i used to farm at mp3 or 4.... but still felt that i take a bit long to kill elites... so i moved to mp1 and i was in heaven...

although i have 200k dps and i can farm mp4 just fine, mp1 just means i never die and just breeze through everything... it is way way more efficient i tell u.

once i sapu whole of act 3 with just one archon... including cydaea and azmo kills.... i had about 5 minutes or archon up time remaining at one point too.... mp1 is just that efficient.

loot wise, i get about 2 legs per run... just a moment ago, i looted a manajuma carving knife with a very good roll! so, im sticking with mp1.

furthermore, i like to chuckle a bit when i get a key drop for the warden in mp1.... hehe

keep 3-2-1 > rakkis WP to korsik bridge WP > arreat 1 - damned 1 WP > arreat 2 - curse 1-2 -BOSS - core - BOSS > stonefort for keywarden > END

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

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

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...