Hench parking in HM

fog_of_redoubt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

15 May 2007 at 01:02 - 1

So it seems to me that this has been nerfed also.

I have been running the Zelnehlun farm run in HM. I decided to bring and park Henchies... I let the henchies clear the mobs right outside, including Terobs mob, Then I park Henchies out of range and solo Terob.

Now here is what seems broke/nerfed, the spider mob has 16 spiders. Henchies parked a mile away (greyed out), I am getting about 1 drop of gold coins and one or two whites. Since I have a full party no loot scaling right? I should get all the henchies drops, at least it used to work that way.

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

15 May 2007 at 01:17 - 2

just run past them? ..

heres a vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N560NCIsaS8

fog_of_redoubt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

15 May 2007 at 01:49 - 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by onerabbit

just run past them? ..

heres a vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N560NCIsaS8 Wow, I hope my post wasn't that unclear.

I have been soloing the run in HM by running past them just fine. Not the issue.

I brought henchies to park them out of range and get thier drops. Zelnehlun and his mob used to drop a big pile of stuff before loot scaling. I thought I would get the drops back by bringing the hench men and then parking them so they were too far to get thier drops. This USED to work. Now it seems loot scaling kicks in also for out of range henchies.

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

15 May 2007 at 01:58 - 4

loot scaling affects if your solo or not ..

if your 1/8 you will only get 1/8 of the drops now

same as if ur 8/8 .. u get 1/8 of the drops.

also if ur farming there alot .. farming code? .. anet say thy got rid of it .. but it doesnt seem that way to me.

fog_of_redoubt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

15 May 2007 at 02:14 - 5

Originally Posted by onerabbit

loot scaling affects if your solo or not ..

if your 1/8 you will only get 1/8 of the drops now

same as if ur 8/8 .. u get 1/8 of the drops.

But in the pre-lootscaling, pre-HM days... henchies could be parked and you would get thier drops. I was hoping that bringing henchies triggered 8/8 drops, and I would get them all because henchies were out of range. I think the 1/8, 2/8, 3/8...8/8 is determined by what allies are in the radar, and not by party size.

Quote:

Originally Posted by onerabbit

also if ur farming there alot .. farming code? .. anet say thy got rid of it .. but it doesnt seem that way to me. I agree 100% there is no way in hell that the farm code is gone in HM

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

15 May 2007 at 02:41 - 6

i see wot u mean, the hench thing was fixed straight away o.0

cellardweller

Likes naked dance offs

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Older Gamers [TOG]

15 May 2007 at 03:02 - 7

The loot scaling works on the number of characters in the "active zone". You are the only one near the bad guys so it considers you a party of one and drops accordingly, the real kicker is that you still have to share your money drops with them. You're better off leaving the henchies in the outpost.

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

15 May 2007 at 09:49 - 8

The only good reason to bring the herohench with you is to help clear the way safely to precisely whatever you want to farm.

shadowdeath

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

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17 May 2007 at 00:16 - 9

lol, heroes and hench dont effect loot scaling, they DO NOT count as "players" and therefore you can kill everything with heroes/henches right next to you and you would still get same drops, flagging is pointless, and also, ALL GOLDS DROP FOR A PLAYER hench and heroes are completely ignored when a GOLD, <rare> item drops

deluxe

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Monkeyball Z

S.K.A.T. [Ban]

Mo/

17 May 2007 at 01:10 - 10

Originally Posted by shadowdeath

lol, heroes and hench dont effect loot scaling, they DO NOT count as "players" and therefore you can kill everything with heroes/henches right next to you and you would still get same drops, flagging is pointless, and also, ALL GOLDS DROP FOR A PLAYER hench and heroes are completely ignored when a GOLD, <rare> item drops Where does this info come from? That's the first time I hear that, as to my knowledge golds also get assigned to hero/hench. Why do you think people solo?

Gaia_Hunter

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

17 May 2007 at 01:43 - 11

The reason to bring henches is to clear the way so then u can solo farm the boss for the green and always get the green if the boss drops it, as green, gold items and rare materials arent affected by loot scalling.