Guild Wars 2

i havent actually had time to play yet just wondering how bad the phlinx nerf is and how much of a % loss of karma it is an hour. thanks.

My guess is that the Plinx farm route will be extended to include more surrounding events now, perhaps the infamous tunnel camps defense and further away, escort mission more camp defense, then back to Plinx.

Just give it a couple of days and your local farmers will have an optimised route figured.

Farming is necessary in the game, either for gold, tokens or karma… but they just made it a bit more difficult because they want you to hang around a bit longer.

Tijo.9857:

My guess is that the Plinx farm route will be extended to include more surrounding events now, perhaps the infamous tunnel camps defense and further away, escort mission more camp defense, then back to Plinx.

Just give it a couple of days and your local farmers will have an optimised route figured.

Farming is necessary in the game, either for gold, tokens or karma… but they just made it a bit more difficult because they want you to hang around a bit longer.

This Plinx nerf was a bad one. I usually back most of what they do but come on…this was the only big farm event we had…

Plinx nerf was a terrible nerf. Bad move anet, bad move.

it sucks because im at 500k karma and idk where to go lol…

One Lesson Anet is ALLWAYS trying to teach us every patch. And its not been wrong so far.

See something good? exploit the kitten out of it before it gets nerfed. Becouse we cant have anything that is good nor easy.

This was meant to break up plinx farming and spread people out, but now it feels like all I am doing is wasting a huge amount of time when plinx is on cooldown.

This pretty much killed my enthusiasm for GW2 to be honest.
With Plinx nerfed into dust there’s no place I can go to farm events out with a pug.

Dungeon rewards are dismal and I rather enjoy the 20-30 man zerg farming events. It makes GW2 seem not so desolate.

Wait for the new zone to open up. It may prove to be more profitable to farm.

without plinx, farming karma for legendaries ughhhhh forget legendaries. -,-

These posts are hilarious. Yup, the whole game is ruined because of one event.

It’s not like most of the “farmers” have a very misguided approach to this game overall or the fact that plinx was not the only place to farm. Shocking, I know.

supergica.8652:

These posts are hilarious. Yup, the whole game is ruined because of one event.

It’s not like most of the “farmers” have a very misguided approach to this game overall or the fact that plinx was not the only place to farm. Shocking, I know.

A lot of people enjoy farming gold in games, its really not a new concept to an mmo. For those people, taking away the one chain that yields actual reward for time spent is very disheartening. Other events are far less profitable and a huge waste of time.

supergica.8652:

So Plinx was the only way to get money right? I guess my 2 sets of exotics + weapons + 40 gold in the bank must have been a gift from the gods since I rarely went to that place…

Anyway, just wait a few days, I’m sure some other event chain will turn up to mindlessly farm for “fun”. If the level 55+ maps get appropriate level rewards, maybe something even better comes up.

How could someone think that being constantly in a 30 men zerg where you cannot even see the mobs spawn before they are nuked is fun is beyond me.

While Plinx makes it easy to get exotic sets, its very easy to do without it. Plinx was for those who wanted to see the gold count rise and rise and have mats in the bank just cause. There are people that enjoy this part of the game, so whether you understand it or not is irrelevant.

All that aside, without Plinx, getting a legendary is going to take even longer.

Taylorfest.7583:

supergica.8652:

These posts are hilarious. Yup, the whole game is ruined because of one event.

It’s not like most of the “farmers” have a very misguided approach to this game overall or the fact that plinx was not the only place to farm. Shocking, I know.

A lot of people enjoy farming gold in games, its really not a new concept to an mmo. For those people, taking away the one chain that yields actual reward for time spent is very disheartening. Other events are far less profitable and a huge waste of time.

supergica.8652:

So Plinx was the only way to get money right? I guess my 2 sets of exotics + weapons + 40 gold in the bank must have been a gift from the gods since I rarely went to that place…

Anyway, just wait a few days, I’m sure some other event chain will turn up to mindlessly farm for “fun”. If the level 55+ maps get appropriate level rewards, maybe something even better comes up.

How could someone think that being constantly in a 30 men zerg where you cannot even see the mobs spawn before they are nuked is fun is beyond me.

While Plinx makes it easy to get exotic sets, its very easy to do without it. Plinx was for those who wanted to see the gold count rise and rise and have mats in the bank just cause. There are people that enjoy this part of the game, so whether you understand it or not is irrelevant.

All that aside, without Plinx, getting a legendary is going to take even longer.

Thanks for replying to both my answers. I know there are people who play MMOs just for accumulating gold, but to me it seems that GW2 is really not appropriate for this sort of thing. They devs even mentioned that themselves, especially considering the anti-grind methods. And if you base you’re whole gaming experience on this single event, it just seems wrong. It’s subjective, i know, but that’s my opinion.

My other point is that is wrong to complain that without Plinx you have to work A LOT harder to get exotics, and people imply that now they are weaker then other characters because they cannot make money. That’s just false.

If anything, I see it more that Plinx in his old state was more of a bonus efficiency for obtaining a legendary, i doubt the devs had in mind that people spend 10 hours per day doing this one event for at least half of the prerequisites of a legendary. So i see it like a bugfix. Sucks for the newer players, but apparently exploiting a mechanic while it lasts is the order of the day in this game.

Until the Plinx event is extended and popularized, I will be going back to zerging in straits which gives karma at like 95% of the rate that Plinx did. Only difference is drops aren’t quite as good and EXP is a bit lower as well.

I think this is great, who the hell enjoys farming the same event over and over again?

Well, if what I experienced last night is any indication of how Orr farming is going to be, then the Plinx nerf was actually a good thing.

