Farmers Selling Their -50hp...lol

I went to Augury Rock Intl District 1 to see how the scarab update changed it...and I found most of the farmers trying to sell their -50hp icons...LOL.

Good job on this one Anet.

Lol, when a new farming spot comes out, they are all gonna be buying them up again.

But then again, it was that -one- guy spamming continuously to sell his item. Oh and another one -_-. Perhaps they have extras and want to make more money?

Other than that, it's quite strange, considering that there are other spots to farm as 55. (The Underworld DOES come to mind for -some- reason.)

It cost money to go into the Underworld... we all know how these monks hate spending money

:O not.. no.. it cant be... 500g per person for a duo farm?! *runs screaming*
and then at the end you net a 3-4k profit PLUS ectos

EDIT: and ive just realised my avatar is now evidence of bygone days

Only very few people will sell their Icons. They're the ones who traded for them quickly in the first place, after reading a build on a website. They don't need to be farming or playing with builds anyways.

Real farmers are holding those icons forever. I-monk is not dead. It will never be, until they break Protective Spirit, the way they did Bond. That probably won't happen either, or it would have been finished already.

Just because people cannot farm the easiest Griffons in the game, doesn't mean that they should sell their equipment.

--- Note: Remember when everyone sold their Superior Monk runes when Protective Bond was nerfed? It takes 2 or 3 days. Then we find a new way.

Or in this case, we merely move to a new location.

For example, I still farm the other dessert griffons and open chests along the way. I also do the same with Hyrdas. Yes, it's not Underworld, but I can score several plat in very little time, in small burst runs. Easy money.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...d.php?t=130889

*cough* *starts buying all of the -50 offhands* *resells for 18k*

But there is a new farming spot! Just it's not too public .... got 5 gold armors from it in ~40 minutes today, 1 was sup vig, another major vig, yay? ^^.

Sharing is Caring It can be fun

I got one from the quest about 20 minutes ago.

anyone tell me whcih quest?

Quest = cities of ascalon, check link for details

http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Cities_of_Ascalon

Umm I don't really know why all the farmers are panicking. Took me a couple of minutes to find another spot.

If it's just armor I have a guess...is it a mission in the desert?

Maybe let it cool down a little.

people are always selling those items. I would see at least one person a day selling that offhand before the update, don't see how this is any different.

It's weird... every single update, people come out claiming that the -50 icon is gone now, oh noes! And then people go see that it is clearly not.

I wish that it would disappear...then the 5 i have in storage might be worth something.

Well. I think that most those ppl you saw selling their -50hp cestas were the poor sweatshop asians that get paid pennies a day to farm those griffons non-stop so some greedmonger can sell gold on ebay. They prolly all got laid off :/

whats funny is the so called nerf actually made the area easier. I still 55 monk it with 0 effort. and now that the nest scarabs are there I can pull the bosses over to the nest and have the scarabs help me kill that monk Griffon.

Its not a direct route, but its still solo 55 monk possible. NP... the best part. lol everyone is farming the queen now so the griffons are dropping good stuff again. lol

I soloed the Griffs, bypassing the those effin bugs (mostly), but still got garbage...wings and a few whites. Maybe I did it too soon.

Isn't UW harder now? The latest update moved some of the ghost npcs around so they don't bodyblock the axxtes anymore. I wouldn't know because I don't have a monk.

I don't think it's mainly augary farmers selling off their -50 offhands. It would seem to me just the best spot to try to sell it because everybody's there farming the queen scarab. Bigger population means higher chance that you'll find somebody to buy what you're offering.

I've never used the ghosts to block seeing as how they need to hit you to take damage. If they are not hitting you, you are not damaging them.

Thats actually only 2 ppl. 1 guy is just spamming.

that could be. as I said before I typically do not farm much. I normally like to 55 around all over... Trying new stuff. and when I'm not doing that I'm just randomly adventuring or questing with guildies. so for me typical farming activity means a random 55 run on a area maybe once or twice a week... And that actually a heavy farming weeks for me. its more typical that I'll "farm" a spot to nerfing itself maybe once a month at best...

Last month for me was the riverside Provence. I farmed it out till it started just dropping whites. Now I will not go there again for several months... My next place will likely be someplace in the jungle. maybe the falls or something like that, as I have not been there in a long time. like say November I think. I'll have to check my journals.

However ATM, I don't need much. I have all my materials maxed out for beta, and a nice nest egg build up to waste on beta crafting... As well as about 15 greens and golds to setup for Guild storage or auction house options... Which as many of you in guru know is something I have been looking forward too for some time as I hate with a passion having to do anything with the WTS spamming and trade button... SO I look forward to a sell out week on auction house with the new system to give it a test...

I basically did the Griffon run just to see what everyone was upset about... IMO it wasn't much... I mean on just three runs on the griffons I got a black dye and a gold armor drop which was a major vigor... well there you go .. thats 10K from the NPC merchants right there... so basically... Nothing has changed... If anything the new Green drop has attracted more people to the area for farming, just in groups instead of solo.