Chests & keys: rant or praise - Page 9 - Guild Wars Forums

axe · Nov 04, 2005, 01:33 PM // 13:33

I like the Darkstone chests as well, and Elonian keys are great for me. My advice is if you are doing ascension missions bring 3 keys at least. I usually run into 2-3 chests during each of those missions and I got a Superior Vigor rune out of one. In my experience the elonian keys tend to give spellcaster weapons, the last one I got was a Holy Rod max dmg req8 Divine Favor Improves Skill recharge on Healing Prayers 20% Energy +5 while health > 50%. I also picked up an air staff that had Max dmg req 7 air; Max Armor mod; max energy mod; improves casting speed 10%

From Shiverpeaks chests I have picked up 2 gold fellblades (both of which had high requirements 10 and 13 and no built in damage mod) and a Superior Abs. Rune. I havent had that much luck on chests in FOW or UW yet.

unienaule · Nov 04, 2005, 01:37 PM // 13:37

I'd say this thread is pretty much done.
To sum up:
1) Odds of giving you a good gold drop are fairly low, but it does happen.
2) On the other hand, a fellblade 15>50.... superior absorptions... set of 15%dmg bows... yum.

kitten · Nov 04, 2005, 04:56 PM // 16:56

I liked having the random chests before, but I've definitely gotten better items since the key system was implemented, and I KNOW that what drops will be mine. I get key drops fairly frequently, (no, they don't just drop from bosses, someone asked) and if I have more than three Elonian or Shiverpeak Keys, I give them out to guildies that don't have one if we come across a chest. I tend to only buy Shiverpeak, Elonian and Obsidian Keys if they haven't dropped in a while and I don't have one on me.

I've gotten fairly crappy purple items from Obsidian chests in FoW... crappy considering that I paid 1.5K for a key. I have a key for UW that dropped my first time there, but have yet to come across a chest. To me it's a gamble, and one that I'm willing to make when I can spare the gold. I AM saving for Fissure Armor, but not doing fun little things like taking a chance with keys makes the game a grind to me.

I usually end up giving my chest drops to guildies that have newbie characters, or salvage them for parts. I get annoyed when I get 2 Steel Ingots, instead of the Zealous Haft or whatever, but again, it's chance. The Elonian Chest that gave out two Major Beast Mastery Runes in a row on a mission can bite me though. The other guy who got the same thing I did just dropped his there and walked away.

I love finding purple and gold items and IDing them to see what I got. It's like a little surprise that I look forward to. Chest items have the same thrill, even if it's not such a great item.

pork soldier · Nov 04, 2005, 06:31 PM // 18:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by IndyCC

Tell me that this is just me:

I have now spent about 10k on keys, specifically Shiverpeak keys. I have been wandering the South Shiverpeaks for some time and used all of those keys. My return has been about 1k, an ROI of -90% seems hardly acceptable. Included in my loot has only been purple items, not a single gold item, runes I have already unlocked that only sell for 25g. I understand they have tried to make more gold sinks, such as the fee for entering a new guild. But, gee if I am going out of my way after killing a mob to hunt down and open a chest I should at least get rewarded for it. Additionally the notes say that keys drop of monsters. I have yet to see a single key drop, what is the deal with that.

So my question is am I on crack? Are other people having this same issue? Is this actually an issue or are keys in fact 100% worthless?...

Think of Keys like vegas, they're a fun way to seperate you from your money. Vegas isn't for people on a budget and neither are keys.

That said, I've had a lot of good items out of chests (no idea if my ROI is good, I really don't care) and last night a guild mate got a superior absorption rune out of a chest in SF.

Hypermonkeyman · Nov 05, 2005, 03:17 AM // 03:17

lol used 2 shiverpeak keys last night got a sup vigor and sup wat eva the hell the 100k one is in a row was like hell ya

COunt it If it GoEs · Nov 05, 2005, 04:02 AM // 04:02

FoW// Uw
15>>50 chaos off chest
Shiverpeaks
Countless ammounts of gold armors with sup runes
Countless ammounts of gold weapons including 2 gold fellblades
iam reallly lucky, but thats before they nerfed the granite chest that spawned every time u went out, about 10 steps outside of it

ownage of teh elite · Nov 05, 2005, 04:36 AM // 04:36

Yeah....

Southern shiverpeak keys...

Near the Port Sledge areas, aren't worth their price.

