Guild Wars 2

Since hitting 80 with my ranger I have noticed that the drop rates for things (crafting materials like totems, poison sac’s, bones, etc.) while roaming around solo killing things drops to nothing. Is this by design to keep the bot farmers in check? The problem I have with it is that it forces me into groups. Before level 80 the drops were frequent.

I am certainly not opposed to running with others but sometimes my schedule doesn’t allow that, and I just want to go kill stuff for 30mins or so. Sucks not being able to make any money or gain any items this way, outside of an event. Or, maybe I only need 4 more large bones for crafting and I don’t want to purchase them, I can’t just go out and hunt for them.

Great game, loads of fun, just an observation I have made since hitting 80 about the drops.

IIRC, drop rates plummet when farming the same area too long. Should be no problem in short burst sessions though.

Too lazy to find the source.

There you go
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Anti-farm_code

It’s about GW1 though, but I think GW2 has something like that too.