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badd · Dec 27, 2005, 01:47 PM // 13:47

sunday:1
monday:3

xxreaper008 · Dec 27, 2005, 02:23 PM // 14:23

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Originally Posted by badd

sunday:1
monday:3

so ------ lUCKY!!!

Cronos Khan · Dec 27, 2005, 03:00 PM // 15:00

went up there last night, only 2 dropped...huzzah!

kvndoom · Dec 27, 2005, 03:04 PM // 15:04

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Originally Posted by xxreaper008

so ------ lUCKY!!!

And luck is indeed all it is. I got 6 of them Sunday, but zero yesterday. Someone from these forums was chatting with me while I was playing, asking for pointers, etc. Whilst online with me, (s)he got 2 to drop in the same run (it does happen, because I've had that twice). It's all luck. Some people have never gotten a black dye; I've gotten 15 since I started palying. Even though I've gotten 12 Icy Dragon Swords since last Thursday, I might never get another, no matter how many runs I make. You have no control over it; you just have to keep trying.

mohh · Dec 27, 2005, 03:40 PM // 15:40

Sweet, I just aquired Charge! last night too. I was hoping that someone would make one of these. I tried going up there last night, but the mobs bleed and syphoned my bootwa to death. I must have had a bad spawn...

Going to try this tonight, thanks!

kitten · Dec 27, 2005, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Either Friday or Saturday ( I can't recall, the days all blur together from lack of sleep ) I got an Icy Dragon Sword on my third run. I saw one drop on my second run for a guild mate. I have been on five more, and haven't seen one drop since... granted 2 of those groups never made it to the imps (gah!)

RE: why isn't it gold because it has 15%^50... not all golds have that mod why should this be gold? IMO gold does not always = better. I have weapons and offhands that are purple or collectors, that are better then most of the golds that I have found. I like to think that people who pay more for gold are silly, or people who turn down excellent purple items that have every inherent and other mod on it that they want (or better), and don't purchase because it isn't gold are REALLY silly.

ALSO: TUNDRA GIANTS? How the heck are YOU guys getting there? All I ever see are the stone summit, stupid chickens, and a few ice golems - before I get to any Ice Imps.

Beqxter · Dec 27, 2005, 05:14 PM // 17:14

There are two routes, the northern one and the southern one. The Tundra Giants are on a hillside in the southern route. I think they're about the same distance, but which you choose depends on what solo build you're running (and, for me, whichever route does NOT have the ele boss).

Queto · Dec 27, 2005, 05:19 PM // 17:19

Saturday: 1
Sunday: 1
Monday: 1 (only 1 run, so maybe I'll find another one)

Sir Skullcrasher · Dec 27, 2005, 05:54 PM // 17:54

I got another IDS last night. This happened after my second run when we killed of all those imps near the seer. In fact, out of that whole mobs, we got two IDS dropped.

I do agree with everyone that the drops has been reduce.

Witchblade · Dec 27, 2005, 05:55 PM // 17:55

Is the IDS drop favor based or something? :/

Milo Benjamio · Dec 27, 2005, 06:06 PM // 18:06

Could anyone give me a link to a pic or message or watever that showes wat Gaile Gray says about the IDS? id read through all 27 pages to see if its been posted yet but im lazy

Sir Skullcrasher · Dec 27, 2005, 06:16 PM // 18:16

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Originally Posted by Reks

Gaile commenting about the IDS, I'm assuming when the topic was brought up.

there... and you can mod these sword with +health or +armor pommel right?

fergburger · Dec 27, 2005, 06:23 PM // 18:23

Any chance of anyone being willing to sell an IDS for a more realistic price than everyone else is? (Realistic = not over 20k) If so, please, by all means add me to your friends list, and pm me when I'm next on.

My main played IGN - Clintoph Supreme

Kapper · Dec 27, 2005, 06:28 PM // 18:28

Reks: I like Charge! for two reasons...1) It allows me to run virtually non stop so I get to the cave much faster (need to occassionally pause for a signet in Mineral Springs, otherwise it is a continuous run for me now). 2) It is insurance to get away from particularly pesky Avicaras or bad Giant spawns (without having to use balanced stance). Farming is about speed of accomplishing what you set out to do (experience, gold, items, etc), and I find using Charge! gets me there around 2 mins faster. As I'm sure you saw in the video I initially had Savage Slash but Maelstroms are so rare that I found it just not worth it. With Desperation Blow you can hit for +34 every 7s so I find that very useful. Use it while Dolyak's is up and you won't fall down.

kvndoom: Actually, I hadn't seen your post. But as I'm sure you know there are dozens of similar posts all over GWGuru (and all the fansites), many from days before you posted yours. I experimented with many combinations of things I saw on the sites before I settled on the one I currently use. Obviously what I use is very similar to yours but it has quite a few small differences as well. I have seen many people posting their build info which was helpful, but felt that just as with soloing the UW, a video tutorial showing how it is done can be extremely useful for most people. I'm not trying to claim I am the first person to come up with a build similar to this (and I assume you aren't, either, right???

