2009-03-18, 06:09 PM
IsaacGS Wrote:The flame zone may be ok, but you still have 999 of all 4 Green monsters and 999 of all 4 blue monsters, as well as defeat Lilino and Dodo to get there. If you're an ice mage, that means going through monsters that are resistant to blizzard before you can get to the ones that are weak to you. The maps are all enormous, so soloing them really isn't much of an option. There are some warps you can use, but they don't help *that* much. Also, a lot of them have fairly high damage (The guardian captains were doing about 2.4k to me) and the range on their attacks is huge and unavoidable. If you mob them, you're probably going to be taking a lot of damage unless you can freeze or otherwise incapacitate them. You've still got to get through the blue ones, though.
Err, first off; Time Temple isn't meant to be easy. You do realize Time Temple is the current elite area and the high damage is meant to scare off people below 140? If you cry about the bosses to kill, the damage the monsters do; sorry but then you're in the wrong place. Then you shouldn't even visit Time Temple.
Btw, you can't freeze the blue monsters
Gotta stun all the way. A REAL pain in the ass, I've used all together 20 Safety charms just in the ice area of Time Temple - and I usually don't die unless I lag bad 
ProTip: Get a Bishop in the party, it makes the quests pomegranate easy. I did 1 Quest together in PT with a Bishop and a Shadower - it only took 20 minutes... (to be exact, 2nd quest in the ice part)
IsaacGS Wrote:Yeah, they also drop some really nice scrolls (Overall Strength and such) but even at tespia drop rates they were quite rare. I guess this is also the only place you can get Time fragments for Reverse weapons, but again it's going to take ages to collect 45 of them.
Yes it is the only place to get Time Fragments, and it's just pure luck.
My first Time Fragment drop took me 5 quests, the 2nd drop I had on the next day 5 mins after I had started the follow up quest. And many other time fragment drops I've had quite fast.
IsaacGS Wrote:It's better than Dragon Scales, but not as good as regular ores. Equip rate seems like a fair comparison. I know most of the ones I found came from the Eye of Times, not the main monster on the map.
And the reason to complain about a 999 quest is because it's hardly a quest at all, it's just regular old hunting disguised as a quest. It forces you to kill stupid monsters you ordinarily wouldn't waste your time with.
And sure, the prerequisite quests will keep out some people, but for the first month after release the first map is going to be slam packed and actually getting the quest done will be hard because of it.
Pretty much said everything regarding this above already. Also, just so you know, you can avoid the quests to get further in Time Temple by VIP Rock / Family VIP warping to a person in Time Temple.