Why We Farm(ed)

And all 3 of those you mentioned are 'gimmicks'. I vanquish without Sabway, Discord, 600/Smite, or spirits. No Assassin's Promise, in fact, none of my characters, heroes, or hench use a single Assassin skill. So your point makes no sense. Balanced teams are more fun to me, but I also know my method is not fun for everyone. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO.

A "balanced" team, as you call it, is simply gimping my abilities on purpose. That doesn't make it more fun, it makes it less fun.

The reason you farmed is because:

1) You're bad at the game in that cannot make money without farming in such a crummy manner. I mean, I don't farm, yet I've always had money to buy a shed load a nice armour and weapons, so that sort of farming isn't necessary.

2) You're bad at the game and believe that having lots of money you don't need will make you good. It doesn't.
it has nothing to do with being bad at the game, and if you take time into seeing what you need to memorize in order to do a UWSC then youd understand Being bad at the game is not the matter.

let me put it in the context of real life,

If you had a choice between back-breaking work to bring in 6 digits and easy work to bring in 6 digits what the hell would you choose? I'd like to work less for it.

In game would you rather grind for maybe 4-5 ectos in the UW running it for 3 hours, or get 30-40 ectos a day doing 40 minute speedclears.

its not because theyre bad at the game, its because theyd rather take an easier path thats wide open for them.

The reason you farmed is because:

1) You're bad at the game in that cannot make money without farming in such a crummy manner. I mean, I don't farm, yet I've always had money to buy a shed load a nice armour and weapons, so that sort of farming isn't necessary.

2) You're bad at the game and believe that having lots of money you don't need will make you good. It doesn't. Hahahahaa no. i didnt farm because i was bad or crummy at the game. and i have to wonder how you got your money. because just playing the game over and over is farming too if you get loot to sell for money. and i dont believe having money makes me any better then a player that started playin in 05. it just makes it easer for me to do or get somethings i might need later on in the game.

I love posts from "leet" people... you know, "I don't use (insert gimmick here) because I am SO GOOD and you SO SUK".

They're just tools in the game, use what works for you and move on. Why get so angry?

And if the "proper" way is team play, then dump H/H. Thank you Urass

So, is this thread about how "my fun > your fun", or something? This is what Guru is mostly about.

The reason you farmed is because:

1) You're bad at the game in that cannot make money without farming in such a crummy manner. I mean, I don't farm, yet I've always had money to buy a shed load a nice armour and weapons, so that sort of farming isn't necessary.

2) You're bad at the game and believe that having lots of money you don't need will make you good. It doesn't. I rarely farmed,I power traded lin a more old school manner. I rarely play the game because there's no reward,farming was/is the rewarding bit in GW. Leave your cynical assumptions somewhere else.

The reason you farmed is because:

1) You're bad at the game in that cannot make money without farming in such a crummy manner. I mean, I don't farm, yet I've always had money to buy a shed load a nice armour and weapons, so that sort of farming isn't necessary.

2) You're bad at the game and believe that having lots of money you don't need will make you good. It doesn't. I am slightly skeptical about these two comments, in fact they are poor assumptions and just about downright wrong. Farming doesn't mean you're a bad player, it's just the most time efficient way of making money in terms of PvE rewards, and therefore "wastes" less time than making money from dungeon rewards or another alternative.

Also, as someone else has previously suggested, I doubt you have been able to buy a "shed load of nice armour and weapons" without farming, unless you powertraded, which definitely requires no gameplaying skill (please note i have nothing against power-trading, it is my own natural game strategy ), only natural flair for trading and striking deals, or you have spent a lot of time on the game and played lengthly and regularly, in which case this only reinforces the point that farming is done because of efficieny in cash making.

I also have to disagree that having lots of money/valuable items doesn't make you "good", because of course in a sense it makes you good, it just does not however neccesarily reflect your ability to complete quests or win PvP battles.

To answer this threads question, what I can say about why farming was so popular is because, in guild wars, the level cap is low, so items and material (or pixel) wealth was the main way of showing your experience and percieved to be proof of your ability to play the game well, which is not untrue.

And yes I agree with Xsiriss that just playing the game in general should be more rewarding, as you amass about 40k for completing a whole campaign whereas farming yielded, and still can yield, more in an hour. This is just my personal opinion, but I think that PvP rewards should be greater, although I see it wouldn't really be worth it with a game which is rapidly deteriorating, so maybe GW2 will grant my wish.

My work here is done

Money = Fun?

I can't figure that one out. Farming is extremely dull to me. Dammit man thank you.was looking for a post like that

"...farming is extremely dull to ME"

It is dull/boring for YOU,but for people like me it is fun.
TBH it was the whole reason i came back to GW 1 month ago...may leave again...not Q_Qing but seriously,doing any campaign again is FAR from question to me.it is extremely boring to ME.

UW with balanced parties is fun,yes,but some people like me like doing it with their friends,and my guild is to laid back and small for it.So thats why I like solo/duo.Because my friends can tag along and the run still works....

So yes,we have different opinions,but if you find farming boring...dont do it?

PS:I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH MAKING SOLO FARMING DIFFICULT,BUT DISAGREE WITH MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE.

The reason you farmed is because:

1) You're bad at the game in that cannot make money without farming in such a crummy manner. I mean, I don't farm, yet I've always had money to buy a shed load a nice armour and weapons, so that sort of farming isn't necessary.

2) You're bad at the game and believe that having lots of money you don't need will make you good. It doesn't.
not all of use can play tons of hours a day. Those of us that can't had to resort to farming.

I'm not guilty of abusing SF, but i used ursan back in the day, and definatly 600/smited. i had to to keep up!