Originally Posted by mr_groovy

So the new treasures are a real nice addition to the game. But my question is will these treasures only be there during the Winter Festival or are they a permanent addition to the game? If not I better get them now asap.

Originally Posted by Masseur

Well everything was max for me, but 1/2 were high req or with worthless mods. No one has gotten a gem so far that I've seen.

Originally Posted by Swinging Fists

Fixed locations.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Treasure_Chest

Originally Posted by Muk Utep

I think they're too good to be permanent. You can do most of the chests (the 10 easiest at least) in like an hour, and they each give a gold item (almost always max damage/armor) and 500-2500ish coins. I made around 30k in two hours from running the easier chests on two of my characters, and that's just the chest cash and selling the ruby and sapphire I got. Once I can bother selling the various mods from all the weapons I'll probably double that. If this feature is here to stay, prices on most things (weapon mods and inscriptions in particular) will plummet terribly. It shouldn't be difficult to get a new character run through Nightfall in less than a day, and make at least 20k and possibly much, much more if you get a great drop.

Originally Posted by mrgoat

First, you have to actually do missions to get through nightfall - not so much with the running. Second: Prices should plummet on a lot of this stuff. There's a whole host of items that go for more than the cash amount a character is able to carry at one time: evidence positive that the high-end economy is screwed up. The only way most people will see that kind of money is through ebay. I guess one key point in the argument is thus: If people want it, people will find a way to get it - even if that way is through chinese sweatshop farming operations. People, in the abstract sense, are greedy and lazy. Anyone who's ever had a job, been in traffic, or been outside of their house can attest to that sad truism. And markets, provided the resources, always rise to meet demand. So.

Higher prices=more ebaying.

For a company that seeks to discourage the buying of gold, a company that clearly has not the capacity to discover, let alone ban, gold buyers and sellers, (you can see this in the number of full-FOW-dyed-black wammos that know not thing one about playing, leeroying far ahead only to shout "MONK HEAL WTF" as they double aggro torment mobs) depressing the prices of items to levels achievable by playing the game would be a wise course of action. Let's face it, putting things in the game that the vast majority of players cannot get is a sure-fire way to encourage cheating. It always is, it always has been. It's been the way of every game with an economy, ever. These chests would have been a good way to help kill off the ebay market: If players are given the option to work for something, work an amount they can actually, in theory, do, rather than ebay it, many of them will. Gold buying is pushed to the fringes - the less of it, the healthier the economy becomes. Prices begin to reflect what people can gain and spend through gameplay, instead of how much they can stick on daddy's credit card, like it is now.

Leaving these chests in has a permanent effect on the economy, in a positive way. Prices come down quite a bit, the common man can afford something nice here and there, and he doesn't cheat quite so much. Taking them out after the event means they cause but a momentary blip, where those who play religiously instead of having an outside life (Like me sometimes ) profit tremendously in the short term.