Saturday, October 18, 2014

10.18.2014 Dried Lake Map

FlameTankMarkI - Beyond
Mods - None (This map was mirrored when I bought it, so I couldn't modify it)
Quantity: +5% (from 5% quality)

Currency Expended:
None

Currency Gained:
3 Transmutation
1 Alteration
2 Jewelers
4 Chromatic
5 Scrap
1 Whetstone

Maps Gained:
Dunes L66
Arcade L67
Rare Wharf Map L67, +63% IIQ

This run should have been easy since I couldn't roll any map mods, but there weren't even any Skeletal Rhoas on the map.  Despite only having a 5% increase in item quantity, I got three map drops fairly quickly, and the last one to drop was the first rare map I've seen.  It reduces the players maximum resistances, and gives the monsters 4 extra projectiles.  I'm thinking that it would be borderline suicidal to attempt this map with anything other than an Arctic Armor character.  It doesn't matter how many streams of fire Void Bears are spitting at you if you reduce the fire damage coming in to zero.  On the other hand, getting shot gunned by 5 streams of fire without Arctic Armor and taking twice as much damage per stream as usual because of the map mods seems like it would be very fatal very quickly.

I might have to try to level some sort of Arctic Armor character once the Beyond League ends just so I can run this map.  It seems pretty cool.  I've never run anything with anything over about 45% IIQ as best I can recall, so I really want to have a character which could attempt it.  This character isn't the one though.  I really can't believe how much loot I got from such a small bonus.

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