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Z'HA'DUM · Apr 12, 2006, 11:39 PM // 23:39

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Originally Posted by GranDeWun

ANet doesn't rely on forum posts to detect farming, they just look at their logs.

so many logs, and so little time... over a million people play GW, they must be lucky to find the right one...

Ninetail Trickster · Apr 12, 2006, 11:39 PM // 23:39

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Originally Posted by Sekkira

True, but then again, it's up to the person. If they discover the spot and feel they should announce it to the community, it is their right to do so. Likewise with lottery, you can announce the details of you winning it, or of your breakup.

What he's asking is not for people to stop trying to pry into things but for people to stop sharing information they have every right to.

I understand and agree with your opinion, however, I do not agree with what your opinion of what his opinion is.

Z'HA'DUM · Apr 12, 2006, 11:40 PM // 23:40

lol lets start getting cryptic, im loving it

Mavrik · Apr 12, 2006, 11:43 PM // 23:43

Example: Ryder finds out that farming mergoyal brings in big money and spams GWG with locations. People and bots all converge on listed location and make huge profit. Anet reads the information and decides "oh thats not right" and nerfs the location. Now Mergoyals drop crap

Or...

Ryder finds out that Skales are particularly fond of dropping some good items so he farms the hell out of them. But having learned from his mergoyal leason, Ryder does not share his location and Anet does not nerf it.

I'm like Ryder in example #2. When I find a good spot, I keep it to myself.

hunter · Apr 12, 2006, 11:43 PM // 23:43

Its very easy to write a program to track player activity at all times.

take the trolls for excample, everyone and their mother knows about them and has farmed them sometimes in their life. Whenever a person leaves of joins a zone, that is recorded and saved somewhere. if 30% (exhageration) of all players are visiting Talus schute for 70% of their total play time, that propably is also recorded and investigated.

With computers nowadays, you don't need to do any manual work. Remember, everything you do as a player is recorded.

Z'HA'DUM · Apr 12, 2006, 11:45 PM // 23:45

do you mean the henchmen when you are talking about bots?

Ninetail Trickster · Apr 12, 2006, 11:47 PM // 23:47

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Originally Posted by Z'HA'DUM

do you mean the henchmen when you are talking about bots?

Noooo, no. A bot is either a character controlled by a computer program, or a computer program to control a character.
Some people use them to have their character run and kill 24/7. Nerfing them is difficult and often has deep-rooted consequences.

Lord Iowerth · Apr 12, 2006, 11:48 PM // 23:48

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Originally Posted by Z'HA'DUM

if you find a place (in real life) were there is gold or a treasure, are you gonna tell everyone, so that it will be gone in a short time, or keep it to yourself and keep the treasure for yourself?

think about it, before you reveal a secret that is meant to stay secret...

Hmm, I don't know of any real life spots with treasure that automatically regenerates every time you leave the area ...

Hey, great that you found a farming spot that works for you, and you've chosen not to share the info. Congratulations ... so what was the point of your post again? Are you aggrivated someone revealed a spot you used? I guarantee you weren't the first person to think of farming there, sorry to be the bearer of bad news

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Originally Posted by KANE OG

Who pee'd in the OP's Frosted Griffon Wings (tm) this morning?

I lol'ed

Numa Pompilius · Apr 12, 2006, 11:48 PM // 23:48

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Originally Posted by Z'HA'DUM

everytime you reveal a good spot, it gets nerfed!

BS. The last nerf was when the scarabs invaded the griffon farming ground. ANet certainly didn't need gwguru to tell them about that farming ground (or any other, for that matter).
And I'm not even sure that was a nerf.

Dat Nut · Apr 12, 2006, 11:48 PM // 23:48

Hey guys, whats easier here?

A} Looking through all the logs and coding that are created by the 1 million + users and decifer where everyone is farming at or....

B} Take 2 min and log onto a fansite and check the posts and look for a thread that says "NEW FARMING SPOT - GOLDS DROPPING LIKE CANDY"

Seems like a simple answer to me. So I would have to agree that posting a good farming spot is not helping anyone. Especially the person who is farming that spot.

EternalTempest · Apr 12, 2006, 11:49 PM // 23:49

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Originally Posted by GranDeWun

ANet doesn't rely on forum posts to detect farming, they just look at their logs.

I do see his point (disagree with it). Anet allows players to do farming, it's the bot farming or extreme farming (usually done by sweat shops).

