[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)
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How is it going guys? Anyone tackled the Uber Lab yet? ;)
Things are going slow for me, but that's mostly becasue I only played 8 hours since the start and this while being very tired after work. No amazing drops yet, just a +1 cold wand sold by Nessa at level 1, thanks Nessa :) I have been swiching back and forth between Frostbolt and CA for levelling in Act 2, 3 and 4 Normal, after I dropped Death's Harp. Went with Frostbolt and Bladefall totem eventually, but I love the run-and-gun CA playstyle (my "adventure" with ARPGs started with Diablo 3 and a glass cannon kiting Deamon Hunter, so I guess I have kiting in my blood). Anyway, I can't wait to switch to full CA, if I find a +1 bow I might do it just then. Currently sitting in A1C and my biggest worry is that some Prophecies, which I wasn't able to complete in Normal are still sitting there and I will have to seal them to make room for Cruel ones. But some of them are part of a chain (Library texts, I think this is the one leading to the Pale Council and the Plaguemaw or whatsitsname), I hope I'll be able to complete these chains in Cruel / Merci!? I will be back to farming in the evening, hoping to put in more hours. Happy hunting! BTW. I see people here are members of various guilds and while it is probably too much to expect to form a single guild for all CA MF lovers, is there a way to have a chat/voice channel to communicate in-game? A discord channel might be the way, I'll have to do some more research about this. Shavronne wrapped Kaom's waist, with her gilded purple boots. "You want my sockets?" Last edited by Jadran on Jun 6, 2016, 6:48:29 AM
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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 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 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
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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 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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