Another Way of Hilt Farming.

[da_bizkit]

As most of you know, the solo farming has been pretty much nerfed and made impossible, since the hilt doesn't drop from non-elite mobs anymore. This gives us 2 options to farm.

Option #1
If you have enough friends, make a party and run through Pit of Saron, kill all the elite mobs (but skip the bosses) and when you're done with that just leave the instance and repeat.
Halls Of Reflection is another way to do it, but there you have to wipe on the first boss, so you don't get saved. After that start from wave 1 and repeat.
In Forge of Souls you can also clear everything untill the first boss, leave and repeat.

Option #2
You have no friends on this realm or no one is willing to do that with you. The concept is absolutely the same, but there is the possibility that if the hilt drops, you will loose the drop. So i highly suggest option #1, since there you can arrange the hilts when they drop.

Setback#1
Well this is the only setback i found so far using that method. When you enter the instance, you have 15 minutes debuff, which doesn't allow you to enter another instances. Depending on your run speed the wait time can be a pain in the ass.
To fix that, you can switch characters in between the runs, if you have more than one.
When i was farming it with PUG, for some odd reason my character didn't got that debuff in any of the instances that i entered. I am not sure, but there is the possibility that i didn't get it because i got kicked out of 1 instance "because of inactivity" by the other members of the party. I am not sure if this has anything to do, with me not receiving the debuff, but it is the most reasonable explanation.


AND REMEMBER:
The non-elite skeletons in Pit Of Saron no longer drop the hilt. Don''t bother solofarming them.



Edit: Just sold my second hilt for 20k gold, that i farmed with that method ^_^

[Chuck12345]

So pretty much make a group and kill thrash but avoid killing bosses to not get saved ?

nice common sense, ty

[Axiomcjp]

The drop rate was increased a lot. I ran all 3 on my 80s and every time 1-2 dropped.

[da_bizkit]

So pretty much make a group and kill thrash but avoid killing bosses to not get saved ?

nice common sense, ty

You're welcome. Now tell me at least 1 guide which is not common sence ?

[Fodan]

The drop rate was increased a lot. I ran all 3 on my 80s and every time 1-2 dropped.

bullshit iv been farming this all morning with a group about 10 clears no drop and 1 epic so far... SS and then maybe ill belive you

[da_bizkit]

bullshit iv been farming this all morning with a group about 10 clears no drop and 1 epic so far... SS and then maybe ill belive you

This might've happened the first day, but now i doubt it... the drop rate is still low, but it is supposed to be higher than before... the first day it was bugged and dropped 1-2 per run as far as i know (i missed the whole looting back than :/ )

[swankboss]

I'm a DK and I can kill the slaves+the elite in 1 pull, so I'm continuing to farm the elites.

[ugoboy]

bullshit iv been farming this all morning with a group about 10 clears no drop and 1 epic so far... Ss and then maybe ill belive you

do not feed the trolls.

[Merckle]

SO can this be done on normal?

[BiGDeE]

Damn, got my 3rd hilt today, up to 60k gold... and i thought this patch was gonna be worthless LOL

[Merckle]

Ok Anything? because if I am wrong when you go in a heroic it doesnt reset mods...?

[jho369]

You're welcome. Now tell me at least 1 guide which is not common sence ?

There is a good common sense and there is a stupid common sense...in this case, your common sense is stupid. No boss kill = no save = instance can be reset so farm trash = win, a child can figure this out, but you sir, have the guts to post this...

Also, correct me if i'm wrong, the 15 mins debuff only happens when you use a random dungeon finder tool because I've been farming it almost everyday (sadly, but after the nerf) and have not got an instance debuff unless the debuff location is my blind spot...but there is a hidden 15 mins hidden debuff, where blizzard only allows you to run 4 instances per hour...but you should not need to worry about this because if you solo it, it would take you a lot longer than 15 mins, a trade off for a guaranteed win on the hilt if it drops.