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Old Jun 12, 2010, 05:37 AM // 05:37   #1
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Did Anet add some hidden nerf to elite tomes ?

120 Jishol Darksong kills - 0 tomes
170 Chkkr Thousand Tail kills - 0 tomes
100 Byzzr Wingmender kills - 0 tomes

Ofcourse all done in HM, they nerfed drops or i have really bad luck?
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 06:43 AM // 06:43   #2
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After probably 50 hours of farming in the last month I have yet to come across an Elite Tome, I do however find regular Tomes on a daily basis (we're talking maybe 1-3 per run). It's really kinda annoying.
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 07:21 AM // 07:21   #3
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you would prolly have better luck from HM chests
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 07:39 AM // 07:39   #4
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Do a few z-quests and buy them from the zaishen traders

Probably the fastest way to get them (except for buying them from other players)
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 08:41 AM // 08:41   #5
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Do a few z-quests and buy them from the zaishen traders

Probably the fastest way to get them (except for buying them from other players)

Its not like 500 copper coins for an tome or more?
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 09:06 AM // 09:06   #6
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Its not like 500 copper coins for an tome or more?
Probably more, but if you do the Z-Quests daily and don't buy other stuff with the coins, you'll probably have more than enough
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 09:14 AM // 09:14   #7
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elite tome = 2 gold Zoins = 30 silver = 1500 bronze
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 10:22 AM // 10:22   #8
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elite tome = 2 gold Zoins = 30 silver = 1500 bronze
nice math.
1 gold = 10 silver, so naturally,
2 gold = 30 silver.
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 10:31 AM // 10:31   #9
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Did Anet add some hidden nerf to elite tomes ?

120 Jishol Darksong kills - 0 tomes
170 Chkkr Thousand Tail kills - 0 tomes
100 Byzzr Wingmender kills - 0 tomes

Ofcourse all done in HM, they nerfed drops or i have really bad luck?
Your odds of Elite Tomes are substantially greater if you just ran HM chests. Farming bosses for Elite Tomes is not ideal. You're wasting your time.
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 11:16 AM // 11:16   #10
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Same here
60ish Boss kills outside camp rankor for azure remains. in HM ofc. = 0 Elite Tome
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 11:54 AM // 11:54   #11
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Did Anet add some hidden nerf to elite tomes ?

120 Jishol Darksong kills - 0 tomes
170 Chkkr Thousand Tail kills - 0 tomes
100 Byzzr Wingmender kills - 0 tomes

Ofcourse all done in HM, they nerfed drops or i have really bad luck?
are you in a party of 8,
with like henchies and heroes?
or are you solo farming?

either way, if thats how the drop is, your better off doing something else to get elite tomes.
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 12:15 PM // 12:15   #12
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Solo farming with my 55 necro.

I'm opened about 200 hm chests so far when working on title not even single tome dropped only junk and i don't need to pay over 1 plat everytime i'm run to boss, i'm used to farm elite tomes on bosses with easy but that was about 2 years ago before my break....
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 02:25 PM // 14:25   #13
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I think Anet hates everyone... but i could understand if you've farmed that much...
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 03:43 PM // 15:43   #14
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you would prolly have better luck from HM chests
This or the post below about the Z-coins is your most time efficient way. Lately I have been averaging an elite tome every 1 of 10 chests in HM. I have never had good luck with tomes by boss farming. I have better luck at the green items than tomes. On most occasions if I really want a tome I will get it through z-coins.
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Old Jun 12, 2010, 03:58 PM // 15:58   #15
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Just accept the fact that they won't drop for you and then they will start dropping
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