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Cow Tale · Dec 16, 2006, 11:53 AM // 11:53

havent been in elona yet but im having a crap load of gold sdrop from monsters in cantha. got 17 in about 3 hours. i thought that was kinda wierd.

Etrik · Dec 16, 2006, 01:35 PM // 13:35

I've gotten a godly amount of golds from chests in 5 hours. Gonna go blow another 60k on keys ^_~

(And I've had 2 Kournan Keys drop in a 3-minute time span in Barbarous Shore..

)

FalconDance · Dec 16, 2006, 02:13 PM // 14:13

Well, all in all I spent over three hours out and about in Elona last night. Spent time in Mirror of Lyss, Alkali Pan, Yahtendi Canyon, worked my way up to the Fortress of Jahai, and around in the Realm of Torment. Here's the results:

*Finished a couple quests I'd forgotten about, always a good thing

*NO key drops

*Only 4 chests within all the maps, total. Only 1 gold, a nice (high req, tho) hornbow that my ranger immediately tried out

*Approx. 2K in gold coins dropped plus whatever pittance the merchant gave me for the other icky stuff

*Black dye - my third in almost a year and a half of play!

*The green Air ele off-hand dropped when I had to persuade the boss to get out of my way. Sweet, my ele can equip it when she goes back to Air and Earth

*Uncovered another nearly 2% of the map for the cartography title

So, all in all, the evening was highly successful even if it was not what was advertised.

Etrik · Dec 17, 2006, 03:27 AM // 03:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalconDance

Well, all in all I spent over three hours out and about in Elona last night. Spent time in Mirror of Lyss, Alkali Pan, Yahtendi Canyon, worked my way up to the Fortress of Jahai, and around in the Realm of Torment. Here's the results:

*Finished a couple quests I'd forgotten about, always a good thing

*NO key drops

*Only 4 chests within all the maps, total. Only 1 gold, a nice (high req, tho) hornbow that my ranger immediately tried out

*Approx. 2K in gold coins dropped plus whatever pittance the merchant gave me for the other icky stuff

*Black dye - my third in almost a year and a half of play!

*The green Air ele off-hand dropped when I had to persuade the boss to get out of my way. Sweet, my ele can equip it when she goes back to Air and Earth

*Uncovered another nearly 2% of the map for the cartography title

So, all in all, the evening was highly successful even if it was not what was advertised.

Just so you know. There are always 4 chests in every 'high-end' area. Always. I farm Crystal Overlook chests, and not once have I found less or more than 4 chests.

And it is what was advertised. You were unlucky.

ntmdtr3fan · Dec 17, 2006, 04:06 AM // 04:06

200k spent on keys. Chest running in Stygian veil. 63 keys used. 63 gold taken. 6 Igneous blades among many other things. I have hardly got grapes in the Stygian Veil. Been pretty much CR since last week. Try there for alot of golds. BTW if you dont know were this is . Its in the Domain of Anguish.

death fuzzy · Dec 17, 2006, 04:41 AM // 04:41

6/7 goals from vabbi chests. only 1 decent weapon though.

L|S >+>+G+<+< · Dec 17, 2006, 05:06 AM // 05:06

hmmm, well I would say that golds are dropping more frequently but as to whether they are any good or not, well I found 1 15^50 mod & a fire wand for me ele hero, aside from that ....m3h......12 chests in doa ....m3h....vabbi chests various places...m3h....keys dropping - had 1 key drop all night (7hrs)

nice update not...no wonder it was called weekend news & not a bonus or anything. certainly created a lot of *news* in this thread.

anyway, we should all know by now that anet doesn't give too much away (unless they're trying to lower the price of greenies :O), so no real dissapointments i guess.

gl & hf!!

narcissistic_fool · Dec 17, 2006, 05:55 AM // 05:55

183 chests, 183 golds so far. in one of the doa areas.

Shadowfox1125 · Dec 17, 2006, 06:10 AM // 06:10

Did some runs in Poisoned Outcrops..
My luck has never been great, but I'd say approximately 10/15 for me.

2 Vabbian Keys dropped.. in an area with Ancient Elonian Chests..

FalconDance · Dec 17, 2006, 02:46 PM // 14:46

No, Etrik, I meant that in all six maps I romped in, there were only four chests total, period. Not four in each map. Six maps = four chests. That's not even one chest per map.

Just the day before that, I had seen all sorts of chests in Nightfallen Jahai (more than four, btw, I think there were six or seven. But I was a little busy staying alive.).

I went out for a couple hours yesterday in Vabbi - saw two chests in one map and one in another. All grape. No keys.

But you are right in that I have deplorable 'luck' in chests during these events. It's almost as if my account has a reverse-event

.

Venus was her name · Dec 17, 2006, 11:45 PM // 23:45

lol these weekends are just money sinks...

