Guild Wars 2

I believe so. I recently started levelling my 7th character/class and chosing a human for the awesome dance moves I quickly stumbled upon the large zerg in the notorious kessex chain. Im unsure how long this run takes, but Im pretty sure from start to start is at least 20 minutes. In that time you can complete 5 events, pontentially. Then compare that to the Frozen Maw chain.

The XP rewards for each event are the same for both kessex and maw. At around 30-35 you get 1k xp per event. So best case scenario you get 5k for the kessex chain. Now Maw (30 minute loop – takes between 6minutes and 15minutes)…

Defend Tors supplys
Escort brogan
Destroy dragon totem
Kill Shaman
Kill Shaman Guards
Destroy Portals
Defeat champion Shaman

So that alone is 7k experience already, compared to 6k with the same level character at kessex chain for a loop that takes 6-15minutes, depending on how many are there etc. Then you have 15m-24m to do other events nearbye and there are alot. The Wurm hole has 3 events and takes about 5-8 minutes and gives the same XP at same level. There is the gather armor and kill the grawl shaman (2part chain) that is directly next to heart of corruption were the maw event chain ends. There is the champion wolf master. Escort the pack doylak. Protect the statue… So many events that are on a constant loop that can and do fill in the Maw chain when its not up.

Once you become proficient at it, I believe you will be earning at least twice as much XP as what you would from the Kessex chain. At least, that is my experience. And to top it off, the chest at the end of Maw scales to your level and is pretty much identical to a dragon chest which drops rares etc. Farming this I have found my gear is always not far behind my level just equipping the gear from the chest.

Anyways, just a thought. I know alot of people, like me, just want to level our chars first and then go out exploring, dungeoning, wvw etc, without finding ourselves underlvelled and undergeared. If your a regular farmer of Kessex, I suggest you try The Frozen Maw.

Probably next one on the nerf list. If it goes on like this farming events will be either expensive (good for gemstore) or boring (wait time). Neither of both ar fun to me.

good way to get something great nerfed is to post on here about how great it is. that’s why i keep my build, how i make gold and how i level to myself.

CuteLilKittenHugz.2064:

good way to get something great nerfed is to post on here about how great it is. that’s why i keep my build, how i make gold and how i level to myself.

Its ok. Im level 69 now. In a few hours Ill have my 7th char to 80 and be well on the way to levelling my 8th char by time they nerf it :p

GW2 is actual an evil pokemon game! Gotta stab em all!

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

Of course, now I’ve ruined that one as well. But there’s a lot of yellow creatures out there that never get killed. Go kill them all.

haha, i definitely will do so next time i wanna level up. btw, does this bonus experience go up further than 200% when even more time passes? and have you considered extending this bonus to loot/MF or even events (that haven’t been played in a while) and their respective rewards (exp+karma+coin)? i believe this could aid you in trying to repopulate many abandoned open-world areas.

Please give the option for random aoe/conal attacks on your toon to not hit critters/yellow/passive mobs. I don’t like collateral killing to cute moas; I only kill mean looking aggressive creatures!

You’re not your. This was killing me.

The great moa hunt is ON!

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

Also I have proposed adding this kind of boost to events, but I don’t think it’s a high priority at this time.

Too bad, i think with the right fine-tuning, it could make a great addition. Regardless, thank you for responding, that’s much appreciated!

At level 80 without boosts, the Frozen Maw gives 10,002(10.002 for the rest of the world) exp per gold medal (about 7 for silver), about 200 karma, and 1 silver and a couple copper. All of this is repeatable every 25 minutes, unless the bugged DR kicks in, then you get about 500 exp, less than 10 karma, and less than 10 copper.
70,014 exp for the entire chain if you can do the shamans and the guards in sequence (not usual), 1400 karma, and about 7 silver. Plus you get like a dragon chest with up to exotic rarity. If you have a zerg it takes around 6 minutes, little bit longer if you’re solo ranged (shouldn’t do it melee!).

- About these fabled experience boost yellows! -
Are these ‘yellow’ monsters name text yellow because I have never ever seen a yellow text monster, do they show up at level 80 or only when you’re leveling?
I know there have been plenty of times when I’ve been alone in a zone that has been untouched for several hours and I have still never seen a yellow colored monster.
Oh, and those Moa on the lake are slaughtered every 25 minutes when the Maw comes back up

But at the end of the lake where the ice fishermen are, those wurms should be yellow – and there should be diving goggles at the ice waterfall there too btw

The reason I like Kessex is that it’s always going on. When you’re running an event in this game, it’s great, but when you’re looking around for events, and not finding one that’s active, it’s a real pain. I like events that are easy to tell when they’re active.

If they ever get around to expanding the perception of events on the maps, so you can tell what events are active anywhere in the zone and go to them, then I would send a lot more time moving around to hit them, but with the very tight perception of events currently in the game, I like to stick to ones that I know will be up.

Lil Puppy.5216:

- About these fabled experience boost yellows! -
Are these ‘yellow’ monsters name text yellow because I have never ever seen a yellow text monster, do they show up at level 80 or only when you’re leveling?
I know there have been plenty of times when I’ve been alone in a zone that has been untouched for several hours and I have still never seen a yellow colored monster.
Oh, and those Moa on the lake are slaughtered every 25 minutes when the Maw comes back up

But at the end of the lake where the ice fishermen are, those wurms should be yellow – and there should be diving goggles at the ice waterfall there too btw

Either you started the game at lv80 and in Orr or you might be colorblind. Pretty much all the creatures you encounter after getting out of the “tutorial” are yellow monsters. They are any non-aggressive creature which gives exp when killed. Things like Moa, Moose, Sheep, Doe, Stag, Dolyak, etc. Some of these might be aggressive on some maps and have the usual red names.

Ah, gotcha. They have a very slight yellow tint to them after I read that some creatures are yellow. They always looked off-white to me though.

Looks like the actual cap is around 236%. That is with a +2% WvW bonus active. The bonus isn’t limited to the yellow creatures, they are just more likely to have a high bonus. To check the percentage I’ve been killing mostly aggressive creatures in Harathi Hinterlands.

The xp bonus is the great thing about going to zones with a low population; sure you may not get events firing nearly as often but frequently if you go off the beaten path you can get a kitten amount of xp in the same or less time that an event would have taken up.

I actually hit DR on this for the first time ever. I got 400xp per event chain, at level 76 lol. I played this from ~35 to level 76 before I hit DR. I went to AC and did a bit of area completion and came back to finish my push to level 80 an hour later and DR had been removed. AFAIK, that is the only time I have been given DR on an event chain. It was a little strange too. I had played about 18hours straight, No DR, had a sleep for about 8 hours, got up and played for about 2 hours before DR hit. Seems like DR is pretty random.

Now that I am levelled, its off to farm dungeons for exotic armor and weapons to avoid the TP, fractals for the rings and backpiece and to make sure I complete my dailys so I can buy the Laurel Amulets ASAP. Then I can finally go WvW with the best kit I can get :p

Leveling up a couple of new toons and wondering why WayFarer isn’t being as kind with the bonus XP. Now I know!!!!