Curse

cellardweller · Apr 20, 2007, 03:15 AM // 03:15

From http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/
"Loot now scales according to party size."

Now, I'm not usually one of the "the sky is falling" crowd, but the sky is falling.

Sk8tborderx · Apr 20, 2007, 03:22 AM // 03:22

I guess it is possible to flag henchies so you can still get normal drops. I can already see ectos going to about 20k each now.

eggs0wn · Apr 20, 2007, 03:25 AM // 03:25

Farming just died. I did a Dragon Moss run and guess what I got? NOTHING... I did it in Hard Mode btw...

volgaris · Apr 20, 2007, 03:29 AM // 03:29

yea i tried with henchies and heros at several locations i got as many drops as i did solo with them flagged off the screen grayed out

Mickey · Apr 20, 2007, 03:30 AM // 03:30

then you guys are just unlucky, I just soloed an are in hard mode, won't say where, and got 3 golds off 3 monsters, with henchies flagged, try places out.

Tsunami Rain · Apr 20, 2007, 03:33 AM // 03:33

yes. farming with henchies shouldn't be too bad as long as they are flagged away. as for me, going to go check out hardmode to see if I can find any spots. Will report back in time

---edit---
farming isnt dead by a longshot.

cellardweller · Apr 20, 2007, 03:42 AM // 03:42

Maybe its just my style of farming. 50% of my farming income comes from money drops and henchies steal these even when they're not on the map.

I might have to start selling golds to maintain income =(

ChrisCo · Apr 20, 2007, 03:49 AM // 03:49

solo farming is a joke now =( my poor 55 .. and as for heros no matter how far you flag them away they still seem to take most of the drops and almost all of the gold

Yawgmoth · Apr 20, 2007, 03:53 AM // 03:53

flagging henchies far far away doesn't seem to work for me, i get 15-20% of the usual drops no matter if i solo or use flagged-away hench. (normal mode)

Mickey · Apr 20, 2007, 03:56 AM // 03:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

yes. farming with henchies shouldn't be too bad as long as they are flagged away. as for me, going to go check out hardmode to see if I can find any spots. Will report back in time

---edit---
farming isnt dead by a longshot.

I found the best spot, and its for a monk, too = )

Takes 20 mins, I got 5 golds, 10 purples, and 2 k gold = )

Yays!

With heroes and henchies too, btw.

ShadowsRequiem · Apr 20, 2007, 03:58 AM // 03:58

***Waits for prices to sky rocket***

oh god!!! i'll never get a colossal scimitar now!!! gah!

now i just hope they drop more

ss1986v2 · Apr 20, 2007, 04:01 AM // 04:01

farming isnt dead, just solo farming. although this is going to lead to inflation (i barely passed eco, think thats right). ecto price (as well as other things usually solo'd) will increase, while income from player to player will stay around the same. increase in prices while income stays the same; thats inflation, right?

not going to freak out just yet. will wait for the other shoe to drop before passing judgment. economy is going to be fun to watch. maybe the influx of gems will curtail the rise in ecto prices. if not, good thing ive been stockpiling ectos...

cellardweller · Apr 20, 2007, 04:02 AM // 04:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem

***Waits for prices to sky rocket***

oh god!!! i'll never get a colossal scimitar now!!! gah!

now i just hope they drop more

Oooh you could try chest running on newbie island in hard mode. Cheap chests and high level corsairs ftw!

Mesmer in Need · Apr 20, 2007, 04:19 AM // 04:19

^if you can survive. I died running in ascalon. Hopefully my monk can still do stuff. not much low hp farming left... i guess ill turn to flagging hench.

vlein · Apr 20, 2007, 04:24 AM // 04:24

u do know hard mode REQUIREs lock picks which are 1.500 each

dies like fish · Apr 20, 2007, 04:55 AM // 04:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by vlein

u do know hard mode REQUIREs lock picks which are 1.500 each

Yes, but there's always that chance you can use a lock pick for multiple chests

Tsunami Rain · Apr 20, 2007, 05:02 AM // 05:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by vlein

u do know hard mode REQUIREs lock picks which are 1.500 each

I believe it said that the chance for the picks to not break reduces with a higher treasure hunter (i think?) title. If you have a farming character that runs it should be less stressful chest running/farming. Idk if that made any sense (couldnt find the right words at the moment).

dies like fish · Apr 20, 2007, 05:04 AM // 05:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

I believe it said that the chance for the picks to not break reduces with a higher treasure hunter (i think?) title. If you have a farming character that runs it should be less stressful chest running/farming. Idk if that made any sense (couldnt find the right words at the moment).

It goes by Treasure Hunter and Lucky titles.

achilleus · Apr 20, 2007, 05:10 AM // 05:10

I wonder how they're changing loot. Is loot now better for an 8 person party then it previously was for 8 players? Is it worse for 1 solo then it used to be? What's the optimum size?

Wonder if a solo ele or warrior can even get ecto drops at all anymore....

vlein · Apr 20, 2007, 05:32 AM // 05:32

doing the formula for percentage, at lvl 3 treasur hunter and lvl 2 lucky, i think i got the percent at 24% that the lockpick wont break, lol 24%