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dont feel no pain · Oct 14, 2007, 09:53 PM // 21:53

farming used to be gorups of 8 going out killing things untill people found builds that could solo, therefore farming is just mindless endless killing in any form just to gain gold..... sounds like average mmo ^^

Malice Black · Oct 14, 2007, 09:56 PM // 21:56

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Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

Malice: actually, inscriptions killed the resale of low-end items because they're so oversupplied that the time price of bothering to sell a low-end weapon is greater than its market value. As such, the most efficient thing to do with a req 9 inscribable common skin is merch.

Not really. I've never merched a low req gold item, there is always a market for them. Even selling for the first reasonable offer is better then merching.

It's greed that screws over most people. It's like the sheep mentality, people see an item go for xx amount and automatically assume that they shouldn't sell for any less. Good traders known when to cut their losses, poor traders continue to spam for days on end looking for that elusive extra few k.

Farming has never been a stable way to make good cash. For a person like myself with a limited attention span, it only takes 2 runs and I'm bored stiffless.

Corwin_Andros · Oct 14, 2007, 10:04 PM // 22:04

There's really nothing wrong with farming.. Much like the way some people get these games just to collect armor, or whatever, farming is actually a play style for some. Some people tend to look at any play style not their own as wrong or bad. That's just the way it is.

Now farming out rep points is fun to me and lots of folks, but to others it is an unbearable grind and they think it shouldn't be a part of the game. All depends on an individual's perspective.

Farming for cash and drops, is another thing all together. In my experience, with loot scaling, and some of the weird bugs that came with it, farming is actually more of a challenge and more fun than it used to be in the old days, although I'll never get insanely rich doing it. I solo-farm Hydras in HM. Trying to control how fast they die in order to maximize the amount of drops I get is actually kind of fun and not nearly as mindless as it was before HM and LS.

The reason I personally will never get rich from farming is because I generally avoid the player market like the plague.. If I'm gonna sell anything at all to other players, I'd use the auction forums on Guru here rather than sit for hours in town doing the wts thing.

Kahlindra · Oct 14, 2007, 10:18 PM // 22:18

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Originally Posted by Jongo River

You didn't read my whole post did you?

Yeah I did, it had exclamation marks and stuff so it was fun. I agree armour shouldn't necessarily be at the end of a game (Grotto armour= nice) but with the game so short.... where else are you gonna put it? At least you can get it any time once you've finished, rather than having to beat Shiro or whatever just to get the crafter. THAT'S boring pointless repetition. By going through the book route then you make sure people didn't just get run somewhere, I guess, which doesn't mean crap in terms of achievement either. I just ignored your point about books because to get armour it's not repetitive or farm-like. If you take offense to the whole notion then yes, it's annoying, but it's quite possible to ignore it and see it through the logic of 'completed game, get armour'. Gwen is just a different fish to the other ones (obviously) and there are a multiplicity of mindsets to please, including those caught up in the love of titles.

I'm sorry you don't like Gwen- I'm not overawed with it myself. But see that the farm-like mechanisms have been designed to appeal to at least some people, not to hack absolutely everyone off. And have some more beer, it will allll be better :-)

Jongo River · Oct 14, 2007, 10:32 PM // 22:32

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Originally Posted by Kahlindra

And have some more beer, it will allll be better :-)

I can't really argue with that!

petrorabbit · Oct 14, 2007, 10:42 PM // 22:42

Nothing's wrong with farming.

It's those who have a problem with farming that has something wrong with them.

creelie · Oct 14, 2007, 11:22 PM // 23:22

Nothing's wrong with farming in GW. Because nothing in GW that requires farming is NECESSARY for successful gameplay.

It remains true, and so I continue to play.