Do you Play or Farm?

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StormDragonZ
StormDragonZ
Desert Nomad
#21
Ranger = Play: Tyrian Cartography
Mesmer = Farm: Cryer Farm
Elementalist = Inactive
Warrior = Play: Canthan Guardian
Necromancer = Play: Helping People on NM missions when no one is around to help them out.
Darmikau
Darmikau
Frost Gate Guardian
#22
I tend to play more, though I should probably farm more. My only incentive for playing is that for some reason I always want to get some kind of new armor, which usually requires me going through a certain campaign.

That's not to say I don't farm though, I did nothing but farm during this year's Halloween event. By the time the event ends tonight I'll have over 5,000 Trick or Treat bags.
Joseph Spiritmaster
Joseph Spiritmaster
Frost Gate Guardian
#23
Quote:
Originally Posted by dilan155 View Post
farming isnt playing in the sense of playing. farming involves doing something repetitive for profit, where as playing involves doing something for fun and its not repetitive. of course in order to do either of theses you actually have to PLAY GW so gz on making perhaps the first +1 post on this thread.
didnt i just say that... but /agree anyways
the Puppeteer
the Puppeteer
Jungle Guide
#24
I mostly farm ppl in AB
Picuso
Picuso
Krytan Explorer
#25
Quote:
Originally Posted by dilan155 View Post
farming isnt playing in the sense of playing. farming involves doing something repetitive for profit, where as playing involves doing something for fun and its not repetitive.
Well, while I farm I'm talking with my guildies, so "farming" isn't repetitive for me (unless I get tired of it. But I can get tired of vanquishing or doing coops in HM too).

Of course, if you farm non-stop, it can be too repetitive. But farming isn't repetitive for me...

Strange People FTW
pamelf
pamelf
Forge Runner
#26
I play. I never farm. The closest i've ever gotten is doing my LDOA. I guess that is farming in a sense, but trust me, after this I will NEVER farm again. It is soooooo boring.
Icy The Mage
Icy The Mage
Forge Runner
#27
I farm. It's Fun. It's not Boring or repetitive. Carpal Tunnel FTW! Oh and I monk AB with D-Shot, ended up d-shotting d-shot yesterday, was pretty cool... And yeah... That's my story.
Konig Des Todes
Konig Des Todes
Ooo, pretty flower
#28
Things I do:

1) Talk to friends

2) Work on Titles/M.O.X. quests

3) Talk to random people

4) Run around in Guild Hall aimlessly for hours until someone I know gets on, then I do #1.
dark4190
dark4190
Lion's Arch Merchant
#29
Seriously? not one hardcore farmer replied? Oh-- they must all be too busy farming. I've gotten extremely bored with guildwars for gameplay. I've got a monk with over 20M XP. Also a perma sin. I try all the new farms. I mainly just farm. all I do. I can't remember the last missions I played that I wasn't rushing through it to get to the end, to get a skill, to make a farming build.

Whats more important in GW than money? You can get anyone to help you to do anything, offer them in game gold. I find myself logging on and thinking "What should I do?" well.. "farm, what else?"

no one else finds farming the only thing left to do in the game? those people like me with over 3000hrs of gameplay?
Nessar
Nessar
Krytan Explorer
#30
I have over 5,6k hours in gameplay and still find things to do. Whether its vanquishing or helping out a friend, farming is a last resort for me. I dont need heaps of gold to just sit there and stare at.
Even if I'm not doing anything, I sit around and talk to friends. I usually almost find something to do in gw, that doesnt involve farming :P
Master Ketsu
Master Ketsu
Desert Nomad
#31
I grief. Does that count ?
Rak Orgon of Beowulf
Rak Orgon of Beowulf
Krytan Explorer
#32
Quote:
Originally Posted by Parson Brown View Post
The economy seems pretty stable to me.

1) new item "A" is discovered and highly sought after = $$$$$

2) Players go for this item more than others because it is wanted, so supply catches up with demand. Price drops $$$

3) Players continue to farm item. Supply passes demand = $$

4) Item "B" pops up, Item A price bottoms out, Begin again at #1
/winsthread

as for me i farm and play get sick of one, do the other, if i want a new armour set for some character, i farm the cash. i've never been a trend farmer..(i.e. voltaic spear farm etc.) although i have hopped on the raptor train not for ele swords but for golds, mods, and ToT bags during halloween
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Da Rk Bl Ad E
Krytan Explorer
#33
I don't need money for anything...rarely PvE nowadays anyway
upier
upier
Grotto Attendant
#34
I farm survivors.
I play everything else.

But these days - neither is done often ...
Grenths Ire
Grenths Ire
Academy Page
#35
I do whatever new thing I read about at guru..... then I get bored and read guru...and the cycle repeats.
S
Scarn
Lion's Arch Merchant
#36
I turn on the computer and stare at it for hours on end without moving any part of my body. Does that count as playing or farming?
Cargan
Cargan
Lion's Arch Merchant
#37
I play. I just come on and either start a HM dungeon run or tag along with a guildie to help with whatever they're doing. I may have done everything 100's of times, but it's not so much about what you're doing, more about who you're doing stuff with that makes it fun. I do farm on occassions when there's no-one to do stuff with, but that's maybe 1-2 hours a week at most since I stop whatever farming I'm doing as soon as a guild party is forming.

And yes, even after 6500 hours of playing GW I still find things to do. There's alway stuff to do. Sure, I get bored as hell when I'm doing stuff on my own, and usually log off again, but when there's a good group of people to play with the social aspect shines through.


Cargan
Cale Roughstar
Cale Roughstar
Desert Nomad
#38
I used to farm, not so much anymore. Now I usually PvP (does that count as play?) stand in spamadan or do chest runs (which count as play, since I do them for fun).
Age
Age
Hall Hero
#39
I play to have fun clearing an area with H/H as well as farm.It also avials me to talk to ppl on my friends list.
Vigorator
Vigorator
Frost Gate Guardian
#40
I mainly just log on to talk with people now as i do other things (browsing the interwebs mainly)

Ocasionaly i will farm me up some stuff for the consumable titles that i have left but i never really play at all anymore... just farm me up some money when i am not sitting idle on GW talking