Working Theory: Drop Rate drops over time

I have a built in natural anti-farming code. ADHD. GG. XD

no seriously.

Drop fatigue is real, things like number of people farming, frequency, plus i think random luck all factor in.

But we wont know, cause Anet would be silly to tell us. Best bet, just play!

What you say is right, it sucks, buty luckily anet has given us a way to reset our drops, an extremely profitting way to becomee rich, fast. Unfortunately, i am not prepared to release this information, any hardcore farmer will probably have noticed how anyway.

is it called "log out, close app, open app, log back in"?

eudas

There definitely is something happening when you go to an area often and I don't mean the notorious popup message. When I started doing oro farms in SF, I got lots of greens and some of them really good. Later I hardly ever saw one.
Now I started doing UW smite runs and the drops are getting worse and worse. But when I took my friend with me (his first time), he got 5 ectos on single run. So it's probably more profitable to take a complete newbie with you for a farming run.

There *IS* a farming code. You probably troll farmed bout couple months ago i assume? The anti-farming code started about a while ago and if u try it right now, youll notice the huge difference.

Btw if anyone wants to avoid the code all the time, do what I do. Do 2-3 troll runs, then switch to minotaur runs for 2 or 3 times, then repeat the switch around.

I switch between SS and 55 for 2 man UW runs so I get sooper lewt lolz.

When we dont have favor, I switch between 55 and war for Minotaur runs.

Trust me Scully, they are out there!

I have had the farm code pop up only once; after a solid weekend of rt/me soloing shreader sharptongue and his vermin mates in the skyway region of cantha. Got 6 sets of his green daggers before tip window appeared and code kicked in.

BTW.... how long does it take for code to deactivate? any ideas theories etc

I've farmed Sskai a few times, my first encounter with the anti-farmingcode and still no sword.
I read something about doing missions so I tried Nolai Academy, 5 minutes, and went back.
First try, Sskai sword for me, YAY

So maybe doing a mission works with you guys too?

i think youre on to something there... i took a guildmate with me ettin farming, and we started getting much better drops. change in group = changed input for the drop formula = changed output from the drop formula.

eudas

This is very true.

I remember when i first started doing UW, i would get 1-2 gold items and 2-3 ectos per run. Nowadays, im lucky to get 1 ecto and 1 out of 5 chests are gold.

Everytime we bring a new player to teach them how to trap, we usually have good drops. We also insist that the new player is the one to pay since the rest of us are "nerfed". I dont know if its consistent with what the actual drop fatigue is like, but it behaves consistently like this for me.

My guildmates also know that I'm always the first to grab an ecto, whenever im leading the party for some reason.

"How much you wanna bet Lyra's gonna get the first ecto?"
"-.-"
"Bladed Aataxe drops a Glob of Ectoplasm for Bunny Faddenholsts."
"HAX!!!"

Rofl. That reminds me of this:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=150

"HAX!!!" :P

eudas

I am on my 23rd consecutive boss (most of them are different bosses). I have been dropped NOTHING (and I mean NOTHING) except for 1 mantis pincer and a blue non-max hammer (both from the same boss). Anti-farming code? Nah, Arenanet just hates me.

All old MUDders know: the RNG is not your friend, and it hates you.

eudas

I went from 1 ecto per UW run to 4 in one run. How you might ask? Started working on those title tracks.

It's designed to keep the honest farmer poor. It's sadly ironic that their answer to "poor economy" is to increase the incentive to buy from chinese gold farmers.

But, whatever floats their boat. I gave up on trying to make money a very long time ago.

I dunno about drop rates in all, but when i farm Naphui, for me gold heaven! Max Celestial Longbow 15% -5 Nrgy first run, 10 recharge, 10 Casting +5 Nrgy 20% Enchant Restoration Staff 3rd run

Chests is different, they garantee uncommon and rare drops.

I have noticed a decline in quality after a number of runs aswell.

It was strange to note the drops one time we did a Guild run for DNKP (but Mhenlo quest was activated meaning no Titans). Since the mission was screwed our MM leader wondered off to hunt ettins. Drop after drop was purple items

So maybe farming with more than one person ups the quality of drops slightly