why?
and how do you get to Hard Mode?
Why is raptor farming so popular?
Welthas
Mr.Kotte
Its 30 free kills every 60 seconds. Every 95 second if you want to kill boss aswell, it has given my ele atleast 30 mil xp.
Hard mode: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hard_mode
Hard mode: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hard_mode
Welthas
Well I have a Perma A/E silver sin
Huiboo
Its so popular becouse of the high amount of foes that u can kill per minute.
Since there are no more expensive items that can be dropped by monsters (excepted UW and FoW) it doesnt matter what monsters u kill but only how many u kill.
The high amount of kills per minute makes this farm exspecially good for event farming + its one of the best ways to get asura rep pionts.
The original reason why this farm became so popular was that raptors could drop elemental swords which used to be really expensive.
Now that elemental swords are worthless many ppl prefer the veattir farm since the kills per minute ratio there is even higher.
Since there are no more expensive items that can be dropped by monsters (excepted UW and FoW) it doesnt matter what monsters u kill but only how many u kill.
The high amount of kills per minute makes this farm exspecially good for event farming + its one of the best ways to get asura rep pionts.
The original reason why this farm became so popular was that raptors could drop elemental swords which used to be really expensive.
Now that elemental swords are worthless many ppl prefer the veattir farm since the kills per minute ratio there is even higher.
theonetheonlybruce
simple
step 1)Get build
step 2)kill raptors
step 3)?????
step 4)~~profit~~
step 1)Get build
step 2)kill raptors
step 3)?????
step 4)~~profit~~
pistolsforever
No. Don't listen to them!
The profit is generally small! You make your money out of unid golds and vendor junk. Assassin tomes are almost worthless now, ie time taken to sell them doesnt justify selling them in the first place.
The real reason its so popular is because its easy. Anyone with half a brain can do it. Its also safe and, of course, one of the best ways of getting asura points, which are quite difficult to get compared with, for example, dwarven points.
The profit is generally small! You make your money out of unid golds and vendor junk. Assassin tomes are almost worthless now, ie time taken to sell them doesnt justify selling them in the first place.
The real reason its so popular is because its easy. Anyone with half a brain can do it. Its also safe and, of course, one of the best ways of getting asura points, which are quite difficult to get compared with, for example, dwarven points.
Nodakim
Hell Yeah!30k per hour is very small!
Because thats how much i earn....i get a lot of black and white dye,unids(600 g each),lockpicks and curently ToT
It is easy and good for asura farming too...
Because thats how much i earn....i get a lot of black and white dye,unids(600 g each),lockpicks and curently ToT
It is easy and good for asura farming too...
Shayne Hawke
It's probably the easiest way to farm holiday items and Asuran points. Past that, it's not that big a deal.
miskav
go out, kill lotsa monsters, get xp + Points + items + event items in a minute orso.
That's why.
That's why.
Fay Vert
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Originally Posted by Mr.Kotte
Its 30 free kills every 60 seconds. Every 95 second if you want to kill boss aswell, it has given my ele atleast 30 mil xp.
Hard mode: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hard_mode
Add 30 seconds to those times.
First rule of farming, people always quote overly optimistic times and rewards.
Hard mode: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hard_mode
Add 30 seconds to those times.
First rule of farming, people always quote overly optimistic times and rewards.
Scarn
Welthas
I was wondering if there is a area that is very good on gold drop and can be solo'd.
Fay Vert
cellardweller
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Originally Posted by Fay Vert
Add 30 seconds to those times.
First rule of farming, people always quote overly optimistic times and rewards. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=N1UepY2EP9A 60 second run on a w/rt which is much slower than the ele and asn versions.
First rule of farming, people always quote overly optimistic times and rewards. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=N1UepY2EP9A 60 second run on a w/rt which is much slower than the ele and asn versions.
MiraBlackhand
That is also not a full run, no raptor boss (meaning hes missing like 16 raptors), no stopping for rep bonus, and not looking and respawning for another run.
1:30-2:00.
Personally I could run it a whole lot faster if I didn't have to line up the raptors perfectly so that the raptor boss went down first (or it can become a true pain to keep your life up with his special).
Also, the most efficient way to farm holiday items at the moment is the vaettir shadow bomber setup, I got runs down to right over 2 minutes including zoning for all 60 vaettirs in hard mode. Approximately a stack of ToT bags an hour and a full inventory of golds (that being just the golds I didn't ID and salvage, I tend to ID and salvage non-perfect golds over r9) not to mention a whole lot of blues / purples / white salvage items (generally leaving with at least 1 stack of all the common materials (dust, iron, wood) and nearly 2 stacks if you get a lot of crap). This making the run worth about 80-90k/hr (45k stack of bags, 5-10k materials, and roughly 20-30k in unid / r9s) provided you have a decent time there.
1:30-2:00.
Personally I could run it a whole lot faster if I didn't have to line up the raptors perfectly so that the raptor boss went down first (or it can become a true pain to keep your life up with his special).
Also, the most efficient way to farm holiday items at the moment is the vaettir shadow bomber setup, I got runs down to right over 2 minutes including zoning for all 60 vaettirs in hard mode. Approximately a stack of ToT bags an hour and a full inventory of golds (that being just the golds I didn't ID and salvage, I tend to ID and salvage non-perfect golds over r9) not to mention a whole lot of blues / purples / white salvage items (generally leaving with at least 1 stack of all the common materials (dust, iron, wood) and nearly 2 stacks if you get a lot of crap). This making the run worth about 80-90k/hr (45k stack of bags, 5-10k materials, and roughly 20-30k in unid / r9s) provided you have a decent time there.
impulsion
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Originally Posted by cellardweller
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=N1UepY2EP9A 60 second run on a w/rt which is much slower than the ele and asn versions.
1. Doesn't start from the beginning.
2. Ends before the end.
3. Not 30 raptors.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=yTv8H6J4PHQ
Realistically you are looking at 1:45 or so per run minimum.
2. Ends before the end.
3. Not 30 raptors.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=yTv8H6J4PHQ
Realistically you are looking at 1:45 or so per run minimum.
cellardweller
umm thats kind of my point. W/Rt doing the run in 60 secs means that an ele will be doing it in ~45secs. Add in 7secs each way for load screens and you've got your 60 second raptor run.
Mr.Kotte
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Originally Posted by Fay Vert
First rule of farming, people always quote overly optimistic times and rewards.
I kill everything in the cave BUT the boss, making the build optimal for non-loot-scaled items only.
O hai scarn
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I know the timings. Mostly the problem the time it takes to get there. 60 seconds for 30 is not realistic.
Its good that you know the timings, then you should have no problem creating a build which kills all the raptors within 50 seconds. Right?
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Originally Posted by Fay Vert
And you don't have to be good, its raptors, anyone can do it
See answer above.
Fay Vert
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The other thing that pisses me off is this whole "I'm not showing yo my build" farce. I mean really, 3 1/2 years into a largely dead game and people are still saying that!!! FFS how sad is that? Probably has "Secret farming spots" too.
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