Curse

foody · Jul 30, 2006, 11:46 PM // 23:46

ive been doing solo farming greens and such things since ive had gw for about 10 months now. ive been noticing every week or so the farming has been getting worse n worse at my same spots. ive been switching it up alot and have tried alot of diffrent places and have found some places to solo that no1 has posted. has the drop rate changed for solo? have they made it better for group farming and worse for solo...? i cant stand group farming. these is always 1 idiot newb who runs right in and aggros massive groups n dies. has this happened with the drop change or did my luck just go bye bye??

Chronos the Defiler · Jul 31, 2006, 12:01 AM // 00:01

true....i did a 30 run on a spot and not a single thing...i got tons of scrolls and several crappy items, but not a single time did i get the green i was after

foody · Jul 31, 2006, 12:14 AM // 00:14

ya i did 45 runs on sskai so i had a 30 life wep 4 my ranger to run with n got mad n just quit it n bought one for 8k

taco_salad · Jul 31, 2006, 12:27 AM // 00:27

yep anet is not only beating us solo farming in the face with a nerf but, but they are lubeing the bat up for the final rape of farming, because money should have to be pulled from the skin like some sort of cruel joke in anet's eyes.

One day I hope to see a NPC outside that make you pay 10 plat for farming outside elona.

maraxusofk · Jul 31, 2006, 12:43 AM // 00:43

Farming is difficult always. Ive nearly beaten game wit 4 characters thru faction by now, going to every single city and completing nearly every quest. What do i get? 2 greens. Yes not only is solo farming difficult, group farming is still difficult. Havent seen any solo builds outside of UW and FOW efficently make money.

foody · Jul 31, 2006, 01:01 AM // 01:01

it has nothing to do with difficulty its the drops they r getting worse its not hard n group famrign should be ez its just sutpid newbs

Arkantos · Jul 31, 2006, 03:03 AM // 03:03

Anti-Farming code...

ArTy · Jul 31, 2006, 03:08 AM // 03:08

Perhaps.

Did 3 solo runs to try and get a Totem Axe for my new 55...got nothing. Do one with a Guildy and 2 drop. Guildy 3 man team does another 2 more drop

WTF?

Anet only wants us to farm in groups??

Arkantos · Jul 31, 2006, 03:09 AM // 03:09

I got 3 Stonereapers today solo, so farming isnt nerfed.

Captain Robo · Jul 31, 2006, 04:33 AM // 04:33

Speak for yourself.

I farm the following bosses regularly

Ghial, Stonereap, Rit Construct, Strongroot, Chkkr Thousand Tail

In the past two weeks-- Absolutely nothing.

I do about four-five farming runs on each per day at different intevals, taking time to stop and do a mission between.

king_robin · Jul 31, 2006, 08:32 AM // 08:32

Anet hasn't neft solo farm. I just farmed 2 totem axe solo in the same run. But now i dont know what im gonna do with em. =( And also i got Arrash sheild (Green) at the first try. So there is no neft just Superior Bad Luck ^^

MASQUE EYE · Jul 31, 2006, 08:51 AM // 08:51

for me it has been, i solo farm 15 bosses in cantha and i havent gotten jack in 5 days. i switch around and do some quests and missions and i havent gotten jack.

mathijn · Jul 31, 2006, 12:03 PM // 12:03

same, farm 5 bosses, in tyria and cantha, different times, mission between
0 drops out of 100 kills in about 2 weeks

Luciora · Jul 31, 2006, 12:48 PM // 12:48

Ecto drops seems to be far worse as well. Now we are lucky to score 1 ecto in 4 or so runs. Something is just not right I tell you....

After killing Zarnas for about 60 odd times (total not in one day) I finally got his green drop. It is getting rather hard to make any money in the game and I have a BAD 15k armour habbit to support

Roxas · Jul 31, 2006, 12:49 PM // 12:49

It can't be the anti-facming code cuz when it will show a small blue box saying to stop farming just the begging of the area n stuff.

rhYmedizzle · Jul 31, 2006, 12:58 PM // 12:58

when more people farm in an area it hurts ur drops, thats why mountain trolls dont drop anything good very often, cause every is pwr lvling there. just try one spot for a few times, if it doesnt work, move on to another spot or do something else.

SirShadowrunner · Jul 31, 2006, 05:45 PM // 17:45

So far, it seems ppl farm greens more than regular monsters, I think
because the areas to go on long farm runs in Factions is limited and it is
actually fairly easy to run to the bosses and kill for the green.
Prices have plummeted, everyone knows what builds to use and how to get
there, so the drops are gonna take a hit because everyone is doing the same
thing.

I prefer nice long farm runs myself, like the crystal desert and
dreadnaughts drift, more challenging than just the killing part and
the scenery is awesome.

lennymon · Aug 01, 2006, 01:08 AM // 01:08

this is just one of many of my current theories but, data fits this one still: what if drops rates for any given item/material in any area are constant per time regardless of how many people farm there? Meaning if one guy goes to uw and farms 10 ectos day one, day 2 he told his buddies and all 10 go in, each guy getting 1 ecto, day 3: 100 people, total # of ectos dropped 10. In reality I dont think any farming code/drop equation is that simplistic, but the concept of limited supply no matter how many people (over)farm an area is fairly obviously the rule. So the more an area gets farmed, not just by you but also by everyone else could and does affect the drop rate you see.

ArTy · Aug 01, 2006, 01:23 AM // 01:23

That theory has been suggested by people who posted earlier, and sounds quite reasonable <_< >_>

Maybe Anet set a limit on how many can be farmed per day in the world

I'm heading off then to places where no-one farms, to get me some uber loot. Maybe those annoying Mesmer things in the desert

unmatchedfury · Aug 01, 2006, 03:21 AM // 03:21

what do you guys farm with? you all talk about heading off into the desert to farm. 55 monks? anyway does anyone know someplace good to farm for a echo vengful was khanei ritulist? i can't go anywhere in kaineig city ( i get freakin nuked to death) as a matter of fact almost everywere in factions is super hard to solo as compared to teh desert where i am able to solo most mobs.

sigh.. i wish GW wasn't so damn team orriented and we could get out and explore more wih out sharing with dunderhead hench.