Anti-farm code

[Fafner]

I believe my W/E is now continuously triggering it. I did a forum search and wasnt satisfied with what I found. Can anyone explain this? There are obviously Chinese farmers who have it figured out, selling worthless un'id items, etc (theyre 99% worthless, you can check un'id items fairly thoroughly, you know). I'd like to be in the know like them, sooner than it would take me to learn chinese and read their websites.

Things i've noticed:

Changing 2ndary class gets rid of code for a short time (2-3 runs)

Changing areas for 1-2 rids code for a short time (1-2-3 runs)

Questing in the same area (desert, shiverpeaks, etc.) doesn't seem to help, even after questing for 2-3 hours.

Enlighten me, I'm not worthy.

[ronaldsmcdonaldc]

:ARE U DISCRIMINATING AGAINST MY KIND BUDDY LOL no i'm jp i know there are chinese farmers in wow i see them all the time. i chat with them too if u want me to translate something for u give me the sight and i'll try. :xmas5:

[mocax]

how can you tell if they're chinese?

And when'll I be able to enter japanese text?
I can use kanji, but the font doesn't have kana sets.

:xmas10:

[Lyht]

I believe my W/E is now continuously triggering it. I did a forum search and wasnt satisfied with what I found. Can anyone explain this? There are obviously Chinese farmers who have it figured out, selling worthless un'id items, etc (theyre 99% worthless, you can check un'id items fairly thoroughly, you know). I'd like to be in the know like them, sooner than it would take me to learn chinese and read their websites.

Things i've noticed:

Changing 2ndary class gets rid of code for a short time (2-3 runs)

Changing areas for 1-2 rids code for a short time (1-2-3 runs)

Questing in the same area (desert, shiverpeaks, etc.) doesn't seem to help, even after questing for 2-3 hours.

Enlighten me, I'm not worthy.

How do you tell if its triggered? No matter how much I farmed Augury I still get 1k + 0~4 gold weapons per run, however in UW I've noticed that if you kill 3 mobs of aatxes/smites at once they drop like one mob (2~4 drops from ~10beasts, while when taking one mob(~3~4 beasts) you also get 2~4).

[Fafner]

How do you tell if its triggered? No matter how much I farmed Augury I still get 1k + 0~4 gold weapons per run, however in UW I've noticed that if you kill 3 mobs of aatxes/smites at once they drop like one mob (2~4 drops from ~10beasts, while when taking one mob(~3~4 beasts) you also get 2~4).

I bet I've farmed a lot more than you then. I remember those days of 0-4 golds. Alas, they're gone for me. Thus my question.

Fact: asian farmers spam un'id weapons

Fact: tons of em leave from augury (mo/w or mo/me mostly)

It's not about racism. But you must know they're doing it for profit, I have it from a guildy of mine who farmed UW with them. He quit in disgust after they would try to beg his rare drops away saying things like "I need". They sell the ecto too, not use it for FoW armour for themselves.

Btw: I'm not really farming to sell, I give away greens on a weekly basis (brohn's, tanzit's, drago's) and I customized a crystalline sword. I'm hooking up my poorer guildmates who don't have the time I do.

Does anyone have any helpful comments?

[opuis]

Last night I was up all night playing. In LA and Ascalon City there was an over-abundance of what I know was Asians selling un'id weaps and ecto. Their ecto prices were high at that 10.5k. Weapon prices were even worse un'id.

There was also what I think was frenchman selling un'id stuff. Whats ur secret to tell if its trash or not? I did get a decent deal from a frenchman by knowing a little French, but the weaps turned out to be trash anyhow. Wasnt his fault. Whats thier deal? Are they selling the gold online?

[Merlyn Olsen]

Last night I was up all night playing. In LA and Ascalon City there was an over-abundance of what I know was Asians selling un'id weaps and ecto. Their ecto prices were high at that 10.5k. Weapon prices were even worse un'id.

There was also what I think was frenchman selling un'id stuff. Whats ur secret to tell if its trash or not? I did get a decent deal from a frenchman by knowing a little French, but the weaps turned out to be trash anyhow. Wasnt his fault. Whats thier deal? Are they selling the gold online?

Unless the un'id item is in your inventory, I know of no way to determine the stats. When in your inventory, u can equip the un'id weapon and see what it does to your stats...gives u a fair idea of what it is (see other posts on the forums) :xmas5: .

I agree that "foreign" players appear to be the biggest group of farmers selling their bounty in the American districts...at least they pretend to not speak very good English when attempting to communicate with them. However, I do NOT see it as a problem since I make the decision to trade with them. Spamming trade items is an overall game problem; imho there is just too much of it permitted on non-trade channels. :xmas5:

[opuis]

Unless the un'id item is in your inventory, I know of no way to determine the stats. When in your inventory, u can equip the un'id weapon and see what it does to your stats...gives u a fair idea of what it is (see other posts on the forums) :xmas5: .

I agree that "foreign" players appear to be the biggest group of farmers selling their bounty in the American districts...at least they pretend to not speak very good English when attempting to communicate with them. However, I do NOT see it as a problem since I make the decision to trade with them. Spamming trade items is an overall game problem; imho there is just too much of it permitted on non-trade channels. :xmas5:

To me its not really a foreign issue as much as it is a price issue. Ectos for 10.5k? lol - Example - Last night I tried to trade with a guy - 35k for an unid high req flamberge? What are these ppl thinking ? --->sry to steer from original topic. The Aussies I run into late are usually pretty darn cool though. Can always tell by m8 :)

Are they ruining farming and are they selling the gold online?

[Fafner]

Last night I was up all night playing. In LA and Ascalon City there was an over-abundance of what I know was Asians selling un'id weaps and ecto. Their ecto prices were high at that 10.5k. Weapon prices were even worse un'id.

There was also what I think was frenchman selling un'id stuff. Whats ur secret to tell if its trash or not? I did get a decent deal from a frenchman by knowing a little French, but the weaps turned out to be trash anyhow. Wasnt his fault. Whats thier deal? Are they selling the gold online?

I'll let someone else explain this, I've already said too much...they're watching me.

Either way, it's time to level the playing field since it's all just monopoly money anyway. Why can some farm with impunity while others, like me, are too dull to put the pieces together.

[Fafner]

Are they ruining farming and are they selling the gold online?

I think they may be (not ruining farming) based on my guildies experience and limited conversations (different ppl playing the same acct was one tip off). But it's your neck if you buy gold from them. Anet seems to have excellent tools and steady informants (fight the good fight!).

I believe the anti-farming code exists for bots and for profit farmers, mainly. That's why I ask for anyone who knows their tricks (obviously theyre still making money) to help a brother out (I keep trying to get back on topic).