Most of the items that come out of those chests, are rare purples....ranging anywhere from 100-250 gp *From what I've seen*

In the end...if you decide to sell the *godly* purple item...you'll be ending up poorer than you already are.

Haha.

Twisted humour.

-_-

....Just a word of caution for any treasure hunters...

Stick to SF...UW, and FoW

EagleEye33 · Nov 06, 2005, 06:24 AM // 06:24

I like em, ever since I got a sup abs rune from one when they appeared in grenths more before they moved them, I couldnt get enought of them

gobla · Nov 08, 2005, 10:11 AM // 10:11

I'm addicted to keys and chests

.

I always buy 2-3 miners keys and 1-2 shiverpeak keys before going into SF farming. I keep this supply of keys up at all times. It's just the curiosity for what will it get me this time. The kick if its something cool. The great randomness of gold items. When u fight a boss u can expect what green u get ( if u get one ), when opening a chest u can get about every single item possible. I prefer gold items above greens, having a good gold makes is far more original, not 1000 other people carrying the same uber green as you. Golds can have far more effects. And i EASILY get the costs for my keys back. I find an uber upgrade about every 10-20 keys ( gotten 3 max insightfull staffhead so far, they sell for about 15-25k wich gets u at least 20 other miners keys. ) fair deal if u ask me. and then i havent included the other things u get from the other 19 keys. Sure i get crappy purples sometimes but hey, its only 750g. I usually make at least 1.5k each run. And i just collect golds for my lower lvl other characters. gotten a perfect fiery dragon sword from a shiverpeak chest yesterday, still have to buy a good pommel for it ( may be hard, not the richest around ;p. only 20k total ) but i immediatly changed my warrior to swordsmanship

. That's another advantage of golds over greens, they make u change ur characters in order to make use of the weapon and thus u will discover a whole new playing style

. So for me keys are the greatest thing around

, i dont even farm for greens, i farm for chests!

Battle Torn · Nov 08, 2005, 10:30 AM // 10:30

I found 2 +7ar sword pomels (salvaged) farming yesterday plus a few other near max mods. Next time I go to FoW or UW ill buy some keys and apply these to any good sword I find to increase the chance of actualy having a max wep

Master Oria · Nov 08, 2005, 12:11 PM // 12:11

K i spent possibly over 40 to 50K on keys. All kinds,
from shiverpeaks keys to Obsidian keys since the
update that made the key/chest thing into effect.

results:

- dozens and dozens of useless things
- a gold perfect fellblade from a shiverpeaks chest near citadel
- a gold perfect Stormbow from a phantom chest near the tons of Obsidian Burrowers (i think thats what they're called) in UW
- 2 gold ghost staff, one perfect for water with 57 HP and another that was not so good for domination. Both staff where also found in UW at different occasions
- 1 gold shield with 37 hp and +1 to earth skills at 20% (my warrior now uses earth so it just happen to be perfect) found near amber light camp.

now sure its not many items that are great, but.....
hell, the fellblade alone paid back for all the keys, lol
sure its rare to get things, but eventualy after a while
you will get them, and when you do, they will be worth a lot.

EDIT: i forgot one: a gold cane with +4 energy when HP > 50%
and some other mods on it, also perfect for me to use with my mesmer.

AncientPC · Nov 09, 2005, 06:26 AM // 06:26

I love keys because:

1) There's nothing else to spend money on.

2) They're a great gold sink.

G-SAS · Nov 10, 2005, 01:27 PM // 13:27

I always carry about 3 keys of each kind. But I only open chests if a team member got something gold of it. The same chest always drops purple or gold in one run. If someone gets gold you will, too.

axe · Nov 10, 2005, 01:36 PM // 13:36

I love keys as well, here is my score

I picked up a Superior absorption rune from a shiverpeaks chest
Superior Vigor from a Crystal desert mission
2 Gold fellblades
1 Gold max dmg Sephis axe from a Darkstone chest
2 perfect staffs Both had perfect energy mods and 20% chance mods that were GOOD
2 perfect holy rods one was a +20% recharge for healing prayers, the other was a 10% recharge for anything.

Ive heard that this is the only way to get certain items, and as far as I know its the only way to get max dmg gold sephis axes, crystaline swords, and other very very rare items.

I always take 3 keys of the area I am going to be in and I usually play with guild members and have the most gold available, so I open the chests first and let them know if its safe to open or not.

