Today we want to know from you how you pass the time while farming and grinding in MMOs.
Every major and minor MMORPG not only presents players with new, exciting challenges, but often also with tedious farming work. The best gear in World of Warcraft, a special color crystal in SWTOR or crafting materials in Guild Wars 2: for a lot you have to farm and grind for a long time. For many players, this is meditative, because even a relaxing break where you just “stupidly farm along” can be quite soothing. But for some players, this can quickly become boring – then an audiobook or a series is urgently needed so that one does not doze off with their head on the keyboard.
So we want to know from you: What do you do while farming and grinding?
Cortyn says: I might be a bit old-fashioned, but while I hop from flower to flower in World of Warcraft to farm my potions for the raid, I almost always have a set “routine” of background music that I listen to. First, I listen to the latest news from the Tagesschau, then comes my weekly podcast from Stevinho, followed by cabaret, satire, and comedy (Heute-Show, Die Anstalt, etc.). Only after that do I switch to audiobooks, which I still draw from my “Help, I have a trial subscription and was too lazy to cancel” stash. I completely avoid series and especially anime while farming – I prefer to watch them with full attention.
But enough about me, let’s hear from you! How do you pass the time while grinding? Do you indulge in a good audiobook? Do you watch a series (preferably an anime) on the side? Or do you just hang out with friends in TS? Let us know in the comments and feel free to discuss!
