What is your preferred method of farming holiday items?

Mists

Mists

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2010

ATL

Vibration Science [TCKL]

A/

I am currently doing A/Me Vaettir Farm. I never get drops doing raptor farming. Snowman is just meh.

Just wondering what everyone else does, and why?

Olle

Olle

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2008

Ign: Miniature Julia

Teh Academy[PhD]

W/

Vaettir is probably the best way to get event items, and me now being an semi-casual player, i like to toy around, making diffrent types of farm builds for them..

superraptors

superraptors

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2008

W/

go do some sc's and buy them, its much faster than literally farming them.

Sagittario

Sagittario

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2010

Czech Republic

The Dragonfly Effect [Phi]

Rt/

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Originally Posted by superraptors View Post
go do some sc's and buy them, its much faster than literally farming them. If everyone was doing SCs and noone farmed, who would you buy it from?
I farm Vaettirs mostly, I get there the best drops and they're easiest.
To break the stereotype I go farm Mantids outside Nahpui and give the cele weapons to guildies.


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Originally Posted by superraptors View Post
you see, your claims are beyond unrealistic whereas mine is actually realistic. Actual farming makes real stuff with real value.
SCs make actualy worthless stuff with imaginary value.

Imaginary and unreal speculations with money brought the real world to where it is now.

Sadly, if you want to survive in both real and GW worlds, you must go with the flow and earn imaginary currency.
Yes Raptor, you're realistic.

Andemius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2008

Vanguard's Last Stand [Hero]

W/

I don't farm the items anymore, but when I did, I'd take vaettir over raptors any day of the week.

superraptors

superraptors

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2008

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagittario View Post
I farm Vaettirs mostly, I get there the best drops and they're easiest.
To break the stereotype I go farm Mantids outside Nahpui and give the cele weapons to guildies.




Actual farming makes real stuff with real value.
SCs make actualy worthless stuff with imaginary value.

Imaginary and unreal speculations with money brought the real world to where it is now.

Sadly, if you want to survive in both real and GW worlds, you must go with the flow and earn imaginary currency.
Yes Raptor, you're realistic. 1. real world economy has nothing to do with guild wars
2. 1 person scing will not change the minds of the rest of the population to start scing, there will always be farmers and there will always be scers, in fact there are probably 1000x the amount of farmers compared to scers
3. the last statement you made didn't make any sense what so ever.

Black Metal

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

N/

my preferred method is doing it when it was imba -- keg farming with perma sin. Got 2 account's worth of alc/sweet/party titles (plus doing serious wisdom title progress) before the big nerfs came out of good sense.

Spode

Spode

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2008

GoTH

D/

E/Me - leaves more drops since the kills are not ALL at once...anyone else ever notice this?
Yes, I have a sin that can speed farm the vaettirs too. I get waayyyy more drops killing a bit slower (ooo, a whole minute, lookout) than the sins.

saria neptune

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2008

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

Me/

I got on pretty well with a VWK Rit in Jaya Bluffs on NM. Plenty of holiday drops and feathers. Saying that I have gotten so fed up with not having a Sin for farming that I am powering him through the levels so I can have a go at these vettiers.

BlueAngel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2008

Philadelphia, PA

Blood Sweat and Fears

Rt/

Vaettir farming seems the easiest for me.

bleh

bleh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

N.Z.

_

P/

For event items i like to synergize and deversify :P with:

1) Farm Nick-traveler items (sos)
2) UW farm solo/small team 1 ecto= alot more holiday items.
3) Sos Farming/feathers/dust/iron ,Liking dust ATM 200g+ @ trader
4) Vanquish areas.

In that order, for me, is the easiest way to get H.Items while also making plenty of money to buy more/better stuff :P.
If i want heaps, I farm mainly for money then buy it. something like 30% farmed 70% bought. Unless im "imagining" it :P.

afya

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/Me

if i have to farm holiday items, w/n raptor
more mobs/minutes = more items
but i dont farm these days....

Riot Narita

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

For holiday items only... Vaettirs. Like this

Averaine Clou

Averaine Clou

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2011

Dhuum And Mallyx Are Waits Play [ToYs]

I was thinking about destroyer core farm. I've never tried it before during any of the events, it's just pop in my head, but I think it might be really nice one especially if you're doing this w/o a bonder.
It's not faster than vea farm (time is comparable), but you have more foes to kill.


I'm not sure about this, so if this way is weak correct me

If so Vea is the best way of farming festival items.
Also Mantris is really good. Plus you have a chance to get a really nice cele weapons which is really cool imho