Talk:Guide to feather farming

Am I the only one who uses the Nahpui Quarter mission for feather farming? Stay away from the bosses and it's just one long tengu-plucking run. Guildwarsrunner 08:35, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * You're not the only one, it's just not as fast as the other ways --Dragon7 cape emblem.png The Holy Dragons 09:20, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Farming data
I've created Guide to Feather farming/run data to collect data for determining rates-of-return for feather farming. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 20:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * How does the table work? It looks confusing. -- 'Mai Yi ' talk  20:56, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Copy the template, replace the english text with your data: which farm, how many feathers, how many runs, how long it took. Add any notes and your signature. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 20:58, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Worst case scenario: ppls can explain their results in words, someone else can translate it to the table. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 21:02, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Ummmm... I'll wait for someone else t do it first. -- 'Mai Yi ' talk  21:04, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Move
Yep, lower case is appropriate. G R E E N E R 21:23, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Soloing and loot scaling?
"To be the only person in your party (Bringing other henchmen, heroes and players will lower your drop rate. This is unadvised, since you want as many feathers as possible!)" Don't feathers count toward the anti-farm code/loot scaling? If they do, then wouldn't the drops be reduced if soloing? Maybe I am misunderstanding the code and what is included and not included in loot scaling. Thanks for any input! 151.200.229.98 15:53, 27 January 2011 (UTC)AlixDarkling is probably accurate. G R E E N E R 18:13, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sure that by now people have studied the effects of the code, but here's a basic break down of what happens.
 * Let's call the number of feathers dropped when you're running solo X, the number of feathers dropped by baddies when you're with a group of two Y, and a group of four Z. Note that these are the total feathers dropped, not just the ones assigned to you.
 * We believe the code makes X < Y < Z, though other nuances are surely written in.
 * The number of feathers you get, on average, would be X, Y/2 and Z/4.
 * From what I've heard, X > Y/2 > Z/4.
 * So the statement "will lower your drop rate"


 * So, generally speaking, it's reasonable to suggest that solo farming is more efficient.


 * However, there are two types of drop rates to consider: how many drops per run vs how many drops per hour. For efficient farming, only drops/hour matter, although obviously, that depends on drops/run, which, in turn, is influenced by number of party members. If it turns out that you can manage more than double the runs/hour with two on the team, then by all means, bring a hero or another player. If you want to read the paper while you farm, then bring 2-3 heroes and let them do all the work.


 * As far as putting a note on this page is concerned, I recommend we stick with something simple and leave the details of loot scaling to another article. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 19:58, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Just looking at the NKP farming map, and I think its kind of misleading. There is a side-path if you come from the Seaboard that takes you to the tengu field faster, with only 3 or so imps encountered. That map takes you right through imp central, past the res shrine. Guildwarsrunner 23:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Dervish section of Guide
Might need some changing/testing because of the new dervish update, although some skills seem more improved than nerfed, such as AoG. -- Blast Spirit Talk  10:51, 21 February 2011 (UTC)