Guild Wars 2

honestly the major focus of this patch was nerfing rich ori farming. They made it only 3 hits and they also changed mining picks to be lvl 45. Which alot of us had stocked up on so we could farm on our lvl 7 guardian or whatever alt you had parked there. They put in new no lvl mining picks from laurel vendor tho I guess they really wanted us to all buy those

Daxx.5076:

honestly the major focus of this patch was nerfing rich ori farming. They made it only 3 hits and they also changed mining picks to be lvl 45. Which alot of us had stocked up on so we could farm on our lvl 7 guardian or whatever alt you had parked there. They put in new no lvl mining picks from laurel vendor tho I guess they really wanted us to all buy those

lol what?

gibson.2549:

Daxx.5076:

honestly the major focus of this patch was nerfing rich ori farming. They made it only 3 hits and they also changed mining picks to be lvl 45. Which alot of us had stocked up on so we could farm on our lvl 7 guardian or whatever alt you had parked there. They put in new no lvl mining picks from laurel vendor tho I guess they really wanted us to all buy those

lol what?

oh I am sorry I forgot to mention they made dailies way bigger time sinks too

The only reason to go to that zone is now gone, gg

Daxx.5076:

honestly the major focus of this patch was nerfing rich ori farming. They made it only 3 hits

I would sometimes get only three hits off rich nodes last I played, and that was close to a month ago.

Point A: At least they didn’t ban you for doing something they obviously didn’t intend.
Point B: Quit crying, is was bull that people could do it, sorry.

rich ori node gone: it’s a blow to ori supply in the game, but not unexpected. I’m sad to see it go.
mining picks that exploited a bug: you’re not allowed to complain

Tyqer.6413:

Point A: At least they didn’t ban you for doing something they obviously didn’t intend.
Point B: Quit crying, is was bull that people could do it, sorry.

lol ban… how is going to a zone they allow you to goto any any lvl a exploit worthy of banning you make me laugh

People have been banned from much less than that fo’ sho.

Daxx.5076:

honestly the major focus of this patch was nerfing rich ori farming. They made it only 3 hits and they also changed mining picks to be lvl 45. Which alot of us had stocked up on so we could farm on our lvl 7 guardian or whatever alt you had parked there.

/facepalm ?

Am I the only one actually playing the game instead of finding new ways to farm/cheat?

imo the pick nerf was enough, but oh well. ;/

Mystic.5934:

mining picks that exploited a bug: you’re not allowed to complain

Wait, you’re telling me that ten hit nodes were always a bug involving the mining pick itself?

People actually did that…?
There’s no limit to exploits… can’t you just play the game like everyone else?

Its to stop ‘under-the-ground’ telebot hackers from farming nodes with low level characters. The obvious effect will be higher prices for Ori and other higher tier mats.

Yet my only source of money is gone now along with platinum→ mithril guess I have to wait until my alts are lv 45 and bring them back there, sneaking them past mobs skillfully again. Right now only 3 nodes of normal Ori are there now for my two lv 80s.

Might as well sell the 70+ ori from earlier today from before the nerf.

I actually agree with the "nerf (?fix?)
Even i did this with my characters but it was so obvious!

And they did a favour to us.. Just think in some weeks the price of ori again
I’ve got 3 lv80 and i can get ori still with them.

TsukasaHiiragi.9730:

Its to stop ‘under-the-ground’ telebot hackers from farming nodes with low level characters. The obvious effect will be higher prices for Ori and other higher tier mats.

lol its pretty easy to get to the rich ori with low lvls only bad players think the only way to get there with low lvls is teleport haxs

Ansultares.1567:

Mystic.5934:

mining picks that exploited a bug: you’re not allowed to complain

Wait, you’re telling me that ten hit nodes were always a bug involving the mining pick itself?

I believe they are talking about the pick itself not having a level requirement to it.

<http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mining_Pick>;

The fact was they were parking low level characters by the rich Orichalcum vein and getting rich off it. Then it supposedly deflated the prices on the trading post where people were starting to complain. However we still have the underground bots who are still mining out everything and now it’s much harder to report them.

On a side note I hope they start putting more events into Sunshore Cove with these upcoming updates. Or some interesting reward system like Orr just received overall for actually investing their time in it.

I’m glad they got rid of the vein. Not happy bout the pick change though. Why still have them in game available from laurels but change all the ones we already have?

The only thing I take issue with about this change is the fact that with the vein no longer being rich, there’s no reason to have a champion guarding it. A veteran, sure. A champion, what purpose does he serve now? The risk no longer justifies the means.

The Ori in my opinion needs to drop to 20 copper to make non-hard core player and people that have lives get stuff easier. Nothing will stop us form using 6 characters to get 54 -72 ori from normal nodes twice a day (ori resets every 12 hours (each daily reset) not 24 for non rich nodes btw (and is independent of character/account hitting it). So you can hit it twice per daily reset.

For now, I’ll try to get my 80s to farm all spots every day on all maps that have them just to make money.

Tyqer.6413:

Point A: At least they didn’t ban you for doing something they obviously didn’t intend.

Exactly. You had the audacity to make gold in GW2. It could not be more obvious that they never intended that to happen. You should have realized something was wrong when it become a preferable option to the gem → gold conversion. You’re lucky a perm ban didn’t smack you back into place, you evil cheater you!

This was an expected outcome. However, as rocky.8602 pointed out above, the champion should not be there – the reward is not worth the risk.

gibson.2549:

Daxx.5076:

honestly the major focus of this patch was nerfing rich ori farming. They made it only 3 hits and they also changed mining picks to be lvl 45. Which alot of us had stocked up on so we could farm on our lvl 7 guardian or whatever alt you had parked there. They put in new no lvl mining picks from laurel vendor tho I guess they really wanted us to all buy those

lol what?

