Curse

N1ghtstalker · Mar 31, 2008, 04:15 PM // 16:15

i just remember when primeval remnant were 15k and titan stones were 15k
now they're barely 5k

eximiis · Mar 31, 2008, 04:25 PM // 16:25

i remember setting out for an Ettins fiesta, getting 45 gold armor and then selling then for 10-15k each. making huge amount.

now, i sometime put sup vigor on heroes.!!!

Kay84 · Mar 31, 2008, 04:28 PM // 16:28

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Originally Posted by N1ghtstalker

i just remember when primeval remnant were 15k and titan stones were 15k
now they're barely 5k

Weren't titan gems like 85-90k before?

Dylananimus · Mar 31, 2008, 04:50 PM // 16:50

Hehe...I remember when...oh wait, that makes me sound like my old grandma :/

I do recall having 2 sup Abs dropped for me by Ettins, on the same day. I think my jaw dropped and bounced a few times. I think they were worth about 50k or thereabouts at the time.

Makes me wish there was still a rune drop that could make you squee as much these days. Still, getting a sup Vig dropped is still a good feeling

Getting something a bit special dropped is always cool though. Won't necessarily sell it, but it feels good to see it fall.

Firebaall · Mar 31, 2008, 04:56 PM // 16:56

Now the only decent runed items that drop are blue...

Lilith St Cyr · Mar 31, 2008, 04:59 PM // 16:59

I miss when I sold Kanaxai's Edge for 100K after just typing it once into Trade Chat... And Kanaxai's Axe around the same time for 85K *sigh*

Gwmaster · Mar 31, 2008, 05:07 PM // 17:07

haha those where the days, when the underworld wasn't really known yet, i got a white storm bow 14-26 dmg...sold it for a nice 22k back then. i also remember Drake runs, since the drakes in gates of kryta where dropping golds like hell, i also remember the bugged chest in Sanctum Kay i think...it dropped crystallines, and one chest in Arid sea who used to drop unconditional weapons in the first week of gw. Then came the griffon farming madness, im serious when i say that i would pay 30$ for an update that could take me back there..for some reason i was more happy than atm.

Loviatar · Mar 31, 2008, 05:18 PM // 17:18

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Originally Posted by Maverick2201

I don't understand... if everything cost so damn much back then, how was 100k gold of a higher value at the time? If 100k bought you 2 vigor runes then and buys you 5 now, how was 100k worth more then? If anything, 100k is worth more now since it translates into more stuff... Do you guys have any concept of economics?

i will explain as i have been here since early beta.

THE AVERAGE PERSON COULD NOT EVEN AFFORD A MAJOR VIGOR AT 35K LET ALONE A SUPERIOR AT 75K.

100K FOR SUPERIOR ABSORB?FORGET IT.

ANET PUT OUT AN INTERESTING PLAYER PROFILE FROM THEIR LOGS SHOWING THE AVERAGE PLAYER AT THAT TIME HAD 20K OR LESS.

DO THE MATH CLOWN MOST COULD NOT AFFORD THEM BACK IN THOSE STINKING GOOD OLD DAYS AND WE CAN NOW.

ECON 101 FAIL FOR YOU

Ctb · Mar 31, 2008, 05:20 PM // 17:20

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Originally Posted by Winterclaw

QFT. However I can't believe that there are some games that still require you to either use refund points or pay to reset your stats.

Gold sink. Games like WoW need to keep people grinding away, hour after hour, since they charge a fee. I, too, am glad GW doesn't do that. Having to pay out the rear just to change up your stats was one of the (many) things that caused me to loathe WoW after level 35 or so.

And, yea, I remember the expensive sup vigors. I also remember when you couldn't choose what to salvage and I lost my very first (40k+) sup vigor to crafting materials

Selling salvaged unident runes for people's PvP unlocks was great too.

HawkofStorms · Mar 31, 2008, 05:22 PM // 17:22

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i will explain as i have been here since early beta.

THE AVERAGE PERSON COULD NOT EVEN AFFORD A MAJOR VIGOR AT 35K LET ALONE A SUPERIOR AT 75K.

100K FOR SUPERIOR ABSORB?FORGET IT.

ANET PUT OUT AN INTERESTING PLAYER PROFILE FROM THEIR LOGS SHOWING THE AVERAGE PLAYER AT THAT TIME HAD 20K OR LESS.

