Most ideal base bow and farming location?
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Hey guys. Ding'ed 61 earlier today and I reckon it's about time to start saving orbs to at least roll a good set of stats for an endgame bow. I'm currently using the bow below, but it's only an i59 or so, which (from what I read) makes it a bad base bow to start rolling. In any case, I was thinking of getting a good Imperial, and it seems the best Imperials have to be at least i73. So... Where do I find i73 Imperials?
Oh, and how's my current Thicket? Took me awhile to even roll this with Alcs and Chances. |
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You are now in perfect level range to farm Fellshrine. It is safe map with large number of monsters. Get yourself 2 Quicksilver flasks with +charge recovery to sweep through the map very fast.
Another area you can try to farm is Dread Thicket, lvl62 map, but you should be aware that there are chaos damage dealing vipers, which were big annoyance for me. If you are well geared, with proper defenses and resists, you can start tackling Act3 but be aware it will be hard. Docks are very good place to farm as well for ranger--open space, big crowds of monsters and easy map to navigate. You MUST have your fire resist in 50+ range due to void bearers. They represent the main threat on this map and some of rare versions can be very nasty, ie. very fast and multiprojectile = big risk of getting insta-gibbed. Ruby flasks are your good friends here. You also should have leveled bear trap because it is the best way to safely deal with rare void bearers. Lastly, do not craft your weapon. Buy it on the market, it will be cheaper and you are not chancing your luck. PS. item ilvl is determined by map level, it can be +1 or +2 to map level when it drops from magic and rare monsters. So the imperial bow ilvl73 will be coming from 72+ maps. Edit: If you are serious about farming/grinding, get as much Increased Rarity on your gear. I have spend 77 levels without single mod improving rarity or quantity of drops. I'm now at 60% rarity for last day, I have already found more rares than for last 20 levels. Do not underestimate these mods. Last edited by Baron01#3047 on Feb 17, 2013, 6:00:04 AM
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" Thanks for the suggestions and info! Yep, just began to farm Felshrine recently after hitting 60. Will look out for + charge recovery Quicksilvers. I might try Dread Thicket too, it looks popular but I haven't actually gone in before. Docks sounds good... IF I can clear Act 2 lol. Oak is a bitch. Currently trying to get my resists up. I've got positives across except for Chaos. I could shift items around to get 75 Fire Res no problems. Been leveling a Bear Trap since the 40s so I'm good on that too. Ah okay, I'll save my orbs for a Thicket I guess, at least until I can farm 72+ maps. Thanks for that info! I'm currently running 51% MF. I'll try to get more without sacrificing health and DPS. No Quantity Find though. Anyway, thanks again man. Pointed me in some good directions. Cheers! |
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" Oak is easy, you just need to do him properly. Fist of all, clear the crowd. Once you are done, hide behind tent, catch some breath and run around and away from Oak. Now, all you have to do, get into open, let him run to you, when he jumps, move away from him--not to the sides, straight back 3 or 4 steps, immediately shoot in Oak's direction. If you have decent attack speed, you will be able to step-shoot-step-shoot him into oblivion very easily. It is good to stay relatively close to him and just back off as he leaps at you. I assume you need something like 15-20% movement speed (easily obtainable from shoes, uniques and passive nodes (Celerity <3) and 1.5+ APS. |
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