3x Green Drop Weekend...

JetX

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

i got 1 green..

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

I didn't hit the anti-farm code. I beat it down with a stick... and now the monsters adjacent to the bosses aren't dropping anything whatsoever

natuxatu

natuxatu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

Wisconsin

Rt/Mo

I got the flag that says you will get less lot blah blah.. but i kept going and continued to get greens so all is well.

Feminist Terrorist

Feminist Terrorist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Oh Noes! The 'burbs!

Some bosses are simply reluctant to drop their green. I farmed Chidehkir for well over an hour, and lost count of the runs. Got two Chor's Axes out of it, and then, finally, Chidehkir dropped its wand, so I was on my way to the next boss on the list. Persistence pays off.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

I spent...1..maybe 1 1/2 hours yesterday on greens.

Got 6 of them. 3 Mindclouders, Vah's Hornbow, Zel's Longbow and Darksong

arcady

arcady

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

San Francisco native

Mo/P

Let's say that normally 1% of the players find a green every day...
(not sure on actual figure, just chose 1 for real easy math).

3x only would mean that now, 3% will find a green every day.

That still means 97% won't find anything.

Whatever the actual percentage, we know it is low. 3x that number is still going to leave most of us out. Don't expect results you can even notice on a figure that low.

LONGA

LONGA

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Thailand

Agot

N/

Well going through 6 man farm at arkjok ward and marga coast. Saw 6 green out of 14 bosses. But looks like my luck already gone with chest drop so no green for me today. some req 9 max item with nice mod . Made a few 10 platinums.Incuding superior vigor.
Ps. I got a massage "You have been playing for 6 hours please take a break" may be they can covince me to break at 3 if they say you wont get any green today

FalconDance

FalconDance

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

...deep within the sylvan splendor...

Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]

Just went out with three other people and we got a huge nothing green .. the drops were even more common than normal.

Phoenix Arrows

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

With many other ugly people

We Are All Pretty [ugly]

R/

6 Bubahl's Grasps, 1 Tundoss' Shortbow.

Spike

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

In front of my PC

Kai

E/Mo

60 bosses no greens 3x green weekend MY ASS

Sai of Winter

Sai of Winter

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

[ale]

Mo/

I'm having some good luck during this event and I've been getting greens on every first or second run with two henchmen/two heroes @_@ Originally, I was farming them to get greens for Paragon now I'm just doing it for fun. Maybe give something for my heroes.

So far it's:
Luluh's Spear
Shagu's Anthem
Wandalz's Refuge
Tureksin's Spear
(for my Paragon)
Chidehkir's Deliverance (Dunkoro)
Chiossen's Wind (Tahlkora)
Chor's Axe (Koss)
Lunto's Pincers (Zenmai)
Terob's Wand (Olias)
Shak-Jarin's Sword (Koss on another char)
Grabthar's Hammer (for my Warrior)
Riseh's Wand (didn't mean to get this one intentionally)

Never had this happen before at the last 3x Green drop event, nothing dropped >_>

raven214

raven214

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/

50 runs on Dabineh Deathbringer and counting. Best result so far: a few blue non-max scythes and spears.

/sigh

Acehigh

Acehigh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Steel Phoenix[StP]/Terror Of The Justice Salmon[FisH]

Well,unless there is a decent skin 30 -2 stance or -5(20%) req str for war,then i got the only green i care for during this event

VitisVinifera

VitisVinifera

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Northern California

HoTR

N/Me

it's kinda funny seeing people post that their 50 consecutive runs did not net a green. did you know 50 consecutive runs = you had anti farm kick in 30-40 runs ago?

raven214

raven214

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by VitisVinifera
it's kinda funny seeing people post that their 50 consecutive runs did not net a green. did you know 50 consecutive runs = you had anti farm kick in 30-40 runs ago?
Well, what else are you supposed to do when there's only one green you want? The anti-farm message never displayed, and I finally got mine just now after about 70 runs... was still getting other stuff along the way too (few purples, couple golds, and 2 dyes, etc.).

I can finally relax. lol

garethporlest18

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

I got umm about 9 greens today and two black dyes.

Whiplashr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by generik
No, you post something meaningful to start with, we have tons of similar threads already.

Even with 0.1 drop probability (unlikely), you killed 7 bosses with no drops. 0.47 chance of that happening.

Zomg!

Hysteria!
Get over yourself, immediately.

Hiero

Hiero

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

17 greens so far and only 1 sword to go

drop rate is insanely high

havent had to farm anything more than 4 times

glountz

glountz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/Mo

No green on duo farming. Killed 19 times bosses. (Marga coast/Arjok ward).
But an unsuspecting rain of goldies (8 golds on all the runs). Whatever...

Zehnchu

Zehnchu

Popcorn Fetish

Join Date: Dec 2005

[GODS]

Mo/Me

Funny thing is I had more green drops before this weekend event, which I haven’t had any drop so far.

Dreikki

Dreikki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Kemi, Finland.

Pirates of the Searing [YoHo]

Mo/

I've already got:

The Mindclouder (Solo, 1nd run)
The Nightbringer (Solo, 9th run)
Shagu's Anthem (Solo, second run)
Custo's Hornbow (With guild, 1st run)
Chaklin's Axe (With guild, 1st run)

Cow Tale

Cow Tale

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ocean Shores, Washington

Last Sun Rise

W/Mo

ive gotten so many greens i lost count. solo ftw. im really diggin all the xp im gettin soloing too! free skill points!

