bump, thanks for the trade!
Posts by pedrobds
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Back after a break, still looking for these shields
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just gonna pour one out for myself real quick
why oh why was this not +41
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B/o both Unid packs, with no zchest to open I’m feeling a little lost
I’ll pm ya in game buddy
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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.
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I think 41e is the most fitting bid on this shield
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I have a few shields that might interest you, hit me up in game
Signorio Milsror
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Because of iron man challenges this is far from impressive, but with my Leeroy Jenkins over-agro playstyle, running Fow for survivor was a surprising amount of fun! Seeing how much of the burning forest my heroes and I could handle got a little sketchy at times but I made it out in one piece
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Fresh start with a new item, bump
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35e gothic
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I mean, spirits do spawn out of thin *air* right.....? right?
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GW decided just to tease me today
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Magmas q11 +21hp-2st how about 15e for this one?
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Q9amber str + 41 +10 Demons = 10e
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Checked another box off my GW bucket list today
I can only imagine how much of a grind this must have been back in the day.... Had to include my trusty staff (one of my first purple drops) and longbow that carried me through. I never want to fight a bandit again 
Interesting drops on my journey: 2 Charr kits, 2 Charr bags, probably 20ish purples, 2 black dyes, 1 white dye
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Start ya with 10e on that new 41 magmas
Edit: Thanks for the trade!
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Dragon Staff 11 Divine 20% HCT Smiting
Just after this one for my soon to be LDoA entering a scary new world
Edit: Thanks for the trade!
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10e on the iridiscent
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bump =) bought some really neat shields so far, please keep em coming!
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There are a few collectors who look for naked items like that bo staff, check the buy section or search Kama chat
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Start you with 10e on 7
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My first OS gold SWS (yeah, kinda late to the party).
And pretty cute purple sss
Tears forever that this is +42 instead of +41
Would have made an excellent match for my first SWS drop from a few months ago
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bump, made some purchases and looking to make more
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Just a heads up for everyone, someone just tried to run this scam on me for a substantially cheaper tonic compared to hench (el yuletide). Still a good reminder to really pay attention. Note the lowercase "l" in place of the "i" for who they were trying to impersonate. It was a weird request in the first place and reading this thread the other day had this at the top of my mind. I kept a few chats directly above it because it just felt even more scummy that someone tried to do this on Christmas.
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Imagine internet going down during that last screenshot
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Merry christmas eve!
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25e gothic DV axe when X00g( please don't hit me I am just a poor value collector guy not a meanie beanie
)up, =) sadly no clean values here
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Bump with all new items =)
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Nightfall Treasure Chests - To be Updated
I had a Req 8 Str Ar 15 Gold Sun and Moon Shield come out of the treasure chest in the Mehtani Keys a while ago, not sure if this indicates that r8 ar 16 could drop but figured it was worth mentioning
