Curse

A Simple Farmer · Sep 24, 2008, 12:56 AM // 00:56

ANet has added a delay between Budger handling out keys and the efficiency of this farm has been severly reduced - Marty

Right so this is an easy peasy farm, It'll solo clear Drakkar lake for sure & likely all areas connected to Drakkar Lake (if only you could take Budger in a dungeon).

I took it over to Jaga Morain and cleared the Vaettir in 1 minute *yawn*.

Because of the massive AOE you'll only get golds and such, but it's a good mindless farm - a bit too so for me but may be usefull/fun for others
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how to:
pay 100g to Budger Blackpowder outside Sifhalla
cast up shadow form, agro, press v on your keyboard (target nearest ally) then space (get a barrel), then <F1>(drops it), space, <F1>, wash and repeat.
watch your SF and make sure to F1 before casting again.
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MercenaryKnight · Sep 24, 2008, 01:06 AM // 01:06

Would have been good to use during the grog event. Hopefully if it doesn't get nerfed then I can use it for the next event. Should help a lot by speeding up runs as fast as raptors, while getting extra glacial stone drops.

Assuming that you have to run from outside sifhalla to the place inorder to keep the black powder keg guy with you.

Scarn · Sep 24, 2008, 01:16 AM // 01:16

Nice find. Looks entertaining.

Torrent · Sep 24, 2008, 01:56 AM // 01:56

Haha. Nice find buddy.

MisterT69 · Sep 24, 2008, 02:00 AM // 02:00

LOL. Keg make big boom! Vaettir go down

majikmajikmajik · Sep 24, 2008, 02:52 AM // 02:52

should of kept it to yourself, next update: 3sec. delay on bomb dropping lol

MercenaryKnight · Sep 24, 2008, 03:08 AM // 03:08

Yeah, it will suck if the nerf right before the next big event weekend is gonna have to do with the bombs. But I do kind of hope I can abuse it because I really need the money after spending like 200k+ on grogs.

sportacus · Sep 24, 2008, 03:57 AM // 03:57

I run the first 2 levels of HoS doing the same thing.

Avatar Exico · Sep 24, 2008, 04:30 AM // 04:30

interesting idea. Thought of something like this awhile back but couldnt do it without taking dmg. Nice idea anyway.

ashes · Sep 24, 2008, 04:51 AM // 04:51

Is it worth "paying" 100g for a set of purple gilded daggers?

Typozzz

MisterB · Sep 24, 2008, 05:49 AM // 05:49

Neat trick, but expect an update. Should be an easy way to get Norn points over the weekend, if anyone still hasn't done it.

blackknight1337 · Sep 24, 2008, 05:59 AM // 05:59

and the cat is out of the bag.....

Luminarus · Sep 24, 2008, 06:00 AM // 06:00

It takes you a minute to do the vaettir for one drop... i can do it in 6 and get way more then 6 drops. May be faster, but from the immages, doesnt look worth it.

ReZDoGG · Sep 24, 2008, 11:17 AM // 11:17

I have actually known about Keg Farming this since two weeks after EoTN was released. I found out about it soon after HoS was nerfed. I used to run HoS solo with sin in about 6 minutes flat. After that got Nerfed, not too much longer after I ran into the other keg guy in Drakkar, and was pretty excited when I found out he had kegs. I Immediately started farming with him when I found out, and eventually took him to Spectrals. So I have been using this keg guy to farm Spectrals for over a year now for farming Golds and Festival Items. I actually kept this farm as one of my best kept secrets in GW, even though I knew there was a very few who was also doing it. I was planning on releasing a guide on it sometime this fall or winter. It's kind of disappointing to see it be revealed, and it will be sad when it is gone. Kind of a wrong move on your end to be honest, especially if you use the keg guy alot to farm, cause it will get nerfed just like the keg guy in HoS, and it will no longer be useful for farming. Better enjoy it while you can. Sorry to be bummed out, but of course I am going to... I been doing this for over a year and I am 100% sure it will get nerfed within a month of reveal, maybe on next update in beginning of october. Well I guess it is a good thing I don't play GW as much anymore anyways. But now Sifhalla will be full of A/E Keg farmers, and people will cry again for a Shadow Form nerf as well. The main reason why I kept it to myself was because of that... it most likely will ruin the keg farm, and maybe shadow form along with it. If Anet didn't constantly take the fun away from us with nerfs, I would have told people about this a year ago, unfortunately they always do.