Young Hero · Nov 11, 2005, 09:48 PM // 21:48

In my experience-if you have the proper keys in bag ect,you never run into chests.When you're not packing keys--chests are all over the place.Very frustrating.My best chest yeilds have come from Darkstone chests.

A User Name · Nov 11, 2005, 11:50 PM // 23:50

Well, i like them but hate them at the same time. I mean i never have a key when they pop up, and when i do i only get purple drops that no one would ever buy, and i have no use for them, so they end up getting sold for 100-350 gp to those merchants when the keys themelves cost 700 gp or so lol.

master_ranger_matt · Nov 12, 2005, 03:58 AM // 03:58

If u use enough keys they will be profitable in the long run. Example: I just recently went though about 6 obsidian keys on a chest, and it gave only purple drops. On the last key, wouldn't you know it, I got a godly chaos axe. Sundering 10/9 of fortitude +29, max damage, req.9, +19%dmage while hexed. It profited.

Eldrig · Nov 12, 2005, 05:12 AM // 05:12

im pretty sure it's the other way around. while in the short term you may get lucky and make a profit, in the long run, the more keys you buy, the more your losses will be. it's like playing the lottery, except with a really small possible winning.

Master Oria · Nov 19, 2005, 12:32 AM // 00:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eldrig

im pretty sure it's the other way around. while in the short term you may get lucky and make a profit, in the long run, the more keys you buy, the more your losses will be. it's like playing the lottery, except with a really small possible winning.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Oria

K i spent possibly over 40 to 50K on keys. All kinds,
from shiverpeaks keys to Obsidian keys since the
update that made the key/chest thing into effect.

results:

- dozens and dozens of useless things
- a gold perfect fellblade from a shiverpeaks chest near citadel
- a gold perfect Stormbow from a phantom chest near the tons of Obsidian Burrowers (i think thats what they're called) in UW
- 2 gold ghost staff, one perfect for water with 57 HP and another that was not so good for domination. Both staff where also found in UW at different occasions
- 1 gold shield with 37 hp and +1 to earth skills at 20% (my warrior now uses earth so it just happen to be perfect) found near amber light camp.

now sure its not many items that are great, but.....
hell, the fellblade alone paid back for all the keys, lol
sure its rare to get things, but eventualy after a while
you will get them, and when you do, they will be worth a lot.

EDIT: i forgot one: a gold cane with +4 energy when HP > 50%
and some other mods on it, also perfect for me to use with my mesmer.

actualy i turn over lots of profit out of those chests, and it is over a long term. spend 50K and sell a couple items for 150K each. hmmm i think its
worth it

by the way, a gold chaos axe was found since i last posted.

ethraax · Nov 21, 2005, 07:49 PM // 19:49

I don't like keys. When I get a key that drops for me, I usually sell it to the merchant. This is because I already have godly, in many cases green, items for all my players (except my mule). I'm also lazy and don't like selling to other players...

Nov 05, 2005, 04:36 AM // 04:36	#167
ownage of teh elite Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paradise =) Profession: N/Me	Save your 300 gp for that dwarven ale... Yeah.... Southern shiverpeak keys... Near the Port Sledge areas, aren't worth their price. Most of the items that come out of those chests, are rare purples....ranging anywhere from 100-250 gp From what I've seen In the end...if you decide to sell the godly purple item...you'll be ending up poorer than you already are. Haha. Twisted humour. -_- ....Just a word of caution for any treasure hunters... Stick to SF...UW, and FoW

Nov 08, 2005, 10:11 AM // 10:11	#169
gobla Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Dark Humans Profession: Mo/W	addicted to keys I'm addicted to keys and chests . I always buy 2-3 miners keys and 1-2 shiverpeak keys before going into SF farming. I keep this supply of keys up at all times. It's just the curiosity for what will it get me this time. The kick if its something cool. The great randomness of gold items. When u fight a boss u can expect what green u get ( if u get one ), when opening a chest u can get about every single item possible. I prefer gold items above greens, having a good gold makes is far more original, not 1000 other people carrying the same uber green as you. Golds can have far more effects. And i EASILY get the costs for my keys back. I find an uber upgrade about every 10-20 keys ( gotten 3 max insightfull staffhead so far, they sell for about 15-25k wich gets u at least 20 other miners keys. ) fair deal if u ask me. and then i havent included the other things u get from the other 19 keys. Sure i get crappy purples sometimes but hey, its only 750g. I usually make at least 1.5k each run. And i just collect golds for my lower lvl other characters. gotten a perfect fiery dragon sword from a shiverpeak chest yesterday, still have to buy a good pommel for it ( may be hard, not the richest around ;p. only 20k total ) but i immediatly changed my warrior to swordsmanship . That's another advantage of golds over greens, they make u change ur characters in order to make use of the weapon and thus u will discover a whole new playing style . So for me keys are the greatest thing around , i dont even farm for greens, i farm for chests!

