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Iuris · May 31, 2007, 08:20 AM // 08:20

Hello guys. I have to admit I don't farm much, but with the surge of complaints of unjustified bannings of legitimate players (some of which might even really be legitimate

, I would like to offer some suggestions on how to avoid getting too mechanical while doing it.

-Chat with guildmates, if at all possible. Farming is a boring activity, and chatting with people can really liven it up.

-Farm with a friend. It's more fun, and as you wait for each other a bit, you act in a pattern that is not as mechanical.

-Take a break once in a while. Go refill your water bottle, relieve yourself, stand up and stretch out, look out of the window at something far away (good for your eyes, too).

-Switch builds and farming spots. Not only do you break up the monotony, you just might find a more efficient way of doing it, even.

Or, my personal suggestion: don't farm. Grab yourself a big party, and go do something. Help people do quests, run various missions, and pick up the whites. You won't get as much as you would have got in dedicated farming, but it is a slow income that costs much less to your soul.

Shmanka · May 31, 2007, 08:46 AM // 08:46

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Originally Posted by Iuris

Or, my personal suggestion: don't farm. Grab yourself a big party, and go do something. Help people do quests, run various missions, and pick up the whites. You won't get as much as you would have got in dedicated farming, but it is a slow income that costs much less to your soul.

I would, only if it were statistically better for drops. I get the same drop ratio with 7 Henchmen.. horrible.

manitoba1073 · May 31, 2007, 09:01 AM // 09:01

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Originally Posted by Iuris

Hello guys. I have to admit I don't farm much, but with the surge of complaints of unjustified bannings of legitimate players (some of which might even really be legitimate

, I would like to offer some suggestions on how to avoid getting too mechanical while doing it.

-Chat with guildmates, if at all possible. Farming is a boring activity, and chatting with people can really liven it up.

-Farm with a friend. It's more fun, and as you wait for each other a bit, you act in a pattern that is not as mechanical.

-Take a break once in a while. Go refill your water bottle, relieve yourself, stand up and stretch out, look out of the window at something far away (good for your eyes, too).

-Switch builds and farming spots. Not only do you break up the monotony, you just might find a more efficient way of doing it, even.

Or, my personal suggestion: don't farm. Grab yourself a big party, and go do something. Help people do quests, run various missions, and pick up the whites. You won't get as much as you would have got in dedicated farming, but it is a slow income that costs much less to your soul.

Um no offense here, but I think your the one that needs help. Exspecially since you say you have hardly any experience farming your self. and Well you are asking for some major flames from some people here on a post like this.
And well since this post is nothing more than asking to be flamed we know where it belongs. But I will still answer some of your points nicely.

1.Most people I know that do farm also very much talk to there other alliance members. Farming is boring? Maybe for you it is, but most I know its not.

2.Some do farm with there friends its called dualling. As far as having patterns it dont matter. What ever is the best way to do it people will do it that way.

3.Now you know why I solo mostly. just so I dont need to make any group wait on me. and as far as looking outside not much there to see at 1-5 am in the mornings unless you are trying to be a peeping tom and Id suggest not doing that.

4.Most people who do farm do just that. They have multiply farming characters and very very many farming places.

Now just for my suggestion. Dont knock it as it dont bother you in anyways except the botphobia you seem to be trying to spread, or is it that you are having troubles getting groups and dont want people soloing so maybe they would join you. And my personal suggestion play the way you want and let others play how they want. Its less of a headache if ur not worring about others. But if you truelly want to be helpful then by all means try to be helping by letting anerf know that they need to straigten up get some shots and meds for there botphobia and everything will be fine. Once they realise the 1 thing about bots.

BOTS DONT CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO DO ANYTHING.

Etta · May 31, 2007, 09:04 AM // 09:04

Iuris, I do hope you have a flame jacket handy nearby just in case y'know.

mr_groovy · May 31, 2007, 09:26 AM // 09:26

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Originally Posted by Iuris

Hello guys. I have to admit I don't farm much, but with the surge of complaints of unjustified bannings of legitimate players (some of which might even really be legitimate

, I would like to offer some suggestions on how to avoid getting too mechanical while doing it.

-Chat with guildmates, if at all possible. Farming is a boring activity, and chatting with people can really liven it up.

Hmm chatting + 55'ing == certain death

. Chat between farm runs would be better ^^. Using TS, Vent for guild is much more fun

Farming boring? Speak for yourself..

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-Farm with a friend. It's more fun, and as you wait for each other a bit, you act in a pattern that is not as mechanical.

Only plausible for UW, or DOA. Can't think of any other run that actually would benefit from Dualling. (Gold + Rare materials are exempt from loot scaling.)

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-Take a break once in a while. Go refill your water bottle, relieve yourself, stand up and stretch out, look out of the window at something far away (good for your eyes, too).

Bots can be automated to have breaks every 15 mins

,you can't really reply when your afk.

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-Switch builds and farming spots. Not only do you break up the monotony, you just might find a more efficient way of doing it, even.

