What's "Over-farming"?

Ok so I know this is a dumb question , but I'm asking it anyway after reading the rezzed "Big Disappointment..." thread.

What constitutes "over-farming"? I had no idea there was such a thing. Can too much farming really get you into trouble with A-net?

Over faming is when u farm the same Area so much that Anets anti farming code kicks in which reduces all ur drop rates until u go do other things to let it raise back up again. no this on its own cant get u into trouble with anet, but farming to sell for RL money and using bots to farm for u is.

If u farm one area too much youll trigger anti-farming code that will reduce the drops. Thats all that can happen to you if you farm a lot. If you change farming areas frequently and do some missions from time to time you should be OK.

Ok, thanks Sophitia and lakimailer.

Yes, it can get you in trouble with Anet. If anti-farm ever trigger on you, you'll be on Anet's blacklist, where they'll keep a close watch on you. But no...they won't ban you until you do something that violate the rule.