Comments on: How to be a Happy Farmer

By: dorgol

dorgol — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:56:48 +0000

I recently got exalted with Kurenai the same way (beads for Consortium). However, since I currently have no plans to go all the way to Consortium exalted, I turned in @ 160 beads to Kurenai for the last 8k rep.

And, since I’ve pretty much abandoned my warrior, I’m thinking about leveling up fishing (again) on my Paladin… :(

By: Zahrah

Zahrah — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:31:00 +0000

Dual Screens all the way for Farming – Watch a DVD – Talk on MSN Check Face book – fire up a Mp3 program of your choice.. while Dot / Blast / Flay ect ect.. I agree in part with Fedorin – Farming is a mindless activity that requires sheer repetition to be effective Hence the Multitasking or I would go nuts – but as my stats increase I love how farming gets quicker

By: N. E. Miller

N. E. Miller — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:16:04 +0000

Great post. I totally agree on the distractions! I’m farming Kurenai reputation at the moment with my iTunes on, so aside from gathering warbeads I am also entertaining my entire household with my vocal stylings!

By: Adam Jury

Adam Jury — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:52:03 +0000

She insisted on giving each of those Ogres a name before killing them, too!

By: Matticus

Matticus — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:25:02 +0000

I stopped farming. I fall asleep too much.

By: Fedorin

Fedorin — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:18:42 +0000

I still can’t convince myself to do this. I have 1k gold to go until 300 riding, and I’ve just about finished all the NS and SMV quests, so it’s looking farming is the way to go.

My time isn’t exactly any more valuable than that of anybody else who works or studies, but I really can’t shake the feeling that if I’m just farming, why shouldn’t I be doing something actually productive instead? Cleaning, playing piano, hanging out with my girlfriend, etc…

It’s like instances – I won’t PUG a non-heroic instance that I’ve run before, unless I need a quest or I’m helping out a mate. Re-running an instance for something that has a 30% chance to drop…

This is what made me quit Eve in the end. The social aspects of it are absolutely amazing, but the time investment on non-fun tasks (mining) required to be a part of a successful corp (guild) were fairly high.

end QQ.

By: Ngita

Ngita — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:04:14 +0000

I am too easily distracted.

Part of the problem is if i farming on my main I am visible on my main.
Last night would be typical.
Blades edge to farm, then heroic ramparts for daily.
Back to BE, then invite for pvp daily
Back to BE, then friend needs help with a elite in Nagrand
Back to BE, then headed to ZG since it had just reset to 5 man fish hoss for poly spell.

Time to log..

My current project is to finish all the tbc quests, but 375 fishing(60 to go) and consortium exalted (8k to go) are up their.

By: Rhoelyn

Rhoelyn — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:05:53 +0000

I’ve been farming a lot, lately, and this is great advice. Dual-box fishing is how I don’t bleed through the nose during that particular grind. Two accounts, two fishers, two screens, and twice the bobbing. I love it. ;)