Curse

commander_carter · May 27, 2006, 03:35 AM // 03:35

No this is not about Anet banning bots. This is about Anet making a really bad decision. Just today I was out farming new faction bosses when a box popped up on my screen. It said something along the lines of killing several monsters and rezoning to kill them again causes them to stop dropping items. This means that everyone who farms for money is out of luck. This is underhanded; to say players can't farm to get money is like saying that losing an arm is only a flesh wound. The fact that this was unannounced also raises issues. I know for a fact that this was only introduced today because I was doing the same thing yesterday and never got a message.

Elianora Faerie · May 27, 2006, 03:42 AM // 03:42

This was introduced LONG ago... at least 4-5 months, can't recall the date.

eternal pho · May 27, 2006, 03:53 AM // 03:53

Not quite sure about 4-5 months ago, but I've been doin troll runs and they this occurred about 2 weeks ago for me.

Guardian of the Light · May 27, 2006, 03:57 AM // 03:57

Yep its was a long time ago and farmers don't seem to notice it.

Thats probably why you didn't notice any effect till now.

Caleb · May 27, 2006, 04:04 AM // 04:04

That is not a farming nerf at all. That is an in game tip that has been present since GW went live a year ago. You can turn the tips off in your option settings if you don't want to see it any more.

Arkantos · May 27, 2006, 05:36 AM // 05:36

And then Balthazar came and said "Alas, time to farm another spot!"

Raiin Maker · May 27, 2006, 04:52 PM // 16:52

i really hate that farming nerf, it seems that my warrior NEVER gets any gold yet, he's finished factions, and i did not see 1 gold drop on him. whereever i go i appear to have nerfed it... shame really, i like my warrior.

Orbberius · May 27, 2006, 04:55 PM // 16:55

This was introduced a LONG time ago.

Young Hero · May 27, 2006, 06:35 PM // 18:35

Old news. I had it pop up while doing Amatz FF.

Otay

Jagflame · May 27, 2006, 06:48 PM // 18:48

Quote:

This is underhanded; to say players can't farm to get money is like saying that losing an arm is only a flesh wound.

Monty Python FTW. Bad anology though, as it makes no sense; one is a limitation and one is an exaggeration, which are entirely different forms of speech.

Quote:

I know for a fact that this was only introduced today because I was doing the same thing yesterday and never got a message.

Rofl. It's been around for months.

Helios · May 27, 2006, 08:11 PM // 20:11

Well, I personally didn't notice it until a few days ago, but I'm glad its there. That way people know why their drops are getting nerfed. Well, they'll probably bitch about it anyway, but the intention is there.

Eolithic Monk · May 27, 2006, 09:45 PM // 21:45

The thread creator was correct in his remark. I seed my characters or so i call it. i didn't untill recently turn off my tips. I never seen the message untill i seen this post and turned em back on to see. alas there it was... and then.. it brings me to this :

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...46#post1466446

Zaxan Razor · May 28, 2006, 12:10 AM // 00:10

Eh..no..this message has been around for AT LEAST 6 months.

Meo Yeong · May 28, 2006, 12:24 AM // 00:24

Well that will explain why I have killed sunreach 76 times and still dont have his shield.

VitisVinifera · May 28, 2006, 02:23 AM // 02:23

I've been thinking of posting something pretty much like this for a while (thanks OP).

Yes, it was introduced a long time ago. But now that there are bosses sprinkled all over, some of which are accessible after a short run and can be soloed. Before, namely in SF, we had to take on tons of large mobs to get to the bosses that we wanted, to farm their greens. Therefore, Anti Farm code didn't kick in.

Now that we want that one green from that one boss that can be soloe'd, this Anti Farm is really hitting hard.

There is NOTHING fun about running a boss 50 times in a row to get that one green. NOTHING. And I know it's meant to nerf bots, but it's hurting the enjoyment of legitimate people, and legitimate farmers.

GAILE has stated that they have nothing against legitimate people farming. GAILE, I beg to differ. When you nerf green farming in this way, it detracts immensely from the enjoyment of playing this game.

Meo Yeong · May 28, 2006, 03:12 AM // 03:12

lol like i sid above ya I did 76+ and now basically given up. I did teh 3 bosses which was sunreach, faraharn or whatever his name is and the necro that there too. Thats 228 bosses + now and not one green from any of them. I have reset my drops by taking breaks away fro liek a day, going to other far away zones and doing different patterns. Also change my characters since have 4 that have beaten factions. Still no shield, chakram or whatever the necro drops. I also not soloing but have gone with people and henchies and nothing. I read somewhere that guildwars was suppose to have a good reward system but personally i think factions SUCKS. Thats right I said it sucks lol. I cant belive I wasted so much time to get nothing. And gold item other then chests are rare enough too so its not very rewarding. In all truth I can go farm in this one spot and get 100k in 6 hours and just buy the bloody shield. I have been finding that I buy factios items and then go farm in tyria since drops are non exsistent. Four characters throughthe game and only 3 green drops so far. I think thats lame. Either that or anet has bugged my account from getting any loot lol or I have the worse luck in the history of guildwars. Btw I have killed other bosses 25 + times too in factions with nothing. Did kenshin like 40 times never got his item either. Overall this has really put me off from the game, been playing less and also dont think I will get the next expansion if its anything like factions.

strcpy · May 28, 2006, 05:17 AM // 05:17

It's been this way for months. Search for anti-farming - posts go back to at least october of last year. I guess they all could be confused and posting about thier visions of the future, but somehow I doubt that very much and those of us that remember it from months ago are doing the same.

Go farm another area for a while, complete a mission or two, or go through several map portals - it all resets. Basically do some stuff a human would do and you wil be fine. Act like a bot and you get nerfed. Heck, go through the very first mission every so often and you get to start out all nice and shiny new on the farming code.

If it makes you not have fun, then go play another game. Really, I don't mean that as a smart ass response, there are many out there and not every game is not going to be for you. We've already tried the other way of doing things and we had inflation run so rampant that unless you farmed for hours you couldn't afford anything. It's been tried and it failed miserably.

Mandy Memory · May 28, 2006, 05:29 AM // 05:29

Hello and welcome to 6 months ago.

Nevin · May 28, 2006, 07:38 AM // 07:38

Any quick way to get rid of it? Rezoning back and forth between other spawns?

arcady · May 28, 2006, 07:59 AM // 07:59

Seems valid to me. I don't think the game should be about 'farming' - that's not very logical 'in-world-setting' wise. It's about completing the quests and the story, or challenging each other player versus player, or mixing these interests.

You shouldn't have a need to ever kill the same monster twice, other than the difficulty of constantly making new monsters and new quests making that impracticle.