Farming with Henchs, yes or no?

r0cki

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

European Server

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Does farming with henchs reduce the possibility of green drops?

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

Not as such, but obviously with a full party of henches, if the green DOES drop, you only have a 1 in 8 chance of it being assigned to YOU.

ubermancer

ubermancer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

******************* Refuge From Exile [RFE]

All the leet players farm with henchies, using their UlTi-MeNt builds.

You get mad drops that way.

Boomer the Gnome

Boomer the Gnome

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

It is not a tolerable way to farm but it does work. I did it alot when I was heavily playing my assassin. If your character is an super build and you can make more then 50% of the damage on an enemy each time. Drops with henches aren't so bad. It's usally 40% more money though. Anyone notice that? More cash drops when you have henches.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

That's because you see less of the solid loot, but coins always drop, so you see a higher amount maybe Beside that I haven't really noticed anything different about the drops.

r0cki

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

European Server

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Well im a W/Mo, and i need a new build to farm the Aflicted and the Jade Brotherhood, any has come with a build to do this?

Matsumi

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by r0cki
Well im a W/Mo, and i need a new build to farm the Aflicted and the Jade Brotherhood, any has come with a build to do this? Maybe you should check the warrior section under the campfire.

I'd have to say no to henches when it comes to farming, unless you wanna farm greens by yourself or something.

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Henchies ==> you need a bigger group, hence fewer drops
Henchies ==> you can leave right away, no waiting around to assemble a group

I.e., henchie farming can be just as profitable and also more fun.

My wife has gotten some awesome greens farming SF with henchies (as well as a whole lot of blechhy greens, of course); I think I owe my Rago's Staff and Kindlerock to that habit of hers, for example, and I got her a Bortak's Bone Cesta when we were out together with henchies.

But obvioiusly this only applies to places where you need a group to farm, and you can also take henchies. SF is the best example I know of, but I'm not that far through Factions yet.

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Toronto

Hopping

Mo/A

Henchies = Their just like human players, except for they don't leave junk on the ground, they pick up everything.

Ranger Rog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

[TOG]

Apart from money that is, you have to pick that up for the lazy buggers and they still share it