Opinion on the AE nerf. Think ppl will still farm?
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Posted on: 2009-09-15 09:21 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Why would they, they can make any size team they want on their own.
I think the OP has reached his "New Thread" quota for the day.
Farmers will continue to farm, it's a fact of life.
The good thing is they can do it themselves now by using the new difficulty options.
Now people begging to get on farms. . . .that can't be helped. We'll still get "LF AE Farm!" all the time, whether they can get on one or not.
I can remember one persistent guy "Level 1 Scrapper LF Boss Farm", spamming it every 4-5 seconds. I even said he could get levels faster by doing stuff himself and he flipped out on me. An hour later, my toon went from 2 to 10, had both temp packs from the Safeguards and he was still sitting there spamming "Lvl1 Scrp LF AE Boss Farm!"
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Because people are dumb. And stubborn. And now it will be that much more difficult to get on a farm for lowbies.|
Originally Posted by Zikar
Why would they
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The only thing I know for sure is if a lowbie wants in one of my farms I'll be charging minimum 10 million influence per run, probably closer to 15-20 million. This is for Battle Maiden style runs too, not the 45 minute AE boss farm type runs.
Really I've been finding out recently that a lot of the people who hang around Atlas aren't only looking for AE farms, they just want a team in general. The only reason they're in Atlas is because that's where everyone else is.
90% of the teams I've been on in the past few days have been made exclusively by me and most of the people I end up recruiting are in Atlas when I whisper them.
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Originally Posted by Clouded
I think the OP has reached his "New Thread" quota for the day.
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You're thinking of PLing methinks, not farming.
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Originally Posted by Zikar
Why would they, they can make any size team they want on their own.
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Tossup, I think. AE will still be a fast way to go from mission to mission, even if the really honking big XP farms are curtailed (this leaves aside if some enterprising soul discovers a loophole).|
Originally Posted by skullman
Well with this AE nerf im hoping atlas will clear up a bit, think people will continue to spam us with AE farm teams?
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Lots of people gripe about having to travel to mission doors. Not an issue in AE.
People gripe about the distance from hospitals, especially in zones without one. Not an issue in AE.
So even with missions populated with stock enemies (or custom ones that get full value) in less abnormal distributions, AE will attract players who dislike those aspects of play outside. You just exit a complete mission, turn around, and enter the next. Even with
Will they keep looking for teammates? It seems likely. Missions in AE may be less mindless (no guarantees there - I suspect that darned city map that was the sine qua non for many a "boss farm" will still be popular, since it is just an open field for ploughing through spawns as fast as possible with a zerg).
We may see fewer messages for filling, but that doesn't mean we won't see them for teaming. I would hope we'll see less of the really mindless spam for really inane missions, to be sure.
My scrapper doesn't need an AoE. She IS an AoE.
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Many people seem to forget that there are other things to farm besides XP, such as badges and drops.|
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
You're thinking of PLing methinks, not farming.
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To answer the OP, yes there will be farming. And no, you cannot be on my team of one. (gags at army advertisement reference)
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Originally Posted by KianaZero
Now people begging to get on farms. . . .that can't be helped. We'll still get "LF AE Farm!" all the time, whether they can get on one or not.
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You'd think nobody ever saw PAYING LOWBIE LFF spam in PI, the way they carry on about MA farms.
I16 won't do anything to curb farming. The most it'll do is shuffle the farmers around, which should make the shrinking violets who's game has been positively RUINED by MA broadcast spam in Atlas happy.
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Well with this AE nerf im hoping atlas will clear up a bit, think people will continue to spam us with AE farm teams?