It's sad but true...
So what IS the best place to farm now?
TIA
Edit: er, typo on title, meant to be "griffing"
Best Place to Farm NOW, coz Anet nerfed giffing...
Homicidal Brainiac
Vilaptca
Pretty sure there were already better places.
RaabTheGuru
Instead of farming, how about turning the computer off. Grinding it out on a computer out of boredom of a game makes no sense to me.
Sol_Vie
It still works alright. FoW/UW has always been better though. You can still farm outside Drok's with no problem, though the drops are crap. I heard someone screaming in LA near Gaile that you could still farm Griffons in the S. Shiverpeaks outside of Rankor. Never tried it myself though.
I think farming taking a hit like this is a good thing. Economy will take a hit which is just... well. It's awesome.
I think farming taking a hit like this is a good thing. Economy will take a hit which is just... well. It's awesome.
manitoba1073
actually you will see the economy start to increase in prices now.
Sol_Vie
Weapons gained from farming go down in availability = prices up, yes.
Money being throw around goes down as well = less of a demand
Less of a demand = lower price
Oh no! People will have to make due with imperfect weapons.
Money being throw around goes down as well = less of a demand
Less of a demand = lower price
Oh no! People will have to make due with imperfect weapons.
RaabTheGuru
Try going out of destiny's gorge. There's griffons out there to the left of the town, don tknow if scarabs are there or not.
Avarre
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It still works alright. FoW/UW has always been better though. You can still farm outside Drok's with no problem, though the drops are crap. I heard someone screaming in LA near Gaile that you could still farm Griffons in the S. Shiverpeaks outside of Rankor. Never tried it myself though.
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Griffons were never the best place to farm, considering that the griffonfarming classes can solo UW...
kc99
How did they nerf it exactly?
Avarre
The additions of many many little scarabs.
SaucE
I am very glad they added the scarabs. Now my guildies can't use "I am farming Griffon's" as an excuse.
Gonzo
Nasty little scarabs, I tried a quick run in my lunch break just to see where the scarabs are, but they are right smack in the middle of the Griffo's.
FrogDevourer
Since the auto-nerf patch, the desert has never been a good place to farm good weapons. It was the perfect bot area to hoard mountains of merchant junk, and to farm cash in a slow but simple and steady fashion. Sure, the occasional gold could be worth keeping, but griffon farmers were mostly newbie/unskilled/ignorant farmers, or bot users.
The desert was a very good influx of cash for the economy. Now that crappy farmers and bots cannot gather gold so easily, uncommon items (greens, ectos...) may become harder to sell in the long run. Selling rare stuff from SF/UW/FoW/Tombs is the best option for skilled farmers if you have a large base of unskilled but rich farmers. Removing one very popular source of junk NPC fodder and cash may strongly affect the middle-range economy (read: not casual players who couldn't afford basic stuff anyway, nor insanely rich players or hardcore farmers).
The desert was a very good influx of cash for the economy. Now that crappy farmers and bots cannot gather gold so easily, uncommon items (greens, ectos...) may become harder to sell in the long run. Selling rare stuff from SF/UW/FoW/Tombs is the best option for skilled farmers if you have a large base of unskilled but rich farmers. Removing one very popular source of junk NPC fodder and cash may strongly affect the middle-range economy (read: not casual players who couldn't afford basic stuff anyway, nor insanely rich players or hardcore farmers).
Peewee
Death to Farming!
i think that leaves you with no question over my position on farming issues. Really, if you get upset becuase you cant make as much money out of tedious, unskillful griffon farming, then go play another game, or better still put some of those hours into doing something else. I cant see the point in playing a game for farming, it makes no sense to me. Why on earth would you want to sit through the tedium of farming in order to get 15k, or maybe even FoW that says nothing about you apart from 'i have too much time' or 'I know how to use PayPal'
Personally i had to solo farm griffons by trapping, thats where i got a fair bit of cash for 15k armour. Other than trapping in UW (with 2-5 man teams) there is very little rangers can do to farm solo, or in reduced groups. The vast majority of my money came from selling things i had accumulated over time, that I got from missions etc, and not from farming. Mesmers have it worse, and necros dont have a good situacion either. Elementalists to, have also been unable to farm as effectively since they nerfed aoe. Thats is why it gets my goat when people complain when they can no longer gain a frankly unfair advantage from their choice of proffesion.
