The Chestrunners Thread - Page 61 - Guild Wars Forums

Guy Incognito · Nov 25, 2013, 02:16 PM // 14:16

Excellent, cheers.

sun strike · Nov 27, 2013, 06:59 PM // 18:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by system.fan

Ice Caves of Sorrow Mission in HM...
takes some time to practice untill u can do it fast but nice drop rate imo.

had a few white ravers and ascalon war hammers there

ive had ascalon warhammer drop there once aswell.

deepl3zz · Jan 20, 2014, 01:23 PM // 13:23

Hey guys,

even if the last post in this thread was about 2 months ago I'd like to share my favourite Chest Run with you. I know it's nothing new but only a modified version of the Silent Surf Chest Run from Page 1^^. As my main target in this run are Jellyfish Wands I skip all chests that don't drop them. This leads to a very short run with 0-3 chests (1-2 is standard) in about 1-2 minutes. For the route, see the attached file. There sometimes spawn chests that can't drop jellyfish wands. These are the ones near the Leviathan Maul and the Rockhide Dragon group as well as the one in the south near the Kirin and Saltspray Dragon group. So you can skip these if you just run for Jellyfishs as I do. Only chests near Scuttle Fish, Creeping Carps and Irukandji can drop them.

Possible Drops:
Jellyfish Wands (comparatevely often -> ~3-4/full inventory)
Emblazoned Defenders -> rare
Other rare Canthan stuff like Jugs and Paper Fans (I only got one of each since doing this)
Embossed Aegis
Colossal Picks
Standard Jade Sea stuff (Jade Weapons, Archaic Axes and so on)
To be honest I'm not sure if the chest near the Kirin drop Echovalds (I never got one

)
As I do this in Hard Mode I get Tomes too.
The run is very good for OS Weapons, cause there are no runes in the drop pool =)

I got to say that english is not my motherlanguage so I hope you understand everything =)

Greetings

Raffa

Edit: Make sure you dont have the Quest "The Dragon Hunter", as there wont be many "fishes" in the area

Atro · Jan 24, 2014, 12:18 AM // 00:18

I was wondering if anyone else does the Melandru's Hope chest run. Personally I think its a pretty good run. Plenty of Amber weapons, Gothics, I've seen a few Paper Fans there as well.

2-3 chests per run and it takes ~5 minutes.

system.fan · Jan 24, 2014, 09:03 AM // 09:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by deepl3zz

Hey guys,

even if the last post in this thread was about 2 months ago I'd like to share my favourite Chest Run with you. I know it's nothing new but only a modified version of the Silent Surf Chest Run from Page 1^^. As my main target in this run are Jellyfish Wands I skip all chests that don't drop them. This leads to a very short run with 0-3 chests (1-2 is standard) in about 1-2 minutes. For the route, see the attached file. There sometimes spawn chests that can't drop jellyfish wands. These are the ones near the Leviathan Maul and the Rockhide Dragon group as well as the one in the south near the Kirin and Saltspray Dragon group. So you can skip these if you just run for Jellyfishs as I do. Only chests near Scuttle Fish, Creeping Carps and Irukandji can drop them.

hey dude,

just curious - what build do u use for this run?
Think it could be pretty hard for beginners since creeping carps remove shadow form and shroud with their touch skill and then slow you down pretty bad

deepl3zz · Jan 24, 2014, 09:35 AM // 09:35

I'm using pretty much stadart SF build with "IAU" and dwarven stability+ dark escape+heart of shadow+ death's charge... fill group up with paragon/warrior or any other heroes with IMS shouts... If u take the right way, u can avoid pretty much all aggro till u arive at the with the whispering ritual lord in the south.. and from there on it should be nor problem to run / jump to a chest and open it^^^if u have any issues u can flag ur heroes in so they focus on them...
i do some kind of statistics on this run btw at the moment.. I'm running 250 lockpicks there and document my findings and i will share them when I'm done

undead living · Jan 31, 2014, 07:49 AM // 07:49

I run Melandrus for gothics and other kurzick goodies. go from academy and run around and end up in jade flats area. I also run FoW for fun if anyone wants to join

Les Rituas Mitsouko · Mar 24, 2014, 04:34 PM // 16:34

This week, event double lucky / unlucky points with lockpick.

