Orbs Farming Ideas

After some more testing, it appears to me that locking a char at lvl 55 ish for ledge farming isn t the best option.

I for sure have a bigger %age of orbs with him but killing with my high level witch is waaaaay faster and thus gives more orbs/hour i think.

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Kagari wrote:

After some more testing, it appears to me that locking a char at lvl 55 ish for ledge farming isn t the best option.

I for sure have a bigger %age of orbs with him but killing with my high level witch is waaaaay faster and thus gives more orbs/hour i think.

What do you mean by a level locked 55? Do you just allow him to die occasionally so that he doesn't level due to the XP loss? (I don't know how you would stay down in HC)

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mteriba wrote:

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Kagari wrote:

After some more testing, it appears to me that locking a char at lvl 55 ish for ledge farming isn t the best option.

I for sure have a bigger %age of orbs with him but killing with my high level witch is waaaaay faster and thus gives more orbs/hour i think.

What do you mean by a level locked 55? Do you just allow him to die occasionally so that he doesn't level due to the XP loss? (I don't know how you would stay down in HC)

Yep that s it. Obviously don t work in HC ^^

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mteriba wrote:

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Kagari wrote:

After some more testing, it appears to me that locking a char at lvl 55 ish for ledge farming isn t the best option.

I for sure have a bigger %age of orbs with him but killing with my high level witch is waaaaay faster and thus gives more orbs/hour i think.

What do you mean by a level locked 55? Do you just allow him to die occasionally so that he doesn't level due to the XP loss? (I don't know how you would stay down in HC)

YEs, read his other posts. HE kills himself to stay at lvl 55. This is the thing.

I have made posts on currency farming and all i ever get is trolls, hate posts, and mods locking my threads so congratz on getting positive feedback here.

RNG is RNG...obviously, get tired of hearing that. To be honest there is no way of getting orbs at a maximum rate. The only way to do this is make currency Heros as already stated. Farm low level gear, get a pair of boots with high MS and a quicksilver, or 2, with more MS on them. Grind as fast as you can until you hit a brick wall as far as speed/efficiency. Delete or dont delete the hero is up to you. keep a few for when u decide to make a new hero and already have a head start. The other best option to get currency is to farm in pub groups because a group can decimate mobs no matter what area, you just have to be alert to get your drops.

Ive farmed with some groups where every single mob, white blue doesnt matter, makes a loot explosion and orbs fall all the time. Depends on how many in the group have high IIQ.

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CrystalisQualinthi wrote:

2. Make a new char, play him through to the ledge and farm it a few times until you're level 10. Since you're not overleveled for the zones, you get optimal orb drops. Once level 10, put everything back into the stash and delete. Repeat.

By building a low level set of IIQ gear and using it on the new chars you use to farm through level 10, that sounds like the most optimal orb farming method. Usually the first few zones up through level 10 are practically playable while naked, so you won't need godly "twink" gear to do this.

I feel this is the best idea. Idk why but currency drops are best at low levels. I've found all my exalteds with low level characters before level 7. (one dropped at level 2 in twilight strand starting area o.o )

The ledge is definitely great for level locking at 55, but I feel like moving into the low 60s and doing City of Sarn (avoid bear trap champ) or Docks (bring fire resist) would be better mainly because you get 60+ ilvl rares to trade in for chaos.

Docks is also ok i think. However, i don t like it even if it can potentially drop some decent uniques, mostly because of the pattern of the zone. My main being fire based, mobs at docks don t die as fast as they do elsewhere.
I tried catacombs but once again, the shape of the zone and its location give a lot of issues for efficiency i think.

I ll try to farm a lvl 1/2 MF set and try the reroll tactic tommorow i think :)