Soloing Eye of the Titan (for Ear-Dweller)- Hard or Elite?

[CheapToad1]

The quest with a full good group on normal takes about 15 minutes. No eardweller

The quest on normal solo takes about 20 minutes.no ear-dweller

Solo on hard also about 20 minutes. Chance of ear-dweller (1.5%)

Solo on Elite up to 40 minutes. better chance of Ear-dweller. (3%)

Seems to me that although there is less of a chance of ear-dweller dropping on hard you can run at least twice as many runs then on elite. So soloing on hard seems the way to go.

Does this seem right to you?

[Angelus_dead]

Seems to me that although there is less of a chance of ear-dweller dropping on hard you can run at least twice as many runs then on elite. So soloing on hard seems the way to go.
What kind of character do you have that takes 40 minutes elite? Maybe you should work on speeding that up, keeping in mind there's a tavern a short distance outside so you can get a ton more mana with just a two-minute run.

[CheapToad1]

I have a 20 wizzy, the problem being the only time i do damage is when i throw a crit wall (1 out of 10 maybe). And their resisits are real high. I do recall out to the tavern (way to much) on elite. Remember the mobs are cr29 on elite and only cr 23 on hard

On hard I only have to recall once

[shel12]

does being ransacked make it not drop? or is it not tied to that?

[apep1412]

I have a 20 wizzy, the problem being the only time i do damage is when i throw a crit wall (1 out of 10 maybe). And their resisits are real high. I do recall out to the tavern (way to much) on elite.

This is how I did it when I first started farming for the eardweller. After, I started just wailing everything, for the most part. Instadeath seems to work fine on the scourges, and to a lesser extent the reavers. I'd usually give each of them an energy drain, then wail the group. In the case of spiders, firewalls work the best; if I get a crit from them, I usually drag everything else through it.

As for the boss, a waves of exhaustion and ray of enfeeblement usually stops him from casting soloing hard (can't remember if this works for soloing elite, too).

[Nigglor]

If you can get your necromancy DC up to about 39 or 40 it makes the quest go much faster.

I redid my enhances to get Pale Master II just for farming the eardweller. Takes about 15 minutes per run on elite.

Use wail and finger of death on the scourges at the start. Then on the ramps spit out 1 or 2 cloudkills and use wail and finger on the 7 or 8 scourges there.

Then while you wait for the titan to wander around and beat up giants, you can recall out to visit the tavern and refill on mana.

Go back inside and wait for the titan to get beat up by the stormreaver. Spit out a few cloudkills and run around like crazy inside them while shooting wail and finger of death. The reavers might take a couple energy drains to take down.

Finger/wail the last 4 reavers, otherwise you have to deal with them after the boss is dead. You can either kite the boss over to the ledge in the dead end outside, or stand on the ledge over the exit barrier. If you use waves of exhaustion and ray of enfeeblement on it you will get automatic crits with a melee or ranged weapon.

So I exhaust+enfeeble it, then cast firewall until I get a crit and then equip a bow for free autocrit damage. Usually takes 2-3 crit firewalls while shooting the bow to kill it.

After 45 runs on elite I finally got my brain slug.

[Heronous]

does being ransacked make it not drop? or is it not tied to that?

The clam can not be ransacked.

[Goldeneye]

(before I TRed) I was criting about 1 in 3 FW's. .


1 in 3??!!! How the **** did you do that?

9% Major Fire Lore
9% Linage III
+??


My sorc can farm it in about 18 minutes. 15 if I'm lucky w/ the crit firewalls.
Necro DC of 35.. soon to be 37 = no problem killing anything in there.

[Beherit_Baphomar]

40 minutes on elite? Good lawd!!!

Why are you using firewall? Energy drain and wail are your friend in there.

[shadowsaun]

40 minutes on elite? Good lawd!!!

Why are you using firewall? Energy drain and wail are your friend in there.


Only FW on boss. ED and Wail are BOSS in there :)

[shadowsaun]

1 in 3??!!! How the **** did you do that?

9% Major Fire Lore
9% Linage III
+??


