~~a Call To All Farmers All Farmers Unite Please~~

Vicious Hunger

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

[KMB]KissMyBrass

R/E

ok im trying to put it all togather and figure out whats going on
and how to get around it all to get the most out of farming drops and loot

please add to the thread so we can all reap the harvest we diserve
i incource u to run test and respond as well

List Of Farming Spots

1)Angry Rock Griffs
2)Angry Rock Hydras
3)Drok Trolls
4)portsledge Grawl
5)Fishermans Drakes
6)beetletun Eittins
7)River Side Giants
8)elona reach drakes

The Anti code of farming
we all know of the AOE nerf most good spells have been nerfed
there also some kind of triggers or somthing that prevent good drops
and loot dosnt toatly stop it but it dose narrow it down a lot
i have yet to figure away around all the in and outs but hopefully some of u can help with that
another issue is time ...time is everything it shouldnt take u more then 5-10 max to do a farming run allthough since the patchs and anti code
that can be a lil tricky to pull off at times with out going 2 man
used to be u could drop both sets of griffs in 2 min but we all know that trick dont work no more

some ideals

1) do zones trigger anti code?
2) rotation of farming spots dose it help improve drops and loot?
3) we can farm Ecto,Shards,Ids,greens,gold,runes, the ? that keeps coming up where in the world is best place to farm for gold weapons
or purpple weapons
4) dose how many times u do a run effect things and if so how many times?

please add to this thread ty everyone the responds

Sk8tborderx

Sk8tborderx

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

PA

Us Are Not [leet]

W/

With griffons and minotaurs I get 4k a run everytime, I just solo all the griffons and minos in prophets path (about 8-10 minutes) then the minos at beginning of elona mission (1 minute). I make 3-4k per hydra run. Droks trolls never drop anything good anymore. Port sledge grawl have never dropped anything good for me. All the drakes in kryta have bad drops. I don't worry about the ettin run so I can't comment on that. Why even farm riverside giants? I still get about 2-3k per run from sand drakes. I suggest to farm in different locations all the time to keep the drops good. For griffs/minos I do 3-5 runs of just the griffs/minos in prophets and elona, then for 1 run I also solo hydras. I still havent gotten anything worth while in snake dance either. If I am going for golds then I usually solo Iron Mines mission because most people get the infusion run and thats it. The gold drop rate is highest there from my experience. I have started to do 2 man runs with my warrior in UW, and the solo FoW spider run. Those 2 areas are the best for quick money. If you want a lot of money quick I would suggest the FoW spider run. I solo many places and have found that drops got nerfed pretty much everywhere. I still solo forest minos hoping to get a max damage sickle. I solo the forest minos in the black curtain, then kessex peak, then back out to the black curtain, then into the talmark widerness and get about 4-5k a run (20-30 minutes). Every say I attemp to solo 1 more area/mission in hopes of finding a good run and still havent found a spot im happy with.

Nater

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Illusion Of Skill

W/

High price of Fur Squares during Wintersday, I started farming Losaru in the Dunes of Despair. Losaru Hides & Manes = Fur Squares.

Tyrent Frath

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

[ECTO]

Mo/W

i find doing a quest after some heave sessions of farming helps out with the anti-farm code...might be just me

Vicious Hunger

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

[KMB]KissMyBrass

R/E

i tell u what iv yet to come across is a list of places to farm for dif weapons
that would be nice

we know icy sword =minaral springs, Choas Axe = Fow
Enteral and Storm stuff = UW
and sickle in black forest witch i didnt know that so thenk u for that info

anyone know where to farm for rubys and saphires??

Anarion Silverhand

Anarion Silverhand

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Denmark

None

Rubys and Sapphires can drop anywhere but the most common place is the Fissure of Woe.

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

It's Augury...not Angry...

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Augury**

And as for farming (solo or non), the Underworld comes to mind..

Darkpower Alchemist

Darkpower Alchemist

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

NYC

The Circle Of Nine[NINE]

E/N

Fiery Dragon Swords drop in the desert with the griffons most times.But,the reason the drops have been less than stellar are b/c of the treasure chests. Keep keys for the area you farm. Best stuff you'll usually get now comes out of a chest.

ghostlyranger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

i think the drop rate of Fiery Dragon Swords in all place is nearly the same,

Jiao Yang

Jiao Yang

Lunar Rabbit

Join Date: Dec 2005

i've heard a lot that the more experience u have, the less gold items drop for u in normal parts of the game (eg. not UW or FoW)
dont know if its true but it seems to work that way for me.

fubar121

fubar121

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

9Th layor of hell

The Butchers of Ascalon [BoA]

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkpower Alchemist
Fiery Dragon Swords drop in the desert with the griffons most times.But,the reason the drops have been less than stellar are b/c of the treasure chests. Keep keys for the area you farm. Best stuff you'll usually get now comes out of a chest. FYI the chest drops are getting crappy too. 4 runs last night and only got 3 blues and 1 non max gold sword -10 armor while attacking of pruning or some crappy thing like that.

