Farming is when you stay in one area and kill the same type of mobs over and over again hoping for a certain kind of item drop. This is done mostly in rappelz to gain pet cards. Farming is just a matter of luck. Some players can enter an area and be there less than an hour and leave with what they wanted. For most players, however, it takes a long time to get what you are looking for.
So don't get discouraged if you're in the same place a week later and still farming. In Epic 5 the farming game has changed some. Now not only do the mobs you farm drop cards, but ALL mobs in Rappelz now have a chance to drop taming cards. To quote Itoki on how the new system works:itoki wrote:Monsters of a tamable type drop empty pet cards that are only their own type.
Monsters not of a tamable type drop a specific assortment of pet cards. Low level monsters can drop Panteras, Poultries, and Tortuses. Mid-level monsters can drop Sirens, Red Pixies, Blue Pixies, etc. High level monsters drop Hawkmen and Salamanders. Very high level monsters drop Angels and Kentas.