Is it better to farm in the base game or go for Crucible 130-150 loop? Many thanks.
Hijack a little, since I have a very similar question - Valdaran Mantles, crucible or base game?
Guardian of Bysmiel farming. The guardians drop pants for me about 1/3 of the time thus far. I may be lucky, or they may just have a pretty decent drop rate. Either way, I think the likelihood of getting those would be better farming their one drop source than slogging through Crucible and hoping.
With this one I’d say crucible would be better. I’ve had multiple spawns of Valdaran in every 100-150 crucible I’ve run and I always wind up with 3-5 nemesis shoulders at the end.
Which Nemesis you encounter has zero bearing on what MIs are in the treasure room. Still faster than hunting down Vald as his spawn area is basically ‘half the game’
Good to know. Thanks for the tip.
I have to ask, what is that armor good for? Bysmiel being the patron witch god of conjurers I thought it at least gives good pet bonuses, but nope, it just adds a little offensive ability.
If you’re farming a specific MI, it is always (usually) better to farm whatever drops that MI in the main campaign. However, if you don’t have a particular MI in mind but just want to roll the dice and see what you get, Crucible is great for getting various MIs in bulk.
I have done a couple of hundred Bysmiel runs, (and Dreeg & Solael) and the Bysmiel drop rate is the worse by far. Dreeg is decent, Solael is a little bit less, but Bysmiel is atrocious.
Now, If you are looking for decent rare affixes, it becomes even worse. In over 200 kills, I have one decent pair of pants.
Truthfully, I cannot imagine the Crucible as being that much better, but I only run it when I need a change.