Curse

Neo Nugget · Jan 03, 2008, 06:13 PM // 18:13

After so long without a good drop...i got 2 in the zaishin chest

r10 volatic and r10 legendary sword

But other than that yeah i get crap drops from monsters -.-

Zahr Dalsk · Jan 03, 2008, 06:14 PM // 18:14

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Originally Posted by strat_53711

Where happened to the nice Gold drops?

ArenaNet was worried that the less wealthy part of Guild Wars might actually *insert gasp of horror* be able to make cash! Of course they couldn't have such a horrific event, so... it got ArenaNerfed.

strat_53711 · Jan 03, 2008, 06:48 PM // 18:48

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Originally Posted by TaCktiX

I've got a guild that I can get together for vanquishing and the like. Even then, drops are moderate to bad golds. The best vanquish run I've been on is when we did Arbor Bay, and early on two people got Elemental Swords. Our main problem is that most people have "been there done that" with HM, and getting a full human party together is near impossible. So we're screwed out of good drops by having to carry along 3-4 Heroes just to fill out the party order.

So ANet, make it so that if there is more than 1 human in the party, the drops get much better. I'm tired of seeing the equivalent of cow-crap in "Hard Mode" with its "3x gold drop rate."

What was the req of those Elemental Swords? While vanquishing, I did get a couple of nice skin golds. Their Reqs were so high, they became merchant fodder.

Chico · Jan 03, 2008, 07:47 PM // 19:47

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Originally Posted by kobey

After 2.5 years, you are still bringing this up?

"Bringing this up" refers to the need of an Auction House.

Are you blind kobey? We needed an action house since day 0. We still need it and are still going to need it.

Player to Player trading is dead except for uber unique items, for everything else it is just not worth it to spam and sell it even if you *could* make much more (how much you make depends on wasted time, if farming would give you more per hr then it was a waste).

TaCktiX · Jan 03, 2008, 08:02 PM // 20:02

The reqs were 12 and 13 if I remember correctly, and they did not drop for me, sadly.

strat_53711 · Jan 03, 2008, 10:26 PM // 22:26

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Originally Posted by TaCktiX

The reqs were 12 and 13 if I remember correctly, and they did not drop for me, sadly.

Again, rare skin and crappy req. Funny thing is that prices for rare skinned have actually gone down. I've been trying to sell two nice swords (Crennelated and Celestial Sword Req. 9, 15^50, 20/20, +30). They use to sell for 140K to 180K (100K +5e to +10e). Now nobody is bidding on them for 100K.

MisterB · Jan 03, 2008, 10:37 PM // 22:37

I average 1 gold drop every 2 minutes or less while farming. Sometimes it's every minute. Hard mode, of course. I have to laugh when I see loot scaling mentioned in the same breath as gold drops. The quality of gold drops is still random, and always has been. By quality, I refer to the requirement and mods. Also, Sundering swords make me cringe. Actually, Sundering makes me cringe, period. It's not high on my list of "good" mods. YMMV

edit: Vanquishing is not for the drops; it's a poor way to find "gold" weapons.

pygar · Jan 03, 2008, 10:53 PM // 22:53

I think they should change the fact that Heros and Henchies steal your treasure.....is especially lame having to buy them upgrades too.

I dunno, my few experiences with groups werent wildly fun or more productive....in fact the biggest turnoff was seeing people in the middle of battles stop to pick up treasure, no better than heros stealing the loot, and worse I'm talkin middle of combat while other team members were fightin for thier lives.

The real issue here is A-net needs to come up with some kind of change for the loot system...everything I can see that they do only makes stuff better for the peeps that have been around the block already and the people who are new get the shaft.

Malice Black · Jan 03, 2008, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Lots of legendary items in HG:L

Yichi · Jan 03, 2008, 11:01 PM // 23:01

I took them all and am hording them so more threads liek this pop up

pygar · Jan 03, 2008, 11:05 PM // 23:05

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Originally Posted by Yichi

I took them all and am hording them so more threads liek this pop up

LOL....

You mean rec 8 is good? Ithought that meant low-level and merched em

<jk>

Yichi · Jan 03, 2008, 11:12 PM // 23:12

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Originally Posted by pygar

LOL....

