Richest/Best Place to farm in GuildWars at the min??

Shaolin Mo Fo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

England

Founded By Fate

E/A

24 Dec 2007 at 13:45 - 1

Hi,

Just wanted to know peoples thoughts on wheres hot and wheres not at the moment??

i've been farming the quest 'A Show of Force' quite a lot for an elemental sword, but as of yet i have only been dropped one REQ12 in about 30 times of doing the farm?!

where are people finding good stuff at the min??

and what are the hottest rare items to have/trade etc??

Thanks

Shao

Abonai Laguna

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Isle of the Dead [CoC] GH

Company Of Corpses [CoC]

24 Dec 2007 at 14:12 - 2

hmm, thats about the 100000xxxx thread asking this around here, just look around, ull find something

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

24 Dec 2007 at 16:52 - 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO

35k + an hour.

kobey

GW Retiree

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sg Unknown [KATE]

24 Dec 2007 at 17:20 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by onerabbit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO

35k + an hour. lol
i actually clicked on the link haha
u got me rabbit :P

Esc Roto

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2007

Worst Name [EveR]

Mo/

24 Dec 2007 at 17:43 - 5

good god, i was rickroll'd... again

Bull Dog

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2007

[ion]

Mo/D

24 Dec 2007 at 17:50 - 6

AHHH I got rickroll'd! LOL

Adam144

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

Castleford, England

None

24 Dec 2007 at 17:52 - 7

Ele swords aren't worth much anymore, 60k for a perfect req 9 one is all you'll get really.

sickle of carnage

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

Textual Harassment [kTHX]

24 Dec 2007 at 18:00 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bull Dog

AHHH I got rickroll'd! LOL After all this you'd think I wouldn't click the link...but I did...

max_rulez

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Fallit Imago [Fi]

24 Dec 2007 at 18:56 - 9

Damnit...rickroll'd

Jack The Wretched

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

We Eat At Kfc [PuKe]

24 Dec 2007 at 19:28 - 10

Bahh ... I got rickroll'd

n1 rabbit

Ontopic: just check these forums, and try out spots u find yourself, you'll find one that suits u eventually ...

Blu

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Michigan

Blades of Burning Shadows [GoDT]

24 Dec 2007 at 21:35 - 11

GG Onerabbit.

distilledwill

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

Blighty

The Legion of the Blue Blade

R/Mo

24 Dec 2007 at 23:54 - 12

Imo, probably Destroyer Core farming. I THINK they go for about 350g each, in a team of 8 I got 5 whilst doing the challenge today, think how many people get doing it duo, or even solo.

Someone posted a build for duoing the first wave with any profession using you and a hero. Look it up.

Other than that, eeerrr... not sure.

Lima

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Notts

24 Dec 2007 at 23:57 - 13

Solus Spartan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2007

Australia

[Lawl]

Mo/

25 Dec 2007 at 00:03 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lima

The best places to farm are the ones that other people don't farm. Key is to farm your own area, as the drop rate will be higher due to lack of people farming it. So, get your thinking cap on and decide where you wanna farm that might not be heavily farmed already. So, considering nobody farms whiptail devourers in NM, I should? Wow all my problems are solved! Thanks Lima! [/sarcasm]

Seriously, the best places to farm are what give you the best loot. Simple. E.g DOA, Uw, Fow, Slaver's, Dungeons HM. Considering all the previous rare skins are no longer rare, there are all your options.

Lima

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Notts

25 Dec 2007 at 00:07 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solus Spartan

So, considering nobody farms whiptail devourers in NM, I should? Wow all my problems are solved! Thanks Lima! [/sarcasm]

Seriously, the best places to farm are what give you the best loot. Simple. E.g DOA, Uw, Fow, Slaver's, Dungeons HM. Considering all the previous rare skins are no longer rare, there are all your options. If you took a minute to think about it, then you might realise where i'm coming from... ofcoarse farming whiptail devourers isn't gonna solve your money problems, we all know that. Go on wiki and find out where things drop that you want and then see if you can farm the area they drop, as an example. Just because everyone farms the same areas as each other doesn't mean we all should, break the mould.

MrGuildBoi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

25 Dec 2007 at 07:23 - 16

May I ask what rickroll'd is?

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

Mo/

25 Dec 2007 at 07:46 - 17

When you get linked to the youtube vid...not entirely sure what the origins are...gonna go check urban dictionary

EDITE: "To be tricked, through any method, into clicking a link that takes you to the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up"."

MercenaryKnight

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2006

Wolf of Shadows [WoS]

25 Dec 2007 at 09:09 - 18

Underworld or fissure of woe most likely. You get shards/ ecto (rare drops but still the best you can get). Unless you want to go and hope you get a gold req 9 xxxx rare skin which most likely will never happen.

El Sabio

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

25 Dec 2007 at 14:36 - 19

farm the zaishen chest ^^ spend 30k for 109 keys, be lucky and sell the outcome

got a reaver q9 so far, gave me 75 ectos

Abonai Laguna

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Isle of the Dead [CoC] GH

Company Of Corpses [CoC]

25 Dec 2007 at 19:17 - 20

Rofl, I got Ricknroll'd

kobey

GW Retiree

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sg Unknown [KATE]

25 Dec 2007 at 19:55 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Sabio

farm the zaishen chest ^^ spend 30k for 109 keys, be lucky and sell the outcome

got a reaver q9 so far, gave me 75 ectos ????

i spent 150k on abt 75 keys and i got like loads of consumables and merch golds

Limu Tolkki

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

Hate The [Cape]

25 Dec 2007 at 20:00 - 22

Solo uw/fow, slavers. However i've just noticed that farming is boring, just vq and do hm missions

Sage01

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2007

tf2

[BOSS]

Mo/

26 Dec 2007 at 06:39 - 23

lol, never been rickrolled in guru before

MywayFtw

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

Glob Of Ectospasm [GoE]

Rt/

26 Dec 2007 at 11:15 - 24

Aaargh rickrolled.

