How did Guild Wars treat you today?

Today I finally got a +16hp shield mod after 2-3 weeks of farming. I actually got quite a few nice low reqs before the shield even dropped (q5/13 militia, q6/14 adamantine, q8 20%hsr fuchsia, etc), which proves to me that when you start looking for something, its drop chances become almost zero.

The 16 was the last one I needed for these wintergreen numbers. Thanks to Joker for donating 10% adept staff head earlier, I still didn't get that one after a whole year of identifying all my blue nf/eotn staff drops.

Thanks to @Praise for the mods to finish this staff i got dropped last friday.
I don't know why but i had to keep that grape .

while running a guildi i opened some chests along the way
stumbled upon this fella

if im not mistaken this is max for post nerf?

if anyone knows value pls pm

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If you don't want it, I buy it xD

Grats man, that's an absolute beauty!

Only for the Gym addics

you can feel the testosterone level increasing just by looking at this manly shield

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while running a guildi i opened some chests along the way
stumbled upon this fella

if im not mistaken this is max for post nerf?

if anyone knows value pls pm

Correct, that is max for current day Q8 bow

classic alongside single mod magmas shield.. everyday xD

Hey! You! That guy IDing all my stuff for me for their wisdom! Login! I. Want. To. Know. What. These. Are!

Aaargh, now this too...

The suspense is killing meeeee!

Hey, picked this guy up today. Thanks to Kamadan and the greatest guild ever!

I still collect these, so I still want more of the same kind!!

Hey !

Today... High req + near + wrong dual modd

It's near, but I'm happy with it

B r u h...

What should I think about those

Wow...I have no words to describe that...

2 runs, 4 staffs but...wow

Two amazing items added to collection today - Check

Was finally able to tidy up this side collection today. Thanks to my amazing guild.

Why?

also Why?

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also Why?

Shedding a clean tear

pretty sure this is first dz i've ever gotten

Yay!!

Oh, wait...

Man, this is an achievement and a post that I am really conflicted about, to be honest. Many years ago around 2007-2008 when I started playing, 13 year old me saw someone wearing a tonic and my gambling addiction began. After each new level of the title, I swore that would be it. But, the allure of a slightly prettier emote (and maybe an everlasting transmogrifier!) kept me coming back. Each time I gained an extra weapon in my /zrank I really believed I was done opening this stupid chest and would take long breaks, but sure enough, months or sometimes even years later, there I was again.

Along the way, I did actually have a modest amount of success that I have tried to outline below to the best of my memory:

- 1 El Trapdoor in '08/09 when it was worth 75e, the most expensive singular item I ever had at the time

- Countless other monthly tonics through the years that sadly have become almost worthless at this point

- R10,11,12, and 13 Voltaic Spears, never could get that R9

- R10 Obsidian Edge maybe around 2010 or 2011? It was worth a noticeable amount of money back then

- Countless Celestial Compasses, R10 Healing was probably my best

- Everlasting Yuletide Tonic, this dropped only a few months ago and I sold it for around 700e or so

- 0 Eternal Blades

- 0 Crystalline Swords

- 0 Everlasting Transmogrifier Tonics

Now for why this post is conflicting for me: when I started this title, it really meant something for someone to have a good rank. Back in the day, even having the axe was really cool. And man if you saw someone with a sword, that was RARE. Now of course, the game is 15 years old so these titles are unsurprisingly somewhat common, but there is an unfortunate underbelly that we all know has really fueled this fire. As someone who has never botted, it is really challenging that a very large part of the money that I earned over the 13 years I have played Guild Wars went directly to people who have countless accounts running. Something that I also found frustrating because I tried to wait to buy my keys in bulk to get discounts, was that the sellers were often the rudest people I have ever interacted with in this game. We all know it isn't a coincidence that someone is posting "WTS Zkey Stacks 105e/ea Pm How Many." Something else that is particularly sad to me, is that many of us who have played for a long time know who many of these people are and it just is what it is.

Now again for my conflicted feelings, it is likely that without these individuals I never would have been able to afford this title because the price of keys would be a lot higher. This probably is not the right place for substantial additional discussion about this, but I felt that it was the appropriate place to post this. Today, Guild Wars treated me to something bittersweet. The culmination of a lot of generosity of friends through the years, patience, and way too much time in Kamadan.

TL/DR: I got R12 Zaishen after 13 years and I am really not a fan of bots.

I just reached 5k at the wisdom title.
And it seems that GW wants me to continue the journey to 10k by dropping me this:

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I just reached 5k at the wisdom title.
And it seems that GW wants me to continue the journey to 10k by dropping me this:

Holy hell. Gz dude.

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I just reached 5k at the wisdom title.
And it seems that GW wants me to continue the journey to 10k by dropping me this:

A Drop most of us(including me) can only dream even at 10k+ Idents

really congrats. hope u put it on sale so we can follow where this beauty goes or maybe u keep it? :heart:

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Finally after 3 years this amazing tresure with history and value finds its way back into my collection. It is now one of my top Shields.

I now proudly present to you... The Charrternal.

thank you -Ivory

Imagine not posting it for sale, letting the bid war of all bid wars happen and missing out on the most insane overpay ever

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whats the history behind this shield? i would like to know

Edit: ty for replying in game

see you in game for a chat

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see you in game for a chat

What about the rest of us who dont know? Now that I'm as curious as George

Near 2 and high req, but I'll take it :p

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What about the rest of us who dont know? Now that I'm as curious as George

Long story short, a good friend of mine Kairi sold it to me about 5 years ago, short time later i found an identical Charrternal with the one i have now same req 10 (different gold value), 3 years ago i sold everything when i quited. But now im back in the game and restarted my 30+10 collection from scratch. Those crature Eternals except for the undead ones are incredibly hard to get (like charr, tengu, dwarves etc).

This shield means a lot to me cuz i had it in the past and i didn't apreciate it and i didn't realize how rare it is.

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Long story short, a good friend of mine Kairi sold it to me about 5 years ago, short time later i found an identical Charrternal with the one i have now same req 10 (different gold value), 3 years ago i sold everything when i quited. But now im back in the game and restarted my 30+10 collection from scratch. Those crature Eternals except for the undead ones are incredibly hard to get (like charr, tengu, dwarves etc).

This shield means a lot to me cuz i had it in the past and i didn't apreciate it and i didn't realize how rare it is.

Thank you for the context.

Best day so far 19 shields (10 magmas , 8 outcasts, 1 kappa)

took me about 13h tho and 407 lockpicks

-edit- did not id them yet