Night of Horrors Challenge Event - Halloween 2017

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  1. scuba

    scuba Well-Known Member
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    How do backpack drops work in the event? Is it most damage done or the person who gets the final kill
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    top damage done
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    Pretty sure it's damage - if top damage dies it'll go on the mobs corpse.
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    First time participating in these events and it is a blast!
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    Chris made a point of mentioning it in his NoH speech and so I believe him.
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    Video of Project Sanctuary's group for the first run of the season!

    NoH HYPE!!

  7. Chris

    Chris Renaissance Staff
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    There is a limit of 1 account per IP address to avoid any shenanigans. However if you contact me once signups open I can allow more accounts into the event for family/friend situations in the same house.
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    Just go in the green gate at any of the banks. Tonight's NoH will be at 11pm EST. So the gates will probably be up a a little bit before that. After a time some orange books will spawn inside the gate - you double click on the book and click Join. Boom - you're in!
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  10. RIN

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    Was it explained why everything with a date says 2016? Was hoping that would be fixed at some point...
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    Here are the times in military. I always get confused when looking at the pic.

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    DATE    EST   CST   PST
    10/25   1200  1100  0900
    10/25   2100  2000  1800
    
    10/26   2200  2100  1900
    
    10/27   1600  1500  1300
    
    10/27               2300
    10/28   0200  0100  
    
    10/28   1600  1500  1300
    
    10/29   1300  1200  1000
    10/29   2100  2000  1800
    
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  12. compsays

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    My first time on one of these last night. Really enjoyed it, even though as a smith, my excitement was mostly concentrated in the first 10 mins or so.

    I'll be better prepared next time now I know what the F goes on :D

    Thanks to everyone, especially team Yellow, for being so patient and helpful towards this n00b.

    I was playing as Shaw Taylor btw.
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  13. Merek Tybalt

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    Something is seriously wrong with the HC drops, I have killed hundreds of mobs and higher end mobs over 3 days of farming in graveyards and gotten only one HC in my bag. I've tried archer turreting, barding/mage and dexxer and many times dealt significant damage but still nothing. I don't get it. I've been in groups where others are running similar builds and strategies as me and they come out with 10-15 HC a run.

    Hell, i tanked a Blood Necro myself just getting healed by mages and didn't get a HC.

    I am at a loss here, what am i doing wrong?
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  14. Sheepdog

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    I'm with you dude, I've spent more on arrows than I've made in loot and H Coin from farming at GY's since this event started.

    Even switched it up and tried throwing my tamer and provo character either in the mix or soloing too, no H coin, no trophies, no sweet drops. Just usual loot.

    Seen people running archer turrets at GY's and only catching 1 or 2 H Coins in 10+ hours.

    I know that different spawn has different drop rates as in 1/200 for H Coin on some I think, but I read lots of stuff about making a shit tonne of H coins over the holiday period, I'm not a casual player, I get a lot of game time and I've got 2 coins so far from farming at Gy's with my peace dexxer. Halloween rewards are completely unachievable for a player like me so I'll just be selling the coins at some point.

    I've been able to attend 3 of the NoH events being a UK player and there is another 2 I can attend that are at a resonable time, Managed to get 8 H coins each run at the halloween event, but still not rolling in them like I kind of felt I would be after reading everything on the forums. Not bitching, complaining or whatever - just sympathizing with your plight by describing my own experiences!

    Regardless of all that - the events are a lot of fun and the activity around GY's has been a lot of fun to watch, experience and enjoy!
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  15. Azerothian

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    Me too m8. I am also in the UK so US date format confuses me. UK times follow (BST until midnight 29th then GMT) with days/dates neither US (m/d/y) nor UK (d/m/y) format and so less ambiguous:
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    DATE       UK
    Wed 25th   1700
    Thu 26th   0200
    Fri 27th   0000
    Fri 27th   1800
    Sat 28th   0700
    Sat 28th   2100
    Sun 29th   1800
    Mon 30th   0100
    
    When do US clocks fall back? These times depend on them not doing so.

    Seems I got some of these times wrong. As you were.
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    If it is not a mini-boss, do not kill it. JUST kill mini-bosses. Every mini-boss has a 1/1 hcoin drop (headless horsemen, vampire, blood skeletons, blood necromancer). You should be on a provo-dexxer and you just pair the mini bosses off on one of the beefy zombies( that may as well not drop hcoin its such a low chance).
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    I kill the minions to get armor. Other than that I agree.
  19. Sheepdog

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    Thanks dude, I find I have more success playing during the quieter times (aka GMT) when there isn't too much activity at GY's too.
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  20. wylwrk

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    1. Be a dexxer
      1. Do not be a tamer
      2. See step 1
    2. Visit graveyards and kill the undead there... all of them despite previous advice to focus on specifics... kill everything.
    3. When tamer(s) arrive, remember their inherent sense of entitlement will make them think everything belongs to them
      1. Now it is time to get specific
        1. "Specifically" target "their" mobs
        2. If they are also using a melee weapon show respect and move on
        3. If they are not using a melee weapon
          1. Laugh at the tamer's nerfed damage
          2. Go HAM
          3. Out dps them as the Gods have decreed
          4. Collect your just reward
          5. Mine tamer salt as a bonus
          6. Super bonus if they bitch about you in IRC
    4. Win
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