Posts by Bluey

thanks for the tags
clean-valued Bronze Guardian 10a

Quote from Forty Second Rogue

NM from Scarab Nest Builder

Thanks! That's a lvl 22 from Prophecies!

The Jade Scarabs nearby are lvl 20. Do I smell q8 here?

Quote from HeavensDevil

Because I read the suggestion: Ele has almost the same dps and burst as mesmer as player. Sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less. But playing either build on the opposite profession is always a big downgrade.
Ele has 3 key boosts given to him he needs to take advantage of:
1. higher attribute ranks - ele should alays have 19-20 attribute rank compared to Mesmer's 16
2. Intensity ~ double dmg every 8-10s
3. Ebsoh and/or cracked armor - depending on whether AoEoT or burst build.

I realized what I said might have made ele players feel a bit insulted. That wasn't my intention and I'm sorry. I'm very biased because I haven't played caster classes a lot. From what you said I'd definitely love to try more ele

Also just for the mods:
MM Nec benefits from Spawning Power
(+20% health to all minions)

I'm also trying this:

[Build=OgcSc5MTvlXGLGOGqG5i1gLi]

Critical Agility still drops really easily. My solution was bringing a para hero with Go for the Eyes. Can't think of anything else. At least we both benefit from Splinter Weapon from another hero.

*Edit: when I get a Strength bow I'm gonna try this:

[Build=OgESc5MTvlLGOGqGxg8V5iYF]

6-second Flail seems cool. Flurry is a cancel stance, and also useful at the start of a fight. Reminds me of the good old days when we used to see rangers with Flail in PVP before it was nerfed.

[Build=OQejgymTHTOMMMHMWY9YAhn11g]

(attributes: 12+3+1 Leadership, 12 Dagger Mastery, 3 Command)
(the blank spot is Heroic Refrain)

It's not all-new, just a modification of HR dagger build using the Critical Strikes mod.

Go for the Eyes can upkeep Critical Agility while giving tons of energy. You can switch There's Nothing to Fear for Asuran Scan to counter blindness.

I've tested Critical Agility with other melee builds, but upkeep is a problem due to the critical hit chance still being quite low. To solve that I've tried Malicious Strike, Wild Blow, and Way of the Master, but I don't have a solid build to share yet.

[Build=OQZCgMwEOYYT5w3AuIpQ4gLI]

(attributes: 12+ Fast Casting, 12 Lightning Mastery)

Here's a "lightning-fast" mesmer build I played around with. Elemental Attunement lasts 37 seconds with the Energy Storage mod. After testing I'd say the damage is "not too wild". Makes me go, "Ooh.. so that's why the damage meta belongs to mesmers and not eles" Sorry eles. Maybe I just didn't like upkeeping the enchantments. You can actually try this build without the ES mod and still upkeep the elite.

Quote from Skovo

updated some of my chars with the hood

Love the ranger with the dual-colored staff! I like the blue-ish chaos gloves better than the red version. Maybe consider red-silver-purple dye for the hood to match the body. Oh and the chaos gloves matching the eternal and celestial weapons are both great! Top-notch fashion!

I'm using this Spider on my paragon, didn't drop it though

I've also seen WTS of insc Bronze and Hog's (leadership) in Kamadan chat

But I've never seen any insc Ominous Aegis (of any attribute) and am very curious if they exist

bump

will probably sell to any offer

*edit: closed

Selling this shield

s/b: none
c/o:
r/b: none
b/o: none

Auction will end 72 hours after the last bid

*edit: closed

dropped this today, pretty happy

A few additions I've collected these few years.

Since I don't collect duplicates, it has become challenging to move on.

raben Thanks! Just added, sorry must have missed.

I also see a Wolf's Greed drop, nice!

Neutral_CH Now that you've mentioned it, I don't think I've seen an insc Ominous yet

Kournan Defender purp q8/16 - 2a

Exalted Aegis q9 tac

edit: retract, found that it is sold out already

the sword always had some wierd behavior

you can run around in town with it (as your character)

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In-Town Fiery Dragon Sword !?

Here's me running around in Kamadan with a Fiery Dragon Sword.

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And yes, everyone else can see it! (it's not just a client-side glitch)

I discovered this a few days ago, and I'm going to tell you how I did it.

Just in case someone wanted to take guesses, I hid the methods in the following:

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Have fun! Hope you enjoyed it!

Bluey

PS: for more mysteries...

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Bluey

October 17, 2022 at 2:02 PM

Hello bsoltan, sorry I'd like to ask if it's possible to include the 10 PVE elite skills in the code displayer. Would love to maybe share some builds with them in the future.

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate you and all the other moderators keeping this forum running really smoothly.

Winged Staff q9 20/20 400gv, 35e or 1a

Mr. Clean(-Value) or Blind Was My Fury might outbid me, if so it's ok

Would like to retract Tower shield, found I have the exact same one.

Will keep all other b/os. Apologies for the inconvenience. Thank you.

