Curse

Jesse · Oct 15, 2006, 03:02 AM // 03:02

Soloed Ghial with the wiki Mo/E Sliver Armor build and out of 14 runs got 4 staffs. Something to help the new guildys get going and finally i can get rid of my bortaks stuff for a fresh shiney new staff

Arcanis the Omnipotent · Oct 15, 2006, 03:05 AM // 03:05

What really bites is, depending on your class, you arent allowed to go on farming run anyway.

Rangers, Assassin, Rits and Mesmers are completely excluded from any farming parties.

All anyone really wants is a 4 man MM Necro, SS Necro (Or Nuker), Stance Tank and Healer monk party.

Try to join one of these when you arent the right class and you get bitched at. Or you could stand in an outpost for an hour and a half (which I did) finally get in a group, have someone "More Important" join and tell the leader to kick you out, which they did...

Thanks Anet for making it impossible for anyone forced to use henches to get anything at all.

Wonderful idea, screw us over more. Love it. What's next? "Mesmers cant wear armor" weekend.

dwc89 · Oct 15, 2006, 03:29 AM // 03:29

Went with a friend to 2 man Ssaski, no drop - not even gold. We went on to Geoffer, I got the drop. The 2 man we use btw is a war and mez - the mez is ranger secondary, has a pet and uses poisonous bite

.

My friend had done over 30 bosses = nada, go figure.

It was my first attempt at any greens in factions in a long time as well.

I have noticed an increase in districts in fav farming locales, so this has attracted ppl.

ign - Huntress Velasca

arcanemacabre · Oct 15, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

I'm finding out how to duo farm lots of greens this weekend, great experimentation time. My wife and I go out as a Rt/Me Vengful farming build (me), and an SS necro (my wife). It works similar to a 55/SS build, where I gather aggro, and get them clumped, while she spreads SS.

This duo build (you can find both builds in the farming forum) works wonders getting such greens as: Wing's Axe, Stonereaper (solo Rt), Jacqui's Aegis, Reefclaw's Refuge, Sskai's Sword, Geoffer's Bulwark, and more!

If you have a necro friend, I'd say it's remarkably easy to just make a nice solo build (like a troll farming build), with whatever class, and make sure you gather aggro while the necro applies SS for the brunt of the damage. Works like a charm just about everywhere, as far as I can tell.

Hell, we've only farmed for about 4 hours since the weekend started and we've already got 10 greens. Love this weekend! Now our Heroes won't be without decent gear!

MelechRic · Oct 15, 2006, 04:42 AM // 04:42

I've gotten every green I went after this weekend, and I didn't need much. I've been giving away ones like Incetol's Focus and Scourgewind's Branch. It took two tries to get Delic's wand and one to get Quansong's Focus. Nandet wouldn't drop his bow until the fifth try. Overall, a very good success rate.

Basically, anyone who talks to me in-game about my farming builds usually ends up getting one or two spare greens that I may have clogging my inventory/storage.

This weekend has been good in a lot of ways. It's made greens readily available to everyone like they always should have been. It's also made me feel quite generous.

Oct 15, 2006, 04:59 AM // 04:59

well i got every green i wanted this weekend, and many more i gave away.

so far ive given away 6 reefclaws refuges 4 geoffers bulwarks and 4 stonereapers.

and ive helped friends get the greens they wanted.

about the only green i want i cant solo, sunreach. but i saw it selling for like 10k so ill end up buying one if i dont get one tomorrow.

Hyper Cutter · Oct 15, 2006, 05:39 AM // 05:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanis the Omnipotent

Thanks Anet for making it impossible for anyone forced to use henches to get anything at all.

You can still get greens with henchies, I've been bringing three of them and it's working fairly well.

Priest Of Sin · Oct 15, 2006, 05:42 AM // 05:42

I've got so many shreader's talons now.... and i'm not even TRYING to farm him! But GG, I finally got 8 Sunreach Shields, so now my and my buds look pimp.

Alberic · Oct 15, 2006, 06:50 AM // 06:50

Finally started getting some greens when I switched to playing my toucher. So far, I'm up to 5 Ritual Lord's Staves, a Sskai's Sword, and a Rajazan's Fervor. Let's see what else I can get...

Gizzen Garr · Oct 15, 2006, 07:18 AM // 07:18

OMG i cant stand this weekend. after about 10 hours worth of farming i got 1 green and saw only 4 drop.Triple drop rate my ---. however the ppl who somehow get surplus greens sell'em very cheap now.

just my 2cents

Fluffyx · Oct 15, 2006, 07:20 AM // 07:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanis the Omnipotent

Rangers, Assassin, Rits and Mesmers are completely excluded from any farming parties.

