Dice Chest Farming: The Forest or Hatred's Shadow

[Vayeatte]

I've been trying to farm dice chests for a while now and it seems quicker to reach the chest in Hatred's Shadow behind "The Darkness" rather than the one in The Forest. Is there something I'm missing that makes farming the one in The Forest faster?

[GooglyMoogly!]

only roll one die. Two die is buggerd

[Vayeatte]

Well from what I've read I'd need a 2 or a 3 to get the DLC heads so I've just been rolling one die anyway, but thanks for the warning. Also, before anyone asks why I don't just use the SHiFT codes; I don't want to create a SHiFT account.

[teek]

bugged how? you can't get legendaries rolling 1 die, and double isn't bugged.. the purples these chests drop isn't really worth farming for

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=288971018

i think you'll get more mileage farming torgue/seraph vendors and getting the sandhawk/pimp from captain scarlett's dlc

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by Vayeatte N:

I've been trying to farm dice chests for a while now and it seems quicker to reach the chest in Hatred's Shadow behind "The Darkness" rather than the one in The Forest. Is there something I'm missing that makes farming the one in The Forest faster? :loot:

So, you're trying to get the heads and skins? Good luck with that. I've opened hundreds of dice chests (quite possibly 500 or more) since the heads and skins were added, and have probably seen less than 10 of the heads and skins. They are quite rare. As you said, you have to roll a 2 or 3, because those rolls give you white gear, and that's when the heads and skins appear (even though at least some of the items are actually blue).

To answer your question, the best place for dice chests is after beating the raid bosses. Each time you beat them, there are around 50 dice chests to open (which is how I've managed to open so many). But you only get to fight the raid bosses after you complete the main story missions, and you have to be able to handle the bosses. So, if you're still working your way through the DLC in Normal Mode, it may be a while before you're ready for that. But once you are, you can go to their map, kill them and open the chests, exit to the menu (without leaving the map) and reload and go again. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. A side benefit is that the raid bosses drop around 70 Eridium on every kill, along with a lot of other stuff, a Seraph item (every time), and the occasional legendary.

[GooglyMoogly!]

Originally posted by Waste_of_skin:

Originally posted by Vayeatte N:

I've been trying to farm dice chests for a while now and it seems quicker to reach the chest in Hatred's Shadow behind "The Darkness" rather than the one in The Forest. Is there something I'm missing that makes farming the one in The Forest faster? :loot:

So, you're trying to get the heads and skins? Good luck with that. I've opened hundreds of dice chests (quite possibly 500 or more) since the heads and skins were added, and have probably seen less than 10 of the heads and skins. They are quite rare. As you said, you have to roll a 2 or 3, because those rolls give you white gear, and that's when the heads and skins appear (even though at least some of the items are actually blue).

To answer your question, the best place for dice chests is after beating the raid bosses. Each time you beat them, there are around 50 dice chests to open (which is how I've managed to open so many). But you only get to fight the raid bosses after you complete the main story missions, and you have to be able to handle them. So, if you're still working your way through the DLC in Normal Mode, it may be a while before you're ready for that. But once you are, you can go to their map, kill them and open the chests, exit to the menu (without leaving the map) and reload and go again. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. A side benefit is that the raid bosses drop around 70 Eridium on every kill, along with a lot of other stuff, a Seraph item (every time), and the occasional legendary.

This sounds like pornography. This method sounds really amazing. I'll try it

[Vayeatte]

Well I was hoping to get one before going on but if it's only really viable to do it from the chests after the raid boss then I suppose I'll move on and level up first. Thanks for the info.

[Waste_of_skin]

You could always get lucky, but, based on my experience, it's probably going to take a lot of chests before you get just one. And the items could be for any character, so if you're looking for the head and skin for a specific character, it could take that much longer to get the right ones. If you're loading a map, checking one chest, and then exiting and reloading and checking it again, that could take a very long time and get very frustrating.

FWIW, you might be able to find someone in the trading forum that can just give them to you, especially if you're just looking for one or two specific things.

PS: Is there any particular reason that you don't want to create a Shift account? I don't know of any good reason not to, and not having one means missing out on gold keys (among other things). It's your choice, of course. I'm just kind of curious.

[Vayeatte]

Originally posted by Waste_of_skin:

PS: Is there any particular reason that you don't want to create a Shift account? I don't know of any good reason not to, and not having one means missing out on gold keys (among other things). It's your choice, of course. I'm just kind of curious.

I didn't like what I read in their privacy policy:
"...participation in the Gearbox service known as “Shift” requires its users to provide additional forms of data, including personally identifiable information."

I may bite the bullet and make an account someday but, for now, I just don't want to.

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by Vayeatte N:

I didn't like what I read in their privacy policy:
"...participation in the Gearbox service known as “Shift” requires its users to provide additional forms of data, including personally identifiable information."

I may bite the bullet and make an account someday but, for now, I just don't want to. :conwayshrug:

OK. Fair enough. And thanks for the reply.