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lord_shar: The idea is to simply get to the cave as fast as you can and then fight the imps as the ice cave ice imps are the only ones who drop Icy Dragons. That's very cool you can take on all the enemies solo in Mineral Springs, though. Please feel free to post your build and strategy. It would be useful for skill capping and farming them.

Warrior Ezech: In my original post, I acknowledge I had no trolls so made sure to post the strategy vs them. I have no trouble with them, but they do require you kill them first. As for axe, I'm sure it works as it was the first weapon I used. However, I find bleeding to just be incredibly useful as I rotate between 2-3 imps near each other to make several bleeding at once (6 damage a second for 21 seconds adds up). In any case, axe/sword...whatever one prefers. It'll kill em. I just find sword faster.

Those With Download Problems: I am uploading it to FileFront right now and will edit the initial post when it is done (in around 40 mins).

**Edit**
Here it is for convenience:
http://files.filefront.com/Icy_Drago.../fileinfo.html

*Admin Request* When I initially typed in the title of the thread I typoed and put "(ICS)" rather than "(IDS)". I immediately edited it to fix this; however, the thread still shows up in the forums as saying "ICS" even though the title when you click on the thread shows "IDS". Is there any way to fix ihe forum thread title as well?

XtrmEend · Dec 27, 2005, 06:47 PM // 18:47

Please rehost, putfile or filefront or something similar.

kvndoom · Dec 27, 2005, 06:49 PM // 18:49

I was only picking.

Yeah, it's pretty much everywhere now. But funnily enough you go to Granite and there's still a ton of people forming groups. I think with such a low drop rate, grouping is self-defeating.

noblepaladin · Dec 27, 2005, 06:57 PM // 18:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by fergburger

Any chance of anyone being willing to sell an IDS for a more realistic price than everyone else is? (Realistic = not over 20k) If so, please, by all means add me to your friends list, and pm me when I'm next on.

My main played IGN - Clintoph Supreme

I'm not trying to single you out, but I got something to say about the pricing of the IDS. I hope you end up getting one for yourself

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I have been selling my IDS swords for 60k each, and they usually sell in less than 2 minutes. Most of my customers seem very satisfied and one of them even said he will keep buying them from me at 60k a piece if I get more. I can get 75k for them if I have the patience to go around all the towns spamming, which I have done once, but I'd rather continue playing. The sword itself isn't spectacular. It's essentially the same as the Droknar Weapon guy's sword with an Icy hilt which cannot be removed. However, almost everybody wants it for the coolness factor (ecto should be worth 100g each, their merchant value, since Fissure armor does not improve your fighting ability in any way, but that's never going to happen), which is why Granite Citadel is full of people spamming LFG IDS. After some people figured out a solo build (Wa/Me), ANet nerfed the drop rate so even soloist have to do something like 5 runs to get one of them (according to many reports on the forums and my personal experience). For people who cannot solo, they must join 5-6 man farm groups, and at the rate of one sword for the party every 4-5 runs, it takes about 20 runs for someone to get one (and it takes a very long time each run). It's much more economical to pay prices as high as 80k than to spend two days doing IDS runs, because 80k can be made RELATIVELY quickly with some of the known farming builds posted around the forums. For example, it's possible to do 4 Mountain Troll runs faster than an IDS run (it takes me about 5-7 minutes for a troll run). Even if I make a extremely modest estimation of 1k per run (you probably make 2k-3k just in gold drops and selling items to merchant), that is 80k gold already, not counting the chance of getting some really good rare item.

Simply ignoring what the IDS does for a moment: Many people are willing to do IDS runs all day to get one. Just that fact alone makes the item very valuable, because they can save hours of time if they buy it. You can think these people are crazy, and maybe they are, but that is the reason why the IDS is worth so much (the same is true for Ecto and Shards, Fissure armor is more worthless than the IDS, which at least has the perfect 15>50 mod, but it's worth well over a million gold).

Witchblade · Dec 27, 2005, 07:10 PM // 19:10

What does it mean"event-only item" ? the sword ll be removed in a few days? :/

HawkofStorms · Dec 27, 2005, 07:18 PM // 19:18

I assume the sword Galie was refering too was the candy cane sword, not the IDS.

Knightmayre · Dec 27, 2005, 07:18 PM // 19:18

Heh - you guys are talking about making so many runs, how about making about five ATTEMPTS at runs, never even to make it to Lyssa's cave. Either bad PuG's, disconnections, or just plain bad luck, I gave up on trying to make it all the way out there.