Anti-farm code - Guild Wars Forums

Francis Crawford · Feb 23, 2006, 11:11 PM // 23:11

Everybody seems to have a different idea of how the anti-farm code works. So:

A. Is there a reliable guide?
B. If not, what are your thoughts?

Questions include:

1. How many times can you farm the same area before it kicks in?
2. If it kicks in, how much of what else do you have to do to reset it?
3. If it's on for anybody in a group, is it on for everybody in a group?
4. How extreme do you have to be to set it off in the first place?

I know that to get the anti-farming pop-up window, you have to be pretty extreme. Indeed, I've only gotten it once. But I don't know whether the code has been nerfing my drops anyway.

As for avoiding setting it off -- does dying suffice? How about mapping to a different city than you left from? (Although letting it be beaten that easily would be silly, frankly.) The one time I got the pop-up message, I was walking outside, killing one monster, walking back to the city, and repeating. (Somebody was offering me 1 platinum per spiny seed, and I wanted some for myself anyway.)

Loviatar · Feb 23, 2006, 11:18 PM // 23:18

you have to farm a small repetive area heavily to get the warning.

there is a second warning shortly (maybe 3-5 runs) after that saying the monsters will run out of loot.

do the whole zone every few runs.

if you get the first warning farm somewhere else for 24 hours to play safe

dying or zoneing from a different area does not clear it.

this is ANTI BOT not anti farmer.

the reason you trigger it is that you are doing it so bot like it kicks in

Sirkaze · Feb 24, 2006, 01:55 AM // 01:55

If you do a mission the code restarts and farm in diffent places that works :P i have tested this and works very well i farm for an hour or so then help people on a mission then farm ettins then i go back to griffen farming

SnipiousMax · Feb 24, 2006, 02:42 AM // 02:42

I've never seen this, ever. But I have several places I like to farm with three characters. Variety is the spice of life...and the Anti-Anti-farm.

Venenatus Ensis · Feb 24, 2006, 02:48 AM // 02:48

yeah its pretty handy and should help out with the new "supply and demand" system that the frogs says is coming out. This way certain items aren't as common as they are now to find. Also, Sirkaze is right, if you do a mission, the warning goes away.

VitisVinifera · Feb 24, 2006, 03:31 AM // 03:31

would doing the Orozar mission count (to reset anti-farm code)? Kinda funny that the mission is the farming.

Stealthy Trapper · Feb 24, 2006, 03:44 AM // 03:44

Usually you won't get the antifarming code when you farm entire areas like clearing ALL of augury rocks general area or doing the Orozar mission in whole or part. The best way to get the tip to pop up is to enter an area kill a small group of farmable mobs then leaving just to enter the same area over again.

Example; farm the minotaurs in the first part of the Elona mission then leave and repeat,or clear just a couple of minotaurs outside Augury then go back to town and repeat.

Typically short patterns of farming will get the code to pop up. Not long lasting areas.

Francis Crawford · Feb 24, 2006, 06:28 AM // 06:28

So entering a mission isn't enough to clear the code, right? Because it sounds like the places one farms within a mission (e.g., the Elona's Reach minotaurs) trigger the pop-up warning just like any other place does.

Francis Crawford · Feb 24, 2006, 06:30 AM // 06:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loviatar

dying or zoneing from a different area does not clear it.

How have you confirmed that?

Stealthy Trapper · Feb 24, 2006, 02:28 PM // 14:28

Any place can give you the code as long as you do small repetitious events in that area. If you get the pop up from killing minotaurs in the Elona mission then you can run to augury rock and go farm there for a few minutes then come back. Same goes for augury. You can go do the Elona mission to get rid of the code. Just try to do the entire Elona mission instead of just farming in it. The best way to lose the code is to go somewhere completely different, say Ascalon area do a mission. The missions are easy and fast there.

Francis Crawford · Feb 25, 2006, 09:09 PM // 21:09

To clarify -- "code" means "program logic", as in software. I'm assuming that drops get nerfed even before you get pop-up windows with a warning telling you.

At least, I'm asking for other people's experience-based opinions on that.

Loviatar · Feb 25, 2006, 11:14 PM // 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis Crawford

To clarify -- "code" means "program logic", as in software. I'm assuming that drops get nerfed even before you get pop-up windows with a warning telling you.

