Hi All
Having done a number of UC’s on multiple characters, I thought I might lay down some information on the Ultimate Charm to give new players a starting point. Hopefully others will share their strategies in reply to this give a fuller picture of the approaches you can take in tackling what seems to be the impossible. In truth, from the outset this quest looks quite daunting and has been the end of many a good player.
Best advice anyone can give – believe you can do it!!!
What is the Ultimate Charm?As the name implies – it’s the best charm in the game. The stats are as follows:
AC 300
Effect: Nexus Gate (Must equip. Casting time 10.0)
Effect: Ultimate Worn Effect (Worn)
Focus Effect: Ultimate Focus Effect
STR +100 DEX +100 CHA +100 WIS +100 INT +100 AGI +100
HP +50000 Mana +50000 Endurance +5000
SV Fire +125 SV SV Disease +125 Cold +125 SV Magic +125 SV Poison +125
Attack +250
Regen +1500
Mana Regen +500
Endurance Regen +200
Shielding +30% Spell Shield +50% Avoidance +125
Accuracy +50 Stun Resist +100% Strikethrough +35%
DoT Shielding +50%
Haste 175%
Recommended lvl of 65. Required lvl of 65
Basic InformationHow do I make a UC?You need to level all 4 charm types (Guardian, Sorcerer, Oracle and Brawler) to level 50 and then combine them in your magic box.
How do I make a charm?Firstly you will need to purchase a v2 Noobie Charm from the Noobie Vendor in either Surefall or the Nexus. Eventually you will need four of these (one for each charm type). The v2 Noobie charm is about 10k. Once you have a Charm Upgrade (of any sort) place it in your magic box with the v2 Noobie Charm and it will create your lvl 1 charm (ie. Oracle Upgrade + Noobie v2 Charm = Oracle lvl 1 Charm).
Once you have a lvl 1 charm you simply combine the upgrade with the existing charm to get the next level (ie. Oracle Charm lvl 1 + Oracle Upgrade = Oracle Charm lvl 2).
Where do I find these Charm Upgrades?v1 Charm Upgrades are located in LDON. These charms are used to level your charm to 25. Levelling your charm from 25 – 50 requires you to go to a different zone. See v2 information below). The following should give a guide as to where you need to farm in LDON to get a charm upgrade type:
LDON level 2 = Brawler
LDON level 3 = Guardian
LDON level 4 = Oracle
LDON level 5 = Sorcerer
LDON level 6 = ALL Charm Types
*** Your best chance at getting a charm upgrade to drop is in LDON level 6 (see below for more info on this).
v2 Charm Upgrades are located in HoH (Halls of Honor). All charm types can drop in any area of HoH. Avatar of Heavens has the highest chance of dropping v2 charms.
So I want to go for a UC – who should I do first?There is some debate about this but the general consensus is that you should do a Paladin first. The benefit to your entire group is just too huge to ignore. Yes, your main Tank is going to need the HPs on the UC eventually, but you need to keep them alive too. A UC’d Pally is an amazing beast on this server.
Best possible order =
Paladin
Cleric (or 1st if cleric is your only healer)
Warrior
SK (or 2nd if you’re using an SK as a main tank)
All other DPS classes (excluding Casters)
Casters last (although a UC’d Wizzie is awe inspiring)
Hints and tips.I’m going to break this into the two legs of the quest: LDON and HOH. They both require different strategies and tool kits. Firstly, you need to know that your first UC will be the hardest. The ones that come after will be markedly easier for a host of reasons. I’ll make this guide specific to players going for the UC for the first time (really the tweaks you’ll make on your second, third, etc runs won’t be huge).
LDON
Tools: - Level 70 Warrior 3.0 Epic with 4 x Angry Nerd V Augs (2 for each sword) and RoA lvl 43 (for ring clicky) and T2 boots.
