Posts by Jodel_GW

Thanks Marty Silverblade for fixing my Spoilers!

Just another idea of chest spawns: Do we expect that the chest spawns are depended on the direction i go over a map? lets assume we enter an area through the same portal but in one run we take the clockwise route and the next run we take the counterclockwise route. Would we expect any pattern or are non-pop-up chests spawn right when entering the area?

Added some more Areas to the "Under Construction" part. Don't know if that kind of research makes any sense but we will see.

BTW can any of the mods please rearrange my spoiler into spoiler into spoiler? I did NF and EotN into Factions by accident but i am not able to fix that.

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That may be the safer statement that chest counts are based on foe congestion versus actual size of the map. Even though Ice Dome only has 120-141 foes for a vanguish, they are in a very small area.

That's a great point of Turais, being that I was only after the chests for q8s, I didn't think about the possibility that they would be dependent on killing a specific foe, that would obviously still need to be proven but could be a possibility.

Did the Turai's VQ some days ago and did not have a seperate chest spawn with each of the single foes spawning in the middle.

I know it's not a fortune but at least matching attribute and HCT mod. And dual mod!

PC for this max dmg q0 Spear please!

Req9Domination Wayward Wand HSR10 +5e^50 b/o 20e

Ill take that one!

Ing: Bongdolph Dummbacke

30e on each of the three Waywards

Wayward Wand Q9 channel hct 10 hsr 10

Wayward Wand Q9 channel +5e^50 hsr 10

Wayward Wand Q11 smite hct 10 hsr 10

Ing: Bongdolph Dummbacke

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All I can say is no chest run treats me as good as pong mei. I know partially its the skins, but also a lot of q8. Todays lovely drop.

What a dirty shield! Lot of earth on it! Better go clean it.

Quote from Joker

No big words needed here. Just my my next staff project. I rate these 10/10:

I am disappointed. Most of them are not q10.

But anyway: 10/10

Plagueborn - Koss will love it

Oni - self use or merch. It should be a waste of time to find a buyer

Round - worth something but i doubt u will get 150e for it. Skin is not highly wanted. I would say max 100e

Quote from Spun Ducky

I try to do some light chest runs while waking up with my coffee and today pong mei dropped the hammer on me.

That's epic!

WTB decent HCT Dom mod!

Quote from Unholy

On today's episode of It Was Almost Something Cool...

This relates to the category 'Sweet but useless' !

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That's brutal, Jodel.

Woo

It's getting even worse.

This is the third shield of the day.

The THIRD q9 one.

AND THE FKN THIRD USELESS ONE!!!

Well, my chest running started like this:

if you are lucky you can buy them at 50e or sell at 60e. So thats the range you should aim for.

I know its not out of a big value, but i swear, this is how it dropped for me. Back in the good old days, many people wanted to have 15^50 20/20 30.

Quote from Spun Ducky

I ended up with the axe Obsidian dropped but it also sparked in my head a very interesting collection or even comparison. I am sure some others can enjoy it.

Next one is q8 6-26 15^50. Could be a nice collection!

buying alc and sweets if i can pay in ectos/arms

Ing: Bongdolph Dummbacke

i somehow take that as a deccent drop for today Req8 and and matching HCT mod!

Just VQed Archipelagos with a total of 158 Foes. Had a total of TWO chests. Regarding the surface size it is compareable to Pongmei i would say. BUT Pongmei also just as something arround 150 Foes max but did show 4 to 6 chests. In my eyes there is no connection between map size/number of foes and the amount of possible chest spawns. This would more speak for a "fixed" range of chests per map.

Was doing some chests (not many, i think like 4 or 5 runs) in Pongmei and was happy to see two pairs of one of my most beloved dagger skin in lower req's. After IDing them i was shutting down GW for an hour.

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I love this topic!! I may have run a few chests in my time, stumbled over a few on accident (that may have been the grog in or out of the game hehe) but there are several environmental things as mentioned here that will impact chest spawns. The infamous foe pop-up does occur, not in all maps but several, and will at times effect if the chest is spawned prior to the pop up foe spawning or not. Oni is a good example that may not be visible but a chest will already be there before triggering the Oni. Then you have FOW which I run a lot during Pantheon week and that dang pesky spider cave will have a chest pop up behind you 50% or more of the time (always look behind you or hit your find next item button often while traveling through). As Praise mentioned, that Elona Reach chest in the far corner is actually triggered by picking up the shard which in return opens the gate.

There are also times where a chest can spawn literally outside of reach, which you can sometimes see, perfect example is EOTN Kilroy's punchout runs by the wolves, one will often spawn on the other side of the rocks. This makes me wonder if at times a chest can spawn outside of the "path" but not visible cause of where it spawned (just a hunch as there is no way to prove this).

