Steep Learning Curve for Farming?
PumaKrieg
I've been playing guild wars for 3 years now but i've never farmed. It just seems that there is such a steep learning curve, and just reading on here, it seems so confusing, not to mention i couldn't even afford to buy the equipment to start farming. How did you guys do it; did you start farming easier places, make money and move your way up or what? What would be the best place for me as a farming nooby to farm and still make decent money without a lot of complications; I have a monk, warrior, elementalist and a ranger in PVE.
ashes
I rolled a monk, bought 600 armor (very cheap) and checked pvx + youtube for help/guides - then i found a helpfull smiter and started farming some UW.
And it pretty much evolved from there.
And it pretty much evolved from there.
PumaKrieg
how much are you making now?
ashes
Dont really play much GW anymore - but lets say a month ago - i prolly made 2-3 DoA HM runs a day - which is 200-225k/day
Expherious
How have you been playing for 3 years and never farmed?
glacialphoenix
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How have you been playing for 3 years and never farmed?
I hadn't either - up until SS/LB. I wasn't interested in most of the armour sets that I had to farm for, and I just kept my expenses low so I could afford the armour I did want. I can't 55 for nuts, and I started 600-ing because I was saving up Decayed Orr Emblems for Wintersday trades. ^^;
Gift3d
all this 55/600 farming is garbage. you make chump change at best with that silly stuff.
doa/uw is the most profitable farming but its the people that make that irritating.
doa/uw is the most profitable farming but its the people that make that irritating.
Kiluna
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I didn't find farming really that hard for the first time i did, i think it was the trolls outside of droknar's forge - died few times yes, but it was kinda easy to learn and after that new farming builds weren't that hard to learn (for a monk that is)
Ġ סּ Đ??
personally i started 55 farming for gold drops sold them unid'd for 5k for 7 
made money up untill i went to UW with my smiter (moved on to 600) then i ran cof for awhile moved up to shards (farming on my perma this whole time 
) and now i usually farm people in spamadan ad1 
with the occasional DoA/UW&FoW with friends and guildies
made money up untill i went to UW with my smiter (moved on to 600) then i ran cof for awhile moved up to shards (farming on my perma this whole time ) and now i usually farm people in spamadan ad1 with the occasional DoA/UW&FoW with friends and guildies
riktw
yes standerd solo farming is mindless boring and not so hard most of the times.
if your an beginning farmer, try out places like bergen hot springs or the hydra's outside of augory rock as 55HP or 600HP monk.
dont forget HM
if you can kill those without problems, try FoW or UW farming as 600/smite team.
you can look on pvxwiki.com for builds.
if your an beginning farmer, try out places like bergen hot springs or the hydra's outside of augory rock as 55HP or 600HP monk.
dont forget HM
if you can kill those without problems, try FoW or UW farming as 600/smite team.
you can look on pvxwiki.com for builds.
The forth fly
its very hard to mess up with a 600 cast ur ench if your new spam sprit bond,it only takes 3 runs max to learn UW
i used to love farming griffins i remember the day of the nerf,a dark day in GW history
i used to love farming griffins i remember the day of the nerf,a dark day in GW history
PumaKrieg
okay i have 80k, and a monk or a warrior that could farm now if i want. What specifically should i do with this money to get the most out of it for farming for example.
What should i buy specifically?
What should i buy specifically?
Ġ סּ Đ??
well i would go to www.pvxwiki.com personally just look to the right side where it says "Farming" and click "Great" that will bring you to the easiest and most effective farms with builds armor set ups weapons needed and runes i'd give you the direct like to the 600/smite build but the firewall at the college blocked pvx 
i'd give you the direct like to the 600/smite build but the firewall at the college blocked pvx
PumaKrieg
it only shows 600 smite as a team; i want to solo not run as a team as i have nobody reliable to run with
Zen1331
Next to the Sin, Necro and 330 rit, the Monk is the most classic farmer out there. I've only been playing for a year but i started reading up on the 55 monk. Paid someone to run me from Beacon's Perch to Droknar's forge then from Droks to Granite Citadel and capped the elite Shield of Judgement for the classic 55hp (OwAU0KH/SIG1DkGMlAUkyTfA) Note you'll need the Grim Cesta to be able to get down to 55hp.
