Farming.

Maiyn

Maiyn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Canada

I Excentrix I [PuNK]

05 Jun 2005 at 10:31 - 41
Well if it makes anyone feel better. I don't rip people off with my items/runes I'm mostly just in it for finding MY PERFECT WAND (*droolllll....*) .. also to unlock items. I'm sad that they nerfed my drakes. I hope the other ones are still good. They dropped some nice wands too

I know I'm going to find it one of these days!

I also REALLY love selling to newbies! I was addicted to trade the first day I got through the 'tutorial' or whatever. It was so much fun!

Now it's great, sell someone a rune they REALLY have been wanting for a good price and they're so happy. I love that. I think it's important that some people trade for fair prices to ensure that people aren't getting ripped off.

That's what I think anyhow.

PS- i think stumpy there is right. The best thing to do is find a place that's easily accessible/fast, and soloing is really the only good way to make money. BUT TRADE FAIR money is easy to get, who needs 50k+ for a rune, omg.

Calnaion Blackhawk

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

England , Wiltshire

[mB] Mental Block

E/

05 Jun 2005 at 11:59 - 42
scoundrels rise is a good place to farm i found....

shrevid

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

05 Jun 2005 at 13:07 - 43
The Golems at Perdition Rock used to be my favourite hunting ground, until the patch came along and made them harder to beat. Now that it's out of the question does anyone have any suggestions for a substitute location?

Freaky_KiLLer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

05 Jun 2005 at 13:20 - 44
My fav. place to farm is around piken square (ive read that in a topic named gold question) you can find loads of charr hides there wich you can trade for fur square and sell them 200 each...

Considering that im only lvl 12 this is much cash for me (didnt got farther than yaks bend yet because of the hard monsters)

Creston

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

06 Jun 2005 at 15:37 - 45
"Fair to the general gaming community ?"

In general, a nerf ONLY hurts player who come later, never the ones who've already farmed the crap out of an area, and I really wish ANet would stop nerfing everything.

My level 19 elementalist had to BUY her two pieces of hardware in her hands for a grand total of 15K, because it seems like nothing ever drops anymore. So the only way to get something decent is to buy it, from the people who were fortunate enough to farm areas before they got nerfed.

Great job there Anet. Instead of being fair to the community, you're just making the farmers richer.

Creston

Evan The Cursed

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

06 Jun 2005 at 19:53 - 46
Quote:
Originally Posted by Creston
"Fair to the general gaming community ?"

In general, a nerf ONLY hurts player who come later, never the ones who've already farmed the crap out of an area,
On this, I can agree.

Dred Skullord

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Neverland Ranch

[GBV] www.GuidedByVoices.net

R/Mo

07 Jun 2005 at 14:43 - 47
I never get the people who see a farming thread and then post how they hate farming. Once you finished all the missions, you either start a new character or you farm to unlock the rest of the skills and items. My guess is that these anti-farmers are straight PvP players who think the PvE players get an unfair advantage. Personally, I use my PvE character in most PvP combat because he has better stats and weapons.

Banned

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Santa Cruz, California

Clan of the Bone Dragon

Mo/Me

15 Jun 2005 at 07:54 - 48
In part I agree with Dred, that I chose not to make a pvp but take my pve characters into pvp, so runes, and good equpment are important. Even 5% difference in life or energy is huge in a pvp situation, so having the "best" focus device or even a surperior rune versus a minor does make a difference, even if slight, it could be the difference between life and death in this game. What I don't agree with is that not all of the people who appose farming are pvp people. I know gamers who don't play pvp who simply don't agree with farming, but I view this as a personal choice that a person makes and should not be forced upon the gaming community. Guild Wars should support a gamers choice to either farm or not to farm. I hope the devs work towards this, instead of making it one sided!

