User:Arnout aka The Emperors Angel/Arnouts stuff

Hey, you to managed to find the page where I dump the stuff I don't need. Welcome!

Check this:
http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/neoelasticman/guild-wars-professions-factions-edition/

WTF?
I just had the strangest thing happen to me: I was farming raptors (when isn’t I)and suddenly Aidan was with me, while the rest of the party was suddenly running towards me. Unless Aidan has suddenly mastered the art of shadow stepping, I have no clue what the hell happened. I had the brains to make a screen shot of it though. (fortunately). I'm going to write down the location here, because I will forget where it is and I can't post the screenshot anyway, as I have no idea how. Some help would be appreciated, so I can all show you this miracle/disaster, as it screwed up the run. D:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Screens\gw.026.jpg


 * Its gotta be sized down. No idea how though. Arnout aka The Emperors Angel 19:00, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * all you have to do is add a bar and give a px size. --JonTheMon 19:59, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Usuaaaaa boxe's
^Found that on User:Outback. Don't think he'll mind.

Thanks Fezi:

Loot Test
To clear things up for myself, (whether drops increase/improve if you farm with a party outside radar range) I undertook a little (not) testing on how loot drops work. The test was limited, as my time was limited. The test area is the Raptor Nestling cave, and Rekoff Broodmother with a Perma SF Sliver Armor Build. The Tests where performed during the Halloween 2008 event, so the results are not valid for “Peace Time” farming, regular farming outside events that cause something to drop. (or cause an increased drop rate)

I did three tests (each consisting of 45 runs): I checked for greens, golds, purples, blues, whites, gold pieces, collectibles, festival items, dye, lock picks, blue scrolls, gold scrolls, tome and elite tomes. I checked for numbers, not the quality (max damage, max mods, color of the dye, etc.) of the items themselves or the mods on the items.
 * 1st (default) Test: A full party in radar range whilst killing the raptors. (done)
 * 2nd Test: A full party out of radar range, and then kill the raptors. (done)
 * 3rd Test: Solo, and then kill the raptor raptors.  (done)

No comments? I'm flattered!

Progress Report:  FINISHED!!!!! *cheers and raises his beer glass*

Results:  I finished the "default" test. Results? As expected. Lousy, so to say. On average 28.1 raptors killed, and per run 23.44 gold pieces. Half the time, you get a Trick-or-Treat Bag (47%). I'm not advising this kind of farm. Average profit: 100-150 gold. This does not include tomes, gold items, festival items and collectables. And that’s even besides the trouble you have to go through to keep your party in range. About a dozen failed runs due to a mess up on that part, and then some more due to lagg. (getting stuck between raptors without a full agro, or lagging out when refreshing SF) Noteworthy: only 3 normal tomes, and no elite tome. No greens, and no lockpicks either.

I finished the 2nd test. Results? Nice to very nice. And very different from the third test: An average of 29 killed raptors per run, with 3.4 ToT-bags, 2.6 collectables, 0.47 (Nearly half the time!) golds, 6.5 gold pieces per run. 0.22 normal tomes per run, along side 0.3 dyes per run (I got a black! Yeah!). An average of 150-200 gold pieces of profit per run. Again, I didn’t check this. It is purely my educated guess. Noteworthy: 2 elite tomes, 2 lockpicks, 3 gold scrolls and 5 blue scrolls. And the most noteworthy of all: 8 greens! That’s just so much! In fact it is so much, that I don’t think that it was coincidence, but a general increased drop rate. I think I know how I’m going to farm my greens!

I finished the final test. Results? Mind blowing! Let me sum if up for you: on average 28.9 raptors killed, with a whopping 71,73 gold pieces per run. More then 4 (4.2 to be precise) ToT-bags, more then 2 (2.35) Saurian Bones, a 25% (0.24) chance of getting a normal tome, and 1 gold item out of every three runs (0.38). Smashing! Noteworthy: 1 elite tome, 4 lockpicks, 4 blue scrolls, 1 green, 8 dyes (no black or white though) and 4 lockpicks. Massive! The average profit must around, or over 200 gold. (without selling the ToT-bags)

New Project (1): Do some "Peace Time" farming of the Raptors to see wether they give (about) the same droprate with and without leechers.

New Project (2): Find a spot to farm collectables you can trade in for the Winterfest. Sugestions are welcome!

Tha Post:

The meaning of my farming test, was to see weather taking H/H had any, (and which) benefits. The test was limited, as my time was limited. The test area is the Raptor Nestling cave, and Rekoff Broodmother with a Perma SF Sliver Armor Build. The Tests where performed during the Halloween 2008 event.