It really pisses me off that they nerfed farming. I don't sell money or items on ebay. I don't spam "100k any server instant delivery 24/7" ANY money or items I farm stay in game and I ussually spend it at merchants ie droks or just give to friends and guild mates. Its the FN ebay PR*CKS, and the sweat shop farming thats ruining it. I read an article yesterday and anet basically says they are not antifarming for the average joe farmer. While Im average joe and I see the SH*T drops. PS I currently have like 5k in storage and Ill spend that tonight.

Just me 2 cents

Officer Stone

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Grey Legion

W/Mo

I farm griffins outside augruy and it seems I get 2 bad runs and then a good run. I depends on the spawns. If I see 4 or 5 groups of griffins to the south its going to be a good run with a couple gold and a lot of purple. If there are 2-3 groups to the south I will get some blues and maybe some cheap dyes. As for the chests go I only use them If I get a key drop. Ive tried running ettins for the Superiors but the average return is like on minor rune So I dont find it very worthwhile. Im going to stick to my griffons

Darkpower Alchemist

Darkpower Alchemist

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

NYC

The Circle Of Nine[NINE]

E/N

Well,an anti farming stance would be impossible for ANet to take,since it would make it impossible to get the good weapons.The bad thing they have done is made it more difficult to farm for the average joe.They tried to make it hard for the sweat shop farmers,but only wrecked it for the average joe. Just like our real gov't does when giving a tax break. The break works great for the rich and ends up hurting the poor and the struggling.Patience is the average joe's only hope.

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

I don't think I've ever gotten a great drop from a chest. I'll never buy a key again. If I get one as a drop, then yeah, I'll use it of course. I've been Griff farming mostly lately. So far I've been pretty lucky and only had a couple crappy runs (no pun intended).

I don't know how they can nerf the pro farmers without affecting the average joes like us. Is there some mystical code out there that says, "Hey, this guy's a pro. Nerf his drops." I can see if them being able to work out the logic for repetitive runs, but I'll go 2-3 times, or more, in a row if the farming is good.

Come Anet. Don't keep the little guy down!

Knido

Knido

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

in exile

W/

chests have definetly gone down

used to do Witman's Folly shiverpeak chest runs, and in one week i got a gold fellblade, a 15^50 longbow, and a 10% sundering sword hilt. but, those days are gone and i almost always only get purple focii now...

King's Spectre

King's Spectre

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Syracuse, NY, USA

The Amazon Basin (AB)

W/

Yeah.. got three wands in a row in the FoW from chests. That was WRONG!

I've wondered about the >XP = <drops but I don't think it's true. One odd thing is that once in awhile I'll get more purples and golds than I can carry. It wouldn't surprise me if your characters (or account) have a "number of critter x slain" count.

It seems like I see the purple rain more often when I go to a whole new area to explore and bump into critters I've never killed before.

lagrand1

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Zombies of War

W/

If you ever need a shadow staff open chest in FoW. But that is still where I get my best farming done. Everyonce in a while you get a really good item. And the obs. chards are nice too.

Mavrik

Mavrik

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

Alaska

I've been farming the area outside Gates of Kryta... making about 1-2k per run through against those mergoyals. Whats the skills you guys are using for W/Mo against those hydra and griffins? I can withstand the hydras alright and bring balanced stance. I use a sword, any suggestions?

Crazyvietguy

Crazyvietguy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

[Njk]

Rt/

Well just for the record (as if everyone didnt already know) Warriors are the most versatile farmers, hands down. Any class can farm, with the right amount of time and effort. However, the easist cookie cutter builds come directly or indirectly from warriors. If you look, almost anywhere can be farmed. Its just the best places.. well ill keep mine a secret, but basically that list covers most of them. Just for the record, please stop saying they "Stopped good drops" because they didnt, they just lowered the rate at which golds, greens, and rare items drop.

Klmpee

Klmpee

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Florida USA :)

[Anti]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vicious Hunger

anyone know where to farm for rubys and saphires?? inferno imps at begining of sanctum cay mission.

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mavrik
I've been farming the area outside Gates of Kryta... making about 1-2k per run through against those mergoyals. Whats the skills you guys are using for W/Mo against those hydra and griffins? I can withstand the hydras alright and bring balanced stance. I use a sword, any suggestions? Don't bring Balanced Stance, bring Dolyak Signet.

