R.I.P Farming :(

Monk Klausner

Monk Klausner

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Israel, Ramat-Hasharon (Ownezzzz)

Trotters Inc. [TROT]

Yes, Thats the end of farming. No More UW, No more Trolls, No more Hydras, no more minotaurs, no undergrowth and nothing alse. Solo farming = Dead.

I wanted to hear you suggestions:

Stay Playing or quit!?

ive been wasting 9 Months of farming and I dont know if I wanna stay or leave. There is no point in playing anymore, just finish the game and done.

cerb

cerb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Sept-Iles, QC, Canada

Les Tric??ratops Sont Nos [Amis]

Mo/

i do not think farming is dead.

when aoe was nerfed we thought the same as well, but we found ways around it.

We need to think and try until something works. I definately do not think farming is dead.

yo home boi

yo home boi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Neutral Selection [TNS]

Lol dude im love farming its basically wot i do, bt DUDE there is whole new GW world to do! man just enjoy NF! and maybe Anet will feel sorry for us poor soloers!

manager

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Portugal

Cold Black Eyes

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by cerb
We need to think and try until something works. I definately do not think farming is dead. Emphasis mine

i love e-drama, btw.

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10067051

Here, you CAN still solo farm, so quit crying.

XvArchonvX

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

BOOOO HOOOO OMFG I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER WAY TO FARM BEYOND WHAT I HAVE COPIED FROM OTHER PEOPLE!!

*calls the waaaambulance*



Sorry, all these whining threads are really getting on my nerves, but some people really need to start waking up and realizing that monk/SS farming is not the only type of farming that works. Am I the only one that has not forgot that UW trapping groups still work just fine? Sure farming might be a little slower, but it's not going to end because of this.

/end rant

yo home boi

yo home boi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Neutral Selection [TNS]

I betta dust of my Ranger from under my Wammos armpit ^^

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

Personaly I hate Solo farming, because it goes against the idea of an online game, if you enjoyed solo farming more than the teamwork part, then GW is not the game for you. When I heard about the nerf, I was tempted to put a white suit on and dance on farming's grave.

cerb

cerb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Sept-Iles, QC, Canada

Les Tric??ratops Sont Nos [Amis]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by manager
Emphasis mine

i love e-drama, btw. That's not drama, and I exclude myself from "we"

Braggi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Well I "farmed" yesterday, just two and one quick runs to try something out. While I noticed enemies fleeing I thought this was due to new approaches or some glitch. Didn't realize it was due to the patch.

As everything worked out I can't really say "faming is dead". Not at all. Found it even neat and more challenging.

stiffler

stiffler

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

South Australia

[ToR]

R/

There will be no other way, its not just certain skills that have been nerfed but also the way enemies drop. Besides Anet made a statement that they dont like farming therefore they want to loose it all together. So yes, no more farming. Oh and for the record, I use a lot of original builds that most people have not seen or heard of before and I still cant get anything to drop for me.

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

does that include team farming, cause thats perfectly ok to me, Anet should encourge less solo farming, by giving better drops to people in teams.

stiffler

stiffler

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

South Australia

[ToR]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shuuda
does that include team farming, cause thats perfectly ok to me, Anet should encourge less solo farming, by giving better drops to people in teams. I have tried solo, duo, 4, and 8 man teams. Nothing is dropping anymore.

yo home boi

yo home boi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Neutral Selection [TNS]

Man this has really RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOed up FoW armour and there will soon be huge amount of ebayers to buy there ecto and shards for silly amounts

manager

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Portugal

Cold Black Eyes

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by cerb
That's not drama, and I exclude myself from "we" Ah, sorry, my comment wasn't being directed at you but to the whole e-drama threads popping up.

"ZOMG, ANet killed teh farms"

Rin

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

dang guys, you don't know how to adapt??

I already have a build that doesn't involve AoE dmg, that I can farm up to 10 melee enemies at a time in cantha. I was successful in farming jade brotherhood with it and will test outside of mataau keep to farm kirin and undergrowths. Testing vermin farming as well.

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

Well, maybe the drops in UW and FoW are less, because Anet thought you people where overfarming.

stiffler

stiffler

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

South Australia

[ToR]

R/

I dont FoW or UW farm, I tried it a few months ago but didn't enjoy it. I stick to Chest Runs, Green farms, and rune farms.

bryann380

bryann380

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

USA

Mo/

Except for one minor thing, my undead farming (which doesn't use AoE skills) remains unchanged. The only difference now is skeleton monks try to keep a far distance from me at all times. Other caster types, such as sorcerers and warlocks, sometimes do as well but not always.

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

well, other people overfarmed it.

yo home boi

yo home boi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Neutral Selection [TNS]

no offence but undead..... =D

yo home boi

yo home boi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Neutral Selection [TNS]

The only ppl hu overfarm are usually bots, the only reason y im so annoying about this nerf is gettin my mats for FoW top for my Rt....

Tainek

Tainek

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

[Rage]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk Klausner
Yes, Thats the end of farming. No More UW, No more Trolls, No more Hydras, no more minotaurs, no undergrowth and nothing alse. Solo farming = Dead.

I wanted to hear you suggestions:

Stay Playing or quit!?

ive been wasting 9 Months of farming and I dont know if I wanna stay or leave. There is no point in playing anymore, just finish the game and done.
Emo....


Solo farming is NOT dead, i am still doing solo UW fine


Stand up, grow up, use your heads for once

Effigy

Effigy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Illinois, US

Heroes of Talia [HoT]

Mo/

All I can say is, if they want to nerf solo farming then they'd better increase drops for people in groups. Fissure armor already costs a fortune. If duo UW is no more, then it's going to cost about 10 million gold to buy all the materials for it.

