Any ideas what's happening in Bergen's?

Zeff Nut

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

Canada

Guild Of The Blue Goblin

W/N

Hi, I just got to wondering something and am wondering if anyone else has some ideas. Tonight I was in Bergen's for about 10 mins and there was literally a steady stream of monks spawning and zoning, was just like an ant trail... all solo. I'm wondering 2 things, 1) Are there a lot of bots there and 2) are they farming? for what? orr emblems? I am there every once in a while, more over the last few days and have noticed this the last couple times I was there... it's AD1.

Sierraa

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Join Date: May 2006

USA [GMT -7]

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afaik There's always been bots/people there. I usually stick to international districts, and I see a few here and there. Also they could be farming orr emblems. You get a lot of gold items, and bones too.

Swahnee

Swahnee

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2008

Italy

Mo/

Halloween is coming...they probably were farming emblems for the halloween collectors

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

id say maybe 1/2 of all the monks were bots and were farming orr embs.
gets to a point when u farm there that spotting bots are so easy - specially when they get stuck and others that respawn and follow same exact path.It actually becomes a joke after a while - maybe anet shud have a staff member sit in bergen and pm each moving monk - if they dont answer then ban that account .Real players will answer a pm where bots just carry on an exit.

joke - new gw addon that takes place in bergen - gw rise of the bots :P

SkekSister

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2008

Brighton UK

Its been nicknamed Bergen 'Bot' Springs for as long as I can remember

Highlander Of Alba

Highlander Of Alba

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Real Rogue Clan

Rt/Mo

Although Bregen has been a hotspot for bots for a very long time

Anet just lets it continue as you can see by a recent statement that farming

has a role to play.

I myself dont find the need for farming as can obtain what I wish although it takes longer to achive it.

If guys like it then they have an option to do so , nothing against them at all.

If you really have a look around there many places bots run from and have been doing so............

Shadowhaze

Shadowhaze

Nothing, tra la la?

Join Date: Oct 2007

Yeah, there's always people (and most likely bots) there. Good old orr emblems.

imnotyourmother

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

in a house

The Knitters Guild

W/R

Also, in that area you can find the rare req8 golds with max damage that can be worth 100K + ectos.

Halloween is also another good reason. The Gold that a foe will drop is also not that bad considering the density of monsters in the area.

malevolence

malevolence

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by imnotyourmother View Post
Also, in that area you can find the rare req8 golds with max damage that can be worth 100K + ectos.

Halloween is also another good reason. The Gold that a foe will drop is also not that bad considering the density of monsters in the area.
interesting ... probably I will pass by and farm a bit (no bot) so don't get me wrong

Enko

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

VA

Mo/

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Originally Posted by imnotyourmother View Post
Also, in that area you can find the rare req8 golds with max damage that can be worth 100K + ectos.

Halloween is also another good reason. The Gold that a foe will drop is also not that bad considering the density of monsters in the area.
which rares are you talking about in bergens? even the req 8s there won't get that much.

its probably more that 55s easily destroy the undead there and they drop orr emblems with halloween coming up.

Zeff Nut

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

Canada

Guild Of The Blue Goblin

W/N

OK, now this brings another question, why do people choose orr emblems? Are they so much easier to farm than other collectable trophies? For example, at Halloween you can trade 3 emblems for a Ghost in the box, Squash serum etc, so a 3-1 trade in, at the same time you can trade 1 Caromi scalp for the same items, 1-1 trade in and there are others that are 2-1. I used to farm a few emblems but it just seems silly to farm something I need 3X as many of when I can farm other things that will give me much more.

T1Cybernetic

T1Cybernetic

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Join Date: Sep 2005

Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Uk, Nr Earth

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People/Bot's have been there for as long as i can remember!

It is a very easy area to farm with a 55/600 Setup

Undead + Holy Damage = Orr Emblems + Loot

It really is as simple as that!

ranger o mine

ranger o mine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

R/

bot bot bot =)

av8mech

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2009

Arizona

Gra Agus Cogadh [LoRe]

Mo/

Yeah... total Bot city over there. Been like that for a very long time. Several of us have reported it and nothing ever gets done about it.

I go out there and perma (yes, bad word ) that area farming. Lots of good stuff out there that will make good money over the course of an afternoon. I'm not into UWSC or dungeons, so I get my perma kicks doing crafting materials/runes/ collector items/weapon/tome drops from that part of the country.

