Is 500 ectos a lot of ectos? - Guild Wars Forums

johnactor · Mar 08, 2007, 10:06 AM // 10:06

I saw a panda bid of 500 ectos on high end just now.

Is it easy to get ectos? I genuinely don't know, I don't farm UW. How long would it take a player to get 500 ectos and then blow it on one pet? I get that it's rare, I collect pets myself, but I currently have 100 ectos and it's taken ages. 500?

Guess it's one set I can't hope to own all of. C'est la vie.

ZenRgy · Mar 08, 2007, 10:08 AM // 10:08

Your methods determine how hard it is to obtain them.

But 500 ectos is a lot, I think their price can tell you that.

Wilk · Mar 08, 2007, 10:09 AM // 10:09

And why would you waste your rl life for getting more ectos? Its just a game, if someone has panda good for him, I dont care. This game is just show off.

Hockster · Mar 08, 2007, 10:10 AM // 10:10

Depends who you ask. To 99% of GW players it's more than they'll ever see in a (game) lifetime. To the other 1% it's a downpayment.

Cebe · Mar 08, 2007, 10:17 AM // 10:17

I have 16 - I consider that to be an achivement.

500 ectos is something I expect I'll never have

cheeze123 · Mar 08, 2007, 10:25 AM // 10:25

that's a lot of ectos to spend. how about sharing some ecto's with me? *wink*
anyways, the most i had was... four

Redfeather1975 · Mar 08, 2007, 10:30 AM // 10:30

To me?
That is 499 ectos more than a lot.
Yeah, I've only gotten 1 ecto. And I didn't know what to do with it so I gave it to a friend. Crazy me.

arcanemacabre · Mar 08, 2007, 10:41 AM // 10:41

Heh. I've gone to the UW 4 times. 2 of those times we cleared the whole place, 1 time I went to get a spider, and the last time was trying out the trapper build. That's it. I managed to get 2 ectos as drops. I've acquired a handful of others through trading. That about sums up my experience with ectos

Honestly, I find the UW moderately fun the first time through. After that, it's extremeley boring, IMO. I give mad props to anyone with the determination to farm that many ectos, because man, that's gotta be eye-gouging. That many ectos were more than likely traded for, but even that takes waaaay more patience and determination than farming.

Then again, they could've just made that many from one or two very lucky trades, ya know, like selling a panda

Sagius Truthbarron · Mar 08, 2007, 10:42 AM // 10:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redfeather1975

To me?
That is 499 ectos more than a lot.
Yeah, I've only gotten 1 ecto. And I didn't know what to do with it so I gave it to a friend. Crazy me.

I want one

They is shiny I hears.

Malice Black · Mar 08, 2007, 10:55 AM // 10:55

Nah they look like little drops of jelly IMO

Heh hit me up in game and I'll give you one

Etta · Mar 08, 2007, 11:03 AM // 11:03

500 ectos for a mini panda?

What does it do? Run around and use it bamboo of death on all enemies? The panda should had been a normal pet in Factions anyway, rubbish I say!

Redfeather1975 · Mar 08, 2007, 11:07 AM // 11:07

I hears the Panda can look into your soul and reveal it's state in cryptic sayings...

It say....

'Dude, you is so poor now!'

and runs away.

I wish I had a mini Panda now.

lishi · Mar 08, 2007, 11:11 AM // 11:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Etta

500 ectos for a mini panda?

What does it do? Run around and use it bamboo of death on all enemies? The panda should had been a normal pet in Factions anyway, rubbish I say!

its freaking rare. it was the prize for some tournament in asia. that mean about 20max around.

fenix · Mar 08, 2007, 11:13 AM // 11:13

500 is alot, BUT, there's players (used to be many more, but most quit) with thousands of ecto. But as Hockster said, it's alot for most of the GW community.

Stixxx · Mar 08, 2007, 11:15 AM // 11:15

most ecto's i ever had is 30 i think...i never cared about the UW much.
But yea, 500 ecto's is an impossible amount for most of us, and just a tip of the iceberg for others...

Etta · Mar 08, 2007, 11:24 AM // 11:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by lishi

its freaking rare. it was the prize for some tournament in asia. that mean about 20max around.

