The death of farming

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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
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farming isnt dead by a longshot.

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 =(

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

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)

Quote: Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

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

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

now i just hope they drop more

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...

Quote: Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem

^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.

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

Quote: Originally Posted by vlein

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Quote: Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

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....

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%