Assassins have one of the best the easiest solo boss farming builds I've played with yet, which works especially well on the suijang bosses. Rits also have some decent solo builds, solo drops > group drops. I don't like seeing other people get my greens. :]

Kha · Oct 15, 2006, 07:33 AM // 07:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fluffyx

Assassins have one of the best the easiest solo boss farming builds I've played with yet

Sadly I suck at this build. Song of the Mists owns me through Shadow Form. I hated that in Raisu Palace chest farming and I hate it trying to farm greens. There's a reason my sin was a mule

Well at least I prefer farming with others instead of by myself

I've only got 1 green this weekend. Ironically the mad rush for greens has made me a bit sickened by them :/

Cold Hearted Zero · Oct 15, 2006, 08:05 AM // 08:05

ive gotten what i needed

the scar eater (for me and a friend )
kaolins blade (already have a fellblade with same stats so i gave it to a friend)
ghials staff (for me and some friends)
Rajazan's Fervor (for me)

what i still need to get is:
sheild
Channeling staff for Rit
Vera (hammer)
kaolin Prot staff
Kaolin Dom Staff

and i will get some friends green items if they need/want

Scarlett Romanov · Oct 15, 2006, 08:18 AM // 08:18

I hit up a few bosses this weekend. Didn't get anything in Cantha.

I decided to go to SF to do some quests on my monk. I ended up getting 2 useless Flint's Fleshcleavers. :| Strange..Its not 3x weekend in Tyria!

Amity and Truth · Oct 15, 2006, 08:29 AM // 08:29

I like the event. But i don't like how everyone uses me as a walking dictionary.
"Hey Amity, where do i find boss xyz?"
"Can you show me zxy?"

But meh, GuildWars concludes my bittersweet revenge in quite a fast time.
"Damn, farmcode has kicked in"

And what really cracks me up are the folks that want to get a green item at the wrong place. Just go to Raisu Palace and watch them do the stupid mission again and again. If you tell them that the crappy greens like Koosun drop in the EXPLORABLE area... well.. watch the shitstorm rise. *shrugs*

rick1027 · Oct 15, 2006, 08:30 AM // 08:30

well this weekend so far ive joined several group going for greens in cantha. 46 such forays without so much as seeing a green it kind of ticked me off so i ended up farming sf with henchies and got 5 greens and they call it a triple weekend in cantha

Lets Get to Healing · Oct 15, 2006, 08:35 AM // 08:35

Dude, WTF. . .

Some runs, got Arrahhsans Aegis 3 times, Sskai 2 times, Jacqui two times, Reefclaw none, Xuekao's Daggers 3 times.

You guys just arent looking in the right places .. . .

What me and some guildies do is I 55 and he SS's. It is difficult, yes, but we do it. We run up, I bring Sskai to the wall, and he goes down. Got 2 off his swords finally.

Geoffer, went with a team of four, just some 2 warriors, SS necro and a heal monk. not hard, just brought 4 because we share drops.

Xuekao, FFS, he is easy. I can solo him with my rit ( TY Dahnel) hard, yes, but fun. Me and above said guildies got a tank, heal monk and nuker together
Easy as hel.

Arrahhan, c'mon.I just modified an SS/SV necro to suit for our needs. We used the build for Sskai and him. SS/SV + 55 ftw . .

Jacqui. Deadly for a 55 with Deathand Chiblains, and whatever the sins use. Just let them run into the other group, try to take out those silly sins/deathands first and let them kill levathians. Destroy Jacqui with Reckless SS, Empathy. Jee Jee.

We have done Wing, still testing him tho. Killed hm, but mesmers are hell.

it isnt hard people, and me and my guildie just winged it.

KZaske · Oct 15, 2006, 09:52 AM // 09:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solar Light

Looks like the drop rate got increased from the canceled weekend, I might bother to farm some greens now.

Usual details on Gw website.

"This weekend, every Canthan boss monster that you slay will be three times as likely to drop a special, or "green," item. The start of this event will be Noon PDT on Friday and the greens will continue to drop at triple the normal rate through 11:59 p.m. PDT on Sunday. Good hunting!"

Tyria gets the boot again.

I fully agree with your attitude toward Cantha and the distress you express at Anet's lack luster Cantha only weekend non-event. We were promised double drops across the entire game. Five will get you ten that we will never see the promised weekend.
If you did not notice, I really have a hard time caring about Cantha in general.

Amity and Truth · Oct 15, 2006, 11:34 AM // 11:34

Yay, turn every thread into a Tyria versus Cantha Flamewar.
Get. Over. it.

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fatmouse · Oct 15, 2006, 02:09 PM // 14:09

I only tried to get 3 greens

stonereaper - 1st attempt
ghails - 2nd attempt
stormray - 1st attempt