farming and whats it like for me

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manitoba1073
manitoba1073
Desert Nomad
#1
since so many dont seem to understand why ppl like to farm figured might as well start a thread for us that do and explain to them that dont

farming for me isnt grinding it isnt working what it is like is FISHING guess thats about as close as an analogy for me on it


fishing your not there for neccesarily for the biggest fish or even alot of fish.

its fun and relaxing for me.

so whats ur reasons for likeing to farm
-Loki-
-Loki-
Forge Runner
#2
Mindless, repetitive tasks are relaxing?
De Wilde
De Wilde
Academy Page
#3
I never honestly consider what I do to be farming, though I've been told before it is.

What do I consider it to be?

A catharsis, especially when I'm having a stressful moment, I jack in, play for a while, and sometimes I happen about something awesome.

I log off, even if I don't get a sweet drop... and feel much better.
xiao1985
xiao1985
Wilds Pathfinder
#4
to me it's the sheer thrill of seeing a gold item assigned to me...

and the stat... dont' really care...
bigwig
bigwig
Krytan Explorer
#5
Quote: Originally Posted by -Loki-
Mindless, repetitive tasks are relaxing? aren't a lot of hobbies mindless repetitive tasks? are you going to tell people how to relax?
H
Hand of Ruin
Banned
#6
Quote: Originally Posted by -Loki-
Mindless, repetitive tasks are relaxing? Dry, unwitty, criticism is relaxing? Or are you on these boards to build up stress?
Lilanthe
Lilanthe
Lion's Arch Merchant
#7
I consider farming like work, not fun.

But I still do farm.

*sigh*
strcpy
strcpy
Desert Nomad
#8
Because I like playing the game.

I like killing creatures.

I like trying to make solo builds.

I like the feeling when I see a gold item drop

I like the gamble of "what will I get" everytime I kill something (and them all be mine).

I like seeing big numbers in my storage and I like spending gold like mad (purchasing armor. dyes, and runes - thus I rarely have a big number in the storage - gotta spend it as soon as I get it).

*shrug* a lot of things. Mostly I don't enjoy the most of the missions and I've ran out of quests to complete so I run around and kill things. I figure if I'm going to do that they might as well be things that I get gold and drops from.

Whatever floats your boat. I can not stand PvP, I can not see how one does. But I do not complain or make sarcastic remarks about people who do. Heck if all you enjoyed doing was dancing and chatting in towns that's you business.
Z
Zui
Desert Nomad
#9
Good for you. As for myself, I absolutly detest any kind of pointless and meaningless grind , because it only makes me want to ragequit Guild Wars.
shrouded^god
shrouded^god
IGN: J C A C H E
#10
Farming is a business...when I farm I work...Im farming to make money for myself, and guild. While doing this I can provide people who want something...with what they want. I like it...
Kakumei
Kakumei
Forge Runner
#11
Farming is generally like playing a slot machine.

So says Ensign, anyway, and we all know Ensign is always right.
Karmaniac
Karmaniac
Lion's Arch Merchant
#12
I like farming because unlike doing missions/quests I'm not forced to grind towards a set goal.
Curse You
Curse You
Furnace Stoker
#13
I likes to farm because I puts food on my plate...

Wait, you mean farming as in in game don't you? Usually the most runs I do in a row is four. I really can't be bothered with doing much more of the same thing more than 4 times.
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Roshi_ikkyu
Jungle Guide
#14
I waste a lot of gold, buying things, inviting guildies, SAKE!

Its kinda like a title I guess, we all remember them luck titles right?
And the chart ones, you have to run to some places that NO mission or quest takes you. Why do that?

You want to accomplish something. Now a days I do alot of Chest Run. To get the title and to get mods. I enjoy making my own weapons and then either passing them on to new players or hording the mods.

Gold and items aren't really the objective since I could farm a green, and spent the next 2hrs trying to sell it and make more then 2hrs of farming.

I also enjoy killing things solo, the look of a mino mob dead, dancing over the corpse of a ettin. mawhahahaha, but I only do a few farm runs and then move on.
C
Cicada Sopita
Ascalonian Squire
#15
I find farming quite amusing - I use the vengeful rit build a lot and it looks fun when I just stand there, carrying an urn and the monsters die around me...
Tainek
Tainek
Wilds Pathfinder
#16
Quote: Originally Posted by -Loki-
Mindless, repetitive tasks are relaxing? Like Going swimming, going shooting, and so forth? yes

often doing somthing relaxing involves sitting and doing somthing that is easy and simple, so you dont have to think about it, it free's up your brain so you can just sit and let your mind wander, sort out the days events

so yeah, they are, No ****

personally i enjoy finding new and harder bosses for me to solo with my ritualist
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Omnidragon42
Krytan Explorer
#17
I love farming on my monk. Seeing all the damage and health numbers on the screen is a thrill I find farming relaxing because you don't have to think about it.
Franco
Franco
Banned
#18
Farming is a good way to relax , specially when you get one of those items worth more then 60k in just one run :P.
Zerimar
Zerimar
Ascalonian Squire
#19
i farm because i want the weapons and i like to see all the dead monsters around me.

/bowtome
Pojnx
Pojnx
Guest
#20
Relaxing not relaxing ? wats next ? an advert on tv about stress free farming ? lol.. i farm coz i like to see that gold or green drop.. thats my main goal at least.. and also i like to try make odd builds and fail alot of times till i finaly succeed, hoping that i do :P.. and i like using strange combinations.. maybe i`ll come up with sumthing nobody every thought off... my last was r/e trying to see how i can make a build to farm sskai or sumthing.. I also try to make 2 man farming builds so that u can have some company while farming.. (N00B ! u get less loot) its just for the excitment of teamwork :P and to see whose the lucky mofo + it helps against antifarm thingie i think