Posts by ripbb

  • 2025 New Items Drop Locations

    Quote from KingCrimson

    From all the stats so far, do we know or can we predict that the new weapons can also drop as max dmg q8? As in, same way all the current weapons can (sword can still drop as 15-22, but not axes anymore etc).

    Imagine the hype if/when a 15-22 q8 glacial blade drops 😮

    I'm not sure, can any shield/sword/focus drop in max gold q8 in EotN ? The level of mobs is too high imo

  • Tasca's Demise + DDF (420 chests data post skin update)

    Disclaimer : I call exclusive skins :and new skins :

    Hey, I’ve been chestrunning Tasca’s Demise ever since the new update with the exclusive/new skins to see if it could be profitable on top of the SSS/SWS/Magma/Raven drops

    TLDR : if you’re just looking for the exclusive/new skins, this is abysmal

    Quick explanation of the run, exit from Granite Citadel with quest Defend the Forge from Glint in Droknar’s Forge (kneel at the altar for her to appear), do the /resign trick to speed up the following runs (enter the area, walk back to the portal and exit again to then respawn at the gate once you /resign)

    Look at your left if a chest spawned obviously go and grab it where I put red dots (you’ll also see if one spawned at the end of the other red dots) then run back, if not continue the normal route until you encounter the brute titan group, make sure you take aggro of the summit group beforehand and pull them into each other, then DC to the caster titan and proceed until the end of the route

    Each run can net you 0 to 4 chests (both are very rare and happened only a couple of times), the average being 2 or 3

    The build I use : OwZSg4PTHQSf6M4OIQ3lNQ0k

    A +10pierce shield helps


    Now for the juicy data, I opened 420 chests and tracked the following drops : Armor (gold and purple), SSS/SWS/Magmas (gold and purple) Ravens/Exclu skins/New skins (gold only) and Elite/Normal tomes

    And btw ALL my shields have been single mod :)))

    The result is the following :


    · 98 gold armor and 33 purple armor (2 sup vigor, 2 maj vigor, 4 prodige, 7 sup dom, 9 blessed)

    · 2 SSS : Gold 1 TAC11 / Purple 1 TAC12

    · 9 SWS : Gold 1 TAC10 + 1 TAC12 / Purple 1 TAC10 + 4 TAC12 + 2 TAC13

    · 8 Magmas : Gold 2 STR9 + 3 STR12 + 2 STR13 / Purple 1 STR12

    · 3 Ravens : DOM9 10hct / ILLU11 20sickness / 13COM naked

    · 4 New skins : Death head DM12 9hct / Storm ember EM11 dual mod / Fox greed HP13 single mod / Quicksilver ILLU12 single mod

    · 1 Exclusive skin : Chimeric Prism FC12 single mod

    · Elites tomes : 21

    · Normal tomes : 14


    Long story short, the stats are roughly around 2,5 % to 3 % to get a Gold SSS/SWS/Magma/Raven and 0,2 % to get an exclusive skin so clearly you should look elsewhere if your goal is to get your hands on one of those (my best guess would be farming instead of chestrunning, on mobs that don’t have a specific weapon droptable)

    Fun fact, the armor drops at roughly 25 % and here it netted me around 300k worth of runes which more or less paid for all the lockpicks that were used, so this chestrun is money back guaranteed, so come and gamble !! (until your sanity eventually melts like a flan that was pulled out of the fridge and forgotten on the kitchen counter)


    Take it easy and happy running


    Rip

  • Addicted to the game, need help

    I knew this comment was coming, you were diagnosed and got better thanks to it and he got diagnosed and didn't.

    Not once have I ever talked about motivation, it is a matter of discipline to change habits, motivation is temporary and fleeting, not saying it's easy of course it's extremely hard and uncomfortable but since the diagnosis didn't improve his situation what's left to do ?

  • Addicted to the game, need help

    DISCLAIMER : I’m not a licensed practioner of any kind and this is not medical advice

    Hey, I’ve read your opening post and the most recent one and decided to give you my opinion on the matter, out of empathy more than anything (which is ironic because empathetic was a very unfitting description of me like, say, 4 years ago)

    It’s probably going to be quite lengthy but I’ll try my best to be concise, also whenever I would mean « You should » I’m gonna instead type « I would » in order to keep the pitchforks at bay.


