Skynamis (Airship Exploration: the Diadem)

[Kipling]

In hm We've been doing the triceratops/rank 4s area. When other people are on the zone we average about 10 gold chests from NMs. Though half the time people are yelling in shout about how farming 5s is more efficient and splitting the zone so it goes to shit with only like 2 parties there.

[Luthia]

In hm We've been doing the triceratops/rank 4s area. When other people are on the zone we average about 10 gold chests from NMs. Though half the time people are yelling in shout about how farming 5s is more efficient and splitting the zone so it goes to shit with only like 2 parties there.

Eh seems to be about the same on avg when doing dino island, Lol. Altho the run I just did I think we got like 15 gold chests.. was pretty neat.

[Kipling]

I think Dino island is fine if you get a majority of parties that aren't shitlords who actually read chat and try to work together to farm efficiently. I think the Tricera camp is more suited to most of this game's population because it requires less brain power and agro is less dangerous.

[Alistaire]

Where are the triceratops in HM?

[Luthia]

Where are the triceratops in HM?

Uh,No idea. There are some, just havent noted the coords.

Also, idk, May just be me, but hard mode doesnt seem to be much better than normal....

[Alistaire]

When you can reliably count on 9 parties being there maybe.

[Terrestrialrage]

We probably had 6? parties on dino island and got 8 NMs, 11 Gold chests total. Was definitely better than HM.

[Alistaire]

We get about 10 in normal. You're comparing HM to t-rex island in normal? lol yeah it'll be better.

[Luthia]

Yeah starting to think HM isnt really worth it. SE really dropped the ball. We can spawn like 6 fresh tracks on Normal, while In Hard Mode, we are lucky if we get enough kills for two, even with a zerg going. Granted, HM guarantees star mobs, but eh, just doesnt seem worth it for all the trouble.

[Alistaire]

Too early to call it on HM, still not enough with access.

[Destinye]

Hm...I'd say Hard Mode is worth it..but I would say it's definitely more in mind of people running normal/easy.

[Luthia]

Too early to call it on HM, still not enough with access.

Nah there is. Seeing tons of ppl, just as many as there are on normal, shit still takes forever to die, Lol.

[Dignity]

hard mode, farming r3/r4s. Could've been more as one group left for the last 20min segment of it

[Sigmakan]

I think HM is definitely worth it, you always get star mobs from the Fresh Tracks

[Sigmakan]

hard mode, farming r3/r4s. Could've been more as one group left for the last 20min segment of it

Which island was this on?

[Rocl]

So when Hyperelectricity (Ultima weather) pops a bunch of Rafflesia t5s spawned in Normal mode. I was just fishing and no one in the instance was fighting them but idk I thought it was cute?

[Dignity]

So when Hyperelectricity (Ultima weather) pops a bunch of Rafflesia t5s spawned in Normal mode. I was just fishing and no one in the instance was fighting them but idk I thought it was cute?

Both wind and hyper electricity allows mobs that don't normally pop on most (maybe all) islands. With wind, it would spawn r5(green glowing sanuwa) at the r3/r4 entrance isle @ SE region. Spawns noctulliate at same spot if hyper electricity etc.

As for the noctulliate (rafflesia) it drops a chest containing proto ultima platings and that's it. lol

edit: for the island farmed, it's 30,27. The upper island with tricerotops(sp) and banemites. There may be a little downtime if your farm group is efficient. So far it's been the most effective one I've seen. Farming Dino island below is a time waster due to turbulance(knock backs) and the usual wipes due to weaker players (casuals that can't do their rotations etc.,) Whereas the upper isle is pretty much easy overall to farm and kinda hard to wipe to even with bad players in general. With a good group, you'll chain NMs like non-stop.

Today we had a run where we were alone in the instance till we had 50min on the timer left, then a full alliance joined the zone, and worked with us to farm the said spot. with the remaining 45min we managed about 11 NMs and could've been much higher for us had we had that alliance earlier... I'm sure the group that joined us after probably left with 15+ NMs or more, it's a really good place to farm.

In other note, SMNs are a bit weak job to bring towards diadem due to DoT limitation. if you want to get contribution for a NM and all dots are filled then you're kinda fucked as a smn lol.

[Alistaire]

I think Dino island is fine if you get a majority of parties that aren't shitlords who actually read chat and try to work together to farm efficiently. I think the Tricera camp is more suited to most of this game's population because it requires less brain power and agro is less dangerous.

And no, even with perfect execution there's more aoe's to avoid, slowing dps, and less mobs in less convenient places. Don't turn this into a "triceratops is for dumb people" idea, that's simply not the case.

[Luthia]

I think HM is definitely worth it, you always get star mobs from the Fresh Tracks

Sure, but on avg, you can only spawn one star x run, two at most, and thats really pushing dps.

Idk tho, I hear people say how they get 12 gold chests in normal, and when I go do normal, most we get is 4/5 Lol So maybe Im getting trolled.

[Kipling]

And no, even with perfect execution there's more aoe's to avoid, slowing dps, and less mobs in less convenient places. Don't turn this into a "triceratops is for dumb people" idea, that's simply not the case.

Only ever gotten 15 chests at Tricera camp. Dino island is just way more dangerous and not worth it imo because most of the time you will not have 5+ parties with similar timers all working together which is what you'd probably need to make it worth it. Sure the mob number is higher, but if it's less efficient then who cares.