Curse

sportacus · May 25, 2009, 08:31 PM // 20:31

Averages about a gloom seed every 3 mins if Skales are in bad spot, about a seed a minute if they're not.

The mysticism is what's +1+1, btw

Leighwyn · May 25, 2009, 08:32 PM // 20:32

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Originally Posted by Darcy

I can't believe it's something from the Fissure of Wow - Gloom Seed. That severely limits the number of players who can farm them. Mpst will have to buy them at the normal exhorbitant price for a Nicholas item.

Bad, bad item selection on ArenaNet's part.

Or they could just, you know, not get gifts this week. It isn't as if they are an entitlement now that they are in the game

ele pl · May 25, 2009, 08:54 PM // 20:54

Does standart Obsi tank Ele build works there? I have never farmed this beach.

magao · May 25, 2009, 08:57 PM // 20:57

Damn - I've been making a lot of money selling to people too lazy to get their own collector items (approx 350K over the last few days - I can finally complete my guild hall). Now I've got a real incentive to try out FoW for the first time.

Time to look up some guides.

BTW, I was quite happy to tell anyone who asked where and how to farm scales, and had quite a few people go off and do so rather than buy.

Deimos Zargarda · May 25, 2009, 09:02 PM // 21:02

Did it with 3 accounts, every run at least 5 Seeds, H/H teams, they drop quite often.

Still, nothing good from Nicholas, just the same crap.

makosi · May 25, 2009, 09:05 PM // 21:05

Good stuff. I was glad it wasn't another hellish grind like the mandragor cakes.

I got all junk from gifts though. Red Rock Candies were the best items.

exploiter · May 25, 2009, 09:10 PM // 21:10

farming it with perma sliver - beach, about 1 gloom per run...meh

Red-Tide · May 25, 2009, 09:27 PM // 21:27

Alright, I am looking for farming builds to gather up my seeds. Problem is, all the builds I find are from early to mid 06, which I have no faith in. The nerf bat has changed alot of things since then.

Anyway, anyone got a Ele, Ass or Monk build for soloing FOW (the only 3 chars I have that are capable of getting there)?

Longasc · May 25, 2009, 09:33 PM // 21:33

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Pv...ame=&Go=Senden

I use a Bday Cupcake to run to the beach. If you do not want that, take out Healing Breeze and use a running stance.

This build is quite fast and requires no special setup. Plus super safe. You will take ZERO damage from the Spiders, only degen can hurt you a bit Use Axe Mastery Headgear, superior runes to speed up the process.

This build is faster and does more damage. Requires a bit more gear and a minimum of skill though:
http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:W/Mo_Wammo_FoW

sportacus · May 25, 2009, 09:36 PM // 21:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red-Tide

Alright, I am looking for farming builds to gather up my seeds. Problem is, all the builds I find are from early to mid 06, which I have no faith in. The nerf bat has changed alot of things since then.

Anyway, anyone got a Ele, Ass or Monk build for soloing FOW (the only 3 chars I have that are capable of getting there)?

A/E standard Perma + whatever damage source you want. You can solo the beach easily that way.

Nerel · May 25, 2009, 09:49 PM // 21:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darcy

I can't believe it's something from the Fissure of Wow - Gloom Seed. That severely limits the number of players who can farm them. Mpst will have to buy them at the normal exhorbitant price for a Nicholas item.

Bad, bad item selection on ArenaNet's part.

Actually this is an easy farm, even for inexperienced players and first timers... can be farmed with a number of simple builds, available for a number of professions... this is easier and quicker than chromatic scales, builds capable of farming here have been around forever (pvx)...

Even a clueless, relatively inexperienced player can hero up and smash random critters in FoW normal mode.

Taking a ranger forest farming, or a warrior beach farming is pretty easy after all.

QQing Gloom seeds for the weekly collector is just a case of... I want my weekly free stuff, and I don't want to spend 15 minutes to get it.

