Farming areas - Guild Wars Forums

darkslaya · Jul 12, 2005, 10:20 AM // 10:20

just wondering where the good spots to farm is pm i dont want them to get nerfed

i got a 20 e/mo smiter fyi

Ketendra · Jul 12, 2005, 11:37 AM // 11:37

just do a search on the forum for farming, there is already at least 3 long threads on the subject that will give you about all the info you need about the subject.

suddy · Jul 12, 2005, 12:58 PM // 12:58

but i hear that most of its been nerfed...can anyone PM any areas they are currently using to farm

Thx

darkslaya · Jul 12, 2005, 03:29 PM // 15:29

yea but then again all the places they have said have been nerfed i wanna know the new spots just pm me with a few places thanks

Stigmata Arta · Jul 12, 2005, 03:32 PM // 15:32

Would be great if someone could pm me some places too

I made a character just for farming and just when he got good enough *BOOM* people started swinging that nerf bat like no tomorrow!

Mavrik · Jul 12, 2005, 03:39 PM // 15:39

they keep nerfing good farming areas but do nothing about the expensive costs of armor and stuff... how else are we suppose to make money?

Stigmata Arta · Jul 12, 2005, 03:47 PM // 15:47

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Originally Posted by Mavrik

they keep nerfing good farming areas but do nothing about the expensive costs of armor and stuff... how else are we suppose to make money?

Exactly! Dont get me wrong though I love GW and what all the makers are doing for it but this is the only thing tht annoys me! Although I DO understand why they nerfed hill giants

But I think they should have left some farmable areas so PvE players can actually earn some money

And if anyone says anything along the lines of "How about you try PLAYING the game!?" I have tried playing the game I have a couple of characters and only made 16k throughout.

Jul 12, 2005, 03:55 PM // 15:55

The guides that are posted in this forum regarding salvaging items and hanging onto them until the prices at the material trader are high, or by selling to other players, are extremely helpful and work very well for me. I don't have a lot of time to spend farming but using the tips in those guides allows me to keep a good supply of materials on hand and dump them at the trader when the price is right. I maintain a fairly stable form of income while waiting to get a gold drop which I can possibly sell for more cash. I'm by no means rich like some of the folks who can spend 60k on a sword or buy the FoW armor, but maybe in time I'll get there.

Fye Duron · Jul 12, 2005, 04:15 PM // 16:15

I agree that the constant nerfing of farmable areas is very upsetting. Most people will not give up there locations in a forum though. If someone wants to share the wealth and Pm me there location as well. I'd be very greatful. Seeings how every location I find gets nerfed with in a week I am without a current spot.

Sir Skullcrasher · Jul 12, 2005, 04:18 PM // 16:18

15k armors, good but expensive! Try to buy with 1k of gold, priceless

I do agree, a-net still kept the pricing for all the items (armors, runes, and materials) and if we can't farm or find a way to get golds, than people can't have the best setup for their characters.

The undead Mesmer · Jul 12, 2005, 04:50 PM // 16:50

i have the same problem to i have a good farming spot not gonna tell where hehe

but i cant do it without henchies so if annybody could pm in the game if you knw some good farming spots my ingame names are atm
Arcanist baltimore
justiciar batlimore
Miss baltimore
Undead baltimore
if you find some good farming spots share them with me plz hehe.

darkslaya · Jul 13, 2005, 07:36 AM // 07:36

lol glad every one trows in there 2 cents i agree with all of u but still no pms

Stigmata Arta · Jul 13, 2005, 07:47 AM // 07:47

Me neither

noblepaladin · Jul 13, 2005, 03:05 PM // 15:05

People don't understand when they say "how are we going to make money when they nerf everything?" If they do not nerf anything then everybody would have a ton of money and money would be worthless. People would buy 10 iron for 1k gold because it's so easy to get 1k gold. In the long run it's all the same. Those people with a million gold did not just get it all really quickly from one spot (maybe they did in the early stages of the game before the nerfs). They either botted it, brought gold with real money, or spent a VERY long time making that money.

moonshadow · Jul 13, 2005, 03:15 PM // 15:15

Can someone explain to me what "farming" and "nerfing" is? There's so much lingo on the boards I can't understand what anyone is referring to, lol. Or if someone can point me to a thread that explains what some of the terms are, that would be great. Thanks!!

kleps · Jul 13, 2005, 04:40 PM // 16:40

farming is doing the same thing over and over for the purpose of gaining loot, whether it be farming mobs or chests.

nerfing is making something less effective so farming will be less worth while, particularly nerfing loot drops or making enemies harder to kill.

PODO · Jul 13, 2005, 06:02 PM // 18:02

Im not complaining, I have fun on the game either way, but ive been playing for over 2 months now, and im not lying ive gotten 3 gold items 1 off hand item one nice staff, and something else I think. never have found a even a major rune. Im around 2 missions past the infusion mission. I dont get y i never get any real nice drops. Im a level 20 monk that protects and heals.

