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Frost_ · May 12, 2006, 02:58 AM // 02:58

why does anet nerf nearly all farming builds that we come up with, reduce drops for re-entering an area, just take out things that drop good or are farmable, and pretty much make it as hard as possible for farmers to farm gold but give people who farm faction an elite mission to get rich off of? why not give you players who actually have some skill in hoh some elite mission instead of the farmers you nerfed countless times?

Chilly Ress · May 12, 2006, 03:58 AM // 03:58

Because the game is supposed to be "team-based" so tehy want you going on quests/missions to find gold/items and not spend hours on end farming gold from the poor melee creatures.

UndeadRoadkill · May 12, 2006, 04:49 AM // 04:49

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Originally Posted by Chilly Ress

Because the game is supposed to be "team-based" so tehy want you going on quests/missions to find gold/items and not spend hours on end farming gold from the poor melee creatures.

So spending hours on end farming faction is cool if it's with a team?

Kerrick?? · May 12, 2006, 04:51 AM // 04:51

..yes?

Chilly Ress · May 12, 2006, 04:59 AM // 04:59

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Originally Posted by UndeadRoadkill

So spending hours on end farming faction is cool if it's with a team?

Well, it does make it easier, my opinion was just a thought, sorry.

UndeadRoadkill · May 12, 2006, 05:00 AM // 05:00

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Originally Posted by Kerrick¹

..yes?

Ok, I think a lot of people of people got confused because GW was being advertised as not requiring grind, 'skill over time played' etc. etc. What they really meant was 'not' those things.

Mandy Memory · May 12, 2006, 05:09 AM // 05:09

because they encourage group farming, not solo farming.

Hockster · May 12, 2006, 05:17 AM // 05:17

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Originally Posted by Frost_

why does anet nerf nearly all farming builds that we come up with, reduce drops for re-entering an area, just take out things that drop good or are farmable, and pretty much make it as hard as possible for farmers to farm gold but give people who farm faction an elite mission to get rich off of? why not give you players who actually have some skill in hoh some elite mission instead of the farmers you nerfed countless times?

They did it just to give you a reason to whine.

98% of the time skill adjustments are made to balance them in PvP, not for PvE. Drop fatigue has always been a part of the game since day one.

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Ok, I think a lot of people of people got confused because GW was being advertised as not requiring grind, 'skill over time played' etc. etc. What they really meant was 'not' those things

How so? one can play the game to completion, normally, without having to grind anything. Especially with the increased loot and gold drops in Factions. One doesn't need to grind any faction at all, the 10K needed to continue the story is easily made with a just few quests.
Just because your skill might not get any better over time doesn't mean that's true for eveyone else.

Swinging Fists · May 12, 2006, 05:34 AM // 05:34

Oh, I think the faction farming is way beyond the 10k required to continue the storyline. Check out the faction required to own Cavalon - it's about 5 million now.

VitisVinifera · May 12, 2006, 05:36 AM // 05:36

Here's a somewhat related thought.

I'm thinking Anet is starting to see that server capacity is going to become an issue. So here's what they are doing to decrease server load:

-nerf solo farming.
-griffons nerfed
-ettins not nerfed......yet
-did I read that the -50 hp focus no longer is a quest reward?
-decrease the viability of 5 man farm teams
-nerf book trick and keg/gear farming in SF
-make henches suck
-you need to go with fuller groups instead

the net effect of all this is that when you bunch people together into teams, there are less unique games going on in the Anet servers. If you have a ton of people solo/dual farming, there are many more unique games going on.

am I off here or could this be some rationale with how things are going?

spellsword · May 12, 2006, 05:44 AM // 05:44

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because they encourage group farming, not solo farming.

Then why made it so that you get much better drops and more gold/xp when alone?

Tsunami Rain · May 12, 2006, 05:53 AM // 05:53

closed. for obvious reasons.

May 12, 2006, 02:58 AM // 02:58	#1
Frost_ Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jun 2005	anet and farmers why does anet nerf nearly all farming builds that we come up with, reduce drops for re-entering an area, just take out things that drop good or are farmable, and pretty much make it as hard as possible for farmers to farm gold but give people who farm faction an elite mission to get rich off of? why not give you players who actually have some skill in hoh some elite mission instead of the farmers you nerfed countless times?

May 12, 2006, 03:58 AM // 03:58	#2
Chilly Ress Jungle Guide Join Date: Oct 2005 Guild: Kinetic Fusion [kF] Profession: Me/	Because the game is supposed to be "team-based" so tehy want you going on quests/missions to find gold/items and not spend hours on end farming gold from the poor melee creatures.

May 12, 2006, 04:51 AM // 04:51	#4
Kerrick?? Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2006 Profession: Mo/E	..yes?

May 12, 2006, 05:09 AM // 05:09	#7
Mandy Memory Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Guild: Xen of Sigils [XoO] Profession: W/	because they encourage group farming, not solo farming.

May 12, 2006, 05:34 AM // 05:34	#9
Swinging Fists Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2006 Profession: W/Mo	Oh, I think the faction farming is way beyond the 10k required to continue the storyline. Check out the faction required to own Cavalon - it's about 5 million now.

May 12, 2006, 05:36 AM // 05:36	#10
VitisVinifera Banned Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern California Guild: HoTR Profession: N/Me	Here's a somewhat related thought. I'm thinking Anet is starting to see that server capacity is going to become an issue. So here's what they are doing to decrease server load: -nerf solo farming. -griffons nerfed -ettins not nerfed......yet -did I read that the -50 hp focus no longer is a quest reward? -decrease the viability of 5 man farm teams -nerf book trick and keg/gear farming in SF -make henches suck -you need to go with fuller groups instead the net effect of all this is that when you bunch people together into teams, there are less unique games going on in the Anet servers. If you have a ton of people solo/dual farming, there are many more unique games going on. am I off here or could this be some rationale with how things are going?

May 12, 2006, 05:53 AM // 05:53	#12
Tsunami Rain mmmmmmmm pie. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Guild: Favorable Winds [Gust] Profession: Mo/	closed. for obvious reasons.