Kurtle Wrote:Why max Flamethrower.........Nightshadows aren't as great as newties are, I have tried. They are moblie death trap newties that have to be stunned, rendering summons useless...
I suppose the dynamic is slightly different, but on my Hermit it was the complete opposite - Newties were far more dangerous. When I was training at Nightshadows I almost never used HP pots - they're mostly harmless unless they spawn on you, and usually I just used Drain to get that HP back. At Newties, every time I looted I'd use up 2-3 Ice Cream Pops. And that's with a long-range looting pet & "DK puppet" to stop the Newties from casting magic so often (if you're alone in the map they all auto-target you and fire as soon as you're in range, if there's someone sitting in the corner they sometimes target that player instead). It wouldn't even be worth looting without those.
On the whole, I earned way more money at Nightshadows, and similar exp. Even if you can stun newties, you can't avoid them spawning right where they drop loot, and they have a long range auto-targeting attack instead of a melee attack which you can even jump over. I did spend 110-126 at Newties, because I could practically AFK and train there for similar exp rates. But from 85-110 I was at Nightshadows.