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Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 12:40 pm
by Theodore01
As far as i know the ogre cave has only 5 chests and 5 bones.

However with the last (announced) loot change, it turned out that bones and crates nowadays produce much better and more magical stuff than chests. :shock:
On top of that they refill much faster and are not limited to once per char/reset, but on the other side they don't allow each char. in a party to get something.

I, as a player who really likes to loot, haven't found any epic piece in the last year overall.
How i miss the old durlag's dragon :cry:

Any hints where people tend to have luck nowadays ?

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 12:54 pm
by Calodan
Theodore01 wrote:As far as i know the ogre cave has only 5 chests and 5 bones.

However with the last (announced) loot change, it turned out that bones and crates nowadays produce much better and more magical stuff than chests. :shock:
On top of that they refill much faster and are not limited to once per char/reset, but on the other side they don't allow each char. in a party to get something.

I, as a player who really likes to loot, haven't found any epic piece in the last year overall.
How i miss the old durlag's dragon :cry:

Any hints where people tend to have luck nowadays ?
Hands down best place for Epic loot chance? Vault of the dead, Grey Peaks, Yuan-ti and Wromthrax run. Frost Giant king is more of a easy 5k gold farm. Those places are where sh-it drops for the most part. I usually run VOD to Frost King by teleport and then done I can make around 8k (Bare minimum of just the two bosses gold) - 20+k depending on the drops just in those two dungeons alone. If you got the salt for it you add in Yuanti, Wromthrax and then Grey peaks before you teleport to Frost King and you will make tons of gold and find something good. I can almost guarantee a auction item if you do all those in one run. Almost. There is that rare day when Beshaba shows up..............

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:00 pm
by Kiran
Chaos.

I only do her once per reset on my cleric.

Run in, 8 chests, 1 boss, found a epic item this morning.

Sickle +4
Keen
+2 versus evil
+3 cold resist thing.
Cold iron

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:06 pm
by 7threalm
Calodan wrote:
mrm3ntalist wrote:
Calodan wrote: I don't think it would be needed to add more maybe just bump UD percentages? However I really gave up on better loot at this point. I am tired of beating you QC guys and DMs over the head about it when there is so much more that you can be doing that would really help out the fun here.
While i spent less time farming in the UD, the analogy of epic items i have found compared to farming in the surface is higher.

There is/was a map of the UD. I edit it and marked all the chests i found in the UD. Doing the quests and hitting the chests, is the most efficient loot run with the added bonus the XP from quests once per week.
Yeah finding UD maps is pretty tough and old threads? You want to search that haystack for that needle for us since you remember what the haystack was called and all? :lol:

I just did the quests so will try and see what you see but you see things from QC perspective you knows all the stuffs man! Your Meta knowledge is like epic compared to mine of this server...... I am so jelly. :mrgreen:

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map of the under dark spoiler

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:52 pm
by Juramenta
7threalm wrote: map of the under dark spoiler
:shock: Now I get why we keep getting lost without a guide in there!

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 5:40 pm
by Nachti
There is nothing wrong with it at all. Lets curb the nerfing and removing for a bit shall we? Most of those chest do not drop much past a +2 item with extras or the rare +4 only item. Devs, QC and DM have enough to fix currently and I personally think that going around looking for problems is a bad way to play. Just enjoy the game instead of trying to make it fit your ideals.
Theres nothing wrong with talking about things, whatever they may be.

Thanks for the advice but I dont need it - I enjoy reading and playing.

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 6:44 pm
by ctothep
I always felt that acquiring loot is much easier in the UD than it is on the surface. I guess because most of my gametime is in the UD and i know it inside out. Lets see ...

High level loot run (3x Bones, 32x Chests, 1x Crate, 3x Bosses). Should take 30-60 mins depending on the build/lvl. You end up one map away from the Pit Fiend so if you're strong enough you can add him aswell for a few more chests and his boss loot.
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West of Varallas (5x Chests) -> Crypt (1x Bones, 7x Chests, 1x Boss) -> NW of River (2x Chests) -> TarPits (4x Chests) -> Ophidian Tunnels (1x Chest) -> Myconid Circles (2x Chests) -> Illithid Mines, Deep (3x Chests, 1x Bones) -> Illithid Mines (2x Chests) -> Duergar Compound (6x Chests, 1x Crate, 2x Bosses)
Low level loot run (27x Chests, 1x Boss). Should take 45-60 mins depending on build. High lvl toons can do it much quicker obv.
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West of Varallas (5x Chests) -> The Underdark (4x Chests) -> Goblin Compound (4x Chests) -> Goblin Compound Lava Cave (1x Boss, 7x Chests) -> SW of River (1x Bones, 1x Chest) -> Tarpits (4x Chests) -> NW of River (2x Chests) -> West of Varallas
Then you also have Oghranns which offers an epic CR boss and 6x Chests + 1x Bones. Due its location (upperdark) its hard to do a proper loot run there since the upperdark lacks chests in general.

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:31 pm
by chad878262
ctothep wrote:I always felt that acquiring loot is much easier in the UD than it is on the surface. I guess because most of my gametime is in the UD and i know it inside out. Lets see ...

High level loot run (3x Bones, 32x Chests, 1x Crate, 3x Bosses). Should take 30-60 mins depending on the build/lvl. You end up one map away from the Pit Fiend so if you're strong enough you can add him aswell for a few more chests and his boss loot.
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West of Varallas (5x Chests) -> Crypt (1x Bones, 7x Chests, 1x Boss) -> NW of River (2x Chests) -> TarPits (4x Chests) -> Ophidian Tunnels (1x Chest) -> Myconid Circles (2x Chests) -> Illithid Mines, Deep (3x Chests, 1x Bones) -> Illithid Mines (2x Chests) -> Duergar Compound (6x Chests, 1x Crate, 2x Bosses)
Low level loot run (27x Chests, 1x Boss). Should take 45-60 mins depending on build. High lvl toons can do it much quicker obv.
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West of Varallas (5x Chests) -> The Underdark (4x Chests) -> Goblin Compound (4x Chests) -> Goblin Compound Lava Cave (1x Boss, 7x Chests) -> SW of River (1x Bones, 1x Chest) -> Tarpits (4x Chests) -> NW of River (2x Chests) -> West of Varallas
Then you also have Oghranns which offers an epic CR boss and 6x Chests + 1x Bones. Due its location (upperdark) its hard to do a proper loot run there since the upperdark lacks chests in general.

Hrmm...think I missed some chests today...I blame Calodan! :P

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:28 pm
by Blackrose
I wish I knew that Netherese Ruins map =/

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 11:49 pm
by Calodan
Hrmm...think I missed some chests today...I blame Calodan! :P
Nah we just went to the Drider caverns instead of going SW to the Illithid mines and the Duegar compound for the rest of the chests. :D

He told me not to tell anyone but hell...
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I saved his butt! He got dispelled and ran away like a scarred drow! My little Ilbith drug him all the way back to Sshamath and got him resurrected.... :P

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 12:48 am
by Lockonnow
Any hints where people tend to have luck nowadays
Epic places

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:38 pm
by mrm3ntalist
Someone did find an epic item in the UD :D It wasnt me

Re: Ogre Cave

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:41 pm
by chad878262
Calodan wrote:
Hrmm...think I missed some chests today...I blame Calodan! :P
Nah we just went to the Drider caverns instead of going SW to the Illithid mines and the Duegar compound for the rest of the chests. :D

He told me not to tell anyone but hell...
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I saved his butt! He got dispelled and ran away like a scarred drow! My little Ilbith drug him all the way back to Sshamath and got him resurrected.... :P
You're dead to me... :lol: