Lantern Farming in epics

Sturmbb

Sturmbb

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Hi Everyone,

I wasnt sure if i should post this in General or the Cormyr Page (if i have posted it in the wrong place, please can a staff member move it to the relevant place)

I have been farming lanterns and really enjoying it, but i find i have been leveling quicker than my lanterns. I have just capped out at lvl 24 (i have been running the borderlands chain). I am thinking of taking lvl 25 (which would exclude me from the borderlands chain) and start running the catacombs chain. Is this the best idea or should i just stay at lvl 24 and carry on farming borderlands until ive maxed my lanterns out (the Lanterns durability are between 1 and 1150). Than for the final few points farm catacombs once i have taken lvl 25.

Ill be honest i have tried farming single quests, but i get bored quite quickly and end up logging after a few runs. Were as running chains, i find i can run them mulitple times without getting bored.

Also my toon isnt set up for killing the head of the beast (im more a healer than damage dealer). So if i am soloing or with only 1 or 2 memebers we found the best way was to run from this fight (which obviously makes the farming slower, as the head of the beast gives the best durability).
If anyone has any tips on the head of the beast, i am all ears.. or should i say eyes :)

Thanks for reading and any help or advice is much appreciated :)
 
Rogue

Rogue

UI Editor
I'd say level. Farming the first quest in Catacombs is very quick. This will prevent you from having to stop or leave group, if you are capped and need to do catacombs anyway, if your party wants to continue borderlands. I wouldn't solo, if you say you are more of a healer. Find those 1 or 2 party members.

This also depends if you can find people that are farming catacombs too. If you can't, stay the course of borderlands until you cap the durability and need to level.
 
Phoenicis

Phoenicis

Savage's Husband
Lagin said:
As @Rogue mentioned, lvl 25 - 28 Friars neice, Then at Lvl 28+ Into the Mists I see LFM's every day for both
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OP was asking about chains, not speed farmng a single quest, an attitude I understand completely. Redoing a single quest makes my skin itch.

OP, as you are playing a healer (if memory serves) stick with the group until everyone feels ready to move up to Catacombs. With two exceptions the entire chain is fast quests, those two though, Whew...
 
Coffey

Coffey

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They really should have dealt with changing the spawn timing rates dependent on quest length.

Should be a lockout for lantern durability after a quest is run. With HCL you can only get max favor per quest and move on.
 
Anurakh

Anurakh

Little Nixie
Coffey said:
They really should have dealt with changing the spawn timing rates dependent on quest length.

Should be a lockout for lantern durability after a quest is run. With HCL you can only get max favor per quest and move on.
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I think it's fine this way. Everyone should be free to play however they want. It's not right to force everyone to do what a few people want.

I gradually leveled up some of my lanterns by doing lots of quests, while others I farmed a few quests. I like that freedom. Having options is good.
 
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Positive thinking

Well-known member
Sturmbb said:
Hi Everyone,

I wasnt sure if i should post this in General or the Cormyr Page (if i have posted it in the wrong place, please can a staff member move it to the relevant place)

I have been farming lanterns and really enjoying it, but i find i have been leveling quicker than my lanterns. I have just capped out at lvl 24 (i have been running the borderlands chain). I am thinking of taking lvl 25 (which would exclude me from the borderlands chain) and start running the catacombs chain. Is this the best idea or should i just stay at lvl 24 and carry on farming borderlands until ive maxed my lanterns out (the Lanterns durability are between 1 and 1150). Than for the final few points farm catacombs once i have taken lvl 25.

Ill be honest i have tried farming single quests, but i get bored quite quickly and end up logging after a few runs. Were as running chains, i find i can run them mulitple times without getting bored.

Also my toon isnt set up for killing the head of the beast (im more a healer than damage dealer). So if i am soloing or with only 1 or 2 memebers we found the best way was to run from this fight (which obviously makes the farming slower, as the head of the beast gives the best durability).
If anyone has any tips on the head of the beast, i am all ears.. or should i say eyes :)

Thanks for reading and any help or advice is much appreciated :)
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Hey,

The crew didnt know you were still farming lanterns, let us know when you are planning to be on and we will all help, pretty much all of us have a five piece set for lanterns and as you know my boyfriend and I have all 10 lanterns.

Key is dont go past level 26 for the best lantern farming, we will talk next time we see you on.
 
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Sarlona Raiding

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The lantern boost was either not turned off or turned back on at some point which is nice, but yeah you will level before you fill your lantern with the boost. Some people work on 2 lanterns (when one is filled swap to the other) and with the boost you generally fill both lanterns before you hit 34. There is one that is only 750 so that works out nice as a 2nd lantern.

As for is there enough time to get lantern on normal, yes, esp if they keep bonus on the remaining time. The pay off on normal is nice, the only problem was head of the beast in epics which the devs corrected - no idea how it is now, but presumably easier.

on R1 we run casualish (a bit slow) and average about 60 per hour with the current bonus. You can over-double that farming into the mists @ cap. On normal it will probably be more like 30 so maybe 50 hours total which is do-able for some, but it depends on how much time you want to devote to it. XP pots boost lantern payout in addition to xp, so that is your cheat button to get it done a bit quicker.

