Ater in the Abandoned Sewers

Great news. I took Ater Custos into the Abandoned Sewer system last night again, and surprise surprise, he's doing OK against the CoT spawns there. The only spawns that give me trouble are the ones with four +0 (even-con) Death Mages. Their stacking debuffs and -Acc effects wreak havok with my attack chain. Plus, they AoE heal each other, which is frustrating when trying to whittle them down. Now that some of my attacks are running over 70% Accuracy, their accuracy debuffs hurt a lot less. (expanded text below)

The other spawns that con Green to Yellow are quick now, though. Oppressive Gloom keeps the minions staggering while I focus on taking out the bosses in the groups. I filled up on arcane salvage (no Rares, dammit) prior to leaving the sewer complex. Now I know where the CoT hang out, so I can see going back in the future to plumb those depths. Salvage/recipe drop rates are high in those spawns due to the high concentrations of bosses and lieutenants in the spawns. IIRC, drop rates are: minions 8% chance, lieutenants and snipers 10.64% chance, bosses and elite bosses 25.00% chance. So, for a spawn of 4 minions, 2 lieutenants, and 4 bosses, odds are VERY high you'll get at least on salvage drop, likely 2 or maybe 3 per spawn.

Now, salvage prices on the market, for better or worse, are much lower for arcane salvage now. Several of the common Tier 3 Arcane salvage (Ruby, Regenerating Flesh, etc.) are selling for 250 influence or so. Not a lot of profit there, but the Rare Arcanes (for the most part) are still running decent cash for the desirable items (see below for last salvage market status, blue side):

"Code" below is a 3 letter identifier:
Rarity (Common, Uncommon, Rare)
Level (Low, Mid, High)
Origin (Arcane, Tech).
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Code..Name.....................Avg Price Change
CMA...Alchemical Silver............4,227 -31%
CLA...Ancient Artifact.............7,588 -3%
RMA...Black Blood of the Earth...141,405 -1%
CLA...Clockwork Winder.............5,636 -30%
RMA...Deific Weapon............2,178,078 +14%
RHA...Diamond.....................88,225 +11%
RMA...Empowered Sigil..........1,333,434 +5%
RMA...Enchanted Impervium......1,848,088 +22%
RHA...Essence of the Furies......748,505 +16%
RHA...Hamidon Goo..............1,147,593 -6%
RMT...Impervium...................21,589 +15%
RLA...Lament Box..................10,902 +21%
CLA...Luck Charm..................30,874 +19%
RHA...Magical Conspiracy.........684,944 +25%
CMA...Masterwork Weapon............6,385 +94%
RMT...Military Cybernetic.........16,201 -9%
RMA...Mu Vestment............... 830,343 -1%
RLA...Page from the Malleus Mundi..5,955 -12%
RHA...Pangean Soil.............2,778,108 -1%
RHT...Platinum.....................5,426 -71%
RHA...Prophecy.................3,398,058 +21%
RLA...Psionicly Charged Brass.....12,071 +57%
CLA...Runebound Armor..............6,676 -3%
RMA...Soul Trapped Gem.........1,354,609 +13%
CLA...Spell Scroll................10,679 +101%
CLA...Spiritual Essence...........10,485 +30%
RLA...Strand of Fate..............10,159 -47%

Good recipe drops are still the money makers in the market now. That's good, though, as recipes drop in missions and from spawns on teams pretty regularly.