Curse

Rofl_Pwnt · Aug 06, 2006, 07:11 PM // 19:11

Please, I wanna know what people do to get they're fow, Ive been trying to save up but its not working =/ Any ideas?

Hidden in the Mist · Aug 06, 2006, 07:24 PM // 19:24

During the Protective Bond craze, I had played regular and saved up to 125k and proceeded to make a monk to farm the Underworld like everyone else. When I tried to farm the Underworld, I failed multiple of times, so I ventured to Augury Rock and farm the Pre-nerfed Griffons until I got about 456k.

But, due to some error on Anet's part. I lose all that money. So I pressed on to farm Griffons until I reached 456k where I was before the incident.

Thinking I have improved a bit with the invic monk, I went off to farm Riverside where I made an extra 150k. Excited, I went off to the Underworld for another try at it. It was then I became successful at making close to 100k a hour until the fateful day Anet nerfed Protective bond. I continued on by using Protective spirit as a substitue for Protective Bond, where I generated even more money.

I got into buying Minatour Horns to make a quick profit but it didn't last long.

After a bit, I got bored of my money and played with my warrior. I had her farmed Griffons whenever America didn't have favor. It was then I discovered Racthoh's thread on farming FoW Spiders. After studying the thread a bit, I went off and entered the Fissure of Woe and made around 12k from my first run. I continued doing this until I generated around 200k. I also tried doing the Forest of the Wailing Lord, but I stopped soon after that.

After buying some stuff for my warrior, I was at around a million gold. I promptly deleted my monk, thinking I had no use for her when my warrior could solo FoW and make lots of money.

Which now brings us to today, where I chest run for gold items to have people identify for me for 600-1.5k each. Leaving me with 1.8 million gold enough to make Obsidian armor.

Rofl_Pwnt · Aug 06, 2006, 08:26 PM // 20:26

is river side farming not nerfed?

Senator Tom · Aug 06, 2006, 08:32 PM // 20:32

I farmed Vermin north of Senji's Corner all day till we got favor, then I went into UW with my friend who very generously gave me all the ectos.

JMFD · Aug 06, 2006, 10:50 PM // 22:50

Other players - I did a lot of running back in the day before it was very popular

Other than that, duoing the UW before the aoe nerf with my tri-echo nuker, and the trolls outside droks with my warrior.

topdragon147 · Aug 07, 2006, 01:00 AM // 01:00

i havent got mine for my ranger yet, but i find that 'buy low, sell high" works when you have nothing else to do

diamond dust · Aug 07, 2006, 03:50 AM // 03:50

back when we had favor virtually all day everyday, i was 55'ing when i was getting my monk her fow, and ss/sv'ing on my necro when i was getting her fow. when we didnt have favor, i farmed griffs/minos outside augry for hours and hours.

this was post prot bond btw, and just a lil before the aoe nerf. i continued on with 55'ing after the aoe nerf but i wouldnt solo anymore

Xaero Gouki Kriegor · Aug 07, 2006, 09:24 AM // 09:24

I only have one peice left, but im close to saying i have full fow, but FoW Spider Cave, worked on each peice like this, Farmed for all the shards in the first 1 or 2 days, then 5 ectos a day, this got me helmet,gloves, boots, all 4 days a peice, and then 8 days for waist, now im working on torso but its giong slower

**edit**
also i have gained 4 mill experience and 200ish skill points from doing this on my war ;D

Avarre · Aug 07, 2006, 09:36 AM // 09:36

Aatxes, Smites and Terrors oh my.

Yakumo · Aug 07, 2006, 10:04 AM // 10:04

Duoing UW and FoW as a SS Necro... farming Aaxtes and Smites in UW, and the Shadow Army and Skeletal Army in FoW.

Duo trapping UW as a Ranger.

Duoing/soloing FoW forest as a Ranger.

Duoing/soloing the FoW cave spiders as a warrior.

Soloing hydras outside Augury Rock when Europe didn't have favor.

Farming for ectos took the longest. Shards were much easier to come by.

To break up the mundane and repetative task of farming, a guildie and I would also explore UW and FoW doing quests.

Got one set of FoW Ranger armor, and I don't want to go through all that again... unless my Mesmer really, really, REALLY wants one!

