Curse

Maxiemonster · Dec 25, 2005, 04:31 PM // 16:31

They should be a must for a runner in my opinion. DP kills runners, they need these.

TGgold · Dec 25, 2005, 05:17 PM // 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxiemonster

They should be a must for a runner in my opinion. DP kills runners, they need these.

Why is a runner dying?
I like candy canes. i farm them and the other items, maunly because I like to have them. Not to sell, but for my own personal enjoyment ^__^

Loviatar · Dec 25, 2005, 05:20 PM // 17:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grammar

I actually hope they're removed.

prepare to be disappointed then.

Quote:

It's like a cheat item.

only pve so what is your problem? compare this with getting run to get Drok armor and it is a piffle, lighten up already

Quote:

I'm cool with it as a fun little holiday treat, but I'd be a little perplexed if they stick around beyond the event.

eventually they will be used up and the public relations nightmare at taking away their candy will not be worth it considering that it does no damage what-so-ever to anybody

Akhilleus · Dec 25, 2005, 05:29 PM // 17:29

i think that the average person may get a dozen or two candy canes, the average hoarder will probably have 250...and once these are all used up, i could forsee them going for 1,000 each without much difficulty...2,000 by april or may would not surprize me. the dp removal isnt the greatest effect in the world, but its useful, especially in occasions when one moron gets half the party knocked off and the mission becomes near impossibile to mass-dp..they are merely conveniant. however, they are the closest thing anet has to life-potions, and in that respect, once they run out, their value should spike. i dont think it will get too high, because the average player who would use them most, cant afford to buy them fpr 5k or some other insane amount, but 1-2k would not at all surprize me.

Loviatar · Dec 25, 2005, 05:33 PM // 17:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akhilleus

i think that the average person may get a dozen or two candy canes, the average hoarder will probably have 250...and once these are all used up, i could forsee them going for 1,000 each without much difficulty...2,000 by april or may would not surprize me.

for me the use will be that very long mission/area where my DP has been 60% and each time i come back to take down just one more of them and now i face the boss (whips out candy cane of DP nullification) and charges to sure victory (or doom)

will use sparingly

drunkcow · Dec 25, 2005, 05:40 PM // 17:40

I would laugh my ass off if they took out candy canes after wintersday. I've sold like 30 gargoyle skulls for 100g each to people buying candy canes; they would be so far in debt they'd farm for days to make their money back.

I plan to sell more after I eat lunch with the family.

Xenrath · Dec 25, 2005, 05:42 PM // 17:42

Here's how to get lots of them:

Take ranger primary or secondary - Edge of Extinction.
Go to Nolani Academy.
Go outside.
Kill bucketloads of gargoyles using E/E.
Swap 1 gargoyle skull for 1 candy cane from the necro collector at Ascalon.
Get hundreds of thousands of candy canes, give away lots in the spirit of Wintersday/Xmas/Whatever holiday you celebrate around this time of year, and be smug in the knowledge you've messed up someone's greedy exploits, because if they're totally commonplace nobody's going to pay for them (not much anyway)

Merry corporatemas :P

Hell Marauder · Dec 26, 2005, 01:31 AM // 01:31

If everyone saves some candy canes, then no one should worry about exploit and price hike. I am saving lots of it so I'll never have to buy from someone else. Who knows, maybe missions in chapter 2 are going to be extremely hard. Hopefully they don't take them away after wintersday, because I want to use them for my Fissure run for fissure armor as well.

art_ · Dec 26, 2005, 03:37 AM // 03:37

i hope they DO take them away. I dont see why i should have to farm for a holiday item just so i can be in an equal situation with other people. The canes are a joke as new players obviosly wont be able to get them where as old players will have stockpiled them and will have an advantage for quite a while.

The candy weapons are fun tho

eom · Dec 26, 2005, 03:46 AM // 03:46

an advantage at what?

according to people on this board, they only work in pve.

I like how guild wars so closely emulates the real world.
xmas becomes another way to farm for cash crops.

ecirbaf · Dec 26, 2005, 01:00 PM // 13:00

I hate this selling mentality.

