Crystal Cove - Drowning in Dubloons

[Pikeman]

I hear that the Smuggler's Rest/Crystal Cove event will be coming back shortly (later today?). Last time I found that the Green Dragon Shards were always the limiting ingredient for all of the items that I wanted to make. In the process of gettting the requisite number of shards I generated tons of gems and dubloons. Actually, I still have them, as I didn't convert them into plat (actually, I wanted to, but didn't get a chance before I had to take a trip). Since then, of course, they have removed the ability to convert CC collectables into plat. So now I am wondering what to do with all of these gems and dubloons (and the gems and dubloons I will get next time while farming for shards). I suppose I could just amass a huge pile of air ele pots. Any suggestions?

[Zenako]

Been doing my part to green up the desert by using up some Water Elementals I got last time. That seems to be about the max level they still have any use. Rule in low level quests and areas, big help in others, and just about out of steam in the desert.

[FuzzyDuck81]

The air elementals are pretty useful (if they havent fixed the mislabelling, go by the name of the gem not the description) - low ML on them makes some annoying low level quests a piece of cake. I've found the solid fog grenades to be handy sometimes, though the low duration on them is pretty limiting & i doubt i'm going to want a few thousand of the things... Hoping theres another couple of recipes added to the barter box to turn in gold for silver or copper - or maybe we can build a pool on our guild ships to swim around like Scrooge McDuck - it could give a +1 loot level buff?

[bons]

Hmmm. Wondering what to buy to make "Hold For Reinforcements" (aka, keep the world's noobiest NPC alive for 15 minutes) semi-soloable. How many elementals can I have running at once while I sit there and keep hitting noob boy over the head?

And Tomb of the Burning heart. Here's hoping the elementals are smart enough to stand on a plate/

[hityawithastick]

I like making those slay living bombs for my lowbies. Being able to instagib those pesky caster rares makes soloing levels 4-8 much more fun.

[FuzzyDuck81]

Hmmm. Wondering what to buy to make "Hold For Reinforcements" (aka, keep the world's noobiest NPC alive for 15 minutes) semi-soloable. How many elementals can I have running at once while I sit there and keep hitting noob boy over the head?

And Tomb of the Burning heart. Here's hoping the elementals are smart enough to stand on a plate/

Can only have 1 elly active at a time.. cant have a regular spell plus the gem sadly. Still, have a cleric hireling whos capable of summoning too & it might make it more doable.

[Zenako]

Hmmm. Wondering what to buy to make "Hold For Reinforcements" (aka, keep the world's noobiest NPC alive for 15 minutes) semi-soloable. How many elementals can I have running at once while I sit there and keep hitting noob boy over the head?

Come on now, Coyle just doesn't want to pike the quest and is trying to pull his weight in there...

Just like those idiot sailors in Guard Duty...

[bons]

There are kobolds in Crystal Cove smarter and more capable than Coyle....

[brian14]

Water Elementals... Rule in low level quests and areas, big help in others, and just about out of steam in the desert.

Well, what did you expect water to happen in desert?

Yesterday I used several charges in Chamber of Coalescence. Each one lasted a few minutes. Useful if you are not a caster and do not have high-level Monster Summons.

[Shamurai]

I have had an Air Elly active with a Law Hound (from the cookie) in fact I timed it really good once and actually had 2 hounds and one elly out.. but the one summoned first disappeared shortly after summoning the second hound.