Crim-a-thon: The Endurance Race for Ichors!

Howdy!

So, I get home from work yesterday to learn one of my daughters has strep. Nothing any parent wants to hear, and I proceed to call in a sub for my class so I can be home if she needs anything. Since I pretty much have nothing to do other than listen for her, I have decided to see just how many Ichors I can receive in an all day marathon. Those who know me best know 12-14 hours of straight grinding is nothing for me. I have not grinded like this in a while so I figured "Why not?" :)

I am currently at 33/500. I plan on updating this thread every so often to show progress and provide screenshots to show just how crazy I am. HA! IF I am not running with guildies, all are welcome to join, elixir or not. If I ask you to leave, please do not be offended as I often forget in my old age to lock runs once I have a steady team. :)

This should be fun! Stay tuned to see how far I make it!

Good luck with your runs :positive:

Hope your daughter gets well soon.

Haha, good luck Tide xD. After your 100th ichor, it gets pretty tough.

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Originally Posted by Brave Sir Robin

Good luck with your runs :positive:

Hope your daughter gets well soon.

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Thank you, Brave Brave Sir Robin. Do you flee from strep? ;)

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Originally Posted by XghostzX

Haha, good luck Tide xD. After your 100th ichor, it gets pretty tough.

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Thanks Will! Nothing is harder for me than winning a round in a pvp tourney and I did that a few weeks back. I GOT THIS!!

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTider

Thank you, Brave Brave Sir Robin. Do you flee from strep? ;)

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As Brave Sir Robin, obviously. It's my nature, can't help it :apthy:

As a parent I would never do that, but this is what Brave Sir Robin would say too anyway (especially after he runs away lol)

Hmph it gets confusing....

Daughter just woke up so I thought I would give a quick update...

After 1 hour, 2 ichors gained and zero pinks. Here is my issue: Dodge. I am fine with the xp and strength of the mobs, however, when I can run through all my skills twice on a single monster because it dodged the entire first wave, we have a problem. The time factor involved with clearing each map is not sensible.

The solution? Either decrease the amount of dodge in the mobs, lower their xp, or decrease the number of monsters in the map. The drop rate for the ichors is a little on the ridiculous side but not near as bad as mob dodge.

Hour #2...

6 Ichors gained. Not sure if this is worth it. The grind is not the problem. Outside of my "dodge" suggestion, the reward is simply not worth the risk. There are to I many other features to this game to spend this much time. As mentioned before, the inconsistent drop rate is what makes this quest a fail. To be at 40 after 10+ hours of grind time is far from reasonable for a gamble. Again, it is not the grind: I have 3000 songs to keep me truckin'. I just can't justify my time for this.

My apologies for a waste of forum space. :(

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTider

My apologies for a waste of forum space. :(

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Not a waste of forum space. Hopefully the lesson here is pretty obvious to the Devs.

Here is someone who decided to pick up the game and play for a lengthy period of time on the new quest you developed. It seems he got no fun or enjoyment out of playing your game from that and gave up. Something to seriously think about when you design your quests again. When players are prepared to devote lots of time to your game and give up without having received any reward or enjoyment from it, then the quest is probably not doing what you'd hope it would be doing.

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTider

Hour #2...

6 Ichors gained. Not sure if this is worth it. The grind is not the problem. Outside of my "dodge" suggestion, the reward is simply not worth the risk. There are to I many other features to this game to spend this much time. As mentioned before, the inconsistent drop rate is what makes this quest a fail. To be at 40 after 10+ hours of grind time is far from reasonable for a gamble. Again, it is not the grind: I have 3000 songs to keep me truckin'. I just can't justify my time for this.

My apologies for a waste of forum space. :(

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Crimson, you got this! I'm at 190...? I'll try to log on here and there for some runs with you. :)

You wont make it!

The key to the ichor mobs is that they are a pain individually but they go down easy in a group. There are some threads out about it, but you need to be roundin them up and dropping combo's. Once you get in the rhythm you can fly through the first part of the map with ease.

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTider

6 Ichors gained. Not sure if this is worth it. The grind is not the problem. Outside of my "dodge" suggestion, the reward is simply not worth the risk.

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alot of people have already finished the quest and we were getting more than 6 ichors per hour. like i said before the ichor drops are not random but nobody believes me.

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Originally Posted by lilweezy

alot of people have already finished the quest and we were getting more than 6 ichors per hour. like i said before the ichor drops are not random but nobody believes me.

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Fine, what is your secret?

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Originally Posted by FluffNStuff:787343

Fine, what is your secret?

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Grind 18 hours a day. Then you'll have some hours where you can make that claim

Hey Crim,

I wish your daughter a speedy recovery and I further wish you tenacity and perseverance in our search for those illusive Ichors. As for me, I sadly gave up a while ago. :*(

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Originally Posted by Apollo

Crimson, you got this! I'm at 190...? I'll try to log on here and there for some runs with you. :)

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I'm not deleting the quest. Just not going to neglect my life for randomness.

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Originally Posted by Yich

You wont make it!

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Anyone can make it. My children and wife are more important.

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Originally Posted by FluffNStuff

The key to the ichor mobs is that they are a pain individually but they go down easy in a group. There are some threads out about it, but you need to be roundin them up and dropping combo's. Once you get in the rhythm you can fly through the first part of the map with ease.

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I was part of the development of some of those strategies. Problem is finding a consistent group who are able/willing to implement these. To many scatter bears and fireblast mages.

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Originally Posted by lilweezy

alot of people have already finished the quest and we were getting more than 6 ichors per hour. like i said before the ichor drops are not random but nobody believes me.

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Because you have yet to show PROOF. Pretty simple concept.

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTider

I'm not deleting the quest. Just not going to neglect my life for randomness.

Anyone can make it. My children and wife are more important.

I was part of the development of some of those strategies. Problem is finding a consistent group who are able/willing to implement these. To many scatter bears and fireblast mages.

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i've heard those excuses before.

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Originally Posted by lilweezy

i've heard those excuses before.

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And we've all heard idiotic statements like yours. Stop trolling my thread.

This marathon only takes 2hrs of playing pl? Were do I sign up? ;)

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Originally Posted by Fncrazy

This marathon only takes 2hrs of playing pl? Were do I sign up? ;)

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I'm surprised you even know how to read! Hooked on Phonics?? ;)