Curse

ambergris · Aug 26, 2009, 08:05 PM // 20:05

and no matter how hard I work and sweat or how calloused my hands get "tilling" the land, I'm always a few Kappa shells short of a decent dirk!

What is up witdat?

(yeah, I'll take a little Asiago cheese with that whine)

Martin Firestorm · Aug 26, 2009, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Is that to be interpreted as "I don't get enough stuff farming"?

majikmajikmajik · Aug 26, 2009, 08:32 PM // 20:32

keep trying, or quit trying too hard. play thru the game for gold then buy some decent daggers. you can get green daggers anywhere from 200g-5k anything more then that is looks and appeal.

ambergris · Aug 26, 2009, 08:41 PM // 20:41

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Originally Posted by Martin Firestorm

Is that to be interpreted as "I don't get enough stuff farming"?

Oh, I get enough stuff. It's just stuff I don't need or maybe it's stuff I just fail to see the value in.

What I'm really trying to accomplish here is just to be comical which is sad because here in this economy, there are thirty five thousand comedians out of work and here I am free lancing and not even close to being funny.

drunk n angry · Aug 26, 2009, 08:57 PM // 20:57

best i can tell you is while farming pick everything up, especially in HM. when you get done farming you should if not already have a full inventory of items ranging from 50-100g if they are all whites then you should as long as your runs are short be able to make a lil bit just from the white drops. i used to 55hp monk farm ALOT outside bergens and just off the crap drops i usually made 3-4k per round, then i sold the golds unid 7=4.5k

and it could also be from where you are farming, so what and where are you farming at ?

HawkofStorms · Aug 26, 2009, 09:05 PM // 21:05

Most value in farming is in selling junk stuff to the merchant.
Farming isn't about quality, its about quantity (which is why people farm raptors even though they don't drop any rare skins, its the number of kills in a small amount of time that matters). The number of people who actually get wealthy because of that one lucky drop are actually quite rare.

ambergris · Aug 26, 2009, 09:11 PM // 21:11

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Originally Posted by drunk n angry

and it could also be from where you are farming, so what and where are you farming at ?

Kappas and afflicted NPC's in Factions tryin' out my new sin.

ArlanKels · Aug 26, 2009, 09:31 PM // 21:31

I've spent hours in the Underworld, killing everything and not gotten a single Ecto.

Sometimes the game hates you and doesn't want you t oget what you want

Other times you'll be walking through a zone, murder a random unimportant boss and he drops his worthless weapon....

Martin Alvito · Aug 26, 2009, 09:37 PM // 21:37

You can't become incredibly wealthy in this game by farming. Wealthy, yes. Ludicrously rich? No.

Even if you had 10,000 hours to devote over the last four years, players with far less time investment and more efficient wealth-building mechanisms would leave you in the dust.

Look for more efficient ways of making money than grinding it out at 10-30k per hour. Don't bother farming unless you can make at least 50k per hour...and farms that good never come around often or last long before the nerf (or before the value of the farmed goodies collapses).

Talon one · Aug 26, 2009, 10:05 PM // 22:05

I'll play Bacchus for the evening,
pray, be seated, take your places
Should my manna seem displeasing,
offend your airs and graces,
I've a list long as your arm,
(The connoisseur's selection),
such bitter whines - a quaff of qualms,
awaiting your inspection.

The bubbles burst - this aint sham-pain
I've watched hopes wither on the vine
The fruits of labours toiled in vain
I reap soul-grapes at harvest time.

Anno 2009 - a classic year for Vintage Whine?

Coney · Aug 26, 2009, 11:49 PM // 23:49

Why are you trying to farm uninscribable dirks? IMHO, they look terrible compared to many other dagger skins...

If you really want some, just farm raptors/feathers/dungeon runs and buy the skin you want.

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Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

You can't become incredibly wealthy in this game by farming. Wealthy, yes. Ludicrously rich? No.

If you really want the God's wealth with little effort, just buy 20-30 accounts for $9.95 each, and use them for monthly zkey predictions (DEFUNCT), or weekly Nick prizes (and sell for 4-5k each)...

Martin Alvito · Aug 27, 2009, 12:29 AM // 00:29

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Originally Posted by Coney

If you really want the God's wealth with little effort, just buy 20-30 accounts for $9.95 each, and use them for monthly zkey predictions (DEFUNCT)

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sadly, XTH will prove to be like a zombie. Unkillable.

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Originally Posted by Coney

or weekly Nick prizes (and sell for 4-5k each)...

You can easily outfarm that rate of monetary gain almost every week. No advantage is conferred here unless you're bad.

Black Metal · Aug 27, 2009, 12:47 AM // 00:47

The best farming has come from being ahead of the curve. This game is stagnant now, nothing new is going to happen, so farming generally now is going for the very low % / very high reward things, namely rare dungeon end chest skins and fow/uw end chest drops, which are incredibly time consuming when you factor in the amount of time you'd have to dedicate to have a reasonable chance to get that drop.