Nov 08, 2005, 12:11 PM // 12:11	#171
Master Oria Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2005	K i spent possibly over 40 to 50K on keys. All kinds, from shiverpeaks keys to Obsidian keys since the update that made the key/chest thing into effect. results: - dozens and dozens of useless things - a gold perfect fellblade from a shiverpeaks chest near citadel - a gold perfect Stormbow from a phantom chest near the tons of Obsidian Burrowers (i think thats what they're called) in UW - 2 gold ghost staff, one perfect for water with 57 HP and another that was not so good for domination. Both staff where also found in UW at different occasions - 1 gold shield with 37 hp and +1 to earth skills at 20% (my warrior now uses earth so it just happen to be perfect) found near amber light camp. now sure its not many items that are great, but..... hell, the fellblade alone paid back for all the keys, lol sure its rare to get things, but eventualy after a while you will get them, and when you do, they will be worth a lot. EDIT: i forgot one: a gold cane with +4 energy when HP > 50% and some other mods on it, also perfect for me to use with my mesmer. Last edited by Master Oria; Nov 08, 2005 at 12:15 PM // 12:15..

Nov 04, 2005, 01:33 PM // 13:33	#161
axe Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Pwn Appetit [NJoy] Profession: W/	I like the Darkstone chests as well, and Elonian keys are great for me. My advice is if you are doing ascension missions bring 3 keys at least. I usually run into 2-3 chests during each of those missions and I got a Superior Vigor rune out of one. In my experience the elonian keys tend to give spellcaster weapons, the last one I got was a Holy Rod max dmg req8 Divine Favor Improves Skill recharge on Healing Prayers 20% Energy +5 while health > 50%. I also picked up an air staff that had Max dmg req 7 air; Max Armor mod; max energy mod; improves casting speed 10% From Shiverpeaks chests I have picked up 2 gold fellblades (both of which had high requirements 10 and 13 and no built in damage mod) and a Superior Abs. Rune. I havent had that much luck on chests in FOW or UW yet.

Nov 04, 2005, 01:37 PM // 13:37	#162
unienaule I dunt even get "Retired" Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	I'd say this thread is pretty much done. To sum up: 1) Odds of giving you a good gold drop are fairly low, but it does happen. 2) On the other hand, a fellblade 15>50.... superior absorptions... set of 15%dmg bows... yum.

Nov 04, 2005, 04:56 PM // 16:56	#163
kitten Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The White House Guild: [FRAG] Profession: Me/N	I liked having the random chests before, but I've definitely gotten better items since the key system was implemented, and I KNOW that what drops will be mine. I get key drops fairly frequently, (no, they don't just drop from bosses, someone asked) and if I have more than three Elonian or Shiverpeak Keys, I give them out to guildies that don't have one if we come across a chest. I tend to only buy Shiverpeak, Elonian and Obsidian Keys if they haven't dropped in a while and I don't have one on me. I've gotten fairly crappy purple items from Obsidian chests in FoW... crappy considering that I paid 1.5K for a key. I have a key for UW that dropped my first time there, but have yet to come across a chest. To me it's a gamble, and one that I'm willing to make when I can spare the gold. I AM saving for Fissure Armor, but not doing fun little things like taking a chance with keys makes the game a grind to me. I usually end up giving my chest drops to guildies that have newbie characters, or salvage them for parts. I get annoyed when I get 2 Steel Ingots, instead of the Zealous Haft or whatever, but again, it's chance. The Elonian Chest that gave out two Major Beast Mastery Runes in a row on a mission can bite me though. The other guy who got the same thing I did just dropped his there and walked away. I love finding purple and gold items and IDing them to see what I got. It's like a little surprise that I look forward to. Chest items have the same thrill, even if it's not such a great item.

