Solo PvE feather farming option

Started 27 Jul 2019
by Numatic
in Suggestions
I would like to suggest a solo PvE farming option. Some of us just dont have the time, or attentiveness(constantly have to afk for personal reasons) to do group runs or raids. It would work similarly to how eggs work on Phoenix.

1. Must be lvl 50
2. Mob must con yellow or higher
3. Limited to xx amount of mobs (or feathers) per hour

If you figure the average feathers per hour in say raid/legion is roughly 8-10k an hour(except galla, sorry hibs). So make it say 2-4k per hour.

For example, if it was 4k max an hour, and the mob drops half its lvl in feathers (so 25 feathers for a lvl 50 mob, increasingly more for higher lvl mobs and significantly less for mobs under 50), that would mean 160 mobs in 1 hour. It would give us casuals and soloers the ability to farm feathers in PvE. It's still low enough not to be efficient vs grp or raids, which is understandable. I would much rather spend 5 hours of my week solo farming feathers for a raid item than how its forcing me to group which I just dont have time for in a single window of playtime. My only other option is to farm plat which is needed for other things like alch, SC, gear, pots etc..

Edit: I would even be ok with a /feather command that makes mobs only drop feathers but no loot or gold to offset any kind of economic impact.
Sat 27 Jul 2019 7:32 PM by florin
Any reason (besides not having it) that DF wouldn’t do?
Sun 28 Jul 2019 12:22 AM by gotwqqd
Why not just replace eggs with feathers when hitting 50.
Restrict to frontiers
Sun 28 Jul 2019 4:08 PM by Sarkon
gotwqqd wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 12:22 AM
Why not just replace eggs with feathers when hitting 50.
Restrict to frontiers

Slightly off topic, but as of now, is there anything you can do with your Phoenix Eggs once you hit level 50 other than destroy them? They are sitting in my vault at the moment, I am not sure what to do with them.
Sun 28 Jul 2019 4:09 PM by Numatic
Sarkon wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 4:08 PM
gotwqqd wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 12:22 AM
Why not just replace eggs with feathers when hitting 50.
Restrict to frontiers

Slightly off topic, but as of now, is there anything you can do with your Phoenix Eggs once you hit level 50 other than destroy them? They are sitting in my vault at the moment, I am not sure what to do with them.

Nope. Just destroy them
Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:08 PM by DasBier
I like the idea for making it just in darkness falls. In Fakt i just have two lvl 50 Chars and they are not useable to Farm solo i will never do it but I like the idea.
Sun 28 Jul 2019 6:32 PM by florin
DasBier wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:08 PM
I like the idea for making it just in darkness falls. In Fakt i just have two lvl 50 Chars and they are not useable to Farm solo i will never do it but I like the idea.

It’s what it is currently- just mobs are shredders and above
Sun 28 Jul 2019 7:09 PM by DasBier
florin wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 6:32 PM
DasBier wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:08 PM
I like the idea for making it just in darkness falls. In Fakt i just have two lvl 50 Chars and they are not useable to Farm solo i will never do it but I like the idea.

It’s what it is currently- just mobs are shredders and above
Ah ok cool.
Like i sad i dont Farm there
Sun 28 Jul 2019 7:54 PM by Numatic
florin wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 6:32 PM
DasBier wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 5:08 PM
I like the idea for making it just in darkness falls. In Fakt i just have two lvl 50 Chars and they are not useable to Farm solo i will never do it but I like the idea.

