Jagex messed with farming?

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 3:13 pm

Well i've been farming recently and after yanking up a load of tarrs which i planted with super compost..i've noticed im getting a hell of a lot less than before. I used to get 8-11 when using super compost. Now im getting 3-6 WITH SUPER COMPOST?!

Now this isn't a fluke i've done this a load of times on all the patches. I mean hell if i can get as low as 3 with super compost what's it going to be like with normal? 1-3 herbs?

Now i have a high(ish) herblore level and of course i don't want it super easy because i worked for my levels. But for something that takes 75 mins (?) to grow and for a skill where 90 percent of the stuff you grow is useless..i don't think this was a wise or good move at all.

Figured i'd ask and see if anyone else had heard anything.

Adbot · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 3:13 pm

Volte · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 3:18 pm

Haven't heard anything about it but it wouldn't surprise me knowing jagex, farming is already hard enough to make any money with, now it'll just cost us money.

wiz126 · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 3:43 pm

I used to grow 6-9 watermelons now i only 3-5 using super??
and i am only getting 2 ranners using regular!!

and whats up with the new farming futur??? can us store to bank what u do with the new green dude

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 4:00 pm

Meh. I just hit 54 farming and need another 16k to lvl up to 55. Im wondering if i should bother now it looks like im not the only one.

Guess i'll go ahead..i need the skill total points anyway. -.-

Thanks jagex. You just killed off 90 percent of the remaining farmers im sure. And there wasn't many of em left anyway.

nicong · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 5:48 pm

This is bad. All herbs usually yield a minimum of 5 herbs. Damit, I just bought 200 ranner seeds for 15k each. This is going to be a bad buy.
Wonder what else in farming had been changed with the introduction of the leprechaun.

Pat · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 6:42 pm

this was on the rs forums. yes, jagex lowered the amount of herbs you could grow with herb seeds.

Adbot · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 6:42 pm

Haitovich · **Posted:** December 5th, 2005, 10:40 pm

Omg, that's bad. I was thinking in becoming member and farm, but it seems as a bad idea now....

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** December 6th, 2005, 12:44 am

Why would they lower it. I don't know about lower herblore lvlers but i didn't level up very fast even with those herbs. The very least they could do is make herb seeds more easy to get because right now it's pretty rare to steal a herb seed.

Pat · **Posted:** December 6th, 2005, 1:21 am

cuz they thought it was way 2 fast a way to make money at lvl what? 30?

l0rd Stealth · **Posted:** December 6th, 2005, 7:17 am

wow thats *** i was actually about to start farming a bit.. but nvm that now..

I got one questoin how do you make super compost

sundayunion2 · **Posted:** December 6th, 2005, 7:50 am

This is weird.. I got 24 irits from noe load from all 4 patches.. with super.

thief18954 · **Posted:** December 6th, 2005, 9:13 am

I don't care much for Super Compost. I just plant my herbs, go do something for about an hour, then come back later. If they die, they die, if they live, they live. I don't really care if they live or not, just as long as I get some Herbs and Farming exp.

It really doesn't matter, does it?

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** December 6th, 2005, 10:09 am

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I don't care much for Super Compost. I just plant my herbs, go do something for about an hour, then come back later. If they die, they die, if they live, they live. I don't really care if they live or not, just as long as I get some Herbs and Farming exp.

It really doesn't matter, does it?

Because you don't have an interest in farming it doesn't matter?

Of course it matters. A skill has to have a point. Or no one will train it or use it. Why on earth would someone bother putting down herbs..waiting for an hour and half (ish) to get 1 or 2 herbs? EVEN if they do go away and do something else.

It's just a waste of time going to pick them! I wouldn't CARE if herbs was lowered if they increased the chance to steal a herb seed. Now they've just messed the skill up completly. Once i hit 60 i give up on it. Wont be training it in a long long time.

As it stands im getting stupid amounts of tomatos and next to nothing usefull.

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cuz they thought it was way 2 fast a way to make money at lvl what? 30?

Yet there fine with anyone being able to sell off uni? Makes no sense you'd make more selling uni than seeds cause there easier to get. There for faster.

And to whoever asked..you can make super compost by putting in melons.

TheMothAssassin · **Posted:** December 6th, 2005, 12:33 pm

So far since the update the minimum has still been 5 for me. I really can't see any reason to have changed it.

sundayunion2 · **Posted:** December 6th, 2005, 2:16 pm

I don't check my herbs either, if they die, they die. I use super compost and i get a min of 5, got 10 ranarrs 5 min ago, so I assume that's a max, 11 maybe. I did it once without compost and I got 4, that's the only time I've gotten 4. Besides, super compost gives more exp than regular/no compost afaik.