Regarding Pongmei, the typical chest count is 5...….99% of the time. I have had a few times where I got 4 and ran all over the map a 2nd time looking for the one I missed cause stubborn me thinks that is the one with that q8 gold dual modded perfect bladed shield, and most of those times, there is not a 5th to be found. However, this is a statement that not everyone will believe me on, have had debates with others over this, I have seen 6 at Pongmei. This is rare, but it's all about the right amount of space between the chests. Most people think of 5 being the max and will stop, I do the same, but there has been times I have kept going in a very rare occasional, a 6th will be there (so don't rule out but also understand proof is wanted). If this happens again, I will screenshot my chat box with pick counts between the resigns.

With that in mind, not all areas have a set chest count that will be 100% of the time, and the size of the map may or may not always be the deciding factor. A lot of the low level areas even in HM, may only spawn 2 chests, like Jaya Bluffs. On the other hand, one of my favorite chest runs, Ice Dome, that is a relatively tiny map, can spawn 2-4 (yup sometimes 4) chests in a rather small area.

Lastly, the actual topic on hand, I cannot say I have experienced zero chests at Maishang Hills specifically, however I have elsewhere. One example of this that drove me crazy cause it happened often, is chest running at Turais Procession. I have had several occurrences of getting zero chests here even in a row, why, couldn't tell you, but it drove me bonkers!

Agent Chevy if i am right, Ice Dome has a high amount of foes whereas Turais is pretty empty. Maybe there really is a correlation between number of groups/foes and number of possible chests. Another addition: Turais has this weird spawns in the middle where just one foe after each other spawns until there is this boss spawn. Maybe each of these single foe counts as a group and can potentially spawn a chest. Thus, zero chests on that map without these spawns could be possible!? Distance between the spawns is also far enough for multiple chest i would say.

i am kinda sure that this does not belongs to Maishang Hills. I did vq that are a lot and i know all hidden pop-up spots and the chests are always there before the pop-upo happens. i know that some chest can pop-up with the enemies (like Xander stated for Urgoz), but not in this area.

Dear community,

first of all, english is not my native language so excuse the mistakes in the following text.

Today, someone in my alliance chat stated, that he had zero chest spawns while vanquishing Maishang Hills. I was answering in alliance chat that this is just impossbile. A map of this size has to have chests. After some minutes of discussion we both were still defending our statements. I am sure, maps of this size have chests. Especially Maishang Hills has some nice corners with pop-up spawns where chests often occur. Maybe he just missed these chests. Additionally, i do also miss chests sometimes and just see them when i am right next to them.

I know many people here run chests daily. I do also love to run chests in Pongmei Valley and i know i will always have between 3 and 5 (never had 6 so i am sure 5 is max for Pongmei Valley) chest spawns. Shadow's Passage is always one chest (not 100% sure).

Coming to the big question of all of this: Is it possible to have zero chests on a map like Maishang Hills? Which parameters have to be fulfilled to have at least one chest on a map (never saw a chest spawn on Saoshang Trail).

Regarding the second question i am somehow sure that there has to be a minimal distance between the portal where you enter a map and the first possible chest spawn.

Thanks for your help. I hope to see a nice discussion.

Have a nice day, stay healthy during corona pandemia and see you ingame!

I has been some days already, but i was not able to post this earlier. During the double HA bonus we had one of my best hall fights since years. Three full teams (well we have been 7 with War Hench as someone lagged out). Our timing was perfect. Got our last relic to the middle with 5sec left on timer.

Unfort, no inscr. slot but does not happen often to me to see a max q7 sword drop for me. Unid value 42g if anyone needs this information!

well you could may get some ectos for each of this shields but it will be hard to sell them.

Nandet's Recurve Bow - 10e

Bongdolph Dummbacke

5,7,8,9,10,11,A and Defender are merch food!

Rest could bring some ectos but hard to sell. Check Kuginii's WTB thread for the swords.

Quote from Agent Chevy

You may cry again when you notice that it is a Spiked Targe and not a Bladed Shield

Lul i am totally done for today. Ofc its a Spiked Targe.

Got an extra light version of a perfect Q9 Bladed Shield

I'll go to bed now and cry for that NON MAX ARMOR rating!

5e on one draconic scythe.

Last bump! Items are going to be sold in 14hrs!

Longsword +5nrg - 3e

bump. Action will end monday! Place your bids!

Got Chromium Shards q9 15/-5

Bongdolph Dummbacke

have a q10 inscr chaos axe

may you need mobrin's blade (green briar blade)

bump it

Bump. Thanks for the offers so far. Are the other items just merch food? Go bid on them xD