Curse

Meo Yeong · May 28, 2006, 03:11 PM // 15:11

Lol not about farming hahahahhah. I think thats the funniest comment I have heard thus far. First off if the game wasn't about farming they wouldn't have a bunch of different items to obtain. As soon as you go out multiple times to try and get that item you are farming for it regardless if you are soloing , using henchman or a full group. You can only complete the quests so many times until you are sick of it, and when you get bored of pvping need something to do. So whats left. Exactly you go out and farm to make a bit of cash so you can pay those retarded prices for items you want or hope you get the item you want to drop. Now you guys say its been like this for 6 months well I remember with the new tombs with theh end mesmer bosses that when it started all you need to do was go out the farthest zone away from it and kill a creature or two and come back and you would be good to go with green drops.

BUT!!!!!!

Its been noted that green drops are even rarer in factions and has been nerfed. Like I have stated and actually now I am at even more runs over the last couple weeks I have killed sunreach, falaharn and the necro that is just a jump and skip along the way and not once have they dropped one of their greens.

Thats with like I said resetting drops, going and helping other people with missions in tyria and canthan, using multiple chracters, zoning , killing in other areas. And still it has been weeks and no drop. Like I said I could go to my favourite killing spot make 100k in 6 hours without even dealing with an other player and having to sell anything and just buy the shield.

BUT!!!!!

For 5 days roaming to LA, KC and other places where some of the higher level players sell I still havnt even gotten one tell answering my ad that I wtb that sunreach shield.

Ive seen more urgoz flatbow then this sunreach shield lol.

Anyways I am up to 83 kills each on those three mobs after resets and days of on and off farming of them and still no shield or any green from them. That in my opinion tells me way to nerfed since i am trying just to get that shield for my war. And what makes it worse is the bs that I already have the end game shield with same stats from beating factions and I just want the sunreach skin.

Anet says there is a reward system in place but I disagree with that. Also note that when you pvp and get bored and have beaten game 4 times what else is there to do lol.

Loviatar · May 28, 2006, 03:31 PM // 15:31

to all the ......fill in IQ deprived explective........this has been in place a long time.

it is one of the ways to tell a bot from a person who is acting like a bot

note that the message states that the monsters will shortly in the future start giving less drops (your drops are unaffected til then)

there is a second message shortly after that one (didnt know about message number 2 did you?)

it says very shortly the monsters will have empty pockets.

the solution to this is simple

listen closely grasshopper to words of farming wisdom.

ROTATE YOUR RED ENGINE CROPS BEFORE THE SOIL WEARS OUT

edited to remove *fool*

Meo Yeong · May 28, 2006, 03:42 PM // 15:42

I havnt even received either message and my tool tips is ON. Still no drops after all the resetting I do. So no messages, tons of resets and doing different things. still no drops. hmmmmmm

must be a bug or something lol

Mustache Mayhem · May 28, 2006, 04:32 PM // 16:32

yeah they used to drop alot.. there was an update and I have'nt seen a green after that- I'm almost sure they cut off greens completely lol I'm not joking.. think they do this on purpose cause it happened in sorrows furnace the same way.. there was a time when you could get bosses to drop a green every time in sorrows when it was released- soloers like me made a fortune selling tanzits razorstone for 100k + ectos by the bulk.. I made a small fortune selling wing's axe in factions but lately have'nt seen one green drop since the update.. the deep also has something funny about it I'd like to share (I believe your tagged after a certain amount of soloing in the deep) used to get all kinds of golds soloing the first 2 rooms of the deep elite mission and the chest would sometimes spawn in room 2 (room 3 have'nt figured out yet).. nowdays no matter if go and come back from other areas- the chest is always in room 3 and I get nothing better than a purple- the drops are still really good in a pug though

Tijger · May 28, 2006, 08:20 PM // 20:20

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Originally Posted by Raiin Maker

i really hate that farming nerf, it seems that my warrior NEVER gets any gold yet, he's finished factions, and i did not see 1 gold drop on him. whereever i go i appear to have nerfed it... shame really, i like my warrior.

Thanks to Factions and titles I know exactly how many golds I've received, the counter stands at 77 at the moment.

My Canthan warrior char is 133 hours old and has finished Factions and is at Abaddon's Mouth currently, none of the time has been spent farming.
Nerfed? I've never had as many gold drops in GW before Factions was introduced.

Count to Potato · May 28, 2006, 08:31 PM // 20:31

Your behind the days

Meo Yeong · May 28, 2006, 09:11 PM // 21:11

I havnt had an issue with gold drops. I have been talking green drops.

Got three green drops today and still no sunreach shield grrrr

friggin shield

lol

dr_james2k · May 28, 2006, 09:24 PM // 21:24

This feature is older than factions itself.

Haggard · May 28, 2006, 09:25 PM // 21:25

Farming somewhere else for a bit resets it. I say a bit, I mean an hour or so.

Stockholm · May 28, 2006, 09:36 PM // 21:36

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Originally Posted by arcady

You shouldn't have a need to ever kill the same monster twice, other than the difficulty of constantly making new monsters and new quests making that impracticle.

Welcome to FACTIONS, here in Cantha we have too kill every monster atleast 3-4 times/quest and God forbidd next quest is in same zone lol

Tsunami Rain · May 28, 2006, 09:46 PM // 21:46

I'd say something but I'd just be getting myself mad.