Koning · Aug 07, 2006, 12:09 PM // 12:09

When I first heard of 55hp, I was a poor guy (around 50k) and I didn't want to spend all my money on the runes (10k+) for a monk, so I made a 55hp necro to see if I could play with the 55hp build. It worked wonders and I farmed the hell out of minotaurs, hydras and pre-nerfed griffons. Than I also started to do Uw dual runs when ecto were high (9-10k) without the intention of getting FOW armor (I thought waste of money) so I sold all the ecto at a high price. After a while I got around 600k and decided to make a 55hp monk and I found it worked easier than the necro. I farmed some weeks more till i got to 840k (and griffons were nerfed) but I thought by myself, why having that much money and don't do anything with it, so when ecto were low and shards were low (I believe with release factions) I bought ecto for 4.5k each and shards for 2.9k, so I got my armor pretty cheap. (ofcourse after that prices rose again

). Now i'm getting it for my necro but im just farming ecto with a guildie and farming shards with my warrior, it takes a while but it's fun. already got legs+foot.

But my friend got his obsidian armor in 1 week or something, just standing in a town and buying minipets low and selling high. This works really marvelous, but unfortunatly I don't have the patience to do that...

A Leprechaun · Aug 07, 2006, 03:56 PM // 15:56

you gusy are all talking about FoW and UW and i have been interested in this subject for a while i have never been there or tryed it and was wondering how to get into it should i dive in and farm or try with a team and work my way down through duoing i already farm trolls and vermin and have made a fair bit of money which i have spent on 2 sets of 15k anyway has anyone got any advice ?
~A Leprechaun~

Llednar · Aug 08, 2006, 01:41 AM // 01:41

FoW and UW are two of the games most difficult and "phat loot" zones in the game. They can be accessed when your country has the Favor of the Gods which is gotten by winning battles in the Hall of Heroes.

The place they are accessed from is the "Temple of the Ages" which is in Kryta not far from Bergen Hot Springs.

The Underworld can be gotten to by talkin to the Voice of Grenth and the Fissure of Woe can be gotten to by talking to the Champion of Balthazzar. Both zones charge a 1k entrance fee.

The underworld is the only place known to drop Globs of Ectoplasm, the games most expensive material and the Fissure of Woe drops Obsidian Shards which is the games second most expensive material.

Both Ectoplasm and Obsidian Shards are needed for crafting Obsidian armor from the Eternal Forgemaster in the FoW.

MMSDome · Aug 08, 2006, 03:56 AM // 03:56

i dont have FoW but i do buy alot of 15k armors amounting to fow... Anyway i used to Tengu farm outside of riverside and got tons of profit from that but that has been dead for a long time ever since they added mesmers to the groups

Now I cycle Trolls > Elona Minatours > Vermin and I also solo and duo UW as much as I can.

beltran13579 · Aug 08, 2006, 04:00 AM // 04:00

i 2 man 600 uw and got like 3 ectos an hour-did until i got 120 ectos and if we didnt have the favor i soloed ravagers and i soloed the spider cave for shards

Gustav Gloomp · Aug 08, 2006, 04:03 AM // 04:03

farmed underworld during the protective bond era, and i farmed that place with a tonne of tengus.and the riverside province mission (heaps of chests).

MMSDome · Aug 08, 2006, 04:03 AM // 04:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by beltran13579

i 2 man 600 uw and got like 3 ectos an hour-did until i got 120 ectos and if we didnt have the favor i soloed ravagars and i soloed the spider cave for shards

what does the 600 mean?

Alexi Jotun · Aug 08, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMSDome

what does the 600 mean?

I think he's talking about the 600hp Spirit Bond build...

What did Protective Bond used to be like? I was still a noob when they nerfed it, and I didn't have a monk...

Caleb · Aug 08, 2006, 04:13 AM // 04:13

I farmed rich people that wanted things done for them.

4th set and counting lol, god bless the rich people with less time than gold!

Caged Fury · Aug 09, 2006, 12:14 PM // 12:14

Getting the materials for my mesmer's FoW armour, especially ectos and shards, was probably the most mind numbing experience I had in GW. There were times that I wanted to just give up.

Fortunately, a guildie wanted to get FoW armour too and we spent a couple of months farming UW and FoW together. Doing the normal farming things and doing other stuff to bring some variety to the grind.

Stuff I did for the FoW armour:

1. Solo-ed UW with my 55 mesmer.

2. Tank as a 55 monk with SS necro in UW and FoW.

3. Solo-ed and Duo-ed the spider cave in FoW.

4. Solo-ed and Duo-ed the FoW forest with my ranger.

5. Tank as a 55 ranger with SS necro in UW just to get a spider pet after smite run.

6. Trapping in UW as a ranger.

If Europe didn't have favour, I just farmed anything to boost up my gold balance.