Curse

Crowell The Fallen · Sep 21, 2007, 12:43 PM // 12:43

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Originally Posted by bilateralrope

(and lets face it, >90% of chest drops are merch fodder).

Agreed. My chest opening title is now beyond my gold ID title... and that doesnt seem right...

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Originally Posted by judgedread33

i did get a r9 15-21 ele sword from one of the mobs in magnus stones

the fact it was NOT MAX is sort of the point people are making as to how stupid the drops are atm. if an ele sword drops, it should be max. no questions asked. it shouldnt even be an option for an ele sword not to be max. kinda silly...

Nemo the Capitalist · Sep 21, 2007, 03:48 PM // 15:48

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Originally Posted by Bryant Again

After counting 38 purples in a row, I haven't really bothered anymore. Lockpicks are a bitch.

chest runner here for the community and id have to wholeheartedly agree with Bryany Again. lol

Painbringer · Sep 21, 2007, 04:05 PM // 16:05

Gold Summit Warlord Shield - Vloxen Excavations (Many chests in there but I only had two picks and of course they break all the time)

Went to Slaver Exile with a totally unprepared team H/H just to check it out and was able to flag and decoy my team so I could run for a chest I found. (gold Dragon Spire Staff)

Not really running chest just openning the ones I can (I should say "afford" )

You can't see me · Sep 21, 2007, 06:17 PM // 18:17

I only buy lockpicks for these places:

The Deep
Urgoz
DoA
Frostmaw's
Slaver's Exile

Other then that, It seems like they get wasted.

Winterclaw · Sep 21, 2007, 07:18 PM // 19:18

The closest thing I do to chest running is The Sep dungeon. Kill boss for 1.25K and either a gold or a diamond.

Mohnzh · Sep 21, 2007, 07:37 PM // 19:37

The drops from EotN chests have been horrible, as everyone has already pointed out. I'm getting 80% purples. But I still waste my lockpicks while I'm there simply for the chance at good items for heroes and it still ups my lucky/unlucky titles. The high chest density helps those a lot. I'm not making profit from the chests themselves, but I still come out a little ahead from questing and doing missions and dungeons and fighting mobs.

My Sweet Revenga · Sep 21, 2007, 09:52 PM // 21:52

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Originally Posted by Fox Reeveheart

It's getting through the dungeon (usually people run through it except the last level) and everyone kegs the last boss. then we all take a dip into the chest o.O nothing but golds baby!

but i swear on my LIFE i got a purple once from one of the chests.. i forget which one x.x i think it might have been murakai's

Yeah I did a few of those runs last night with a group. Got an onyx, some golds and a green shield for my paragon. It's kinda profitable but really I'm only in it to open chests along the way for lucky/unlucky/gold title, and to get more unid golds at the end. It's not exactly a fast run tho cuz you still gotta take out all the oozes at the end for the big chest. Our runs took maybe 15-30 mins depending on how we were doin at the end or if all our runners died before zoning to the next level. Thankfully anything that comes out of that chest is useful to me, even crappy golds since I can id it for title and then merch it, so yeah the run is useful for me. But I'd hardly call it uber profitable as say Duncan running before it was fixed by ANET. One of the guys running with us said he did like 40 runs and wasn't making much out of it.

So if you're out to get money..... the HOS chest run is kind of a lottery and the average player won't make a huge amount out of it. But if you're like me working on lucky/unlucky/unid titles, it's better than spending a day breaking lockpicks on grapes. But you can do that too along the way if you bring some lockpicks heh.

Kerwyn Nasilan · Sep 21, 2007, 11:19 PM // 23:19

People just chest run in DoA it is easyier than EotN chest runs and yields much better results. But in EotN I find the the chests in Asura areas tend to be best for me.

Midnight Harmony · Sep 21, 2007, 11:37 PM // 23:37

I've had quite bad luck with chests, and most of them have been old skins. The best chest drop I've obtained in GW:EN has been a gold Guardian Spear. I've actually had more golds from enemies than chests, and mainly in the Cathedral of Flames, where I got some gold, max dmg Stiletto's.

**cosyfiep** · Sep 22, 2007, 02:02 AM // 02:02

I dont run chests, but I had lockpicks on me so ---

my first 3 tries were all purple junk. So I gave up for a while, then I got some from a quest so I thought 'hey, why not' finally went with the chest-by-boss theory and got 2 gold items and another worthless purple (in that order with one pick, which broke upon getting the purple

). One of those was good enough to give to gwen as her new illusionist staff (after I put a decent inscription on it).

The other picks I have gotten have been given to my toons who are going for the ss points---HM in nightfall profits tons better than anything in eotn.

korcan · Sep 22, 2007, 02:28 AM // 02:28

chest running in normal mode isnt such a good idea. unless youre going for lucky or treasure hunter titles stay away from normal mode chests.

i think ill wait till gwen hm comes out before starting any sort of chest running in eotn.

The Alliance Maker · Sep 22, 2007, 10:01 PM // 22:01

Ok this is what ive been doing ive been going to dungeons like the ooze pits or the dungeon in doomlore shrine and the one with the antiquitie at the end cant remember the names but you catch my drift..i take lockpicks and open chest along the way but dont really care for much of them basically im playing the game normally but as fast as i can found i can do most of these in 10-15min...I've gotten all my best stuff from the end chest

and nothing really exciting from any others just bogus grapes mostly
not exactly running but if its time for money i think i'd stick to this

witchburner · Sep 23, 2007, 02:09 AM // 02:09

Advanced Treasure Hunter (3)
Devotee of Wisdom (3)

25 chests opened 14 retained and 11 broken
7 gold all max but 11+ req and only 1 really sellable
10 purple max only 4 below req 11 (2 9's) 2 sellable
2 purple runes....bites...esp when the lockpick breaks
6 non max purples
chests were opened in all zones as I played through the game with my main
no rares and only 4 max mods, lots of 1 off's

I have 23 lockpicks left and I think I will save em for HM and it looks like I had better luck than most