My sorc can farm it in about 18 minutes. 15 if I'm lucky w/ the crit firewalls.
Necro DC of 35.. soon to be 37 = no problem killing anything in there.

Yes
yes
+good luck

Belive it or not, I have seen 3-4 crit walls in a ROW in there. (it only takes about 3 to finish her) In fact most of the time..I would be critting 1 or two times in a row :) Maybe I was just lucky..but not lucky enough to get the holy slug :(

If you are farming this (as a caster), MAX fw damage is a must MAX crit chance is a must; super hi necro is a must.

[ayspam]

Solo on Elite up to 40 minutes. better chance of Ear-dweller. (3%)



Do you go afk while doing the quest? Seriously as many people have said wail and fod the trash, boss goes down within max 2 crit fws, and dbf fb and polar, shouldnt take more then that.

8 min run (http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/hunlimo1/ScreenShot00198.jpg)

[Shade]

Yea thats a bit long heh.

My max DC necromancer did a good 100 runs before I gave up with no dweller. After alot of practice I got it down to 9 minuits with some lucky rolls. Average 10-11 mins.

Using wall of fire is just a bad idea. Even if your necro DC is poor, use lots of energy drain and instan kills, it will be much more effecient. Cloudkill is also a good idea to lower there saves *all cept the ravers, there immune for some reason.

[MarcusCole]

There has also been a fair amount of strategy discussion on the EarDweller tracker:

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=231243

So much so at some points that it was hard to keep track of the pulls ;)

[shadowsaun]

one more victim member in the dweller cult!!! Thanks for posting that link for him :) Its been fun reading all the ear dweller fan boy talk :)

[MarcusCole]

one more victim member in the dweller cult!!! Thanks for posting that link for him :) Its been fun reading all the ear dweller fan boy talk :)

I simply listen to the voices in my head... they haven't told me to kill anyone..... yet. :p

[CheapToad1]

Can someone send me a PM on maxing necro pls?

[Aerniel]

The clam can not be ransacked.


That made me giggle.

[DANTEIL]

So I tried to solo this tonight for the first time (just seeing how feasible it would be for me to try for an eardweller) and first time in on hard I took the advice here to use Enervate+FoD rather than wall of Fire (although fire seems better for the spiders), and that works really well I agree, but it can also be a SP-suck, especially when you don't land it immediately. So, I quickly ran out of SP during the ambush, and had to recall out and was ready to give up...

..but then I read around again and realized that people were refilling on SP at the tavern and then going back in before it reset. That's not something I usually do (because if I die while soloing I figure that's the game's way of telling me that the quest is too tough for me), but I figured I'd try it...

..so I went back in on hard (with a hireling cleric) and it took me 6 deaths/rez/returns but I eventually beat the boss. And no eardweller of course -- not that I really expected one. But, I assume that this is not how other people are doing this efficiently :) (that took me an hour, btw). I suspect that I am doing a lot of things wrong. Any suggestions for how to maximize the chances of a smooth(er) run on a non-geared solo wizard? I looked at that other thread and it seems to be mostly about the drop rate more than anything, or the people giving tips were either a) clerics or b) sorcs with zillion SP. thanks...

[Shade]

Other then what I said, it just takes practice to learn how to land spells on mobs without taking any damage yourself. Keys are haste displace and jump.

Using FoD is ineffeciient as well, but sometimes nessasary. The large majority of what you cast should be wail of the banshee, and try to hit as many targets as possible per cast.

I generally only use FoD vs the reavers due to there very high saves and SR (and being you can have a higher spell on FoD then wail due to its lower lvl, its somewhat more effective)

After you clear the first 3 batchs of easy quaori and get to the ambush.. Set up several cloudkill ans dance around them until you get a good pack of mobs, then unload several wails. Generally only the reavers should survive, then pick them off with drains + FoD.