On topic - I find group farms to be the most fun, and in some cases, profitable. For instance, dungeons, DoA, FoW, UW, Vanquishing, all work nicely, and you have a chance of some nice loot.

Solo farming is just too boring, tbh.

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

26 Dec 2007 at 16:36 - 25

Dammit, rickrolled!

Seriously, the best place is the one that makes you the most money AND you have fun doing! I make about 10k+ an hour in my spot, and I LOVE it! I will be playing my main, and then think hey! lets go farm for a bit! The best spot is the one that is the most fun!

Baffneu

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

PLAYING RL

26 Dec 2007 at 16:57 - 26

sigh..... rickrolld..

angmar_nite

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

[SNOW] of [YUM]

26 Dec 2007 at 18:07 - 27

Rickrolled.

.........

bog boy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

pxks

R/E

26 Dec 2007 at 19:24 - 28

rolled by rick

Teh [prefession]-zorz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

wisconsin

Spiders Lair Kurz [SpL]

W/A

26 Dec 2007 at 20:36 - 29

rickrolled...again

=DNC=Trucker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

TLA

Me/

26 Dec 2007 at 22:09 - 30

Right now? I'd say hit up the gargoyle skulls

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

26 Dec 2007 at 22:16 - 31

You got me, onerabbit.
Rickrolled...

Qwertyfied

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ireland

DVDF

26 Dec 2007 at 22:55 - 32

To get back on topic, i would have to agree with Trucker on farming the event stuff. Either that or the raptors i guess

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

26 Dec 2007 at 23:03 - 33

Ouch. Rickrolled again.

Zaishan chest wrecked any and all farming. Go buy keys.

Messy

huh?

Join Date: Jun 2005

Follow the rainbow, make a left and voila

Guildless

26 Dec 2007 at 23:04 - 34

rickrolled

yes, I agree that right now, gargoyle skulls might be a nice and easy farm

VaMpIrE|OrD

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

United Kingdom!

Acolytes Of Anguish [aOa]

26 Dec 2007 at 23:57 - 35

Rickrolled

And seriously no matter what anyone says uw is deffinatly in the top end of most money, in 1 hour you can do 4 w/rit runs including merchant and loading times(starting av run is 14 mins mine now is 11-12) thats slowcompared to w/me but no chance of dying once your used to it.

You sepnd 4k on entrance and about 1k on id'ing/salvaging.
Thats 5k spent an hour in 1 run you make 1k no matter what so thats 4 of the 5k paid off, i get anywhere from 1-4 an run and at least every 4 gives 1 ecto if not then somtiumes you do get unlucky just stick at it, last week i did 4 runs i got a 1 ecto a 0 ecto got 4 ecto and a 2 ecto run, thats about 35k profit...

Then use that profit to go buy and sell stuff.

Any questions give me a shout.

EDIT: ectos usually sell between 4.5-5k average is 4.8 so you can make back your whole 1 hour spending in the hour easy imo.

novawhiz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

27 Dec 2007 at 01:44 - 36

If uw and FoW arnt ur style i highly recommend the following.

Choosing an easy place to farm tons of things in HM can be very profitable, too.

An ss Necro zehlun run in hard mode takes 2-3min(lets go with 3 for merchanting/load times/etc)

Thats 20 run an hour. Each run you get anywhere from 100g, to an elite ranger tome, or a nice gold.(I got a req 8 brute sword once :P)

I would say on average you get at least 1-2k each run. Some runs you will get nothing or few drops, while others youll get normal tomes or an elite tome or a nice gold. I find that between merchanting crap and selling tomes i make about 1-2k an hour.(selling time for tomes varies) I usually just stock up on tomes and bulk sale on guru or if i see someone buying in kamadan. I dont waste time spamming **WTS: Ranger Tomes**.

With 1-2k a run on average you make around 20k-40k an hour. But getting more is very possible. Most i ever make was 80k an hour.(Got 6 Elite tomes, and 16, lots of merch crap and 100g drops.)

Whats also pretty important when farming is to set up a schedule(i know it sound cheasy but bear with me)

Lets say you make a commitment to farm 30min each weekday and 1 hour on one weekend day and 1 hour 30min the other weekend day. This should be very doable for many people.

Thats a total of 5hours of farming a week. With something such as the Zehlun farming from above Thats 20k-40k an hour you would be getting about

150k a week. But with a nice gold drop could be way more.
600k a month is not that bad.

The only Counter to this farming style is "Anti-farming code" which most people believe still exsist. So switching farming spot and/or doin missions and quests might have to be done too.

Anyway, this defiantly isnt he best way to make money out there, but it is a good start for beginner farmers.

Lawliet Kira

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

E/Me

27 Dec 2007 at 06:20 - 37

Run a mission that people have trouble with for 6-7k well i have my own mission service

but like moddock cervice ppl get really annoyed with those runners, i go snare and take them out in an instant, so if u keep runnin those mission for a 5-6k commit urself to like, 10 runs a day and 50k a day

Hott Bill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Shards of a Broken Crown

27 Dec 2007 at 06:54 - 38

Godamnit! I got rickroll'd again

Mr.Kotte

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

27 Dec 2007 at 11:59 - 39

rickrolled...
gg onerabbit

nootay

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

27 Dec 2007 at 17:07 - 40

thanks for all the info! im a lvl9 warrio/nec. from what ive read so far on this forum, there arent too many places for a noob to farm. ive been charr hunting a lot and selling the charr carvings for 65g each, but it takes me 4 or 5 hours just to get 20 carvings. any suggestions for a noob?