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Edited by Kozy: 9/22/2014 2:59:30 AM
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What is Farming?

Lately I've seen multiple posts in which people will complain about other individuals "Farming". These people then describe how they themselves are far superior because they are able to gain their gear/loot through "Legitimate" and "Correct" ways. Now what exactly is this ridiculous and heinous Farming sensation sweeping the nation? Don't worry baby birds, Momma's gonna feed you. [b]Farming: to make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock. [/b] Although this is the legitimate meaning of farming, it is not what we're about to discuss. Farming within the video game community can be known by many names such as "Grinding". [b]It is the act of repetitively completing an objective to gain the sought benefits by doing so.[/b] An example of this would be to kill the same enemy twice, because he offers a high yield of Experience Points, or possibly killing him 5 times because he has a 15% drop rate of a rare item you'd like to acquire. Farming is basically just repeating an action so you can benefit from it, whether it is gear or points of some kind. Within Destiny, people are complaining about this "Farming" saying its unfair and clearly a game exploit. This could not be further from the truth. [b]If you believe you're method of play is not farming, please read further.[/b] Lets say: -You play the story multiple times over for experience... Congratulations, you just farmed the story for experience! -You play 15 strike missions for vanguard marks... Congratulations, you just farmed the strike missions for gear, exp, and points! -You play PVP in the Crucible so you can gain marks and purchase Crucible armor... Congratulations! You just farmed the crucible for marks and gear! -You shot at a cave for 2 hours because the drop rate of the minions there is high and they spawn continuously... Congratulations! You just farmed a Cave for gear and exp! -You patrol the area with bounties in hand, trying to gain what you can from each... Congratulations! You just farmed bounties and patrol missions! I hope you understand this. Farming comes in multiple shapes and forms. Regardless of the method, it's ALL FARMING. Every game has this available. EVERY. GAME. You play Call of Duty? You just farmed kills for weapon attachments. You play Dark Souls? You just farmed a boss for his souls. You play Forza? You just farmed races for their money so you can buy a new car. You play Minecraft? Well... You literally just farmed... Like pumpkins and stuff. You basically need to grind/farm just to get achievements in games now. I'm going completely overkill with all this because some people are actually idiotic enough to need it. They believe that shooting at a cave is an exploit while what they practice is justified. [u]THE MORAL OF THE STORY[/u] I could care less what people do. If they want to spend hours shooting at a cave, go for it. If they want to spend hours killing bosses, go for it. In the end you're all doing the same thing. Farming. I couldn't tell you how many strike missions I've done. It ridiculous. I've gained the majority of my gear that way. Yesterday I tried the cave and got my 2nd Exotic. Either way, both methods achieved the same goal. Stop taking up space on the forums with complaints about cheaters. You're guilty of the same act. I doubt anyone read this far. But if you did, then congrats. Now shut up and go play the game. [b]WAIT I HAVE AN UPDATE[/b] Heres how to avoid farming COMPLETELY. -Purchase a game. -Play said game, from beginning to end. -Do not replay ANY levels, even if you missed an item or something. -Put down the controller. -Dispose of the game. -Never touch it again. So all of you who oppose Farming, you should probably sell Destiny before you become one of us sinners as well :c
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  • Yo great fukin message hahahaha I loved it super good and you acually helped learn how to grind aka farm now I no I can use that to my advantage good stuff thanks

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  • Thank you much for that info, I was wandering what the term [b]Farming[/b] was related to!!!... Now I know why I see many guardians shooting at a cave not allowing one hive unit to roll out and there I was looking at them believing g it was some sort of bounty that I was to noon to get at the moment. Unconsciously, everyone farms on a game, its a way to help your self beat the game by working extra hard at it if you really have a goal and know where you wanna get!!! (Y)

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  • All I think of in destiny when I hear farming is [quote]SHE THINKS MY TRACTOR IS SEXXY IT REALLY TURNS HER ON![/quote]

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    • [quote]You play Minecraft? Well… You literally just farmed… Like pumpkins and stuff.[/quote] Ha. Ha. Ha.[spoiler]I actually really loved that joke.[/spoiler]

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    • Well spoken.

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    • Anyone that complains about farming has either never played an MMO before or are CoD kiddies. Grinding/farming is ingrained into the game, there's even a Hunter's cloak for Grinders.