Edit: Just saw your retraction, so... nvm.

garethporlest18 · May 25, 2009, 11:29 PM // 23:29

I'm using my warrior running with Healing Sig, Dolyak, Defy Pain, Physical resistance, Sprint, and 3 sword attacks. Can take spiders etc. Works pretty well, just a bit of difference from my old old FoW spider solo.

UnChosen · May 25, 2009, 11:39 PM // 23:39

1st Account:

30 Honeycombs
10 Mysterious Tonics

2nd Account:

10 Bottle Rockets
10 Sparklers
20 Jars of Honey
5 Mysterious Tonics

..........Time to toss comp outside the window

genofreek · May 26, 2009, 12:00 AM // 00:00

1st account:

10 sparklers
10 bottle rockets
10 champagne poppers
10 hunter ale
5 mysterious tonic

2nd account:
keg of ale
red rock candy
5 mystery summon
5 merch sumon
5 cottontail tonic

I'm happy to have the red candy and I can sell the keg, but I think my comp's gonna end up next to UnChosen's. :P

zelgadissan · May 26, 2009, 12:29 AM // 00:29

LOL at the above, since a lot of people are talking about farming the forest with their rangers...

Anyway, what I used to solo farm my Obsidian Shards (and therefore about to use to get my Gloom Seeds) - http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:W/R_..._Spider_Farmer

genofreek · May 26, 2009, 12:34 AM // 00:34

Well, before all the "hurr consets ursan sf don't even have to look at the screen just roll the beach" people get here... since you're new to FoW (I've only been a few times myself), you'll need to take a few things into consideration. It's not an easy area; you'll need protection, preparation, and a good strategy. Visit the wiki, check out the foes, read up on discussion pages and threads here on guru. Since it's a popular area, you might be able to find or put together a group.

Though cookie cutter builds make the game boring, maybe look around pvx wiki and see if anyone there has a decent farming build.

You can do it, and with a little extra effort and maybe a skillbar swap or two, you'll be okay.

Tom Swift · May 26, 2009, 12:44 AM // 00:44

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Originally Posted by Kerwyn Nasilan

[glyph of swiftness][deadly paradox][shadowform][lead attack][offhand][death blossom][optional][optional]

Can kill every thing on beach, make sure spiders are not all next to each other or there healing springs will make them impossible to kill.

This works great in nm - 5 runs 23 seeds and a few shards all together. Almost as easy as red irises. For the optionals i used dark escape to stay ahead of the warriors and crit agility for faster attack/energy gain from zealous daggers. And no cost because the extra seeds easily covered the entry fee.

Snograt · May 26, 2009, 12:51 AM // 00:51

I used the same build as zelgadissan - but that was my first time soloing FoW, so my 10 seeds took 10 visits ^_^

My Pc is joining UnChosen's and genofreek's :/

To Ceyarrecks: look at http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:R/Rt..._Forest_Farmer , not only the skills but the equipment and, most importantly, the walkthrough. The Fissure of Woe is tough and farming takes practice - lots of practice. At 1k a pop, it's expensive too - try to join a few pugs to get a feel of how the area works. To put it simply, the majority of the farm is not fighting stuff, it's avoiding stuff. It seemed to me that the Shadow Army lose aggro very quickly, which is just as well! Keep at it, you'll get there

garethporlest18 · May 26, 2009, 01:48 AM // 01:48

Farming FoW doesn't take lots of practice. You can do the beach with a Warrior or Assassin. I learned the sin build in 1 run and the warrior I had experience already but it only took me 2 tries to learn it back when I first started to learn it.

Anyways those are the two fastest ways.

Snograt · May 26, 2009, 02:13 AM // 02:13

Ah well, you're a better man than me then, Gareth.

My first run, I aggroed the entire Shadow Army trying to work out where to go. 2nd run pretty similar. After that, I knew the route but I only once managed to run past the three ancients without dying - and even then I managed to somehow aggro the entire cave-full of spiders whilst fighting the driders outside