At least, I'm asking for other people's experience-based opinions on that.

my personal experience with it was getting exp when close to leveling up and there were these 4 mergoyles right next to the zone.

i killed them, rezoned killed them again about 20+ times and was simply leaving drops on the ground.

the first message popped up and then the second popped up about 4 times after that.

it chose that time to dop a nice purple for me.

but it was simple quick repeating that triggered it

Sirkaze · Mar 21, 2006, 01:08 AM // 01:08

I had the farming code on my twice!! alright and after i did a mission i retured back to farming and golds were droping again, i so far got 2 perfect items and a hell load more!!

Prince Telemakhos · Mar 21, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19

how do u guys get so many golds to drop does it depend on hw long u have farmed total. ex: if i farm for a long to outside destinys gorge where griffons are will i get more golds then i did at the begginging of my farming

XzyluM · Mar 21, 2006, 04:03 AM // 04:03

Drops are random, you never know when you are going to get a gold drop. However, quick, repeative farming of the same area will reduce your drop rate and you will end up with either merchant fodder or nothing at all.

ty3c · Mar 21, 2006, 04:22 AM // 04:22

This makes alot of sense as I have farmed the hydras alot and the drops went from kinda good to nothing but junk i'll try farming other places ty for this post

storm of daeth · Mar 21, 2006, 05:03 AM // 05:03

i used to farm trolls,griffons, and ettins for hours on end and would get the lil tip continously so i wised up too it eventually and found out how to beat it and farm continuoussly. I simply farm ENTIRE mission all by myself my favorite missions to farm are in the magumma jungle easy missions and good money best way to avoid the code.

Lateralus · Mar 21, 2006, 05:44 AM // 05:44

Is there a place I can see the code?

CorstedPirate · Mar 21, 2006, 11:23 AM // 11:23

I hope that this doesn't apply to doing ToPK over and over. It is a long area, but not a mission. The last 2 times I have done it, I have gotten nothing but merchant fodder. No greens, no golds, no ecto's. It isn't like I have been doing the area non stop since the update either. It is a very recent thing for me to even be there at all.

Poison Ivy · Mar 21, 2006, 12:01 PM // 12:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Is there a place I can see the code?

Also interested in seeing the pop-up. Post if a pic of you can

Feb 23, 2006, 11:11 PM // 23:11	#1
Francis Crawford Forge Runner Join Date: Dec 2005	Anti-farm code Everybody seems to have a different idea of how the anti-farm code works. So: A. Is there a reliable guide? B. If not, what are your thoughts? Questions include: 1. How many times can you farm the same area before it kicks in? 2. If it kicks in, how much of what else do you have to do to reset it? 3. If it's on for anybody in a group, is it on for everybody in a group? 4. How extreme do you have to be to set it off in the first place? I know that to get the anti-farming pop-up window, you have to be pretty extreme. Indeed, I've only gotten it once. But I don't know whether the code has been nerfing my drops anyway. As for avoiding setting it off -- does dying suffice? How about mapping to a different city than you left from? (Although letting it be beaten that easily would be silly, frankly.) The one time I got the pop-up message, I was walking outside, killing one monster, walking back to the city, and repeating. (Somebody was offering me 1 platinum per spiny seed, and I wanted some for myself anyway.)

Feb 23, 2006, 11:18 PM // 23:18	#2
Loviatar Underworld Spelunker Join Date: Feb 2005	you have to farm a small repetive area heavily to get the warning. there is a second warning shortly (maybe 3-5 runs) after that saying the monsters will run out of loot. do the whole zone every few runs. if you get the first warning farm somewhere else for 24 hours to play safe dying or zoneing from a different area does not clear it. this is ANTI BOT not anti farmer. the reason you trigger it is that you are doing it so bot like it kicks in

Feb 24, 2006, 01:55 AM // 01:55	#3
Sirkaze Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London/Uk Guild: The Lost Saracens Profession: E/Mo	If you do a mission the code restarts and farm in diffent places that works :P i have tested this and works very well i farm for an hour or so then help people on a mission then farm ettins then i go back to griffen farming

Feb 24, 2006, 02:42 AM // 02:42	#4
SnipiousMax Perfectly Elocuted Join Date: Sep 2005	I've never seen this, ever. But I have several places I like to farm with three characters. Variety is the spice of life...and the Anti-Anti-farm.

