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Sir Skullcrasher · Jun 12, 2005, 04:51 AM // 04:51

same thing with Charrs Hide, it take 6 or 10 charrs before you got one hide. But i got lucky tonight, i kill at least 14 charrs and got 3 hides, but it take a whole lot of hides in order to trade up for fur squares, which is what im doing!

Averon · Jun 12, 2005, 04:06 PM // 16:06

Tested it last night by completing the first mission with my main and an alt on a second machine. Items did start dropping again while solo after the mission was completed. Would have been nice if such a fundamental change to the game was listed in the patch notes. Even their tech support had no idea of this bug or its "fix".

Asrial · Jun 12, 2005, 04:32 PM // 16:32

This is going to put a serious hurt on my research into the hidden properties of collector's items. Especially with the harder to get items.

Rythen · Jun 12, 2005, 06:47 PM // 18:47

Well, I'm pretty new to the game (and these boards) but yesterday I finally passed the game with my first character, a W/Mo. After looking around this site and the forums, I found someones post on making a build so that you can solo an get some loot/xp. Soooo, I try it out, rearrange my attributes, and head into the Dunes mission to kill the first couple of groups of Losaru Bladehands. In less than an hour, I managed to get 4 gold items, a superior swordsmanship rune, and I almost got a superior curse rune, but unfortunately lost that in the salvage process ( I was pissed about that one ). Anyhow, a bit past 2 A.M (I was on a roll and didnt want to stop!) I noticed that one of the Losaru wasnt dropping. And I was getting standard drops from all the others. So I go in one more time, and notice something kind of strange after the Ghostly Hero lowers the bridge. As soon as i stepped on the bridge. A monster skill appeared on the top of my screen called "Claim Resources." Right after that, the monsters wouldn't drop anything, in any zone, and everytime i would go back to the dunes and lower the bridge in the begining, that monster skill would appear on the top of my screen. And, like some of you have said, the drops do resume after a while. Today when i logged back on they were dropping again, but after a few groups, bam, same thing happens. I'm really hating this patch.

Grais · Apr 05, 2006, 06:23 AM // 06:23

Anet seems bound and determined to turn off the average player. In their all out quest too nerf farmers out of existence(this will never happen, no matter how bad it gets, of this I am certain), they are nerfing players such as myself and from all the posts I have read in the last few days on various boards, many many others such as myself, well they are nerfing us right out of the game too.
Anet may want too stress that GW is a game where Godly(I only use the term for its descriptive nature) items are not required to be competitive, but the truth is people play these games for many reasons, and for me one of the biggies is the fact that over time, I will become wealthy, it has happened in every other game I have played. But it seems in GW's it is the other way around. Ive only been playing for 3-4 mos. and in that time there has been nothing but nerf after nerf of the loot system. Now it is so bad that I dont even want to play anymore, and that was before I heard about this little jewel of a 'bug'.
Anet get your head out of the sand, and wake up, please Im begging you.. You are screwing over your player base badly in your overley zealous, and extremeley short sighted plan of 'nerfin' farmers out of existence. The only thing your nerfin out of the game are the casual players that would like to slowly build up a nice pile of gold.
Again I implore you, wake up Anet, every day the thought of buying the next game gets a little less likely. With each new 'update' the amount of gold that drops lessens. I dont see how they can make it any worse, in fact soon they'll be demanding we pay the monsters some loot to be able to kill them. Thatll fix the farmers.

Francis Crawford · Apr 05, 2006, 06:43 AM // 06:43

I've been farming ettins a fair amount recently.

Got a sup healing yesterday.

Got a Sup Death and Sup Soul Reaping in my first five ettin farming drops EVER a few weeks ago.

I'm not terribly worried.

The grawl outside Port Sledge are very disappointing, however.

S_Serpent · Apr 05, 2006, 08:27 AM // 08:27

I hate it when somebody, reactivates an old and death post from more then 4 months old.

I've been farming in those 4 months and never see this bug happening, perhaps I'm lucky.

Savio · Apr 05, 2006, 09:35 AM // 09:35

@Grais: this isn't the rant forum, it's Questions & Answers. Closed.

