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Gabs88 · May 11, 2012, 01:41 PM // 13:41

Haha, I guess this is a nice oppurtunity to test that theory ;p

Ewon · May 11, 2012, 01:48 PM // 13:48

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Originally Posted by the asassina

http://imgur.com/qc9nH

Getting banned for duping a Kirin... lmao

the asassina · May 11, 2012, 01:50 PM // 13:50

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Originally Posted by Ewon

Getting banned for duping a Kirin... lmao

i prefer cupcakes now, http://imgur.com/2Hg8w

crazy daggerfighter · May 11, 2012, 01:51 PM // 13:51

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Originally Posted by the asassina

http://imgur.com/qc9nH

This is legit i think. You used to "costumize" your minipets to HoM, but they were untradeable after you costumized them. They changed this later into dedicating minipets, you could change a costumized minipet into a ded one by simply bringing it back to HoM. I still have a costumized mini pig sitting in my bank.

And the duped minipets seem to be dedicated.

Pyrthas · May 11, 2012, 01:54 PM // 13:54

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Originally Posted by the asassina

i prefer cupcakes now, http://imgur.com/2Hg8w

Both of your pictures look photoshopped. The C and D don't line up on the Kirin, and the bottom borders are screwed up on both (and it looks like there's too much space between the customization line and the rest).

Martin Alvito · May 11, 2012, 02:01 PM // 14:01

OK, let's take it easy here, folks. This is a dupe, but it's nowhere near as bad as the one in 2007 because the items come out with the mark of Cain on them. As zwei2stein pointed out, this will wreak havoc with the prices of items that can be effectively laundered by opening duped items. Expect the armbrace market and pets that come out of Coffers/Royal Gifts to go through the floor. And if you have a legit dedicated Asian mini, you have my sympathy.

Otherwise, this isn't nearly as disruptive as the last dupe. Prices on ectos/sapphires/rubies will crater at the trader, but once the ersatz ones are removed it will be just like the trader reset in 2005.

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Seeing how people are selling for real cash, now I really, REALLY want those Asian miniatures to drop from 7th year presents, and I'll be even more suspicious if someone keeps quickly editing back the wiki every time anyone adds one of them to the list of 7th year presents.

Why would you want that? That would just crash the prices of things that people obtained legitimately.

I'm leaning towards the thesis that they don't come out of 7th year gifts, since all the ersatz Asian pets so far are dedicated. Surely someone smart would have been pumping out apparently legitimate unded Kanaxais by now if it were possible.

zwei2stein · May 11, 2012, 02:04 PM // 14:04

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Originally Posted by Pyrthas

Both of your pictures look photoshopped. The C and D don't line up on the Kirin, and the bottom borders are screwed up on both (and it looks like there's too much space between the customization line and the rest).

Except it is very well possible that customized kirin does exist without duping.

Maybe shopped, but hardly impossible.

Pyrthas · May 11, 2012, 02:05 PM // 14:05

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Originally Posted by zwei2stein

Except it is very well possible that customized kirin does exist without duping.

Maybe shopped, but hardly impossible.

Oh, yeah, I didn't mean to say it was impossible. Just that his picture was bs.

ACWhammy · May 11, 2012, 02:15 PM // 14:15

I have 8 customized minis that I bought from different players around 6 months-1 year ago. Only minis that were out before october 2007 were legitmiately customized.

For example if you see a customized Mad King Thorn or Gwen Doll its non-legit, but a customized Kirin is perfectly plausable.

Swingline · May 11, 2012, 02:15 PM // 14:15

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Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

Why would you want that? That would just crash the prices of things that people obtained legitimately.

There are a very small few that obtained them legitimately, a much smaller number then there are of the Asian minis. A high number of the people that have them got their mini(s) through less than honorable means.

A good reason as to why so many are pissed about the rarity of these minis is because they are some of the best looking ones around and people from America/Europe had no chance of obtaining one unless they had stacks of armbraces on hand.

It would suck for the people who got their the legit way but many more people be would happy then those that wouldn't be.

kmoese · May 11, 2012, 02:20 PM // 14:20

Only dedicate your customized minipets

Anbu Soul Worshiper · May 11, 2012, 02:45 PM // 14:45

i just have to repost it, Very funny and apparently Arms can be duped with out customized apperance.

