Curse

MaxBorken · Oct 13, 2015, 03:43 PM // 15:43

I can never remember the collective noun for a pile of bows.... Bonfire?

Superb as always EK. Glad I was able to help you

But I'm going to pass the thanks from myself to Todes who allowed me to keep and sell his old bows. Without knowing it, those bows were what Kickstarted the chain of events leading up to acquiring those crystallines.

Love your work, EK.

Max

Ham Rock · Oct 15, 2015, 07:46 PM // 19:46

Hello everyone,

As most of you know by now, I focus on collecting attribute shields, of which many have been posted here already. Today I'm not uploading any shields like those. For the last couple of weeks I've put my attention to other characters, who have little or no use for attribute shields. Im talking about my Ranger, Warrior and Assassin. I have spend about all of my ecto's acquiring the items you'll see below, but they were worth every last one of them.

As for my Ranger, Emma Toxophilas, I bought the Eternal Bows, which I've posted earlier. I always like to have a defensive set matching its primary weapon. Since those bows are req 8's, I had to find a matching req 8 set. Now what weapon and shield match Eternal Bow's better then a Chaos Axe and Eternal Shield? None I thought so, but then I had to find a fitting req 8 Chaos Axe and req 8 Eternal Shield.

And that was when things got out of control.

Now to my Assassin, Emma Toxophilas. This character is one of my most played ones. I used to do all kinds of speedclears with her. Those days lie behind me and now she runs through all of Cantha for me, opening chests. For doing this, I thought she deserved a world class weapon and shield. Today I purchased the final piece for this set. A true Canthan set for a Canthan chest runner.

Now my last two items. My Warrior, Emma Tha Warrior, hadn't been getting the attention she deserved the last few months. So a week back I thought, lets get her something special. I went browsing on guru and came across these two items, sold separately, while they should have been a set. Although they were sold by the same person, I now brought them together to never be separated again. I bring to you, in my opinion, my best set so far. I'm so very proud of these and my Warrior has never looked better.

Now I sit here behind my laptop, still not done. My lust for epic and awesome old school items still hasn't been fulfilled. I tell you this, you will see more of me here.

~Emma

P.S. Yes, my Assassin used to be a male named: Assassin Ham Rock

trademeimfamous · Oct 15, 2015, 11:01 PM // 23:01

i hate to tell you this emma, but i think your warrior might have been the better choice to customize your chaos axes for.
also, while your ranger has lotsa custo'd q8 axes, your poor warrior only has one wep that is even lacking some damage. wut r you doing?

still epic stuff though!

Sartrox · Oct 16, 2015, 01:54 AM // 01:54

Well, there are no words for your collection MaxBorken, what a picture.

And EK & Emma, now i know why its so hard to find some nice bows for my new Ranger, really nice collections.
Hope you are done so far, that i can fill up mine.
I mean i just started to collect a month ago, when my ranger quit the presearing cause he reached max level.
But i just found some nice bows in this time, hope there are more to come.

Enchanted Krystal · Oct 16, 2015, 03:29 AM // 03:29

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.....Hope you are done so far, that i can fill up mine....

http://i62.tinypic.com/301j33s.jpg

Good luck with it bro. Due to time commitments(and my kids hounding my to play GW2 with them daily) I am 100% done with GW1. But I don't think Emma is going anywhere anytime soon!

Keep the faith collectors!

Peace.

Surge goes pre · Oct 16, 2015, 04:56 AM // 04:56

I know this pales in comparison to some of the other bow collections that have been posted... But I haven't posted in a long time and I want to keep the bow theme going because I think they are under appreciated. Here are my 3 favorite bow skins in guild wars and I'm very honored to have the privilege to hold them on my ranger.

1. Dead Bow - My favorite bow skin in guild wars. I spent years chasing one of these - quite literally. Almost had one a couple years ago, and then last minute it was sold to someone else. Then this one came up. I want to thank my friend Mia for helping me get it, and Aris for selling it to me. Definitely one of my longest time guild wars goals.

2. Mursaat Bow - A close second favorite skin. Another bow that I have wanted to own for a long long time. Notice the same merchant values

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3: Yes, I kept my starter bow all these years

Sorry you're not in the screens Emma.

--- Buzan

Ham Rock · Oct 16, 2015, 06:22 AM // 06:22

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wut r you doing?

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Originally Posted by Ham Rock

And that was when things got out of control.

I think that explains it pretty well.

No, but seriously, I planned for one chaos axe on my Ranger. So I got one and a couple of days later I could buy the others. Without hesitation I also customized those. Perhaps my Warrior was a better place, but my Ranger's Pet/Axe build is a whole lot of fun

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And EK & Emma, now i know why its so hard to find some nice bows for my new Ranger, really nice collections.

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But I don't think Emma is going anywhere anytime soon!

Don't worry, my Ranger has all the bows she needs

. You have some cool bows there, really like the Storm Bow. Hope to see more of you here.

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Sorry you're not in the screens Emma.

--- Buzan

I hope I can manage

. Epic bows though

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MaxBorken · Oct 16, 2015, 08:28 AM // 08:28

Oh my, Emma. Look how far you've come in such a short time.

I get approached by people fairly regularly asking how to become a collector. Most come to nothing, or are scared off by the enormity of the task to assemble a meaningful collection. Every now and then however, someone comes along who defies this trend, and here is proof that you are one of those someones.

