2 noob questions

nowhere

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2005

-What is farming?

-How do I get iron and steel ingots?

Fye Duron

Fye Duron

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Chico, CA, USA

Dragon Fang

Farming is the act of going and killing mass mobs solo, for the sole perpose of acquiring item drops. To either sell or salvage.

To get iron and steel you need to either salvage the useless weapons or buy them from someone.

korytyler21

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Light and Darkness [LaD]

W/Mo

iron and stell ingots u can get from the rare material trader and the normal material trader (it you are asking where u can kill stuff to get them im not sure about that) you can also get them by salvaging some items (using a salvage kit)

nowhere

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2005

What about weapons? Is there a place I can buy good swords, or can I only acquire them through killing things and quest?

Fye Duron

Fye Duron

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Chico, CA, USA

Dragon Fang

Irons, and Steel (only with expert kit) can be salavaged from swords, axes, shields, hammers, and armor.

Paine

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Clan Plus [Plus]

Wrong Fye Duron.
You don't have to expert salvage an item to get iron ingots.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Paine
Wrong Fye Duron.
You don't have to expert salvage an item to get iron ingots.
i think that the (expert) was for steel only as an addendum

Shagsbeard

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Farming has many definitions depending on who is using the term.

If you continuously replay the same area, with no real goal other than to find items, this is farming. This form of farming has the approval of Anet, but no one really needs to do this too much. If you want to use the collectors, some of this is needed, but in general there's no real point to it. Experience nor gold is really that precious in the game, and easily obtained items are just about as good as the best you can possibly find. Your battles will be decided by your skills and planning rather than by the items your character has.

If you go after a particular boss, or monster to the exclussion of all others because the gain is better than others, this too is called farming. Anet usually responds to this by lowering the drop rate on the boss or monster that people percieve as being better than others.

Also, if you enter an area only to kill a single monster, or open a chest, and then map back to the town you exited from and continue to do this over and over for hours on end, this too can be called farming. Anet has code in place to make this form of farming lose all gains after a bit.