I did three tests (each consisting of 45 runs):
 * 1st (default) Test: A full party in radar range, killing the raptors.
 * 2nd Test: A full party out of radar range, and then kill the raptors.
 * 3rd Test: Solo, and then kill the raptor raptors.
 * A full party is either Heroes and Henchmen (H/H), or human players (from now on leechers).

I checked for greens, golds, purples, blues, whites, gold pieces, collectibles, festival items, dye, lock picks, blue scrolls, gold scrolls, tome and elite tomes. I checked for numbers, not the quality (max damage, max mods, color of the dye, etc.) of the items themselves or the mods on the items.

My results:

Farming with party members in range is for fools. No more discussion possible.

Using leechers, (or leeches) has its advantages. For example, if you would be using leechers, the drop rate for gold items increases. (0.47 with L against 0.38 without L) Also, with leechers, you will have much greater chance of getting a green. (my results show a 8 fold increase, namely 1 green without L, and 8 with L)

But, using leechers also has its down sides. Of course is there are the gold pieces. They will be spread. If you would get a 110 gold drop in a 8 man team, that would leave you with 13 or 14 gold. If you would be soloing, you would receive the full 110 gold. Also, the chance of getting event drops is lower with leechers then without them (3.4 to 4.2, respectively). The chance of lockpick (0.08889 without L, 0.04444 with L) and normal tome (0.244 without L, 0.222 with L) drops also increase if you farm solo.

The chance of getting a collectable drop is slightly lower without leechers. (2.35 without L against 2.6 with L). The dye drop rate is also lower without leechers, 0.2 without L against 0.3 with L. Elite tomes, gold scrolls and blue scrolls don’t show a big enough difference to allow anything to be said about their drop rates.

My conclusions:

Depending on the situation, I can see the benefits of using leechers. For example while farming for greens, gold items or collectibles, I would take leechers, (or H/H). But farming for event drops, or tomes, or just for general riches, I wouldn’t take leechers.

However, I would like to conclude this post with the following warnings:
 * These test were done during the Halloween 2008 event, and the respective drop rates might differ from those of other events.
 * Because these test were done during a event, the drop rates do not apply to regular farming outside events that cause something to drop. (or cause an increased drop rate)
 * The results of these test are not solid. They are (almost) purely based on chance. If someone else was to perform these tests they could get completely different results. The only way to safely say something about drop rates is to do hundreds (or even thousands) of runs, and the conditions have to be identical every single time. (the speed at which the raptors were killed, the amount of raptors killed, the way they were killed, you name it)

If any here are interested in the actual results, they should leave a post on my talkpage. I would be happy to share my (life’s)work with them.

Arnout aka The Emperors Angel 12:18, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Update
Well I did my math test today, and I learned three things:

1: I suck at math. I looked at my test, and I nearly shut down completely. I hope I get past the legendary 3.5 (out of 10) mark. Damn, failed again.
 * I got a 4.5 due to a major fuckup by my teacher. Did I tell you he was stupid? Also, more math coming up in 2 weeks. I’m afraid. I truly am. I think that’s bad, no?
 * I was shit scared out of my pants when I entered the gym class. But after I saw the test, I had a mean grin on my face and a attitude like, LET'S DO THIS SHIT!
 * Well, Up for the exams now. (A-levelish, dunno what the equivalent is in America) Math isn't going to be the trouble it has been over the past few years as the exams test ALL the stuff I have learned in the past three (five, finished my HAVO first) years. The exams last 3 hours (3.5 for me, I'm dyslexic) but they won't dive as deep into the "leerstof" (dunno what the English word is), so the test should be more easy. I need a 6.4 to make a 5.5, which gets rounded up to a 6, which means I've got no bad grades. I think that’s doable, since I'm gonna do a three day math course ahead of me.
 * I did the course and now I just have to prepare myself for the exams, and study for the other exams I need to take. Making old exams FTL!
 * OK, It's nearly here. I'm kinda nervous. Meh. I don't want to be locked up in a smelly gym class room with a 100 other ppl's for 3.5 hours straight.
 * I did all my test, and Today is Math Day. I'm Scared. I truelly am.
 * I was right to be scared. I fucked up. It's never going to be a 6.4, but I have good hopes of getting atleast that much wanted 2.4. I feel really bad now. It's going to be tight, and I think I'm not going to pass in one try.
 * Seams I didn't mess up the way I feared it. Phew.
 * The results are in:
 * Dutch a 6.7, makes 6.65 rounded up to 6.7 (7). A 7 for Dutch. nice.
 * English a 8.0, makes for a 7.9 (8). Pretty decent.
 * Math a 3.8, makes for a 4.2 (4). Not as good as I wanted, far better then I feared.
 * Phyisics a 5.8, makes for a 6.05 rounded up 6.1 (6). Not very good, I could have done better. I panicked there, but atleast I did somethings right, or more things not correct.
 * Chemistry a 7.0 makes for a 6.8 (7). This is the only one I though about redoing, cause I want to study in that direction.
 * Biology a 8.0, makes for a 7.55 rounded up to 7.6 (8). Way better then I thought. I thought I had a 6.5 for it, so it was pretty nice.

