Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Chinese Farmer

Is a term that people use in the online games when talking about the people who play the multiplayer online games professionally. Search on Ebay for World of Warcraft gold sellers and you'll get to them rather quickly. It's a term used to describe the people who will be on the game, going from mob to fast respawning mob, trying to get as much gold or items from them. They're the source of much ridicule and hate, especially when the mobs they are farming tend to be quest mobs ... (They get in the way of people getting on in the game.)

And then there's the requirements for something coming soon to WoW - the things needed for the opening of a gate in one of the new regions :

60,000 Heavy Leather 60,000 Rugged Leather 80,000 Thick Leather 96,000 Peacebloom 19,000 Firebloom 26,000 Purple Lotus 90,000 Copper Bars 18,000 Mithril Bars 22,000 Tin Bars 400,000 Runecloth Bandages 250,000 Mageweave Bandages 250,000 Wool Bandages 17,000 Spotted yellowtail 10,000 Baked Salmon 10,000 Lean Wolf Steak

Ok, some of that is easy and it's made easier by the bits being gathered by all of the players on the server. Yep - between 1000 and 1500 online at peak times on the Maelstrom. But to me, it just looks like another example of the insane amount of farming that has to be done to get on in the game.

Think I got out at the right time.

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