Yeah I know they were given to some top Japanese guilds and some Taiwanese Guild as well. I think there are just under 150 in total, could be less. So yeah they're rare.

Still worth 500 ectos,only if it come with bamboo of death.

bungusmaximus · Mar 08, 2007, 11:25 AM // 11:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redfeather1975

I hears the Panda can look into your soul and reveal it's state in cryptic sayings...

It say....

'Dude, you is so poor now!'

and runs away.

I wish I had a mini Panda now.

rofl, theres something about your writing style, most of your posts make me chuckle :P
I always sell every ecto I got, as farming seems awfully dull to me, and I severely suck at it too. The times another would farm I spend on PvP, theres too much to do in this game already. 500 ectos, argh, much, soooo much...

Guildmaster Cain · Mar 08, 2007, 11:35 AM // 11:35

Well, it certainly ain't pocket-change.

Consider it takes u about 1/2 an hour to get 1 ecto. So it would take 10 days and 10 hours to get that amount. But that would be 24-hrs of farming. So a more humanly answer would be: 1/4 of day gaming, which results in 41 days (6 hrs a day) and 4 hours. That would be 41+ days of ONLY farming and not playing the game. Just think what you could have achieved during that time, if it wasnt for that rotten Panda.

An obvious answer would be, the players that do buy Panda's have bought their ectos on Ebay, or used bot-farmers for it. 500 ectos ~ 5 million, and I think 1 million costs about 50 euro or more. So someone bought a Panda for rougly 250 euro's. AND ITS JUST PIXELS!

Ofcourse the buyer could have gotten 2 or 3 perfect crystalline swords during playing the game, but that would be EXTREMELY lucky or grinding.

Rockby Quickfoot · Mar 08, 2007, 11:38 AM // 11:38

I'm like RedFeather up above. I've only ever found 1 Ecto and I ended up giving it away

Gun Pierson · Mar 08, 2007, 11:56 AM // 11:56

500 ectos are a lot to the average player, but once you get into solo or duo farm uw with 2 of your own accounts you'll get them pretty fast, like 10 ectos a day as a minimum. It will roughly take a month. I stopped doing this lately as I don't know what to buy. Considered buying a panda but the shape of the head in GW seems like a polar beer, while panda's have more of a big round head.

versus ...

or WOW panda:

Mar 08, 2007, 10:06 AM // 10:06	#1
johnactor Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2006 Profession: Mo/Me	Is 500 ectos a lot of ectos? I saw a panda bid of 500 ectos on high end just now. Is it easy to get ectos? I genuinely don't know, I don't farm UW. How long would it take a player to get 500 ectos and then blow it on one pet? I get that it's rare, I collect pets myself, but I currently have 100 ectos and it's taken ages. 500? Guess it's one set I can't hope to own all of. C'est la vie.

Mar 08, 2007, 10:55 AM // 10:55	#10
Malice Black Site Legend Join Date: Oct 2005	Nah they look like little drops of jelly IMO Heh hit me up in game and I'll give you one __________________ Old Skool '05

Mar 08, 2007, 11:56 AM // 11:56	#20
Gun Pierson Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belgium Guild: PIMP Profession: Mo/	500 ectos are a lot to the average player, but once you get into solo or duo farm uw with 2 of your own accounts you'll get them pretty fast, like 10 ectos a day as a minimum. It will roughly take a month. I stopped doing this lately as I don't know what to buy. Considered buying a panda but the shape of the head in GW seems like a polar beer, while panda's have more of a big round head. versus ... or WOW panda: Last edited by Gun Pierson; Mar 08, 2007 at 12:15 PM // 12:15..

Mar 08, 2007, 10:08 AM // 10:08	#2
ZenRgy Zookeeper Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Australian Discussion Posse HQ - Glorious leader Guild: ҉ ̵̡̢̢̛̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟&# Profession: N/E	Your methods determine how hard it is to obtain them. But 500 ectos is a lot, I think their price can tell you that.

Mar 08, 2007, 10:09 AM // 10:09	#3
Wilk Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Dec 2005	And why would you waste your rl life for getting more ectos? Its just a game, if someone has panda good for him, I dont care. This game is just show off.

Mar 08, 2007, 10:10 AM // 10:10	#4
Hockster Banned Join Date: Jul 2005	Depends who you ask. To 99% of GW players it's more than they'll ever see in a (game) lifetime. To the other 1% it's a downpayment.

