Curse

Wobrak · Mar 25, 2007, 02:20 PM // 14:20

Averaging 3 shards per Spider run. Only 2 runs had chests. Nothing really worth keeping.

Edge Martinez · Mar 25, 2007, 02:22 PM // 14:22

Been playing GW since Prophecies pre-release. Went on maybe my 3rd and 4th FoW run EVER this weekend. Got 3 shards, 4 gold items, 2 purples and about 4k in gold.

bzzhuh · Mar 25, 2007, 02:27 PM // 14:27

I don't farm that much but I like to have nice stuff so lately I've been doing a couple quick solo smite runs in a day to get 2 ecto. Usually it takes 2 or 3 runs, sometimes 1 or 4. The most I have ever gotten is three in one run and the worst I'd ever done was 2 runs without an ecto.

This weekend I went on a run on Friday shortly after the event started and got aforementioned 3-ecto run. Tonight I did 4 complete runs and got zero ecto, which is by far the longest drought I've ever seen. Maybe the rate was nerfed a bit for the even, maybe amount of people going in there has something to do with reduced drop rate, and maybe it's coincidence.

This is purely scientific with no point - I'm not complaining or anything. People were asking about drop rates is all.

Sub Frost · Mar 25, 2007, 02:50 PM // 14:50

Well just did a couple Uw trap runs and a Fow trip, got 2 ectos, 3 shards a couple of golds(nothing interesting) and the usual white,blue, occasional purple stuff.

Did find the chests in Uw a bit weird, but besides that i think it was/has been a fun weekend, really think Anet should consider unlocking Fow/Uw on the weekends.

Eldin · Mar 25, 2007, 03:26 PM // 15:26

You people are ridiculously lucky (or I'm ridiculously unlucky). Did several 3-man trap runs with the smites, watched my allies drown in their own ectos. Met a guy who said he got 11 ectos this week, met another who got 7.

I've still made about a profit of only about 8k, all off of generic whites.

I have more luck with the FoW, but all my fellow UW trappers scoring mass ectos is too tempting.

I must have killed a bazillion aatxes, a half a bazillion smites, etc. Nothing better than a purple not-max-dmg staff.

EroChrono · Mar 25, 2007, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Didn't have a lot of time to play this weekend, did 3 runs and got 5 ecto's, 2 golds and about 7k gold as a result of selling all the useless stuff

I'm quite happy so far

ValaOfTheFens · Mar 25, 2007, 03:55 PM // 15:55

I wanted to do FoW/UW but after reading up on GuildWiki I realized I really need another armor set with its own runes just for FoW/UW. So I did Tomb last night and got alot of merchable stuff and was even able to salvage the wood I need for the Parchment(the Vellum armor is out of my price range and has the exact same armor and inherent mod as the Parchment armor) Scar Armor. I'll be able to make it this evening and probably get the runes for it too. More ectos seem to be dropping in Tomb this weekend.

Enchanted Warrior · Mar 25, 2007, 04:30 PM // 16:30

I found out something interesting, with a simple build, my ranger outran all the mobs, etc. I'm gonna try chest runs today, and forget fighting lol

Escape and Storm chaser FTW!

GourangaPizza · Mar 25, 2007, 04:42 PM // 16:42

Meh this weekend sucks for me. So little time to play (probably spent only 5-6 hours++ playing). And I done only 4 UW runs and it sucks. I'd be better off doing junundu farms if I keep getting junk from UW. Oh and I got a purple truncheon from the only chest I encountered.

Viet Spirit · Mar 25, 2007, 06:17 PM // 18:17

4 more runs today and got 5 ectos. 31 ectos so far in the last 2 days :>

Jetdoc · Mar 25, 2007, 08:39 PM // 20:39

Cleared FoW twice and UW once in a full-sized PuG, no shards or ectos so far. I have the worst luck.

I did get a black dye though...

Graywing · Mar 25, 2007, 09:33 PM // 21:33

Finally was able to play on the international districts, giving me the chance to do UW and FoW for the first time in 22 months.

So I did one FoW and two UW runs with a guildie, and got meselves 2 ecto's and a white dye (accompanied with golds, purples and blues)

Chilly Ress · Mar 25, 2007, 10:07 PM // 22:07

Over 30 completed full smite runs. 3 ecto. Ugh....

rogh daxh · Mar 25, 2007, 10:07 PM // 22:07

i got 15 shards but only 3 ectos pretty bad, since a friend got 18 shards and 9 ectos ><. still i think i done better then some here

beanerman_99 · Mar 26, 2007, 12:32 AM // 00:32

I have enjoyed this event quite a bit. I tried to solo with my ele in UW and had a few successful runs. Takes a while to get the hang of it. So out of about 6-8 successful smite runs ai got 1 ecto.

The best part for me is acutally getting to see both FoW and UW and explore them. Very cool places in both. I was particularly taken by how cool the Twin Serpent mountains look. Went through them and onto some foggy looking place. Holy Moly! What is the deal with all those Mesmer spectres?!? You kill some and like double the amount you just killed come rushing for you. EEK!

As far as gold items go. Man what a joke. My guildy and I had to laugh at some of the mods that spawn on those things. Like a Gold Water wand that need x numer in Water and it was 10% faster cast of Air spell and 9% faster recharge of earth spells LOL.

Anywho, I like these areas and wish we didn't have such a weird system set up to actually get in them with greater frequency.

thundercleese_06 · Mar 26, 2007, 12:39 AM // 00:39

So far, I have gotten 37 shards 1 white dye, 1 black dye, numerous purple weapons and one gold chaos axe(req.10 though) from farming spiders with my warrior and farming the forest with my ranger over the course of 2 days so far.

I would say that that is pretty good haul for this weekend. Well theres a few more hours in the UW/FoW weekend so I had better take advantage of them while I still can.

More Outrage · Mar 26, 2007, 01:12 AM // 01:12

I think the whole event has been a hit with most people, wether testing builds and not having to pay to do it or just having a look. For those who didn`t get the drops - I`ve read posts that have had 8 barren runs in the UW, that`s just pure bad luck, the average is around .75 ectos per run (assuming your smite farming), and I write from experience.

This should most definatley be a regular event, it was especially nice for those who could meet up in the international zones for once. BRILLIANT!

Evilsod · Mar 26, 2007, 02:43 AM // 02:43

I've had more ecto drop from less than 15 full Smite runs this weekend than all the ones before it (60+) combined. I was getting 1 ecto every 5 or 10 runs before... consistantly had 1 or more ectos per run.

Indian · Mar 26, 2007, 03:09 AM // 03:09

37 Ectos
2 Rubies
1 Sapphire
3 Shards

me.. happy...

GreatBabai · Mar 26, 2007, 03:36 AM // 03:36

3 UW W/Rt solo runs - 4 ecto
+ ~20k in merched junk white/purple items, 50+ steel ingots from salvaging and 4-5 useless gold items, merched too (althrough i salvaged 20% enchant for sword from one of that golds)