Secret to farming +2 Standard Scope
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Are you talking about farming Deadmines or Gnomer?
On a hunter, yes it is possible to solo farm these. I spent a few hours doing this yesterday. It is definitely far easier with another player in there, even if he's a hunter you're splitting chests with.
It's not really worth it to go down to the second level when solo since it isn't possible to farm fast enough to run into the instance cap.
The caster mobs can be easily soloed with LoS gimmicks, just duck behind a pillar/corner for their cast and keep concussive up on them so they don't move toward you much. You can also just stand and shoot since their damage is pretty low. The melee mobs will kill your pet when you've got them down to 50%, and you'll have to kite the rest of the way. The little troggs have like 700hp and should always be zerged down immediately, or else they will daze and wipe you.
All of the pulls but one can be pulled one mob at a time when the two mobs are furthest apart. For that double pull, send your pet in to grab aggro on one mob (caster if one is spawned) while kiting the other back toward the entrance, then drop down the ledge and follow him up and down the length jumping for auto and arcane shots. I was able to reliably get one of the two mobs down before they cornered me on the lower level, but you can still scatter and disengage through him/them to continue kiting (this should make more sense when you're inside). Everything else is just one mob at a time all the way to the end of the escort tunnel and then to the center platform, but you have to be rather careful with unpulled mob aggro and the little running troggs.
BM spec is pretty convenient thanks to the extra threat attached to intimidation, but any spec should work reasonably well. I used a tallstrider for the tanking debuff, but soloing was pretty kiting-intensive so this may not be important.
Definitely. Death is just a jump away, and the spirit healer is right outside the instance now.
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Thanks for the tips about soloing these boxes as a Hunter! I have incorporated what you said in the OP and linked to your post.
1.4% is including the boxes that have no chance of dropping it. Gnomer boxes have a higher chance than that. Unfortunately the only evidence we have is fairly anecdotal because so few people would bother farming these when they are so readily craftable by P2P.
Even if it was a 99% drop chance, you could still not see it after 10 runs, especially if RNG is not being kind to you. How did someone catch a sea turtle in 6 casts? RNG. How does someone not catch one after 10k+ casts? RNG.
Even if it was a 99% drop chance, you could still not see it after 10 runs, especially if RNG is not being kind to you. How did someone catch a sea turtle in 6 casts? RNG. How does someone not catch one after 10k+ casts? RNG.
Yes, but they would have to be quick because once opened it will despawn shortly. Summoning would solve that problem obviously.
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I just ran into Gnomeregan on my 85 to test something real quick, and found the [Standard Scope] immediately in the 1st box. The other two scopes I found were in the 3rd or 4th box. Maybe I just have insane luck, but I'm guessing we'll hear reports of more finding it soon. Good luck on farming yours!
EDIT: Decided to farm some more here with Lofi. In 4 clears (16 boxes) I got 2 more Standard Scopes. I am willing to bet the drop rate is between 5% and 10%. Surprised it's taking you all so long!
EDIT: Decided to farm some more here with Lofi. In 4 clears (16 boxes) I got 2 more Standard Scopes. I am willing to bet the drop rate is between 5% and 10%. Surprised it's taking you all so long!
Lofi, thanks to your help, I got 2 scopes in 2 hours, and only looted three of the boxes. Both times the scope spawned in the Dorm box.
Had a high-level run in, clear to first box, look inside first box, clear to second box, peek inside, jump down to dorm box, and it was there, so I zoned in on my F2P, jumped and floated straight to dorm and looted. Easy peazy.
Thank Lofi!
Had a high-level run in, clear to first box, look inside first box, clear to second box, peek inside, jump down to dorm box, and it was there, so I zoned in on my F2P, jumped and floated straight to dorm and looted. Easy peazy.
Thank Lofi!
had a 70 help me, did 5 runs and got two +2 scopes. we only farmed first 3 boxes, one to the left, one on the platform and then dormitory. my 19 would die in the dormitory and come into gnomer and out to GG to wait while the 70 ran back out
got one scope in dorm, second one on platform and then hearthed.
got one scope in dorm, second one on platform and then hearthed.
What more luck do you need? Multiple people have now gotten this with ease. Try it, you'll like it.
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