I was thinking about doing a video of ithis but never did.. Mrcow has a good one up in his TR guide tho, it shows the basic strategy of using cloudkill and where to cast, tho his video is on normal (im sure hes done elite allot too)
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=226992

[alucardx100]

Three things,

1) My friend go the eye run down to 18 on elite and 14 and hard, after doing the calculations with these times elite is way faster.
2) For your runs It does not matter*
* The elite runs give a slightly better (like .1% to .5% probability ) chance of see an ear dweller given the same amount of time spent for your runs.
3) I have graphs of the probability for seeing at least one ear dweller vs. number of runs. Anyone know how I can easily display them for the forums .

[Drfirewater79]

to OP

last i recall ... it only drops in elite ... so if your doing it on anything other then elite you wont get it ...

at least that is what eladrin said ...


that being said i have sacked the chest on elite 5 times now and never even seen the thing ... so ... really the problem is they need to increase the drop rate.

[MarcusCole]

to OP

last i recall ... it only drops in elite ... so if your doing it on anything other then elite you wont get it ...

at least that is what eladrin said ...


that being said i have sacked the chest on elite 5 times now and never even seen the thing ... so ... really the problem is they need to increase the drop rate.

I'm sorry but this is actually entirely incorrect. The drop rate on elite is twice that of hard, and it does not drop on norm.

It is impossible to be "clamsacked" so you must be looking in the wrong chest.

For more information go to this link: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=231243

[Drfirewater79]

I'm sorry but this is actually entirely incorrect. The drop rate on elite is twice that of hard, and it does not drop on norm.

It is impossible to be "clamsacked" so you must be looking in the wrong chest.

For more information go to this link: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=231243

Oh cool thought i read only elite but i guess hard and elite is just as good ...

to be honest i never run any mission more then 7 times in a row ... i just assume ransack and stop ... good to know that there is no ransack for it ... now i can get a farming group together then :)

[SquelchHU]

Oh cool thought i read only elite but i guess hard and elite is just as good ...

to be honest i never run any mission more then 7 times in a row ... i just assume ransack and stop ... good to know that there is no ransack for it ... now i can get a farming group together then :)

Nope. If one drops, only one drops. That's it.

You don't get 'a farming group'. You solo it, for the same reason you solo Whisperdoom and epic scroll farming.

[freelove]

love to throw up some firewalls or blade barriers then if having issues with mobs stand in the middle and click or cast the old invisibility - nothing like mobs wandering around to find you and still taking damage - still take a few hits of course from random shots but helps alot especially when still figuring out your own strategies in a new quest.

I am always amazed how few players use invisiblity in DDO - sure some mobs can see you and some can cast spells to see you but 95% of the time it helps alot - especially if you need to leave quickly or answer a phone call!

[Bobthesponge]

The clam can not be ransacked.

that may be my favorite DDO quote of all time.

[dakid22]

Done this Quest alot Name is: Freetoplay ,on gal. server


ELITE:


1. first 9 guys death em i have a 37 save on wale and finger seems to be good enough to get em 1-3 times per cast.

2.you dont have to be near titan for him to kill giant an stay the survive stage.

3.Cloud kill works on scorge and spiders -con witch helps with fort save and lowers over all helth.

4.reavers seem to have res. everything 100 so for me only crit firewalls would work 1-8 would crit for me then i would run them in a circle till it went out and try for another. waves of exh. workls on em also slows em down help alot.

5.boss fight agro him + goons and run him to main room. on the rim of room theres a ledge to stand on line it up so he cant hit you and just crit firewall him.



I have not got the trinket yet @ 43 times 1/2 on hard so i cant say if and how trinket falls. Hope you dont have to Run this as many as me Gl and PST if u have any ?'s and on my server.


P.s. Y do people Lie on the forms so much there all but worthless theses days.............

[Gathisia]

I was just wanting to post that to let people know it drops somewhere else also. I got it in I Dream of Jeets on hard.

[AyumiAmakusa]

I was just wanting to post that to let people know it drops somewhere else also. I got it in I Dream of Jeets on hard.

You're a bit slow. Just saying.

