Monster Hunter Series: Part I - Crystal Elemental

[Liberty]

Hello Everyone.

As most of you probably know by now, Monster Contracts were implemented into the game last night. The concept is simple; sacrifice a monster statue and be offered a contract to kill a specific number of a random monster type.
To complete this contract, you must kill the monster type and devour its corpse into the contract. I have just completed my first contract, and wanted to share my experience with you.

Monster Contract - Crystal Elemental

Amount - 295
Difficulty - 4/10
Duration to Complete - 5.5 Hours
Location - Shame Level 5
# of PK attempts - 15
# of times killed - 3
PK success rate - 20%
# of paragon's killed - 25
# of paragon chests/easter baskets - 3
Paragon chest drop rate - 12%
Skill scrolls dropped - 0
Statues dropped - 1
Gold farmed - 120,360gp
Average gold amount per kill - 408gp
Reward - 840gp


Well there you have it! The end reward was very disappointing(I made more gold killing 3 mobs during the contract) but with the right adjustments this new system can become very addicting.


Here are some pictures of the spoils:

And one to my boy for trying to blue pk me with a friend.

Stay tuned for my next analysis in the coming weeks.

Also, feel free to share your monster hunting experiences and statistics here if you wish!!!

Cheers!

 

[Nasak]

Very nice - sucky prize but it gave u something to do for a bit!

 

[Jibreel_kills]

N/A

 

[Liberty]

Thank You! I am ok with the random rewards, I just feel the final prize should be more than 834gp. There needs to be more incentive to complete them to keep people interested. Unique Monster Titles for the monster type would be cool as well.

 

[Bromista]

RIP Tickle Stick

Nice report

 

[Xiulan]

There needs to be more incentive to complete them to keep people interested.

I killed 14 of the 109 mobs in my contract, but after seeing the so-called 'rewards' people are getting, I've already lost interest. I'd rather hold onto my statue collection in hopes that a better turn-in system will be implemented someday.

 

[Liberty]

I killed 14 of the 109 mobs in my contract, but after seeing the so-called 'rewards' people are getting, I've already lost interest. I'd rather hold onto my statue collection in hopes that a better turn-in system will be implemented someday.

It definitely needs some tweaking. I like the concept though and it is a great way to remove statues from the world and add value to them.

 

[Blyth]

Reward - 840gp

I see the staff here have a twisted sense of humour.

 

[baddie]

great breakdown. that reward is... ouch.

 

[ZoeyLove]

Hello Everyone.

Reward - 840gp

Is this a joke? Def troll right.....

 

[raezion420]

Just did 250 efreets and got 840 gold. Great rewards guys!

 

[AreYouKidden]

I did 101 vampires, and got 1002 gold.. I'm feeling better about that now!

The reality is the lower tier reward needs to be tweaked - eppy agrees, it's just a matter of time. I also ran into tickle stick he also took a dirt nap, along with your dad.

I really enjoyed the whole system, having goals to work towards each day feels very fulfilling.

Couple of ideas for additional rewards:

• 6-10 new cloth hues, you get 1 random cloth as your reward.
• new title hues
• new titles
• additional gold based on the difficulty / qty of the mob

 

[Ludwig]

Yeah, no way I'm forgoing sleep to finish my arctic ogre lords with a whole 5 spawning on the entire server and 800g at stake...

 

[baseball dad]

l o l

And here i was thinking broken art files for new statues was slack a month later....