Sorry I wish to b/o Reinforced Defender com (not mot), thanks!

can I please b/o any q8 shields and offhands with 200g or 300g clean gold value?

will pay 2x the b/o price, thanks!

edit: also buy out (one each)
Reinforced Defender com 3a
Flame Artifact eye 6a
Healing Ankh 2a
Inscribed Chakram 2a
Jeweled Chakram 2a
Stone Chakram 2a
Aureate Chalice 2a
Jeweled Chalice 2a
Chimeric Eye 4a

edit: trade complete, thank you

Greater Arced Blade from Bone Fiend in Cathedral of Flames (HM) boss room
the whole blade dyes, yellow is close to default

and it is flat, NOT shaped like a sausage

Quote from Paulie Gualtieri

I don't think you should add Moddok Corsairs to the locations with no drops. I only got about 20 gold weapons there because they drop so much armor for some reason. We probably need a larger sample.

Thanks! I've put a note next to it.

Really hope they do drop

the first post is up to date!

also added a section for finding low-req, hope it helps

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❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ Finding Low-Req Items ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅

This section summarizes the information concerning possible q8 or lower drops.

❅ Tip: When foes with levels ≤ 20 drop a gold item, check the unidentified gold value. A value of ≤ 35 indicates q8 possibility. For more information, see this amazing thread by Red Fireball.

Significant Positive Findings

The following are drop locations that might help us find where low-req new items drop.

[Prophecies]
- NM foes and chests drop new items in the Southern Shiverpeaks, but no drops were seen in lower-level areas.

[Factions]
- Only WoC foes were seen to drop new items in Kaineng City areas.

[Nightfall]
- NM Rock Beetle in Vabbi (in a map that only spawns it at lvl 20) has dropped new items
- NM Corsair Lieutenant in Barbarous Shore, Kourna (lvl 22) has dropped new items
- NM Enchanted Brambles in Vabbi (lvl 22) has dropped new items

[Eye of the North]
- NM Redhand Simian in Arbor Bay (lvl 20-24) has dropped new items
- NM Berserking Bison in Bjora Marches (lvl 22) has dropped new items
- NM Raptor Nestling in Riven Earth (lvl 15) only drop Granite Edge & Stoneblade series in low req.

Locations with No Drops

The following are locations in which no new drops were seen (regardless of requrement). Please note that none of the information are officially confirmed.

❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ Foes ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅

HM chests near these foes may still drop new items.

[Prophecies]
- Foes in Nolani Academy
- Foes in Gates of Kryta
- Minotaur in Elona Reach; and maybe other foes in the Crystal Dessert: Hydra, Desert Griffon

[Factions]
- Foes on Shing Jea Island
- Jade Brotherhood in Bukdek Byway (Missing Daughter)
- Mantids in Wajjun Bazaar
- Luxon Assassin in Boreas Seabed (The Halcyon Job)
- Dragon moss in Drazach Thicket (A New Escort)

[Nightfall]
- Skales in Istan
- Corsairs in Moddok Crevice → need more data to confirm (currently 20 gold unide weapons)
- Slave Spirits in The Shattered Ravines (Destroy the Ungrateful Slaves)

[Eye of the North]
- Raptor Nestling in Riven Earth (only drop Granite Edge & Stoneblade series)
- Spectral Vaettir in Jaga Moraine (only drop Etched Sword series)

❅ ❅ ❅ ❅ Chests ❅ ❅ ❅ ❅

- Low-level NM chests
Canthan Chest in Wajjun Bazaar or Pongmei Valley
Maguuma Chest in the Maguuma Jungle
Elonian Chest in the Crystal Desert
Kournan Chest in Kourna

- Dungeon reward chests

- Zaishen Chest

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Quote from Pleikki

Purple lesser Etched sword from normal mode chest in fmaw, do new skin golds drop normal mode chests? or just the former pvp skins that drop foes also nm

NM chests have dropped bonus items skins, namely in: Southern Shiverpeaks, Realm of Torment, and Depths of Tyria. (No NM chest drops were reported in Factions so far.) On the other hand, HM chests seem to drop new items in all areas.

PVP skins have a different drop pattern than bonus item skins, as they seem more regional. It's interesting that Etched was found in a dungeon. All previous reports of Etched were in Norn areas. Perhaps dungeons in the area are also considered a Norn area in some way? Need more data to find out.

Quote from GhostKairi

I didnt record its value unid, but after id it is 184g Red

Holy!

correct me if I'm wrong but I remember gold value ≤200 means unide gold value <50, which means q8 potential!

I think that's why weapons from Zaishen Chest have a minimum gold value of 204.

edit: sorry was wrong, crossed out in order to not confuse anyone (see below)

Quote from Chrozinel

Confirmed HM locked Kappa chest at Onghsang Island

That's the first confirmed drop in Shing Jea! The dedication!

Only 2 areas without drops now: Kryta and Istan!

Quote from Lio

Still nothing about soulbreaker?

I've only seen one in the trade thread..

