the grind is killing me

[PremiumG98]

been killing tin man for an hour and a half and only got 1 gold ore,,,

[Hotel Security]

Then stop grinding for drops and play the game. Going for drops is a choice.

(Or maybe you're doing the classic move of posting about a drop and then, right after you post about it, you get the drop in the game. I've had that work too)

[khaosklub]

Originally posted by Hotel Security:

Then stop grinding for drops and play the game. Going for drops is a choice.

(Or maybe you're doing the classic move of posting about a drop and then, right after you post about it, you get the drop in the game. I've had that work too)

a choice for some, but not all.

some people are OCD and cannot leave a drop not found or a quest unfinished if they have the ability to finish it.

for these people, OoE is a horribly designed game, as the grinding system is absolutely terrible in this game. worst in the series

[PremiumG98]

OCD isnt real, I just liked the game and wanted to complete a bunch of side quests

[1337Dude]

Originally posted by khaosklub:

Originally posted by Hotel Security:

Then stop grinding for drops and play the game. Going for drops is a choice.

(Or maybe you're doing the classic move of posting about a drop and then, right after you post about it, you get the drop in the game. I've had that work too)

a choice for some, but not all.

some people are OCD and cannot leave a drop not found or a quest unfinished if they have the ability to finish it.

for these people, OoE is a horribly designed game, as the grinding system is absolutely terrible in this game. worst in the series

There are millions of games to play. Complaining that this specific one doesn't adhere to your admitted disability isn't necessarily fair to the developers (or us for that matter). I'm sure there are many games out there that are less respectful to your OCD that you could complain about.

[A.Bogard]

Originally posted by PremiumR98:

been killing tin man for an hour and a half and only got 1 gold ore,,,

Focus on getting the gear to level up your luck rate, later on it will be really easy to get. I got all items from enemies and was challenging, but not impossible.

[vilsal]

Getting gold ore in the secret areas is way easier. Ignore the tin men for now.

[PremiumG98]

Originally posted by A.Bogard:

Originally posted by PremiumR98:

been killing tin man for an hour and a half and only got 1 gold ore,,,

Focus on getting the gear to level up your luck rate, later on it will be really easy to get. I got all items from enemies and was challenging, but not impossible.

yeah, I got two thief rings later and it got better

[0wnz0r]

u get gold ore from other stuff... i only remember grindin tin man for one gold ore n it didnt take long

[khaosklub]

Originally posted by 1337Dude:

There are millions of games to play. Complaining that this specific one doesn't adhere to your admitted disability isn't necessarily fair to the developers (or us for that matter). I'm sure there are many games out there that are less respectful to your OCD that you could complain about.

that could be said for all criticisms for all games and all preferences.

game is designed for grinding, the grinding system is BS. it's perfectly legit to criticize the design of the game's grinding system for people who want to grind.

[khaosklub]

Originally posted by A.Bogard:

Originally posted by PremiumR98:

been killing tin man for an hour and a half and only got 1 gold ore,,,

Focus on getting the gear to level up your luck rate, later on it will be really easy to get. I got all items from enemies and was challenging, but not impossible.

to elaborate on this, you want the thief and/or fortune ring, preferably two of them. grinding in this game is actually a lot easier in the new game + by a longshot. fortune rings grant luck based on how long you've played the game. unfortunately though, the game will autopause if you leave it idle, so you can't just leave it on to strengthen the fortune ring, you gotta actually play. with fortune rings, you can have easily over 100 luck.

[Soren]

Chances are OP first tried grinding for 3 early game gold ores via the Tinman who appears at the end of the minerva prison map. That's definitely inefficient to grind. He's harder to kill early game (especially on a fresh hard save or hard lvl 1 save). And even if you do get the 3 gold ores early and do the quest before skeleton cave, having the armour early isn't that great anyway. I wouldn't recommend doing it even if you're playing on lvl 1 hardmode on a fresh save.

[PremiumG98]

Originally posted by Soren:

Chances are OP first tried grinding for 3 early game gold ores via the Tinman who appears at the end of the minerva prison map. That's definitely inefficient to grind. He's harder to kill early game (especially on a fresh hard save or hard lvl 1 save). And even if you do get the 3 gold ores early and do the quest before skeleton cave, having the armour early isn't that great anyway. I wouldn't recommend doing it even if you're playing on lvl 1 hardmode on a fresh save.

I grinded him at draculas castle bro, and I had 1 gold ore before that

[Soren]

Originally posted by PremiumR98:

I grinded him at draculas castle bro, and I had 1 gold ore before that

Ah, they can appear in rare chests a lot sooner than that. So RNG might net the player 1 gold ore before getting to the castle, and I think there might be one static drop before the castle too, which is probably why you had one. But who knows.

Still, in the castle I didn't need to farm him very long for the one ore drop (to complete my bestiary), but I did also have luck gear. Which is why I figured you were talking about the prison Tinman. The earliest way to earn it.

[khaosklub]

I thought the same, the tin man in the prison. I think the easier grind is probably the double hammers in the training area. you can use the strong ice spell and hit them from above if you enter the room they're in from the right side. you'll also level up ice and your actual level pretty fast.