Stormbringer

Stormbringer

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/Rt

19 Aug 2005 at 12:12 - 49
Question: What is "nerfed"?

nightwing

nightwing

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Cursed Phoenix

R/E

20 Aug 2005 at 09:35 - 50
nerfed = take away power or lower price or really make it worse than it was, derived from a 'nerf' football/bat/whatever being softer than the regular item

as for farming...i suck, or maybe just suck at selling.
i only get wands and staffs with one mod that turns everyone off, but they are still good weapons. just noone wants them, especially warriors, piss me off, i WTS it they ask to see it, say yeah that is a good staff and it is worth 15k but im am idiot warrior who dosnt really need it, i just wanted to see it for no reason...anyway i dont even know what i am talking about anymore

oh and as for money, im lvl 20 many times over and only have ~700 gold never had more than 3k at one time, maybe i just suck at being lvl 20 but i can deal about 250 damage in a matter of seconds,which i guess is good for a ranger

Gwenhywar

Gwenhywar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Shameful Spirits [SsP]

Mo/

20 Aug 2005 at 10:31 - 51
Quote:
Originally Posted by TaG Eledhel
sorry but for the life of me those who farm and look for more places to farm are just ruining a great game, have any of you sad idiots who consistantly insist on farming, leeching, ripping off newbies etc ever actually played a game and completed it without the need for what is nothing more than legitimate cheating. Ouf, that was harsh ... what gives you a right to offend everyone that does not play the game the same way YOU like to play it?

1) I farm.
2) I only started farming after I had already completed the game and was bored + needed to unlock runes and item upgrades for PvP.
3) Now I often give away chaos axes, dragon swords and stormbows that are a couple points off max damage to newbies in Ascalon for free or for a symbolic price that I'd get selling them to merchant just because I know those items can make a new player very happy.
4) I know how to use punctuation ... =p

~GW~Calidore

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

Skilled Addiction

Mo/W

17 Sep 2005 at 13:21 - 52
I think Anet is doing a decent job at keeping things balanced with the economy, and I don't think that the areas are getting nerfed I bet it some kind of rotation of zones and areas in the game that drop more loot for farming. Maybe the servers register that everyone is going to this one particular place to farm and just kind of moves the higher percentage drops to a different zone. I've been farming the same 6-7 areas for a bit now and noticed that the places that didn't drop hardly any gold and purple items are now and the ones that used to aren't.

I run a Mo/W to farm with but i didn't build it in time to jump on the UW solo band wagon. Kind of sad about that, but I'm glad they made that 55 Prot Bond build a little less invincible overall when it comes to Farming UW. Because when I would goto Lion's Arch dist 1 and see people asking 40+K for +30 health upgrade, I think to myself....that is alot of farming for me just to either find it for myself or find something to sell to get that money. Or for one of the UW solo monks just a few ecto.

Anyhow a few good farming spots for me right now are:
The Scar
Diviners Ascent
Lonars Pass
Snake Dance

Your going to Farm at some point wether to unlock upgrades or get gold to buy your guild hall or simply just materials for armor. So w/e to the people that think that farming is stupid or a waste of time because chances are half the people that say that have farmed at some point. Unless they like starting off pvp'ing with no skills and no upgrades unlocked. More power to ya.

Alone)

Alone)

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Campbell, California

Legio Imortalii

W/Mo

17 Sep 2005 at 15:58 - 53
Remember, the biggest factor of farming is luck. But there are other factors that people deem a bit rocky, but that I feel doesn't hurt to try. One I explained in one of the other farming posts is the using of a skill to kill off an enemy. A friend and I tested it out at North Shiverpeaks, and we got a few golds out of it. To put it easily, if you finish off an enemy with a skill, your chances of getting a better item is raised. Even thought that sounds very... *insert word that I can't think of*, it doesn't hurt to try, right? Finishes them off faster, if it's an area skill, even better, eh?

Maika Boila Radovu

Maika Boila Radovu

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

White Rock, BC

Starfleet Intelligence Guild

R/Mo

20 Sep 2005 at 03:43 - 54
Quote:
Originally Posted by nightwing
nerfed = take away power or lower price or really make it worse than it was, derived from a 'nerf' football/bat/whatever being softer than the regular item

as for farming...i suck, or maybe just suck at selling.
i only get wands and staffs with one mod that turns everyone off, but they are still good weapons. just noone wants them, especially warriors, piss me off, i WTS it they ask to see it, say yeah that is a good staff and it is worth 15k but im am idiot warrior who dosnt really need it, i just wanted to see it for no reason...anyway i dont even know what i am talking about anymore

oh and as for money, im lvl 20 many times over and only have ~700 gold never had more than 3k at one time, maybe i just suck at being lvl 20 but i can deal about 250 damage in a matter of seconds,which i guess is good for a ranger
Umm, I've never farmed and I have about 90k right now have burnt through about another 150k on different things. I don't understand how ppl can not have money in this game. As I said I dont farm but I do all the missions and explore different areas on the map. I always try to take as small a party as possible and it's usually henchies as most ppl dont want to spend countless hours enjoying the different scenery. (I am also an amatuer photographer have tons of scenery screneshots.)

