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FengShuiDove · Mar 17, 2011, 01:02 PM // 13:02

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Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

Errrr, uhhhh... what chests are you opening? Cause in my 3,500 opens I sure as heck haven't had that kind of experience, and that represents VQing the whole game and opening chests in every area across all continents, plus elite areas.

Quaker · Mar 17, 2011, 02:40 PM // 14:40

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Originally Posted by milkopilko

Why do so many people open locked chests with lockpicks?

I can tell you why I open chests.

1. It's fun. I play the game for fun.

2. Contrary to some people's opinion, it doesn't cost that much. In the past it was actually profitable to open chests, but these days, given many factors, the demand for most items you get from the chests is rather low. However, there are still good mods and skins to be had.
I would concede that, if you are new to the game and don't have much gold to spare, it may not be economical to open chests any more - which is a shame (ref. #1)

3. I have 9,962 chests opened, so I may as well go for the title. (However, I don't/won't "chest farm".)

4. It also affects my lucky/unlucky titles, but that's not why I do it.

Bright Star Shine · Mar 18, 2011, 11:27 AM // 11:27

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Originally Posted by FengShuiDove

Errrr, uhhhh... what chests are you opening? Cause in my 3,500 opens I sure as heck haven't had that kind of experience, and that represents VQing the whole game and opening chests in every area across all continents, plus elite areas.

Depends, I open a lot of them.. Also, some people sell their unids, so that makes up for a lot too, and lately, every armor that I id gives either at least one 200g+ rune/insignia. And one out of 4-5 gives a 1k+ rune/insignia. With the latest rune prices, be prepared to make money..

Also, if after opening 4k chests the average remains, I think it can be considered an average. q9 15^50 items go for 10-25k depending on item, and you get one of those not often, but often enough.. Sup Vigs do a lot etc.

If you're really that unlucky, then I guess chest running isn't your thing.

It could be my vision is blurred, because it's really hard for me to keep track of whether or not I make money, since my chest running is in between DoASC's. So, I make quite an amount of money there too...

Whirl E Vic · Mar 18, 2011, 01:31 PM // 13:31

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Originally Posted by FengShuiDove

Errrr, uhhhh... what chests are you opening? Cause in my 3,500 opens I sure as heck haven't had that kind of experience, and that represents VQing the whole game and opening chests in every area across all continents, plus elite areas.

That analysis is highly skewed by the "20-30e" item. Not saying that OP didn't get something good, but I don't think that its a representative sample.

In my experience (~5k chests) you do come close to making money back, but its probably a small loss (10-20%) (I run Boreal mostly, with some jade sea, pongmei and mirror of lyss thrown in for variety). Some stacks of picks are indeed profitable. Some you only get junk. Measure for measure, selling the popular mods and, of course, elite tomes help out.

Bright Star Shine · Mar 19, 2011, 11:05 AM // 11:05

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Originally Posted by Whirl E Vic

That analysis is highly skewed by the "20-30e" item. Not saying that OP didn't get something good, but I don't think that its a representative sample.

In my experience (~5k chests) you do come close to making money back, but its probably a small loss (10-20%) (I run Boreal mostly, with some jade sea, pongmei and mirror of lyss thrown in for variety). Some stacks of picks are indeed profitable. Some you only get junk. Measure for measure, selling the popular mods and, of course, elite tomes help out.

You should exclusively run in Cantha, because that's where the big money is. 1 good shield and you're set for 100e+. Running anywhere but Cantha, with the sole exception perhaps of Hell's Precipice, is quite stupid, because inscr items will not yield their money back, because they're quite useless.