Curse

romeo_longsword · Feb 20, 2006, 12:23 PM // 12:23

Thanks Lady for the support,but the risk is that, say at the end I decided to get an armour from chapter 2 instead of FoW, which require another expensive elements to create.

And I would need to spent a large amout of money on them. But due to the unpopularity of the ecto, I can no longer sell them the same high price as they are currently before chapter 2, so I ended up losing some values on the ectos.

And due to the fact that I have a very strong interests in the eastern style of designs such as on their housing, clothing and history, I am hoping that there will be some armour set that carries a good far eastern feel. I play a ranger you see, and I think an eastern looking ranger would look really really good.

And I suppose my concern will not end untill I finally see the new armour selections, and since they keep this sort of info so tight, I just cant decide and most likely ended up doing what you suggested.

Lady Lozza · Feb 20, 2006, 12:35 PM // 12:35

lol well I can't imagine that the price of ecto will fall TOO much. After all there is no garantee that the core classes will have access to new sparkly expensive armour. That is to say factions players might have access to FoW and that will be the only expensive armour in the game. I personally don't see this happening, but like I said earlier there is a lot of speculation around.
Hang tight till the beta weekend and we should have a lot more information then

SALESMAN · Feb 22, 2006, 12:54 PM // 12:54

Would be interesting if you could get armour on ur pets =]
Imagine a bear in platemail lol..

antialias02 · Feb 22, 2006, 02:33 PM // 14:33

As an aside, Lady, Gaile has confirmed that FoW and UW are places people can only reach from Tyria (ie: Chapter 1 chars), and that Cantha would probably have its own similar places. I think in a different convo she hinted that they would possibly be to different gods, as well, but THAT is only rumor. The first part is confirmed.

fiery · Feb 22, 2006, 02:45 PM // 14:45

I gave up reading after seeing the statements, this is rather stupid and etc. And i agree dont assume, and wait and see. It' has not come out yet so why keep making the same threads over and over again about the same question. WE dont know about the new armor and won't maybe until the PVE weekend or later.

Ailyrr Merlena · Feb 24, 2006, 04:57 AM // 04:57

Two things, Gaile confirmed that UW/FoW would only be reached from Tyria, and that there would be a similar place in Cantha (I can't remember how long ago that was).
Also, more recently, she said, "Keep your ectos". (about a week to ten days ago).

That was all, rather cryptic, yes, but it answered some questions.

Maxiemonster · Feb 24, 2006, 05:09 AM // 05:09

Most likely Rubies and Sapphires, which are both near the current Ecto price, will be the new Ectos and Shards

I expect the new types of armor (stat wise) will be in both 1.5K and 15K forms, and the new expensive armor, which will most like use Rubies and Sapphires.

And if what I'm thinking of is correct, the "Keep your ectos" probably ment something like "FOW Armor will never be useless, since the new types of armor (stat wise again) might not fit your build, you might just want the FOW Armor instead of the new expensive armor".

What I actually hope the very most, is dropable armor, which drops very rarely, just to make the way to get your armor a different way

I mean.. Why not? It'd automaticly customizes to you on drop, and this way there's actually a reason to play PVE alot again!

My Sweet Revenga · Feb 24, 2006, 05:17 AM // 05:17

Rubies gotta be good for somethin....
Probably for the 30k set

Then later we'll have the 60k set... and the 90k set......

Nevin · Feb 24, 2006, 05:53 AM // 05:53

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Originally Posted by My Sweet Revenga

Probably for the 30k set

Hah just hah.. Anyways, I'm only saving the basic materials (Iron Ignots, Wood Planks, Tanned Hides, Cloth) Etc etc.. Ecto's and that stuff, I sell. Why bother worrying if the prices are going up or down or what ever. AS long as theres no inflation theres one currency that'll never change, which simply is gold.

squan · Feb 24, 2006, 02:19 PM // 14:19

hmmmm i think ecto price will drop big time, why.
new proffesions, new weapons, new skills, new guild halls, new armor.

what about new crating material, new collectors items, new dyes.

well i know 1 thing. just like all changes in the game, it costs money. so i am saving like hell. i got best weapons for my chars, so why keep other item. got 300k now, but want much more.

Big_Iron · Feb 24, 2006, 03:47 PM // 15:47

A lot of people are assuming that rubies and sapphires are going to be used in Factions. For good reason. It does make sense since there's no use for them now and Gaile has supposedly mentioned it. I'm seeing a lot of "WTB all your rubies and sapphires" spam now. I suppose it's two types spamming. Speculators gambling that the prices will jump. People who are wanting to accumulate as much as they can assuming that they will be able to use it in the new armor and want to get it ASAP. I've thought about jumping on the gem bandwagon, but I'm too conservative. I don't want to stock up on them only to find out that there's still no use for them yet. For now, I'll just stock my gold in storage. Though, I may regret that later.

Ailyrr Merlena · Feb 24, 2006, 07:39 PM // 19:39

Gaile has mentioned that the previously unused crafting materials might possibly be used in Factions.

As to hording gems: There was a lot of speculation about gems being used in the Sorrow's Furnace update (for those who remember). I was in a guild with one of the people buying ALL those gems. Needless to say, he took a huge killing on them when they weren't used.
Just remember, a rumor is just that, until its been confirmed by Anet.

Allanon Dark · Feb 25, 2006, 06:08 PM // 18:08

I know a lot of people are stocking up on cash and stuff but i have a different approach for the new armors. I am trying to get as much of the unuasable (is that even a word) rare crafting materials i can. This will help in the long run when they implement the 15k armors for the new sets. Buy now for 100gold or wait and pay much more later. Its just what im doing to save for my new 15k armor other than stockpiling some k.

Njall · Feb 25, 2006, 06:29 PM // 18:29

I don't want new armors, I just want a nice shiny armor (for 15k) for my wolf

Thom · Feb 25, 2006, 09:15 PM // 21:15

Two points:
1) Consider how much time people have spent in the past trying to get expensive armor, it would be stupid not to have more. Sometime you want new ideas, but huge gold sink armor will be a horse that they will continue to ride. 15k and fissure armor maintain community through some very high end goals while also maintaining the markets to some extent.
2)The biggest "failure" of prophecies is the feeling that some of the game remains in complete. The map has so many areas you can't reach and too many dead ends (I actually uncovered it all in testing). The temple of the ages promises to have an area for each god, but they only ever got to 2/5. While there are now 2 other high end areas, would have been happier finishing ToA instead of shadow's furnace or the new Tombs. I love Guild Wars, but like most games that are this ambitious it really needed another 2 months of work before release.

Njall · Feb 25, 2006, 09:38 PM // 21:38

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would have been happier finishing ToA instead of shadow's furnace or the new Tombs.

Don't forget that you can go in the furnace when you want, even if you don't have the favor.