I think if you want to make money it should be done in teams, with other people, possible doing quests or missions. Its far less boring than killing for moneys sake, and although it may take longer, things you enjoy tend to fly by, things that are boring just seem to take for ever, so there is a psychological aspect as well. I salute ANET therefore for taking griffon farming out of the picture, despite the fact that it was my main source of income from a farming point of view. I could do UW, but I have had nothing but bad luck (save a very lucky break which allowed me to obtain spider) I went down 15-20 times, and never saw an ecto. I also decided to stop because I want to PLAY gw, and not do it because it is a chore. Some people like grinding, personally I think they need a full frontal lobotomy, but that’s just my opinion.
While they nerf griffon farming, lets put in chilblains to piss of those 55hp monks as well. Who cares if those poor 55hp monks lose a substantial source of gold that other professions never had. If the professions are equal in pvp, then doesn’t it make sense to make them equal in pve?
Right, I have finished ranting. I am primarily a pvp player, so these things don’t concern me much. However. When factions arrives I intend to go back to PvE, until it gets boring, so these things may start to matter more to me.
i think that leaves you with no question over my position on farming issues. Really, if you get upset becuase you cant make as much money out of tedious, unskillful griffon farming, then go play another game, or better still put some of those hours into doing something else. I cant see the point in playing a game for farming, it makes no sense to me. Why on earth would you want to sit through the tedium of farming in order to get 15k, or maybe even FoW that says nothing about you apart from 'i have too much time' or 'I know how to use PayPal'
Personally i had to solo farm griffons by trapping, thats where i got a fair bit of cash for 15k armour. Other than trapping in UW (with 2-5 man teams) there is very little rangers can do to farm solo, or in reduced groups. The vast majority of my money came from selling things i had accumulated over time, that I got from missions etc, and not from farming. Mesmers have it worse, and necros dont have a good situacion either. Elementalists to, have also been unable to farm as effectively since they nerfed aoe. Thats is why it gets my goat when people complain when they can no longer gain a frankly unfair advantage from their choice of proffesion.
I think if you want to make money it should be done in teams, with other people, possible doing quests or missions. Its far less boring than killing for moneys sake, and although it may take longer, things you enjoy tend to fly by, things that are boring just seem to take for ever, so there is a psychological aspect as well. I salute ANET therefore for taking griffon farming out of the picture, despite the fact that it was my main source of income from a farming point of view. I could do UW, but I have had nothing but bad luck (save a very lucky break which allowed me to obtain spider) I went down 15-20 times, and never saw an ecto. I also decided to stop because I want to PLAY gw, and not do it because it is a chore. Some people like grinding, personally I think they need a full frontal lobotomy, but that’s just my opinion.
While they nerf griffon farming, lets put in chilblains to piss of those 55hp monks as well. Who cares if those poor 55hp monks lose a substantial source of gold that other professions never had. If the professions are equal in pvp, then doesn’t it make sense to make them equal in pve?
Right, I have finished ranting. I am primarily a pvp player, so these things don’t concern me much. However. When factions arrives I intend to go back to PvE, until it gets boring, so these things may start to matter more to me.
Battle Torn
I think the introduction of green weapons had a larger inpact on the economy for gold items (other than upgrades) or rare skins that you didnt find in the desert anyway. Chest running in FoW seems popular these days with groups of warriors, but it takes patience and lots of keys before you get anything worth finding. I forsee an increase in chest running due to this update.
fallot
Griffon farming outside Destiny's Gorge is easily as effective (and sometimes more so) than Augury Farming. The number of griffons you can reach quickly is spawn-dependant and Rockshot Devourers can come in groups of 3-5 sometimes but otherwise there are no problems.
You can easily find groups of 4-5 griffons close to each other, similar to Prophet's Path. If you get a good spawn, the run is much shorter.
You can easily find groups of 4-5 griffons close to each other, similar to Prophet's Path. If you get a good spawn, the run is much shorter.
