The Junk Yard's Last Phase 1 Run

I'm now on character 12 of 12 doing the run up from level 70 to 85 with the objective of getting my Ellin Ring, a Tier 5 Ring, a Deputy Star, and whatever quests I can do before I reach 85. This means this is the last run I'll be doing for Red, Orange, and Yellow tab mobs to fill my stores with those particular etc drops. After this run, I'll be starting Phase 2 ... and I have no idea what that is - I have no plan at all. Just for those who are interested in grabbing whatever goodies may be on the way, here's what I've been doing each time.

Step 1: Ellin Ring Quest (any extra etcs I happen to get go in the Ludibrium store)
Step 2: Red Tab (all get stored in the Victoria Island store)
Step 3: Orange Tab - Victoria Island first, then Orbis, Aqua Road, Trixters, Ariant, and then Japan. (I may do China now that those cards are available, but Brown Teddy cards are collected later)
Step 4: Yellow Tab - Orbis first, then Aqua Road, KFT, Ellin Forest, Ludi Tower, Eos Tower, Omega, Mu Lung, Ariant/Magatia, Victoria Island
Step 5: Quests until level 80, then get Deputy Star (with the help of friends)
Step 6: All other quests and MPQ until 85.

It's been over 2 years of collecting cards and I'm only approaching half way there...

 

Well, as it turns out, already had around 700 quests completed when they all hit 3rd job, and Monster Book came out shortly thereafter. So, I already had all those quests done before I started collecting - that's why I turned around to sell the etc drops in The Junk Yard. The Ellin Ring, too, also came out shortly thereafter, and I always seem to pick up 0-4 cards of the mobs there while hunting/farming those mobs for the quest line. =o)

I do plan on giving a short blog post on which characters were my favorite/worst when I get my Crusader to 85. Spoiler Alert: My favorite was the I/L and the worst was my Marauder.

 

Actually, that's the reason why I stopped at 85 initially. My WK and I/L were level 85, but Magatia PQ hadn't come out yet. Once it did, I made it a point to get those quests done immediately for all characters. There is only one quest left that concerns me for all my characters and that's Eliminating the Devoted in PPQ. But I'm sure I can get those taken care of when I'm 9x. =o)

 

Very true. Of course, if you're a higher level you can tear through them quick. The first 10 seconds is just to prep, the second 10 seconds is a regular round, but the third 10 seconds creates spawns equal to the number of kills done in the previous round. So, once you are able to slaughter a bunch at a time it goes by much faster.