Another nerf to a farming method

[fang1192]

This. Haven't seen an mmo yet that doesn't require farming, grinding, doing the same things over and over again to get what you want wether it's xp/levels, gear, rep, or w/e.

So because it hasnt been done it shouldnt be done?

[rReves]

So because it hasnt been done it shouldnt be done?

Just disagreeing with the "Farming is not something developers intend for you to do." idea when it comes to mmo's.
I can't see a mmo that doesn't enable people to grind and farm. Mmo's are all about putting in a lot of effort to slowly gain levels, gear, rep, skills, tradeskill items, etc, etc.
This always means repetitive gameplay including raids, daily/repeteable quests/missions, farming mobs for loot and/or xp and so on.
Mmo=grinding+farming.

Edit: Mmo with rpg elements that is. Could ofc have mass shooter just about shooting to which this doesn't apply. Where it comes to leveling up, finding gear, developing skill trees etc it does tho.

[eridian]

i liked to wait for the boss before i participate, then when they got about 10% go to the next one before it finishes. cant do that anymore i guess. which sucks since pretty much the only way to get good gear is from lock boxes, now it takes all freaking day just to get one lvl 4 box, which usually only gives blue items. the work is not worth the reward. they need some way to farm keys.

[Malachi]

Good. I'm glad they did this. You shouldn't be allowed to just "tag" something and run off and get full credit when someone else completes it. Damn you're lazy, OP.

[Murzin]

Some folks like me know about this farming method where if you see a major or minor arkfall, go to it and tag it then drive all the way to another arkfall and tag it. You will still get full reward for both arkfalls so that's 6-10+ key codes and 13-20k+ exp within 15 minutes (depending on how many major arkfall you tagged with minor).

Well I was doing it couple minutes ago on EU Ps3 tagging as i drive along then I noticed something that I havent earned any exp or key codes, so I checked the map and the arkfalls are gone. What a bumper another farming method has been ninja nurfed.

BTW same thing with emergencies, cant tag it and drive 3 Km and still earn the reward anymore.

Am not really concerned much about the emergencies as most of the time I do the it right way to increase my weapon exp but am really pissed at the major arkfull nurf, OK I know its not nice to tag it then go and let other people do the hard work BUT come on this was the only place to farm good exp and key codes.

so you were exploiting game mechanics to unfairly gain rewards you did not earn per the standard game mechanics and its intended spirit?

you DO know that in most games or MMOs exploiting game mechanics would earn you a permanent ban right?

people who aimbot in counterstrike are exploiting shot mechanics being handled client side, but thats ok right?

people who wallhack in counterstrike are exploiting rendering mechanics and that the player is always receiving positioning data, but thats ok right?

if you exploit game mechanics, do not be suprised if you get banned. if they fix the game mechanics, be thankful they took that route rather than others.

after all, if trion really wanted to be greedy, they would ban your account and hope you buy the game again.

[Keth]

This is good news. Shouldn't get stuff you don't earn.

[fang1192]

Just disagreeing with the "Farming is not something developers intend for you to do." idea when it comes to mmo's.
I can't see a mmo that doesn't enable people to grind and farm. Mmo's are all about putting in a lot of effort to slowly gain levels, gear, rep, skills, tradeskill items, etc, etc.
This always means repetitive gameplay including raids, daily/repeteable quests/missions, farming mobs for loot and/or xp and so on.
Mmo=grinding+farming.

Edit: Mmo with rpg elements that is. Could ofc have mass shooter just about shooting to which this doesn't apply. Where it comes to leveling up, finding gear, developing skill trees etc it does tho.

Here's the thing, the people complaining about this fix are not even grinding. They are just exploiting the way rewards and participation are handled. Progressively lower experience, cut off timers, slower health regen - those are anti grinding measures. Preventing someone from tagging an enemy and running away to do something else is a fairness measure. If person A does 1 mil in damage and you do 1 damage why should you be rewarded? By any measure you did jack squat.

[wORLDbREAKER]

There is no nerf to this strategy. I do it because I've been cheated out of arkfall completions more times than I can count. If the game is going to screw you, well then, screw it back.

[AngryFire]

They MAY have fixed this exploit, or it may just be the game is buggier than ever now in regards to arkfalls.

I was considering posting about arkfalls as it seems today they are way out of wack.

For example, I have been playing all day on and off and out of the 20 or so arkfalls (or more i cant recall) a great deal of them (like 1/4 to 1/3rd of them) were bugged out. Mostly the destroy the crystal ones, on one of the minors you would destroy the crystal and skitterlings would just keep spawning and the minor would not complete until the event timed out.

Sitting at 3652 ego and its one of the last few things to do in this game and geez, seems like most of the time now its not even worth the aggravation of trying.

[Rumbleskin]

Some folks like me know about this farming method where if you see a major or minor arkfall, go to it and tag it then drive all the way to another arkfall and tag it. You will still get full reward for both arkfalls so that's 6-10+ key codes and 13-20k+ exp within 15 minutes (depending on how many major arkfall you tagged with minor).

Well I was doing it couple minutes ago on EU Ps3 tagging as i drive along then I noticed something that I havent earned any exp or key codes, so I checked the map and the arkfalls are gone. What a bumper another farming method has been ninja nurfed.

BTW same thing with emergencies, cant tag it and drive 3 Km and still earn the reward anymore.

Am not really concerned much about the emergencies as most of the time I do the it right way to increase my weapon exp but am really pissed at the major arkfull nurf, OK I know its not nice to tag it then go and let other people do the hard work BUT come on this was the only place to farm good exp and key codes.

lol @ u. Your the kinda guy who goes to work and sits on his butt 8 hours and wonders why he gets fired