You know, you've seen a TON of Knight Elites hangin' around, right?
That's because Elite Orbs seem to be the least common orbs.
I went through PLENTY of T2 runs, yet 0 orbs have been found.
When I get invited into T3 runs for no reason, I still get plenty of Eternal Orbs.
Also, I get plenty of Simple and Advanced orbs from t1 and t2 runs.
At least make it more common, Three Rings...
Stratum 4? I usually slack off at the first stratum of t2, but I pay attention much more in S4 because I would think it was more common in the stratum before T3.
Getting Energy will be the last resort if i dont get ANY eliteorbs by October. I'll be saving up alot of crowns.
Drop rates are much better in Elite mode, but elite mode is much harder when you aren't fully geared out. In my experience, the mission Sovereign Slime (RJP) has a comparatively good chance of dropping 4* orbs. On advanced, you might have to run it a couple times to get one, but usually I see one every 2-3 runs on Elite. Another method is to look for treasure-chest heavy levels in the clockworks, strata 4. If you are severely bottlenecked at orbs, I recommend running through the level fast and skipping unnecessary fights. However, strata 4 is usually rather profitable so if you aren't in a terrible hurry to get orbs, kill stuff and earn some extra crowns along the way.
Some levels that are notable (by no means all of them, I've probably missed a bunch):
Aurora Isles (Jelly Farm is preferred), Treasure Vaults (look for ??? levels; but not guaranteed to happen), Deconstruction Zones (if you are in a hurry and just want to pop some boxes and get to the next level), Arenas (one of the best for boxes and profit), and surprisingly, Candlestick Keep (if you try to avoid unnecessary fights, there are often quite a few boxes in a short amount of time).
For now, I might resort to just farming CR to buy from my friends.
@Mohander: I usually do elite Roarmulus and JK runs ALL of the time with friends.
On the Aurora Isles note, Golden Rock Gate has Aurora Isles I can go check out, should i check it out?
Also, I try to get as many arenas as I can.
Thanks for the advice, though.
+1 We need moar elite orbs!!! (or we could downgrade our eternal orbs like in my other thread c:)
I don't see why so many knights are complaining about the amount of elite orbs you are getting. Before the update you couldn't even get orbs, you had to buy energy to all your crafting. They made elevators free which means now you can do as many missions and runs as you want to get the amount of money you need to buy energy which you can use to buy orbs from the supply depot. Finding an orb should be privilege as it saves you a ton of money and energy. Look harder, if you don't find any, buy them.
What do you mean rich? Crafting used to cost 1100 CE, now it costs 400.
Found two elite orbs in an JK run yesterday, they aren't that hard to find.
does this mean that elite orbs will cost the same or the same as eternal orbs on auction?
I've been recently been getting more elite than eternals for some reason. It use to be the other way around. So... I don't know.
You know.... elite orbs aren't that hard to found. I mostly get them in green treasure boxes in random levels set at normal difficulty. Out of all the orbs i found in tier 2, i found more elite orbs than any other orbs. To me, they're more common than rare monsters. They're not that difficult to find. Primary, i just try to buy them with energy. Right now i have a 4 star sheild, weapon, and helmet. Just need 4 star armour to have tier 3 clearance.
Yes, the window for elite orbs is kind of small. I have better luck between d16-d19.
We should be getting less advanceds and eternals.