Feb 24, 2006, 02:48 AM // 02:48	#5
Venenatus Ensis Academy Page Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chicago Profession: Mo/	yeah its pretty handy and should help out with the new "supply and demand" system that the frogs says is coming out. This way certain items aren't as common as they are now to find. Also, Sirkaze is right, if you do a mission, the warning goes away.

Feb 24, 2006, 03:31 AM // 03:31	#6
VitisVinifera Banned Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern California Guild: HoTR Profession: N/Me	would doing the Orozar mission count (to reset anti-farm code)? Kinda funny that the mission is the farming.

Feb 24, 2006, 03:44 AM // 03:44	#7
Stealthy Trapper Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Guild: Knights Assassins [Kill] Profession: R/	Usually you won't get the antifarming code when you farm entire areas like clearing ALL of augury rocks general area or doing the Orozar mission in whole or part. The best way to get the tip to pop up is to enter an area kill a small group of farmable mobs then leaving just to enter the same area over again. Example; farm the minotaurs in the first part of the Elona mission then leave and repeat,or clear just a couple of minotaurs outside Augury then go back to town and repeat. Typically short patterns of farming will get the code to pop up. Not long lasting areas.

Feb 24, 2006, 06:28 AM // 06:28	#8
Francis Crawford Forge Runner Join Date: Dec 2005	So entering a mission isn't enough to clear the code, right? Because it sounds like the places one farms within a mission (e.g., the Elona's Reach minotaurs) trigger the pop-up warning just like any other place does.

Feb 24, 2006, 02:28 PM // 14:28	#10
Stealthy Trapper Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Guild: Knights Assassins [Kill] Profession: R/	Any place can give you the code as long as you do small repetitious events in that area. If you get the pop up from killing minotaurs in the Elona mission then you can run to augury rock and go farm there for a few minutes then come back. Same goes for augury. You can go do the Elona mission to get rid of the code. Just try to do the entire Elona mission instead of just farming in it. The best way to lose the code is to go somewhere completely different, say Ascalon area do a mission. The missions are easy and fast there.

Feb 25, 2006, 09:09 PM // 21:09	#11
Francis Crawford Forge Runner Join Date: Dec 2005	To clarify -- "code" means "program logic", as in software. I'm assuming that drops get nerfed even before you get pop-up windows with a warning telling you. At least, I'm asking for other people's experience-based opinions on that.

Mar 21, 2006, 01:08 AM // 01:08	#13
Sirkaze Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London/Uk Guild: The Lost Saracens Profession: E/Mo	I had the farming code on my twice!! alright and after i did a mission i retured back to farming and golds were droping again, i so far got 2 perfect items and a hell load more!!

Mar 21, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19	#14
Prince Telemakhos Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: Crys of Frustration [Cry] Profession: N/Mo	how do u guys get so many golds to drop does it depend on hw long u have farmed total. ex: if i farm for a long to outside destinys gorge where griffons are will i get more golds then i did at the begginging of my farming

Mar 21, 2006, 04:03 AM // 04:03	#15
XzyluM Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Chapter Twelve [XII]	Drops are random, you never know when you are going to get a gold drop. However, quick, repeative farming of the same area will reduce your drop rate and you will end up with either merchant fodder or nothing at all.

Mar 21, 2006, 04:22 AM // 04:22	#16
ty3c Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2005	This makes alot of sense as I have farmed the hydras alot and the drops went from kinda good to nothing but junk i'll try farming other places ty for this post

Mar 21, 2006, 05:03 AM // 05:03	#17
storm of daeth Krytan Explorer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere Guild: Zealots Of Abaddon [ZOA] Profession: W/	i used to farm trolls,griffons, and ettins for hours on end and would get the lil tip continously so i wised up too it eventually and found out how to beat it and farm continuoussly. I simply farm ENTIRE mission all by myself my favorite missions to farm are in the magumma jungle easy missions and good money best way to avoid the code.

Mar 21, 2006, 05:44 AM // 05:44	#18
Lateralus Krytan Explorer Join Date: Oct 2005 Profession: W/Mo	Is there a place I can see the code?

Mar 21, 2006, 11:23 AM // 11:23	#19
CorstedPirate Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2006 Guild: Knights of the Void Profession: Mo/	I hope that this doesn't apply to doing ToPK over and over. It is a long area, but not a mission. The last 2 times I have done it, I have gotten nothing but merchant fodder. No greens, no golds, no ecto's. It isn't like I have been doing the area non stop since the update either. It is a very recent thing for me to even be there at all.