Curse

malko050987 · Apr 10, 2007, 02:05 PM // 14:05

I have a Ranger that has completed Prophecies kinda fast, got a bunch of titles, explored three quarters or so, and has only a few of the elite missions/quests to go.

But during all of this, I was poor. Like, never had more than 10k at once, ever.

Now I want to make myself a few sets of 15k armor, and need money.

I know that UW/FoW farming means good profit, but I'd rather not pay the fee and risk dying, or get barely enough loot to cover said fee.

Soo... any good place for a Ranger to solo farm and make a profit? I have Factions and access to R/A and R/Rt builds, and have been using a Splinter/Barrage build with good results in tombs, but even there, the run is over an hour, and if you buy keys, you make 1-2k at most, especially since the only greens I ever get from there are Elswyth's Recurve or Millius' Pillar, both of which are all over the place and stupidly cheap.

starlitesunset · Apr 10, 2007, 02:43 PM // 14:43

theres a ice imp build for a ranger, if u was a free and easy farm, ice imps outside ice caves of sorrow, you could go beastmaster and use ur beast to tank the ettins while u pick them off out of nebo terrace they drop runes and its pure luck if u have a sup vigor drop

DarioLeanza · Apr 10, 2007, 02:50 PM // 14:50

Farm Totem Axes and sell them for 5k a piece... Other then that uhmmm dunno...

malko050987 · Apr 10, 2007, 02:51 PM // 14:51

Post a link to that build, please?

I hate imps, and a build that can kill them easily would make my day.

And thanks for reminding me about BM-builds. I tried it before the pet controls, and it didn't work very well. ^_^ Gonna see what happens.

fgarvin · Apr 10, 2007, 03:02 PM // 15:02

Best site for Rangers/Ranger builds: http://beacon.wiseelben.com/

Memphis Rain · Apr 10, 2007, 03:27 PM // 15:27

There aren't that many solo ranger "profitable" green farmings in Prophecy, there is a solo Totem axe build but that's so over farmed the axe only worth about 3-4K and is a hard to sell item, and then you can farm stuff mentioned above like imps and such try to get a rare rune (sup vigor, monk, death etc) but you have to be pretty lucky. I rarely use my ranger for farming but when I do in Prophecy it's almost never solo, either Tombs in a B/P group or Queen farm with guildies. If you are just looking to farm for money I'd suggest maybe doing it in a group or start a different char (monk)? My guildies and I often farm FoW in either 2 or 3 men group, it's really easy and fast (20 mins per trip?), we usually end with about 3K gold per trips plus a few shards, I'd say that is the most profitable farm in Prophecy.

Teh [prefession]-zorz · Apr 10, 2007, 06:10 PM // 18:10

solo/duo trapping UW

Metalmaster · Apr 10, 2007, 07:35 PM // 19:35

Green farming with pet - http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10015848&referrerid=&highlight=be astmastery

UW solo farming http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10096512
It's not hard at all, just a bit boring. If u don't hv expirience, try duo or group trapping first.

Join FoW Barrage group.

That's all i can remember atm.

Eva Gal · Apr 10, 2007, 10:07 PM // 22:07

Too bad you don't have NF cause Domain of Anguish is the best place for a ranger to earn money atm (dual foundry with famine for example).

Greens? Personally I don't think farming greens is a good option here, but anyway, solo totem axe with a R is really easy (but slow).

In my opinion solo/dual UW is a fast way to earn the money you need for your armor. Usualy 10-12k per 40 minutes.
If you don't like trapping, I suggest you should try running. Stick with something easy (you don't have to run Droks).. the desert for example, is a very good place to earn some money. Especially the Elona Reach mission. A run (that means mission+bonus) takes around 6-10 minutes, and can bring you 5-7,5k. The run is very easy and it doesn't require any NF skills. I don't know of any site with a build for it tho. I have my own which works perfectly and I don't mind sharing it - just contact me in-game and I'll be happy to give a run demonstration.

Anyway, I'll try to list a few farming locations:
Solo/Dual UW
Solo FoW (forest)
Running Elona Reach mission+bonus
Running Beacons - Droks

And the.. less profitable ones:
b/p FoW
b/p tombs
Trapping trolls outside Droks
Running Sanctum Cay mission
Running Augury - Thirsty/Dunes/Elona
Solo totem axe

I can give in-game hints/tips for those along with att/build list.
IG name: Eva Galanodel

malko050987 · Apr 11, 2007, 09:01 AM // 09:01

I am going to try running Elona a few times, because it IS easy. Then I'll see if anyone needs a run

I might be contacting you, Eva, thanks.

I am not up to soloing FoW, mostly because I've been in there a grand total of 4 times. >.> B/P groups are harder and harder to find, and there's rarely one in ToA.

Duo or 3-man traping in the UW sounds interesting, and I will probably give it a shot soon.

Trapping the trolls out of Droks is fun, but all I get is tusks, a rare gold/purple, and lots of Raven staffs (on that topic, wtf is up with those staves? No wonder there are so few birds in GW. They stick them all on staves.)

So I'm probably going to try my hand at running, since that seems to be the fastest money-maker on hand.

Thanks

Eva Gal · Apr 11, 2007, 06:45 PM // 18:45

There are tons of people that needs this run - ascension/protector title.
Beware of scams tho.. check for money before run, and make them pay at last crystal. Runners usually ask from 1k to up to 2k for a run.

darkknightdominator · Apr 11, 2007, 08:11 PM // 20:11

As far as Ettins Dropping runes, in my experience that is and has been severely nerfed from what it used to be. Havent tested in a month now, but considering i used to do it almost three times a week, averaging 5 purples and 2 golds a run, and now averaging maybe 1 gold and 1 purple per run, I feel this a thorough nerfing. Higher chance of rune drops farming the undead solo in Gates of Kryta. MUCH higher.