Avarre
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Mesmers have it worse
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Labyrinth/Vale/Smites/Unwanted guests in UW
Small parts of FoW
Griffons (blessed and previously desert)
Trolls
Minotaurs
Avicara
Forest Titans
Hydras
Nerf me! Nerf all mesmers!
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bebe
mountain trolls in the cave outside of droknars forge.
Battle Torn
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| i think that leaves you with no question over my position on farming issues. Really, if you get upset becuase you cant make as much money out of tedious, unskillful griffon farming, then go play another game, or better still put some of those hours into doing something else. I cant see the point in playing a game for farming, it makes no sense to me. Why on earth would you want to sit through the tedium of farming in order to get 15k, or maybe even FoW that says nothing about you apart from 'i have too much time' or 'I know how to use PayPal' |
Grasping Darkness
At the beginning of the kryta mission theres a house to the left. If you go behind it and kill the hellhound a bunch of monsters appear. If first you run up to the top of the small hill where the ascalon farmers are running away from the baddies it triggers more monsters behind the house to appear when you go down there. It's turns out like 700g in a couple minutes if you do it fast and sell to the merchant.
Sofonisba
Like Frog Devourer so aptly stated, I am a noob, a crappy, unskilled farmer.
Truthfully, I only started farming a week ago and I've had this game since last May. Augury griffons are the perfect beginning area for a noob such as myself. Considering that I would go out there maybe once per day, for 20 minutes before I have to leave for work, for some mere pocket change, I would have to say I'm pretty disappointed that that option is no longer there for me.
That said, if it decreases commercial farming, ok, I'll get over it. Just makes it more difficult for casual farmers like me.
Truthfully, I only started farming a week ago and I've had this game since last May. Augury griffons are the perfect beginning area for a noob such as myself. Considering that I would go out there maybe once per day, for 20 minutes before I have to leave for work, for some mere pocket change, I would have to say I'm pretty disappointed that that option is no longer there for me.
That said, if it decreases commercial farming, ok, I'll get over it. Just makes it more difficult for casual farmers like me.
SirShadowrunner
So they put a few scarab's in there huh, no problem, a warrior should still be able to
handle this, just have to run and heal more, if you go out of Thirsty river to farm griffons over the tele-porter, you will already know how to deal with them!!!!!!!!!
I just wish they would fix the bot-farming situation, is this possible??
I would completely remove any account that bot-farmed even one time, that is
pure cheating no other answer, and if it is being used to make real money by selling
gold, which I see at several of the major GW websites, then seems like it is kind of
accepted in a way.
handle this, just have to run and heal more, if you go out of Thirsty river to farm griffons over the tele-porter, you will already know how to deal with them!!!!!!!!!
I just wish they would fix the bot-farming situation, is this possible??
I would completely remove any account that bot-farmed even one time, that is
pure cheating no other answer, and if it is being used to make real money by selling
gold, which I see at several of the major GW websites, then seems like it is kind of
accepted in a way.
dgb
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I think if you want to make money it should be done in teams, with other people, possible doing quests or missions. Its far less boring than killing for moneys sake, and although it may take longer, things you enjoy tend to fly by, things that are boring just seem to take for ever, so there is a psychological aspect as well.
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Fine, have areas with unique rewards (ie. SF and ToPK) that force you into groups, but nerfing major solo areas seems dumb to me. If Anet wanted to shutdown bots then there are better ways to do it.
Sofonisba
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So they put a few scarab's in there huh, no problem, a warrior should still be able to
handle this, just have to run and heal more, |
(However, my persecution complex dictates that it is only because I started farming that they made this particular area more time-consuming!)
Young Hero
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So they put a few scarab's in there huh, no problem, a warrior should still be able to
handle this, just have to run and heal more |
ANd this griff field was not a place for Nubs/unskilled/ignorant farmers, it was a good place to rotate one's crops.
SirShadowrunner
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Hmm... slight problem with that.The scarabs kill ALL but 3-4 griffs so theres no more to farm.