Only 3 items without any drop info:
Soulbreaker, Japan 1st Anniversary Shield
and of course the elusive Glacial Blade

The 1st post has been drastically updated to incule ALL the information I can get

Detailed information (up to what foe dropped where) has been added
Hope it is more clear and readable now

I also added a section for locations with no new drops
Thanks for all the input guys!

Agent Chevy I like the idea of making a speadsheet, however after a few attempts I couldn't make one that is of consistent quality (and also not messy and hard to read). However I did update the list to be more informative. Please let me know if you have any further suggestions. Thank you!

PvP characters cannot leave the Battle Isles, no matter what content you have on your account.

If you have all the role-playing campaigns, don't buy the PvP Access Kit because it adds nothing (I'm not even sure you can add it to your account). Unless you want to create a new account with only PVP access with the code.

The last bit (from the wiki) implies that accounts with only PVP access kit cannot leave the Battle Isles with their characters. That is because they can only create PVP characters.

Seems like the list I've set up (in the 1st post) is too broad... (sorry!)

Like, many drops are seen in the Norn area, but a lot are from Ice Cliff Chasms chest run or Chilling Wisp (or even Kveldulf), and 0 are from Vaettir...

We could be looking at a new sophisticated loot system that determines which foes drop and which doesn't (depending on levels etc.), or just that certain foes didn't have their drop tables updated.

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I'm thinking of adding another section, which specifies what foes don't drop.

For example, we could document something like:
- Spectral Vaettir (HM), Jaga Moraine, 110 golds, no new drops (besides etched)
- Raptor Nestling (HM), Riven Earth, 75 golds, no new drops (besides stone / granite)
- Dragon Moss (HM), Drazach Thicket, 36 golds, no new drops
- Jade Brotherhood (HM but lvl 20), Bukdek Byway, 42 golds (excluding armor), no new drops
...etc (the above is just fake example)

Then after some time we can accumulate the results and see if there is a rule. Also, we don't need to farm 1000 golds in every place by ourselves to get a reasonable conclusion. How's that?

Quote from Charrzenegger

Can chimeric prism only drop as s Focus offhand? Or for war and Ranger AS a shield?

according to current drop research, Chimeric Prism only drops as focus (requires caster attributes)

Quote from crusan

wait! what is these number? 28/30 4/22 ??

foe levels (NM/HM), I think

Quote from Sweet As Ice T

what are the best mods (besides sr)?

Warrior mod on spear + Dwarven Stability + Battle Rage + Save Yourselves
any-profession "Imbagon"
(haven't tested yet...)

Quote from Dunc

undyable, and unsalvagable!

sorry, is the Canthan Targe undyeable (as in, dye cannot be applied), or is it dyeable but does not change appearance?

Quote from Elite Trader D

Why use it on the ST RIT who doesn't have an energy problem?

Because heroes are stupid and still lack energy sometimes
(maybe because they sometimes use Shelter twice in a row, or without ST active)

And also, I can't think of a better mod for the ST Rit

(after a bit of testing...)
the unide trick does work on new mods

used my only necro mod on the ST rit, I'd say they are just as strong as expected. more than halved the chance BiP is needed

too bad prices are so high, seems unreasonable to get another.

will they drop in price? or will they stay the same due to the demand?

Hello! Thanks for the tag!

I collect insc X00g shields! I have this one already so won't be buying it. They are not too uncommon (even in clean value) because people keep this skin rather than straight merch.

I usually pay 2-3 times the usual (or even more) for the clean value, so maybe this one is 40-90e depending on interest. However I don't know anyone else interested right now. For normal prices check Kamadan chat (but the WTS ones are usually overpriced).

For other people who don't care about the value, it's just an insc shield.

Thanks!

Quote from Brown Sugar Mama

Are all of the Leadership shields OS (non inscr.)?

No, insc ones have dropped too

Quote from Swiftfolk

Sincere question: Do you by chance have autism?

Yes, I have Asperger syndrome (an autism spectrum disorder), and also ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). I get carried away easily in fascinating little things.

To me this is a serious post too. I'm really trying to find balance in my life.

Take care!

Quote from Coffee Man

Quicksilver (Fast Casting, insc) - Tumbled Elemental (Sacnoth Valley) HM

The first drop documented in Charr homelands! Thank you!
Now all regions of EotN have seen new drops!

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Need help! again!

Oh how I wish this was just a funny meme.

Ever since the day before the update, I've had difficulty sleeping, and even more so after it went live. I play until late, LATE night, and my body is on the brink of collapsing. I can't stop playing even if I know that I can still play tomorrow. Things were going rather smoothly and the addiction was under control before the update hit. What happened? Yes I love all the new content, but my mind just can't have enough of it! An irrational part of me wants to self-drop all the new items as soon as possible, no matter what it takes.

I really, REALLY need to come up with a way to regulate how much I play... before it's too late. Or maybe it's too late already. I don't know. For anyone reading this, including my future self, I do hope that you're doing better than me right now.

*Edit: My current solution: No farming until end of event! No more raptors or repetitive killing of mobs of any kind! I'm imposing this rule on myself! Starting immediately! Oh, and also no chest runs!