Curse

Wish Swiftdeath · Apr 28, 2009, 07:00 AM // 07:00

farmed them myself, meh

The undead Mesmer · Apr 28, 2009, 07:03 AM // 07:03

This isn't Anet's fault imho just the player based economy at its finest.

Gli · Apr 28, 2009, 09:31 AM // 09:31

What's actually funny is that I managed to buy quite a few gifts of the traveler today for less than the price I managed to sell my 220 spare linen for per 15.

Of course, I got nothing I actually want out of those gifts.

Anduin · Apr 28, 2009, 01:59 PM // 13:59

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Originally Posted by The undead Mesmer

This isn't Anet's fault imho just the player based economy at its finest.

You're forgetting who it was that programmed him to want those materials. The greedy player base had nothing to do with that.

They gave the scalpers something to scalp.

beanerman_99 · Apr 28, 2009, 06:11 PM // 18:11

sold 15 linen for 5k

I got 5 mysterious stones, fireworks crate, poppers, rabbit tonics, and bottle rockets.

I want that mini gwen chan

Halc yon · Apr 28, 2009, 06:42 PM // 18:42

Solution to Bolt of Linen inflation.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...70#post4607670

Gli · Apr 28, 2009, 07:20 PM // 19:20

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Originally Posted by Anduin

You're forgetting who it was that programmed him to want those materials. The greedy player base had nothing to do with that.

They gave the scalpers something to scalp.

Come on now, whatever they make him ask, some people will have it in abundance, and some people will need to invest either a lot of time or a lot of gold into it. Should they have cleaned out every collectible and every stack of materials from everyone's account before adding him?

Anduin · Apr 28, 2009, 07:29 PM // 19:29

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Originally Posted by Gli

Come on now, whatever they make him ask, some people will have it in abundance, and some people will need to invest either a lot of time or a lot of gold into it. Should they have cleaned out every collectible and every stack of materials from everyone's account before adding him?

I don't care if people have tons already. It's the ability to go to the trader and buy all of that item that they have (and yes, I know you can farm Am Fah, and then hope they drop Am Fah capes, and then hope it salvages into Linen with your expert/superior kit).

I, personally, would prefer if he only collected collectable drops.

Aussie Boy · Apr 29, 2009, 02:07 AM // 02:07

My solution to linen
It was easier if you had a new toon in pre profs just farm the seeds around The Barradin Estate
and salvage them into fibers from salvage kits you bought with the other drops then make the jump to
Post around lvl 5 i was.
But instead of going to Ascalon straight away after making the jump head to
Sardelac Sanitarium mark that gain access to your storage drag some gold out
go back outside the portal to the trader and trade 5 fibers and 200g for 1 linen.
I got mine very quickly this way plus a black and white dye from pre.

Hooded Doom · Apr 29, 2009, 04:21 AM // 04:21

ho-hum. 2 accs

10 bunny tonics
10 mercantile summon stones
inscrib IDS
5 mysterous summons
15 mysterious tonics
5 red rock candies

Stolen Souls · Apr 29, 2009, 01:21 PM // 13:21

Will be interesting if he ever asks for Ectos or Rubies. xD

I just 600'd the Mirror of Lyss for Plant Fibers...tons of plants there, and a lot of the drops (Briar Blades, Briarwood Scythes) salvage to Fibers, too. Only took me a few minutes.

-5 Red Rock Candies
-10 Aged Hunter's Ale
-10 Champagne Poppers
-5 Mysterious Tonics
-Keg of Aged Hunter's Ale

Obrien Xp · Apr 29, 2009, 09:00 PM // 21:00

I'm wondering if once he goes everywhere if it becomes sporadic or if it repeats.

Oh god not ectos or rubies for rock candies

Qing Guang · Apr 30, 2009, 11:34 PM // 23:34

Fortunately, I had precisely 15 Linen in inventory... (was storing up for Necro's Vabbian). Pawned off the gifts on Monday for 5k apiece, whoo.

I wonder if this is ANet artificially upping the price of cheap items/materials by draining cash and the excess of materials out of the economy... hence why today I went to trader and stocked up on other low-valued mats, like Spiritwood Planks and Monstrous Eyes. If he ever asks for Silk, I'm gonna make a fortune (got 81 silk in there, too cheap to sell atm).