Add me on FL if you running Pongmei Valley NM !

--> Donna Rank Il

Magentis · Apr 18, 2014, 02:39 PM // 14:39

remus longblade · Apr 29, 2014, 01:06 AM // 01:06

Is there any distinct difference in the attainable drops (in high level zones) between NM and HM? Obviously the chance of getting a rare drop increases, but does running in HM say eliminate the chance of getting an r8 drop, or increase the chance of getting an r13 drop? I've been running Pongmei as of late and I've been wondering if this was the case.

system.fan · Apr 29, 2014, 01:25 PM // 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by remus longblade

Is there any distinct difference in the attainable drops (in high level zones) between NM and HM? Obviously the chance of getting a rare drop increases, but does running in HM say eliminate the chance of getting an r8 drop, or increase the chance of getting an r13 drop? I've been running Pongmei as of late and I've been wondering if this was the case.

im pretty sure you won't get any req8 from Lock Chests (HM).
And I can confirm you CAN get req8 max golds from Canthan Chests (NM).

Did a lot of chestrunning in pongmei nm lately to get some nice req8 drops...
Swords, Shields and Offhands are confirmed to still drop as req8 max golds...
didnt see any other items drop as req8max gold since years...

but if you hunt long enough you 100% will get a req8 max gold in NM earlier or later.... (i think best chance for r8 gold max stuff you got when foes [around chest] are lvl20.)

So to your question:
YES.. running in HM will kill your r8 chance (and increase r13 chance imo)

remus longblade · Apr 29, 2014, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Definitely seeing a lot of lower req., unfortunately a lot of non-max too... oh well, higher retain, it'll just take longer I suppose.

system.fan · Jun 03, 2014, 01:12 PM // 13:12

anyone got a nice route for chestrunning in crystal desert?
haven't seen a fast run there so far...

The chests there can still drop req8s in NM.... so gogogo find a nice run for me :P

thanks upfront for all input

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Also something else for the few chestrunners out there....

I took 750 Lockpicks with me and did NM Chestruns in Pongmei Valley till all were gone.
This was the result:

- Really Good Drops:

- Good Drops:
Bronze Shield Req8str/15ar +29/9vscold
Platinum Wand Req8 Fire 10-20dmg
Amber Aegis Req9str
Crude Shield Req9tac
Echovald Shield Req10tac
Broadsword Req9 (2x) -> one was r9 15^50
Golden Pillar Req9
Ominous Idol Req9Dom (2x)
Gothic Shield Req9str (2x)
Gothic Shield Req9tac (2x)
Gothic Shield Req10tac (2x)
Echovald Shield Req10tac
Paper Fan Req11 FC
Paper Fan Req11 SR
Paper Fan Req12 SR
Jug Req11 SR
Jug Req12 DF
Ornate Shield Req9str / Req10tac (2x) / Req11tac / Req11str
Bronze Shield Req9tac (+ Req11tac -2st +30)
Embossed Aegis Req9tac / Req9str
Tall Shield Req9tac
Golden Chalice Req9ES

- Not so good Drops:

TONS of amber/jade wands and staves and nonmax golds / unwanted skins (archaic axe, morningstar axe, Branch.... )

Important Note - I did get like 5-10 Bo/Dragon Staves... but not one of them had a max inherent HSR mod!