Also remember if not working on a skull lantern you can start at 15 as an iconic which makes the journey to 25 easier. Personally a big fan of bladeforged paladins for this event since head of beast heal debuff doesn't impact repairs, but stormsinger is quite strong as well which you can spec to with the free lesser.
 
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Sarlona Raiding

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Anurakh said:
I think it's fine this way. Everyone should be free to play however they want. It's not right to force everyone to do what a few people want.

I gradually leveled up some of my lanterns by doing lots of quests, while others I farmed a few quests. I like that freedom. Having options is good.
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Agree, I tend to help alot of people farm items and it's nice to actually get some credit for doing that. It felt like a waste on hardcore as you got nothing below reaper and even the reaper payout was low on repeats so there was more risk than reward.

Not a fan of into the mists farming, but if people want to do it - that's fine. It's an ok trade-off for being able to get some lantern credit when helping people farm items.

If they wanted to make such a change at least make it so lantern credit only stopped after the 8th run as people won't be gear farming at that point.
 
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Positive thinking

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With a good group the ship buff and a voice of the master you should be aiming for an average of 150 to 200 durability an hour in epics, with the biggest xp boost elixir, which i generally dont promote as a purchase frok the store unless you earned the points for free from favor, you should be looking to do 225-300 durability an hour. That means you can fill out a 750 lantern in about 3 hours.
 
Sturmbb

Sturmbb

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Positive thinking said:
With a good group the ship buff and a voice of the master you should be aiming for an average of 150 to 200 durability an hour in epics, with the biggest xp boost elixir, which i generally dont promote as a purchase frok the store unless you earned the points for free from favor, you should be looking to do 225-300 durability an hour. That means you can fill out a 750 lantern in about 3 hours.
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If im in a group that can handle the beast, than 150 to 200 is what i was achieving each hour running the borderlands chain. But i'm pugging so usually people who join up don't realize how brutal the head is in epics and we end up wiping (thankfully most people joining are not running skull lanterns).

Btw, does the effect of the quest difficulty effect the difficulty of the mist stalker. ie a quest ran on reaper 1 skull has a tougher head of the beast than a quest run on epic normal. Also does it effect how much durability you get.

The reason i am asking, is i normally run on Reaper (so i can work on reaper points etc). but i have been considering dropping down to epic normal if it makes the head of the beast easier to kill.
 
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Positive thinking

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Sturmbb said:
If im in a group that can handle the beast, than 150 to 200 is what i was achieving each hour running the borderlands chain. But i'm pugging so usually people who join up don't realize how brutal the head is in epics and we end up wiping (thankfully most people joining are not running skull lanterns).

Btw, does the effect of the quest difficulty effect the difficulty of the mist stalker. ie a quest ran on reaper 1 skull has a tougher head of the beast than a quest run on epic normal. Also does it effect how much durability you get.

The reason i am asking, is i normally run on Reaper (so i can work on reaper points etc). but i have been considering dropping down to epic normal if it makes the head of the beast easier to kill.
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Your EXTREME crew that you usually run with literally destroyed the head of the beast on Reaper before the change, we havent run much after the change as we were all done prior to the change, probably an SSG catch up for other folks.

I know my boyfriend is coming on shortly, he can run with you no issues, he use to solo the head with skull lanterns, i will let him know you are still looking for some assistance, of you dont see him on cormyr find him on Argo.
 
Sophie The Cat Burglar

Sophie The Cat Burglar

Exotic Items Recovery Specialist
Positive thinking said:
What level are you right now?
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Zero. I spent the Anniversary bashing the loot pinata.

CaseStringer said:
There are 3 weeks left, but it's doable. Depends on how much time you have to play and how quickly you can get to 25 to be able to finish filling the lantern for the mount
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I am ssslllloooowwww.

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If I understand correctly, I need 2,000 points. Average Normal quest is maybe 5 points? That is 400 quests. Twenty minutes a quest. That is 130 hours. Maybe not such a good idea starting so late.
 
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Sarlona Raiding

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Positive thinking said:
With a good group the ship buff and a voice of the master you should be aiming for an average of 150 to 200 durability an hour in epics, with the biggest xp boost elixir, which i generally dont promote as a purchase frok the store unless you earned the points for free from favor, you should be looking to do 225-300 durability an hour. That means you can fill out a 750 lantern in about 3 hours.
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200 Durability per hour without boosts translates to about 10 quests per hour unless you get lucky with heads of the beast spawn rate. That probably works with borderlands and into the mists farming, but most people don't find that pace very fun outside of a few edge cases like borderlands where the quests are exceptionally short. In the case of the lantern event, sometimes you have to wait for a lantern to appear after a quest is completed which throws off the timeline a bit as well.
 
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