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Old Sep 05, 2014, 05:27 AM // 05:27   #1
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Default Canthan Staves - Questions? Here Is What I have Learned Over The Years Of Collecting

Let me start by saying this I am writing this to give an update to my old version of this guide which can be found hidden in the spoiler at the bottom. If you don't know much about staves, I suggest reading it. But the information in the up to date version will be more applicable to people buying and selling the staves. I talk about 20/10 vs 20/20 and stuff like that in the hidden spoiler section at the bottom. That information is all still valid.

Again, this is my guide as if I were the GW god. Feel free to disagree in comments. But I have been collecting and interested in these staves for many years... this is all accurate to my knowledge.

CANTHAN SKINS UPDATED AUGUST 2015:

I will give 2 hierarchies. One for Rarity of the OS Version as to obtaining it and one for prices. Because there is a slight difference in my opinion. There is some debate as to the hierarchy of staff skins in terms of rarity and price - feel free to post yours, I know there used to be a thread about this. But here is mine:

This hierarchy will be slightly different than the one in the spoiler. I think this more accurately reflects the current state of guild wars. After I post the hierarchy, I will justify and point out my changes.

RARITY - This is my order:
  • 1. Platinum
  • 2. Dragon
  • 3. Zodiac
  • 4. Celestial
    BIG DROP OFF IN RARITY
  • 5. Bo

CHANGES:
1. You may remember last time that between Dragon and Zodiac I had the words "HUGE DROP OFF IN RARITY." I dropped this. I no longer think that Dragon and Platinum are way way rarer than Zodiac, Celestial, and Bo. I think they are slightly rarer.

Now I will note the changes and hierarchy for prices. Then I will justify my changes.


PRICE:
  • 1. Dragon
  • 2. Platinum
  • 3. Zodiac
  • 4. Bo
  • 5. Celestial

CHANGES:
1. I got rid of all "BIG DROP OFF IN PRICES." I think the prices of the skins are closer now. That is not to say that the bottom came up, I think the price of the top 2 (Dragon and Plat) have dropped in price a lot.
2. I no longer have a 1a and 1b on dragon and plat. I think dragon is the winner in price, even if plat is the winner in rarity. I think that Dragon is still the most expensive. But I think a dragon in 2015 is worth 50% ish of what it was worth in 2014 or 2013. EXCEPTION: Fire. Until someone shows me another fire one, I think a fire dragon staff is still worth 1750e++++. But I think that is the only one that defies my new thoughts I think.

WHY DID I MAKE THESE CHANGES?
The answer is very simple. There has been a massive increase of supply in Dragon, Platinum, and Bo staves in guild wars since I last wrote this guild. The reason for this massive supply increase is botting a farm in WoC I believe.

I can name a good 5 or 6+ 20/20 Dragon Staves that have been listed for sale or price checked in the past month or 2... I'll name them here -
q9 DF 20/20 Prot
q10 DF 20/20 Prot x2
q9 Commun 20/20
q10 DF 20/20 Heal
I remember seeing a couple others in game, but I'm on rather infrequently and I can't remember those, my apologies.

You might say 5 or 6 20/20 Dragon Staves in a few months... so what? Around 2013ish, I spent a whole year spamming in guild wars and on guru to buy ANY 20/20 Dragon Staff and how many did I get for that first almost year? 0. Why? Because there were none. I was offering a lot of money for them. And now all of a suddenly there is a huge supply surplus. Something is fishy.

It's not just Dragon Staves. There is a lot more 20/20 Platinum and Bo Staves as well. Consequently, those are the 3 skins that are farmable on the WoC bot farm.

* Note I'm not saying that anyone that is selling or asking a price on a 20/20 dragon staff bottled it. I'm saying that something in general is fishy that there are so many around now. Especially considering how inactive guild wars has become. Something isn't right. I don't think they are worth as much as now as I used to think they are.

That is the reason I updated this post. I told people that I thought Dragon/Platinum staves were worth a shit ton in 20/20. I don't think they are anymore. So I'm correcting myself for 2015+. I think they are worth a lot. But not a shit ton.

A couple of years ago, a q10 DF 20/20 Prot Dragon Staff would have sold for double or triple what the last couple have sold for now I think - to use that as an example. Same with the q9 version...

Rant over.




OLD VERSION - PRE August 2015.


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Old Sep 05, 2014, 06:13 AM // 06:13   #2
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This is my guide as if I were the GW god. Feel free to disagree in comments.
You know I love you Surge, but sometimes the comedy just writes itself!

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Old Sep 05, 2014, 06:16 AM // 06:16   #3
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Old Sep 05, 2014, 08:14 AM // 08:14   #4
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Good Guide! Only imho rarity vise order should be Platinum->Dragon->Bo->Outcast->zodiac->cele-> Forbidden if u want to mention that :P

Ive had Way less platinum staff drops within my years and tens of thousands chests run in cantha then dragons and any others..

Zodiac idk rly about nowadays but yeah its quite common drop in deep and urgoz, but guess ppl wont farm em anymore. so for rarity it could be higher then bo, but Drop rate wise im sure its more common then bo.