Truth is funny, especially when your daily is crafting.

Champion should stay as it is. For guild events for example.

Yumiko Ishida.3769:

The Ori in my opinion needs to drop to 20 copper to make non-hard core player and people that have lives get stuff easier. Nothing will stop us form using 6 characters to get 54 -72 ori from normal nodes twice a day (ori resets every 12 hours (each daily reset) not 24 for non rich nodes btw (and is independent of character/account hitting it). So you can hit it twice per daily reset.

For now, I’ll try to get my 80s to farm all spots every day on all maps that have them just to make money.

Umm did you miss the word “daily” in your statement? Ori nodes are like Omnom are a DAILY reset. You know daily, as in 24 hours. Not sure how you came to thinking that its meaning was 12 hours. And no they aren’t tied to the daily’s reset, they are tied to when you harvested them. I’ve got five 80’s that I make a 30 to 45 min trek each with through SC, FS, ML, and CS.

The price of Ori will go up a lot over the next couple of weeks I’m sure, which I’m fine with. But I would have been fine with them just fixing the mining picks and leaving the Rich node in the game…. either with our without it Ori is keeps it’s worth.

rickets.1386:

The only reason to go to that zone is now gone, gg

Wait, wut? That rich node was the only reason I went there. I used to try for Karka shells, but the drop rate was so pathetic that after hours there and only having 3 or so made that pointless, given how long it takes to kill them. Spose I’ll go and see for sure. Maybe the shells drop at a useful rate now to make up for it.

I was sorry to hear about the demise of the rich orichalcum node. I may still travel to SC in order to hunt passion flowers, but then again, considering the grind they represent for me, maybe not…lol

Can you mine in guesting servers? If yes than there is no problem at all….

aberrantone.5410:

Yumiko Ishida.3769:

The Ori in my opinion needs to drop to 20 copper to make non-hard core player and people that have lives get stuff easier. Nothing will stop us form using 6 characters to get 54 -72 ori from normal nodes twice a day (ori resets every 12 hours (each daily reset) not 24 for non rich nodes btw (and is independent of character/account hitting it). So you can hit it twice per daily reset.

For now, I’ll try to get my 80s to farm all spots every day on all maps that have them just to make money.

Umm did you miss the word “daily” in your statement? Ori nodes are like Omnom are a DAILY reset. You know daily, as in 24 hours. Not sure how you came to thinking that its meaning was 12 hours. And no they aren’t tied to the daily’s reset, they are tied to when you harvested them. I’ve got five 80’s that I make a 30 to 45 min trek each with through SC, FS, ML, and CS.

The price of Ori will go up a lot over the next couple of weeks I’m sure, which I’m fine with. But I would have been fine with them just fixing the mining picks and leaving the Rich node in the game…. either with our without it Ori is keeps it’s worth.

I was right in what I said. I hit a node near the Captain’s Retreat (when it was there) earlier in the day (10AM-1PM) when I was going across the map for my rich node, and then I came back later after 7 PM EST (same day) and it was there again the same exact Ori node same 3 hits. Was not even 24 hours! I wish I took a screen but it was unexpected.

Nappychappy.7046:

gibson.2549:

Daxx.5076:

honestly the major focus of this patch was nerfing rich ori farming. They made it only 3 hits and they also changed mining picks to be lvl 45. Which alot of us had stocked up on so we could farm on our lvl 7 guardian or whatever alt you had parked there. They put in new no lvl mining picks from laurel vendor tho I guess they really wanted us to all buy those

lol what?

Truth is funny, especially when your daily is crafting.

Yes, because refining 10 bolts of jute, or 10 mithril ingots, or 10 bolts of linen, or 10 hard wood planks, or (insert refinement item here)… was so back breakingly hard. I nearly didn’t get it done in time.

Had an interesting mine in cursed shores last nite, using a BL pick had 3 shots at a node and got 2 ori and then a rock,?????whats with the rock? i thought a BL pick was better then the rest seams thats been nerfed as well

phabby.8945:

Had an interesting mine in cursed shores last nite, using a BL pick had 3 shots at a node and got 2 ori and then a rock,?????whats with the rock? i thought a BL pick was better then the rest seams thats been nerfed as well

Do you mean ruined ore? Its possible to get ruined ore from a node if a mob hits you exactly when you are mining. Its a bug.

rocky.8602:

The only thing I take issue with about this change is the fact that with the vein no longer being rich, there’s no reason to have a champion guarding it. A veteran, sure. A champion, what purpose does he serve now? The risk no longer justifies the means.

The champ is there to hand out blue item.

Daxx.5076:

gibson.2549:

Daxx.5076:

honestly the major focus of this patch was nerfing rich ori farming. They made it only 3 hits and they also changed mining picks to be lvl 45. Which alot of us had stocked up on so we could farm on our lvl 7 guardian or whatever alt you had parked there. They put in new no lvl mining picks from laurel vendor tho I guess they really wanted us to all buy those

lol what?

oh I am sorry I forgot to mention they made dailies way bigger time sinks too

You also forgot the balance changes and the revamp of Orr, making it MUCH less of a hassle to get through there. Also, there are no more dragons, which probably means the death of Zhaitan has actually happened now and it’s just cleaning up the risen time until Jormag. Oh, and the karma merchant Orr Boxes are yummy.

o well i think this is going to cause ori price to inflate again..