When I say the best farming came from being ahead of the curve, I'll mention a few examples:
-green farming in Sorrow's Furnace when a Rago Staff was an easy 75k, The Razorstone was 40k, Bortak's greens were 60-80k.
-sup monk runes 20-25k, sup absorption runes 70-75k from farming Ettins.
-farming Spiritgarden and Koosun for their green staves that were an easy 15k (former) and 40k (latter), less than 5 minute runs with reasonable drop rates

Point is: these farms were very profitable when you were ahead of the curve (fast runs with very good drop rates of in demand items), but those days are over for good. So don't think there are get rich quick farms unless you get super insanely lucky doing a FOWSC or whatever, but those odds are insane.

Cale Roughstar · Aug 27, 2009, 12:51 AM // 00:51

I love how people think he is actually farming for uninscr dirks.

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Originally Posted by ambergris

What I'm really trying to accomplish here is just to be comical which is sad because here in this economy, there are thirty five thousand comedians out of work and here I am free lancing and not even close to being funny.

I would suggest farming trolls, oldskewl stlyez. Not much loot, but lots of lulz.

(ucwutididthar?)

ambergris · Aug 27, 2009, 01:59 AM // 01:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cale Roughstar

I love how people think he is actually farming for uninscr dirks.

I would suggest farming trolls, oldskewl stlyez. Not much loot, but lots of lulz.

(ucwutididthar?)

Haha.... you got it, truth is, all I really wanted to say that I'm a few Kappa shells short of a decent dirk.

Kinda like a few fries short of a Happy Meal or a few peas short of a cassarole.

Ahhhh never mind.

LOL

Scary · Aug 27, 2009, 05:58 AM // 05:58

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Originally Posted by ambergris

Haha.... you got it, truth is, all I really wanted to say that I'm a few Kappa shells short of a decent dirk.

Kinda like a few fries short of a Happy Meal or a few peas short of a cassarole.

Ahhhh never mind.

LOL

Well, I must admit.. You are kinda funny

Keep up the kappa Shells

4thVariety · Aug 27, 2009, 06:32 AM // 06:32

The science of grinding, i.e. hitting your head against a wall:

(1 Hit) You feel the pain realizing how dumb an idea that was

(2 Hits) You just did that just to make sure it's the same

(3 Hits) Instead of questioning your sanity, your pain ridden brain goes into denial, trying to see the positive side of hitting a wall with your head

(10 Hits) You slowly get the hang of it, since the wall does not complain and the endorphines released by the pain take over

(25 Hits) The blood-brain barrier now limits the release of more endorphines, but looking around you notice nobody else doing what you do.

(50 Hits) Happy with being truly unique in your endeavors for the first time in your life, you become mighty proud of yourself

(100 Hits) From all the impacts, your forehead has now grown thicker to the point where each impact damages the wall more than your head

(200 Hits) Further evolving changes to your forehead start to make you doubt your creationist beliefs. What if Darwin was right?

(500 Hits) After crumbling the wall, you decide to continue in a more public place, such as the local mall.

(700 Hits) A crowd gathers around looking at you in disbelief, your forehead has grown several inches thick.

(900 Hits) A group of wandering latter day saints starts dancing around you, reaffirming your creationist beliefs, hailing you as instrument of god.

(1000 Hits) As the walls of the mall slowly start to crumble and the chanting of the latter day saints grows louder, you reject Darwing realizing your state truly is the result of direct empowerment by god.

(1500 Hits) Lead by your example, bystanders have long since been turned into frenzied followers smashing walls left and right.

(2000 Hits) A TV crew features your exploits on national TV calling it the hot trend of the summer

(5000 Hits) All across the nation groups of people start smashing their head against the wall in religious fervor, now there is no stopping it.

(7000 Hits) Groups of Japanese tourists stand in awe of your massive forehead. Back home, they turn wallsmashing into a TV show.

(8000 Hits) It now takes more strength to pull your massive forehead back than to slam it into the wall

(9000 Hits) Scientists claim the rise of headaches across the nation to be a direct result of passive smoke inhaled by wallbangers. Congress outlaws cigarettes within a week.

(10000 Hits) A strange man wanders in, shakes your hand and sticks a small piece of paper to your shoes. It reads "God of Headbangers (2)" in green letters. Dazed and confused you wander off into the desert never to be seen or heard of again. Centuries later people wait for your return.

admk · Aug 27, 2009, 12:51 PM // 12:51

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Originally Posted by ambergris

What I'm really trying to accomplish here is just to be comical which is sad because here in this economy, there are thirty five thousand comedians out of work and here I am free lancing and not even close to being funny.

Maybe you need to use one of those one-liner drum roll thingies...works for me!!(insert one-liner drum roll here)

Kattar · Aug 27, 2009, 01:08 PM // 13:08

Ur doin it wrong.

<-- That's the main type of response you're going to get here.

If you're looking for help, I'd head to the farming section and look around: http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=234

I won't move this thread there, since they'll just tear it to pieces. Regardless, there's no real need for threads like this.

Closed.