- Level 70 Shammy 3.0 or 4.0 Epic (for HPs boost)
- Level 70 Mage for CoH
Advanced version will use 4 Mages.
GuideYou need to think about charm farming in three ways:
1. You are going after charm upgrades and you need lots of them to drop. For this reason you want to be on the level of LDON that gives you the best statistical chance of that happening. That level is 6 (see here for information on this:
http://ezserver.online/forums/index.php?topic=665.0)
2. You need to collect all the coins you possibly can along the way. Coins = charm upgrade fragments. Collect 2000 points and you get to buy an upgrade from the LDON guy in the nexus. A full half of the charm upgrades you get are going to come through the coin system. With this in mind – your UC toon needs to loot everything.
3. You need to acquire wealth as you go. Wealth allows you to buy any charm upgrades that are for sale in Auction. Again – looting all gems and (eventually) selling all charm upgrades that you don’t need (mainly because that charm type has hit 25 already) as you go will help with this. With that said, you need to be on the lookout for any or all charm upgrades that are being advertised in ooc/auction and buy them.
FarmingXiggie Method (Taken from comments below)- Farm level 4.
- Don't kill for upgrades - kill for points only
- Points gained through cards and coins
Strix Method- Teleport you and the support team into an instance of LDON 6 (you want the zone to yourself to maximise the amount of charms you can get). Leave your mage at the zone in (If you have 4 you need to park a mage at each of the extremities of the zone).
- Move to the Crossroads section of the zone. Kill as you go to be safe making sure to loot with the UC toon. Park your UC toon in the centre of Crossroads and your Shammy off to the side (safespot).
- Buff your warrior with the epic on the shammy. Use the clicky on your T2 boots.
- Pull to the centre of crossroads using your RoA clicky when the mobs arrive.
- Loot with the UC toon.
- Once the cycle is complete, use the Mage(s) to CoH the Warrior to the zone in (or if you’re using 4 mages – the various locations on the map that are populated) and begin the cycle again. The reason I use the mages here is so that the warrior doesn’t die on the return trip to the crossroads (not to mention how much this speeds up the whole farming process).
- As you farm, watch out for Charm Upgrades in auction/occ and buy when able.
***NOTES***
Don’t bother with the bosses on level 6 – they take up time to kill and don’t drop the 50 coins. They can drop a Charm Upgrade but it’s not worth the time it takes to kill them.
For a guide as to how many dropped charm upgrades you can expect, please read the comments section that follows this guide.
At a rate of 1 per hour this leg of the quest is going to take about 100 hours (ie. 4 x 25).
HoH
Tools:- A group that can handle HoH content. You want to be able to clear the Avatars with some speed. All your toons should have IV Augs minimum here.
Guide.For me, HoH is really the worst part of this quest (probably because it takes me so long to zone). It requires a LOT of zoning. Some basic things you need to know:
1. Avatar of Heavens has the best chance of dropping the v2 Upgrades.
2. Shadow drops upgrades but is not worth the time it will take to chase him around the zone.
3. All other Avatars can drop charms but Heavens have the chance to drop up to 8 in one clear.
Farming.- This is fairly simple. With your team clear public Heavens (if they’re up). Clear all the way to the ramp at Hate.
- At the Hate ramp, use the zone ring to take you back to the entrance and make a guild instance. Enter it and repeat the cycle. Exit the Guild Instance at the entrance.
- Make a group instance and enter it. Clear to Hate then use the zone ring to go back to the entrance. Delete the Group Instance and wait 30 seconds before making a new one. Repeat until you have a UC.
***NOTES***
Be on the lookout for v2 upgrades and buy them when they pop up.
You should be able to make enough plat in one clear to cover the cost of the next instance you are about to make.
Guardian and Brawler charms dropped less for me than the others on all the UCs I've done. This does appear to vary for some players however.
Hatebourne's link:
http://ezserver.online/forums/index.php?topic=1461.0 -- more great info to assist
Cheers
Strix
