Best Place to Farm NOW, coz Anet nerfed giffing... - Guild Wars Forums

Homicidal Brainiac · Mar 03, 2006, 08:12 AM // 08:12

It's sad but true...

So what IS the best place to farm now?

TIA

Edit: er, typo on title, meant to be "griffing"

Vilaptca · Mar 03, 2006, 08:25 AM // 08:25

Pretty sure there were already better places.

RaabTheGuru · Mar 03, 2006, 08:34 AM // 08:34

Instead of farming, how about turning the computer off. Grinding it out on a computer out of boredom of a game makes no sense to me.

Sol_Vie · Mar 03, 2006, 08:47 AM // 08:47

It still works alright. FoW/UW has always been better though. You can still farm outside Drok's with no problem, though the drops are crap. I heard someone screaming in LA near Gaile that you could still farm Griffons in the S. Shiverpeaks outside of Rankor. Never tried it myself though.

I think farming taking a hit like this is a good thing. Economy will take a hit which is just... well. It's awesome.

manitoba1073 · Mar 03, 2006, 08:55 AM // 08:55

actually you will see the economy start to increase in prices now.

Sol_Vie · Mar 03, 2006, 08:58 AM // 08:58

Weapons gained from farming go down in availability = prices up, yes.

Money being throw around goes down as well = less of a demand

Less of a demand = lower price

Oh no! People will have to make due with imperfect weapons.

RaabTheGuru · Mar 03, 2006, 09:23 AM // 09:23

Try going out of destiny's gorge. There's griffons out there to the left of the town, don tknow if scarabs are there or not.

Avarre · Mar 03, 2006, 11:19 AM // 11:19

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Originally Posted by Sol_Vie

It still works alright. FoW/UW has always been better though. You can still farm outside Drok's with no problem, though the drops are crap. I heard someone screaming in LA near Gaile that you could still farm Griffons in the S. Shiverpeaks outside of Rankor. Never tried it myself though.

I think farming taking a hit like this is a good thing. Economy will take a hit which is just... well. It's awesome.

Blessed griffons have horrible loot :/

Griffons were never the best place to farm, considering that the griffonfarming classes can solo UW...

kc99 · Mar 03, 2006, 12:59 PM // 12:59

How did they nerf it exactly?

Avarre · Mar 03, 2006, 01:04 PM // 13:04

The additions of many many little scarabs.

SaucE · Mar 03, 2006, 01:06 PM // 13:06

I am very glad they added the scarabs. Now my guildies can't use "I am farming Griffon's" as an excuse.

Gonzo · Mar 03, 2006, 01:06 PM // 13:06

Nasty little scarabs, I tried a quick run in my lunch break just to see where the scarabs are, but they are right smack in the middle of the Griffo's.

FrogDevourer · Mar 03, 2006, 01:15 PM // 13:15

Since the auto-nerf patch, the desert has never been a good place to farm good weapons. It was the perfect bot area to hoard mountains of merchant junk, and to farm cash in a slow but simple and steady fashion. Sure, the occasional gold could be worth keeping, but griffon farmers were mostly newbie/unskilled/ignorant farmers, or bot users.

The desert was a very good influx of cash for the economy. Now that crappy farmers and bots cannot gather gold so easily, uncommon items (greens, ectos...) may become harder to sell in the long run. Selling rare stuff from SF/UW/FoW/Tombs is the best option for skilled farmers if you have a large base of unskilled but rich farmers. Removing one very popular source of junk NPC fodder and cash may strongly affect the middle-range economy (read: not casual players who couldn't afford basic stuff anyway, nor insanely rich players or hardcore farmers).

Peewee · Mar 03, 2006, 01:41 PM // 13:41

Death to Farming!

i think that leaves you with no question over my position on farming issues. Really, if you get upset becuase you cant make as much money out of tedious, unskillful griffon farming, then go play another game, or better still put some of those hours into doing something else. I cant see the point in playing a game for farming, it makes no sense to me. Why on earth would you want to sit through the tedium of farming in order to get 15k, or maybe even FoW that says nothing about you apart from 'i have too much time' or 'I know how to use PayPal'

Personally i had to solo farm griffons by trapping, thats where i got a fair bit of cash for 15k armour. Other than trapping in UW (with 2-5 man teams) there is very little rangers can do to farm solo, or in reduced groups. The vast majority of my money came from selling things i had accumulated over time, that I got from missions etc, and not from farming. Mesmers have it worse, and necros dont have a good situacion either. Elementalists to, have also been unable to farm as effectively since they nerfed aoe. Thats is why it gets my goat when people complain when they can no longer gain a frankly unfair advantage from their choice of proffesion.