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Knido
chests have definetly gone down

used to do Witman's Folly shiverpeak chest runs, and in one week i got a gold fellblade, a 15^50 longbow, and a 10% sundering sword hilt. but, those days are gone and i almost always only get purple focii now... Called over-farming, go farm elsewhere for a little while to reset the anti-farming code where you chest run.

P.S. - Yes, chests can be affected by the anti-farming code just like farming in one place too long.

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

IMO This is the Tyrian Explorers' League section for eexploration/missions/quests kind of stuff...not farm your head off threads.

Kidney Licker

Kidney Licker

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Europe Server

In the heady pursuit of gold and other shiny trinkets you'll often find us farmers delving into the darkest corners of Tyria. Indiana Jones wasn't just there for the scenery you know

The holy grail is the chest that only drops (superior) vigor runes. Screams into empty air "I'm still waiting for that PM you know!!!!"

Cartoonhero

Cartoonhero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sooner Nation

Mo/

i've found farming griffins, drakes, and minatour in the desert with my earth ele to be gratifying. i might try some of these other places with her as well.

nycxalucard

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

NYC, New York

shadow of lust

W/

i used to farm griffons myself, but after a while they became stale. as for ettins, the ones outside beetleton dont drop nuttin, however the 6-10 that spawn outside the ascalon settlement like to drop gold armors often. within 15 min i unlocked about 7 different superior runes and a couple majors, then they got stale. for soloing, i enjor going to talmark anf farming for dust, charcoal, plant fiber, and the occasion tribal axe wishing for a 6-24 or higher so i can retire a rich man ;D I've also been doing a 3-4 man FoW build with some guildmates that can practically clear the whole place. best run we had so far was within about 30-40 min we got 14 shard drops, 1 saphire, 1 ruby, and a variety of golds with max mods. combined with coin drops and thw high value of the whites there, you can make a pretty penny.

sigh...i miss the good old days when u can go to pre and buy black dye for 10 gold ;_;

Knido

Knido

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

in exile

W/

i hate the nightmares in talmark....

and yesterday i just ran past em to get to where Rotscale is, and i just wanna kill everything there to see if rotscale drops anything good, and mabye to see if that Krytan chest up there will drop a gold tribal or sickle just cause its located in such a cool place o.o

Apple

Apple

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

N/Mo

Farming the gates of kryta mission is immensely profitable. Me and my guildmate have both done it, and having farmed UW, Augury, Elona Reach, Trolls, Riverside etc, that it is the most profitable place in the game in terms of raw materials AND gold items (when they drop them, they drop good ). Anyone who wants to know the exact route, feel free to pm me in game -> The Healing Slag

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

If you continue to farm one single place for a period of time, the loot from the monsters become shitter.

That's why you have to farm elsewhere to remove the "anti-farming" code.

yangster

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Asian Syndicate

Me/E

I farmed trolls near Droknars. I got maxed swords and axes, 2 purple and 2 gold. I did about 5 full runs, depending on avrica spawns. I guess I didn't farm enough to have the code affect me.

ghostlyranger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by yangster
I farmed trolls near Droknars. I got maxed swords and axes, 2 purple and 2 gold. I did about 5 full runs, depending on avrica spawns. I guess I didn't farm enough to have the code affect me. yea, it have good drop for the first few times, after that it will be all troll tusk, and raven staff

Ninjutsu Honor Code

Ninjutsu Honor Code

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Holland

Sidon, Order of Assasins

R/W

Farming gates of kryta is massively for getting cash quick, you can easely get 2 or 3k per run. It doesnt involve doing the entire mission, just follow a specific route (note that u need upgraded bags to carrya all the loot). there is a bug in kryta where u can walk through a wall and you end up coming out at the end of the mission kill all undeaders there and wahoo extra cash and u dont have to go to lion by map travelling since we are all so lazy

Ninjutsu Honor Code

Ninjutsu Honor Code

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Holland

Sidon, Order of Assasins

R/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by ghostlyranger
yea, it have good drop for the first few times, after that it will be all troll tusk, and raven staff There is a collector that gives max +15% when in stance swords for troll tusk i forgot the quantity but ive stepped over to that so i can still get profit from lame drops

Ninjutsu Honor Code

Ninjutsu Honor Code

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Holland

Sidon, Order of Assasins

R/W

Dont forget to farm sand wurms from dunes shells are worth 1k per piece :P

Nater

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Illusion Of Skill

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninjutsu Honor Code
There is a collector that gives max +15% when in stance swords for troll tusk i forgot the quantity but ive stepped over to that so i can still get profit from lame drops Everytime I get a stack of 250 Tusks, I run to the collector North of Rankor, and the one way up in Mineral Springs. Load up on collectors items, spam the trade channel for a few minutes trying to sell them, then hock it all to the merchant.