Outcast also is quite tricky, only outcasts drop em (duh) So generally in normal gameplay it would be harder to get then Bo/plat/dragon, but farming/chesting only outcasts, you can get em sometimes. Probably harder get nice one then Bo staff Imho.

Thats my opinion to discussion :P

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So just wanted add this here, so heres some statistics from decent Staff drops ive had on my gw career within some farming and around 20000 chests opened in cantha.. These include staffs being good enough for me to keep & resell or such.

Dragon staffs 1 x 20/20 ~10-15 x 20/10
Plat staff 0 x 20/20 ~ 2 x 20/10
Bo staff 0 x 20/20 ~ 3-4 x 20/10
Zodiac staff 0 x 20/20 ~5 x 20/10
Celestia staff ~5 x 20/20 ~50 x 20/10 (merched 20/10's)
Forbidden staff ~5 x 20/20 ~Alot 20/10 (merched 20/10's)
Outcast staff 1 x 20/20 ~5-10 20/10's

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Old Sep 05, 2014, 10:48 AM // 10:48   #5
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I wrote a staff rarity guide years ago but never really finished it. It's somewhere here in Traders Outpost if it has some info in it that might assist you then you could dig it up.
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Old Sep 05, 2014, 11:09 AM // 11:09   #6
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I wrote a staff rarity guide years ago but never really finished it. It's somewhere here in Traders Outpost if it has some info in it that might assist you then you could dig it up.
Searched it up.

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Old Sep 05, 2014, 01:27 PM // 13:27   #7
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I dont do staves, i never did ...but even i am impresed..very nice and good job!! Rly good job keep going! U almost made me farm staves xD almost...
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Old Sep 05, 2014, 03:58 PM // 15:58   #8
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Thanks for the kind words everyone . I just figured this info should be out there. I may adjust plat to be more rare than dragon the more I think. But I think people pay more for dragons.

The reason I don't think outcast is as rare as zodiac is you can run chests in rheas and I think they drop more than the shields.
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Old Sep 05, 2014, 05:11 PM // 17:11   #9
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I agree with you on the platinum staves as far as rarity goes Pleikki, but the prices Buzan listed (and I agree on) was probably based on what the market wants, and people want dragon staves much more than platinum staves (strangely imo). I would also drop the Zodiac 20/10 staves to 10e-ish each tbh, but just my opinion.
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Old Sep 06, 2014, 12:17 PM // 12:17   #10
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lots of good information, i hope people will take time to read and understand it !
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Old Sep 06, 2014, 01:05 PM // 13:05   #11
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To my mind Bo & Zodiac Staves should switch places when it comes to prices... Bc ppl are really into Bo's (I've sold some in the last weeks) and they do know that Zodiacs drop in inscr. too, so why pay more if I can buy one for cheap in inscr.? Of course it depends on if its a collector or not but I assume its a thread related to "normal" ppl

Actually its the same with Plat Staves... There a not many ppl who know how rare an OS Plat Staff is bc there are inscr. ones too.
The collectors do know, thats why they are the most expensive ones I dont mind saying they are not, bc they are, I agree, its just that they are kinda influenced by the inscr ones... Guess they could be worth a lot more if there where no inscr ones

And price really depends on attribute... I sold a q9 20/10 Curses Bo for 60e & saw a q9 20/10 DF Cele go for 200e but I cant sell my q9 20/10 Illu Cele for like 70k... Otherwise I cant understand how one can try to get like 1ke for a q9 20/10 Earth Dragon... but well guess its demand and supply
20/19 is kinda hard too... I got a q10 20/19 Dom Cele. Not really sure but I guess Q10 20/10 dom cele could fetch up to 50e but I've sold my 20/19 for 8e some days ago after searching for ages to find a buyer Nowadays its pretty hard to sell 20/19 stuff even if its a Dragon or Bo (Id say plats go anytime bc they are so rare haha) for 2-3x the price of a 20/10 as you have stated

To cut a long story short... I am no collector, more kinda farmer & seller, but I appreciate your thread & just wanted to point some things out I've noticed. Unfortunately I dont trade many Plats or Dragons so my words only fit half for everything. :/
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good job there Buzan seems like uve put some effort in it

wouldve done sth like a general rule set for finding os staves, sth like:

1. If its not 20/20 or 20/10 with max dmg and max stats -> insta merch (Exception maybe q9 20/19 on wanted skin such as Dragon/Bo)

2. If its 20/20 with matching inherent its usually worth sth (exception maybe unfortunate combination of crap skin with high req), the lower the req the higher the price obviously

3. If its q9 20/20 with matching inherent u possibly hit it big. Range here goes from 10-20e for basic skins such as accursed staff up to 1000e++ (open end) if its one of the top five skins Buzan listed and here it strongly depends on how many collectors will go for it as well

4. If its 20/20 with a non matching inherent its usually merchfood. Exceptions: the combination is useful and/or the inherent does not come as primary like a DF/Prot combination on any skin. If its a not so useful combination but at least q9 and a nice skin u might get a lil bit for it from collectors such as myself (only for certain skins ofc, depending on the collectors)

5. If its 20/10 it is still often enough merchfood. Here the possibility for a sale strongly depends on two factors: req and skin. If its a rare and or wanted skin like bo/dragon u might even get sth for a higher req, but usually u can merch 20/10 staffs if not at least q9. For the q9 ones u can usually get 5k-20e depending on skin/requirement combi for the standard skins and 20-60e for the wanted/rare skins (the ones buzan and the others listed already). sometimes u can even get more than 60e for a q9 20/10 if someone with to much money wants the skin very much or if a collector is missing exactly this one for his set then.