The more public the info is the more people use the more it causes anet to look at the Farming of X vs Effect of X on there game market and if it needs to be tweaked. They stated there fine but if it is causing trouble, they will tweak it.

Z'HA'DUM · Apr 12, 2006, 11:50 PM // 23:50

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Originally Posted by Ninetail Trickster

Noooo, no. A bot is either a character controlled by a computer program, or a computer program to control a character.
Some people use them to have their character run and kill 24/7. Nerfing them is difficult and often has deep-rooted consequences.

wow i didnt know that was possible, thats really bad! how do you control or even program a bot, since (at least to me) every run is slightly different...

Opeth11 · Apr 12, 2006, 11:54 PM // 23:54

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Originally Posted by Z'HA'DUM

wow i didnt know that was possible, thats really bad! how do you control or even program a bot, since (at least to me) every run is slightly different...

The map stays the same. Program detects where monsters are. Bot runs towards to aggro. Bot kills.

EternalTempest · Apr 12, 2006, 11:56 PM // 23:56

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Originally Posted by Dat Nut

Hey guys, whats easier here?

A} Looking through all the logs and coding that are created by the 1 million + users and decifer where everyone is farming at or....

B} Take 2 min and log onto a fansite and check the posts and look for a thread that says "NEW FARMING SPOT - GOLDS DROPPING LIKE CANDY"

Seems like a simple answer to me. So I would have to agree that posting a good farming spot is not helping anyone. Especially the person who is farming that spot.

Just do a search of the database for account with an amount of gold > X
Or look for all character with 55hp and then search where are there "frequent" spot map points.
Not discounting if Gaile or Alex goes hey ... this is too easy by seeing a post either.

The point is this method of community chat is a freedom of information the way it's set up.

DeathDealer · Apr 12, 2006, 11:57 PM // 23:57

ITS A GAME PEOPLE! Your getting all worked up and agitated over pixellated currency and items that exist in a game....seek some pixellated psychiatric help from the shrink npc at the...wait...its an uber secret and I'm not telling!..threads like this crack me up.

Opeth11 · Apr 12, 2006, 11:59 PM // 23:59

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Originally Posted by DeathDealer

ITS A GAME PEOPLE! Your getting all worked up and agitated over pixellated currency and items that exist in a game....seek some pixellated psychiatric help from the shrink npc at the...wait...its an uber secret and I'm not telling!..threads like this crack me up.

The NPC is at that "Heaven's Gate" isn't it!

Tell meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

On a side note : It's amazing how fast this thread grew, and how many people are viewing this. Well, 39 isn't much, but more than what I've seen usually.

Josh · Apr 13, 2006, 12:00 AM // 00:00

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Originally Posted by Z'HA'DUM

damn right to be greedy in this game, otherwise how the hell are you gonna save for a fow armor huh?

You know the armour in Factions (15k) looks better than FoW imo, lol.

FoW is gonna make you look nothing special in Factions.

And not really, they can just check how many times a certain monster is called and see if it happens daily to see if there being farmed.

Loviatar · Apr 13, 2006, 12:01 AM // 00:01

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Originally Posted by Dat Nut

Hey guys, whats easier here?

A} Looking through all the logs and coding that are created by the 1 million + users and decifer where everyone is farming at or....

.

hi

you obviously are unaware of this so i will enlighten you.

listen closely grasshopper.................they have tracking tools that will give out any answer they need

Cjlr · Apr 13, 2006, 12:03 AM // 00:03

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Originally Posted by Opeth11

It's amazing how fast this thread grew, and how many people are viewing this. Well, 39 isn't much, but more than what I've seen usually.

It's 46 now

.

But seriously, people, chill. So what? Does it really matter? SOMEONE is going to tell people if they find a good farming spot. It's pretty much guaranteed. So allow me to invite you to do the following:

Take a deep breath.

Send me $1 in return for my psychological counseling.

widowdaballa · Apr 13, 2006, 12:08 AM // 00:08

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Originally Posted by Z'HA'DUM

so many logs, and so little time... over a million people play GW, they must be lucky to find the right one...

You are true, so many logs, so little time... over a million people play GW; STOP right there! Think about it.... of those million+ people, they notice this one spot in the game getting played like no other spot by hundreds upon hundreds of people, THAT will definitely stick out from the other logs. It's like catching a glimpse of that little black ugly duckling within the group of little yellow ducklings in that cartoon! lol BUT NOT like looking for a needle in a haystack!