5 [email protected]/each = 40g.
5 Tusks = 1 Collector Item = 125g

85g more then just hocking them to the merchant to begin with. Worth the running IMO.

So if anyone needs any of these collector items, hit me up. I'll sell em at cost(125g not 40g!), donations welcome


Jeweled Staff Energy +10
Chaos damage: 11-22 9 Illusion Magic
Improves Casting speed using Illusion Magic skills (Chance: 20%)
Improves skill recharge using Illusion Magic skills (Chance: 20%)

Bone Staff Energy +10
Cold damage: 11-22 9 Death Magic
Improves Casting speed using Death Magic skills (Chance: 20%)
Improves skill recharge using Death Magic skills (Chance: 20%)

Water Staff Energy +10
Cold damage: 11-22 9 Water Magic
Improves Casting speed using Water Magic skills (Chance: 20%)
Improves skill recharge using Water Magic skills (Chance: 20%)

Long Sword Slashing damage: 15-22 9 Swordsmanship
Damage +15% (while in a stance)

Inscribed Chakram Energy +12 9 Fast Casting
Improves skill recharge using Fast Casting skills (Chance: 20%)
Improves Casting speed using Fast Casting skills (Chance: 20%)

Deadly Cesta Dark damage: 11-22 9 Blood Magic
Improves skill recharge using Blood Magic skills (Chance: 20%)

Protective Icon Energy +12 9 Protection Prayers
Improves skill recharge using Protection Prayers skills (Chance: 20%)
Improves Casting speed using Protection Prayers skills (Chance: 20%)

Ascalon Bow (Short Bow) Piercing damage: 15-28 9 Marksmanship
Damage +15% (while Health is above 50%)

Credit Guildwiki for all the item info.

Electric Sky

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

so what about good farming spots in Cantha ?

I only own Factions

Griev

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Perfectly Normal Beasts [MEAT]

W/

Thread necro. Check the farming forum for about a million builds for Cantha.

Leighwyn

Leighwyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle

Limbo

Mo/E

Yay, I learned some new lingo. Thanks, Griev

dragondevil

dragondevil

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

NA

These Prophecies

Mo/R

It is indeed unfortunate that nc<limp> has choosen a less honerable and fair approach to tight-fisted business economics.

Now before all the fangurls start jumping up and dissecting the miniscule explicits of what I am about to say - take a second, a deep breath, and look down the road....

It belabors me greatly that in an initial offering and subsequent understanding of the game play, that I invest hours in my enjoyment only to have some dictatorship decide I was too intelligent or garnered too much experience and have a build or method that their mulimillion dollar regime could not ascertain and it gets nerfed.

My utter dissappointment arrives also at the fact that they either want to discourage ppl in some quest/mish/endeavor or have suddenly decided it is too easy and crank up the enemy AI and anti game play to wholley unreasonable and unacceptable levels, such as the stone sumit dnks running around at light speed without even having invoked a charm to do so.

Tombs UW has also gotten ridiculous where masses assemble or dragon volley is increased in both frequency and distance.

We are inticed to certain activities by the nature of the game and they decide in their little bubble they dont like us doing that, but oh! hey! they will brag to the press that their employees get beaten up in bars for not giving out secrets to insistent game playing thugs.

This reminds me so much of the e a gamerless approach to rushing out expansion paks for significant green and never fixing the real problems. Now they make you agree to installing spyware that monitors your activities so that they can sell the info to 3rd parties. I no longer play Battlefield <anything>.

When will nc<limp> fix the freezing problems and disconnects that just seem to be getting worse and worse. They dont care the know ppl will get hooked into thinking they are having a good time and, woo woo, laadeedaa "free servers". Other games have free servers and way more players with far greater levels of grfx action going on and they dont dc or freeze. When will gw be fixed.

There can be a great many things good said about gw original (prophecies) that still holds true for the entire franchise, but do not disillusion yourselves it is all about the ease of management and money. While there are some "new" things in each subsequent addition (factions and nightfall) the really new and exciting is waning fast and could have been delivered in a single expansion over a year ago as thhey try to eek and leverage every last cent they can from you. Couple this to the fact that the things I used to enjoy are quickly getting nerfed or made a whole heck of a lot less fun becasue nc<limp> is too lazy and too cheap to really be imaginative and creative.

I did buy night fall, several versions for myself and children but guarantee I will not be buying anymore as the fun and gameplay is falling very very flat.

You might convicnce yourselves you are having fun especially after having invested so much time and as a habit. Take a step back, get outside get a perspective on how demeaning and devious ncsoft is being.

Good fortunes to you all