5000 favor - what to run, what to skip?

[mikarddo]

Which quests do you prefer to skip entirely or run below Elite if you are going after 5000 favor and nothing more?

I admit being lazy as well as scared, so here is my list.

SKIP:
- All raids except Chrono
Heroic:
- Repossessions + Come out and Slay
- Prove Your Worth, Devil Assault, The Pit
- ToEE part 2, Crucible, Litany
- Stealer of Souls, Acute Delirum, Terminal Delirium
- Demons Den, WGU, Dreaming Dark
Epic:
- Precious Cargo, Study in Sable, Haunted Halls, Brothers of the Forge
Challenges:
- Fight to the Finish, Ring of Fire

RUN on N/H:
Heroic:
- Spies, Delaras 4, Xorian Cipher, Chrono
- Slavers 1-3, Toxic Treatment, Tower of Forst,
- Invaders, Dreams of Insanity, The Enemy Within
- Ghost of Perdition, Just Business, Smash and Burn
- In the Flesh, Creeping Death, Soul Splitter
- Monestary, Kobold, Hunter
- All level 19 quests
Epic:
- CitW flagging quests

Challenges:
- The 4 Estar ones likely at 4+ stars
- Some of the heroic ones for a few stars each

This gives slightly more than 5000 favor, so there is room to drop a bit more on the way if need be.

Details: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4te2r9fwc...nner.xlsx?dl=0

[voxson5]

Which quests do you prefer to skip entirely or run below Elite if you are going after 5000 favor and nothing more?

I admit being lazy as well as scared, so here is my list.

SKIP:
- All raids except Chrono
Heroic:
- Repossessions + Come out and Slay
- Prove Your Worth, Devil Assault, The Pit
- ToEE part 2, Crucible, Litany
- Stealer of Souls, Acute Delirum, Terminal Delirium
- Demons Den, WGU, Dreaming Dark
Epic:
- Precious Cargo, Study in Sable, Haunted Halls, Brothers of the Forge
Challenges:
- Fight to the Finish, Ring of Fire

My 2c

IMO repo is easy even without a trapper, just stat check the trapped pillars until you can open the door - recall/reset until it works.

Come out & slay just needs smart agro management, ie not on you, so a caster hire like blast or flare + recruit an npc like the bugbear and you should be golden. Ranged dps helps a lot.

Prove your worth I think just needs quest knowledge - where the traps are, and to have say r20 fire pots & prot from fire pots, but only for that trapped ledge.

DA on hard run at lv 10 isnt too bad actually, just have shield/nightshield, resist fire, lesser restore, neutralise poison pots, and self healing because any healer hire will probably die

Crucible and pit are ok in groups who know the quest, so ymmv.

Acute delerium is a PITA to solo, but not so terrible on hard I think.. just frustrating dealing with slow beds & bookcases.

WGU & Dreaming Dark can be done fairly well in a group. Hard for WGU is pretty easy IMO.

Von really isnt too bad - get geared with RL sets first, have a reasonable raid leader directing traffic, and dont rush the dragon

[Mindos]

IMO repo is easy even without a trapper, just stat check the trapped pillars until you can open the door - recall/reset until it works.

wait, what quest is this?

[voxson5]

wait, what quest is this?

https://ddowiki.com/page/Repossession


OP might also mean stealthy repo, which just needs a bit of CC/agro management - party members to lock down prophets while another runner goes for the gem, or 3x uses of invisibility (after 1st, 2nd & 4th levers) which I think is the much easier option.

[Aneles]

Hmmmm. We avoid a lot of the beholder heavy quests, ToEE, and the third part of Slave Lords. We do pretty much all quests level 1-14, then we start picking and choosing. But we are a duo, so it makes it a little different.

[Seph1roth5]

I posted my trip through last HC, along with why. Bottom line is, there's a LOT that can be skipped heh.

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...kip?highlight=

[Aneles]

I posted my trip through last HC, along with why. Bottom line is, there's a LOT that can be skipped heh.