Some statistics (not 100% accurate) for those who want to get some req8s too:

- I did chestruns untill all 750 Lockpicks were broke.
- 1 Lockpick will keep for ~8 Canthan Chests (in average with Max Treasure & Luck).
- Opened ~4 Chests / Run
- More or less 1 Gold Drop every 2 Runs (in average)

----
750 Lockpicks -> Opened ~5000-6000 Cathan Chests -> Got 9 Req8's:

So you could say for every 666 (^^) opened canthan chests you will get 1 Req8.
If you can do 4 Chests/Run @ Pongmei -> For every 166 Runs you will get 1 Req8.

Result for me:
Droprate is shit ... but I haven't seen so many unidentified Req8's in my inventory in years - so I'll definitely do some more runs!
Still hoping for the req8+5 fellblade to drop^^

(& Yes, req8 max swords do drop from canthan chests)

Cheers!

/E:
just got another req8df paper fan^^

/E2:
will wait untill i got ~20 req8's in storage to be sure at least 1 will be good
will post the identified stuff here too...

cheers

fadekill · Jun 15, 2014, 07:55 PM // 19:55

@system: What's the profit of running NM over HM in Pongmei for example? Only the chance of keeping the lockpicks or does it affect the chance of getting req8's?

system.fan · Jun 15, 2014, 08:58 PM // 20:58

@fadekill.... you won't get req8's from any chests expect "canthan chests", "kournan chests" or those in crytal desert (elonian chests i think)...

so yea... NM affects the chance of req8's...
and that's also the only reason im running in NM...

and yea... lockpic retain rate is awsome aswell.
doubled my max luck title within the last 800-900 lockpicks i think

Deadly Aahl · Jul 06, 2014, 01:39 AM // 01:39

I've recently decided that my r3 treasure hunter title simply isn't high enough, so I went and bought myself a stack of lockpicks.
Now as I've no idea which places are good for chest running I came to this thread.
Pongmei is the lucky area that gets to eat my stack, but after seeing systems post about all those sexy q8's, I'm wondering whats more rewardable: HM or NM?
The way I see it NM = chance for q8's but rest is most likely crap, and HM = more consistent drops (golds which atleast the merchant pays something for) and a chance for rares like Bo staves.
So between NM or HM, for someone with only 250 picks, which one do I chose for most money back?

Ty in advance

Internetuser · Jul 07, 2014, 03:06 AM // 03:06

HM would be the best option for you, Deadly. Dont forget you also get elite tomes from HM and they will easily cover the cost of picks.

Vizi · Jul 07, 2014, 10:45 AM // 10:45

NM = Not working for Chest title anyway, since it's a Canthan chest!

system.fan · Jul 07, 2014, 11:25 AM // 11:25

well after breaking nearly 1000 Picks in NM @ pongmei I'd say... go for HM!

The chance for req8's is sweet but still... at least 3/4 of the req8s i got were crap anyway^^
So sure you can be really lucky and get a perfect req8... but the chance is rly slim.

You'll get more cash from HM I think... Elite Tomes, unid crap 7=6k, and some req9+ rare skins... not too bad imo

and like vizi said... NM won't count for the title @ pongmei!

fadekill · Jul 07, 2014, 01:21 PM // 13:21

But crystal desert NM should improve your title, right? Up until next week I got a lot to do but starting of next week I thought about looking for a good chest run route in the crystal desert (because you looked for one). Will see how that goes.

What's your acceptable time/chest ratio?

Mar 24, 2014, 04:34 PM // 16:34	#1208
Les Rituas Mitsouko Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: France, or Pongmei Valley Guild: Like A Rolling Chest [RoLL] Profession: Rt/	This week, event double lucky / unlucky points with lockpick. Add me on FL if you running Pongmei Valley NM ! --> Donna Rank Il Last edited by Les Rituas Mitsouko; Mar 24, 2014 at 04:48 PM // 16:48..