You mean rec 8 is good? Ithought that meant low-level and merched em

<jk>

no it means i can run more in healing prayers on my dervish......

aapo · Jan 03, 2008, 11:29 PM // 23:29

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Originally Posted by ajmorgan25

The only complaint I have is the lack of an auction house.

- No auction house? What the heck do you think those rune, material, scroll, dye traders are?

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Originally Posted by ajmorgan25

GW really needs to have one because selling by 'Trade Chat' does nothing but piss me off.

- Use party search duh!

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Originally Posted by ajmorgan25

I got quite a few Greens/Golds/Upgrades that I want to sell, but I don't feel like spending 3 hours in town spamming my items.

- Have you ever considered that maybe you're either asking ridiculous overprice or no-one wants to buy any sub-par greens? Seriously, if people would understand even the basic things of supply and demand we wouldn't have so many whiners asking for auction house every month. Just because you see green text doesn't mean that the item has any value whatsoever! So you want to see auction house for greens where everything goes for 100g?

Michiko Miko · Jan 04, 2008, 12:07 AM // 00:07

I started farming after the nerf so I cant really compare it to anything, but I must say that is pretty poor. I think the nerfing is affecting all the new ppl that are trying to make enough money for cool armors etc. The ppl that were around before the nerf are already filthy rich and have the cool wpns and armors already, not rlly affecting them. So they need to come up with a better idea.

To MIsterB - where the heck do you farm, a gold a minute? -_-

Zhack · Jan 04, 2008, 01:53 AM // 01:53

I wonder how many threads in the history of this forum have been about the decrease of drops...

kobey · Jan 04, 2008, 02:57 AM // 02:57

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Originally Posted by Chico

"Bringing this up" refers to the need of an Auction House.

Are you blind kobey? We needed an action house since day 0. We still need it and are still going to need it.

Player to Player trading is dead except for uber unique items, for everything else it is just not worth it to spam and sell it even if you *could* make much more (how much you make depends on wasted time, if farming would give you more per hr then it was a waste).

The request for an auction house has been ongoing since day 0, as you mentioned. And after countless request/feedback/complaints etc, its still not implemented.

So what do you think bringing this up again after 2.5years and towards the end of GW will do?

And no, not everybody need it. I have been doing fine without it. Many others too. There are opportunities with or without auction house. It depends on the individual to take advantage of this opportunity or sit there and complain about it.

And who says trading is dead? I trade on and off with mid range items (eternal blade, voltaic spears, non-inscri weapons) and made a nice sum lately, at least enough for me to fund my paragon weapons. If I can do it, I don't see why can't others. And in case you are wondering, I started with only barely 100k and a few ectos few days ago.

If people don't know how to trade, providing an auction house won't help them to sell items for their full potential price.

arsie · Jan 04, 2008, 03:09 AM // 03:09

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Originally Posted by arsie

4 vanquish zones in the last 2 days, 0 gold, 0 tomes, 4 purples, lotsa whites and blues.

Hmm, I got 4 gold drops from a NM waltz through Lornar's Pass. Why do I bother with HM?!

Jenn · Jan 04, 2008, 03:11 AM // 03:11

I've been playing for two years, and I've gotten ONE req9 15^50 drop. And I got my first green drop months into DoA.

A year and a half into the game I got my first +30mods for martial weapons. I'd say some people just have worse luck than others in game. That doesn't bother me - what bothers me is that the lucky people take it for granted D:

kobey · Jan 04, 2008, 03:17 AM // 03:17

Somtimes i think it isn't always necessary that we don't get good drops. We might get a rare drop, but we just didn't know its rare.

How many people merched colossal scimitars at the beginning of Nightfall? Not many people know of its rarity or high demand till quite some time.

Same goes for mini pet. One might get a mini-gwen as a birthday present, and didn't like it, and sold for 20k to the next person who WTB.

Numa Pompilius · Jan 04, 2008, 10:04 AM // 10:04

[QUOTE=arsie]

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Originally Posted by IlikeGW

It might be that you can actually see what drops for 8 humans

IME the drops really are much better in human groups. Try it, join a human group to vanquish a zone and only look at the loot you personally get.