Oh, I feel for you. There are other strategies.fiernaq wrote:Wow, this is slow going
At roughly 100 xp per kill and 30k xp needed for a level up that's 300 kills I need just to level up once. There are 14 monsters in the gargoyle caves and even assuming that 1 respawns while I'm killing the rest that's still a measly 15 kills I can get every 3 minutes. If I could manage to time things exactly then I should be able to gain a level in an hour. Instead, it's taken me the past week to gain 2 levels . Oh RoLs.... you make my life miserable
If leveling up is not important, save from the room outside the three gargoyle, then dash in and kill the three gargoyles and 14 trainers/masters, check your inventory and reload when you see no pretty rings.
My personal strategy was to divide the three rooms so that I would start in the lower two rooms, checking the clock before I start, clear and search the lower room for respawns until three minutes was up, dash into the top right room with two for two quick kills and then go to the very top left room, check the time, kill the six trainer/masters and wait for respawns for the next three minutes...then repeat. I would get somewhere between 18 to 24 kills every three minutes.
Keep going, if you get bored or frustrated, venture out into the sunlight periodically and you will feel the desire to fight for your precious again. Keep in mind that with the next update, criticals will be muted so there is no real good reason to go after a 2nd (that and the regeneration effect does not compound with a 2nd ring).
I have three on my two builds, 1st one took about 450 rocks, 2nd one took over 6000 rocks, 3rd one took over 2000 rocks.