This one comes up a lot in multiplayer games like League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Skyrim, etc. so keep your ears peeled.
Techopedia tells me:
…Farming refers to a gaming tactic where a player, or someone hired by a player, performs repetitive actions to gain experience, points or some form of in-game currency.
You mean to tell me it’s not even remotely related to this:
Apparently this is not it.
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[...] through a map, killing hordes of baddies to reach your destination, and farming, farming and more farming, often with little [...]