Andemius · May 11, 2012, 02:48 PM // 14:48

so whats the deal, should I buy shedloads of sapphires and wait for the fix to come around or what?

tbh, at this stage in the game, I'd be tempted to try this if it wouldn't ruin your HoM for gw2.

Gabs88 · May 11, 2012, 02:59 PM // 14:59

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Originally Posted by Andemius

so whats the deal, should I buy shedloads of sapphires and wait for the fix to come around or what?

tbh, at this stage in the game, I'd be tempted to try this if it wouldn't ruin your HoM for gw2.

Sapphires through player to player trades, HELL no.

Sapphires from trader, hell yeah.

tummlykins · May 11, 2012, 03:28 PM // 15:28

I still need to buy FoW armour for my HoM but ecot is insanely expensive. I only have around 800k, I'm tempted to cash in now to buy it because the trader has them as 7.5k I think a few days ago they were around 10k? I haven't been paying attention.

Is this a good or a bad time to buy ecto? It'd be great if an exploit like this indirectly helped out a lot of players who don't farm for thousands of hours on end.

Gabs88 · May 11, 2012, 03:42 PM // 15:42

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Originally Posted by tummlykins

I still need to buy FoW armour for my HoM but ecot is insanely expensive. I only have around 800k, I'm tempted to cash in now to buy it because the trader has them as 7.5k I think a few days ago they were around 10k? I haven't been paying attention.

Is this a good or a bad time to buy ecto? It'd be great if an exploit like this indirectly helped out a lot of players who don't farm for thousands of hours on end.

Only need 4 pieces (no head) in order to get HoM points. Aka 105 ecto + 105 shards. If you can manage to buy for 15/100k (6,66k each) this is a very nice time to buy em.

jayson · May 11, 2012, 03:49 PM // 15:49

So can the birthday tonics be duped as well? Because I was in Kama 3 days ago and a player was selling tonics. I wanted to get a Zhed and asked him if he had one. His reply was "How many do you need?" So I asked him how much and the price he quoted was too high for me. So I said no thank you. He messaged me back lowering the price and again I said no thank you. On the third message he asked me what I would want to pay for it. I just walked away after that.

I should've saved the name now I guess. But I didn't know about the duping at the time.

Kelvin Greyheart · May 11, 2012, 03:53 PM // 15:53

Think it was mentioned before, but there are many things that are not safe here. Many items can be gotten from items like royal gifts, nick gifts, and such can give you things like full consets, stacks of rock candy, etc. Coffers can give you large quantities of diamonds, rubies, and sapphires as well. All of this would bypass the time consuming process of feeding materials to the traders and rebuying.

Assuming the customized stuff is true, the only thing I can think of that could even show signs of an attempt at tampering is loot drops, and items like HoD swords that can no longer be obtained. Everything that has a source that isn't exclusively tied to random drops is potentially open to abuse. That would include anything dropping out of the z chest because the keys can be duped. I'd think a good portion of the dungeon and FoW/UW drops would be safe though.

Still, we do not know the limitations on this process for certain. One cannot go wrong with simply playing it extremely safe and avoiding all trade with anyone you do know know and trust fully for the time being.

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Originally Posted by Purely Purity

Heh... I personally saw 37 sapphires being traded for my armbrace... /REJECTED

Coming from someone who routinely partook in match manipulation, has had several accounts terminated for botting, as well as recently tried to sell an account and got hardcore scammed, that's a rather ironic statement.

You seem perfectly content to try and cheat the system yourself. There is little, if any, appreciable difference here. All the equivocation and evasion you can muster doesn't change your actions. Go bot your strongboxes, and get played like a harp by scams from people in 'Florida' using prepaid phones.

tummlykins · May 11, 2012, 04:05 PM // 16:05

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Originally Posted by Gabs88

Only need 4 pieces (no head) in order to get HoM points. Aka 105 ecto + 105 shards. If you can manage to buy for 15/100k (6,66k each) this is a very nice time to buy em.

I still wouldn't have enough. I could get the ecto I need but not the obsidian, and this is my fortune from seven years of playing - I don't farm much at all.

Snograt · May 11, 2012, 04:29 PM // 16:29

I just got my obby and yes, the shards are hardest to come by. After 2 awful days hanging around in the marketing hotspots I gave in and bought them from the rare mats trader

Sorry, where were we?

Oh yes, continue duping conspiracies.