Posts by Spun Ducky

Quote from Pleikki

Yes that nerf was much earlier, cantha didnt drop gold 12-13% weapons, while it did drop max q8 weapons. i did look up the update that nerfed 12-13%'s on wiki sometime but cant remember exact date, ive probably posted it this thread or similar even hmm.

For prediction thing, i dont think high priest zhang ever gave zkeys, but only tournament reward points you could exchange to zkeys with tolkano.

I remember when they added the feature and zkey price crashed because everyone was awarded 50 reward points which allowed get 10 zkeys free. Of course the Xunlai tournament house predictions made huge drop to zkey price aswell. Until that their value was very high.

It was indeed Tolkano, I have updated the post as I have been going through notes for the museum portion.

Quote from Ostona

Can you explain this please? I don't remember what was the purpose of this NPC at all.

The NPC handled the monthly tournaments when they allowed you to gamble on them for free z keys. A new account was also able to get 5 free zkeys as a one time thing. Keep in mind this was a very long time ago so things like toolbox didn't exist in public but using the same concept of sending dialog hex codes for the 5 free z keys it was possible to change the code slightly to create any item in game and oddities like monster weapons even.

6a FDS

b/o flamberge

IGN: Melandrus Essence

Comparable things don't sell often enough to give any concept of a price check, don't sell to private messages and list it for sale here to get a real idea of value.

New Items and to the top.

Quote from Agent Chevy

Krytan (Match Stick) War Hammer still drops, but are rare. I got my q9 15^50 and +5e both from chest running at Ice Caves of Sorrow Mission.

War Hammer with Ball Hammer Skin I believe is a quest/collector only item. Possibly drop as white but definitely not as gold.

The Ball Hammer itself is Insc only as far as I know.

In theory a Q9+ Gold OS ball hammer could have dropped from mausoleum glitch but otherwise even during keyless chests days they were only blue/white in OS for sure. Matchstick hammers come from white mantle and most consistent spot I have heard for them is ice caves of sorrow as well. Any q8 version is gonna be keyless chest or very early white mantle kills.

Quote from San

Spun Ducky Coming across a max gold unid q8 Sword in the current year is insane. Coming across 2 is just absolutely ludicrous. Holy shit! and grats on the Falchion man, that's not too shabby! Did the person you bought them from keep them unid for all these years, or were these actually fresh drops? What's the story, we need more information about this insanity.

OT: Had one of the most unusual 10 minute Mantid farm sessions today.
For some strange reason the gold items identified with both double and max mods. Except caster weapons, those all dropped dual mods but with 1 off.

Had a few more but these were the highlights:


Bit sad the shields don't have max armor, especially the demon.

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I was told they were fresh drops, however looking at unid value they are for sure postnerf samples and they were from Tyria's favorite region pong mei.

Quote from Ectoplasmus

What is this luck? Was this and the broadsword dropped?

Dropped but not by me, I bought them from a chest runner. I do love extra luck weeks.

Also for the anticipation:

Like a beast, been scoring some deals and finds lately.

I generally let things run for 3-5 days or until something hits a price I am cool with then I sell.

Current Sale:

C/O: 45a Purely

C/O: 50a Sicilianking

SOLD ITEMS:

Sold for 50a.

Quote from Moon

ID IT NOW !

Every single q8 sword I have ever gotten in the unid form as purchased or dropped has either been while hexed or less than 50 mod. So I think I will keep this one unid rather than mourn the loss as it looks prettier this way.

Got this beauty today.

Pretty sure this pong mei drop counts as felony level assault by anet.

Quote from Blind Was My Fury

Am sorry to interrupt the nice research on creature shields, but are you guys 100% positive that :

TRIBAL AXE

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does not drop there in gold ? How come, i droped some in CHO HM, but it was white obviously so am wondering why not gold ? :O

Gw drops really don't follow a lot of rhyme or reason as to why somethings can drop in certain colors. If I remember right you can get gold inscribable ones but for OS it is only blue or white in max damage mainly from HM. There is a single Gold OS max tribal axe in existence that was a mausoleum drop and it has long since been customized but that is an exception to the rule.

chaos axe 3a

Twin hammer 3a

I think Red's info is about as close as possible for any prediction. Too scarce of an item with low enough sales that its a post it for sale and see.

Quote from Unholy

Oni blades are dropped by both Oni and Shiroken. (Oni blades can "commonly" be found in Raisu Palace, which has no Oni.) I believe Tahnnakai Temple (mission) and Sunjiang District (mission and explorable) are the only places where max r8 Oni blades (and other Shiroken-related drops) can still be found. This should include Golden Phoenix Blades as well, as I have gotten one from Tahnnakai Temple before (not r8 tho). The chests have to be near Shiroken bosses, but that's basically always the case in Tahnnakai. I've done chest runs in the mission before just for the sake of trying to get some.

