Question About Party and Alcohol Price Differences - Guild Wars Forums

JoeysAngyl · Nov 05, 2008, 07:47 PM // 19:47

Alright so I've seen people selling alcohol for 100-150 gold per minute, and have seen people selling party items for 200-300 gold per point (which is what I'm trying to get). My question is since they are both 1's (minute and point) and you don't get any bonuses from them like you do from sweets, why such a difference in the price?

Hollygen · Nov 05, 2008, 07:54 PM // 19:54

Probably supply and demand. Booze can be aquired through repeatable quests, and from quartermasters and their equivalents throughout the game. SParty points are rarer, with their main source being from event drops

razerbeak · Nov 05, 2008, 08:00 PM // 20:00

Alcohol and sweets would be priced as high as party items, but then they would be cheaper at the traders (ie. dwarven ale and bean cakes). Party items are only worth that much because they cant be outpriced by an npc.

Mayda · Nov 05, 2008, 08:03 PM // 20:03

you can buy a point for drunkard or sweet tooth for 200g at merchants
theres no such opportunity for party title - if you want those, you gotta wait for some event
moreover, at the biggest events, there are collectors of like lunar tokens, victory tokens and similar stuff, who offer 1 party point for 5 pieces, or 3 alc/sweet points for 10, so effectively its more expensive

cognophile · Nov 05, 2008, 08:06 PM // 20:06

You can purchase dwarven ale (booze) year round from merchants in Droknar's Forge for 200 per minute.

Similarly, you can purchase red bean cakes (sweets) year round in Shing Jea for 200 per point (400 per cake).

To my knowledge, party items can only be farmed in quantity during special events.

JoeysAngyl · Nov 05, 2008, 08:06 PM // 20:06

Oh okies... thanks for the explanaition =)

miskav · Nov 05, 2008, 08:38 PM // 20:38

Also, drunken title is way more annoying to get, atleast to most.

jayson · Nov 05, 2008, 09:22 PM // 21:22

Aren't you also able to farm party items year round from the snowman dungeon?

HawkofStorms · Nov 05, 2008, 09:37 PM // 21:37

Yes you are Jayson, but even then they are slow going.

Furthermore, stuff like the z-chest, another big supply of booze/party/sweets drops cremes and firewater at a rate of like 20 times that of tonics.

Also, many of the smaller events that occur throughout the year just don't drop any party points (st patricks, easter, thanksgiving, international talk like a pirate day all drop sweets and/or booze ONLY).

realtalk916 · Nov 05, 2008, 11:53 PM // 23:53

i think the party items r more scarce, considering they usually come around the holidays... kinda sorta maybe?

Luminarus · Nov 06, 2008, 12:09 AM // 00:09

Party items are more scarce
Booze/Sweet have an unlimited supply, and price ceiling
Booze is a harder title to obtain
Party title is newer, and hence more popular.

illidan009 · Nov 06, 2008, 12:18 AM // 00:18

Drinks are easy to farm...takes only like 4 minutes to run Irontoe's lair, that's WITH working on Deldrimor and Survivor title all in one...Party items only come at like Christmas and Halloween, holidays basically.

Nov 05, 2008, 07:47 PM // 19:47	#1
JoeysAngyl Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: So Cali Guild: Absence of Light [AoL] Profession: E/R	Question About Party and Alcohol Price Differences Alright so I've seen people selling alcohol for 100-150 gold per minute, and have seen people selling party items for 200-300 gold per point (which is what I'm trying to get). My question is since they are both 1's (minute and point) and you don't get any bonuses from them like you do from sweets, why such a difference in the price?

Nov 05, 2008, 07:54 PM // 19:54	#2
Hollygen Core Guru Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Guild: Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa] Profession: R/	Probably supply and demand. Booze can be aquired through repeatable quests, and from quartermasters and their equivalents throughout the game. SParty points are rarer, with their main source being from event drops Last edited by Hollygen; Nov 05, 2008 at 11:28 PM // 23:28..

Nov 05, 2008, 08:00 PM // 20:00	#3
razerbeak Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2006 Profession: R/	Alcohol and sweets would be priced as high as party items, but then they would be cheaper at the traders (ie. dwarven ale and bean cakes). Party items are only worth that much because they cant be outpriced by an npc.

Nov 05, 2008, 08:03 PM // 20:03	#4
Mayda Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prague (GMT +1) Guild: FTW Profession: E/	you can buy a point for drunkard or sweet tooth for 200g at merchants theres no such opportunity for party title - if you want those, you gotta wait for some event moreover, at the biggest events, there are collectors of like lunar tokens, victory tokens and similar stuff, who offer 1 party point for 5 pieces, or 3 alc/sweet points for 10, so effectively its more expensive

Nov 05, 2008, 08:06 PM // 20:06	#5
cognophile Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA	You can purchase dwarven ale (booze) year round from merchants in Droknar's Forge for 200 per minute. Similarly, you can purchase red bean cakes (sweets) year round in Shing Jea for 200 per point (400 per cake). To my knowledge, party items can only be farmed in quantity during special events.

Nov 05, 2008, 08:38 PM // 20:38	#7
miskav Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: None Profession: Mo/	Also, drunken title is way more annoying to get, atleast to most.

Nov 05, 2008, 09:22 PM // 21:22	#8
jayson Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2007	Aren't you also able to farm party items year round from the snowman dungeon?

Nov 05, 2008, 09:37 PM // 21:37	#9
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	Yes you are Jayson, but even then they are slow going. Furthermore, stuff like the z-chest, another big supply of booze/party/sweets drops cremes and firewater at a rate of like 20 times that of tonics. Also, many of the smaller events that occur throughout the year just don't drop any party points (st patricks, easter, thanksgiving, international talk like a pirate day all drop sweets and/or booze ONLY).

Nov 05, 2008, 11:53 PM // 23:53	#10
realtalk916 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: California Guild: Reign Of Judgment [RoJ] Profession: W/E	i think the party items r more scarce, considering they usually come around the holidays... kinda sorta maybe?

Nov 06, 2008, 12:09 AM // 00:09	#11
Luminarus Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Guild: Haze of Light [pure] Profession: R/	Party items are more scarce Booze/Sweet have an unlimited supply, and price ceiling Booze is a harder title to obtain Party title is newer, and hence more popular.

Nov 06, 2008, 12:18 AM // 00:18	#12
illidan009 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Volterra, Italy Profession: A/	Drinks are easy to farm...takes only like 4 minutes to run Irontoe's lair, that's WITH working on Deldrimor and Survivor title all in one...Party items only come at like Christmas and Halloween, holidays basically.