzy and boost the damage of the party by 12% more. Nothing much happens until we hit Cruel difficulty, trapper switches to Ice Trap, and Flametotem switches to SRS (the upgraded sounds for that skill makes me want to play on mute). A2C and we decide to call it for the night. I still have one more normal prophecy, so I double back to complete it. It is the evangelist will drop a unique, and a Tabula Rasa is obtained. First evening done, and decent progress made. I wake up sixish hours before we agreed to meet for continuing. And this is where the I play more problem starts. I want to keep a character in the +/- five levels of the group until we all hit maps, but still want to play. Time to start a second character. Tabula Rasa + Frost Orb here we go. Leveling was super easy and in no time I am caught up to where the rest of the group has left off. My two guild-members I am playing with sign on, and I just continue playing with frost orb. We spend most of the day getting to A2M. In the down time, short lunch break, and the stop for dinner (which turned into stop for the night) I run my CA character to the the beginning of Merciless. Sunday, and one of the guild-mates was co-opted to do errands by the ladyfriend, so I continue on with CA. Eventually the other player is on and we continue. By the end of the day I have two characters not yet to maps, CA is 66 and Frost Orb is 60. This is a folly of trying to keep with friends sometimes. But once everyone is to maps I might just make a culling set up for group play.
CA Progress
Nothing too fancy, was looking to buy a pair of Goldwyrms, but the seller was in that map for HOURS, apparently. Also given the potential of linking and such I'm wondering if buying a +3 will be better for me for the league. Guess I will need to just wait and see how it all plays out. Unavailable post script, the achievement/challenge tracking on the account page is amazing now! but it only works for the current league at the moment. Last edited by ChronoExile#0033 on Jun 6, 2016, 7:58:32 AM
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thinking of running a defensive flask over the eternal life flask or one of the QS flasks, what you guys think is good? not sure btwn Jade and Basalt. also running grace + arctic armor, cwdt IC
IGN: EchelonTL, neophyte
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" My preference last league was to drop a QS flask for a Quartz Flask of Adrenaline. I like the additional Dodge change, weather actually helping or not I feel safer around Porcupine Golaiths in closed quarters with a Quartz. The ability to run through packs at shrines or strongboxes is a nice bonus too. |
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" Thanks CronoExile. Sounds like you and your friends are having fun. |
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I tried Uber lab.
Turns out, 4.3k life isn't enough to survive his reave attack. He clipped me with his toe, and I died. May end up having to switch to IR for that fight, but I'm going to wait til I'm 90 to try again probably. @Chrono: Pff, you'll probably get past me again as far as challenges go. I'm not actually putting any effort into them right now. Waiting for Andvarius prices to come back down to something reasonable, in the meantime I'm just slowly pushing to 90. I'll have to wait to see what the Fated Connections price ends up being in comparison to just straight up buying a 6L +3 bow. There aren't any 5+L's available atm so a direct comparison isn't possible. However, given that fuses are 3:1 ish right now, and the average expectation for a 5L is ~350 jewelers and 150 fuses (net: ~230 fuses) and that The Jeweler's Touch is 20-25c (60-75 fuse), definitely worth it to just buy the Prophecy and use that to 5L. Not sure I can say the same for Fated Connections, as only two are available atm running 10ex, which seems exorbitant. Not for the actual price, which is honestly fair (10ex = ~1350 fuse, average expectation to 6L something), but because in Perandus I was able to buy a 6L +3 bow for 7ex. Assuming the price ends up being roughly comparable, probably worth it to just buy the bow straight out. " Unnecessary, as long as your timing with the Seething flasks is on point, but ultimately your discretion. I also don't think you need AA or CWDT IC, at least for most content. Probably something worth keeping in mind for things like Uber Izaro though. Basalt or Quartz. Grace alone will exceed 3k evasion, so you get more benefit out of Basalt's 100% increase. The dodge chance is fantastic though. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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My start was quite lucky (from my noob perspective, at least):
yesterday got Tabula Rasa dropped from prophecy, sold it for 20c; today switched to CA at 56 clvl, ascended cruel lab (easy like a breeze with +2 5l bow + drillneck); and today dropped 5l prophecy (free 20-25c, yay!) and this beautiful belt: and it have room for master mod - will upgrade it with +life when Tora get level 5. You see - I discovered master crafting for me just today, it's marvelous! :-D Looking forward for mapping - never did this in my life before. Last edited by Sutyrin#1183 on Jun 6, 2016, 1:03:40 PM
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Glad you're having fun and success with the build =D
Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Hey man, So I've been grinding gear to switch to CA and finally got some. Adjusting to the new style is very hard, and I'm constantly getting hit alot, tried iron reflex but thats even worst so switched back to acrobatics. Could you check my character and seen what I'm doing wrong and where I should aim to improve? Also mana seems to be a problem as well, what can I do to improve that?
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I got Drillneck for 2c (is it how it is now? that's a huge price drop!), %18 Goldwyrm for ~7c and Voll was kind enough to give me a decent stat Carcass Jack while I was farming exp so I am a bit off to a good start (my IIR sucks though). But enough about me, let's go straight to the notes and questions:
1-First I'm sorry my question come out strange a few pages ago. I was looking for a good enchant for boots and got confused that wiki didn't mention the movement speed while I knew there was one. Anyway, I didn't knew it was already mentioned in the OP so thank you for the (in-advanced clarification) and nice update for the guide by the way. 2- In 2nd day of the league I noticed players already going for Uber Atziri and doing T12 maps while I was struggling to finish cruel. That got me thinking we need a league starter. Not a general leveling guidelines but a full-blown league starter. I know this opens the door for a lot of debates but we have some excellent contributors here and I'm sure we (I really mean you) can work something out that we all can benefit from. 3- In a 5L bow why the priority of extra damage over IIR? In the period we are "forced" to use a 5L we mainly lack currency the most wouldn't you agree? Thanks, |
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