Apr 05, 2006, 06:23 AM // 06:23	#25
Grais Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: The Tools	Anet seems bound and determined to turn off the average player. In their all out quest too nerf farmers out of existence(this will never happen, no matter how bad it gets, of this I am certain), they are nerfing players such as myself and from all the posts I have read in the last few days on various boards, many many others such as myself, well they are nerfing us right out of the game too. Anet may want too stress that GW is a game where Godly(I only use the term for its descriptive nature) items are not required to be competitive, but the truth is people play these games for many reasons, and for me one of the biggies is the fact that over time, I will become wealthy, it has happened in every other game I have played. But it seems in GW's it is the other way around. Ive only been playing for 3-4 mos. and in that time there has been nothing but nerf after nerf of the loot system. Now it is so bad that I dont even want to play anymore, and that was before I heard about this little jewel of a 'bug'. Anet get your head out of the sand, and wake up, please Im begging you.. You are screwing over your player base badly in your overley zealous, and extremeley short sighted plan of 'nerfin' farmers out of existence. The only thing your nerfin out of the game are the casual players that would like to slowly build up a nice pile of gold. Again I implore you, wake up Anet, every day the thought of buying the next game gets a little less likely. With each new 'update' the amount of gold that drops lessens. I dont see how they can make it any worse, in fact soon they'll be demanding we pay the monsters some loot to be able to kill them. Thatll fix the farmers. Last edited by Grais; Apr 05, 2006 at 06:26 AM // 06:26..

Apr 05, 2006, 09:35 AM // 09:35	#28
Savio Teenager with attitude Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	@Grais: this isn't the rant forum, it's Questions & Answers. Closed. __________________ People are stupid.

Jun 12, 2005, 04:51 AM // 04:51	#21
Sir Skullcrasher Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California Guild: 15 over 50 [Rare] Profession: W/Mo	same thing with Charrs Hide, it take 6 or 10 charrs before you got one hide. But i got lucky tonight, i kill at least 14 charrs and got 3 hides, but it take a whole lot of hides in order to trade up for fur squares, which is what im doing!

Jun 12, 2005, 04:06 PM // 16:06	#22
Averon Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2005	Tested it last night by completing the first mission with my main and an alt on a second machine. Items did start dropping again while solo after the mission was completed. Would have been nice if such a fundamental change to the game was listed in the patch notes. Even their tech support had no idea of this bug or its "fix".

Jun 12, 2005, 04:32 PM // 16:32	#23
Asrial Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005 Guild: Centurion Guard Profession: Mo/E	This is going to put a serious hurt on my research into the hidden properties of collector's items. Especially with the harder to get items.

Jun 12, 2005, 06:47 PM // 18:47	#24
Rythen Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005	Well, I'm pretty new to the game (and these boards) but yesterday I finally passed the game with my first character, a W/Mo. After looking around this site and the forums, I found someones post on making a build so that you can solo an get some loot/xp. Soooo, I try it out, rearrange my attributes, and head into the Dunes mission to kill the first couple of groups of Losaru Bladehands. In less than an hour, I managed to get 4 gold items, a superior swordsmanship rune, and I almost got a superior curse rune, but unfortunately lost that in the salvage process ( I was pissed about that one ). Anyhow, a bit past 2 A.M (I was on a roll and didnt want to stop!) I noticed that one of the Losaru wasnt dropping. And I was getting standard drops from all the others. So I go in one more time, and notice something kind of strange after the Ghostly Hero lowers the bridge. As soon as i stepped on the bridge. A monster skill appeared on the top of my screen called "Claim Resources." Right after that, the monsters wouldn't drop anything, in any zone, and everytime i would go back to the dunes and lower the bridge in the begining, that monster skill would appear on the top of my screen. And, like some of you have said, the drops do resume after a while. Today when i logged back on they were dropping again, but after a few groups, bam, same thing happens. I'm really hating this patch.

Apr 05, 2006, 06:43 AM // 06:43	#26
Francis Crawford Forge Runner Join Date: Dec 2005	I've been farming ettins a fair amount recently. Got a sup healing yesterday. Got a Sup Death and Sup Soul Reaping in my first five ettin farming drops EVER a few weeks ago. I'm not terribly worried. The grawl outside Port Sledge are very disappointing, however.

Apr 05, 2006, 08:27 AM // 08:27	#27
S_Serpent Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: When not at Aziure's Wizard Tower you can find my in Belgium Guild: Knigths of the Keyboard Order - KkO	I hate it when somebody, reactivates an old and death post from more then 4 months old. I've been farming in those 4 months and never see this bug happening, perhaps I'm lucky.