Question - TBM or EoK?

[Wolfborn]

My second team is approaching 105 and I'm ready to start on some progression.
I had planned to go the TBM route but that begs the question.
Skip TBM and go to EoK?

This team is.. SK, Clr, Enc, Wiz, Wiz, Rng.
They are all geared in Manifested or Castaway.


How difficult is it getting EoK gear?

 

[Razkle]

EoK gear is ridiculously easy to get! But the TBM Augs are a MUST to get... I would get EoK and the gear and grind out the AAs then you can BREEEZE through the TBM progression...

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Some named in LCeum drop 2 pieces of gear at a time regularly!

 

[Wolfborn]

Thanks Raz!

 

[Warl0ck45]

Some of the named also drop type 5 augments. You may be able to farm for some of your crew to stock up until you go get better augs

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Named in EoK I mean

 

[psimoon]

Where are the AAs easier to grind out? EOK or TBM?

I have ground out 15 chars (almost 18 now) to max EOK AAs in TBM dino island instance. I use the set'em and forget'em of an instance that constantly respawns. That is less overt to prying eyes and I can leave them running for 6hrs when I sleep or at work.

If EOK has a better spot, please share.

 

[Warl0ck45]

Not sure about instances, havent done to many progressions yet.. but EoK on my server is still crowded in most zones so... very bad idea to afk

 

[Razkle]

SO exp, we used to get 1kAA a day in TBM easy, 1.5k if you worked at it, after we popped for EoK the exp in TBM is nerfed to about half that.... so you need to exp in the content/expac you are in....

 

[william12]

SO exp, we used to get 1kAA a day in TBM easy, 1.5k if you worked at it, after we popped for EoK the exp in TBM is nerfed to about half that.... so you need to exp in the content/expac you are in....

Nerfed would imply they changed it which they didn't. They just made EOK XP so high its not worth going back for anything but augs. If you compare expansions EOK gives about 4.5* the xp that TDS does per kill and 2-3* as much as TBM. TDS gives 19% AA a kill while EOK heroics give 49-50% but the normal zones give 90% + Nothing was changed TDS was giving this same xp the day it was released and TBM was the same as it is now.

A good 12 hr grind you can get 2500 AAs at about 200 kills an hr.

 

[LamahHerder]

So basically always AA in the latest expansion you have
If you didnt buy any expansions and are on live then AA in TDS, on test AA in TBM
If you bought TBM prior to EOK coming out then AA in TBM
If you bought EOK then AA in EOK.

 

[playj]

I thought that the EoK trash mobs also have 2-3x more HP than TBM mobs, wouldn't that somewhat negate the XP gain?

I still have not figured out a good way to buy EoK for accounts that I want to keep clean(not give my billing info).

 

[aspire2008]

I thought that the EoK trash mobs also have 2-3x more HP than TBM mobs, wouldn't that somewhat negate the XP gain?

I still have not figured out a good way to buy EoK for accounts that I want to keep clean(not give my billing info).

I have a trash f2p account I warp on. The way I keep it "clean" is I buy the visa gift card and use that as a credit card.

Then you can use a fake name/address/zipcode for the billing on the visa gift card (I'm not even sure you have to do this any more?, as my stored CC info is the still the fake info I've had for the last 3 years).

I've bought expansions this way on it for the past 3 years. I doubt there is anyway involving payment systems in the USA that you could actually keep "clean". If they really wanted too, they could trace the gift card back to the shop with the FBI's help!


This is the gift card I use:

https://vanillavisa.com/home.html?product=giftcard&csrfToken=

 

[Eltai86]

I think he is talking about keeping account clean in sense of no billing/Sq set so the account is more easily sold.

 

[Maskoi]

Also they ban by ip address now as well

 

[jag1800]

Set up a VPN as well if you really want to be safe.

 

[Kokopelli2014]

Where are the AAs easier to grind out? EOK or TBM?

I have ground out 15 chars (almost 18 now) to max EOK AAs in TBM dino island instance. I use the set'em and forget'em of an instance that constantly respawns. That is less overt to prying eyes and I can leave them running for 6hrs when I sleep or at work.

If EOK has a better spot, please share.

That's been nerfed, sorry to bear the bad news((


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[Razkle]

Game keys were CLEAN to the final account, the new way is to start an account, PAYPAL the Expac and you are required to at least put in a zip code. I miss game keys! if anyone has a way to do it cleanly I am all ears....

 

[psimoon]

What has been nerfed? the exp on dino island? the instance? or EOK?