6. Sth in general for os weapons: If u have sth OS and u cant sell it ingame and are close to merching it, always check guru BUY section first. You never know if there isnt a crazy collector lookin for the exact item! Sometimes 100 ppl tell u ur item is crap but there is one lonely collector out there who will reward u (sometimes with a lot of money) for the exact item and ofc he would be a very very sad collector if u just merched what he might have been lookin for for ages


This was basically what I conclude from collecting os weapons and a lot of staves for years now. Since Ive been very busy with the staves in the last 2 years my experiences in this very area are still very young and up to date Id say

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To my mind Bo & Zodiac Staves should switch places when it comes to prices... Bc ppl are really into Bo's (I've sold some in the last weeks) and they do know that Zodiacs drop in inscr. too, so why pay more if I can buy one for cheap in inscr.? Of course it depends on if its a collector or not but I assume its a thread related to "normal" ppl

Actually its the same with Plat Staves... There a not many ppl who know how rare an OS Plat Staff is bc there are inscr. ones too.
The collectors do know, thats why they are the most expensive ones I dont mind saying they are not, bc they are, I agree, its just that they are kinda influenced by the inscr ones... Guess they could be worth a lot more if there where no inscr ones

And price really depends on attribute... I sold a q9 20/10 Curses Bo for 60e & saw a q9 20/10 DF Cele go for 200e but I cant sell my q9 20/10 Illu Cele for like 70k... Otherwise I cant understand how one can try to get like 1ke for a q9 20/10 Earth Dragon... but well guess its demand and supply
20/19 is kinda hard too... I got a q10 20/19 Dom Cele. Not really sure but I guess Q10 20/10 dom cele could fetch up to 50e but I've sold my 20/19 for 8e some days ago after searching for ages to find a buyer Nowadays its pretty hard to sell 20/19 stuff even if its a Dragon or Bo (Id say plats go anytime bc they are so rare haha) for 2-3x the price of a 20/10 as you have stated

To cut a long story short... I am no collector, more kinda farmer & seller, but I appreciate your thread & just wanted to point some things out I've noticed. Unfortunately I dont trade many Plats or Dragons so my words only fit half for everything. :/
Sorry for the super late response to this...

The 200e r9 DF 20/10 Celestial Staff was a fluke. That won't happen if anyone else is the buyer I don't think.
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Very nice Surge.. In my personal opinion, Bo's are rarer than Dragon's.. but i think this is only cause i just farm luxon sins for these two.. and it seems that they drop dragon's more often than bo's ( just got like 3 Bo's in all my time farming and maybe 20 Dragon's and 3 Plat's (one of them was q9 fire 20/20 :P but i'm sure u know that ) Just got some more Bo's from minister cho's, but they were never max.. sometimes they had like 11-21 dmg or 19% inherent mod and such things + 1 one max Bo from chestrunning in Wajuun Bazaar.. But if u say, that Bo's are not that rare as i thought they are, i believe you 100%
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Very nice Surge.. In my personal opinion, Bo's are rarer than Dragon's.. but i think this is only cause i just farm luxon sins for these two.. and it seems that they drop dragon's more often than bo's ( just got like 3 Bo's in all my time farming and maybe 20 Dragon's and 3 Plat's (one of them was q9 fire 20/20 :P but i'm sure u know that ) Just got some more Bo's from minister cho's, but they were never max.. sometimes they had like 11-21 dmg or 19% inherent mod and such things + 1 one max Bo from chestrunning in Wajuun Bazaar.. But if u say, that Bo's are not that rare as i thought they are, i believe you 100%
Thanks man

Bo are definitely way less rare than dragon and plat. They drop fairly frequently in Chos. Maybe your luck doesn't demonstrate that though. They are worth a fair amount cause people like them for some reason, I can't figure out why haha.
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(one of them was q9 fire 20/20 :P but i'm sure u know that )
He's not the only one.....

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Old Dec 06, 2014, 03:59 AM // 03:59   #17
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Yeah.. I was quiet surprised that u, as one of the biggest ele stuff collectors havent joined the bidwar when i sold it expugnare
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I wasn't playing at the time. If I had been, I like to think it would be mine.
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Nice thread :-)

Maybe I should check out my staff-collection again during x-mas....
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Nice thread :-)

Maybe I should check out my staff-collection again during x-mas....
Thanks . I may update a few things thanks to all the canthan staff botters

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