Steady Income Farming?

crystalklear64

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Dynasty Warrior

W/Me

Hey all.

Starting GW back up again and am looking to steadily albeit slowly work my way up to the legendary obsidian armor.

I have all the campaigns and the majority of skills/gear for the core classes, and many skills for the assassin.

So, where would be a good place to farm that provides a steady income by selling the drops to merchants, or the occasional unid gold drops to a player?

I've made over 100k already just doing CoF runs with a hero for other players, but I'm looking for something that I can just mindlessly run in 5 mins or so when I get a chance instead of having a time commitment to others.

Please, let me know, and if possible provide a link to a guide or explain in moderate detail the build and where I have to go etc.

I've checked the forums already and have seen things where someone just says, go farm Bergen, which is not too helpful if you don't know what that entails.

Anyway, thanks for looking!

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/R

A/E ecto farming.... use the search function to find this

Oh and it takes 15 minutes to 20 minutes so I think you might be able to pull it off

crystalklear64

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Dynasty Warrior

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dante the Warlord
A/E ecto farming.... use the search function to find this But this would be one of those farming things that depend on a fair amount of chance for you to make money.

I have farmed the UW many times in the past only to turn up empty handed and 1000 gold out of my pockets.

Relying on ecto dropping is not what I would consider a steady income, but ty.
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Perhaps I should provide an example of what I am looking for?

Back when GW was pretty new, I used to enjoy going to the Crystal Desert and cyclone axe-ing griffons for their wings, decent pure gold drops, and they also seemed to drop gold and purple items with regularity. To top it off, this could be done in about 5 minutes.

Little brain power needed combined with decent profit even when the golds and purples didn't drop made it an ideal spot, for me and for many others I would assume.

So, is there anywhere like that that exists in the game still today?

Rhamia Darigaz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

i'm pretty sure any form of farming for drops will rely heavily on chance...
if you want a steady income that isn't based on chance drops you can perform services for people (running things). if you don't have time for CoF wait until you do or run something shorter.

theonetheonlybruce

theonetheonlybruce

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

Fuzzies Anonymous [Fuzy]

Mo/

not really loot scaling has more or less killed what you are talking about best bet is bergen hot spring on a 55 monk in hm u can regularly get around 1.5k and a few gold a run basically u head out of the out post and go left and repeat

Voodoo Rage

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

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Raptor Farming outside Rata Sum.

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/R

Agreeing with Rhamia, CoF is probably the best way to make money if you want consistency. You can make 13.5k+drops and gold in an hour.

I would still suggest UW solo runs with the sin, thought you can get a very small or very large amount, in the end, it generally levels off and you get an average amount. Yes, there is luck in it, but all farming requires some degree of luck. Generrally you should walk away with 1 ecto and you shouldn't be paying 1k for the entrance fees because scrolls are 200g less (a small gain, but still thats a 20% discount).

If not then try worm farming or farming for alcohol with stoneroy kilrin

I strongly suggest glacial farming with the vetirs. It doesn't pay much, but its easy, find the thread its there somewhere in the farming thread. D-core farming was great, but that was nerfed .

farmerfez

farmerfez

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

You should know

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Voodoo Rage
Raptor Farming outside Rata Sum. truth

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-Lotus-

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2008

Running Hfff with lechers nets you 350g a minute. thats 21k an hour. plus the faction, woo woo

crystalklear64

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Dynasty Warrior

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by -Lotus-
Running Hfff with lechers nets you 350g a minute. thats 21k an hour. plus the faction, woo woo Now this sounds promising.

I shall have to look up HFFF.

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

W/P

Quote:
Originally Posted by crystalklear64
Now this sounds promising.

I shall have to look up HFFF. It's mindless too. If that's what you're looking for. Good steady income if you don't mind the repetitiveness.

TheodenKing

TheodenKing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

DoA

Dark Order of Retarded Knights (doRk)

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by -Lotus-
Running Hfff with lechers nets you 350g a minute. thats 21k an hour. plus the faction, woo woo You kurziks suck. Some day they will nerf your hfff, or give the luxons something similar.

Anywho... another couple farms you might consider use a perma-sin build:

1) to kill vermin and the vermin boss (NM and HM both work), or
2) to kill the feathered friends inside the Nahpui Quarter mission. (I recommend NM for this one since the object of the farm is anywhere from 100-300 feathers, which drop as much in NM as they do in HM).

Trader of Secrets

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Id say ecto farming, or run dungeons with a 600 monk and smiter hero.

Xiaxhou of Trinity

Xiaxhou of Trinity

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

CA

Scythes of Chaos [SoC], [PNOY] alliance guild forums: http://socguild.cjb.net

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zkeys have been a steady source of income for me

AB or trap zaishen elite for quick faction. ~5k per key

otherwise, i do the bergen 55 HM run or the stone elemental run outside of Ascalon.

loot scaling has owned farming though, the only thing worth farming now is items and merching loot usually nets crap.

i've gained ~100k from zkeys in about a week, and my play time is probably less than 12 hours a week nowadays.

Damian979

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheodenKing
You kurziks suck. Some day they will nerf your hfff, or give the luxons something similar.

Anywho... another couple farms you might consider use a perma-sin build:

1) to kill vermin and the vermin boss (NM and HM both work), or
2) to kill the feathered friends inside the Nahpui Quarter mission. (I recommend NM for this one since the object of the farm is anywhere from 100-300 feathers, which drop as much in NM as they do in HM).
Luxons do have one, out side Jade Flats. It just takes about 30 sec longer to do and requires a little more of a challenge in managing heroes.

Mr.Kotte

Mr.Kotte

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

If you want a stable income, just HFFF. Look it up on pvx if you dont know what/how

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

What really is the definition of steady income farmer and what build other than an A/E consist of them lets take the core clesses for starters?

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

I am terrible at farming and thus will ask a question that probably seems obvious.

Given the last update, can the sin still burning speed UW farm, or is only sliver that works now?

Trying to make the time I spend in gw these days worth it, and I'd prefer to not have to get my assasin EBSoH and Aura of superiority.

Squishy ftw

Squishy ftw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Your backline

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow Bunny
I am terrible at farming and thus will ask a question that probably seems obvious.

Given the last update, can the sin still burning speed UW farm, or is only sliver that works now?

Trying to make the time I spend in gw these days worth it, and I'd prefer to not have to get my assasin EBSoH and Aura of superiority. Still works. You'll have to put the mindblades next to eachother tho since they now attack ranged.
Oh, and the run will probably take twice as long.

CE Devilman

CE Devilman

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

hell

Do U Trust Anet

N/Mo

Treasure
Xunlai Tournament House

made a nice 150k from last treasure resets (sold the crap gold 7unid/5k)
and 36 z-keys (2 acc)

..............300k/30days................

MercenaryKnight

MercenaryKnight

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2006

Wolf of Shadows [WoS]

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Sadly, I should sell my zkeys since I do have 2 accounts. But I don't know, I use them anyways even though I could sure use the 100k+ I would get from them. I don't really need much money for what I want.

HFFF will add a lot of money over time. As well as get your account closer to 1 maxed title. I have to do 20 10k faction runs to get my assassin to legendary survivor which will net me about 60k just from myself as well as 400k towards my title.