Curse

Silver hunter · Apr 16, 2006, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Where do you guys do chest runs?
I've been doing it around port sledge and I dont seem to get much, the best I got was a +29 Hale Mod, which was VERY hard to sell, I don't find it very profitable, at least where I'm doing it, any suggestions or past experiences?

leeky baby · Apr 16, 2006, 09:40 PM // 21:40

chest runs in fow can be very profitable if you get a good item like a 15>50 chaos axe ur gunna be rich, but its all luck

Misc Merik · Apr 17, 2006, 12:46 AM // 00:46

I would much like a rare mursaat hammer, but honestly I dont know if buying darkstone keys will help me get one

Hunter Sharparrow · Apr 17, 2006, 01:03 AM // 01:03

The chests might give you something. Also the mursaat at the beginning of ring of fire may be soloable since they get sorta distracted on where they want to go.

VGJustice · Apr 17, 2006, 01:13 AM // 01:13

In my experience, the best chests are to be found in Southern Shiverpeaks, Sorrow's Furnace, UW, and FoW. That's just in relation to cost of key, mind. Beyond that, it's just random dumb luck.

Hunter Sharparrow · Apr 17, 2006, 01:27 AM // 01:27

Tombs isn't that bad either.

Sereng Amaranth · Apr 17, 2006, 04:33 AM // 04:33

Obsidian Keys ftw.

hellboy909 · Apr 17, 2006, 04:51 AM // 04:51

Lottery tickets for everyone!

ColaManiac · Apr 17, 2006, 09:56 AM // 09:56

buying keys for 10k is very profitable...

funny how i get all of the good stuff with 2 last keys... ivory bow with 14^50% and +30hp mod on it... 15^50 hammer... and so on...

alen · Apr 17, 2006, 12:18 PM // 12:18

yea but the keys cost to much FTL

Lint · Apr 17, 2006, 12:49 PM // 12:49

I have a guide about FoW chest running.
http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137918

Former Ruling · Apr 17, 2006, 12:56 PM // 12:56

I open Phantom chests while doing Bp runs in tombs, atleast one of the chests is usually gold dropping (take turns seeing which one opens the chest originally to see if its a grape or gold dropping one), and I see alot of good stuff popping out, alot of low req fellblades, eternal shields, and such.

So I say chests on the higher end are good.

i've NEVER gotten anything decent out of darkstone and shiver chests though.

Pandora's box · Apr 17, 2006, 02:50 PM // 14:50

There is something I'm really curious about: its widely accepted that keys have been introduced to make players spend much gold. Yet finding chests to use the keys on is such a time consuming thing...

Not to mention that you should not repeat the same run too often because of the anti farming mechanism. If Arenanet wants players to buy lots of keys, than why don't they put much more chests in the maps??

Ctb · Apr 17, 2006, 03:10 PM // 15:10

I get junk out of SSP chests these days because I ran the chests in Witman's Folly outside Port Sledge all the time.

As a W/Me, it was one of the few places I could just run without getting crippled or DoTed to death. Now I did it too much, so I always get garbage like "of dwarfslaying" or hale heads +24. I don't even bother opening SP chests anymore unless I get a key drop from a monster.

As an aside, I always thought that if you opened specific chests too often those chests dropped junk, but it seems more that it's the TYPE of chest you open. If I go to Ice Floe or THK and farm SSP chests, I still get complete garbage from them even though I'd only opened a very small number in those areas up until now.

All that said, I like Maguuma. The items themselves usually aren't valuable, but if you're patient enough you can usually get some nice salvage piles built up. Plus, killing the White Mantle on the way usually yeilds two or three runes.

logan90 · Apr 17, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ctb

As a W/Me, it was one of the few places I could just run without getting crippled or DoTed to death. Now I did it too much, so I always get garbage like "of dwarfslaying" or hale heads +24. I don't even bother opening SP chests anymore unless I get a key drop from a monster.

I always get junk like that but i have never done chest runs so im guessing its nothing to do with doing chest runs..unless im just very unlucky.. its probably that. i always get the junk, whether from a chest or a drop its always junk.

Ninja OniX · Apr 17, 2006, 07:29 PM // 19:29

best chests are usually obsidian chests and phantom chests. but only the rarest items can be found dropped

nirhan shadowmauler · Apr 17, 2006, 07:48 PM // 19:48

personally i never run chests solo because of trends ive noticed. the first drop out of a chest is 80% of the time total CRAP. as is the last drop.

my personal rules for chest opening.

1) try to be the 3rd or 4th person (got 3 chaos axes in a row this way)

2) never be last (got 5 shadow staffs in a row this way)

3) always trick the noob in the group to try the chest first.

4) always bring one noob in your FOW group for opening chests (this is why i always bring an interrupt ranger in FoW)

if you follow those 4 rules youll get good loot.

greenlantern · Apr 17, 2006, 07:54 PM // 19:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by nirhan shadowmauler

personally i never run chests solo because of trends ive noticed. the first drop out of a chest is 80% of the time total CRAP. as is the last drop.

my personal rules for chest opening.

1) try to be the 3rd or 4th person (got 3 chaos axes in a row this way)

2) never be last (got 5 shadow staffs in a row this way)

3) always trick the noob in the group to try the chest first.

4) always bring one noob in your FOW group for opening chests (this is why i always bring an interrupt ranger in FoW)

if you follow those 4 rules youll get good loot.

1) It's Luck
2) It's Luck
3) Noobs Die before they hit the chest
4) Noobs Die before they hit the chest

Count to Potato · Apr 17, 2006, 08:30 PM // 20:30

Luck will be the source of winning in many games

Ludi Cigan · Apr 17, 2006, 09:35 PM // 21:35

I made ~200 Chest runs, spend ~350k on keys, get 18 Chaos axes req.8
(one was 15^50, one 15% -5) 6 Shadow blades req.8 (one was 15 always but -1 hp) 4 Fellblades req.8 (one was 20<50) and 2-3 Casters (perfect ones)

All that I have written on paper like "My best drops"

and BTW think that only one req.8, 15^50 chaos pay back that 350k
spent on keys

EDIT: Nirhan, you are TOTALY in wrong...