Curse

Maxiemonster · Apr 04, 2006, 05:23 PM // 17:23

My advice to you: Don't farm for gold, farm for fun. I don't even notice drop nerfs, since I don't care about how much gold I have.

Alleji · Apr 04, 2006, 06:20 PM // 18:20

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Originally Posted by Kcp

Solo FoW is where it's at

Ecto's are are almost down to the price of a shard. I guarantee you will find more shards per run then ectos per run not to mention the obsidian chests which have a good potential to give up some nice goods and upgrades.

Or you guys can stay "old school" and run uw.

Solo FoW is a lot harder than UW, though <.<

I tried yesterday and never got past the first 3 groups at the start... started out with 10k, finished with 5 shards. Not exactly profitable for almost 2 hours spent, but if I got better at it... >.>

Yichi · Apr 04, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24

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Originally Posted by sleazeh

I echo this sentiment.

If you're in it for profit, FoW solo spider farming is by far the most lucrative of any area in the game per time spent. The shard drop rate far exceeds that of ecto, and combined with the sheer volume of "stuff" that drops (legs, etc), plus the added crap-shoot that is chests, it can't be beat.

For getting xp fast, UW is still tops. But it's not nearly as profitable.

plus 1

omg_wtf_pwned · Apr 05, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13

weird thing is that the past 3 days(except today) i did prolly say about 5-10 Uw 2 man runs , and i not one ecto dropped for me or my partner(before that though 2-3 were dropping per run) , so i started back up today and my 1st run only got us 1 ecto , we got into 2nd run and we headed for the 2nd group of ataxes , after killing them , 2 ectos alone dropped just from them...

il post ss of them dropping ,i about had a heart attack lol

btw within the month or less ive made mad cash from ectos , ive sold over 60+ ectos that ive farmed , and i now have 105 and addinf daily in my storage , 90+ of that 105 have all been farmed ...

also ide like to know a better farming spot than uw?

Jiggy - found a flaw in ur statement , you said that -1k from paying to get in ? if you successfully complete a Uw 2 man smite run between me and my partner , we make 2x times our gold back , so what you said makes no sense what so ever...

danakin · Apr 05, 2006, 05:17 AM // 05:17

This seems very ironic. People are complaining about the low value of ecto, and then when ectos become scarce (which in turn makes the value go up) they complain. Oh well.

Unchain · Apr 05, 2006, 05:24 AM // 05:24

I went on 4 runs today clearing Smites and Attaxes, yeilded 5 ectos, and that was with a 50/50 split with my partner. That's 2.5 ectos per run. The UW most certainly isn't 'nerfed'.

mrbb · Apr 05, 2006, 04:39 PM // 16:39

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Originally Posted by danakin

This seems very ironic. People are complaining about the low value of ecto, and then when ectos become scarce (which in turn makes the value go up) they complain. Oh well.

Yeah, I want ectos to drop for every enemy that I kill and that they don't drop for anyone else so the price stays up...

I agree with you... if prices of ectos are going down, it either means lower demand or more ectos being dropped. Either way if you want to buy ectos for armor, you're better off! If you want to make money... to bad!

Lady Erighan · Apr 05, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50

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Originally Posted by Gunz Blazing Smile

Not to flame or anything (man I hope I'm not flameing), but what OTHER places are you talking about?

SF has a poor drop rate. Tombs has a poor drop rate, not to mention the division of gold, items, ect. Solo Griffon farming/troll/hydra/ (anything else?) can be long, no good drops, and so on so forth. IDS and FoW runs can have about the same drop rate as UW... Also it's still basically LUCK with the chest runs anywhere you go... So sorry if this seems flameing twoards you or something... but with 6 drops of ecto and those are around 5k each still seems good to me even if you have a string of bad luck.

The most worthwile thing now is probably chest runs for a good gold drop to auction it off for the highest bidder... but then I might just keep that 100k+ item just beacuse I like the look of it...

I know you mean to add in the time it takes also to do the run(s) it still seems good to 2-man farm. But I sort of went to FoW anyway... I do UW with friends/guild mates. Find a good SS or if you are a good SS the UW runs can go fairly fast (faster than trying to solo it now a days anyway).

Your thinking is too much "inside the box." UW is a waist of time. The only reason people still "try" to farm Ectos there is because they don't have any other builds or places to go. Even SS necros are going to FoW because the shard drop rate is a lot better and they trade only a few K less than ecto and you don't have to 50/50 your drops.

Chest running is a waist of time as well. The only way you can make money is if you're LUCKY. 90% of the drops are merchant material. The other 10% will require hours and hours of spamming the trade chats just to break even.

There are still places to farm Griffin. Infact, some people think it's a better spot because there are no Rockshots...