I think if you want to make money it should be done in teams, with other people, possible doing quests or missions. Its far less boring than killing for moneys sake, and although it may take longer, things you enjoy tend to fly by, things that are boring just seem to take for ever, so there is a psychological aspect as well. I salute ANET therefore for taking griffon farming out of the picture, despite the fact that it was my main source of income from a farming point of view. I could do UW, but I have had nothing but bad luck (save a very lucky break which allowed me to obtain spider) I went down 15-20 times, and never saw an ecto. I also decided to stop because I want to PLAY gw, and not do it because it is a chore. Some people like grinding, personally I think they need a full frontal lobotomy, but that???s just my opinion.

While they nerf griffon farming, lets put in chilblains to piss of those 55hp monks as well. Who cares if those poor 55hp monks lose a substantial source of gold that other professions never had. If the professions are equal in pvp, then doesn???t it make sense to make them equal in pve?

Right, I have finished ranting. I am primarily a pvp player, so these things don???t concern me much. However. When factions arrives I intend to go back to PvE, until it gets boring, so these things may start to matter more to me.

Battle Torn · Mar 03, 2006, 01:43 PM // 13:43

I think the introduction of green weapons had a larger inpact on the economy for gold items (other than upgrades) or rare skins that you didnt find in the desert anyway. Chest running in FoW seems popular these days with groups of warriors, but it takes patience and lots of keys before you get anything worth finding. I forsee an increase in chest running due to this update.

fallot · Mar 03, 2006, 01:44 PM // 13:44

Griffon farming outside Destiny's Gorge is easily as effective (and sometimes more so) than Augury Farming. The number of griffons you can reach quickly is spawn-dependant and Rockshot Devourers can come in groups of 3-5 sometimes but otherwise there are no problems.

You can easily find groups of 4-5 griffons close to each other, similar to Prophet's Path. If you get a good spawn, the run is much shorter.

Avarre · Mar 03, 2006, 01:53 PM // 13:53

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Originally Posted by Peewee

Mesmers have it worse

I can solo:

Labyrinth/Vale/Smites/Unwanted guests in UW
Small parts of FoW
Griffons (blessed and previously desert)
Trolls
Minotaurs
Avicara
Forest Titans
Hydras

Nerf me! Nerf all mesmers!

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hy on earth would you want to sit through the tedium of farming in order to get 15k, or maybe even FoW

Because I can. And that's the ideological rift between me and you, that we will never bridge. Don't start on it.

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Who cares if those poor 55hp monks lose a substantial source of gold that other professions never had

Me. Because warriors can solo more than monks (and they got BUFFED in the recent update, Racthoh is happy ><), mesmers and necros use 55hp to solo rapidly as well, eles have earth armors, rangers... have stuff. If you nef 55hp, you leave warriors once again the premier class of guild wars, soloing FoW, UW, avicara, perdition rock, RoF, and everything else that moves. You economically demolish 3 classes in comparison. So how about no.

bebe · Mar 03, 2006, 02:08 PM // 14:08

mountain trolls in the cave outside of droknars forge.

Battle Torn · Mar 03, 2006, 03:05 PM // 15:05

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i think that leaves you with no question over my position on farming issues. Really, if you get upset becuase you cant make as much money out of tedious, unskillful griffon farming, then go play another game, or better still put some of those hours into doing something else. I cant see the point in playing a game for farming, it makes no sense to me. Why on earth would you want to sit through the tedium of farming in order to get 15k, or maybe even FoW that says nothing about you apart from 'i have too much time' or 'I know how to use PayPal'

Geesh..your as much an idiot as you are a nOOb, to suggest everyone who farms has too much time os uses pay pal is short sighted and incorrect.... there are lots of good reasons to farm... I have lovely FoW armour to show for my farming and it gave me a reason to play the game for months as do many other games that reward dedicated players. Building up resources is an essential part of any game, so stick to your little teams and let those who do enjoy an certain aspect of the game get on with it. Also its a bit hypocritical flaming farmers when your own income was mainly from this....did you have too much time on your hands then and do you use PayPal?