DO THE MATH CLOWN MOST COULD NOT AFFORD THEM BACK IN THOSE STINKING GOOD OLD DAYS AND WE CAN NOW.

ECON 101 FAIL FOR YOU

I WILL TALK IN ALL CAPTIAL LETTERS.

RAWR!

Esan · Mar 31, 2008, 05:22 PM // 17:22

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Originally Posted by Loviatar

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Your caps lock and bold keys seem oddly stuck. And, I wonder, have you ever used the quote tags correctly?

Dylananimus · Mar 31, 2008, 05:25 PM // 17:25

[QUOTE=Loviatar]

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i will explain as i have been here since early beta.

THE AVERAGE PERSON COULD NOT EVEN AFFORD A MAJOR VIGOR AT 35K LET ALONE A SUPERIOR AT 75K.

100K FOR SUPERIOR ABSORB?FORGET IT.

ANET PUT OUT AN INTERESTING PLAYER PROFILE FROM THEIR LOGS SHOWING THE AVERAGE PLAYER AT THAT TIME HAD 20K OR LESS.

DO THE MATH CLOWN MOST COULD NOT AFFORD THEM BACK IN THOSE STINKING GOOD OLD DAYS AND WE CAN NOW.

ECON 101 FAIL FOR YOU

Hmmm, and here I was thinking LS made us all poor *shrugs*

People on here confuse me. They (as in majority, not individuals) say one thing, then contradict it completely with another thread...hehe.

Turbobusa · Mar 31, 2008, 05:25 PM // 17:25

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Originally Posted by Maverick2201

Lots of things

We cannot compare money inflation to IRL inflation, because the ratio earning/items cost variation is huge compared to real life's.

Ho and back then you had way less people farming and less ways of farming. Obviously more money created generates lower prices. It's not just loot scaling causing that.

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Basically, people just made poor investments and are crying about it.

Or, we think it was more fun when you had to save money to buy stuff and actually enjoy when you buy a nice item. Maybe that's justme, I don't like getting stuff so easily now.

The REAL question to me, is would you rather get anything you want in a blink of an eye (exagerating of course) or having to work and actually enjoy getting things (not necessarly rare items).

I'll add, if my post is t be quote, that I'm not QQing. I just have a different view of what's fun and what's not to me, and I express it.

dunky_g · Mar 31, 2008, 05:25 PM // 17:25

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Originally Posted by reanimatorX

good times.

it occured to me a little while ago that the price dropped, its now only 18k.

anyone else remember an item that used to be alot, and now its much, much cheaper?

so you missed the 1st year of this game when it was at around 100k with sup absorb

Angelic Upstart · Mar 31, 2008, 05:30 PM // 17:30

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Originally Posted by DarkFlame

I remember when you couldn't make one because the trader was always out of sup monk runes. You had to camp the trader clicking request quote and hope you were the first one to snatch up the rune.

LOL, same as that

Aera Lure · Mar 31, 2008, 05:31 PM // 17:31

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Originally Posted by reanimatorX

anyone else remember an item that used to be alot, and now its much, much cheaper?

HoD sword.

jiggles · Mar 31, 2008, 05:42 PM // 17:42

I got a guildie to buy me a sup rune for 78k iirc i threw it on my armour and none of us could get it back off

Painbringer · Mar 31, 2008, 05:47 PM // 17:47

And I have 3 sups in storage waiting for them to go back up

Also stack of spiritwood planks just knowing the will be wurth something someday

BlueNovember · Mar 31, 2008, 06:13 PM // 18:13

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Originally Posted by Spaced Invader

...
Or when you had to use the SoC *while* the boss was using the elite skill to cap it.
...
Ah, good times. Or not.

lol! Yes, quite. Click-spamming SoC trying to get bloody [wiki]Shield of Regeneration[/wiki] is not something I ever want to repeat. Sitting in THK was arguably even worse, as if you missed the cap on [wiki]Mark of Protection[/wiki] you have to wait around for another minute or so without killing the boss...

What was the next version? Didn't the boss "drop" the elite skill or something? I remember seeing the "Barrage" icon floating above a corpse. Something of a click-and-drag business to acquire it iirc.

Carboplatin · Mar 31, 2008, 07:23 PM // 19:23

i remembered when zealots fire triggered on watch yourself!