[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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GhostyGhost wrote:

So my second Andy just dropped for me, so now I have Drillneck, 2 andys, Goldwyrm, and I've been using Aurseize since a friend gave them to me long before I had any other MF items.

I somehow support grace/purity with about 110 mana left over, which is tolerable and fine without clarity, but even then my resistances are 75-70-75 which caps out with 3 endurance charges.

I am guessing if I ever do get Carcass Jack though, I'm going to either have to drop aurseize for some good tri resist gloves (aurseize is 15% all resist) or hope for an amazingly rolled gold ammy with tri resist to drop.

I really doubt that I can keep 75 resists, ESPECIALLY without Purity, if I switch to Carcass Jack. Not that I have one to switch to. Just planning ahead.

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GhostyGhost wrote:

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Serleth wrote:

1,500 fuses.

Spam, or Vorici? =O

Given how awful your luck has been, I think I would be tempted to just Vorici it.

But you know from your own statistics the average 6 link is 800ish or so. So go with the odds here.

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_Thresher_ wrote:

I really like the 5L frenzy CoH setup. What are your thoughts on replacing chain with knockback? I'm thinking the build's pierce helps spread vulnerability already.

Knockback can keep melee mobs at bay and push enemies back into the poison clouds.

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Serleth wrote:

1. It should take you 3-5 minutes to just straight up clear the map, depending on the tileset and how much running around you have to do, and how difficult the map is. Each portal you take should add no more than 1 second for a portal, let's say 5 seconds load time (max), and 20 seconds for a vendor (depending on your organization skills), so 25-35 seconds per portal. Let's build a range though to say maybe 45 seconds per portal in case your ID/handspeed isn't reasonably fast.

On the low end then, 25 seconds per portal, 4 portals (average blue map) = 1.6 minutes, 3 minute map clear = 4.6 minutes.

On the high end, 45 seconds per portal, 6 portals (high IIQ/IIR maps) = 4.5 minutes, 5 minutes per map clear = 9.5 minutes.

It really depends mostly on how quickly you can identify items, recognize what to keep, and organize where you put your recipe items or items worth keeping, etc.

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Serleth wrote:

1. It should take you 3-5 minutes to just straight up clear the map, depending on the tileset and how much running around you have to do, and how difficult the map is. Each portal you take should add no more than 1 second for a portal, let's say 5 seconds load time (max), and 20 seconds for a vendor (depending on your organization skills), so 25-35 seconds per portal. Let's build a range though to say maybe 45 seconds per portal in case your ID/handspeed isn't reasonably fast.

On the low end then, 25 seconds per portal, 4 portals (average blue map) = 1.6 minutes, 3 minute map clear = 4.6 minutes.

On the high end, 45 seconds per portal, 6 portals (high IIQ/IIR maps) = 4.5 minutes, 5 minutes per map clear = 9.5 minutes.

It really depends mostly on how quickly you can identify items, recognize what to keep, and organize where you put your recipe items or items worth keeping, etc.

2. Middle-ish maps for me personally (so, 74-76), which allow for good rares with (the new) T2 resistance, and regal recipes. If I find I'm low on alcs (which I use for jewelry, and if an alc misses, I put the item into a regal recipe), then I go to low level maps (68-69) to rebuild my alc pool and do unid chaos recipes.

In essence, I switch depending on my crafting mats.

Max raw clear speed (not including portal trips) on a linear map (Promenade, Underground Sea, Gorge) should be around 3 minutes. For more twisty maps, it really depends on the RNG for the map drawing and the tileset itself (Ie, Mine and Tunnel are absolute nightmares to navigate and you can expect even 7 minute map clears).