Jun 03, 2014, 01:12 PM // 13:12	#1213
system.fan Grotto Attendant Join Date: Aug 2008 Guild: "???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]" \| Retired in "Teh Academy [PhD]" Profession: Mo/A	anyone got a nice route for chestrunning in crystal desert? haven't seen a fast run there so far... The chests there can still drop req8s in NM.... so gogogo find a nice run for me :P thanks upfront for all input ------------------------------------------------------------------- Also something else for the few chestrunners out there.... I took 750 Lockpicks with me and did NM Chestruns in Pongmei Valley till all were gone. This was the result: - Really Good Drops: - Good Drops: Bronze Shield Req8str/15ar +29/9vscold Platinum Wand Req8 Fire 10-20dmg Amber Aegis Req9str Crude Shield Req9tac Echovald Shield Req10tac Broadsword Req9 (2x) -> one was r9 15^50 Golden Pillar Req9 Ominous Idol Req9Dom (2x) Gothic Shield Req9str (2x) Gothic Shield Req9tac (2x) Gothic Shield Req10tac (2x) Echovald Shield Req10tac Paper Fan Req11 FC Paper Fan Req11 SR Paper Fan Req12 SR Jug Req11 SR Jug Req12 DF Ornate Shield Req9str / Req10tac (2x) / Req11tac / Req11str Bronze Shield Req9tac (+ Req11tac -2st +30) Embossed Aegis Req9tac / Req9str Tall Shield Req9tac Golden Chalice Req9ES - Not so good Drops: TONS of amber/jade wands and staves and nonmax golds / unwanted skins (archaic axe, morningstar axe, Branch.... ) Important Note - I did get like 5-10 Bo/Dragon Staves... but not one of them had a max inherent HSR mod! Some statistics (not 100% accurate) for those who want to get some req8s too: - I did chestruns untill all 750 Lockpicks were broke. - 1 Lockpick will keep for ~8 Canthan Chests (in average with Max Treasure & Luck). - Opened ~4 Chests / Run - More or less 1 Gold Drop every 2 Runs (in average) ---- 750 Lockpicks -> Opened ~5000-6000 Cathan Chests -> Got 9 Req8's: So you could say for every 666 (^^) opened canthan chests you will get 1 Req8. If you can do 4 Chests/Run @ Pongmei -> For every 166 Runs you will get 1 Req8. Result for me: Droprate is shit ... but I haven't seen so many unidentified Req8's in my inventory in years - so I'll definitely do some more runs! Still hoping for the req8+5 fellblade to drop^^ (& Yes, req8 max swords do drop from canthan chests) Cheers! /E: just got another req8df paper fan^^ /E2: will wait untill i got ~20 req8's in storage to be sure at least 1 will be good will post the identified stuff here too... cheers Last edited by system.fan; Aug 16, 2015 at 12:59 AM // 00:59..

Nov 25, 2013, 02:16 PM // 14:16	#1201
Guy Incognito Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: the 1980's Profession: W/	Excellent, cheers.

Jan 24, 2014, 12:18 AM // 00:18	#1204
Atro Miss the good ol' days Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Where don't I live? Profession: A/	I was wondering if anyone else does the Melandru's Hope chest run. Personally I think its a pretty good run. Plenty of Amber weapons, Gothics, I've seen a few Paper Fans there as well. 2-3 chests per run and it takes ~5 minutes.

Jan 24, 2014, 09:35 AM // 09:35	#1206
deepl3zz Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Guild: JPH Profession: E/	I'm using pretty much stadart SF build with "IAU" and dwarven stability+ dark escape+heart of shadow+ death's charge... fill group up with paragon/warrior or any other heroes with IMS shouts... If u take the right way, u can avoid pretty much all aggro till u arive at the with the whispering ritual lord in the south.. and from there on it should be nor problem to run / jump to a chest and open it^^^if u have any issues u can flag ur heroes in so they focus on them... i do some kind of statistics on this run btw at the moment.. I'm running 250 lockpicks there and document my findings and i will share them when I'm done

Jan 31, 2014, 07:49 AM // 07:49	#1207
undead living Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2008 Guild: Nobl Profession: N/Me	I run Melandrus for gothics and other kurzick goodies. go from academy and run around and end up in jade flats area. I also run FoW for fun if anyone wants to join

