Guild Wars 2

So, when I need Ley-Line Crystals for something (collection pieces, Trailblazer’s insignia ‘cause I’m toying with the idea for a Condi Scrapper Tank for raids, Chak Acid ‘cause I’m tired of running alts through the story for sparks, etc) This is what I usually try to do. It typically nets me about 180-200 crystals in about an hour, depending on stash drops and the garent event.

Before I begin, I’d like to take a moment to suggest to ANet to PLEASE reward event chests for the champs that spawn after the meta events are done. the one thing I hate most about this map (even more than navigating it) is that there is typically an hour-long period where there is almost zero chance of getting any meaningful amount of currency beyond farming mobs for stashes. Even DS has Pods that spawn outside of the post-event areas if you’re only there for crystalline ore.

Anyway, that out of the way, my farming method, in three easy steps!

• Step 1: Enter Tangled Depths 20-30 minutes before the Chak Garent spawns and start doing events/adventures/HPs/anything that boosts participation. The garent pre starts 20 minutes after the hour every two hours, starting with the same hour as reset. (For example, if reset happens at 4pm your local time, then the garent spawns are at 4:20, 6:20, 8:20 and so on) The idea here is to get your participation to at least 100% as fast as possible, so you can get the full T4 map reward of 75 ley-line crystals. If your lucky, the map you hopped into isn’t at T4 yet and you have a chance at some meta-progress boxes, but otherwise it’s doing escorts, killing the champs, helping people with HPs and doing fast and easy adventures like Drone Race.

• Step 2: When the Chak Garent spawns, try to organize and make a serious attempt at it. Now, yes, it is true that compared to other massive meta events (TT, Teq, Tarir, DS, etc) the rewards, even of a successful one, is not worth the effort. However, in terms of time vs reward, any progress when attempting the garent event with 100% participation is worth more in ley-line crystals and free chak acid than what you would earn doing the meta chain in that time had it failed instantly. If every lane can push out the garent just once, that’s a least one meta-progress chest and a final meta reward of 40 crystals and 2 chak acids. If drawing people into a Garent attempt you’re not interested in fully completing seems too sleazy for you, the SCAR Lane can be practically soloed for the purpose of driving out the garent, and AFAIK even one lane succeeding will net some sort of reward, even if it isn’t free acid.

• Step 3: Enjoy your fresh TD map with 100%+ Participation from the start. Do the events, collect the boxes, get what you need with the crystals, and if you need more, come back in an hour.

Good guide, but I won’t set another foot in that horrible map.

ferdi.1452:

Good guide, but I won’t set another foot in that horrible map.

Lol +1