"yay lets all go spend 200k on DoA keys"

keys have strated dropping more today chests are going about 75% gold

cellardweller · Dec 18, 2006, 12:03 AM // 00:03

267 Golds 178 purples from Vabbi/Desolation chests over the weekend. I would have been content with a 50/50 spread, so colour me tickled pink.

milan · Dec 18, 2006, 12:10 AM // 00:10

150 keys used in 3 x 50 key segments (I get bored easy) - Vabbian Chests

1st 50 - 38 golds 12 purples - made over 200k from items (lots of runes as well)
2nd 50 - 34 golds 16 purples - 350k - a very nice sun and moon shield among it
3rd 50 - 25 golds 25 purples - very odd occurence with even numbers - 150k so far and still selling.

Etrik · Dec 18, 2006, 03:52 AM // 03:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalconDance

No, Etrik, I meant that in all six maps I romped in, there were only four chests total, period. Not four in each map. Six maps = four chests. That's not even one chest per map.

Just the day before that, I had seen all sorts of chests in Nightfallen Jahai (more than four, btw, I think there were six or seven. But I was a little busy staying alive.).

I went out for a couple hours yesterday in Vabbi - saw two chests in one map and one in another. All grape. No keys.

But you are right in that I have deplorable 'luck' in chests during these events. It's almost as if my account has a reverse-event

.

Go to any high-end area. Explore the entire area. You will find 4 chests. Not one, not two, not three, not five, not six. Four. In each area. Every time.

Spike · Dec 18, 2006, 04:25 AM // 04:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Etrik

Go to any high-end area. Explore the entire area. You will find 4 chests. Not one, not two, not three, not five, not six. Four. In each area. Every time.

NO NO NO. I explored every part of crystal overlook and saw 2 chests. I went around the garden and got 6. I have been around the garden MANY times and there are NEVER the same amout of chests. EVERY TIME.

**cosyfiep** · Dec 18, 2006, 07:12 AM // 07:12

were keys supposed to drop this weekend?

I didnt get any and neither did the guildee I was questing with.... I did buy 1 key and did get a nice gold curses focus from it.....and guildee bought a few and got 1 gold 1 purple (and even got a black dye too)......but then again since I started playing nightfall I have only gotten 4 keys to drop outside the starter island....2 in the same run last week.

as always three times nothing is still nothing....but at least the chests were a bit nicer.

Moa Bird Cultist · Dec 18, 2006, 03:51 PM // 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Etrik

Go to any high-end area. Explore the entire area. You will find 4 chests. Not one, not two, not three, not five, not six. Four. In each area. Every time.

Not five, eh? You obviously have never been in the Akali Pan on a good day, Sir.

Anyway, weekend was v.good, got both my treasure hunter and seeker titles, as well as rank 4 lightbringer and even had time to get a full 10% of Tyria, bringing me up to 77.8% I had a few really decent ones, though all the inscriptions left a little to be desired, but gold desolation skinned weapons aplenty, not to mention a few ancient skinned golds as well, (I really like the gold ancient scythe skin, got two of those ^^ Anyway, of 40 odd chests, I'd say 30 must have been gold, at least. Not to mention a gold hammer with zealous and perfect enchanting that I had drop in the maguuma jungle for me, non max, but I got both the mods off it.

Oh, and I got 0.1% of Elona too - 91.6 now. So yeah, it was one hell of a good weekend for me

Ty Anet!

Zephyr Rose · Dec 18, 2006, 04:04 PM // 16:04

I had about 6 Vabbi keys drop for me, and only spent about two hours on chests/key farming all weekend. Got some nice golds, about 10 out of the 16 chests I opened. The one weekend I had to spend babysitting and working ANet puts on an awesome event like this!! But I think people who didn't get any keys probably just got the short end of the stick. Sorry for the bad luck!

Kid Divinity · Dec 18, 2006, 04:54 PM // 16:54

I logged about 12 hours of play throughout the weekend and I got 1 Ancient Elonian key drop.... in the Realm of Torment. I did get a sup death rune and a couple decent (arm those heroes!) golds with my purchased keys, however.

Dec 16, 2006, 11:53 AM // 11:53	#21
Cow Tale Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ocean Shores, Washington Guild: Last Sun Rise Profession: W/Mo	havent been in elona yet but im having a crap load of gold sdrop from monsters in cantha. got 17 in about 3 hours. i thought that was kinda wierd.

Dec 16, 2006, 01:35 PM // 13:35	#22
Etrik Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Romania Guild: None atm Profession: Mo/	I've gotten a godly amount of golds from chests in 5 hours. Gonna go blow another 60k on keys ^_~ (And I've had 2 Kournan Keys drop in a 3-minute time span in Barbarous Shore.. )

Dec 16, 2006, 02:13 PM // 14:13	#23
FalconDance Jungle Guide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: ...deep within the sylvan splendor... Guild: Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]	Well, all in all I spent over three hours out and about in Elona last night. Spent time in Mirror of Lyss, Alkali Pan, Yahtendi Canyon, worked my way up to the Fortress of Jahai, and around in the Realm of Torment. Here's the results: Finished a couple quests I'd forgotten about, always a good thing NO key drops Only 4 chests within all the maps, total. Only 1 gold, a nice (high req, tho) hornbow that my ranger immediately tried out Approx. 2K in gold coins dropped plus whatever pittance the merchant gave me for the other icky stuff Black dye - my third in almost a year and a half of play! The green Air ele off-hand dropped when I had to persuade the boss to get out of my way. Sweet, my ele can equip it when she goes back to Air and Earth Uncovered another nearly 2% of the map for the cartography title So, all in all, the evening was highly successful even if it was not* what was advertised.

