Been farming lately and I have noticed that after a while, monsters don't drop anything, but sometimes they do...it seems to be very random. I keep hearing all this "run or do a mission or something, it will get rid of the 'anti-farm code'." Now when I heard this I figured it was just a rumour, and it seems to be the "rumour-type," but lately...I don't know. So, does anyone have any proof of this hidden code, or has had similar expierences to mine?
ANTI-FARM CODE: FACT OR FICTION?
Anti-Farm Code: Fact or Fiction?
Dr Imperial
Senrath
Completely true. However, it will tell you when you trigger it. One of those silly blue messages will come up.
Dr Imperial
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Originally Posted by Senrath
Completely true. However, it will tell you when you trigger it. One of those silly blue messages will come up.
really? havent seem to notice any blue messages 
Orinn
You have to have tips enabled for the window to pop up. When it does, it simply informs you that repeatedly killing the first few enemies of a zone decreases your drops. by the time you see the blue window, though, your drops have usually ALREADY gone through the floor.
best bet is to farm an area a few times, then move on to another. My warrior will do Ettins for a hour, then Maguuma centaurs, then hydras, then trolls, then back to ettins. Running missions is supposed to also help reset the anti-farm code, but it's not all that difficult to avoid triggering it to begin with.
best bet is to farm an area a few times, then move on to another. My warrior will do Ettins for a hour, then Maguuma centaurs, then hydras, then trolls, then back to ettins. Running missions is supposed to also help reset the anti-farm code, but it's not all that difficult to avoid triggering it to begin with.
Brandon1107
blue code? how do you enable that?
VitisVinifera
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Originally Posted by Senrath
Completely true. However, it will tell you when you trigger it. One of those silly blue messages will come up.
patently incorrect. it may pop up if you just enter an zone and kill the first few mobs repeatedly, but it won't pop up if you farm ectos for hours on end, or do boss farming
Anti-farm certainly does exist, and has been discussed as a reality by the dev team.
Anti-farm certainly does exist, and has been discussed as a reality by the dev team.
Senrath
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Originally Posted by VitisVinifera
patently incorrect. it may pop up if you just enter an zone and kill the first few mobs repeatedly, but it won't pop up if you farm ectos for hours on end, or do boss farming
Anti-farm certainly does exist, and has been discussed as a reality by the dev team. Well, that is true about the ectos, but all I ever do is green farming, and I definitely get that message occasionally.
Anti-farm certainly does exist, and has been discussed as a reality by the dev team. Well, that is true about the ectos, but all I ever do is green farming, and I definitely get that message occasionally.
Hengis
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Farming
This Wiki page has a screen shot of the warning message about 3/4s of the way down the page.
I triggered this myself on one occasion before I even knew what farming was..(I was killing monsters to gain the last few thousand XP to get to level 20) It scared the living daylights out of me!! LOL
This Wiki page has a screen shot of the warning message about 3/4s of the way down the page.
I triggered this myself on one occasion before I even knew what farming was..(I was killing monsters to gain the last few thousand XP to get to level 20) It scared the living daylights out of me!! LOL
xcutioner
Anti-fun code.
ubermancer
Please for the love of god, stop saying "anti farm code".
Its not a "code". That phrase makes my brain hurt.
Its not a "code". That phrase makes my brain hurt.
lightblade
How about...
Anti-bot mechanism
Anti-bot mechanism
onerabbit
What about Anet Nerfed me 
to get the 'little blue message' put hints on
to get the 'little blue message' put hints on
Red_Dragon56
I love how they explain it though, the monsters are running low on loot. 
TheYellowKid
why is it not a code?????
pug_ster
I ran into this past weekend with the triple drop week when I farmed Ghial. I noticed that ghial have no loot dropped 2 times before I got that message.
Ironically another time when I farmed Milthuran, I got that message but it dropped the staff anyways.
Ironically another time when I farmed Milthuran, I got that message but it dropped the staff anyways.
Str0b0
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Originally Posted by TheYellowKid
why is it not a code?????
It is a code in that it is a part of the programming code, or scripting code on the server. Whoever said it wasn't is misinformed. It is a part of the game code and as such it is an anti farming code. One could argue the semantics of code but I think that the accepted definition here has always been a part of actual programming code or scripting language.
Harakiem
supposidly if you just complete a quest normally the code will drop; I'm not sure, but if you chest run in DoA, than go in to do some actual killing, the whole partys drops are nerfed. It actually makes me really sad, because it's sort of an over nerf. If you do the same area like two or three times (keep dying in the middle) only like 1/1000000 kills drop something (that's an over-exxaderation).
Hermessar
Question is, how do we get the droprate back up?
I heard playing missions will get it back up. However, I just did that and I still get all white items.
Also, when the decrease strikes in FoW or UW (core areas), which mission do you play to get the increase (since all missions are non-core) - or does this not apply?