IllusiveMind · May 28, 2006, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Anti-antifarming script routine:
Load GW.exe
Log in
Choose your beloved character
Set up your farming build
Choose your desired farming area
Don't pay attention to the game just farm for fun with no desired weapon in mind, if doing the opposite you will never get any rares.
Be a rich lucky bastard, sell!

Work wonders in Korean Grinding MMORPGS,

Note: Don't pay attention to this routine.

Manic Smile · May 28, 2006, 10:47 PM // 22:47

Death to hard core farming...lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

I'd say something but I'd just be getting myself mad.

With a guild like United Farmers Inc. I wonder which way you're swinging... :P

Zio · May 29, 2006, 08:27 AM // 08:27

I've gotten this message over a month ago, it's nothing new...

I don't see how any non-botter has any grounds to complain about this. I farm mino's a lot on my E/Me for some quick cash. The 'anti farm' doesn't kick in till around 2 hours of straight farming. That's plenty of time to make a sizable amount of cash and loot. A short break and everything returns to normal. You should take a break after 2 hours just for the sake of sanity anyway!

MaglorD · May 29, 2006, 09:14 AM // 09:14

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Originally Posted by Meo Yeong

lol like i sid above ya I did 76+ and now basically given up. I did teh 3 bosses which was sunreach, faraharn or whatever his name is and the necro that there too. Thats 228 bosses + now and not one green from any of them. I have reset my drops by taking breaks away fro liek a day, going to other far away zones and doing different patterns. Also change my characters since have 4 that have beaten factions. Still no shield, chakram or whatever the necro drops. I also not soloing but have gone with people and henchies and nothing. I read somewhere that guildwars was suppose to have a good reward system but personally i think factions SUCKS. Thats right I said it sucks lol. I cant belive I wasted so much time to get nothing. And gold item other then chests are rare enough too so its not very rewarding. In all truth I can go farm in this one spot and get 100k in 6 hours and just buy the bloody shield. I have been finding that I buy factios items and then go farm in tyria since drops are non exsistent. Four characters throughthe game and only 3 green drops so far. I think thats lame. Either that or anet has bugged my account from getting any loot lol or I have the worse luck in the history of guildwars. Btw I have killed other bosses 25 + times too in factions with nothing. Did kenshin like 40 times never got his item either. Overall this has really put me off from the game, been playing less and also dont think I will get the next expansion if its anything like factions.

I found 3 greens already in Factions while just questing and killing stuff, not farming - a mesmer off-hand, warrior shield and monk staff, so drops seem fair to me and are not any worse than in Prophecies. I could be wrong but I believe Factions was designed to be anti-farming and anti-running.

Hunter Sharparrow · May 29, 2006, 10:08 AM // 10:08

Ever think that, just maybe, this anti farm coding is not just for bots? That it's a way to control all farming. So instead of everyone farming the same (most profitable) spot they are forced to rotate. In other word they are forced to spread out to different areas so that you have more variety and therefore less of just one item flooding in. It's control over all forms of farming. Anet did say they rate players farming as being equivalent to bot farming. Hence this code affecting everyone in it's own way. Quite clever of them. Good go Anet.

Matsumi · May 29, 2006, 12:09 PM // 12:09

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Originally Posted by Hunter Sharparrow

Ever think that, just maybe, this anti farm coding is not just for bots?

Do bots listen to it or read it?

It's in the hints part of GW, you know, like when you got your first weapon drop in pre-searing, and it said you should equip it?

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Originally Posted by Hunter Sharparrow

Anet did say they rate players farming as being equivalent to bot farming.

Where do you get these ideas? Do you communicate with Anet in your sleep? Do they call you on the telephone sometimes? lol

Fake conversation:
*ring ring*
Hunter: Hello?
Anet: Hi Hunter, it's your buddy Anet
Hunter: Oh hi Anet, I've been doing what you told me, but they won't listen.
Anet: It's going just as expected, don't worry. We'll get them real soon and make them pay, like we made the bots pay.
Hunter: Oh good, because they're really affecting my way of life sometimes. I go to buy a sword for 100k +ecto and I can't do it. The only way I got 15k armor is from a superior absorbtion, they're ruining everything!
Anet: Don't worry Hunter, just keep telling them what we told you. Also, tell them that they are no better than bots, and we're coming for them next.
Hunter: Ok. Are they really no better than bots?
Anet: Don't question our wisdom Hunter, just do what you're told, and keep doing the repeatable quests. Just like the rest of them *snicker*
Hunter: Oh, sorry. I won't do it again. Why do they ruin my life Anet?
Anet: Because they're insects, that's why. I mean, we originally put that 15k armor in there as a joke, we didn't think they would try to actually earn money to get it. But don't worry, we'll make them pay Hunter, they'll PAY!
Hunter: Ok, I feel better now, I can't wait when it happens.
Anet: Well, that's it for now Hunter, make sure to tell them what we've told you.
Hunter: Ok, I will. I love you Anet
Anet: *cough* much love Hunter *cough*

Carth` · May 29, 2006, 12:31 PM // 12:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stockholm

Welcome to FACTIONS, here in Cantha we have too kill every monster atleast 3-4 times/quest and God forbidd next quest is in same zone lol

hahaha

piasse · May 29, 2006, 12:34 PM // 12:34

my war want return to farming ç_ç

Meo Yeong · May 29, 2006, 12:48 PM // 12:48

Personally I think sunreach is broken.