    There are lots of angles I could start my post so I will use one of the phrases you wrote : « I'm really trying to find balance in my life. »


    I’m gonna assume this is the end goal and I believe I’ve achieved it for now, so the following will be what I would do if I were you given the little information I have about your situation.

    I would still enjoy Guild Wars, and increase the joy and dopamine it gives me by having less of it, by actively reducing the gaming sessions and being more productive with my body and health (I remember learning that very young when my mom would take me out biking, I was never thrilled to go but the anticipation was building up and I would ride harder on the way back knowing that I could get my hands on Pokemon Stadium N64 once we got home)

    I’m still that same boy but as an adult I realized I had to impose certain rules on myself to help build discipline, form healthy habits and the rewards would only be sweeter !


    Now this might sound harsh but if you think it is, please try to look for the deeper meaning behind my following statement : I do not believe in mental disorders like ADHD, depression, etc, the reason being that it would only take power away from me if I did believe them to exist, I’m not saying it’s not a thing, I’m just saying I refuse to believe in something that could open the door to excuses like « I am diagnosed of X so that’s why I struggle to do X » Having this belief system towards this subject is without a doubt a huge tool to manage my mental health and also what helped me achieve a balanced life, Now to be honest, I would probably learn more about myself and find spiritual solace talking to a tree in a forest for half an hour than to someone who might have a vested interest in me feeling a certain way.


    You also mentioned in your original post : « I have not exercised for ages and have become frail physically. » I believe the easiest path to living a balanced life is a healthy mind in a healthy body (cliché but for good reason)

    I would partake in regular (almost daily) physical activity because it is by far the easiest way to control your mental state, and of course physical but the mental aspect of physical activity is criminally underrated.

    Obviously the lowest barrier to entry is running, which is what I started with for some years, then learned about nutrition, eventually muscle hypertrophy and strength and ended up grabbing the bull by the horn as I stepped into a gym and now that story has gone on for almost four years, it was an extremely daunting and humbling experience doing that alone and being clueless but by far the best decision that saved my life from spiraling out of control.

    That’s all I have on my mind at the moment, I pray you find the balance you need and would gladly chat anytime !

    Good luck:)

  • How did Guild Wars treat you today?

    Quote from Hate Core
    Quote from gdyb

    Frankly, I don't understand why this needs to be discussed or why you two are so confidently wrong about this.

    Reminds me of that random in Kama yesterday who tried to give me a long ass lecture about "overcharging" for sunspear and kept yapping, writing a longass novel without me ever replying and then when he realized it's the new skin and not suntouched/sunburst spear (he kept reiterating Sunspear q9 is only worth 5-20e) and then put my on ignore before i could ever respond :D.

    Like it's just a fact that you only need to do the 17 pre quests in nm and turn on hm (which obviously requires having done Shiro in nm at least once on said account) when you want to farm it, could literally prove it right now if you want to bet on it.

    If I would invest my precious time in discussing with people who are wrong, I wouldnt do anything else anymore.

    Some are just lost cases who should put their own egos aside and confess that they have no clue what they are talking about. Would also save themselves time.

    Hey, lost case here, I believe i wrote "(atleast that's what I recall)" in my original answer, and me writing "The HM quest doesn't allow you to enter it in NM so why would the NM quest allow you to enter in HM ?" was actually a genuine question

    I shall confess once again that I'm not 100% confident in my answer and instead of putting my ego to the side I'll chuck it in the bin

  • How did Guild Wars treat you today?

    Quote from Hesper
    Quote from ripbb

    It's a Wind of Change quest in Kaineng Center called "A chance encounter"

    Peter Kadar has a great video on it on YouTube, it's also called Ministerial Commendations farm, very long questline but also very worth it, doable with more or less difficulty with every prof (I run it as Necro)

    Do you need to complete the WoC HM questline as well to do the Chance Encounter in HM?

    Nope you just need to reach the point where you can do it in NM, finish it and then unlock the HM version and obviously never take the reward


    (Atleast that's what I recall)


    Edit : I misunderstood your post I think, you need to complete the WoC HM questline as you go on to unlock each HM quest so therefore the answer to your question is yes

  • How did Guild Wars treat you today?

    It's a Wind of Change quest in Kaineng Center called "A chance encounter"

    Peter Kadar has a great video on it on YouTube, it's also called Ministerial Commendations farm, very long questline but also very worth it, doable with more or less difficulty with every prof (I run it as Necro)