Next thing to do is watch the videos out on youtube and just practice practice practice. Once you get the timing down it really becomes easy and very repetitive. I've never really been low on gold since then. I don't always trick out my toons since it's all eye candy and prestige-wear.
But what i do is save weapon mods like fortitude and 20% enchanting and inscribable staffs with +10e +5e so i can craft w/ a 20% enchanting mod and a +5e over 50% health inscription which can be very valuable and useful for Sins in particular for their permaform builds.
Good things to farm are those Avarcia birds for their feathers which are very important for consets, Glittering dust, bones, plant fiber. It's amazing how the common materials can be pretty profitable when you turn them into consets.
Next thing to do is watch the videos out on youtube and just practice practice practice. Once you get the timing down it really becomes easy and very repetitive. I've never really been low on gold since then. I don't always trick out my toons since it's all eye candy and prestige-wear.
But what i do is save weapon mods like fortitude and 20% enchanting and inscribable staffs with +10e +5e so i can craft w/ a 20% enchanting mod and a +5e over 50% health inscription which can be very valuable and useful for Sins in particular for their permaform builds.
Good things to farm are those Avarcia birds for their feathers which are very important for consets, Glittering dust, bones, plant fiber. It's amazing how the common materials can be pretty profitable when you turn them into consets.
Ghost Dog
Thanks to sins farming is now as easy as falling asleep on your skill keys.
Not a joke.
Not a joke.
PumaKrieg
well im trying to buy monk tomes so i can learn the skills; 2 hours no luck :P
okay does anyone have any monk tomes or a good 600 weapon or weapon set for sale?
Plz just pm me: I Krieger I
okay does anyone have any monk tomes or a good 600 weapon or weapon set for sale?
Plz just pm me: I Krieger I
zwei2stein
PumaKrieg
wanted to save myself some money; 600 gold vs 1 plat; im not exactly made of money here....
Anyhow i bought everything but looking at it i have one question. I was told that more health = better; so wouldnt running a +45 health while enchanted be better than the +30 it calls for from that pvxwiki site?
Anyhow i bought everything but looking at it i have one question. I was told that more health = better; so wouldnt running a +45 health while enchanted be better than the +30 it calls for from that pvxwiki site?
FengShuiDove
It seems like you're making the learning curve steeper than it has to be...
For just one day try being a noob who copies a build off of PvX, gets the closest thing he can to the suggested equipment, and try the farm with reckless abandon. 90% of the time, the farm you choose will pay for whatever money you spent on it in the first 2 hours of doing it, even if you don't complete a whole run.
For just one day try being a noob who copies a build off of PvX, gets the closest thing he can to the suggested equipment, and try the farm with reckless abandon. 90% of the time, the farm you choose will pay for whatever money you spent on it in the first 2 hours of doing it, even if you don't complete a whole run.
PumaKrieg
PumaKrieg
okay well ive attempted to run underworld a couple of times now; those nightmares are really messing me up though; but im learning :P
fixed that.. still not getting very far though lol
fixed that.. still not getting very far though lol
AngeliqueSynner
I started with a 55-Necro.
Played with that for a while in a few places.
[Anvil Rock on Minotaurs, Diviner's Ascent on Sand Drakes and Devourers, Boreas Seabed on the Halcyon Job.]
Then found a permaform and played with Rekoff for a while.
I've now moved on to 600/Smiting dungeons and UW with my roomate and Permaform boss runs with my assassin when he's unavailable.
Played with that for a while in a few places.
[Anvil Rock on Minotaurs, Diviner's Ascent on Sand Drakes and Devourers, Boreas Seabed on the Halcyon Job.]
Then found a permaform and played with Rekoff for a while.
I've now moved on to 600/Smiting dungeons and UW with my roomate and Permaform boss runs with my assassin when he's unavailable.
PumaKrieg
so far this isnt exactly profitable; i dont think uw farming is worth it really; i make more money farming zkeys
mrsmiles
practice makes profit, dont give up after only a few tries, try watching youtube videos of UW runs and pay attention to how they deal with the the dying nightmares, try paying to attention to how the mobs patrol the area and where the nightmares usually spawn from.
PumaKrieg
right now i just keep getting interrupted or dazed
mrsmiles
what build are you running for uw?