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I know of three other griff spots just not as easy to get to, I wonder about them to.
wsmcasey
My farming days are far from over. Just lost 1 spot. I guess Ill have to find a successful way to kill scarabs. Farming is really the only guaranteed way to make money, besides running and chest running. I don't mind uw or fow groups if they know what they are doing, but thats usually not the case. If you prefer to play a specific character class, then your choices are often limited. Most uw or fow groups are looking for a specific class build, and you either have to adapt to the demand of others or just don't get in a group. This applies to ORO Farming and the New UW also. The beauty of solo farming is that you get to play the game on your own term and get 8 times the drops in the process in way of gold or items. It's been said over and over again, but the only way to promote teamwork is to give people an incentive to team up with others. Increasing gold drops and the quality of item drops in larger groups would definately help. I still don't understand why A-net doesn't do this? On another note, I love the buffs to the warrior, my farming warrior kicks ass!
Da Deathblade
Oh I wouldn't say griffon farming is nerfed...I tried it last night and from the four griffons I killed, dropped four black dyes. Anet obviously missed something, made 30k from killing four griffons. And this was with the scarabs
Bim Bom
^^ Wish i would be as lucky as you to get 4 black dyes like that
actionjack
On the issue of farming...
I think it is more sad that the end-game content is dwindle down to who can farm the best...
I think it is more sad that the end-game content is dwindle down to who can farm the best...
TimberOwl
Maybe Anet's final goal is to make the warrior the best class in the game? They might be W/Mo junkies with no skills and no imagination? Therefore they nerf every faming spot except for the warriors, then buff them to make sure that noobs can do it?
Heh, only a stupid suggestion, but hey, who knows...
Heh, only a stupid suggestion, but hey, who knows...
Sol_Vie
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mountain trolls in the cave outside of droknars forge.
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Reverend Jekyll
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Horrible loot. Great experience. I've gotten one rare from them. Ever. But like I said, awesome for experience. That's why my war is unlocking many of the skills for that particular account.
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Troll Cave + Slayers Insight = 3 SP/Hour.
Fantus
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Death to Farming!
[...] Personally i had to solo farm griffons by trapping, thats where i got a fair bit of cash for 15k armour. |
What now - is farming good or evil???
Sol_Vie
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Same here. Prior to that I was using a 55 Mo to get skill points from Hydras. Once I discovered the troll cave (overlooked because of the crap drops) I gave desert farming up almost completely.
Troll Cave + Slayers Insight = 3 SP/Hour. |
D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E
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Horrible loot. Great experience.
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that like 12K profit... over 5million xp... hmm maybe it is horrible... but I bet ppl will be begging for favor to goto UW after this hit, or do the P/B thing @ ToPK... theres fewer places to grind, I can still farm...\\Kryta
Fire Imp's
Lightning Drake's
Ettin's
White Mantel
Mino's
Fen Troll's
Fog Nitemares not these anymore, MoS now life stealing
All undead within Sanctum Cay mission
\\Crystal Desert
Hydra's
Sand Gaint's
Sand Golem's
Sand Drake's
the Larou's (half man half ghoat ppl)
Enchanted's
Mino's
Rockshot's
\\Southern Shiverpeaks
Ice Seige Golem's
Moutain Troll's
Stone Summit
Tundra Gaint's
Grawl
Azure's
Blessed Griffon's
Ice Imp's
Well I wouldnt say theres a best place really... this was all with a 55 Mo/--
I did do the frost gate mission and got 2 gold armors from beastmasters...
DJCoastal
theres a griffion place outside of destiny's if u exit from the east side... when ur out there go left and up... there are only like i duno groups of 4 griffions...? they dont really drop much and it takes longer to kill...
Manic Smile
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Fantastic - you advocate us being forced into groups. All the fun of random groups - just brilliant. If you want money you're forced to endure all the junk that comes. REZ PLZ! srygtg school, OMGMONKHEAL!@!!@#! and all the rest. Brilliant idea, just brilliant. I solo for a few reasons and it's not just for the efficiency of it.
Fine, have areas with unique rewards (ie. SF and ToPK) that force you into groups, but nerfing major solo areas seems dumb to me. If Anet wanted to shutdown bots then there are better ways to do it. |
dgb
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once again GuildWars
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Gildor Took
just farm for the new green for a couple of hours and sell the greens for as much as you can before they plummet. After you cashed in on that go farm the UW with a warrior