Upper Tears is a lot of fun

The revamped Upper Tears scene is a lot of fun - thanks so much for making it! My party members enjoyed it - between al 70+ and 115+. Great xp (especially for double xp week), good loot, and a wonderful opportunity to learn combat tactics.

 

I agree! Had a group in there last night around the same Adv levels. Lots of fun, xp, and loot.

Fenris

 

Will have to check it out. How does it compare, XP wise, to The Rise?

 

I didn’t time it, but we attenuated pretty fast.

 

We weren't paying close attention, but the general debrief at the end of the run was:
a) Slightly less XP per hour than the Rise Mage room (Mages worth more XP, but way more creatures to kill)
b) More diverse, sell-able loot, but no artifacts or bundles (that i remember)
c) Much faster respawn makes for a near non-stop grinding
d) Not the Mage room. Again. wooo!

Fenris

 

We got artifacts and bundles - imho a bit higher rate than the Rise. Xp is faster than the Rise in a group of 3-4.

 

Calculating your xp - I'm assuming you found the secret undead wave fight?

 

Yup def loving the new wave based fight. Love to see the new late game stuff added each release.

 

Yes @Vas Corp Por

 

I also love this new area. I practically live here now! If I could place my Row lot house here, I would. And yell at the creatures to get off my damn lawn!



I.... have not found the secret area yet. Hmmmmm

 

We found it Vas. Loved it!

As far as artifacts/bundles go, that's good to know i'll just have to kill more!

Fenris

 

Hint - it is by the default entrance @Jaesun

 

I havn't had time to look at all (been grinding yellow bars on crafting benchs). Are the 2 new zones soloable in any way?

 

Yes they are

 

Check out Bastion's Point POT recently moved to just below Harvest a short walk from Upper Tears
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/f...ny-dead-pot-bastion’s-point-destroyed.127519/
We have devotional's, Expert crafting, shopping, Oracle, and of course "a Bandit Camp" and a HOA/Visitor's center

Our guild was at Upper Tears tonight did not even know it was there till today. 4 man group got to Exp debuff much faster than at the Rise. Loot was good and its easy to get right to the Lich fight...

 

The Rise doesn't drop artifacts like it used to, so it might be about the same there. I've noticed bundles/artifacts drop a lot less overall. Thanks for the info on Upper Tears, will try it out soon!

 

Well, I tried the secret cave room in Upper Tears and found it to be a bit boring. XP was good, and loot was decent, but it gets tedious fast. Four of us hit the XP Debuff in about 15mins. I guess I prefer a dungeon crawl rather than standing in the same place for long periods of time.

 

I like it... wasn't bored. Just got done running it again. Kinda surprised a group of ADV level 7os was able to do it. The low level group I went with had issues...

 

Hah, of course you did! We hit The Rise right after you left. I think I would have a prob soloing the spot because of the Mage Lich in there, which would take me forever to kill with just magic, and I don't melee. I want another area like The Rise to hunt, not another control-pointish hunting spot.

 

I have been messaged "where is everybody??" because they can see people are in the scene via Nearby Players or by Friends List, but they can't find them by walking around lol. But I think the secret is out!
BTW, don't forget Ruined Keep for a refreshing change of pace. It's an AWESOME scene for highly advanced players. I'm very happy with the changes Chris implemented in there - and what he did with Ruins of Ravensmoor.