[mojoflea]

I can't see in this quest ... is that normal in the dream mode?
EDIT
I'm running a Lv20Pal

[Alavatar]

I don't suppose if anyone knows if the bonus to loot this week affects the drop rate of the Landwalker?

[Kabaon]

You guys are gonna hate me, but I pulled one on my 6th solo run of Eye on Hard diff.... I was shocked but I knew there was about a 1.5% chance to find it....

[LordDamax]

Just started farming it... took 21 mins on hard mostly because killing the end guy took forever...

Where's the "ledge over the exit door"? Looking for a good place to stand so I'm not getting hit by the reaver things... when exhausted the end guy himself doesnt do much damage, I actually took to beating on him with my woowoo stick just to help the damage. Still was tediously long.

[Angelus_dead]

took 21 mins on hard mostly because killing the end guy took forever...
Did you crit-fish FW? I've noticed that the sorc capstone makes a difference there.

[brucelee82]

Any advice for doing this with a divine caster or just BB and kite?

[MrCow]

Any advice for doing this with a divine caster or just BB and kite?

If you have the Difficulty Checks on Slay Living/Destruction/Implosion (possibly paired with Energy Drain) to get them off with good success they can greatly expedite taking down the Dream Scourges and Dream Stalkers. However, you can get away with using strictly Blade Barrier for offense in the quest if you find you need to, as everything is either semi-mobile or very mobile coupled with no evasion.

[Gulnar13]

Now that the droprate has been rehauled, someone knows how much is the droprate on EoT and on the optional chest of DD?

[johnnyputrid]

Got it on my 3rd run of Dreaming Dark hard, optional chest. While I don't have any update droprate info, it seems to me that this is a far easier quest to farm for the coveted brain slug. Energy Drain + FoD the mobs, drop off the side to land back by the shrine, refill, loot the keys, jump up, kill a couple more mobs, break crystals, drop firewalls on the chest.

Seems to me that Dreaming Dark hard is a pretty quick and easy run. I'd say it took no more than 10 minutes tops once I'd figured out where the keys were. Perhaps I was incredibly lucky getting it on only my 3rd run, but I was prepared and eager to run it many more times. Not having to deal with anything except a handful trash mobs and some simple jumping made it a much less frustrating experience than Eye of the Titan on elite, IMO.

[LordDamax]

Got it on my 3rd run of Dreaming Dark hard, optional chest. While I don't have any update droprate info, it seems to me that this is a far easier quest to farm for the coveted brain slug. Energy Drain + FoD the mobs, drop off the side to land back by the shrine, refill, loot the keys, jump up, kill a couple more mobs, break crystals, drop firewalls on the chest.

Seems to me that Dreaming Dark hard is a pretty quick and easy run. I'd say it took no more than 10 minutes tops once I'd figured out where the keys were. Perhaps I was incredibly lucky getting it on only my 3rd run, but I was prepared and eager to run it many more times. Not having to deal with anything except a handful trash mobs and some simple jumping made it a much less frustrating experience than Eye of the Titan on elite, IMO.

Only ran DD once with a group to upgrade my regalia and came in when they were half done, so I know squat about the quest. Is there a good thread somewhere with a guide? Sounds infinitely easier than dealing with that **** end boss in EoT. Thanks.

[ToKu]

Any advice for doing this with a divine caster or just BB and kite?

I pretty much BB and kite, on the 2nd and 3rd fight I use implosion when its up. As for the last fight I drop a BB at the floating runes leading into the room and 1 at the altar and just do circles around letting him get hit twice per BB he passes through. I use enevate/destruction on the humanoid looking ones if they are just standing there casting at me and not moving through BB.

Takes me about 10ish mins on normal, only did it on elite solo once and took me around 20, but it was also my first attempt and I didnt know what to expect, I could prob do it in 15 now.

I actually had eardweller drop twice for me. I thought it was supposed to be a drop in the clam and saw it run off but ignored it the first time and left. The second time my fire ele attacked and killed it.

You cannot ransack the clam, but you can ransack the completion reward.

[LordDamax]

Ok, so I've been running around EoT for 20 mins now trying to find the **** ledge... anyone got a hint for me?