BrettM

BrettM

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Join Date: Aug 2008

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Originally Posted by Zeff Nut View Post
OK, now this brings another question, why do people choose orr emblems? Are they so much easier to farm than other collectable trophies?
No, but that doesn't matter much to a bot.

I spend a lot of time farming undead in GoK HM. The DOEs are just part of it, since the farm also provides dust, bone, tomes (war, ranger, necro, and mesmer), lockpicks, cash, and a fair number of golds. 50-60 minutes will get me ~20-25 DOEs, a stack of bone, 5-8 golds, etc. After a couple of months of this, I have about nine stacks of DOEs, which isn't too bad on top of the other returns.

Closer to Halloween I'll switch over to Ornate Grawl Necklaces for a couple of weeks. I'll get a stack of those for every 2-3 hours of farming time, which is much better for Halloween trading. However, the farm is done in NM and the other drops are not even worth picking up, so I give up immediate income for this, hoping to make it up on the back end by selling goodies after Halloween.

av8mech

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2009

Arizona

Gra Agus Cogadh [LoRe]

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Originally Posted by BrettM View Post

Closer to Halloween I'll switch over to Ornate Grawl Necklaces for a couple of weeks. I'll get a stack of those for every 2-3 hours of farming time, which is much better for Halloween trading. However, the farm is done in NM and the other drops are not even worth picking up, so I give up immediate income for this, hoping to make it up on the back end by selling goodies after Halloween.
Hadn't thought about Grawl drops. I'm switching over to Halloween farming here soon too. I know you made out really good last year and I thought I'd try it this year. (SKyler)

Zeff Nut

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

Canada

Guild Of The Blue Goblin

W/N

That's what I'm thinking also, farming for Halloween. With the Pirate event I got more than enough Grog to finish Ale Hound, sweet tooth is done and I want to finish party at Halloween, I figured more farming I can get done the smaller the hit to the ole pocketbook. The reason I asked about the emblems is because I have been solo farming Tengu HM with my ele so I get scalps (1-1 trade in) feathers, lockpicks, tomes, golds etc. I was just wondering if there was a special reason I was missing on for the emblems. Anyway, thanks for the responses.

Gorgon The Brutal

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2008

Executioner's Paradise

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All they really need to do is eliminate Orr Emblems from the halloween festival this year. That would be great.

careyt

careyt

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Join Date: Mar 2007

Order of the Immortal [Vamp]

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Originally Posted by Zeff Nut View Post
That's what I'm thinking also, farming for Halloween. With the Pirate event I got more than enough Grog to finish Ale Hound, sweet tooth is done and I want to finish party at Halloween, I figured more farming I can get done the smaller the hit to the ole pocketbook. The reason I asked about the emblems is because I have been solo farming Tengu HM with my ele so I get scalps (1-1 trade in) feathers, lockpicks, tomes, golds etc. I was just wondering if there was a special reason I was missing on for the emblems. Anyway, thanks for the responses.
I farm the emblems just because I can do a run outside bergen a lot faster than farming scalps outside of LA. I don't know why other people do it, but I know it goes faster for me because Caromi Wilds can strip enchantments and interupt and that makes my farming run go slower. plus, if I were using a 55 monk I'd prefer to farm the undead as holy damage doubles against em.

in short, I find emblem farming to be a lot faster for me. I can get 3 emblems faster than I can get one scalp.

Obrien Xp

Obrien Xp

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Join Date: Jan 2009

Canada

The First Dragon Slayers [FDS]

Its people like me farming. Mex Fifty Five Xp.

I don't use the orr emblems I just sell em unless there is a demand. You make great money off of the runes.

Arachnephobia

Arachnephobia

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Tyria

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Every now and then I go to Bergen to farm for Feathers with my 600/smite team, but all the others are 90% bots.

Rebelor

Rebelor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

as much as i wanna farm orr emblems from there, i stay away in fear of a sudden bot ban--even regular gamers can do the same thing over and over

T1Cybernetic

T1Cybernetic

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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Uk, Nr Earth

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as much as i wanna farm orr emblems from there, i stay away in fear of a sudden bot ban--even regular gamers can do the same thing over and over
I stay away too these days because the last thing i need after 4+ years of playing is a ban for farming

GODh

GODh

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Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

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I stay away too these days because the last thing i need after 4+ years of playing is a ban for farming
After 4+ years i hope Anet can finally seperate bots from human players....

T1Cybernetic

T1Cybernetic

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If only it was that simple

There is always another thread floating around on fan sites with details of someone falsely accused of being a bot and although i know we can only take the other persons word for it it can and does happen...