The group did a Plinx run, finished off the Champ Abom, then headed south through the tunnel. We collected event chains pretty much non-stop culminating with the fight for the Arah gate. I was doing event after event, getting a rediculous amount of drops, non-stop for at least 45 minutes. This was MUCH more enjoyable and exciting then doing the same Plinx merry-go-round over and over.

So IDK, Plinx was easy-turn-your-brain-off and faceroll for karma and drops. What I did last night got me the exact same thing, but was WAY more stimulating.

I don’t know if you noticed, guys, but karma is not mandatory anymore to get a Legendary.
Obsidian Shards can now be bought with Fractal Relics (15 relics per shard).
Before: ~480 shards = ~1 million karma
Now: 480 shards = 7200 fractal relics

Sauce:
http://guildwars2hub.com/sites/sardu.tentonhammer.com/files/styles/full/public/fractal-relic-merchant.png

Chriskang.8395:

I don’t know if you noticed, guys, but karma is not mandatory anymore to get a Legendary.
Obsidian Shards can now be bought with Fractal Relics (15 relics per shard).
Before: ~480 shards = ~1 million karma
Now: 480 shards = 7200 fractal relics

Sauce:
http://guildwars2hub.com/sites/sardu.tentonhammer.com/files/styles/full/public/fractal-relic-merchant.png

Not efficient as plinx for time=karma

right now there isn’t anything running as good as plinx unless its straits which my server doesn’t do. need to read up on this.

Id love to know more about the straits.

Im from Darkhaven. Do we run them? I think I need to server transfer.

supergica.8652:

These posts are hilarious. Yup, the whole game is ruined because of one event.

It’s not like most of the “farmers” have a very misguided approach to this game overall or the fact that plinx was not the only place to farm. Shocking, I know.

Okay:

1. Crafting isn’t really a viable way of making money.

2. Crafting nodes are on CD and therefore less reliable than farming events.

3. Even 1g takes awhile to accumulate, and some things are hundreds of gold. The game needs a fast way to earn gold without resorting to exploits and Plinx was a great solution to this. At least dungeon drops are said to have improved, but Plinx grouping tends to be much faster than Lion’s Arch chat spam grouping.

The plinx nerf was needed. It was absolutely overcrowded.

You can get obsidian shards from the Fractal tokens as well so i don’t see a big problem.

Shakki.3219:

The plinx nerf was needed. It was absolutely overcrowded.

You can get obsidian shards from the Fractal tokens as well so i don’t see a big problem.

Then… buff other areas to relieve the crowd?

You will have to do it the old fashion way – going to the land and follow mp chat.People always say where are events

Shakki.3219:

The plinx nerf was needed. It was absolutely overcrowded.

You can get obsidian shards from the Fractal tokens as well so i don’t see a big problem.

Fractals isn’t as fast to obtain shards as it is to run plinx chain.

Depending on route the time it takes to get the 15 tokens for 1 shard could be longer than the plinx.

Also if you use a booster+guild banner+guild buff on plinx, running fractals doesn’t even come close.

So far from looking around the new island it looks like it has potential for a decent karma train. I dont think it will be plinx like but could be close just have to get the optimal route figured out.

So far I can tell at islet way point where you collect the commendations you can give a few there and get credit.

Then the NPC close by asking to talk to you if you talk to him spawns the champion shark at rust tooth bay. Shortly after shark is the new reef broodmother vet.

There is a lion guard patrol by the golem wurm area.

Just have to figure out the timing on the other events to mix them in but they seem to happen frequently.

moiraine.2753:

You will have to do it the old fashion way – going to the land and follow mp chat.People always say where are events

Possibly the most idiotic thing Ive heard.

Said event is across the map. Spend 3s in wp costs or walk thru super aggressive and cc heavy mobs and get there when the event is over.

Contested wps kill map travel for getting to events. Orr is already a ghost town.

Idk how much longer im going to be playing. Like it matters to them anyways.

Vinny@,if you want an event like Plinx’s chain,well that is not going to happen.This was bugged event in my eyes.You shouldn’t be able to do one event again and again only because it’s spawning every 5 minutes.

moiraine.2753:

Vinny@,if you want an event like Plinx’s chain,well that is not going to happen.This was bugged event in my eyes.You shouldn’t be able to do one event again and again only because it’s spawning every 5 minutes.

Well in reality it wasn’t a bug. In reality plinx wasnt 1 event. In reality the new island has 2 events that spawn non-stop. Hopefully you don’t go to the new island often and see the bugged even.t.

oZii yes it was not a bug.I said it was a bug in MY eyes.But when a thing respawns too fast and you farm only it then there is something wrong.

WvW Borderland runs are still the best karma farm in the game, just like they were before the Plinx nerf, you don’t even get DR so you can do it 24/7.

Screw the karma where do I go for consistent gold farming? I need t6 mats or gold to buy t6 mats.

I just got my 3rd toon out to cursed shore to find hardly anybody around, all temples contested, Arah closed and karma corrodoors only having a couple of people in them.
i think the plinx nerf killed Cursed Shore

Chriskang.8395:

I don’t know if you noticed, guys, but karma is not mandatory anymore to get a Legendary.
Obsidian Shards can now be bought with Fractal Relics (15 relics per shard).
Before: ~480 shards = ~1 million karma
Now: 480 shards = 7200 fractal relics

Sauce:
http://guildwars2hub.com/sites/sardu.tentonhammer.com/files/styles/full/public/fractal-relic-merchant.png

You realize to get the ~480 shards, you gotta run at most ~480 sets of fractals?

You get more than 15 on higher difficulties, and you get 20 from the Jade Maw, with another 20 bonus once a day.
That cuts the necessary number of runs down a lot.