CyberNigma

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

San Antonio, TX

W/R

Anti-farm code kicking in for people trying to get a green item on Triple Green Drop weekend reeks of either a bug or really really piss poor planning on the part of ANet. What's the purpose of a farm weekend for green items when you know that many of the people farming it (the ones that aren't the hardcore farmers that know the tricks) are going to trigger anti-farm code. piss poor. More casualties in ArenaNet's mis-guided Crusade against the big bad Emmanu... err professional farmers/bots...

Nickhimself

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Your face

True Gods Of War [True]

W/Mo

Best weekend ever (have to work all day tomorrow...i'll miss the rest of the event.)

Filled up almost 2 characters with greens. Got all of the items I wanted + some to give to guildies and friends.

But, I definitely had no life for the past two days...so I don't know which is better.

Wait...yes I do. Greens.

Gen Saver

Gen Saver

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Belgium

Banished Dragons (BaD)

E/

this is what i got so far this weekend:

Eshau's Spear
Enadiz's Defender
Luluh's Spear
Oathbound Spear
Pehnsed's Voice

had these before the weekend started:

The Stormbringer (Istan)
Lunto's Pincers
Hassin's Shell (Istan)
Bahba's Talon (Istan)

Dagnarus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

Malta

nothing yet :/

Timestop

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/R

It was good timing to learn some soloing...

Friday: 2 or 3 green ones
Saturday: 14 green
Today at Sunday I have got 5 so far.

I got to have a lucky spell on me

fotovince

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Think We Need A Serious [Nerf]

W/

I didn't play yet. But this evening i can play

Menzoberranzan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Australia

Celestial Order

Ultimate weekend for me Too many greens to count, awesome way to earn cash lol

Hyper Cutter

Hyper Cutter

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Knights of the White Eye [HINA]

If only Kurenai wasn't trapped on the wrong side of Consulate Docks...

Irugu's not good for farming, dammit >_<

SirJackassIII

SirJackassIII

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Belgium

none

N/E

Got:
Uhiwi's Short Bow
Saushali's Recurve Bow
Bolten's Recurve Bow
Deatheater Longbow
Haijkor's Flame
Wandalz Refuge
Mindclouder

and some others

DvM

DvM

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Survivor Squad[SS]

soloed about 50 bosses so far...no greens yet...love my luck

Shadowfox1125

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

W/

Just Vah's Hornbow and a Darksong...
Shagu will NOT drop his shield for me.. I've done the run at least 15+ times so far.

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

Luluh just will not let go of his spear for me. Chaklin, on the other hand, seems to pee his pants and drop that axe every other time I go out there.

I haven't progressed far enough to get much else.

FalconDance

FalconDance

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

...deep within the sylvan splendor...

Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]

Went out yesterday (two different characters) with parties of four and five. NO green drop of any sort for anybody regardless of the speed of the kill.

And I wish to give kudos to a couple people (without naming them, of course). We started out as a party of five; ranger (me), a (GOOD) paragon, a warrior, a MM and a monk. The MM wanted to farm a staff in Arkjok Ward so we headed out. I should probably say here that the monk was one whom I'd partied with in mission during the previous week. But I couldn't remember why exactly that name set off all sorts of sirens.

Well, we started on our jaunt except no one (especially the MM, apparently) knew where the boss was she needed. After the MM died, she mapped out. A few minutes later, the monk did also. Then I rememberred why the monk's name set off bells -- she'd mapped out in mission on the party (the past week), as well, for NO reason. (No, it wasn't a disconnect)

At any rate, the warrior (please learn how to aggro without it being three groups at a time!) and the paragon and I roamed and died and roamed some more. But, alas, NO GREENS.

cynnn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

I got..
9darksong spear. sold at 15k each.
6 deathbringer. sold at 15k each.
2 chaklin axe. sold at 10k each.
2 churrta maul. sold at 5k each. (1 dropped while i was capping devas hammer)
3 wahli blade. sold at 15k each.
1 bubahl's grasp. sold at 8k.
1 lunto's pincer. sold at 2k.

I sold them very cheaply becuz i didnt wanna waste time spamming over and over again especially when there's like 5 players selling the same green.. but because of this, i got alot of shit from other sellers.. but whatever. I didnt work very hard for them, spent minimal time since they dropped like 4 out of 5 runs.. or 2 out of 3

Solo farm ftw.

CyberNigma

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

San Antonio, TX

W/R

I finally found a solo build as well and have been getting a good chunk of greens. The drop system definitely does not favor the casual player at all. Everything they do to limit drops (farm code, etc) really just hurts the guy that goes in a larger group of people/heroes/henchies, whereas those of us that can solo make out a bit better. I admit I'm no pro as I'm not that great at solo'ing, but it is still paying off. The first two days of going with groups/henchies/heroes (fri/sat) netted me 1 green from Elona.. this last day of going solo has netted me quite a grab bag of greens so far.

LONGA

LONGA

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Thailand

Agot

N/

2nd Days pasted and No greens for me yet . Only things i got from green weekend is how to set up monk skill too keep peoeple alive from Acolyte of Balthazzar ^-^

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

Just like the farcical dye weekend, where I didn't get a single dye drop, I haven't had a single green weapon drop this weekend at all. Before you ask, yes I was soloing so that's not the reason.

Jongo River

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

I've done well on previous weekends, but this one was just awful - maybe I farmed too much for dyes & halloween goodies!

All I got was 1 "Vanahk's Staff" and that was after I gave up trying and just focused on proceeding through the game. Kinda funny the way the enemy I killed before the boss dropped a green dye though - sort of an omen.

Killed loads of bosses who didn't drop *anything*. Had a few odd occassions where one of their group would drop a purple or even gold, afterwards, which seems to go against the farm code idea.

Couldn't solo, but why should I? Isn't that the sort of thing Anet should be discouraging?