Apr 18, 2014, 02:39 PM // 14:39	#1209
Magentis Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Germany Guild: [Grrl] Profession: W/Rt

Apr 29, 2014, 01:06 AM // 01:06	#1210
remus longblade Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Somewhere, deep underground. Like Osama. Guild: Illustrious Chromatic Engimas [ICE] Profession: W/Mo	Is there any distinct difference in the attainable drops (in high level zones) between NM and HM? Obviously the chance of getting a rare drop increases, but does running in HM say eliminate the chance of getting an r8 drop, or increase the chance of getting an r13 drop? I've been running Pongmei as of late and I've been wondering if this was the case.

Apr 29, 2014, 07:50 PM // 19:50	#1212
remus longblade Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Somewhere, deep underground. Like Osama. Guild: Illustrious Chromatic Engimas [ICE] Profession: W/Mo	Definitely seeing a lot of lower req., unfortunately a lot of non-max too... oh well, higher retain, it'll just take longer I suppose.

Jun 15, 2014, 07:55 PM // 19:55	#1214
fadekill Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2012	@system: What's the profit of running NM over HM in Pongmei for example? Only the chance of keeping the lockpicks or does it affect the chance of getting req8's?

Jun 15, 2014, 08:58 PM // 20:58	#1215
system.fan Grotto Attendant Join Date: Aug 2008 Guild: "???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]" \| Retired in "Teh Academy [PhD]" Profession: Mo/A	@fadekill.... you won't get req8's from any chests expect "canthan chests", "kournan chests" or those in crytal desert (elonian chests i think)... so yea... NM affects the chance of req8's... and that's also the only reason im running in NM... and yea... lockpic retain rate is awsome aswell. doubled my max luck title within the last 800-900 lockpicks i think

Jul 06, 2014, 01:39 AM // 01:39	#1216
Deadly Aahl Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2014 Profession: A/	I've recently decided that my r3 treasure hunter title simply isn't high enough, so I went and bought myself a stack of lockpicks. Now as I've no idea which places are good for chest running I came to this thread. Pongmei is the lucky area that gets to eat my stack, but after seeing systems post about all those sexy q8's, I'm wondering whats more rewardable: HM or NM? The way I see it NM = chance for q8's but rest is most likely crap, and HM = more consistent drops (golds which atleast the merchant pays something for) and a chance for rares like Bo staves. So between NM or HM, for someone with only 250 picks, which one do I chose for most money back? Ty in advance

Jul 07, 2014, 03:06 AM // 03:06	#1217
Internetuser Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2010 Profession: W/	HM would be the best option for you, Deadly. Dont forget you also get elite tomes from HM and they will easily cover the cost of picks.

Jul 07, 2014, 10:45 AM // 10:45	#1218
Vizi Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: France	NM = Not working for Chest title anyway, since it's a Canthan chest!

Jul 07, 2014, 11:25 AM // 11:25	#1219
system.fan Grotto Attendant Join Date: Aug 2008 Guild: "???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]" \| Retired in "Teh Academy [PhD]" Profession: Mo/A	well after breaking nearly 1000 Picks in NM @ pongmei I'd say... go for HM! The chance for req8's is sweet but still... at least 3/4 of the req8s i got were crap anyway^^ So sure you can be really lucky and get a perfect req8... but the chance is rly slim. You'll get more cash from HM I think... Elite Tomes, unid crap 7=6k, and some req9+ rare skins... not too bad imo and like vizi said... NM won't count for the title @ pongmei!

Jul 07, 2014, 01:21 PM // 13:21	#1220
fadekill Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2012	But crystal desert NM should improve your title, right? Up until next week I got a lot to do but starting of next week I thought about looking for a good chest run route in the crystal desert (because you looked for one). Will see how that goes. What's your acceptable time/chest ratio?