Curse

Bassman · Nov 01, 2005, 01:50 PM // 13:50

i was a bit sceptic at first about farming with henchies, but when i read the thread today, I immediately tried it out, and i'm very pleased with it

my party was: me (ranger), cynn, devona, little thom, alesia, mhenlo

it was not as fun as with real people (u miss the interaction), but i'm definitely gonna do this again, cause u can control where u go and u don't have any jerks who mess it up for u by aggroing

Sir Kilgore · Sep 01, 2006, 06:03 PM // 18:03

I'm not absolutely sure about this because I haven't written the information down yet, but I will keep track of it the next time I do this.

There is a particular boss in Factions who drops an item I want and I can solo the boss, which is level 28. I probably killed that boss 20 times last night solo and did not get the drop. There are a couple things that occurred to me:

1. I already have one of those green items customized for the particular character I was using to solo the boss. I did put the item in storage and then on another character part way through the farming but nothing changed.

2. If I avoided everything else between me and the boss and killed only him, I got no drop of any kind. If I killed a few other critters on my way there (mostly between level 20 and 22), I got some drop but not very valuable. If I killed 10 or 20 enemies before I went to the boss then I got more valuable drops from it, but still nothing above a purple -- this is true even when I soloed 3 level 28 oni's before the boss.

Again this is with no henchies and no other human players so I should have gotten every drop possible. The standard stuff like gold coins and white items did not seem to drop significantly more than if I had taken a whole team either.

It does appear to me as though they are specifically trying to keep people from farming, but I don't understand why. I'd think the more people who played your game the better it would be for you in the long run.

I'm not in favor of bots and I only farm for specific items that I want for a specific character rather than a way to make cash, but to me if you put in the time and effort you should be rewarded.

If I get better/more information on how many enemies I killed before the boss vs. how good the boss drops were I'll post it when I can, but it's very time consuming to solo groups with a mix of casters and phys damage enemies

N8DOGG · Sep 01, 2006, 07:43 PM // 19:43

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Originally Posted by Racthoh

I'm getting piles of about 100 gold, normal white shields, and other junk both in and outside of Sorrow's Furnace. I'm only using 4 henchmen and myself in hopes that their drops odds will increase because I want to see the green sword.

Just give me a wisper we can two man GF and maybe some of SF....

And greens don't always drop lol I wish I'd have so many I'd have to give them away.

Teutonic Paladin · Sep 01, 2006, 08:05 PM // 20:05

While it should ALWAYS be avoided, if you are absolutely dedicated to Henching a green, try Kephket Marrowfeast. You'll get one about 1 in 12 trips with full henchies.