Chris616263

Chris616263

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk Klausner
Yes, Thats the end of farming. No More UW, No more Trolls, No more Hydras, no more minotaurs, no undergrowth and nothing alse. Solo farming = Dead.

I wanted to hear you suggestions:

Stay Playing or quit!?

ive been wasting 9 Months of farming and I dont know if I wanna stay or leave. There is no point in playing anymore, just finish the game and done. Leave; so there's less emo dorks around.

To everyone whining about your ugly FoW armor:
Get over it. Your armor is ugly anyway; why not spend that money on stuff that isn't worthless and makes you look like a total loser. When I see FoW armor; I imagine a fat pimply kid with greasy hands, sucking down mountain dew and stuffing his face with hot pockets controlling the character. For the most part; this is true 60% of the time. 39% is fat pimply kids with greasy hands with an ebay account. I would say only 1% of the Fissure of Crap Armor-wearers aren't complete nerds.

Sorry if I struck a nerve; but you all like armor crafted from ghost-poop. 0=)

Cygnus_Zero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

I love how this game is supposed to be about team play, but SS was my favorite build to use in PvE (with a team) and I can no longer use it. Couldn't they find some way to nerf farming without ruining my favorite way to play PvE?

heroajax1

heroajax1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

By Any Other Name [Rose]

W/

Have some cheese with that whine. Think of new ways to farm geez. If all you're doing is farming, then why play? It's not like it's real gold anyway. Having said all that. I did farm last night. Still works. Just takes longer.

ForgeWhelp

ForgeWhelp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

TGW

N/Mo

Granted I like THIS game over WoW because I can play it more or less single player. I dislike being dependant on a group of humans that all have their own way of doing things is generally the suck. I liked being able to go about things on my own as I oplease not needing to stand around for hours going "LFP..."

I'm not too stressed over the change because there will always be other builds...

Cygnus_Zero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

I don't farm, and the way I like to play was ruined. I loved playing SS with groups, not to farm, but to get through missions. When the developers start ruining legit ways to play the game is when I hit the road and find something else to play. Glad I heard about this before I ran out and bought Nightfall.

Skuld

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

A/

Quit plz thx.

DJJD2006

DJJD2006

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

[CASH]

R/Mo

Spider Cave still works, just a little harder

Cygnus_Zero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

It surprises me that people still play this game. As soon as people find something they like to do, it get's ripped away. As much as it pains, I am starting to get very tempted to give WoW a whirl.

Riotgear

Riotgear

has 3 pips of HP regen.

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Objective Is More [Cash]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris616263
Get over it. Your armor is ugly anyway
This is true.

Quote: sucking down mountain dew Hey, there's nothing wrong with sucking down Mountain Dew!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cygnus_Zero
I don't farm, and the way I like to play was ruined. I loved playing SS with groups, not to farm, but to get through missions. When the developers start ruining legit ways to play the game is when I hit the road and find something else to play. Glad I heard about this before I ran out and bought Nightfall. SS is the new Meteor Shower. That got nerfed a while ago for similar reason.

Of course, on that note, Meteor Shower is garbage now because everything runs around so much it'll probably land off in the middle of nowhere and hit one enemy once. Mark of Rodgort + Fireball, on the other hand, is awesome now.

Effigy

Effigy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Illinois, US

Heroes of Talia [HoT]

Mo/

Enough ripping on farmers. Some people like to farm and acquire cool-looking items. That fact that you might not agree with them does not invalidate their desire to do this.

Also, the argument that "L0L FOW ARMOR LOOKS G4Y SO GET OVER IT NUBZ ZOMG LOLZ" is ignorant as well as pointless. ANet put FoW armor in this game so people could get it. Period. If people want it, they should have reasonable means of getting it. Solo/duo farming of FoW and UW made it relatively affordable, but still very expensive and sought after. If ecto drops don't increase to match the increased difficulty of getting them, then the price of fissure armor is going to be seriously inflated, which I don't see as being a good thing.

Not to mention those of us who used ectos as a means of income for affording things besides fissure armor...

If they really want to promote team play over solo farming, they should make the quality of drops scale with the number of players/NPCs in your group. There, problem solved.

visitor

visitor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Kronos HQ

W/

for gods sake get over it its really
RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORE ENIGINE GORing stupid
why?
1.the game is not for farming
2.farming is not dead just need to change skills like this 55hp`s take ray or signet of judgement instead of the shield

NeHoMaR

NeHoMaR

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk Klausner
Yes, Thats the end of farming. No More UW, No more Trolls, No more Hydras, no more minotaurs, no undergrowth and nothing alse. Solo farming = Dead.

I wanted to hear you suggestions:

Stay Playing or quit!?

ive been wasting 9 Months of farming and I dont know if I wanna stay or leave. There is no point in playing anymore, just finish the game and done. Waaaahahahaha! So, the only you do in GW is farming? OMFG! Waaaaahahahaaha!

Effigy

Effigy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Illinois, US

Heroes of Talia [HoT]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by visitor
1.the game is not for farming You might want to cite your source on this one, as a large part of the player base does seem to think farming is important.

And if farming is not supposed to be part of the game, then why do the game mechanics encourage or even necessitate it?

Kais Unduli

Kais Unduli

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Room V

People bought their game, and if they choose to spend all their time farming, then so be it. The nerf means it'll take a week or two before the new uber-farming build comes out and everyone copies it, and then a few months before Anet nerfs it. The cycle continues.

visitor

visitor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Kronos HQ

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Effigy
You might want to cite your source on this one, as a large part of the player base does seem to think farming is important.

And if farming is not supposed to be part of the game, then why do the game mechanics encourage or even necessitate it? i meant the game is not made for farming as it is not the meaning of the game to farm

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

yup, a sick, twisted, evil cycle.