Most efficient way to farm Gond?

akoran

I've been farming devils in the hideaway in stronghold map, they're really easy to kill, drop rank 5s fairly often, and drop vouchers for the coffer.
I can't seem to think of any area better to farm, so if anyone has any thoughts on what they think is an efficient area to farm it, let me know

zibadawa

For actual event drops, find a place that down-scales you and has lots of mobs. But I don't think you'll get much out of that relative to what you can produce via professions. There are a few of them that don't require significant amounts of tasks to create the items, and if you have a set of mithral quality tools then you can consistently get a few handfuls of grey and green quality wondrous thingiejigs. But note that it may actually be more efficient to just use a full set of epic craftsmen, as with most profession tasks.

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mentinmindmaker

The gains from doing Gond by professions and by farming are hugely different. It might even be more efficient to farm crafting components from skill nodes than killing for grommets.

carl103

It flat out is better with professions. I just did a moderate farming run in neverdeath where i had the instance to myself for about 20 minutes, got only just over 20 grommets, the ICD on drops seems to be a little under a minute. Ergo you'll never get enough via mob farming to complete a doohicky even if you use wards to avoid component loss. Well unless you've farmed hard since even start and don't stop till just before event end.

krymkac

Best way? Ah. Or Zen store.

carl103

Also at current Zen prices, any basic grommet over 69 AD a purchase is worse than saving and grabbing a blueprint.

EDIT: corrected my math .

krymkac

Hm 2x rp in September. I wonder if it works with blueprints. Surely does with grommets. Screw gambling but surely could use more flying toys.

virsalus

carl103 said:

Also at current Zen prices, any basic grommet over 69 AD a purchase is worse than saving and grabbing a blueprint.

EDIT: corrected my math .

This is exactly the problem with the event as it is right now. Raising the Blueprint RP value from 1800 to 4000 has ruined the market. At 1800 RP per Blueprint, the professions would be somewhat profitable but as it stands the resources may be more expensive than what you can sell the produced items for.

Going by the AD/RP dictated by the current Blueprint value, doing the task 10 times and assuming you get at least Tier 2 every time, you get items worth about 28k. The resources for doing the task 10 times are just as expensive though, maybe even more expensive. At 1800 RP per Blueprint, the value of the produced items would be around 63k, much better.

So, now you can't even really use this event to make some money off the profession tasks anymore, in case that you simply don't buy into the gambling aspect of the Creations of Wonder Packs. But they don't want you to use the event that way. These changes clearly discourage that. They want you to only use the profession tasks to make items for yourself. They just don't show it as directly. Could just as well have made those items Bound to Account this time around.

The only thing you can really get out of this event now is that "high chance" at something good, which means some single digit percentage, so you still need a few dozen Doohickeys to really get something out of it. Of course, making the RP value of the Blueprints makes them even more desirable, so the motivation to get some more Zen is also higher now...

carl103

If your buying profession resources to make grommets, sure it's not going to be profitable. But selling iron ore, simple pelts, pine wood, e.t.c. Very profitable. At current prices a 10 character account with 9 profession slots on each and 9 purple leatherworkers could ake 34AD a second, (120k an hour), and the prices probably haven't peaked yet.

zibadawa

carl103 said:

If your buying profession resources to make grommets, sure it's not going to be profitable. But selling iron ore, simple pelts, pine wood, e.t.c. Very profitable. At current prices a 10 character account with 9 profession slots on each and 9 purple leatherworkers could ake 34AD a second, (120k an hour), and the prices probably haven't peaked yet.

It's totally profitable to convert them into wondrous items. You get better than grommets from it, you know. May not be better than just selling the resources, of course, but even the professions that need uncommon resources to make wondrous items from are profitable.

carl103

I didn't say it couldn't be profitable, merely pointing out that at current prices and depending on your tools it quite possibly won't be, (bear in mind some prices have shifted about quite a bit since the initial comment, i actually made a spreadsheet to figure the numbers out and updated it a few times), and if it isn't then selling basics on the AH will be.

mizpah

How feasible is it for a new account/character to get a Doohicky and a shot at the mount in the timeframe?
I am currently levelling (lvl 27) and have 2 level 4 wondrous items, and a level 10 leatherworker.