If while making a character and doing all the quests exploring you keep ALL the items dropped and salvage and when you get to higher lvls Identify and Expert Salvage all items you will have tons of crafting materials then wait for a weekend when the prices go up at the merchant traders or take an hour or two to sell in Droknars forge. You will have more than enough money, thats it no secret, nothing to it.

If you want even more money go to the temple of ages get into a Fissure of Woe or Underworld group and do some of the different missions. You will pick up some good items and things that will salvage for lots of money.

Angry penguins

Angry penguins

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Crow's legion

21 Sep 2005 at 18:18 - 55
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xanthippe
So far you can now only get 100 blades from Undead Prince Rurik from the last mission.

Wow...that sucks... i would have really liked to get it earlier than the last mission...

prime stinger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

England

RoA

R/

21 Sep 2005 at 21:47 - 56
sand drakes, mountain trolls, drakes, stone summit - u can farm lomost anythubg with the right build

Alone)

Alone)

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Campbell, California

Legio Imortalii

W/Mo

22 Sep 2005 at 00:48 - 57
Quote:
Originally Posted by prime stinger
sand drakes, mountain trolls, drakes, stone summit - u can farm lomost anythubg with the right build
Almost true. I feel that you can farm anything with any build. It just depends if you have enough patience and when to know too much is too much. ie. First time farming, thought I could take on 14 griffs.

Shinomori

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Insane Midget Posse [IMp]

Me/E

22 Sep 2005 at 01:50 - 58
I do the grawl outside of Droknar's/Sledge with a few guildies. Not the best, but there's a lot. And with a lot, you're bound to get at least something decent.

And has anyone ever considered that farming might actually be worth something? Think about where all your beef, bread, and vegetables come from. Come on, give farmers some respect.

/end sarcasm

Alone)

Alone)

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Campbell, California

Legio Imortalii

W/Mo

22 Sep 2005 at 02:30 - 59
Why end sarcasm? It's true. Our stuff do come from farmers.

GuildWars wise, lots of things do come from the farmers.

smurfhunter

smurfhunter

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

my w/mo uses mending, orison, and healing breeze. you cant kill him.

Sand Scorpions [SS]

W/Mo

22 Sep 2005 at 02:57 - 60
i randomely discovered 3 stacks of 250 iron ingots on my rangers acount. does that count as farming?

Levi Garett

Levi Garett

Old School Nub

Join Date: Jun 2005

ABQ, NM

Guildless

Mo/Me

24 Sep 2005 at 09:33 - 61
Quote:
Originally Posted by smurfhunter
i randomely discovered 3 stacks of 250 iron ingots on my rangers acount. does that count as farming? It's only overshadowed by the 3 stacks of 250 Steel on my ranger

Hugh Snyder

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

The Vault

Urban Knights

Me/

03 Oct 2005 at 12:34 - 62
as a W/Mo20, right now i farm for rune unlocks

I have had great luck farming the ettins in nebo terrace outside of beetletun

usually 3-4 runes after slaying about 20 ettins

Alone)

Alone)

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Campbell, California

Legio Imortalii

W/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 20:53 - 63
Shhhh you speak one too many secrets. Watch out, those getting to get nerfed too!

Nah, lots of people do that too. Not bad. Also a good place to practice farming more than +10 monsters is the ettins from beacon's perch torwards Kryta. The ones in that cave, can't remember the name of the place though.

ImBobNewbie

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

TX

[NES] Nintendo Powered

E/Mo

08 Oct 2005 at 19:19 - 64
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shagsbeard
I got this far and said to myself, "Why should I keep reading this?"

This mindset is so contrary to the design of this game. Items will not make that big of a difference in play. I challenge you to PvP with a premade 20, and to then try with one that you deck out with all sorts of goodies. It wont be that noticable of a difference.

You must do really well in HoH