Spider capping can make people some good money.

Playing the trade market is very profitable (assuming you have the patience).

Etc, etc...

Trust me, there are still ways to make 50-150K for an hour or two worth of work.

Macktar Wang · Apr 05, 2006, 06:46 PM // 18:46

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Originally Posted by Lady Erighan

There are still places to farm Griffin. Infact, some people think it's a better spot because there are no Rockshots...

Only a matter of time till that one is gone too. Maybe after they nerf the trolls in Forge area.

LoKi Foxfire · Apr 05, 2006, 09:21 PM // 21:21

I miss farming chests for gold back in the day before they put a stop to that money train. :<

kito · Apr 05, 2006, 09:27 PM // 21:27

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Originally Posted by Sekkira

Yeah, UW was nerfed recently, Ectos don't drop anymore.

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Originally Posted by Sekkira

It hasn't been adjusted. People always say it's been nerfed/buffed if they get a good/bad run.

You just contradicted yourself man

Megla Zero · Apr 05, 2006, 09:30 PM // 21:30

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Originally Posted by Lady Erighan

Your thinking is too much "inside the box." UW is a waist of time. The only reason people still "try" to farm Ectos there is because they don't have any other builds or places to go. Even SS necros are going to FoW because the shard drop rate is a lot better and they trade only a few K less than ecto and you don't have to 50/50 your drops.

Chest running is a waist of time as well. The only way you can make money is if you're LUCKY. 90% of the drops are merchant material. The other 10% will require hours and hours of spamming the trade chats just to break even.

My SS only goes FoW because I find it a lot more fun and enjoyable (with a decent group) to run around doing the quests as opposed to standing around watching a 55 monk tank its butt off and then have me go "1, 2, 3, 2.... 3, 2..." with the occasional Power Spike in there for Dyings, or Blood Ritual for idiot PuGs.

deads76 · Apr 06, 2006, 08:26 PM // 20:26

Hi all,

I got an echo ss who drop nothing (i got 1 green in SF one time) everytime i am doing a run. That is really strange cause it supposed to be random, but after a total of 60 run (and problably more in the 3 places UW, sf and fow) i just got this green (no ecto, no shards), i can see other player getting nice drops (and more than 1 green per guys sometimes) everytime but not for me

And with my ranger that's fine i can get some ecto or shards (ruby too).

So i was wondering if the char need to unlock something a quest or mission or whatsever to be allowed to get some green, ecto, etc...

Sorry if my english is hard to understand, this is not my primary language.

Count to Potato · Apr 06, 2006, 08:37 PM // 20:37

Uw isnt nerfed it just pretty much random drop, and i think if there wasnt an AoE nerf then there would be a ecto drop nerf btw

Evilsod · Apr 06, 2006, 10:49 PM // 22:49

My ranger has the most luck i've ever seen when it come sto UW. I rarely go trapping trips there because compared to SS/SV farming its slow as hell, everytime i do go though is seem to get an ecto (last trip i ended up with 2 so gave 1 to the guy who'd got none).

They're always 'nerfing' UW anyway, recently though the ectos prices have been getting extremelely low, maybe they'll just reduce drops a bit and make em go back up

xjej · Apr 07, 2006, 12:47 AM // 00:47

4 ectos in one run here

madman420 · Apr 07, 2006, 01:57 AM // 01:57

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Originally Posted by Lady Erighan

There are still places to farm Griffin. Infact, some people think it's a better spot because there are no Rockshots...

Yeah there's griffon's outside destiny's gorge. Too bad all they drop are griffon wings.

Karmaniac · Apr 07, 2006, 10:05 PM // 22:05

More salt for your headwound? (from guildwars.com)

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Update: Wednesday, May 11

Entering The Underworld now costs 1 platinum piece, the same as entering The Fissure of Woe. Rewards in both maps have been significantly improved.

Can't even imagine what the drops were back then.

TheMosesPHD · Apr 07, 2006, 10:17 PM // 22:17

Since everyone is bored out of their mind with Prophecies, I think they improved the quality of drops for the most part. The trolls have definitely been generous to me, and black dyes are falling from the sky. I've never gotten that over-farming message even once though. My first day with my 55hp I farmed for about 3 hours and didn't get the message.

Anarki · Apr 09, 2006, 02:57 AM // 02:57

I dont think UW was nerfed, I'm still getting at least 2 ectos per run. If only thing that has changed then it gotta be chests, because they started dropping more golds for me.

And I definitely disagree with someone who posted that there are better farming places than UW. I went from 45k to 1.2mil in a bit over 2 weeks just farming in UW.
And I tried most of other farming - FoW solo warrior, SF green farming, troll/griffon farming, ettin rune farming (gotta be one of the worst) and running. Nothing beats UW