[MrCow]

Ok, so I've been running around EoT for 20 mins now trying to find the **** ledge... anyone got a hint for me?

A bulk of the perching spots in Eye of the Titan were removed in Update 5.

[LordDamax]

A bulk of the perching spots in Eye of the Titan were removed in Update 5.

From what I've read/heard one/some still exist... is that untrue?

[shadowsaun]

just to let you all know, I kinda got in trouble for explaining to much on perching in EoT. I have my dweller now and swore never to go back, but I did right after the last update and can confirm the holy perching spots are GONE.

Its not a big deal, just kill the last 4 revers, get aggro and run back to the beginning with the boss in tow. The idea behind this is to avoid getting more spawn while you kill the boss.

Also funny thing, I have gotten the ED twice, first time was soloing and the bug went UNDERGROUND (could not pick up, DM would not help). The second time, I was jokingly helping a guild run and the little bugger came right for me! So ya, I got mine in a group...hahah after all that soloing...

[sweez]

Any advice for doing this with a divine caster or just BB and kite?

BB/kite, coupled with energy drain/destruction for mobs that just refuse to go through the BB. If you've got enough mana before the ambush, you can even crit fish BBs lol.

For what it's worth, I got my Eardweller in about 10 elite EoT runs.

[Redcoil]

Titan is a joke. Elite Dreaming Dark, bonus chest. 2man with a rogue, as if they have the skills they can open the doors.

Kill the first 3 spawns. Go down, enervate/fod a few more, and 2 or 3 dream reavers. All told, 10 kills and you can go upstairs. 2 more ghosts and 3 dreamreavers to loot. After practice, 5-6min a run.

[LordDamax]

I just soloed DD on normal so I could open hard.

I go back in on Hard, two boxing with my hagglebot to hold the instance. I go in, and clear the mobs. I log out, I log in my rogue. I open the doors. I log back in my sorc.

Go up, kill the mobs, pop the chest.

FIRST TRY I got the eardweller on Dreaming Dark hard, extra chest.

Thats after god knows how many horribly boring and long EoT runs.

[shadowsaun]

^your lucky, that procedure sounds ruff for farming!

[LordDamax]

^your lucky, that procedure sounds ruff for farming!

Its not too bad.

Bring placeholder (2nd account on 2nd computer) into quest. Reason? If I change characters I cannot get back into same instance... bringing him in group and into quests holds the instance open.

Clear to doors. Log out. Log in rogue outside quest. Join group, run and unlock, log out. Log sorc back in, join group, go get chest.

Its not too bad. Faster than dealing with the **** EoT farming.

It'd be INFINITELY faster for a caster to just get a rogue to duo it with him. I didnt have that luxury this morning.

[shadowsaun]

well I would have loved to check this way out had I not already cut off both my arms.

[hermespan]

The clam can not be ransacked.

giggety

[oneman2010]

FwS18. Solo elite 25-28 min.
Had 10 times. Had no Xachosian Eardweller.
Continue...

Edited:
22-25 min per run. 10 runs on elite. Got it.

[Sixclicks]

I got my eardweller solo farming the optional chest in The Dreaming Dark on hard on my third run, and then a another eardweller dropped while helping a friend out on the same quest and same difficulty 2 runs later.

[guareber]

I got my eardweller also on optional dreaming dark elite after like 3 hours of farming.

[vik1]

Agree with the others; have a friendly wiz/sorc show you how to farm eardweller in dreaming dark (i did it on hard because elite took a lot longer to complete). Took me 28 tries to get it.

If you do want to stick with Eye of the Titan, I'd say drop a cloudkill, get a bunch of them following you, then drop cod + wail. Run around in circles until the spells are off timer again and repeat. The reavers are a little bit tougher...use energy drain on them individually if they survive the first cod + wail combo. Instakill is king in there. For the end boss, what i do is just jump on the altar and hit him with stacking niac's + eldar's + cycle some other evo spells until the dot timers are up.

[Arel]

Necro alert!

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8384/tnic4.jpg