Am I right in thinking that I need to get one of them to level 7 (Doohicky) and hand it in for a reward that 'might' be the mount? (I had assumed that high chance meant significant %).

Is there an easier way for a new player to get a epic speed mount aside from hordes of AD or Zen?

reg1981

carl103 said:

But selling iron ore, simple pelts, pine wood, e.t.c. Very profitable.

I'm over 2Mil since the event start.

carl103

Your chances this late in the event are zero. Making one doohickey yourself you need to produce around 300k AD atm. Just ain't happening. I mean by the time this events done i'll have made at least 150k AD and i suspect closer to 200k out of it by selling mass amounts of simple pelts, (than you cryptic for making me sit on the gateway to get the best returns instead of actually playing the game, i love you too ./sarcasm), and i'm in a lot better position than you starting out.

p,.s if you save up buy zen and get a mou nt of the zen store or via a pack from the zen store the rewards are account wide, every character will be able to claim that mount, i think event mounts like this are per character, but don't quote me on that as i've never gotten one.

doublegibs

Don't wanna tip things either way, but I actually got a Apparatus pack on my first and only Doohicky I made on the first year this event popped up. Didn't really use it anymore and took a chance.

gradii

When I first saw this event I immediately thought of this guy:


Then I was like, oh theres no "R".. awwww.

zibadawa

carl103 said:

Your chances this late in the event are zero. Making one doohickey yourself you need to produce around 300k AD atm. Just ain't happening. I mean by the time this events done i'll have made at least 150k AD and i suspect closer to 200k out of it by selling mass amounts of simple pelts, (than you cryptic for making me sit on the gateway to get the best returns instead of actually playing the game, i love you too ./sarcasm), and i'm in a lot better position than you starting out.

p,.s if you save up buy zen and get a mou nt of the zen store or via a pack from the zen store the rewards are account wide, every character will be able to claim that mount, i think event mounts like this are per character, but don't quote me on that as i've never gotten one.

The apparati have a selection of insignia bonuses that aren't so easy to get from Zen mounts, I think, especially if you include the new mod 10 ones that are on the preview server.

virsalus

zibadawa said:

carl103 said:

Your chances this late in the event are zero. Making one doohickey yourself you need to produce around 300k AD atm. Just ain't happening. I mean by the time this events done i'll have made at least 150k AD and i suspect closer to 200k out of it by selling mass amounts of simple pelts, (than you cryptic for making me sit on the gateway to get the best returns instead of actually playing the game, i love you too ./sarcasm), and i'm in a lot better position than you starting out.

p,.s if you save up buy zen and get a mou nt of the zen store or via a pack from the zen store the rewards are account wide, every character will be able to claim that mount, i think event mounts like this are per character, but don't quote me on that as i've never gotten one.

The apparati have a selection of insignia bonuses that aren't so easy to get from Zen mounts, I think, especially if you include the new mod 10 ones that are on the preview server.

According to this this page, the regular Apparatus has the same insignia slots as Stromraider Clydesdale while the Embellished Apparatus has the same ones as the Dusk Unicorn.

zibadawa

virsalus#4183 said:

According to this this page, the regular Apparatus has the same insignia slots as Stromraider Clydesdale while the Embellished Apparatus has the same ones as the Dusk Unicorn.

Then I guess it's all about appearance. And completionism. Or the equip powers. Embellished apparatus is good for those looking to get AP generation without forking out the costs for a snail.

carl103

Then I guess it's all about appearance. And completionism. Or the equip powers. Embellished apparatus is good for those looking to get AP generation without forking out the costs for a snail.

Oh i'd love to have one for this reason, but currently given AH prices and bluprint prices and given drop rates legitimately completing the event via grinding is flat out impossible. Your only option IS to spend AD, and unless you have or can easily get around 300k getting even one doohicky is flat out impossible. It's not a case that the rewards aren't worth it, my pally would love to get the embellished mount, the blacksmith and the forgehammer, but the minimum theoretical 3 doohickeys for that are just waaay out of my price range atm. And they will be for any new player too.