Nov 05, 2005, 03:17 AM // 03:17	#165
Hypermonkeyman Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Charlestown, Mass. Guild: ...god dam i forget Profession: E/R	lol used 2 shiverpeak keys last night got a sup vigor and sup wat eva the hell the 100k one is in a row was like hell ya

Nov 05, 2005, 04:02 AM // 04:02	#166
COunt it If it GoEs Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: u kidding? Guild: LBS RUNNERS ACADEMY Profession: W/Mo	FoW// Uw 15>>50 chaos off chest Shiverpeaks Countless ammounts of gold armors with sup runes Countless ammounts of gold weapons including 2 gold fellblades iam reallly lucky, but thats before they nerfed the granite chest that spawned every time u went out, about 10 steps outside of it

Nov 06, 2005, 06:24 AM // 06:24	#168
EagleEye33 Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a House...duh Guild: Untouchable Heroes Profession: R/E	I like em, ever since I got a sup abs rune from one when they appeared in grenths more before they moved them, I couldnt get enought of them

Nov 08, 2005, 10:30 AM // 10:30	#170
Battle Torn Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Scotland Profession: W/Mo	I found 2 +7ar sword pomels (salvaged) farming yesterday plus a few other near max mods. Next time I go to FoW or UW ill buy some keys and apply these to any good sword I find to increase the chance of actualy having a max wep

Nov 09, 2005, 06:26 AM // 06:26	#172
AncientPC Forge Runner Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ascalon 1 Profession: W/R	I love keys because: 1) There's nothing else to spend money on. 2) They're a great gold sink.

Nov 10, 2005, 01:27 PM // 13:27	#173
G-SAS Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Oct 2005	I always carry about 3 keys of each kind. But I only open chests if a team member got something gold of it. The same chest always drops purple or gold in one run. If someone gets gold you will, too.

Nov 10, 2005, 01:36 PM // 13:36	#174
axe Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Pwn Appetit [NJoy] Profession: W/	I love keys as well, here is my score I picked up a Superior absorption rune from a shiverpeaks chest Superior Vigor from a Crystal desert mission 2 Gold fellblades 1 Gold max dmg Sephis axe from a Darkstone chest 2 perfect staffs Both had perfect energy mods and 20% chance mods that were GOOD 2 perfect holy rods one was a +20% recharge for healing prayers, the other was a 10% recharge for anything. Ive heard that this is the only way to get certain items, and as far as I know its the only way to get max dmg gold sephis axes, crystaline swords, and other very very rare items. I always take 3 keys of the area I am going to be in and I usually play with guild members and have the most gold available, so I open the chests first and let them know if its safe to open or not.

Nov 11, 2005, 09:48 PM // 21:48	#175
Young Hero Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mi Profession: N/Mo	In my experience-if you have the proper keys in bag ect,you never run into chests.When you're not packing keys--chests are all over the place.Very frustrating.My best chest yeilds have come from Darkstone chests.

Nov 11, 2005, 11:50 PM // 23:50	#176
A User Name Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: None atm	Well, i like them but hate them at the same time. I mean i never have a key when they pop up, and when i do i only get purple drops that no one would ever buy, and i have no use for them, so they end up getting sold for 100-350 gp to those merchants when the keys themelves cost 700 gp or so lol.

Nov 12, 2005, 03:58 AM // 03:58	#177
master_ranger_matt Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah.... no im not mormon Guild: Radicals Against Tyrants [RAT] Profession: R/Me	If u use enough keys they will be profitable in the long run. Example: I just recently went though about 6 obsidian keys on a chest, and it gave only purple drops. On the last key, wouldn't you know it, I got a godly chaos axe. Sundering 10/9 of fortitude +29, max damage, req.9, +19%dmage while hexed. It profited.

Nov 12, 2005, 05:12 AM // 05:12	#178
Eldrig Academy Page Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Shiverpeaks Guild: Knights of Deldrimor Profession: R/W	im pretty sure it's the other way around. while in the short term you may get lucky and make a profit, in the long run, the more keys you buy, the more your losses will be. it's like playing the lottery, except with a really small possible winning.

Nov 21, 2005, 07:49 PM // 19:49	#180
ethraax Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: Born Supremacy Profession: E/Me	I don't like keys. When I get a key that drops for me, I usually sell it to the merchant. This is because I already have godly, in many cases green, items for all my players (except my mule). I'm also lazy and don't like selling to other players...