Post AE nerf and purple prices are still rising instead of dropping...

Originally Posted by Aura_Familia

The fun for me was mashing mobs of enemies. I have enough inf on multiple toons now that doing it for reward is pointless.

Hell prior to i14 all the toons i cared about were already Io'd out. So killing mass amounts of mobs was all I did it for.

Seeing as how most stuff just doesn't sell villside, or takes ages to (where my favorite farming toon is) I basically only do it now for the fun and not at all for the reward.

Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack

I have experienced the same thing. I was able to purchase 3 Armageddon's for 100 Mil or less shortly after I16. Now the prices are double that.

Originally Posted by The_Bronx

Prices have doubled, and that's still significantly lower then previously.

They still aren't as high as they were. Sadly.

Originally Posted by The_Bronx

I feel like you're plugging my posts into some terribad translator, requesting Swahili and then reading.

The basis of the argument was that AE was fun because of the farming capabilities and options, and i16 destroyed that. AE is no longer fun. The options are no longer there. Even though the arcs never produced a single purple, people are more miserable than before.

Nothing has changed except the rewards.

If you were farming for fun, since you're a baller, keep doing it. The same enemies are there. The same lack of challenge is present to your pre-launch purple'd toons. But, you're not. It isn't fun because you aren't earning millions of influence per kill [that you don't need].

Farmers, by vast majority, weren't spoiled by the greater entertainment factor. They were spoiled by the greater riches. And, this is why it is an occasional activity. It isn't the primary farmer's market it once was because the rewards aren't there.

And, they weren't taking seven bodies along because they needed them on the map. They took seven bodies along because they needed them for the map. If you got to stay, your Farmer Brown was nice enough to not rename you Toby and kick you.




Those who paid for farms weren't farmers. Those were leeches.

Don't confuse a parasite for a host.

Originally Posted by dave_p

True, alas. I cashed in a lot of my purps at near peak prices, but I still have one (Arm. triple, I think) that I posted at around 190M that hasn't moved in a few weeks.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

No. Mob level has no bearing on the odds of a drop. It only impacts whether it's eligible for any drop at all. Only mob rank affects drop probability.

Originally Posted by EvilRyu

I wanted to add this where that nice little option of I want to fight bosses when solo on a team set to 8 comes in nicely. But again this is going to be where you have to make a few choices. Is it better to fight more bosses that take longer to kill but have a higher chance to drop purples and a chance at a pool c or d recipe or to kill only luitenents/minions that you can go thru faster that will give you more drop opportunities in a shorter amount of time just for purples. Personally I been waiting to see if someone has done the math on this to see which method is going to be better for a standard non-AE farm.

Originally Posted by Ironblade

Whether purples are in Pool A, or a separate table......