2: "BeAd" maths teacher = '"BeAd"'. He is completely incapable of helping me. WTB: new teacher, or even my old teacher, even HE was better. (Didn't think I would ever say that...)
 * Shit my teacher is stupid. He couldn't even remember his own promises not to force us to prove anything, but there where 3 math problems in which you had to prove things.
 * Hehe, that ass of his needs kicking. I scored a 3.5, but I got a 4.5 because he messed up. Did I mention he is stupid?
 * RAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! That’s about what I did when I heard that I had gotten a 4.9!!!!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOO!!!
 * I hope that my teacher has got my back, even though I don't have his. If he gets me the grade I need, I'm gonna have to thank him really hard. If I get myself a better grade then I need, I can say I did it all by myself. So I'm aiming for the 7.4 which would mean I would get a 7 for math. BUYAKA!
 * I really hope that my teacher likes me a lot, and is ready to defend me for the second person checking my exam. It really saves points, and I need every point that I can get my hands on. There is a significant difference in exam results between teachers who like you, and teachers who don't. I need to get a 3.4, to make a 3.5 which is rounded up to make a 4, which means a pass, if I don't have any other sucky (below 5.5) grades.
 * I want a 6.4, at the very least. That would mean I get a 5.5, wich means I pass on math. Sounds cool no?
 * Math is drawing closer with every second. /wrist. Nah just kidding. But I messed up physics, I think I'll get an 6.5 for Biology (it was a very nice test, the questions where intteresting) I hope to pass on Dutch (The exam contained 19 open (no multiple choice) questions to 7 last year. A record-breaking 7000 complaints where filed agains the ppls who make these exams.). I don't feel to bad about it, lets hope I get this one right. Chemistry was easy, I hope to get atleast an 8.0 for that course. It featured some very nice questions. I really liked it. English wasn't to hard eiter, I'm gonna check it as soon as the answers are published.
 * Well, I'll have a grade (for English) somewhere between a 6.8 and a 8.8. Probs a 7.8. Not to bad, but not a good as I had hoped. We broke the complain record, and another 2 days of tests are still coming up. VWO (A-level) has Math b1 and math B12 coming up, as well as French and some other random course tomorrow. HAVO (just below A-levels (B-levels)?) has English, German and Chemistry coming up. Prepare to be complained TO HELL (and yes I know that aint very good english)
 * Meh, I send in 4 complaints about my Math exam, I hope it helps. I don't really think it will, but that math test was so much harder then the ones I had practiced. I don't understand, it couldn't have so big a difference. Jeez, I think I'm srewed.
 * Seems al that complaining payed off, cause the ppl's who test the tests listened to us, and made us get better grades... Nice!
 * You can calculate your grade: Points you got/Total Points * 9 + Norm. I'll put up the norm:
 * Dutch: 1.1. It wasn't very hard. I didn't think it was, so /care.
 * English: 1.1. Thats odd, these test are usually very easy.
 * Math: 0.9. QQ, *beep* *beep* *beep* QQ. RETARDS!!! THAT WAS F*CK*NG HARD!!!!
 * Physics: 0.5. Thats just retarded. I broke quite the sweat there.
 * Chemistry: 1.3. I really thought I had made that test really good. I'm dissapointed.
 * Biology: 1.6. O well, who cares.

3: The gym in which I'm forced to make my tests is both cold and hot, (if you're close to the radiator anyway) and very poorly insulated. (Single sheet glass... when it's freezing outside, very cool.) WTB: new gym.
 * Hell, they are going to fix up my school completely. Thank the five gods they will start after I leave. The school is coming apart.
 * They have a computer animation of the school how its going to look like when the make over is finished. It doesn’t look too good in my eyes, let’s keep it at that.
 * It's very nice weater in the Netherlands, and has been for the last few days. All nice and everything, but IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HOT INSIDE THOSE GYMCLASSES!!! And we dont have a airconditioning in there. I'm screwed.

Arnout aka The Emperors Angel 13:45, 19 June 2009 (UTC)