You should be very proud of what you have achieved here. It is all the more impressive how quickly you managed to achieve this. I salute you.

I know you had some luck, and frankly so did I. You need luck to make your name in the world of collecting antiquities. Well done on an excellent job. I am glad I was able to be a part of your success. Look after that shield. It's very special.

You have been noticed. And for the right reasons.

Max

Enchanted Krystal · Oct 16, 2015, 08:49 AM // 08:49

Love the Starter Bow Buzz

MaxBorken · Oct 16, 2015, 09:01 AM // 09:01

And Buzan. R8 15^50 dead bow? Quite simply, in my opinion that is one of the rarest bows in existence. Massive congrats for that one. I think it's the only one? I heard the other was banned...

Max

Or is the other one with the Captain.....

I'm too old to remember.

Surge goes pre · Oct 16, 2015, 12:37 PM // 12:37

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Love the Starter Bow Buzz

Haha thanks. It's such a strong bow.

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I think that explains it pretty well.

I hope I can manage

. Epic bows though

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Thanks

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Originally Posted by MaxBorken

And Buzan. R8 15^50 dead bow? Quite simply, in my opinion that is one of the rarest bows in existence. Massive congrats for that one. I think it's the only one? I heard the other was banned...

Max

Or is the other one with the Captain.....

I'm too old to remember.

I certainly agree with that statement. Thanks man. It may be the only one that has been logged into in a long time, but I don't know if I can claim only one still possible to be around. That being said, however many there are, it's still easily one of the rarest bows in game I think. I'm not sure how naga and bramble q8's compare, but I think it's up there with those. Coffee man would know ;P

And as for you, congrats on getting that +5e cryst... That thing is way more epic than my dead bow haha

Pleikki · Oct 16, 2015, 01:25 PM // 13:25

Awesome stuff guys!

For discussion. Naga is rarest overall. dead rarest tyrian. imoo

Bramble is rare too but mainly it allways had most demand from all of those. ppl love the skins

Rushin Roulette · Oct 16, 2015, 02:35 PM // 14:35

Just logged into GW to see the how the old lady is doing and was surprised at what I still had on my Necro since all these years of absence.

Just to add to my already posted collection (in the spoiler tags, so that I dont spam the thread too full) from a few years ago... wow, how time flies.

Zephyr of Light · Oct 16, 2015, 02:57 PM // 14:57

Oh god rush.........

You have that one shield I have been looking for over 2 years x).
Req 9 +1/20 heal -2ench.. in TACTICS

Man, if i knew that before i'm pretty sure I wouldn't have ever sold my 4 attri set :<
/sigh

@ Emma, great stuff yo growing pretty rapidly!
@ EK, what more do I have to say, you probably know already that your bossin as hell haha.
@ Buzan, you're (entire) bow collection always amazes me, plain king.

MaxBorken · Oct 16, 2015, 03:06 PM // 15:06

Welcome back, Rushin

It's always great to see returning players from the good old days. Yours is one of the accounts I always hoped would resurface one day

I have already sent you a PM old chap. We have business to discuss.....

Coffee Man · Oct 16, 2015, 04:34 PM // 16:34

Have to disagree with you Pleikki :3 Dead Bow is the rarest skin as req8 15^50, although it's harder to find naga bows since the last 5-6 years (I'd even say impossible as non-customized). But in terms of chance to drop back in the day the Dead bow win.

I also think I know where one more dead bow is uncustomized (assuming that's what you meant as the last one in the game) but I wouldn't exactly call it an active account.

But awesome shiz everyone, glad to see some bows pop up! I wish I could show some new bows aswell but it ain't moving atm sadly haha.. The ones I want isn't easy to find

Well done!

Pleikki · Oct 16, 2015, 05:17 PM // 17:17

hmm.. Ive only seen like 2-3 of nagas q8 15^50 ever customized or not. Deads in otherhand seen 10-15 atleast

Coffee Man · Oct 16, 2015, 05:52 PM // 17:52

I've seen quite a few more than that of Nagas, and the last 6-7 dead bows up for sale were just 3 different ones being passed around ^.^

Surge goes pre · Oct 16, 2015, 06:23 PM // 18:23

Part of me agrees with coffee man because to my knowledge q8-13 max dead bows really only dropped from 1 or 2 types of foes in game. I remember back in the day before hard mode, any q was quite pricey coMpared to other bow skins. I heard they dropped from the chests around the portal wraiths in hells and fow? Cause the typical undead in kryta were too low level to drop max dead bows. That's why when hard mode came out,the q9+ became a plenty but not 8. I'd be curious to know where they came from in q8, coffee

There were many more foes that could drop a q8 naga bow.

I guess I missed the dead bow passing around. The one Hiro sold is the last one remember before mine. Was there other?

Coffee Man · Oct 16, 2015, 07:02 PM // 19:02

Spun Ducky hoarded the 3 dead bows when he was active (Kromps old and I believe the other 2 were from System if not mistaken?) then I bought one of them (ty senpai) and the other 2 was passed around for some time until staying quiet after that if I recall correctly.

So i take that back, the last 6-7 sales has been 3 ones passed around aswell as Hiros whom had his for a while.

Edit: Ah that's right haha you got it from Aris, my bad!