Farming (read, free participation cookies to all that do)

Why do you not like it? I know the majority of people here don't like it, so why? If you do like it also post your reasons. Please don't just say you like it in fear that I may do something to you. I assure you that I wouldn't get away with something like that.

As fore me it just the fact that it's majorly different than any other RS skill. You get to move around see different parts of RS, it's never the same in that respect.

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The rewards at high level don't seem that great to me compared to other skills. Admittedly they aren't bad by any means. But they aren't good enough to make me get 99.

And I don't get, Shane, how you like farming because:



It IS the same in that respect. Because you're going back to the same patches. And you could say the first part of your sentence about almost any skill. I can kill monsters in almost every part of rs, I can fish in a great number of locations, I can cut trees in a great number of locations. That argument just doesn't cut it.

I actually like farming. However, it's the kind of skill for which if you want to be good at, you'll need to set a good schedule and follow it. Seeing it that way, it might be why people don't like it. As for me, I think farming becomes really easy and fun when it has become a habit. But when you break this habit it becomes hard to restart lol. (i.e. Me: I farmed all summer long but haven't farmed in a month and it's hard to actually WANT to restart)

Hope this post made sense to you.

I personally go in favor for farming, its a great skill. You get to go many places, see many things, unlike most skills where you can head to a bank and do most the work. But for farming its more challenging, because of waiting times, different locations, ect. Although I never have the time to farm much, its fun to me. There is a few things I dislike about farming, of course, as with every skill.
I agree with that, I would enjoy more rewards for higher farming level. Although a spirit tree is a very nice reward for the high leveled farmers... (sadly I can't plant one, but I got the seed.) Farming also helps with other things - like you can plant herbs, herbs train herblore, or you could plant food and use it(although the food don't heal much, its still food). You can plant hops which is used in making beer, and doesn't brewing beer train cooking...? You can also raise trees to cut, which is training woodcutting. Farming is a skill that is good for training other skills, which is another thing I enjoy about farming. What people dislike about farming is most likely they can't train it quickly, and easily. It takes time and patience for farming, and I enjoy that.

Overall, In my opinion, farming is a great skill, only a few things that I dislike.

-kat.

P.S. Mith member. Finally! /starts posting more
P.P.S. 3863 seeds live in my bank.

I like farming, I don't like the seed collecting. Herb seeds aren't the problem for me it's the other alloment and tree seeds that I don't like to buy/collect.
So I only really farm when I have seeds to burn, that's why my farming level doesn't go up much.

I can't even farm, but from what I've seen, I have no problem for it. However, if you want to master it, you need patience. I'm guessing not a lot of people have the patience for Farming.

It's the kind of skill which requires a spreadsheet to optimise. That, plus the lack of major rewards make it tedious to actually train.

Although I do grow herbs to supplement my income.

I don't like it.

It just has never been appealing to me. Not because "It's boring. It's too hard. (Insert generic farming hate quote)."

I just never got into it. I occasionally do some herb farming if I need cash, but that's about it.