There should be no farming code anymore (Which I can't say for 100%). So sticking to the farming place is actually a better idea if you want that item (greens, rare gold weapons, tomes)

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Or, my personal suggestion: don't farm. Grab yourself a big party, and go do something. Help people do quests, run various missions, and pick up the whites. You won't get as much as you would have got in dedicated farming, but it is a slow income that costs much less to your soul.

Eh If you want new armor/weapon/skills for your chars questing/ doing missions doesn't cut it. Farming / Powertrading (Does that still exist?) does the job.
IMO farming is just as fun as doing missions or questing. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what drop you get

That makes it worthwhile to farm. Whites,Purples the Merch food I don't care about.

Iuris · May 31, 2007, 11:22 AM // 11:22

Hehe, I'll repost this in winter, to keep myself warm

In other news: My suggestions are not because I would have trouble. They are for people who get grabbed as bots. Just how to alter playstyle in such a way as to have some evidence that you are not a bot (look, mr. Support, I'e been chatting all the time! You can look at the logs!) Plus, I rarely farm. And 5 of my 7 characters have 15k armors, the exceptions being the monk (I don't like any of the monke elite armors) and my 1 day old ritualist

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lyra_song · May 31, 2007, 01:39 PM // 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iuris

Hello guys. I have to admit I don't farm much, but with the surge of complaints of unjustified bannings of legitimate players (some of which might even really be legitimate

, I would like to offer some suggestions on how to avoid getting too mechanical while doing it.

-Chat with guildmates, if at all possible. Farming is a boring activity, and chatting with people can really liven it up.

-Farm with a friend. It's more fun, and as you wait for each other a bit, you act in a pattern that is not as mechanical.

-Take a break once in a while. Go refill your water bottle, relieve yourself, stand up and stretch out, look out of the window at something far away (good for your eyes, too).

-Switch builds and farming spots. Not only do you break up the monotony, you just might find a more efficient way of doing it, even.

Or, my personal suggestion: don't farm. Grab yourself a big party, and go do something. Help people do quests, run various missions, and pick up the whites. You won't get as much as you would have got in dedicated farming, but it is a slow income that costs much less to your soul.

These arent very realistic.

1) The only time i TRULY farm is when im by myself: Ie: No guildmates or friends to annoy....er....talk to. This is usually at odd hours in the morning like....3-4 AM EST....I try not to farm with friends and guildmates online cause i could spend my time with THEM instead of killing monsters.

2) Depends on what im farming for..but i rarely farm with people online and even more rarely farm with people....Most of the time, i wanna farm something, someone else wants to farm something else. My guildmate Max is itching for a new storm bow....i want a Naga Longbow....ya...dont think we can farm together :P

3) Well...duh.

4) Well this is a no brainer too...but thats if youre farming for money. If youre farming for very specific items....then changing farming spots isnt as easy.

When i farm by myself, its very mechanical, calculated and proficient because i dont wanna waste my time. To me this can be fun (depends on my mood). Seeing numbers rack up is FUN.

lennymon · May 31, 2007, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Yeah, what Lyra said. I farm when my guildies are sleepin, otherwise I'd be partying with them. The thing that chaps my hide is legitemate farmers are all nervous now, how messed up is that. Anet says they aren't anti farmer, and yet we can't play like we want for fear of getting insta ganked.

redant751 · May 31, 2007, 05:03 PM // 17:03

I farm to make gold so I can buy the stuff I want (be it armor , weapons or whatever ),
Thanks to Anet over zealous nerfing of farming most of my guildes have stopped playing. They have become discussed with all the farming Nerfs.

Not every one that farms ia a bot,I just hope Anet would get the message....

CE Devilman · May 31, 2007, 05:44 PM // 17:44

U can farm the same spot all day and not get the drops U want..
so I need gold.

need gold to get the armor I like
need gold to get guildhall
need gold to get best sword/axe green/golden req/skin...

heroes are not cheap

if U make dervish it will cost U 100K+

pvp players are not poor...why not...the dont farme...
well...HoH chest is not bad drops and the sell it..
to get stuff like gold tormented .

gold joins pvp and pve

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bot and sidekick...hmmm

bot:
bad tato monk and a name U cant spell (Mo/W)
int.dis 1
no Available Titles

sidekick:
selling Uid-golden stuff 7=7K
dis.1 or int.dis1
lvl 1 or 2
no Available Titles

btw...I will not flame U...
(my rit/War is right behind U and ...)

Necron I I · May 31, 2007, 08:56 PM // 20:56

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Originally Posted by redant751

Thanks to Anet over zealous nerfing of farming most of my guildes have stopped playing..

we lose more of our peeps to WoW that way(i already have....)
As far as the subject of this thread....
Online MMORPGs consist of farming and farmers on a HUUGE scale.there just isn't anything left to do after completeing a campaign besides farming.it's what keeps these kinds of games alive....

Levi Garett · May 31, 2007, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Suggesting not solo farming in a 99.9% solo farming sub-forum is just silly.

I'm failing to see the purpose of this thread. It's just flamebait IMHO.

If there was some groundbreaking advice in this thread then perhaps it would be justified. Since there isn't this thread is now *CLOSED*

P.S. In 24+ months of Guild Wars with 23+ of them solo farming and over 9mil XP my monk has NEVER been mistaken for a Bot.