I also have some ways off getting more drops from keg farming... It is best not to spam as fast as you can, or even drop more kegs than you need to kill the group of enemies. I mainly control my keg drops only with spectres. I actually count the number of kegs I need to kill off a group instead of spamming away... I figured out that Spectrals have exactly 600hp in HM, and it used to only take exactly 12 kegs to kill them without the overkilling. But since it is now 33% damage, I count exactly 18 kegs. This will significantly better your drops, and it is highly noticeable. I know that would be of some debate, but I have been doing it for over a year now, so I know what I am talkin about

I know it sounds kind of odd, but it works. I used to get 2-5 golds and up to 12-14 festive drops in one of the two groups, the bigger group. I used to come back with atleast 50-70 festive drops in alil over an hour. I usually stay out there until my bags are full of golds, usually 20+ golds, and the rest being just tomes, stones, and materials. I usually take a full Superior Salvage kit, along with Superior ID kit... sometimes I take two of both to be safe. But yeah, I usually stay out there until I can't possibly hold anymore stuff, and eventually forced back to town. Usually takes around an hour and half to two hours to fill up. I have also used this to Solo Vanquish all of Northern ShiverPeaks and one Asuran territory. It is also good to farm Reputation with it also.

Well here is the build that I use for my Keg Farming:

Glyph of Swiftness
Deadly Paradox
Shadow Form
Dark Escape
Dwarven Stability
Mindbender
Feigned Neutrality
Ebon Escape

Thargor · Sep 24, 2008, 11:32 AM // 11:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReZDoGG

I have actually known about this since two weeks after EoTN was released.
I was planning on releasing a guide on it sometime this fall or winter.
Kind of a wrong move on your end to be honest,

So you knew about it for a long time now, good for you!
Now explain to us how it is a bad move for the original poster to reveal this but it would have been fine for you to release a guide yourself.
Sounds like someone is jealous that they wont get the credit for finding this...

Thanks to A Simple Farmer for sharing!

ReZDoGG · Sep 24, 2008, 11:48 AM // 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thargor

So you knew about it for a long time now, good for you!
Now explain to us how it is a bad move for the original poster to reveal this but it would have been fine for you to release a guide yourself.
Sounds like someone is jealous that they wont get the credit for finding this...

Thanks to A Simple Farmer for sharing!

Nah, its not about that. It's just about how Anet handles the game to be honest. I mean we all know what happens when something is revealed, and eventually considered an exploit... but I am glad it is out anyways, I really dont play anymore anyways... well maybe only during festival drop weekends. This will give some people a bit more to do, other than what Anet gives us. But of course they will take it away from us soon enough

Well here is some old screenshots that I posted on a thread along time ago, that people went crazy over. I got alot of pm's when I did this, and I almost slipped up about it then.

As you can see in one of the images, the damage is 50 like it used to be, long before the damage reduction nerf to Shadow Form. I also was using the old A/ME perma builds, but now A/E is alot easier for KEg farming. I am sure some people will recognize the pictures, when I posted them, and blacked them out so people wouldn't figure it out

I know I know, it was kind of me teasing people and being an ass, but I wanted to farm it for aslong as possible.

Popcorn Devil · Sep 24, 2008, 12:06 PM // 12:06

Nice one OP... nerf is going to be soon now

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Fishmonger · Sep 24, 2008, 01:44 PM // 13:44

*watches for the nerfbat to home run this*

hey as long as long as they give up octoberfest or double rep weekend, nerf what u like

take that back, don't do that

ReZDoGG · Sep 24, 2008, 02:28 PM // 14:28

it would have been nice to farm some festiv items this next Halloween and Xmas, but guess that won't be happening... not with kegs anyways. I was planning on revealing it most likely after GW2 came out...that way I wouldn't care about nerf. heh

shaygo · Sep 24, 2008, 03:02 PM // 15:02

did anyone try ( and made it ) to use another bulid, maybe obsidian flesh- based ? if it is going to be nurfed ( and it is ), why should only sins enjoy the last moments of glory ?