Any thoughts?
Oh yea, ecto is at 11k now, gg. heh.
I heard playing missions will get it back up. However, I just did that and I still get all white items.
Also, when the decrease strikes in FoW or UW (core areas), which mission do you play to get the increase (since all missions are non-core) - or does this not apply?
Any thoughts?
Oh yea, ecto is at 11k now, gg. heh.
shadowmist
The code thing seems to trigger just if you engage monsters, though I'm not too sure how accurate this is. It was a while back when I was just learning to play vengeful rits farming the wardens. I rushed out, pulled the first 3 groups, then died... After doing this a few times, I got the blue tip note thing, after which I switched to another character. It actually surprised me cause I went out killing more monsters with my monk and didn't get the blue note thing till much later. So based on my experience, the anti-farm thing does exist, and also triggers even with no kills. Nothing is proven about how to get rid of it, or how much farming exactly triggers it, but its accepted that time will make it go away.
manitoba1073
Yes the anti-farm code exists, however Anet calls it Anti-bot code. They are the one and same, even though they are supposed to be 2 completely different things and one isnt supposed to exist. As some of you have noticed that even if you clear the whole area over and over the drops go down.
Now some say that you can clear it by doing 1 easy then a medium then a hard mission in a row. Though i would suggest doing that and 1 other easy mission after the 3 in a row. That seems to work some for me. Maybe different for others.
Now some say that you can clear it by doing 1 easy then a medium then a hard mission in a row. Though i would suggest doing that and 1 other easy mission after the 3 in a row. That seems to work some for me. Maybe different for others.
Mr Bartel
>>Strobo
Who actually cares about it ?
Who actually cares about it ?
drupal
I "believe" in the Anti Farm Code. When I just get blue or purple drops I do some missions and my drops get significant better.
Although I think that they changed something. Rare Crafting Materials aren't anymore affected that much by this Code, imho.
Although I think that they changed something. Rare Crafting Materials aren't anymore affected that much by this Code, imho.
Brandon1107
Can I just run the Northern Wall and go back to farming? Also, my ecto and shar drop rate is like almost nothing now and I have not gotten a message.
Coloneh
if you have gotten the pop-up its going to take a lot of killing in other areas to restore your drop-rate, you should probably find something else to farm.
VitisVinifera
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Originally Posted by drupal
Although I think that they changed something. Rare Crafting Materials aren't anymore affected that much by this Code, imho. i'm sure ectos and shards are, at least as of a week ago.
Morgenstern
Does it work the other way round also? If you quest and mission heaps for weeks on end, and then try a farming run, will your drops be "better"??
E.G. I have just run my Warrior, Monk, and Dervish through NF, without opening a chest, killing the same mobs twice, just did the primary quests, missions and afew of the extras to get heros. Once I have finished doing this with my elementalist, will my loot drops be amazing great?? Heres' hoping
E.G. I have just run my Warrior, Monk, and Dervish through NF, without opening a chest, killing the same mobs twice, just did the primary quests, missions and afew of the extras to get heros. Once I have finished doing this with my elementalist, will my loot drops be amazing great?? Heres' hoping
daraaksii
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Originally Posted by drupal
Although I think that they changed something. Rare Crafting Materials aren't anymore affected that much by this Code, imho.
I think the same. On my 20th+ run with my Ele I still getting ectos every or 2nd rounds.
Destro Maniak
I dont know but I think ecto drops get worser cause I start getting ectos whilte ir was 1 in 2 runs now like 1 in 3-4 runs I wait few hours by farming other creatures then do again. And generally this AoE damage running creatures is anti-farm code even its not only for farmers as it made the farms take longer and ecto prices go up. Its 11-10k at trader now its selling-1,5 or -2k from trader
Vapor_Fighter
If you keep going in and out of the portals and killing the same thing a message will come up and tell you that it decreases the drop rate or wahtever ive had it happen to me once
drupal
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Originally Posted by Morgenstern
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Originally Posted by Morgenstern
E.G. I have just run my Warrior, Monk, and Dervish through NF, without opening a chest, killing the same mobs twice, just did the primary quests, missions and afew of the extras to get heros. Once I have finished doing this with my elementalist, will my loot drops be amazing great?? Heres' hoping
If you do 1000missions you won't get a req4 500-800 Elemental sword from a kournan. Oh man, nice sarcastic way of talking.
vampireX
so does logging off reset the code cause for each of my professions, i have a certain thing i farm with them? for example, if i farm with my warrior, and then log off and farm something different with my ele, and then go back to my warrior, will it be reset?
hawtzy
I would also like to know more about this since ive been farming multiple bosses all day, and it seems that if i farm anywhere in kourna, the drops go down for all bosses in kourna (same with vabbi)
Am i just unlucky or is the antifarm code playing with my drops? |
