Curse

Narutoscryed · Nov 14, 2006, 02:10 AM // 02:10

got a req 9 15^50 ruby hammer off a chest..

been getting alota good rares.. one wand that had a 20 recharge mod... its worth it

death fuzzy · Nov 14, 2006, 02:40 AM // 02:40

dont know about chest drops, but the first gold i found in NF.
Soul Spire.
20% global recharge,
insignia was a 20% soul reap cast

if i can find a staff mod with 20% death or insignia with 20% death, i would be well off

well, dont know about the skin, but i like it.

Avarre · Nov 14, 2006, 03:12 AM // 03:12

After opening about 50 Margonite chests, I've sold four of the drops for 150k in total. Easily covered the cost of keys

Vabbi keys have less of a benefit, but are much faster to run.

MegaMouse · Nov 14, 2006, 03:14 AM // 03:14

I must be the lone dog here because I get purple and gold all the time from chests. I havent gotten a blue or anything else from chests yet. And all the weapons and items I have been getting are almost always max stats.

Mega Mouse

Mr Jazzy · Nov 14, 2006, 03:25 AM // 03:25

My first ever chest I opened in Elona was from a key drop nearby. I opened the chest and lo and behold, a gold 9-41 ornate scythe with strength and honor mod 15^50 +5 defense.

life ish good.

Manic Smile · Nov 14, 2006, 04:39 AM // 04:39

Strange I've already made 100k off of 50k in keys and I've not even sold half the golds I've found.

Sparks Dawnbringer · Nov 14, 2006, 04:42 AM // 04:42

We been getting 2-3 golds a person in Vabbi if we open all the chests and open them in the same order. Usually 5 or 6 chests per area. It's a lot of money but if you get those titles up you get a better salvage rate. Now the drops from monsters have been few and far between, we have each gotten about 3 gold drops now in all of Elona.

Riken Chrono · Nov 14, 2006, 04:52 AM // 04:52

@Megamouse, you cant get a blue item in a chest. I have been running in the desolation area and i got 1 fiery blade axe, 1 icy blade axe and a couple other golds, over 30 purps :/

Vinsanity · Nov 14, 2006, 05:28 AM // 05:28

From how many chests I have opened, around 50, about 30% of the drops have been gold...very low drop rate imo compared to the recent campaigns.

Gonzo · Nov 14, 2006, 06:47 AM // 06:47

I got a decent paragon shield from one the rest were purple (out of 30 opened chests)

Ruby Lightheart · Nov 14, 2006, 08:08 AM // 08:08

Ok i added my numbers up and this is what I got..yeah i actually kept records of my chest drops in nightfall

Number of Keys Bought :213
Number of Golds from Chests: 2
Number of Purples from Chests :208 ( i must not have recorded 3 of them)
Number of Max dmg items (purple and gold) :47
Number of Runes: 32
Number of Chest items that ended up as vendor trash : 161
Number of Chest Items sold to players :3 (total value 72k)

Now my numbers are no where near perfect cause well..i know there were a few times i forgot to record what the outcome of the chest was. But still you can see that in my personal experience...the chests are just not worht my time anymore and given the extra cost of keeping your hero in good weaponry...I just cant afford to get vendor trash from chests.

strcpy · Nov 14, 2006, 09:17 AM // 09:17

I was trying to get a green scythe in Vabbia and found a lot of chests to open during my run in that area. I needed a few weapons for my heroes (across several characters) so I purchased some keys.

Right now my Dervish pretty much has all of her heroes with max golds and quite a few inscriptions (I have not bothered to check if the skins are worth anything yet - I will before I customize them). The other characters have quite a few purples. not bad - lots cheaper than purchasing the same weapons from crafters and building them. The highest req of anything I found was 11, most were 9 and a few 10.

*shrug* if you expect to make it really rich by chest farming you will be disappointed. I found this much more true in Tyria and Cantha - my chest drops skill mostly go to the traders there. It's mostly a gold sink and was designed as so.

But then, that's the idea behind "random" anyway. Someone get horrid, someone gets great, in the end we all equal out.

Gli · Nov 14, 2006, 11:23 AM // 11:23

When I played through Vabbi I opened every chest I ran into. I actually got more golds than purples, but practically all of them were req. 13. I did get a sweet load of good inscriptions off them though. The Desolation gave me a lot less golds, but more useful ones. The Realm of Torment has been a total loss so far though. Over 50 chests opened, and not a gold yet.

The Silver Star · Nov 14, 2006, 11:30 AM // 11:30

On average not only in Elona i have felt the average of chests being Gold drop since the update rather than just be Gold or Purple per player.

garethporlest18 · Nov 14, 2006, 11:32 AM // 11:32

I've opened around 300 chests, got about 40-60 gold from them. Not sure a lot of purples, a lot of gold, really good inscriptions on them. I'm pretty lucky though, although when I get 5 purples from margonite chests it's annoying.

Morgoth the dark · Nov 14, 2006, 11:53 AM // 11:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by MDeshame

The chests are not random. They only drop purple even at endgame. The 1 in 150,000 opened chests (ask Gaile Grey) drops a gold.
All are high reqs. near max stats somewhat middle range in scription levels.

You will get better drops for killing than from chests, chests serve only to drain your coffers while you increase your "opened Chests" title.

dude what are you on? i wanna take that to...

i opened 40 chestst wiht my dervish and i got about 30 gold from it. 3/4 of all chests for me were golden so dont talk bullshit ok?

The Silver Star · Nov 14, 2006, 11:55 AM // 11:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morgoth the dark

dude what are you on? i wanna take that to...

i opened 40 chestst wiht my dervish and i got about 30 gold from it. 3/4 of all chests for me were golden so dont talk bullshit ok?

Thats sounds like more bullshit than he said..

Morgoth the dark · Nov 14, 2006, 11:57 AM // 11:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Silver Star

Thats sounds like more bullshit than he said..

wanna go out and try some?
we'll see who talk bullshit then....
just don open that crappy vabbi/istan / kournan chests...

open chest in desolation or ream of torment

The Silver Star · Nov 14, 2006, 12:03 PM // 12:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morgoth the dark

wanna go out and try some?
we'll see who talk bullshit then....
just don open that crappy vabbi/istan / kournan chests...

open chest in desolation or ream of torment

1. Didnt say i didnt believe you.
2. Didnt say i wanted you to prove it.
3. Were talking about ALL Elona chests then you state dont open any of those chests? that make up the majority?

No i do not want to waste my time with a flaming wammo like yourself, your post will probably be removed, and hopefully will.

kthnxbye

Cebe · Nov 14, 2006, 12:19 PM // 12:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clone

Quote:

Originally Posted by MDeshame

1 in 150,000 opened chests (ask Gaile Grey) drops a gold.

I actually would like to hear Gaile or some other Anet official say that. They can't seriously be that bad. I could believe 1 in 20, but 1 in 150,000?

That sounds way too low.

Quite. I got 7 golds in a row from Ancient Elonian Chests whilst edge-walking for my GMD title...I thought it was a joke when it kept going and going...

1 chest in 150,000 sounds far too low to me...and then what would be the point in buying keys if you're pretty much not going to even have a vague chance in getting a gold? According to you the chance of me getting those 7 golds in a row is 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000585. (i think that is (1/150000)^7...)

[Edit: before someone rips me to shreads for suggesting it might be possible to get more than 1 gold in a row...I have had PLENTY of purples...I'm only making my point. Just felt I should clear that up...]

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Silver Star

No i do not want to waste my time with a flaming wammo

LMAO!