Neo Nugget · May 01, 2009, 01:07 AM // 01:07

I got a keg this week and a VDS last week, not too shabby. But this guy tried to sell me the presearing gifts of the huntsman when I was buying the traveler's gifts in Yaks today. I did a double take, and realized what he put up. People are pretty great, right?

darted · May 01, 2009, 01:59 AM // 01:59

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Originally Posted by Neo Nugget

I got a keg this week and a VDS last week, not too shabby. But this guy tried to sell me the presearing gifts of the huntsman when I was buying the traveler's gifts in Yaks today. I did a double take, and realized what he put up. People are pretty great, right?

Same items get given it appears. At least the non-rare. I have not personally seen any of the weapons or minis appear in pre-searing.

Qing Guang · May 01, 2009, 03:36 AM // 03:36

Yeah, according to Wiki you can only get the drunkard/sweet tooth/party animal items out of it, and then only the wussy ones (basically no candies/ageds/displays/tonics). So it's good for permapres looking for title, but vastly inferior outside pre.

Chieftain Heavyhand · May 01, 2009, 01:28 PM // 13:28

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Originally Posted by Qing Guang

Yeah, according to Wiki you can only get the drunkard/sweet tooth/party animal items out of it, and then only the wussy ones (basically no candies/ageds/displays/tonics). So it's good for permapres looking for title, but vastly inferior outside pre.

From the Huntsman gift you can get 5 of either Hunters Ale, Aged Hunters Ale, Bottle rockets, sparklers, poppers, honeycombs, or jars of honey.

You can get 5 gifts per day x 365 gifts a year = 1825 gifts which each provide 5 consumable items or 9125 in total which if distributed evenly comes to around 1303 of each of the 7 items.

Travelers gifts are weekly so in a year you will only get 52 x 5 = 260 gifts there are 28 different items you may get from each travelers gift, some items come in 10, 5 and 1 gift per bag.

So to say the Huntsman gifts are inferior is a mater of opinion, if you collect the bags every day you will get the first tier of the sweets, party, and drunkard titles by years end.

I get both.

The gifts from the Traveler are much better, but in a different way they have some very nice additions; but for title points the huntsman gifts seem much better. Are Travelers = Huntsman gifts, no because of the chance to get the mini pets, flashier consumables, summoning stones, and weapons, not to mention the only way to get a moss spider pet.

Are Huntsman gifts inferior, well just depends on your point of view. I wouldn’t call them inferior just not as flashy. From a title based point of view no, the items from Huntsman gifts are much easier and faster to gain points from. Looking at it from a weekly gain you can get 5 gifts of the Traveler, or 35 gifts of the Huntsman, Monthly 20 GoT and 140 GoH, and Yearly 260 GoT and 1825 GoH. If all things were equal yearly points from the Huntsman gifts would be about 3909 party points, 3909 sweet tooth points and 3909 drunkard points from aged ale plus if managed right at least 1000 points from the hunters ale.

Qing Guang · May 02, 2009, 04:54 AM // 04:54

Impressive math. I'll agree that both can be profitable; however, I meant that a single Gift of the Huntsman is vastly inferior to a single Gift of the Traveler, so if you're buying it's better to purchase the latter (at least once the price settles down).

Moving on: is it too early to start predicting what he will collect next? My bets are:
*other depreciated mats, like Silk or Monstrous Eyes
*items with no collector (Ashen Worm Husks, Phantom Residue, Dark Remains, maybe Taro Leaves?)
*collector items that no one bothers with (like the ones that can be turned in for armor - rarely used AFAIK since collector armor can't take insignias)
*newly added items?
*t'would be nice (though I doubt they'd do it) if he collected those annoying quest items that there are a million of and you only need one (ie Swamp Flowers), or those ones that you can pick up for no good reason (Marks of Aidan, Marking Webs)

Any other ideas?

wtfisgoingon · May 02, 2009, 06:05 AM // 06:05

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Originally Posted by Šiljo

how did you get so many gifts? I thought the limit was 5 per person? did you buy additional gifts from other players?

Boneyard Spleeneater · May 02, 2009, 06:43 AM // 06:43

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Originally Posted by wtfisgoingon

how did you get so many gifts? I thought the limit was 5 per person? did you buy additional gifts from other players?

I have three mule accounts, and can get 5 per account per week...

As long as he stays in Proph, and more importantly, somewhere in proph I feel like running my mules to.

So if I can get 20 a week, someone with more accounts could get more.

Or maybe they just bought them from someone else :O