Very interesting, I never knew that thanks for the info and explanation.

I was nearly certain oni blades were in the lot of no longer possible in q8, however that seems to be incorrect. I had an oni blade drop from a chest in tannhaki temple mission normal mode and it was a canthan chest which can drop q8. No idea how the hell an oni blade came from the chest as it was only surrounded by affliced at the rit boss. My guess is internally in the game engine the rit boss is actually an oni or maybe there is an oni trigger spot there from the explorable that isn't fully removed?

10a bow

250e composite bow

IGN: Melandrus Essence

Today let me acquire some new shinies.

Spiked club 10e

IGN: Melandrus Essence

Quote from Emma

Uhm? You sure about this statement? I'm not sure if you truely acknowledge the rarity, demand and value of a swamp club...

I am thinking even a white, blue, or purple non max crap swamp club at this point with collectors might outpace a q9 prot bds as well.

500e FDS

250e

IGN: Melandrus Essence

Are you talking about something like this?

250e chaos axe

100e flamberge

250e longbow

IGN: Melandrus Essence

Quote from Emma

Thats why I said OS in front of every shield

Yep, interesting to me is purple weapons can have max dual mods in a few odd cases like -2 stance -20% conditon. So it is possible to drop a q8/16 -2 -20% cripple magma shield. Of course you are going to have to win the kilroy lottery.

120e battlepick

Quote from Emma

Yeah, r8 is determined on the Enemy level. I believe from 18 to lvl 21 or something (I'm sure I'll be corrected). So if an item only drops from certain foes and those foes don't come in the level range that can drop r8, that item doesn't come in r8 anymore.

Examples:

OS Eternal Shields

OS Magmas Shields

OS Shadow Shields

OS SWS's

OS SSS's

etc

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Q8 gold shadow shields/swords can drop from shard wolves in old school. While it may not have dropped yet from the shard wolves i am confident it can happen. I have been in 1 fow sc run where someone got a gold q8 longsword from shardwolves. Also every single one of those shield skins can drop from kilroy chest 1 and that is also where I got the post nerf q8 summit axe among a few q8 shield skins. So technically kilroy can drop purple q8 max versions of those besides some oddities where you can get inscribable versions. Gold versions for the most part are a dead end on most of these skins, however purple and blue are still quite open.

Quote from Neutral_CH

Ok ty i found: Barradin Family Urn

ahh you must not have played at release. Altheas ashes were big business to sell lol. In all fairness don't see that icon used all that much.

200a tall shield

Quote from Monk Zan

Do Wardens drop GoTHs or just chests near them?

Both just very rarely for both and unless the previous poster shows a unicorn goth are gold only.

Quote from msothername

Thank you!

Google told me dragon moss doesnt work.

Motrosow way in HM is super easy to run and i have a spot with 3 chests now thank you!
Got 1 shield already but sadly purple. But a giant mass of Amber Staffs

I wasn't aware or have ever seen a purple goth shield. You can actually farm goth at dragon moss just not the normal farm. You use R/A whirling build and use the dragon moss as your artillery cannon to kill the wardens on the hill instead of them.

Quote from Back in my Days

This chest spawned behind the Portal.. it dropped a avicara wich doenst drop tascas... ( not my drop since i dont use TB ).

For me the chest was unopenable and for my fellow buddy that uses TB he wasnt able to pick it up.

FUN FACT: we entert the portal. and behind in the next Zone ... Was no chest and no drop ofc

Been like that for a very long time. Avicare sometimes rush into the zone from the portal fighting the stone summit. I think they were added at one point to help deter 55 monks from getting to the mineral springs for avicare farming at the start area. If you see the chest I never bother to open it just because you can technically glitch it to get the drop doesn't mean you will succeed.

There isn't a client side anticheat so the only way to get in trouble would be partaking in banned actions being automation and exploits. So if you don't do either of those things there is no issue running windows or linux. Do keep in mind as stated that there is zero support or grace for using things like texmod, toolbox, etc. Anet will never give the ok to anything like that but they aren't directly hunting them either unless a specific feature is being abused.

Something to consider is that some of the highest income from the game comes from the illegal activities. ANET bans accounts very slowly, however realistically the majority of new account purchases are these very people. The very reason I picked gw over WoW a long time ago after leaving Diablo 2 was the lack of subscription fee. I would give up on the game if it gained one unless it went back into full production mode aka new content in large amounts.

Quote from Neutral_CH

4/3 screens make me claustrophobic now 2006 first 16/9 change gaming life forever

I think most gamers had that feeling because they were never around high resolution or quality 4:3 displays. I still run most things in a more square aspect ratio on larger screens but I am use to terminal use where that makes more sense.