What's up with keys? - Guild Wars Forums

Shifty Geezer · Oct 16, 2005, 12:22 PM // 12:22

When the keybased chests came in I find a couple off monsters. Now I don't get any ever. The chests seem useless unless I buy key for stupid money. Is this just me being very unlucky or have Arena decided to ditch key (and if so why?)

Pevil Lihatuh · Oct 16, 2005, 12:36 PM // 12:36

I still find the odd key. Not very often, but I do.

LifeInfusion · Oct 16, 2005, 12:37 PM // 12:37

I have found one since the patch. It was a shiverpeak key.

Tmm Ryan · Oct 16, 2005, 12:46 PM // 12:46

i found 3 shiverpeak and 2 miners keys over the last day. Maybe just lucky.

heist23 · Oct 16, 2005, 12:50 PM // 12:50

think of keys like you do dyes. they drop near never, and they're exspensive.

also, they have next to no use...unless you get lucky. like black dye.

eddycurrents · Oct 16, 2005, 05:24 PM // 17:24

I have found lots of keys. I get a lot soloing for cash which I do in areas where mobs are low level, so the chest loot sucks anyway... athough once in a long while you can get a decent weapon upgrade.

As for good chests... I think it's a racket. I spent a couple of hours in fissure the other day and we passed a half dozen chests, but no one brought keys. I spent a couple of hours in sorrow's furnace and we passed several chests and no one brought keys. A couple of weeks ago I found a phantom key in the underworld but I have yet to find a chest to put it in.

It's a racket. If no one has keys, lots of chests spawn. If someone has a key, no chests. :-P

The UW is a great money sink -- 1 plat entrance fee so you can have your ass handed to you in 5 minutes. Why not pass out free keys as you go in? It keeps bringing back all the suckers like me.

Fyre Brand · Oct 16, 2005, 05:27 PM // 17:27

As I have been leveling a new monk since the update I have had a fair amount of keys drop to me. Acutally I get more now than since the beginning of the update. Either ANet bumped up the key drop ever so slightly or I'm just getting a lot luckier lately.

HawkofStorms · Oct 16, 2005, 05:40 PM // 17:40

I've gotten 2 keys from drops (one I got yesterday). Magamma and a steel key

Fyre Brand · Oct 16, 2005, 05:50 PM // 17:50

By the way, the only keys worth keeping, in my opinon, are Shiverpeaks keys and later. So the keys for South Shiver, Sorrows Furnace, Fire Islands, and UW/FoW.

NeoDias · Oct 16, 2005, 10:46 PM // 22:46

I have found one since the patch.

Oct 16, 2005, 12:22 PM // 12:22	#1
Shifty Geezer Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Luckless Marauders [OOPS] Profession: E/Mo	What's up with keys? When the keybased chests came in I find a couple off monsters. Now I don't get any ever. The chests seem useless unless I buy key for stupid money. Is this just me being very unlucky or have Arena decided to ditch key (and if so why?)

Oct 16, 2005, 12:36 PM // 12:36	#2
Pevil Lihatuh Jungle Guide Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Yorkshire, UK Profession: R/Me	I still find the odd key. Not very often, but I do.

Oct 16, 2005, 12:37 PM // 12:37	#3
LifeInfusion Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: in the midline Profession: E/Mo	I have found one since the patch. It was a shiverpeak key.

Oct 16, 2005, 12:46 PM // 12:46	#4
Tmm Ryan Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Plkn	i found 3 shiverpeak and 2 miners keys over the last day. Maybe just lucky.

Oct 16, 2005, 12:50 PM // 12:50	#5
heist23 Journeyman Join Date: Jul 2005 Profession: R/Mo	think of keys like you do dyes. they drop near never, and they're exspensive. also, they have next to no use...unless you get lucky. like black dye.

Oct 16, 2005, 05:24 PM // 17:24	#6
eddycurrents Academy Page Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Dark Angel of Rising Chaos Profession: W/N	I have found lots of keys. I get a lot soloing for cash which I do in areas where mobs are low level, so the chest loot sucks anyway... athough once in a long while you can get a decent weapon upgrade. As for good chests... I think it's a racket. I spent a couple of hours in fissure the other day and we passed a half dozen chests, but no one brought keys. I spent a couple of hours in sorrow's furnace and we passed several chests and no one brought keys. A couple of weeks ago I found a phantom key in the underworld but I have yet to find a chest to put it in. It's a racket. If no one has keys, lots of chests spawn. If someone has a key, no chests. :-P The UW is a great money sink -- 1 plat entrance fee so you can have your ass handed to you in 5 minutes. Why not pass out free keys as you go in? It keeps bringing back all the suckers like me.

Oct 16, 2005, 05:27 PM // 17:27	#7
Fyre Brand Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Shadowlight Order [SoR]	As I have been leveling a new monk since the update I have had a fair amount of keys drop to me. Acutally I get more now than since the beginning of the update. Either ANet bumped up the key drop ever so slightly or I'm just getting a lot luckier lately.

Oct 16, 2005, 05:40 PM // 17:40	#8
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	I've gotten 2 keys from drops (one I got yesterday). Magamma and a steel key

Oct 16, 2005, 05:50 PM // 17:50	#9
Fyre Brand Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Shadowlight Order [SoR]	By the way, the only keys worth keeping, in my opinon, are Shiverpeaks keys and later. So the keys for South Shiver, Sorrows Furnace, Fire Islands, and UW/FoW.

Oct 16, 2005, 10:46 PM // 22:46	#10
NeoDias Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NewYork	I have found one since the patch.