Endless Mob Farming (Very Efficient)

[serioux]

Hi there,
I know there is already a Thread for Farm Grotesques/Posseseds endlessly but i found a very efficient method for doing this.

Short:
When these Posseseds die, they split up into 3 swarms which you can kill and they loot,
The Problem is, if the illusion stands near by there creator, the creator dies of the explosion of their adds(dependent on how many creators)

For the difficulty i choose Inferno, because i used the mobs for farming Act 3 items with MF-Gear (arround 200%).
This can also done in Hell Mode for GF.
For the Elite Combination, you need Horde, of course Illusionist and Melee Skills like Vampire and Knockback.


1. Stucking
The Biggest Problem is to place the creators at a location they are stuck,
This Can be done with this exploit(http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/diab...collision.html)
In EU AH the Sledge of Athskeleng is most time about 70k

If this Exploit is Fixed the mobs can be stuck by the following location:


Important! If they have lesser place more adds will spawn outside of the stuck, so with the Item Collision Exploit, the item chain must be as small as possible, so that the adds spawn outside.
Build up an second wall with Items to block the illusions.

2. Illusions
The Elites only Illusion if you hit them for about 3%, after then they start to illusion after you hit them and you can reattack them about 3sek after the illusions die, so that they spawn new illusions.
Attack the Main Mobs only with one Attack which hits them All (For Daemon Hunter Nether Tentacles), that the illusions cant die!
Lure the Illusions away , kill them, walk a bit away from them, because of explosions and kill the new swarms with AOE Attacks (for DH Caltrops and Nether Tentacles)

3.Enrage Timer
When you get a Enrage Time, use Backport, wait for about 20secs and go back.


4. Loot
there are 4 Monsters + most time 3 monsters = 7
The 7 make 3 Illusion = 21 - (Illusions that stuck like the main monster).
The 21 illusions make 3 swarms each = Loot of 63 Monsters each 30secs
= very efficient

[Azrelix]

Illusions don't have any loot tables/drops though, correct?
Just curious because you seem to emphasize the illusions in the loot section...
I'M PROBABLY WRONG SOMEHOW...

[lurked]

Illusions don't have any loot tables/drops though, correct?
Just curious because you seem to emphasize the illusions in the loot section...
I'M PROBABLY WRONG SOMEHOW...

It's not the illusion that drop loot, it's the swarm that the illusion spawns when it explode, that drops loot.

[Noyze]

First Thing is you need exactly this Dungeon with this Map
Second Thing is you need exactly Elite Mobs with the richt Combination.. it can take some Hours to get it..

[Ahiro]

And you need the team to stuck them (i'm DH and i can't stuck them alone )

[Retridin]

It ain't efficient lesser mobs like the worms inside them have smaller loot tables.

[welbewoll]

i tried this tactic myself

Problem is/was when the mob makes the illusion he teleports himself a little to make room for them. so instead of spawning illusion outside his cage he teleported himself outside replacing himself with an illusion

[kingdomofsteel]

In all honest - his theory is very good. It's also an absolute waste of time. First you'll need hours to find exactly those mobs with illusion + horde without teleport or mortar or invulnerable minions, then you'll need a nice ammount of time to get the stuck, and even then as pointed above while a mob splits he may get himself out of the baricade, insted of the illusions. And AFTER you take all this under consideration, you realize that you're actually farming normal mobs, not boss adds, so you aren't getting any yellow loots, and even blue ones will be very rare. Could be worth on lower difficulty with gold find gear, but on inferno I believe this is a big waste of time. If you want to prove me wrong, I'd love to hear some actual numbers, not just a theory.

[Alah Bomb]

yeah this is time consuming at best. then you find the right combo and get it all set up and start farming it.

Let's say it takes you 2 hours to find it and set it up. You get it working PERFECTLY (which is not likely). so you wasted 2 hours and now you farm for 2 hours. That's 4 hours that you will not make even close to what you would make just farming other EASY places such as sarkoth or resplendent chests.