ok so I've seen a lot of issues with farming and so I'll give you a few tricks to make the most of your farming.
#1 level matters
If you are a fresh 20 most of the blues you will get will be for level 16-18 and the light will be a very small jump. The higher your light level is the better the drops.
#2 bigger is not always better.
Killing 1 big guy does not garrentee loot, killing a bunch of small guys in a row is a lot better and you will find more loot this way.
#3 leave the loot be.
Don't rush to pick up loot, if the loot spawns it will stay there for the rest of the game, if you miss it it will be mailed to you if it's a blue or higher.
2nd effect of this is that rares/blues will drop more frequently if you leave the loot alone. Go ahead try it out it works.
Edit: if you are plagued with frequent dcs you might want to pick up all the loot you can. Thanks for the tip sir murez
#4 decrypt legendaries last.
I know this sounds weird and superstitious but give it a try. It seems to work better if ya do 7 blues then 2 legendaries.
#5 heavy weapons/supers
Makes drops happen faster
Thanks DEZERATH for the tip.
#6 loot is player locked not party locked
Anyway shape or form an enemy dies, whether you, your team, bob dole, [b][i][u]SOMEONE NOT IN YOUR SQUAD[/u][/i][/b] or another enemy kills it : it can drop loot for you.
Locations to farm:
Mars, meridian bay, badlands:
There are 6 goblins 1 Minotaur vs 4 cabal grunts they spawn very rapidly
Earth, old Russia rocket yard: 3 accolites 1 knight vs 3 dregs + 1 vandal along with 2 accolites 2 knights + 1 servator 4 dregs/ 2 rare vandal 2 reg vandal
Earth, old Russia skywatch:
4 vandal + 3 dregs vs 3 accolites + 5 ax dudes
Venus Ishtar sink Ishtar commons 2 vandals 12 dregs 1 captain vs 9 goblins 2 hob goblins
These locations have "the enemies move against eachother " events roughly a hourly basis.
Check point farms:
Venus Ishtar sink, the nexus checkpoint 2, 9 or so goblins, kill them jump off cliff repeat
The moon, the first moon mission, hard difficulty: when the temple opens up go crazy but don't kill the knight/walk in the temple, die repeat.
Any questions?
Edit: to make a note do not pay attention to the butthurt non-farmers rng is a cruel mistress but she is also fickle , she will reward you at some point in time just be patient. Those that hate farming got -blam!-ed by the d I l d o of rng in the ass and therefor care only about non-rng based gear acquiring.
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Thanks for posting!
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Commenting so I can come back to this
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Good to know thanks
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Great tips thanks!
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DOES ANYONE HERE KNOWS HOW CAN I GET HADRONIC ESSENCE TO UPGRADE MY WARLOCK ARMOR? PLS I NEED HELP
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Cheers, will try as am getting absolutely nothing. Playing with my now level 23 buddy and he is getting drops all the time and I get a rock!. Have to say it is very frustrating being stuck at level 20 for four days and am almost at the end of my tether.
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I can't prove this but I think precision kills also help. So fallen, aim for the head, vex, aim for the gut
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Thanks for the info
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In did some hours of farming yesterday in a location I stumbled upon on Earth (not Skywatch), or at least I've not seen it popularised yet. I got 9 legendary engrams and about 30-35 blue engrams. They're all sat waiting in my vault, I plan on opening them all on my new Titan (when level 24) so I can rank up my Cryptark rank super fast and gain yet more legendary engrams.
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I'll just leave a comment here so I can come back to this later. Thanks man
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We found that if you use specials and heavy weapons blue engrams drop faster.
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Thanks, I only knew the one at Old Russia in the cave
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Tips for farming #1 Point, click, repeat.
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How the farming coming along guys?
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Wow, extremely handy information! Nice work!
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I'd only add a few things, one: Had a legendary drop, got a disconnect, did not get it mailed to me, two: thanks for the strategy, I'll try it out, and three: try Archer's Line, free roam, from the start go up the hill, right to the large crater with the Beacon, and the ruins above it house a good menagerie of Dregs, Skanks, Vandals, and the 2 Knights behind them.
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I will keep this in mind, but overall, I cannot fathom why we get drops when we do. I've literally picked up drops from my fireteam making 100% of the kills while I sit and watch. They don't even see the drop, it's intended for me solely. Secondly, I've unloaded my primary scout rifle on a batch of dregs and had a green and blue pop out before I finished my clip. I will still try your methods to see if there is a difference, but I am and have been baffled. It's so random...
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Thanks for the tips my friend, a theory I have about legendaries as well is that after level 23 you are much much more likely to see them than at any level before it. Not saying it can't happen but I am calling it pure dumb luck before then. This comes from my brother in law not seeing a legendary until 23, I haven't seen one the whole time but I'm only level 22 currently. Just my two cents though.
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Everyone needs to read up on the fact that loot, including EXP, are player locked, not group locked. I'm pretty tired of being harassed by players who don't understand this is the case.
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[quote]2nd effect of this is that rares/blues will drop more frequently if you leave the loot alone. Go ahead try it out it works[/quote]That's wrong. You don't get BETTER loot because there is already loot on the ground. It's completely random. [quote]#4 decrypt legendaries last. I know this sounds weird and superstitious but give it a try. It seems to work better if ya do 7 blues then 2 legendaries. [/quote]This is also wrong, it seems like confirmation bias. Again, decrypting legendaries and getting a high tier gear piece is RANDOM. You don't get better gear because you decrypt it last.
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Where are people farming? I'm interested to see if my spot is any good.
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Bump!
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you may want to amend #6 loot will drops for you even glimmer bonuses will work on proximity to the fellow player who killed that mob, you don;t even have to in a fireteam with that said player just near. i have seen this myself first hand having greens and about 2 blues drop whilst just walking by someone not killing..
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Interesting post, thanks