if doing ubers, there should be one person in the party that can do CC well in order to separate the bosses while the other 3 dps the other one. so if the barb or monk can provide the distraction that the party needs, then i suggest u do dps build, but not archon cos it last only 15 seconds.... personally i use meteor build.... with 20 apoc, i can spam meteor non stop..... user prism and power of the storm to decrease ap cost.... if the party needs the service of perma freezing, then use cm build.

if just normal plvl farming.... archon would be better cos it's faster....

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Added on October 29, 2012, 3:26 amyeah i normally get 2 legs per full a3 run. but that said, sometimes u do get dry runs.... thats RNG for u... but by average, yes 2 legs per run. also, do u have full mf?

This post has been edited by doodleman: Oct 29 2012, 03:26 AM

MP1-3 only because i'm weak.

MP6 for me. Just farm keys across 3 acts. 5nv then key warden. Avg 1 leg per 3-4 games. Each game arnd 20-30mins.

Used to go MP5 but the ratio of getting key is not satisfying. Now mostly go Mp6 for solo and mp4 coop with friends.
Uber tried mp7 and so far the results are ok. With good party I think I can go up to mp8

any difference between MP0 and MP1 for ACT 3? since all the elites there are lvl 63 also.. if farm at MP1 for efficiency, why not MP0?

This is before the damage reduction.

yup i am aware of that MP difference as well, if you were saying you're farming ACT 1/2 at MP1 i can understand, cause all elites and item will roll ilvl63 affix, but for ACT 3 i think could go for MP0 (if measure by efficiency)..

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Added on October 29, 2012, 10:31 amunless there's something i missed out? or misunderstood..

This post has been edited by d3dragonslayer: Oct 29 2012, 10:31 AM

nope...i dont have full mf...i used to have 200+ base mf but the loots sux to the ground...0 set item since 1.0.3 and only some crap brown legendaries, and now i upgraded my gears to dps and below 100 base mf...i get like 3+ set items after 1.0.5 and mostly still brown legendaries...

maybe thats why? since im plvl71 now, i have 330+ MF when doing my runs on MP1.... plus, now legendaries have double the chance to drop.... so, really, i get 1-2 legs per run....

my philosophy is kill more in less time.... imagine each mob killed is a lottery ticket.... the more fast u kill, the more chance u have in winning something...

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Added on October 29, 2012, 10:55 amyes, u are correct about the loot item levels.... which is same for A3 in mp0 and mp1.... but for me, there is almost no difference in the time i take to kill stuff between the 2 mps becos anything that touches my archon beam dies instantly...lol, elites with extra health down within 2 seconds... reflect damage also no problem, can trigger happy cos their hp so little... so, mp1 for extra mf +xp.

yeah a lot ppl prefer mp3 for the higher mp and xp also, cos mp3 is the closest thing to inferno pre 1.0.5, but my thinking is, just because you can, doesnt mean you should....

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Added on October 29, 2012, 11:02 amfor key farming, i switch to mp4, cos the chances are still acceptable and i can still kill efficiently.... an act 1 key run takes me 7 minutes. act 2 takes me about 10 (finding warden in dahlgur is time wasting)... act 3 also around 10 minutes.... method is, just look for elites and skip trash mobs.... fast fast get 5 nv and tele to warden area, look for him only.... any other elites appear i also skip.... just get straight to the point... once killed warden, key or no key, leave game - resume - repeat until i get 10 keys for that act, then move to next act....

This post has been edited by doodleman: Oct 29 2012, 11:02 AM

But the funny thing is, the aggro always aim at me. The AI is that smart? When we hit mobs, they run at me even tho i start hitting last. When we deal with ubers, for example SK and maghda, i'll take maghda while the other 3 take SK. So half way stun locking her, SK teleports to me n start trying to whack me. I'm starting to think tanks are not needed cuz i'm gonna get aimed at anyways. This is why i'm starting to favour WD and perma freeze wiz.

Been switching between mp3 and 5 all the time but I find mp5 give better return in terms of time and efficiency

So far getting 1 legendaries per key run with zero mf gear (maybe im just lucky )

10 of coz... although is slow but confirm key is nice... lvling and item is best~

But not for uber boss... Lol~

SK is programmed to do that..... everyone will also encounter same thing..... after a while it will teleport back to where the 3 ppl are...... so, it's not u not handsome or anything.... don't terasa ok? lol...

No way, i think is programmed to have an aim at the person hitting maghda. Because when the four of us ignore maghda and focus fire on SK, i never get hit by SK only by the annoying bees. But when we split n i take maghda n the rest take SK, i keep getting aggro at.

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This post has been edited by yuhhaur: Oct 29 2012, 01:48 PM

farming keys? mp4-5 and above

farming brownies and greenies? Act 3 mp0 or mp1

i liek greenies

SK is Maghda's guardian angel.
Whoever attacks Maghda, he will come to help.

So, whack SK first. And kill Maghda last.

Yeah we whack SK first but then her bees are just bloody annoying. Hard to see and couple with WD pets and Wiz explosion.

So i figured trying thunder ball and lightning ball to stun lock her. Work initially but when 25 percent HP gone, SK and his mobs starts coming at me. For me, SK and maghda is the hardest of them.

This post has been edited by 2890: Oct 29 2012, 01:45 PM

I use Echoring fury to fear lock her in one corner