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...kip?highlight=

Oh, yeah. Especially, when you have the expansions. Feywilds will also provide some more wiggle room.

[Jacoby]

Which quests do you prefer to skip entirely or run below Elite if you are going after 5000 favor and nothing more?

I admit being lazy as well as scared, so here is my list.

SKIP:
- All raids except Chrono
Heroic:
- Repossessions + Come out and Slay
- Prove Your Worth, Devil Assault, The Pit
- ToEE part 2, Crucible, Litany
- Stealer of Souls, Acute Delirum, Terminal Delirium
- Demons Den, WGU, Dreaming Dark
Epic:
- Precious Cargo, Study in Sable, Haunted Halls, Brothers of the Forge
Challenges:
- Fight to the Finish, Ring of Fire

RUN on N/H:
Heroic:
- Spies, Delaras 4, Xorian Cipher, Chrono
- Slavers 1-3, Toxic Treatment, Tower of Forst,
- Invaders, Dreams of Insanity, The Enemy Within
- Ghost of Perdition, Just Business, Smash and Burn
- In the Flesh, Creeping Death, Soul Splitter
- Monestary, Kobold, Hunter
- All level 19 quests
Epic:
- CitW flagging quests

Challenges:
- The 4 Estar ones likely at 4+ stars
- Some of the heroic ones for a few stars each

This gives slightly more than 5000 favor, so there is room to drop a bit more on the way if need be.

Details: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4te2r9fwc...nner.xlsx?dl=0

The only one I skip is The Pit and if I'm not in a good group, I'll do the last quest of the The Slave Lords on hard. Everything else is doable, excluding raids. Someone always dies in Dragon Raid but it's still fun to do with a good group. Black and Blue is easy with ranged, even on elite. With mages it is possible with dots. Melee is tough if your not self healing.

[KatzyBaby]

Thanks so much for this topic and list, especially the detailed spreadsheet. I was glad to see that a few I had skipped were your recommendations. Great work!

[Dark_Lord_Mary]

I have a video that covers this: WHAT QUESTS DO YOU SKIP TO 5000 FAVOR IN THE DDO HARDCORE LEAGUE EVENT


https://youtu.be/_51MR1OTPo0


What Quests do you skip going to 5000 Favor?

Here is my skip list of the Heroic Quests I personally skipped during Hardcore League Season 3:

Do every quest lvl 1 to lvl 5 on elite

lvl 6 Devil Assault - Do on Hard

5000 Favor Heroic Skipped Quests:

lvl 7 Temple of Elemental Evil Part 2
lvl 10 Plane of Night (Raid)
lvl 11 The Twilight Forge (Raid)
lvl 12 The Titan Awakes (Raid)
lvl 15 Shadow of a Doubt
lvl 15 Search and Rescue
lvl 15 Litany of the Dead
lvl 16 Mask of Deception
lvl 17 Stealer of Souls
lvl 17 The Shroud (Raid)
lvl 17 Prey on the Hunter
lvl 17 Monastery of the Scorpion
lvl 17 Enter the Kobold
lvl 17 Ascension Chamber (Raid)
lvl 18 In the Demon's Den
lvl 18 Hound of Xoriat (Raid)
lvl 19 What goes Up
lvl 19 The Tracker's Trap
lvl 19 Raiding the Giant's Vault (this is solo, you may do it or skip it)
lvl 19 Mining for Ancient Secrets
lvl 19 Lines of Supply
lvl 19 Breaking the Ranks
lvl 19 A Break in the Ice
lvl 20 Tower of Despair (Raid)
lvl 20 The Dreaming Dark (can do this on casual or normal)


NOTE: Feywild was not released during Season 3 and has added more favor with its lvl 5 quests - this list of quests to skip will therefore likely change in all future events as there will be more favor available than was during season 3.

[magaiti]

Just want to point out that quest lists are different for hardcore and softcore (if +5 tomes is what you're after).
For example, Litany is great xp per minute, though you have a small chance to screw up at Kai-Teng, force traps or dragon talk.
I'd ratherskip Coal Chamber on softcore.