I would rather fight tougher mobs than this annoying afflictions like acid and poison , itâs a waste of time waiting for the effects to pass, like the last boss on genesis, when is poison everywhere, if I stay in the poison to do some damage, hp goes down like crazy even with 340 con. At least for the blight damage the potion does its job, acid potion itâs a joke.
There is armor you craft vs acid and its not an issue any more.
It is efficient. You dont die any more unless you chose to fight in middle of acid pool.
I only put 2 plates in my luck gear, and its not a problem anymore. I also use incense to not wait. I think they should make it harder and up the rewards and not spam me with potions. I have 4k hyssop and no plans to ever use them.
The chests are solo able with it. I can show you someday. Paddings will give enough to open chest, kill the spawn, loot. You can also use the tinctures to quickly remove acid burn if it ever happens
That sounds like a lot of banked territory standing you can get by crafting alkahests.
Thereâs a reason why Golden Scarabs have the greatest drop rate from sarcophagi in acid poolsâŚ
like so many complains on here there is a really simple solution: get some friends and do it together. way easier and fun. we run with 5-10 people every day and its finally some fun stuff to do after months of just standing in front of windsward and trashtalking all day
The acid pits have been as remarkably funny as watching people get clapped by the desert gate.
I felt the same way, itâs added pain in the assery.
They really though adding a new random resist would be good? Maybe if you could change gems without destroying them it seems ok. But everything they add almost requires a new set of gear that is a pain in the ass to manage/swap.
I think they said they wana stop taking 3 steps forward and 2 back but they keep taking 3 steps back and 2 steps forward IMO.
They had a simple game in Beta with perks etc that seemed manageable. Not they just keep adding perks and now heartrunes and their simplicity is shattered and itâs not even close to good at the simple level.
Yeah thats the point I was trying to make. You should have time to collect a chest without needing to pop and incense, an acid tincture before and after collecting it.
After going through a few times it still feels very overpowered. Maybe I was a little quick to react without trying incense + acid tinctures + purifying toast + the poison resistance padding (which does make a difference but i think should only be necessary if you plan on spending an extended period of time there to farm or something).
Imo the best changes would be: decreasing the rate of acid resistance reduction and increasing the rate of acid resistance regeneration.
Right now it drops at a rate of 5 per tick while in the acid, and 1 per tick while on the surrounding rocks. Its barely enough time to collect a chest with an incense + acid tincture popped (not including the time taken to open it). And the acid resistance regeneration rate is slow while outside of the area. If the reduction rate was 3, or ticked slower it would still be punishing to fight in the acid, but stepping in the edge to collect a chest wouldnât be lethal for anyone without incense + acid tincture already popped.
I can appreciate its meant to in difficult areas with worthwhile rewards but I still think it needs tweaking.
I agree. I dont think âmaking an entire new setâ is justifiable for a single area or to replace all your gem slots every time you wanna do a chest run through acid pools. Time will only tell if AGS agrees its too strong thoâŚor rather comes to understand some of the frustrations players are experiencing with it.
Bumping this thread to blow off some steam about how annoying doing acid chests is.
Having to fight annoying creatures just to open a chest with crappy loot hoping for a golden scarab is getting a little old. Im not making chitin pads/armor, just to open a chest. Its bad enough having to make and use powerful incense, which doesnt last long enough to loot all acid chests. This is coming from a mage with ice tomb(doesnt always work).
Anyways that is my rant 
Its really not that bad if you just buy a powerful incense before you acid chest run and then keep a GS or IG on you for free cleansing. Entomb with the cleanse or Roaring Rupture with the cleanse.
I do acid chest runs every day with this setup, get them all in about 30 minutes during that 1 incense buff.
Is there a farmable luck great sword? I wear luck gear opening chests, having to lose some luck just to cleanse seems like another points towards these acid chests being obnoxious
I agree that it should be hard because there are elite chests, but u have to be blind or plain stupid to say that this does not need a change, the acid kills you in seconds, i was thinking of making a set just for acid, but why would i do it when it just needs an update to be balanced.
Oh I donât even keep the weapons equipped. Theyâre just in my bag and IF I get acid burn I put the weapon on, cleanse, put my real weapon back on.
Acid pools is not stupidly overpowered at all - you just need the right gear for it - no need for acid tinctures or incense. Make/collect a light set with corruption resistance and padding in each piece. Equip something with purifying toast and take a bunch of low level regen potions. Use angry earth bane bow for the Groot creatures that guard the chests so youâre not fighting in the acid and kill the lizards you aggro with an axe. I do them all solo most days, what is the big deal?
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thats why the chitin padding exists and if you want off hand a life staff specâd with splash of light itll remove the acid burn for you and your team and save you money on acid potions the mobs are very annoying for sure
I canât tell you how many players I see run up to the Acid Pools, get to the sarcophagus, loot the items and die right in the poolâŚI just stand there, looking at them like âWhy donât ppl take the time and resources to acquire Acid ResistanceâŚâ and I help them up anyway since I can literally do backstrokes in Acid without dying, and after I help them up, I hear them die againâŚlike, come on, be smarter than a standing pool of liquid.
TL:DR:
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Without Chitin Padding: Use Strong or Powerful Incense to boost your resistance to Acid although, you will still take a decent amount of damage through the burn while in the Acid Pool.
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With Chitin Padding: You do not need to use Incense with Chitin Padding. The resistance is more than enough with all five (5) gear slots fitted with Chitin Padding for the Acid Burn rate to tick 75% slower. Youâll be fine.
You do not need Chitin Armor to use Chitin Padding. Any gear over 590 that you can boost to 625 (which you can buy cheap gear on the TP or craft it yourself) with a gem socket works. The Chitin Padding is by definition, a âgemâ type which can replace gems already slotted in gear. Now you have your full five (5) piece Chitin Padding Acid Pool gear set, go loot some Golden Scarabs worry free!
The normal dmg per tick is a little high, but burns are fine because you should never get burned. Case in point at 248 acid resist I will die 3 times over from normal acid dmg ticks before I ever see a burn, and I have purifying toast and regen pots in case I fall asleep, or afk to fix food in the acid.