Dec 17, 2006, 04:06 AM // 04:06	#25
ntmdtr3fan Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northen California Guild: Avatars of Faith a Profession: N/E	200k spent on keys. Chest running in Stygian veil. 63 keys used. 63 gold taken. 6 Igneous blades among many other things. I have hardly got grapes in the Stygian Veil. Been pretty much CR since last week. Try there for alot of golds. BTW if you dont know were this is . Its in the Domain of Anguish.

Dec 17, 2006, 04:41 AM // 04:41	#26
death fuzzy Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Nefarius Union	6/7 goals from vabbi chests. only 1 decent weapon though.

Dec 17, 2006, 05:06 AM // 05:06	#27
L\|S >+>+G+<+< Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2006	hmmm, well I would say that golds are dropping more frequently but as to whether they are any good or not, well I found 1 15^50 mod & a fire wand for me ele hero, aside from that ....m3h......12 chests in doa ....m3h....vabbi chests various places...m3h....keys dropping - had 1 key drop all night (7hrs) nice update not...no wonder it was called weekend news & not a bonus or anything. certainly created a lot of news in this thread. anyway, we should all know by now that anet doesn't give too much away (unless they're trying to lower the price of greenies :O), so no real dissapointments i guess. gl & hf!!

Dec 17, 2006, 05:55 AM // 05:55	#28
narcissistic_fool Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2006 Guild: Random Logic [rL] Profession: W/	183 chests, 183 golds so far. in one of the doa areas.

Dec 17, 2006, 06:10 AM // 06:10	#29
Shadowfox1125 Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: PST Profession: W/	Did some runs in Poisoned Outcrops.. My luck has never been great, but I'd say approximately 10/15 for me. 2 Vabbian Keys dropped.. in an area with Ancient Elonian Chests..

Dec 17, 2006, 02:46 PM // 14:46	#30
FalconDance Jungle Guide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: ...deep within the sylvan splendor... Guild: Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]	No, Etrik, I meant that in all six maps I romped in, there were only four chests total, period. Not four in each map. Six maps = four chests. That's not even one chest per map. Just the day before that, I had seen all sorts of chests in Nightfallen Jahai (more than four, btw, I think there were six or seven. But I was a little busy staying alive.). I went out for a couple hours yesterday in Vabbi - saw two chests in one map and one in another. All grape. No keys. But you are right in that I have deplorable 'luck' in chests during these events. It's almost as if my account has a reverse-event .

Dec 17, 2006, 11:45 PM // 23:45	#31
Venus was her name Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cornwall, UK Profession: W/N	lol these weekends are just money sinks... "yay lets all go spend 200k on DoA keys" keys have strated dropping more today chests are going about 75% gold

Dec 18, 2006, 12:03 AM // 00:03	#32
cellardweller Likes naked dance offs Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: The Older Gamers [TOG]	267 Golds 178 purples from Vabbi/Desolation chests over the weekend. I would have been content with a 50/50 spread, so colour me tickled pink.

Dec 18, 2006, 12:10 AM // 00:10	#33
milan Desert Nomad Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: BONE Profession: N/	150 keys used in 3 x 50 key segments (I get bored easy) - Vabbian Chests 1st 50 - 38 golds 12 purples - made over 200k from items (lots of runes as well) 2nd 50 - 34 golds 16 purples - 350k - a very nice sun and moon shield among it 3rd 50 - 25 golds 25 purples - very odd occurence with even numbers - 150k so far and still selling.

Dec 18, 2006, 07:12 AM // 07:12	#36
cosyfiep are we there yet? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: in a land far far away Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild? Profession: Rt/	were keys supposed to drop this weekend? I didnt get any and neither did the guildee I was questing with.... I did buy 1 key and did get a nice gold curses focus from it.....and guildee bought a few and got 1 gold 1 purple (and even got a black dye too)......but then again since I started playing nightfall I have only gotten 4 keys to drop outside the starter island....2 in the same run last week. as always three times nothing is still nothing....but at least the chests were a bit nicer.

Dec 18, 2006, 04:04 PM // 16:04	#38
Zephyr Rose Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Florida Guild: TGR Profession: Mo/Me	I had about 6 Vabbi keys drop for me, and only spent about two hours on chests/key farming all weekend. Got some nice golds, about 10 out of the 16 chests I opened. The one weekend I had to spend babysitting and working ANet puts on an awesome event like this!! But I think people who didn't get any keys probably just got the short end of the stick. Sorry for the bad luck!

Dec 18, 2006, 04:54 PM // 16:54	#39
Kid Divinity Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2006 Guild: Zydian Coven Profession: Rt/E	I logged about 12 hours of play throughout the weekend and I got 1 Ancient Elonian key drop.... in the Realm of Torment. I did get a sup death rune and a couple decent (arm those heroes!) golds with my purchased keys, however.