[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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hankinsohl wrote:

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Chronodroid wrote:

does this help you, hank?

Yup. Thanks Chrono :-)

I need to get some more Sacrifice to the Goddess fragments... so I'll be plowing through linear maps

Ah yes, I encountered alot of trials, the appearance was buffed somehow compared to start of league. Fastest linear maps to run are those that can be "circled" or "wallhugged" to a boss and not doing the other half, like Graveyard, Mountain Ledge, Cemetery, Arsenal, Jungle Valley (i cleared this for divcard, no luck tho) etc.

@Chronodroid
I run Tropical Island, Dunes, Cemetary (not quite as good since the boss area sometimes takes awhie to find if you hug the edge the wrong way), Moutain Ledge (after I figured out how to beeline to the boss), Wharf, Shores, etc.

So I guess "linear" wasn't quite what I meant... a bunch of open area maps as mentioned above are quite fast if you can just skip past everything and kill the boss and if it's very fast to find where the boss is located.

I guess strict linear is best for Goddess framgents - you're likely to see any Trials that may be in the map. But open maps are just as good as linear for completing the "maps from map bosses" challenge provided that you can easily find the boss.

Curiously, I find myself running short of scrolls these days. I skip just about everything when in "find the maps from maps bosses" mode - I don't pick up scrolls, or transmutes or stray armor fragments, or a lot of rares - I even had to purchase some scrolls with chaos orbs for the first time in ages this league.

Well that was interesting...

Joined a Gorge group (great way to level, BTW, usually get 210M+ exp/hour in groups).

We run everyone's maps and then get to the leader's at the end.

He links a Gourge with:

Whatever
A bazillion extra damage as Fire
Massive extra damage as Cold
Insane extra damage as Lightning
Some mod
Who knows
Another Mod
Etc...

Someone in the group texts in local chat:
"Tough map."

I text
"kinda rippy"

Undaunted, the leader activates his map in the map device:

We get into the map...

Great!

One of
"Whatever"
"Some mod"
"Who knows"
or
"Another mod"

is actually some sort of massive mana regen penalty.

I can't use Enduring Cry.
I move Enduring Cry to my Aura setup to utilize Level 2 Enlighten.

Still no luck. I still cannot cast Enduring Cry.

So, new strategy.

Hang back. Don't DPS. Soak up experience. With no defense whatsoever, this is the only safe action.

I don't want to let the group down... but without Endurance Charges, I have virtually no defense. I've gone from super tanky to glass cannon. Hopefully Fearless Leader and others are able to handle these mods.

After awhile we reach the boss.

Sure enough, 3 party members are dead.

Our fearless leader among them.

Eventually the boss is killed.

In chat, several party members are bitching at GGG.

The loudest is Fearless Leader.
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In-freaking-credible!

Usually I credit party leaders with some modicum of intelligence.

A massive plus damage map with severe mana regen penalties in a Gorge speed run group?!?!?

Lesson learned - read maps very carefully and insist on rerolls for anything stupidly insane.

I feel somewhat bad for not DPSing in the map - but I missed the stupid mana mod. I never would have entered the map if I'd known. Two party members may have died because of me. As for Fearless Leader... he got what was coming to him.
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Edit 1:

Our actual map was:

Remote View, Gorge Map
Area is inahbited by Goatmen
Players are cursed with Vulnerability
Players have no life or mana regeneration (this is the mod I missed)
Monsters have 60% chance to avoid elemental status elements
Monsters poison on hit (this isn't fun but is OK)
Monsters deal 87% extra damage as fire (OK on its own)
Monsters deal 87% extra damage as cold (not good in combination with the fire mod)
Monsters deal 78% extra damage as lightning (pretty insane but I was willing to do this since I missed the mana penalty mod)

Some chat text:
"All that experience gone."
"Because of stupid game lag."
"Fuck I'm pissed now"
"I was die close"

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I was "die close" too several times

And I'm pretty fucking sure it wasn't "stupid game lag" that killed FL

I guess I feel somewhat better about not DPSing... given the no mana regen, I couldn't have DPSed even if I wanted to.
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Edit 2:
We had a Blade Vortex toon in our group.

I can just about hear BV saying...

"Hey guys, fun map. Let's do another like that!"

BV basically carried the entire group, killing everything in sight almost instantly.

Jesus, Poison + Vul and triple Elemental damage mod. Not worth it even at double Pack Size :P

Hi all

Sombody have tips for founding trials for ending lab.
Till now I run around 100 maps & found only one.

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hankinsohl wrote:

@Those who completed the 300 maps from map bosses challenge

How did you complete this challenge? Just run a bunch of maps or farm Merciless Piety?

Atziri.

It's a two-for-one run. A) You get one of the end-game grinds done and B) You will get at least 100/300 of the maps from bosses challenge. And that's if you're unlucky.

After that, I just alc'd fast-boss maps and went. Shore, Tropical Island, Mud Geyser, Cemetary, that sorta thing.

And holy MATH batman.

"Stupid lag"..... more like, stupid inability to read.

*sigh*


This is why I stopped Gorge running in groups after my first toon hit 90. Never know what some jerkoff is going to throw into the device. Especially given that some groups don't even link maps.


@Slimak

Map trials are kinda rare. You'll go on streaks. I found eight in the space of ~50 maps two days ago. Yesterday, I only ran into two in 100 maps.

Just gotta keep farming.

This side note brought to you by Shield Charge: OpieOP™

Probably the fastest I've ever rushed to level 50.

Gonna be a massive respec once I get Pledge and my BV 20/20 available though.

Did you say OP?

What is this game.

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Serleth wrote:

What is this game.

Well, there are two game variants here.

One's called, "Check the Stopwatch."
You clear Gorge with your SC toon and if the stopwatch reads more than 60 seconds, the watch is broken.

The other is called, "Keep Up."
You join a Gorge clear group with a SC toon in it, and then see if you can keep up. 5 quicksilver flasks are recommended. Extra credit if you manage to kill any mob along the way.