I ENJOY getting awesome items all the time. You know how I got to that point? I power leveled, running as efficiently as possible to the point where I got great equipment and my plevel high enough to the point where I see legendaries on a regular basis.
What a stupid post to make on a thread about exp efficiency.
I did a couple runs (11) last night too and found the same issue with NV stacks coming out of Arreat Crater 2.
Couple hints for all and some for Archons:
-When you go into Arreat, the exit is almost always left. However, if you go right and explore and end up in a long dead end, you can TP to town and WP back to the area and work your way back to the point where you left off.
-In Raxxis, always look downstairs just to the north of where you WP in. Sometimes there is a group of enemies right below or on the stairs and I did encounter elites there twice.
-In Raxxis, don't drop archon to rebuff until you go up the "U" shape stairs. The density before isn't enough to build up archon, but after is great.
-In Raxxis, there is a door that leads to the "Bridge Stores" (I think). If the door stays shut, there is only a vendor down there. If the door opens itself, there is an elite there.
-Sometimes there is an event towards the end of Raxxis where a guard asks you to help him defend an attack... don't do it, it's a waste of time.
-Depths 2 always has a square in it and the exit is almost always on the left. Try to do the area in a circle to hit most of it.
(FYI, my 11 runs were done in two sets and I ended up with 58-62M/hr. I haven't evaluated any other runs yet, but plan to in the future.)
If you are going to test this run and make comparisions, you MUST:
-Don't touch shrines. They aren't the same run and you can't use it as a comparison.
-Don't pick up ANY items. Pickup time affects exp/hr and we only care about exp/hr (ok, pick up legendaries, but be quick about it!)
-You have to do multiple types of runs to have comparisons. If you make 60/hr doing this, don't cry foul because maybe you were only making 40/hr before on Alk's
-Measure your time from start of game to start of game. Reload time is important! Also, use a stopwatch, seconds matter when extrapolating a small number into a larger one.
-And last but not least, Measure your runs in multiple instances over time. That will average mob density better than calculating exp/hr for each run and averaging them all. Do runs for a full hour to get a more realistic sense of exp/hr.
i wonder if this is the best route for all characters or just his? I know the alkaiser was the "best route" before but I never really saw exp numbers for other classes/builds. I know my runs are affected greatly when I lose Archon in the middle of an area (Arreat 2 is esp bad at this if you get stuck in a long dead end... usually best to abort the area and move on).
I dunno if I can do this new route as stopping before the fields of slaughter with 5 stacks is probably beyond my level of self control
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I ENJOY getting awesome items all the time. You know how I got to that point? I power leveled, running as efficiently as possible to the point where I got great equipment and my plevel high enough to the point where I see legendaries on a regular basis.
What a stupid post to make on a thread about exp efficiency.
Couple hints for all and some for Archons:
-When you go into Arreat, the exit is almost always left. However, if you go right and explore and end up in a long dead end, you can TP to town and WP back to the area and work your way back to the point where you left off.
-In Raxxis, always look downstairs just to the north of where you WP in. Sometimes there is a group of enemies right below or on the stairs and I did encounter elites there twice.
-In Raxxis, don't drop archon to rebuff until you go up the "U" shape stairs. The density before isn't enough to build up archon, but after is great.
-In Raxxis, there is a door that leads to the "Bridge Stores" (I think). If the door stays shut, there is only a vendor down there. If the door opens itself, there is an elite there.
-Sometimes there is an event towards the end of Raxxis where a guard asks you to help him defend an attack... don't do it, it's a waste of time.
-Depths 2 always has a square in it and the exit is almost always on the left. Try to do the area in a circle to hit most of it.
(FYI, my 11 runs were done in two sets and I ended up with 58-62M/hr. I haven't evaluated any other runs yet, but plan to in the future.)
If you are going to test this run and make comparisions, you MUST:
-Don't touch shrines. They aren't the same run and you can't use it as a comparison.
-Don't pick up ANY items. Pickup time affects exp/hr and we only care about exp/hr (ok, pick up legendaries, but be quick about it!)
-You have to do multiple types of runs to have comparisons. If you make 60/hr doing this, don't cry foul because maybe you were only making 40/hr before on Alk's
-Measure your time from start of game to start of game. Reload time is important! Also, use a stopwatch, seconds matter when extrapolating a small number into a larger one.
-And last but not least, Measure your runs in multiple instances over time. That will average mob density better than calculating exp/hr for each run and averaging them all. Do runs for a full hour to get a more realistic sense of exp/hr.
I dunno if I can do this new route as stopping before the fields of slaughter with 5 stacks is probably beyond my level of self control