Diamonds in the dungeon chest? Dear god why?

7 out of 9 dungeons I have completed have yielded me diamonds.

Why is a diamond in the reward chest for a dungeon that can take upwards of two hours to complete? Why even have a big golden chest with a center screen animation if it is going to spit out something so worthless? Lockpicks are worth more than diamonds, but for some reason they drop out of monsters and not huge chests.

Someone mentioned that diamonds have dropped in price very rapidly since the release on gwen, and perhaps this is why.

Welcome to Guild Wars. Enjoy your stay.

Well, diamonds used to be something. When EotN first came out, I'd hope for onyx gemstones and diamonds over other things, since they had a good value (at that time) as opposed to the mostly horrible golds I got.

If you're doing the dungeons for the money, stop.

You realize besides dungeon end chests and comendations in Vabbi (which everybody uses for rubies or saphires anyways) there is pratically no other place to get diamonds in the game. http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Diamond
If they didn't drop from dungeon chests, they'd be ridiculously expensive (and incidentally, you'd probablly post a thread complaining about how diamonds don't drop from chests and are thus losing out).

Don't blame us for supply and demand existing.

Was true, and still is. Remember, 600g (current sale value to trader) is better than the merch value from most id'd golds (most of the golds you get are going to be trash, sadly) and also the value of most greens you can sell to players. I've probably done dungeons 300-400 times and in that time I have received an emerald blade, a clockwork scythe, a dryad bow and a fuchsia staff, and three oola's staffs. Thats's odds of ~1-2% for somethig worth more than 5K. My advice is be grateful for the diamonds.

In all seriousness, it must be some kind of statistical improbability. I don't know what the drop rate on a diamond is for the end chest, but the same group I have been going with to do these dungeons has not been getting the same drops. In fact, the last two runs everyone got a rare.


It makes no sense to put the diamonds in a drop tier that does not merit the difficulty. A dungeon is clearly not the right place.

QQ'ing is natural, everyone does it. Dont be a jerkbecause you see someone doing it, because you probably do it just as much.

Its true that alot of the golds you get (I say you because I have not gotten a single one to merch in 9 dungeons) but some of the mods most are guaranteed to have can sell upwards of 5k each.

7 out of 9 is not even statistically improbable.

go cry someplace else and stop using consumables. most of the dungeons are ridiculously easy, the rewards are worth plenty for how easy they are...

this from someone who has got 9 diamonds in a row still thinks anything is "guaranteed"......?

and most mods will be trash, too. there are what, ~200 types of mods in the game, maybe more? I can come up with about ten that are worth 5k or more, and easily saleable.

Anyone who calls all the dungeons easy probably uses ursan like a big flaming noob.

You have to spend a minimum of an hour in some of them just because of the walking from point to point involved. Dont go screaming your head off that you can brush through all those "easy" dungeons and bosses like an elitist prick.

With your diamond drops; you just had bad luck getting so much diamonds.

As to why they put them in the dungeon chests?
A) As HawkofStorms pointed out; otherwise they would be too expensive and too hard to get.
B) ANet probably intended in a way that when you play EotN you first do quests and whilst doing that you occasionally do a dungeon. When you completed the main storyline and completed all the dungeons you gathered a good amount of diamonds and onyx gemstones, so when you are ready to do Slaver's Exile you can get your Destroyer Weapon.
Comparable to DoA Gems and Tormented Weapons, with the exception Destroyer weapons are easier to get and (most likely because of that) less desirable.

That makes sense.

But I say they distribute less diamonds forcefully, and let me craft them myself with the money I make from doing a dungeon. Even if I had the dimaonds needed, I would still choose to not craft a destroyer weapon because they look so fugly. And are dropping to massively in price.

If we were ever going to have a proper economey in guild wars we would need a proper challenge with a set reward, but a proper challenge cant be created so everything is down to chance which really sucks :/

I know.

I took a look at the wiki link the guy posted a but back, and look at this:

Diamonds can be found plenty of places, removing them from dungeon chests would only help rebound their value. Its probably making destroyer weapons drop in price.

Not to mention people taking advantage of noobs and buying trade contracts off them for really cheap.

Well diamonds and onyx dropped while they were worth a lot, but its runs like this that made them lose value. Im surprised that they are holding at 1k each...

Dungeons??? Screw that shit. Farm zkeys that's where the money is at.

How about we remove all end chests? Just like the good ole days. You spend 2 hours on a mission just to "pass" it and not for the end reward. Then maybe, just maybe you'll be friggin grateful you're getting anything at all. As far as contributing to a thread like this...HOW? If I tell you to stop crying you're gonna get your panties in a knot and if I don't tell you...well you're gonna keep crying. Someone has to stop this madness. You've resorted to insulting people who don't agree with you. Regardless who started it first...because of "your reaction" you're no better then the others. In fact you've stooped to everyone else's level.

Arguing on the internet is like the special olympics. Even if you win, you are still retarded. Continue with this discussion as you may but don't be an idiot and prove my entire point correct.

Dungeon chests are the main supply of diamonds in the game. If they removed them from dungeon chests, they'd rise in price. You're complaining that you're getting bad rewards, when a good reward was never promised. If you don't like the rewards, don't do the dungeon.

Since this thread is begging for trolls/flames/non contributing discussions, I'm going to close it before it gets worse.