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    • I completely agree with you. It all comes down to jealousy. Kids are jealous that someone who plays for 20 hours is geared up the same if not more than someone who plays 7 days of game time. The end result you have salty people who come on this forum and cry cry cry. But it doesn't matter what you say or how you feel because we have a lot of bitches in this gaming community If your a hunter your op If you farm your a cheater If you use shotguns your lame If you use rockets your a cheater Fusion rifles are to op I'm quitting this game Is you use assault rifles your op If your a warlock it's unfair Titan super is op Arc blade is for hackers It will never end.....

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    • I just have to say this... most people aren't complaining that you are farming, they are complaining about the rate at which the mobs spawn. Sure some of those complainers don't understand this about MMO's, we are supposed to farm/grind. It's generally not fun, and there are a host of people that refuse to do it, but there is never a time it's bad. However, with that said, people are abusing an area that I'll bet gets fixed so there is a delay before re-popping so the overall amount of loot you can collect will drop substantially. MMO's frequently have an area that has a higher drop rate, too fast a respawn rate (think WoW/FF11/SWTOR) where one would kill a mob and instantly a mob popped on your face. This wasn't meant to happen, but it did. Those generally get fixed, like this cave. Bungie doesn't want 3 million players standing in one cave in their world. lawl if you think otherwise.

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      • There is a difference between repeating content aka your version of farming, and using a constant respawn point to effectively (though legally) exploit a game mechanic aka The Glory Hole. Your argument is based completely on your definition of terms and in doing so you've equated Farming a Boss (that is runinng a mission over and over again) with taking advantage of an exploit (that is killing repeatedly on a near constant respawn). If you make those the same thing, then those who say "Farming is bad" are indeed hypocrites. Frankly if you had to invest anything in the Glory Hole, you wouldn't see anyone complaining or raising alarms. But The Glory Hole is rapid loot drops with no time investment allowing people (in theory) to gear up faster. Which in a static solo PVE game isn't a problem. The problem is that Destiny is growing and they're going to be looking at the percentage of people who have what level gear as they balance more content. There is a real risk that if people are leveling artificially fast, that the game challenge will ramp with it. I'm ~~NOT~~ defending the current cryptarch mess by any means. The system they have is horribly broken. I believe they want loot to be randomly dropped and they want the cryptarch ranking to provide a second layer of random. The problem is that all that random leads to the appearance of unfairness. If they pulled one of the two out (either make loot drops guaranteed and rolls at the cryptarch random, or vice versa) they could alleviate a lot of the stress and drama. But to your argument, you're not addressing the issue of people exploiting the Glory Hole to gear up 3X as fast as someone "Farming" strikes. You're saying 3 minutes of Glory Holing for gear is the same thing as running 3 hours of strikes to get the same gear. They're not. Further Reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence

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      • great post, I agree completely.

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      • Well said! People who complain about farming are just farming in a different way. It's the point of the game. Everything shouldn't come in one play through or what fun would it be.

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      • I have nothing negative to say about farming. I do have one constructive criticism though; I shouldn't be able to get rare and legendary engrams from low level areas. If Bungie isn't going to get rid of the possibility of spawn camping enemies, then they should make it to where I can only receive green engrams from the cave. Higher level gear should only be possible to "farm" from Crucible, high level strikes, raids, and areas where there are high level enemies.

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        • Edited by pproblematix: 9/22/2014 7:05:52 PM
          You're the man.

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        • I'm Commander Shepard and this thread is my favorite on the forums.

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        • Genius. You have all of my "Like"!

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          I don't mind the farming from the cave that much. But I think it's kinda dumb to get legendary or exotic gear from a lvl 5 mob.

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        • you literally just farm the game by killing more than 2 fallen or whatever type of enemy

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          • Haha love the way you put this, I done strikes, pvp and patrols in game even tried the cave but all my gear come from all others but the cave. Maybe I didn't spend hours on hours on it but I'm a true gamer and love the mmo aspects of this game. You have to farm no matter how you look at it I had to spend a hr farming the moon and mars just getting the material just to upgrade my gear, this is a game where you can do what ever you want even if it's shooting a cave. In world of war craft I seen people fishing for hours on end but at the end of the day we do what we want have fun and still play the game.

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          • Well said. Got to say I've met more people at the "honey cave" than I have in the Tower, it's like a meeting place now. Things start to get a bit more lively when all of a sudden the area is filled with enemies coming from all angles, it's brilliant. Everyone farms as the op said, whether conscious about it or not.

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          • Haha I love this post!

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          • I approve this message

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          • Can... can we... can we sticky this or something so it's always at the top?

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          • Nice post!

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          • You are a legend.

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            • OP, you have now officially won the Destiny Forums. Just letting you know.

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