It's like people in Furnace, every time a Scroll of Insight or other that gives XP boosts drops (and helps clear DP by the way !!!), they keep it for merchant instead of using it for the party.

Shadowspawn X · Dec 26, 2005, 09:58 PM // 21:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by ecirbaf

It's like people in Furnace, every time a Scroll of Insight or other that gives XP boosts drops (and helps clear DP by the way !!!), they keep it for merchant instead of using it for the party.

I feel your pain. I clear the 11 quests in FoW at least once a week and always bring 3 scrolls, 1 for the Forest, 1 for spider caves and one for DP removal , but my guildee is the only one who ever reciplicates. The rest just leech the XP and never bring a single scroll.

Which leads me to my next question anyone confirm the candy cane works in FoW/UW yet?

Kaiser · Dec 26, 2005, 11:15 PM // 23:15

I wanna confirm as well if Candy Cane works with henchies. I mean for example you're in a party of all henchies and you use Candy Cane, would they get affected as well?

LAMS3K · Dec 27, 2005, 12:46 AM // 00:46

Yes the Candy Cane works in the UW. I have yet to test the FoW. No Candy Canes do not work on henchmen. While using a few during Hell's Precipe the henchmen still had 60% DP.

Yichi · Dec 27, 2005, 03:16 PM // 15:16

Candy Canes work in fow also.

Kais Unduli · Dec 27, 2005, 03:51 PM // 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by art_

i hope they DO take them away. I dont see why i should have to farm for a holiday item just so i can be in an equal situation with other people. The canes are a joke as new players obviosly wont be able to get them where as old players will have stockpiled them and will have an advantage for quite a while.

The candy weapons are fun tho

You don't have to farm for them at all. You can just keep on dieing in 2-3 hits, while I'll have full health/energy.

Sosyc · Dec 27, 2005, 11:39 PM // 23:39

tisc tisc,so many flamers of good opinions~ There is alot of potential use for these, duos in UW, and any solo farmer will be paying out the yang for a Item that removes their Dp and allows them to maintain the spawn they were working. this also openes up other options in the game. in UW you can now have a necro run thru with monk enchants and aggro several heards of dying nightmares and in effect killing them with their own rends. only to be rezed and candy cane off your DP. Now I am sure I will get posters griping that they kill dying nightmares as monk fine even with the two hit 55 hp and no enchants. And all kinda ways to twist what I say but know this, these items are cyber crack for solo farmers, stock up and get some of that ecto/IDS money they been hoarding.
I will have to check back later and see how many have tried to find some inconciequent detail to add to a chance to argue with me, will be funny to read some flames in misspelled l33t speak about how I am a moron for stating the obvious- have fun with that, the only chance of a deminshed value is a permenant item with the same effect, and even at that you could get 75% of its merchant cost for somthing free.

Former Ruling · Dec 28, 2005, 12:03 AM // 00:03

My guess - They'll be worth maybe 50-100gold and hard as HELL to sell.

People over react.

Witchblade · Dec 28, 2005, 12:07 AM // 00:07

I dont think they ll be worth a lot ..even when removed
cauz actually, u r not supposed to use em

u r not supposed to remove ur dp a lot ^^ unless u r doing an important coop mission and all ur party has a -60dp or so, u dont need those...

My point is, i d only use em in FoW/UW Missions, i dont care of dp when wandering in desert or around LA, just rezone and u just lose a few minutes

So if u r plyaing as a good team, u wont need tons of those ^^

Francis Crawford · Dec 28, 2005, 03:44 AM // 03:44

My wife reports that they're almost as de rigeur as rez sig on tough PvE missions already.

As for candy cane weapons -- every PvE warrior should have a candy cane wand, unless she always puts enough points into her secondary profession's attributes to allow for a better ranged weapon. Wands damage based on char level, not any attribute, so candy cane wands are the best zero-req ranged weapons in the game.

Some might even say that they are ... sweet!