Mar 08, 2007, 10:17 AM // 10:17	#5
Cebe The 5th Celestial Boss Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Guild: The Cult of Scaro [WHO] Profession: E/	I have 16 - I consider that to be an achivement. 500 ectos is something I expect I'll never have

Mar 08, 2007, 10:25 AM // 10:25	#6
cheeze123 Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2006	that's a lot of ectos to spend. how about sharing some ecto's with me? wink anyways, the most i had was... four

Mar 08, 2007, 10:30 AM // 10:30	#7
Redfeather1975 Forge Runner Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Apartment#306 Guild: Rhedd Asylum Profession: Me/	To me? That is 499 ectos more than a lot. Yeah, I've only gotten 1 ecto. And I didn't know what to do with it so I gave it to a friend. Crazy me.

Mar 08, 2007, 10:41 AM // 10:41	#8
arcanemacabre Grotto Attendant Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kryta Province Guild: Angel Sharks [As]	Heh. I've gone to the UW 4 times. 2 of those times we cleared the whole place, 1 time I went to get a spider, and the last time was trying out the trapper build. That's it. I managed to get 2 ectos as drops. I've acquired a handful of others through trading. That about sums up my experience with ectos Honestly, I find the UW moderately fun the first time through. After that, it's extremeley boring, IMO. I give mad props to anyone with the determination to farm that many ectos, because man, that's gotta be eye-gouging. That many ectos were more than likely traded for, but even that takes waaaay more patience and determination than farming. Then again, they could've just made that many from one or two very lucky trades, ya know, like selling a panda

Mar 08, 2007, 11:03 AM // 11:03	#11
Etta Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mancland, British Empire	500 ectos for a mini panda? What does it do? Run around and use it bamboo of death on all enemies? The panda should had been a normal pet in Factions anyway, rubbish I say!

Mar 08, 2007, 11:07 AM // 11:07	#12
Redfeather1975 Forge Runner Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Apartment#306 Guild: Rhedd Asylum Profession: Me/	I hears the Panda can look into your soul and reveal it's state in cryptic sayings... It say.... 'Dude, you is so poor now!' and runs away. I wish I had a mini Panda now.

Mar 08, 2007, 11:13 AM // 11:13	#14
fenix Major-General Awesome Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger Guild: Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&# Profession: W/	500 is alot, BUT, there's players (used to be many more, but most quit) with thousands of ecto. But as Hockster said, it's alot for most of the GW community.

Mar 08, 2007, 11:15 AM // 11:15	#15
Stixxx Krytan Explorer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium	most ecto's i ever had is 30 i think...i never cared about the UW much. But yea, 500 ecto's is an impossible amount for most of us, and just a tip of the iceberg for others...

Mar 08, 2007, 11:35 AM // 11:35	#18
Guildmaster Cain Desert Nomad Join Date: May 2006 Location: Guildmistress Eve [Me], Guildmistress Azura [N], Guildmistress Azumi [A], Guildmistress Jaina [D] Guild: Guildmaster Aeron [Rt], Arthas Ironfist [W], Guild: The Tyrian Templars [TTT]	Well, it certainly ain't pocket-change. Consider it takes u about 1/2 an hour to get 1 ecto. So it would take 10 days and 10 hours to get that amount. But that would be 24-hrs of farming. So a more humanly answer would be: 1/4 of day gaming, which results in 41 days (6 hrs a day) and 4 hours. That would be 41+ days of ONLY farming and not playing the game. Just think what you could have achieved during that time, if it wasnt for that rotten Panda. An obvious answer would be, the players that do buy Panda's have bought their ectos on Ebay, or used bot-farmers for it. 500 ectos ~ 5 million, and I think 1 million costs about 50 euro or more. So someone bought a Panda for rougly 250 euro's. AND ITS JUST PIXELS! Ofcourse the buyer could have gotten 2 or 3 perfect crystalline swords during playing the game, but that would be EXTREMELY lucky or grinding.

Mar 08, 2007, 11:38 AM // 11:38	#19
Rockby Quickfoot Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Raptor Five [Five] Profession: Me/Mo	I'm like RedFeather up above. I've only ever found 1 Ecto and I ended up giving it away