Where do you use ur birthday gift boost best?
I’m using it mostly for WxP.
Aside from that I run fractals with it.
WvW – It’s currently the best place to get the most benefit from it. The only thing you don’t use is glory boost it gives.
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Some general tips from my personal experience. These don’t all apply to using your booster, but the booster makes it that much better.
Don’t just go somewhere with a bunch of mobs and farm that spot. This will pay out horribly. Creatures generate extra XP if they’ve been in the world for a while. This means you need to keep going new places. As empty as the maps have been lately, you’ll bank really good xp just going for a map completion.
For the reasons stated above, kill non-hostile creatures. People ignore “yellows”. That means they’re usually old and worth boats of xp. Often much more than the mobs you’re after.
Enemies in lower level areas give less experience, but they die faster. Unless you’re dropping enemies your own level like stones then it ends up working out. I found on my weaker characters, I was actually getting a better return on lower level maps. Plus those mid-tier mats are always worth a few coin.
Lastly, the booster lasts 24 hours of online time. That means it doesn’t tick while you’re offline. You can really stretch it out if you swap out anytime you intend to squat in LA or do extensive shopping. But don’t feel like you’ve got to be constantly on the warpath either. 24 hours is a long time to stress about time optimization.
I also hear WvW is the way to go with them. Specifically, zerg chasing. I don’t know how the numbers work out. The amount of downtime you end up with is a bit out of your hands. But it is nice to benefit from those other bonuses the bday booster has to offer.
I’ve not tried running dungeons or fractals with one.
(edited by Clockwork Bard.3105)