Farming with a warrior

quark123

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

I am new to GW. My first character is a warrior... she is only level 6 right now. I still havent made up my mind about what secondary profession to take. I was leaning towards warrior/necro though.

I would like to ask you experience people if it is possible to farm with a warrior/necro. I hate having money problems and usually make my first character in any RPG to resolve those. Is having a warrior/monk necessary for farming?

BakedMonkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

R/

its easier to farm with a W/Mo

soySauceNR1ce

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Tampa, Fl

(pRYD) Pride Fighterz

Mo/R

yea w/mo is pretty much good for running and farming if your new to the game

Sir Lorcifer

Sir Lorcifer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kingston, ON. Canada

Canadian Legion of Doom [LOD]

W/Mo FTW!

Yukito Kunisaki

Yukito Kunisaki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago, IL

W/N

W/Mo is to me, mindless farming, that's what makes it easier!

If you want to farm things with more excitement, more risk, and in the end, more fun, then go Necro secondary...

The end result is the same however, as both classes can farm high end monsters, the thing is though, that W/Mo is usually dependant on enchants.

W/N is dependant on hexes.

So your area of farming determines which build is 'easier' to use...

I love W/N, it's just the Dark Knight setup vs. the Paladin setup.

That and being a Dark Knight with a heart of gold is a sexy irony to me...

Barnoc

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

Pass the Mug {MUG}

Don't go W/Mo if you don't really like it. They're a dime a dozen. Warrior/Ranger has options as well. A regeneration heal, a pet, and at higher level some nice farming tactics traps...

Crom the Conqueror

Crom the Conqueror

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

New York

Rage Three D

W/E

Yes, like wat the ppl said before, it is easier to farm with W/Mo combo, I know it is quite common, but hey, this way is the best way so far.

Get -Glad Defense as your warrior skills
-Ripose
-dealy ripose
-shield stance
-dolyak sig

And there are a bunch of other monk healing skills you can get that r really good for farming, like mending.

Mr.H.Mishima

Mr.H.Mishima

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Summit of Human Evolution

W/

SHield of Judgment is by far and away the BEST farming Elite. It affect's EVERYTHING that comes at you save spells. You can kill damn near everything with it.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hells Last Survivor
SHield of Judgment is by far and away the BEST farming Elite. It affect's EVERYTHING that comes at you save spells. You can kill damn near everything with it. But it doesn't block like Gladiator's Defense.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Wisconsin

dth

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hells Last Survivor
SHield of Judgment is by far and away the BEST farming Elite. It affect's EVERYTHING that comes at you save spells. You can kill damn near everything with it. Wow that is so far in the opposite direction of being true, I don't even know where to get started.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Wisconsin

dth

Quote:
Originally Posted by quark123
I am new to GW. My first character is a warrior... she is only level 6 right now. I still havent made up my mind about what secondary profession to take. I was leaning towards warrior/necro though.

I would like to ask you experience people if it is possible to farm with a warrior/necro. I hate having money problems and usually make my first character in any RPG to resolve those. Is having a warrior/monk necessary for farming? No having a w/mo isn't necessary, I would reccomend it for a first time through, just because you can be a little more resilliant that way. For your information you can switch professions as much as you want later in the game. W/E is one of the farming builds I use alot, physical or elemental resistance definitely helps in many cases.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Amsterdam
W/E is one of the farming builds I use alot, physical or elemental resistance definitely helps in many cases. That would be a w/me then.

Seeing as how you can have both Watch Yourself and Dolyak Signet around Lion's Arch, you are pretty much set for tanking at that point. Go W/N, use blood magic along with an offhand for some +energy.

volsungxiii

volsungxiii

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Chicago

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hells Last Survivor
SHield of Judgment is by far and away the BEST farming Elite. Not by a longshot ^_^:

<rant>
1. Large energy consumption(with no extra energy from other sources, it'll take you to 5 energy...ok use Balth spirit. 1 pip of energy regen is almost like having no regen at all. Ok use bonneti's: adds to downtime, you'll get energy regen, but if you have balth spirit AND bonneti's, then these powers cancel each other, since you need to get hit for balth spirit to work)
2. Requires alot of attribute points to be very effective
3. Long downtime
4. Because of downtime, overall farming slowed
5. Only really effective against undead enemies (low level, you can solo, pretty difficult to solo, let's say, FoW. And in any case, just do a two man run, you tank and a smite monk doing the attacking)
</rant>

Not even top 10, not for a solo warrior farmer, anyways.

Bloodied Blade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Go W/N

W/N FTW! Blood hexes are nice for pve since you can get life siphon on something for what is effectively mending with foe degen.

Also, you can change your profession once you're ascended, and imo W/N kills things easiest (ok, so Blood Renewal is rather risky to use in a fight, but if you know what you're doing, you're set).

PHoenix is cool

PHoenix is cool

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

NZ

Ashes of The Phoenix

W/Mo

Yea, i have a warrior.. full knights sup absorbtion, vigor and swordsman. i just dont know where to farm.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

Quote:
Originally Posted by PHoenix is cool
Yea, i have a warrior.. full knights sup absorbtion, vigor and swordsman. i just dont know where to farm. I'll tell you one thing, drop the full knight's ensemble ASAP. The boots are more than enough protection.

PHoenix is cool

PHoenix is cool

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

NZ

Ashes of The Phoenix

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Racthoh
I'll tell you one thing, drop the full knight's ensemble ASAP. The boots are more than enough protection. I also have other armor for my warrior. Mostly from a running build. glads armor n stuff

pappayaponta

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Europian Comando force

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by quark123
I am new to GW. My first character is a warrior... she is only level 6 right now. I still havent made up my mind about what secondary profession to take. I was leaning towards warrior/necro though.

I would like to ask you experience people if it is possible to farm with a warrior/necro. I hate having money problems and usually make my first character in any RPG to resolve those. Is having a warrior/monk necessary for farming? I would go W/Mo because its easier and so on. But you can change4 your secondary profession when you have ascended and I didin't begin solo farming serious after i've ascended so then you can be a W/N if you want.

Veron

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Leather Rebels [LR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by PHoenix is cool
Yea, i have a warrior.. full knights sup absorbtion, vigor and swordsman. i just dont know where to farm. Full Knights=Silly because the absorption effect is global and does not stack. Having Full Knights is the same as wearing a single piece of it.

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

Search for Racthoh's guides.

Opeth11

Opeth11

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada

Demon of the Fall [Opet]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Veron
Full Knights=Silly because the absorption effect is global and does not stack. Having Full Knights is the same as wearing a single piece of it. Ah, too bad most new players don't understand that concept and believe that they will be unstoppable. Plus, they may think it looks cool. I know I love the gloves.

Magnus_1

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

I love the look of Knight's Armor. I will never wear Gladiator Armor; it's just too damn ugly. Of course, I want the extra energy so I'm saving up for Fissure Armor. But until then you won't find me in anything but Knight's.