Stigmata Arta · Jul 13, 2005, 07:19 PM // 19:19

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Originally Posted by noblepaladin

People don't understand when they say "how are we going to make money when they nerf everything?" If they do not nerf anything then everybody would have a ton of money and money would be worthless. People would buy 10 iron for 1k gold because it's so easy to get 1k gold. In the long run it's all the same. Those people with a million gold did not just get it all really quickly from one spot (maybe they did in the early stages of the game before the nerfs). They either botted it, brought gold with real money, or spent a VERY long time making that money.

I didnt say they shouldnt nerf anything, I just think that they should of left a few areas where you can make some money. Not crazy money like my friend used to make (he used to make 100k in a day!) but just a place where you can make money a little bit quicker than the usual.

I LOVE this game to bits and play it whenever I get the chance and im not going to stop just because I cant get that 15k armour but im just saying that it would be great to have it and be able to get the money to be able to afford it.

quanzong · Jul 13, 2005, 07:30 PM // 19:30

Well Im not telling you the best place to farm, but heres a good place that I think is 2nd to best.
West of Augury Rock, goto the telepad straight north, should be the 2nd one, go thru it, then goto the river, theres like 5 wreckages along the way, not ANY monsters, but you have to go onto the desert for 2 of them, just use run skill to make them flee, and about at the end of it, at the last wreckage, if your VERY VERY good, theres a sand worm, if you can kill him, sand worms usually drop 35% chance GOLD item. Also if you cant kill him and need a break, run to the sand elemental boss, and then run away, and there should be fight between sand elemental boss with 2 others vs sand worm, of course sand worm wins, but worm has like 80% hp left. So get all the wreckages, you should have about 500 gold, and it takes about 4 mins for me.
So for an hour you should have probably 7500 gold. Which isnt bad, but if you skill sandworm you might get 8000 gold in hour.

Sarak-Hk · Jul 13, 2005, 07:31 PM // 19:31

I've been through the betas and went on to play afterwards and one thing I was doing was finding runes and selling them to raise some gold. They then brought in the rune traders and bam, no more gold...it isn't worth it for me to sell a rune for the 25 gold to a trader, or even the 90 gold to a player alot of times. And with Superior Vigor runes at 7K+, forget about it (not to mention nerfing the hill giants where I stood the best chance of getting one of these runes).

I did manage to pickup some Major runes for less than the Minor runes were selling for at a trader (odd side effect of supply and demand).

I think that they should leave a few challenging areas where people can go out alone (in peril) or in groups to make some money. I'm not saying that they should completely blow their economy system but from start to finish as a casual player I've only earned 25K gold total...playing the same char since April.

Jul 12, 2005, 10:20 AM // 10:20	#1
darkslaya Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2005	Farming areas just wondering where the good spots to farm is pm i dont want them to get nerfed i got a 20 e/mo smiter fyi

Jul 13, 2005, 03:15 PM // 15:15	#15
moonshadow Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Chocolate Dragons	Can I ask...? Can someone explain to me what "farming" and "nerfing" is? There's so much lingo on the boards I can't understand what anyone is referring to, lol. Or if someone can point me to a thread that explains what some of the terms are, that would be great. Thanks!!

Jul 12, 2005, 11:37 AM // 11:37	#2
Ketendra Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York Guild: JackKnife Brigade Profession: E/Mo	just do a search on the forum for farming, there is already at least 3 long threads on the subject that will give you about all the info you need about the subject.

Jul 12, 2005, 12:58 PM // 12:58	#3
suddy Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: The Wandering Ones Profession: W/Mo	but i hear that most of its been nerfed...can anyone PM any areas they are currently using to farm Thx

Jul 12, 2005, 03:29 PM // 15:29	#4
darkslaya Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2005	yea but then again all the places they have said have been nerfed i wanna know the new spots just pm me with a few places thanks

Jul 12, 2005, 03:32 PM // 15:32	#5
Stigmata Arta Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Guild: Acome BL Warriors	Would be great if someone could pm me some places too I made a character just for farming and just when he got good enough BOOM people started swinging that nerf bat like no tomorrow!

Jul 12, 2005, 03:39 PM // 15:39	#6
Mavrik Forge Runner Join Date: May 2005 Location: Alaska	they keep nerfing good farming areas but do nothing about the expensive costs of armor and stuff... how else are we suppose to make money?

Jul 12, 2005, 03:55 PM // 15:55	#8
JustAWarrior Guest	The guides that are posted in this forum regarding salvaging items and hanging onto them until the prices at the material trader are high, or by selling to other players, are extremely helpful and work very well for me. I don't have a lot of time to spend farming but using the tips in those guides allows me to keep a good supply of materials on hand and dump them at the trader when the price is right. I maintain a fairly stable form of income while waiting to get a gold drop which I can possibly sell for more cash. I'm by no means rich like some of the folks who can spend 60k on a sword or buy the FoW armor, but maybe in time I'll get there.

