Tower AP farming?

tinythinker

thelordoffelines wrote: »

Ooor people can just not get farmed in towers.

Yeah. It's easy to spot a farm. Just type in zone, like many often do, "farmers at X resource, ignore".

gw2only1b14_ESO

leepalmer95 wrote: »

Can we just get this to stop already? the fact people are making emperor by exploiting noobs is annoying as hell.

Pvp like everyone else instead of sitting in a tower for hours killing people 1 by 1.

You should have Titled it " If there Tower Farming Don't flip the Flag lets destroy the tower Kill them and be done"


Then you'd never have farming again..................................

Cinbri

Just remove doors from towers or requiement to slot off weapon by using doors, so tower abusing won't be possible. Its just that simple.

mrdaveqc

tinythinker wrote: »

thelordoffelines wrote: »

Ooor people can just not get farmed in towers.

Yeah. It's easy to spot a farm. Just type in zone, like many often do, "farmers at X resource, ignore".

And for those on console ?

tennant94

Its fun to do though.

eliisra

tennant94 wrote: »

Its fun to do though.

Even more fun to crash!

Especially if the enemy went through the trouble of getting a scroll for farm deluxe and you wipe them before the AP rain even starts.

Think it's mainly guys burning for the war and scoring, that gets really bothered by this. They seem almost emotional about pugs feeding the enemy AP. While pugs, solo'ers and other groups fighting around the resource and tower, doesn't care at all. They make AP and get action, without having to ride half the map. It's not only the guys in the tower that get big AP ticks

gw2only1b14_ESO

eliisra wrote: »

tennant94 wrote: »

Its fun to do though.

Even more fun to crash!

Especially if the enemy went through the trouble of getting a scroll for farm deluxe and you wipe them before the AP rain even starts.

Think it's mainly guys burning for the war and scoring, that gets really bothered by this. They seem almost emotional about pugs feeding the enemy AP. While pugs, solo'ers and other groups fighting around the resource and tower, doesn't care at all. They make AP and get action, without having to ride half the map. It's not only the guys in the tower that get big AP ticks

its Derp Derp game play that gets everyone.

As said before just raze it to the ground and move along

tinythinker

mrdaveqc wrote: »

tinythinker wrote: »

thelordoffelines wrote: »

Ooor people can just not get farmed in towers.

Yeah. It's easy to spot a farm. Just type in zone, like many often do, "farmers at X resource, ignore".

And for those on console ?

Still easy to spot. Farmers only do just enough to provoke people to the resource then jump their victims when they rush the flag. If no one comes they will siege a little but then retreat to the tower when people show up. If you see this pattern, leave.

ChrisXO

Got my Kill a Grand Overlord achievement yesterday when the group I was in decided to put an end to a tower farm thankyouverymuch

davey1107

There isn't anything wrong with tower farming. You're basically asking people to stop playing how they like - if we all agree, what happens? We'll all be running with the stupid Zerg playing the stupid Zerg battles.

There should instead be an incentive to hold a tower (big AP gain if you sit there the entire time a resource works it's level?). If the towers and keeps were defended and the game spread out, there'd be tons more play styles and PVP would be more challenging and fun.

gw2only1b14_ESO

davey1107 wrote: »

There isn't anything wrong with tower farming. You're basically asking people to stop playing how they like - if we all agree, what happens? We'll all be running with the stupid Zerg playing the stupid Zerg battles.

There should instead be an incentive to hold a tower (big AP gain if you sit there the entire time a resource works it's level?). If the towers and keeps were defended and the game spread out, there'd be tons more play styles and PVP would be more challenging and fun.

I think Mill gate farming should be a thing....Discuss

mchermie

Sounds like an L2Pissue

caeliusstarbreaker

thelordoffelines wrote: »

Ooor people can just not get farmed in towers.

This

Darnathian

The problem is the notorious pug farmers no which towers to choose. Mainly Allessia farm for AD. that way they can create the action because they can siege the keep from the tower to force people to try and take the tower.

Tower farming is awful for pvp. IMO it adds to lag immensly. those that call zergs the reason for lag are not wrong on this one.

A certain guild leader told me he brings his guild to random spots on the map to spread out the factions. this is BS. it has the opposite effect because it concentrates players.

Farmings guilds are aweful for this game. i am with the nay sayers now on this one. i have been paying attention. the server gets dramatically worse when a tower farm is going on.

this is due to the constand AOE spamming they are doing in the tower.

please zos monitor this and do something. maybe move the resources farther away from the keeps. also i encourage all factions to call out these tower farmers.

davey1107

the server gets dramatically worse when a tower farm is going on.

You're right...resource fights seem to create lag disproportionately. I wonder if this is due to tower farming, however. The system seems to keep up fine with 20 vs 20 at a keep, but 5 vs 10 at a tower...blech.

But check this out - go to an enemy resource alone and go behind the tower. Attack and call a single guard (from the tower door) to you to fight behind the tower shielded from everyone else. This area is MESSED UP on almost every resource. Attacks glitch, animations go screwy and the whole thing bogs down in lag. I have recreated that a dozen times with only 1-2 humans in sight. So I suspect the entire resource property might be bugged somehow.

Dang that molag bal...he got a job at ZOS and is adding one bug at a time until Tamriel crumbles and belongs to him...

Forestd16b14_ESO

Refuse2GrowUp wrote: »

I have never understood how so many players let this happen. It is easy to deal with tower farmers. Either...

(1) If it bothers you they are there, do not capture the flag. Simply set up siege and knock the tower down on them, then simply wipe the group. You cannot knock a tower down once you capture the resource, but you can while it is enemy controlled.

~or~

(2) Just ignore them and move on and capture their next keep. Leave a small group behind to wipe them if/when they come out.

Tower farmers are like tantrum throwing two year olds. Ignore them, or be smarter than them, and the behavior stops

Tower farming is only successful because sooo many players feel compelled to rush into the tower and get wiped doing so. Bad call

Agreed with number 1 but number 2 is kinda hard when some resources allow you to siege the keep from the tower it self. So they'll just light the keep and draw players to them and do the BS farm.

Like what I think ZOS should do and yes might be a little extreme but if you are in the tower of a resource for X amount of time after the resource has been flipped you either. Option 1 die and force to respawn at a keep or gate. Option 2 rapidly loose health till you die if you do not leave the tower. Option 3 a bunch of un-killable guards come in and wipe them all.

Yes might be extreme but tower farming is stupid and ZOS should have done something about it long ago.

revonine

So sick of telling people to just ignore them. They'll get bored and move on or capture the resource again in another attempt to bait. But no let's go into the tower single file please xD I just stand there continuously doing the faceplam emote.

Drakilian

Actually, more guards spawning inside the tower makes a hell of a lot of sense. Why, exactly, are the NPCs so stupid that they let the people inside the tower and then don't go in to flush them out? Same stupidity happens when someone sieges a keep and the guards 5 feet away just stand there looking at the pretty lights.

Still, I'll admit tower fights/farms can be hella fun, I mostly do them solo or duo and it can get you some awesome against-the-odds fights where the terrain massively helps to even the odds.