Guild Wars 2

Vayne.8563:

Baron Von Graymouse.7801:

For those who say that farming doesn’t hurt anyone, I have this to say especially when it comes down to doing the Meta event that opens up the gates of Arah. Currently there are several threads about farmers who are intentionally failing the “Secure the Pact staging area at Shank Anchorage” part of the Meta event in Orr to farm all the Champs that spawn during the event. Thus causing gates of Arah to be permanently closed and thus keeping players from finishing their personal stories, and or from getting Shards of Zhaitan for work towards thier Legendary. This is GAME BREAKING and needs to be addressed as soon as possible.

It’s not in the least game breaking and I’m no farmer.

The gates to the dungeon aren’t closed, you can still enter the dugeon. Only the waypoint of the dungeon is closed. So go to the nearest way point and run to the dungeon.

Except the run to that waypoint isn’t exactly a walk in the park. Its like I have a waypoint but I cannot use it because people are keeping it locked.

I agree that it’s not game breaking because the dungeon can still be accessed but this is starting to approach the definition of griefing.

With all of this airing in public, I foresee a massive, heavy-handed event nerf incoming.
I hop ArenaNet act with some moderation rather than just implementing the quickest, dirtiest and easiest solution.
I would suggest making it so that you receive any and all champion bags from an event only on completion of said event. Have them pop up as reward chests.

Here are some thoughts offhand.

Since the update, people have been neglecting dynamic events in favor of zerging down the champions in the open world. So here’s what could be done: replace all champions in the world with veterans and tie all champion spawns to dynamic events (DEs already spawn champions if there are enough players nearby). This will put a stop to champion farming and players will have to farm events again.

Or instead of removing all of the champions in the open world, they could tie them to events and make it so adds spawn when the champion is engaged and have a cooldown for the event.

I want to go to orr to kill champs just to kitten off the farmers now. Events in the game are made to be completed successfully, they have zero grounds to report or get you banned. Happy event completing.

Prediction: More time-gated, daily limited loot!

justkoh.4073:

Vayne.8563:

Baron Von Graymouse.7801:

For those who say that farming doesn’t hurt anyone, I have this to say especially when it comes down to doing the Meta event that opens up the gates of Arah. Currently there are several threads about farmers who are intentionally failing the “Secure the Pact staging area at Shank Anchorage” part of the Meta event in Orr to farm all the Champs that spawn during the event. Thus causing gates of Arah to be permanently closed and thus keeping players from finishing their personal stories, and or from getting Shards of Zhaitan for work towards thier Legendary. This is GAME BREAKING and needs to be addressed as soon as possible.

It’s not in the least game breaking and I’m no farmer.

The gates to the dungeon aren’t closed, you can still enter the dugeon. Only the waypoint of the dungeon is closed. So go to the nearest way point and run to the dungeon.

Except the run to that waypoint isn’t exactly a walk in the park. Its like I have a waypoint but I cannot use it because people are keeping it locked.

I agree that it’s not game breaking because the dungeon can still be accessed but this is starting to approach the definition of griefing.

I say we “grief” em back. Gather a zerg and crash the area with the intent to complete the event. Civil Wars 2

This is silly.. why would you get banned for playing the game as it was designed for? These event farmer abusers are the ones who deserve a ban. These are clear exploits when they break the whole event just to farm monsters in it.

I wouldn’t pay any mind to immature people when playing online games or posting on forums, it’s the nature of the beast.

my two cents: not every Zerg is playing like that. a few days ago I was in a zerg which completed that pre-event (because the commander said that the game isn’t designed for letting events fail just to get more profit) and we stopped our farming to help people getting their grenth- and melandru-skill points… we took over the temples. and yes, that day I was farming – because I don’t have that much time. this was an exception and I really try to play the game, but as I am very busy right know I still try to get my ascended back piece… I still have hope… ^^

Tarkan.5609:

my two cents: not every Zerg is playing like that. a few days ago I was in a zerg which completed that pre-event (because the commander said that the game isn’t designed for letting events fail just to get more profit) and we stopped our farming to help people getting their grenth- and melandru-skill points… we took over the temples. and yes, that day I was farming – because I don’t have that much time. this was an exception and I really try to play the game, but as I am very busy right know I still try to get my ascended back piece… I still have hope… ^^

Nice zerg!