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Old 08-02-2006, 03:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Farming etiquette
Originally Posted by Chveya
The past couple days I've been farming grain seeds and beehive chips in Konschtat Highlands. As a BLM, I find it easiest to cast Blaze Spikes on myself, cast Dia or Bio on the bee/sapling, training all the mobs I can find until my spikes wear off. Then I cast an AoE spell to slaughter all the mobs.

I get so many crazy looks when I do this. I've had people run up and say "Call for help!" and they voke a mob off me. Or "Stop! I'll heal you!" Then they realize that I'm not in peril, I'm just farming, and they feel silly. One of my friends was using this same strategy to farm as a WHM/BLM, and he said someone got really mad at him for training crawlers in W. Saruta.

I just want to make sure I'm not violating some unwritten code that says you can't train numerous mobs around a zone and then zap them. I try to be courteous, and if I see people exping or farming near me I go to another part of the zone. Please advise me. ^^
You're doing nothing wrong if this isn't a common xp site. However, if you're training goblins at Valkrum dunes (example for simplicity), that is kind of assholish. However, it's not against the ToS and it's more of a courtesy to not steal xp mobs for farming.

Other than that, train at your own will. In low-level places like Giddeus, you're free to kill and train all the bees you want.
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