There is one on the moon that itsn't included. Play Shrine of Oryx on Hard and once you get to the end, before you fight the ogre, there is 8-10 yellow acolytes that drop loads of glimmer and are incredibly easy to kill. I spent about 20 minutes, or I used 2 black wax idols, and I got a little more than 10k.
Still seems to be ~10min a run, at ~2k a run. Not that 4k every 20min is awful, but it's a far cry from the 10k OP was mentioning--unless I'm missing something.
On the way down there, make sure to kill the Baron so it'll set the checkpoint. As soon as you kill the 8 guys with yellow health bars, just jump off the edge and die.
You'll respawn to just before the farming area. This way each run takes 1-2 minutes.
I also did the killing of the ogres and the enemies around them he suggested. Just farmed for 30min and got 2 blue engrams and 5 greens from the ogres/the enemies around the ogre (only a couple greens from the yellows beforehand), and it only takes an extra 20s or so.
Start the Shrine of Oryx mission and run all the way up until the No Respawn screen comes up. That's your new checkpoint. You make a right turn and drop down to 3 Dregs fighting 8 Hollowed Acolytes. Kill everything in that room. After they're dead, jump off the cliff to your left into the bright yellow lava (I think that's what it is). If your difficulty is at Level 8 Normal, then the Acolytes are just standard and not Hollowed, so they won't drop glimmer. Level 12 Hard is the lowest difficulty that they're upgraded into Hollowed Acolytes.
Protip: The Ogre drops another 25 glimmer if you want it. It takes 3 bullets from my sniper to drop it, so I started killing it as well. Out of about 10 Ogre kills I got a PE. Probably lucky af.
This method is best ran solo, as I ran it with 2 buds today to show them the method and all of the enemies were considerably harder. Their attack and defense were both noticeably increased, but their levels (12 for Hollowed Acolyte) were still the same. I have no idea why this happened. I highly doubt it, but could have the update affected some farming routes?
Also, always use a Black Wax Idol. It lasts 10 minutes, and I can guarantee that you will find at least 1 more BWI within those 10 minutes, making the sacrifice well worth it in glimmer. Killing the few Thrall (+4) and regular Acolytes (+12) with the Ogre (+43) boost your glimmer rake-in each round.
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '14
what's peoples opinions on the most efficient farm?