Grasping Darkness · Mar 03, 2006, 03:27 PM // 15:27

At the beginning of the kryta mission theres a house to the left. If you go behind it and kill the hellhound a bunch of monsters appear. If first you run up to the top of the small hill where the ascalon farmers are running away from the baddies it triggers more monsters behind the house to appear when you go down there. It's turns out like 700g in a couple minutes if you do it fast and sell to the merchant.

Mar 03, 2006, 08:12 AM // 08:12	#1
Homicidal Brainiac Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Zealand [NZL] Guild: Hundred Companions [HC]	Best Place to Farm NOW, coz Anet nerfed giffing... It's sad but true... So what IS the best place to farm now? TIA Edit: er, typo on title, meant to be "griffing"

Mar 03, 2006, 01:15 PM // 13:15	#13
FrogDevourer on a GW break until C4 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: In your shadow Guild: Servants of Fortuna	Since the auto-nerf patch, the desert has never been a good place to farm good weapons. It was the perfect bot area to hoard mountains of merchant junk, and to farm cash in a slow but simple and steady fashion. Sure, the occasional gold could be worth keeping, but griffon farmers were mostly newbie/unskilled/ignorant farmers, or bot users. The desert was a very good influx of cash for the economy. Now that crappy farmers and bots cannot gather gold so easily, uncommon items (greens, ectos...) may become harder to sell in the long run. Selling rare stuff from SF/UW/FoW/Tombs is the best option for skilled farmers if you have a large base of unskilled but rich farmers. Removing one very popular source of junk NPC fodder and cash may strongly affect the middle-range economy (read: not casual players who couldn't afford basic stuff anyway, nor insanely rich players or hardcore farmers). __________________

Mar 03, 2006, 03:27 PM // 15:27	#20
Grasping Darkness Banned Join Date: Nov 2005	At the beginning of the kryta mission theres a house to the left. If you go behind it and kill the hellhound a bunch of monsters appear. If first you run up to the top of the small hill where the ascalon farmers are running away from the baddies it triggers more monsters behind the house to appear when you go down there. It's turns out like 700g in a couple minutes if you do it fast and sell to the merchant. Last edited by Grasping Darkness; Mar 06, 2006 at 03:34 AM // 03:34..

Mar 03, 2006, 08:25 AM // 08:25	#2
Vilaptca Pre-Searing Vanquisher Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	Pretty sure there were already better places.

Mar 03, 2006, 08:34 AM // 08:34	#3
RaabTheGuru Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern California Guild: Wizards Anomyous [WoA] Profession: N/Me	Instead of farming, how about turning the computer off. Grinding it out on a computer out of boredom of a game makes no sense to me.

Mar 03, 2006, 08:47 AM // 08:47	#4
Sol_Vie Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boston, MA Guild: Blood Of Orr [BoO]	It still works alright. FoW/UW has always been better though. You can still farm outside Drok's with no problem, though the drops are crap. I heard someone screaming in LA near Gaile that you could still farm Griffons in the S. Shiverpeaks outside of Rankor. Never tried it myself though. I think farming taking a hit like this is a good thing. Economy will take a hit which is just... well. It's awesome.

Mar 03, 2006, 08:55 AM // 08:55	#5
manitoba1073 Desert Nomad Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station Guild: (SFC)Star Fleet Command,(TDE)The Daggerfall elite,(SOoM)Secret order of Magi	actually you will see the economy start to increase in prices now.

Mar 03, 2006, 08:58 AM // 08:58	#6
Sol_Vie Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boston, MA Guild: Blood Of Orr [BoO]	Weapons gained from farming go down in availability = prices up, yes. Money being throw around goes down as well = less of a demand Less of a demand = lower price Oh no! People will have to make due with imperfect weapons.

Mar 03, 2006, 09:23 AM // 09:23	#7
RaabTheGuru Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern California Guild: Wizards Anomyous [WoA] Profession: N/Me	Try going out of destiny's gorge. There's griffons out there to the left of the town, don tknow if scarabs are there or not.