Jul 12, 2005, 04:15 PM // 16:15	#9
Fye Duron Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chico, CA, USA Guild: Dragon Fang	I agree that the constant nerfing of farmable areas is very upsetting. Most people will not give up there locations in a forum though. If someone wants to share the wealth and Pm me there location as well. I'd be very greatful. Seeings how every location I find gets nerfed with in a week I am without a current spot.

Jul 12, 2005, 04:18 PM // 16:18	#10
Sir Skullcrasher Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California Guild: 15 over 50 [Rare] Profession: W/Mo	15k armors, good but expensive! Try to buy with 1k of gold, priceless I do agree, a-net still kept the pricing for all the items (armors, runes, and materials) and if we can't farm or find a way to get golds, than people can't have the best setup for their characters.

Jul 12, 2005, 04:50 PM // 16:50	#11
The undead Mesmer Delphian Scribe Join Date: May 2005 Location: Holland Guild: No guild ;_; Profession: N/Me	i have the same problem to i have a good farming spot not gonna tell where hehe but i cant do it without henchies so if annybody could pm in the game if you knw some good farming spots my ingame names are atm Arcanist baltimore justiciar batlimore Miss baltimore Undead baltimore if you find some good farming spots share them with me plz hehe.

Jul 13, 2005, 07:36 AM // 07:36	#12
darkslaya Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2005	lol glad every one trows in there 2 cents i agree with all of u but still no pms

Jul 13, 2005, 07:47 AM // 07:47	#13
Stigmata Arta Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Guild: Acome BL Warriors	Me neither

Jul 13, 2005, 03:05 PM // 15:05	#14
noblepaladin Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2005	People don't understand when they say "how are we going to make money when they nerf everything?" If they do not nerf anything then everybody would have a ton of money and money would be worthless. People would buy 10 iron for 1k gold because it's so easy to get 1k gold. In the long run it's all the same. Those people with a million gold did not just get it all really quickly from one spot (maybe they did in the early stages of the game before the nerfs). They either botted it, brought gold with real money, or spent a VERY long time making that money.

Jul 13, 2005, 04:40 PM // 16:40	#16
kleps Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: W/Mo	farming is doing the same thing over and over for the purpose of gaining loot, whether it be farming mobs or chests. nerfing is making something less effective so farming will be less worth while, particularly nerfing loot drops or making enemies harder to kill.

Jul 13, 2005, 06:02 PM // 18:02	#17
PODO Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Minnesota Guild: fahQ Profession: Mo/E	Im not complaining, I have fun on the game either way, but ive been playing for over 2 months now, and im not lying ive gotten 3 gold items 1 off hand item one nice staff, and something else I think. never have found a even a major rune. Im around 2 missions past the infusion mission. I dont get y i never get any real nice drops. Im a level 20 monk that protects and heals.

Jul 13, 2005, 07:30 PM // 19:30	#19
quanzong Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere cold Guild: The Followers of the Messiah Profession: W/Me	Well Im not telling you the best place to farm, but heres a good place that I think is 2nd to best. West of Augury Rock, goto the telepad straight north, should be the 2nd one, go thru it, then goto the river, theres like 5 wreckages along the way, not ANY monsters, but you have to go onto the desert for 2 of them, just use run skill to make them flee, and about at the end of it, at the last wreckage, if your VERY VERY good, theres a sand worm, if you can kill him, sand worms usually drop 35% chance GOLD item. Also if you cant kill him and need a break, run to the sand elemental boss, and then run away, and there should be fight between sand elemental boss with 2 others vs sand worm, of course sand worm wins, but worm has like 80% hp left. So get all the wreckages, you should have about 500 gold, and it takes about 4 mins for me. So for an hour you should have probably 7500 gold. Which isnt bad, but if you skill sandworm you might get 8000 gold in hour.

Jul 13, 2005, 07:31 PM // 19:31	#20
Sarak-Hk Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Holy Knights Profession: W/Mo	I've been through the betas and went on to play afterwards and one thing I was doing was finding runes and selling them to raise some gold. They then brought in the rune traders and bam, no more gold...it isn't worth it for me to sell a rune for the 25 gold to a trader, or even the 90 gold to a player alot of times. And with Superior Vigor runes at 7K+, forget about it (not to mention nerfing the hill giants where I stood the best chance of getting one of these runes). I did manage to pickup some Major runes for less than the Minor runes were selling for at a trader (odd side effect of supply and demand). I think that they should leave a few challenging areas where people can go out alone (in peril) or in groups to make some money. I'm not saying that they should completely blow their economy system but from start to finish as a casual player I've only earned 25K gold total...playing the same char since April.