Oni-Goroshi in Current League - are You gonna farm it or drop it?

During my farmings i found more than one Tabula. During this league also found one.

Quick question for all who have farmed OG recently, how long roughly does it take to get on OG?

i know it will differ for everyone but i recently started playing ssf and want to start next league with 2x OG and just working out rough times i should expect. All info i can find is old so current info would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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Tyetan1 wrote:

Quick question for all who have farmed OG recently, how long roughly does it take to get on OG?

i know it will differ for everyone but i recently started playing ssf and want to start next league with 2x OG and just working out rough times i should expect. All info i can find is old so current info would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Level 7 is possible, level 8 is probable, level 9 is not unheard of

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Turtledove wrote:

Level 7 is possible, level 8 is probable, level 9 is not unheard of

Other than Arrowneus, has anyone else made it to 9?
I don't know if I could make it that far.

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DoubleU wrote:

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Turtledove wrote:

Level 7 is possible, level 8 is probable, level 9 is not unheard of

Other than Arrowneus, has anyone else made it to 9?
I don't know if I could make it that far.

I have, although I'm not sure it counts because I did it in Standard League.

I started with 3 Scions in rotation. The first Scion got the sword at 8.14. The 3rd Scion got it at 8.16. But the 2nd Scion didn't get the sword until 9.03.

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Tyetan1 wrote:

Quick question for all who have farmed OG recently, how long roughly does it take to get on OG?

I just farmed one in SSF Standard using four scions. They were all between level 8.00 and 8.20 when Uber Hillock spawned. I think it took under 8 hours. I spent the first few hours gearing everyone up (ms boots, high dps 2H, flasks, etc). I also cleared the entire zone until level 8, when I switched to rushing Hillock.

The scion who graduated from Twilight Strand with the Oni-Goroshi has been replaced by another in case I want to farm another in the future.

There's something zen about farming Twilight Strand.

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GERWARIC wrote:

There's something zen about farming Twilight Strand.

I wanted it to feel like a sort of chill-out, low-stakes experience in a loud, flashy casino full of angry, emotionally high-strung gamblers. At the same time, it's still kind of frustrating and seemingly pointless, because She wouldn't have it any other way. Nothing worth holding is easy to acquire.

The old and often misattributed cliche runs: insanity is doing the same thing over and again and expecting different results. What then do we call doing the same thing over and again and actually, after hundreds of times, *getting* a different result? Whatever it is, She knows the word for it and isn't inclined to share.

But for want of the true name, 'zen' should suffice.

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Tyetan1 wrote:

Quick question for all who have farmed OG recently, how long roughly does it take to get on OG?

i know it will differ for everyone but i recently started playing ssf and want to start next league with 2x OG and just working out rough times i should expect. All info i can find is old so current info would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

I usually hunt for 2 OGs with 5 characters. My playsessions are around 2h a day and usually after about week i have my OGs.

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

The old and often misattributed cliche runs: insanity is doing the same thing over and again and expecting different results. What then do we call doing the same thing over and again and actually, after hundreds of times, *getting* a different result? Whatever it is, She knows the word for it and isn't inclined to share.

I put some thought on this and i have to disagree. With OG farming it is deterministic. All huntHers know that OG will drop eventually and thats just a matter of time and persistence. So it doesnt fit into words above about insanity. But nice try.

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de99ial wrote:

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

The old and often misattributed cliche runs: insanity is doing the same thing over and again and expecting different results. What then do we call doing the same thing over and again and actually, after hundreds of times, *getting* a different result? Whatever it is, She knows the word for it and isn't inclined to share.

I put some thought on this and i have to disagree. With OG farming it is deterministic. All huntHers know that OG will drop eventually and thats just a matter of time and persistence. So it doesnt fit into words above about insanity. But nice try.

Please reread what I said. Carefully. Because I'm definitely not calling it 'insanity'; 'What then do we call it [if it's not insanity]' etc is the important bit. It's not insanity, so what is it? The determinism of this particular grind isn't perfect or absolute -- it's still a game of maybe/maybe not. After a certain point it stops being an outright impossibility, which then makes it a matter of time, but it's not absolute determinism as in, after X repetitions, it will happen. Which is all to say, we're talking about an undetermined eventuality rather than a fixed event.

As for what She would call it and why She wouldn't share, it's important to take Her perspective here. Unlike the Exile, She knows it's going to happen. The Exile generally doesn't -- if we assume each Exile is fresh off the boat, then they certainly can't know of Uber Hillock's existence. All they know is they reach a certain point in their journey, normal Hillock, and then are suddenly, inexplicably, back where they started. And on and on, for no understandable reason. This is insanity, but pretty much everything from the Exile's perspective is -- there's little reason to their actions beyond greed and inertia. And it remains an act of insanity until that unforeseen inevitability, the spawning of Uber Hillock. It is at that point that the Exile's insanity is revealed to be something else, some glimpse of a larger plan. A tiny taste of soft determinism, maybe.

In short, the player knows it's not insanity because they know, sooner or later, there will be a different outcome despite doing the same thing over and again. The Exile doesn't. And She, well, She has Her own way of looking at it.

BTW, 'nice try' comes across as very condescending, as it implies you know better. This isn't really a right/wrong discussion, so please don't do that.