Mar 03, 2006, 12:59 PM // 12:59	#9
kc99 Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Scotland Guild: Renaissance Desire Profession: R/Mo	How did they nerf it exactly?

Mar 03, 2006, 01:04 PM // 13:04	#10
Avarre Bubblegum Patrol Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Singapore Armed Forces	The additions of many many little scarabs.

Mar 03, 2006, 01:06 PM // 13:06	#11
SaucE Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: OgreSlayingKnife.com Guild: [MEEP] Biscuit of Dewm Profession: N/	I am very glad they added the scarabs. Now my guildies can't use "I am farming Griffon's" as an excuse.

Mar 03, 2006, 01:06 PM // 13:06	#12
Gonzo Jungle Guide Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Netherlands Guild: Defenders of the Blackblade [DotB] Profession: W/	Nasty little scarabs, I tried a quick run in my lunch break just to see where the scarabs are, but they are right smack in the middle of the Griffo's.

Mar 03, 2006, 01:41 PM // 13:41	#14
Peewee Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London, England Guild: I Uprising I [RAGE] Profession: R/	Death to Farming! i think that leaves you with no question over my position on farming issues. Really, if you get upset becuase you cant make as much money out of tedious, unskillful griffon farming, then go play another game, or better still put some of those hours into doing something else. I cant see the point in playing a game for farming, it makes no sense to me. Why on earth would you want to sit through the tedium of farming in order to get 15k, or maybe even FoW that says nothing about you apart from 'i have too much time' or 'I know how to use PayPal' Personally i had to solo farm griffons by trapping, thats where i got a fair bit of cash for 15k armour. Other than trapping in UW (with 2-5 man teams) there is very little rangers can do to farm solo, or in reduced groups. The vast majority of my money came from selling things i had accumulated over time, that I got from missions etc, and not from farming. Mesmers have it worse, and necros dont have a good situacion either. Elementalists to, have also been unable to farm as effectively since they nerfed aoe. Thats is why it gets my goat when people complain when they can no longer gain a frankly unfair advantage from their choice of proffesion. I think if you want to make money it should be done in teams, with other people, possible doing quests or missions. Its far less boring than killing for moneys sake, and although it may take longer, things you enjoy tend to fly by, things that are boring just seem to take for ever, so there is a psychological aspect as well. I salute ANET therefore for taking griffon farming out of the picture, despite the fact that it was my main source of income from a farming point of view. I could do UW, but I have had nothing but bad luck (save a very lucky break which allowed me to obtain spider) I went down 15-20 times, and never saw an ecto. I also decided to stop because I want to PLAY gw, and not do it because it is a chore. Some people like grinding, personally I think they need a full frontal lobotomy, but that???s just my opinion. While they nerf griffon farming, lets put in chilblains to piss of those 55hp monks as well. Who cares if those poor 55hp monks lose a substantial source of gold that other professions never had. If the professions are equal in pvp, then doesn???t it make sense to make them equal in pve? Right, I have finished ranting. I am primarily a pvp player, so these things don???t concern me much. However. When factions arrives I intend to go back to PvE, until it gets boring, so these things may start to matter more to me.

Mar 03, 2006, 01:43 PM // 13:43	#15
Battle Torn Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Scotland Profession: W/Mo	I think the introduction of green weapons had a larger inpact on the economy for gold items (other than upgrades) or rare skins that you didnt find in the desert anyway. Chest running in FoW seems popular these days with groups of warriors, but it takes patience and lots of keys before you get anything worth finding. I forsee an increase in chest running due to this update.

Mar 03, 2006, 01:44 PM // 13:44	#16
fallot I'm the king Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Aussie Trolling Crew: Grand Phallus and Chairman Pro Tempore	Griffon farming outside Destiny's Gorge is easily as effective (and sometimes more so) than Augury Farming. The number of griffons you can reach quickly is spawn-dependant and Rockshot Devourers can come in groups of 3-5 sometimes but otherwise there are no problems. You can easily find groups of 4-5 griffons close to each other, similar to Prophet's Path. If you get a good spawn, the run is much shorter.

Mar 03, 2006, 02:08 PM // 14:08	#18
bebe Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: http://tinyurl.com/4g5ueb8 Guild: Put the peanut in the peanut hole!	mountain trolls in the cave outside of droknars forge.