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Mod Disclaimer: the latest PTR patch notes show a reduction to Shadow Vermin by 50%. The area should still be good for xp-farming, but the numbers could be off.

I'm not sure how popular this zone is yet, but I haven't seen anything on it. This is, in my opinion the greatest zone in the game right now, hands down. The video says it all. Check it out - Feeback is always awesome!

Try it out and let me know your stats!

Sidenot: I'm not even using a Hellfire ring in the video!!

Will try this out when i get home from work.

I really love Act 1 so I hope you discover an ultimate ACT 1 exp/hour route..

Thanks for the video. Will likely be nerfed like the scorpions though before 1.08 releases.

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Will try this out when i get home from work.

I really love Act 1 so I hope you discover an ultimate ACT 1 exp/hour route..

Try out the weeping hallow in act 1 bro!

it's even better then AC2 and KD2 from 1.0.7

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Thanks for the video. Will likely be nerfed like the scorpions though before 1.08 releases.

More than likely. But you never know. I don't care if they nerd the xp of the shades and grims, I just hope they don't nerf the density. It's so fun!><

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Maybe it's finally time for me to run my monk again. Else so much wasted EXP on my wizard!

I would imagine this run would be beast for an archon wiz!

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Maybe it's finally time for me to run my monk again. Else so much wasted EXP on my wizard!

I take that back as I realized you are probably p100 on your wiz><

How worth it would it be to grab elite kills from like... VoA for NV?

I agree with Ogeishere... Weeping hollow: Wretching mothers all over the place, nothing better than beating up on slow dumb zombies! Also check out Cursed hold, Skeletal Summoners crawling all over the place...

damn i was waiting for release to post this spot

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How worth it would it be to grab elite kills from like... VoA for NV?

I don't think it would be too beneficial - only because the best way to farm this is on mp10 and ignore elites completely because they slow you right down. I would say if you had ELITE gear it would definitely worth a look to get the 5 stacks

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Heh, nice to know my personal list of areas to test seems about right. I've been doing a full play through 1-60 and keeping notes on what each area is like for running for me in 1.07. I'm working out which I enjoy to play and which could have great improvements with a density increase. Both Shadow Vault and Weeping Hollow are on the list (I'm actually running Weeping Hollow and Cemetery now at 52 cos I love it so much!)

Thanks for the info, and hopefully they don't nerf it before some us get to benefit

i'm pretty much doin the same bro! just going through all the zones and keeping track of my xp/hr. have u tried the storm halls yet? even better than wheeping hollow!

raoha have you tried out the mooncave in southern highlands yet?

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How worth it would it be to grab elite kills from like... VoA for NV?

I don't think it would be too beneficial - only because the best way to farm this is on mp10 and ignore elites completely because they slow you right down. I would say if you had ELITE gear it would definitely worth a look to get the 5 stacks

That's definitely how it works right now, but keep in mind that the NV bonus to exp mechanics has been reworked in 1.0.8; it is now multiplicative instead of simply additive.

What this means is that (with all the standard bonuses of hellfire on self and follower and 31% ruby in helm), on MP10 running on NV0 vs NV5 would mean a difference of 683% vs 1195%.. almost double.

So I guess what this means (roughly speaking) is that if more than half the time of your run is spent getting that 5 NV, it's not worth it, but if it's say a quarter of your time, then that's time well spent - you don't really need elite gear for this.

Also the new NV mechanics result in running MP6 at full NV (679%) being comparable to running MP10 with none, so something to consider if you're not breezing through MP10 yet

Edit: The formula used is the one here:

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Maybe it's finally time for me to run my monk again. Else so much wasted EXP on my wizard!

I take that back as I realized you are probably p100 on your wiz><

Yep, hence the 'wasted EXP on my wizard.' Will have to capitalize on it using other classes.

If you can bring to the other classes what you bring to the wiz, then we will all be delighted! I have learnt so much from you about the wizard class :-)