It’s what it is currently- just mobs are shredders and above

And they give a few feathers for a red con. Hardly worth it. May be able to farm 500 in an hour if you're persistent and on a Sm or BD. You should be getting 30-40 for a red con solo for it to be worthwhile. Since DF layout doesnt really allow kiting due to too many adds, you need to pull 1 at a time (at least in mid). And that's on top of being able to have access to DF.
Sun 28 Jul 2019 8:05 PM by florin
Ya it’s not great - staff has said they didn’t want feathers to be a solo farming feasible thing (recall it used to be in SI dungeons like AC. People would farm the trash mobs (really poor drop rate). As a solo necro I do the knights - 20 feathers each or so and the inquisitors are 40 or more. They are low hp. If you’re clever, you can get past dommel and be relatively safe from your normal df stealthers. Hulks are good if you can swing it. Side benefit are diamond seals.
Sun 28 Jul 2019 9:03 PM by SlowMo
I suggested in an other Thread: just give some small feather reward for completing Any rvr task.
Or add small reward to rvr kills in general. Keeps People in rvr while gathering feathers.
Sun 28 Jul 2019 10:27 PM by gotwqqd
Leave eggs on @50 and turn in at 10-1 or 20-1 feathers
Mon 29 Jul 2019 1:29 PM by chryso
Feathers are supposed to be hard to get. If you are able to get them solo at all it should take a really long time. I think it is fine as it is.
Tue 30 Jul 2019 2:08 AM by gotwqqd
gotwqqd wrote:
Sun 28 Jul 2019 10:27 PM
Leave eggs on @50 and turn in at 10-1 or 20-1 feathers

Oh forgot this is frontier only
Tue 30 Jul 2019 8:03 PM by chryso
Feathers are PvE. Why would they be in the frontier?
Tue 30 Jul 2019 8:04 PM by florin
chryso wrote:
Tue 30 Jul 2019 8:03 PM
Feathers are PvE. Why would they be in the frontier?

i get the majority of mine in frontier - keep takes and defenses add up - claws too
Wed 31 Jul 2019 1:29 AM by gotwqqd
chryso wrote:
Tue 30 Jul 2019 8:03 PM
Feathers are PvE. Why would they be in the frontier?

Rvr game you really need ask?
Wed 31 Jul 2019 12:11 PM by chryso
gotwqqd wrote:
Wed 31 Jul 2019 1:29 AM
chryso wrote:
Tue 30 Jul 2019 8:03 PM
Feathers are PvE. Why would they be in the frontier?

Rvr game you really need ask?

Yes, I do. People who only want to RVR will often complain when people who PVE get RVR rewards for PVE. Now those same people complain that they want PVE rewards when they RVR. It just doesn't seem right.
Wed 31 Jul 2019 2:14 PM by gotwqqd
chryso wrote:
Wed 31 Jul 2019 12:11 PM
gotwqqd wrote:
Wed 31 Jul 2019 1:29 AM
chryso wrote:
Tue 30 Jul 2019 8:03 PM
Feathers are PvE. Why would they be in the frontier?

Rvr game you really need ask?

Yes, I do. People who only want to RVR will often complain when people who PVE get RVR rewards for PVE. Now those same people complain that they want PVE rewards when they RVR. It just doesn't seem right.
It’s an rvr game...
Wed 31 Jul 2019 2:30 PM by chryso
gotwqqd wrote:
Wed 31 Jul 2019 2:14 PM
chryso wrote:
Wed 31 Jul 2019 12:11 PM
gotwqqd wrote:
Wed 31 Jul 2019 1:29 AM
Rvr game you really need ask?

Yes, I do. People who only want to RVR will often complain when people who PVE get RVR rewards for PVE. Now those same people complain that they want PVE rewards when they RVR. It just doesn't seem right.
It’s an rvr game...

Clearly you are incapable of understanding logic. Let me try something you may be more comfortable with.

Nuh Uhh!!
Mon 5 Aug 2019 4:26 PM by Tylaric
As a casual player with a trade-skiller I need Feathers for mats and I have a very hard time getting them. I've been in the game for about 2 months and have yet to attend any kind of raid because they either don't happen, or happen outside of North American Prime time.

Yes, I know this is a me problem - but if I had the option to turn in Eggs or Snow/Branches/Soil for Feathers it would at least be a means that I could keep plugging away albeit slowly on my Trades
Tue 6 Aug 2019 6:30 AM by Sepplord
as a workaround you could find someone to buy feathers/items from...

i just recently bought over 100k feathers from a dungeonrunner, and i know there are quite a few people who run featherdungeons basically everyday and have LOADS of feathers.
I know it's not a perfect solution, but it isn't THAT bad as a workaround
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