This event isn't actually being geared for the runner. With the increase in key drops, the intent is for groups to kill their ways to chests for the free keys.
Hmm... anyone planning on doing any key farming?
Quick thought before you all go off and do chest runs...
MSecorsky
Skids
No key farming for me. The only keys I've ever had drop in Factions were on noob island. I'm buying mine - therefore running is a valid option.
Lowly Peasant
I can count the key's I've had drop in Factions on 1 hand. 2 Luxon, 1 Kurzick, 3 Canthan.
Bad Apache
The money that you save on farming keys, your wasting in real life time.
Farming something that you can buy for so little is a lot of wasted time. I'd rather pay in-game money for a key, and then maybe go out and wire an outside light with the time i saved by not farming and earn some real life money.
Apache
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Farming something that you can buy for so little is a lot of wasted time. I'd rather pay in-game money for a key, and then maybe go out and wire an outside light with the time i saved by not farming and earn some real life money.
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Sir Skullcrasher
I think this event is almost like a gold sink since peoples are drawn to the fact that you might get double-rare drops from all the Cantha Chests.
Pro-Monk
Go figure...there's already people selling keys in bulk. Quick search of the internet and, sure enough, there are sites selling keys for real money. For my part, I'm taking screenshots and reporting anyone selling bulk amounts of keys in hopes they get their account banned. Let Anet sort it out, but how likely is it that someone has farmed 500 keys to sell for an event that was just announced less than a week ago.
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I can count the key's I've had drop in Factions on 1 hand. 2 Luxon, 1 Kurzick, 3 Canthan.
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KamikazeChicken
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how likely is it that someone has farmed 500 keys to sell for an event that was just announced less than a week ago.
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shadowfell
Haven't the "canthan" chests been garbage for some time already?
leela
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sour fruit
It says pda noon time it starts, what is pda, this english, east cost or what?
EternalTempest
Don't have enough money to buy keys to farm.. that and I really dislike buying/selling (WTS-WTB). If I could it would be to get better weapons for my character or get the mods off them to make my own weapons.
I would not put it past Anet to x2 treasure drops and *slightly* increase key drops to remove gold from the market (for people to buy more keys). Either way the flood of perfect mods and golds should make prices cheaper.. at least for a short time anyway.
I would not put it past Anet to x2 treasure drops and *slightly* increase key drops to remove gold from the market (for people to buy more keys). Either way the flood of perfect mods and golds should make prices cheaper.. at least for a short time anyway.
EagleEye812
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It says pda noon time it starts, what is pda, this english, east cost or what?
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The fun starts at Noon PDT on Friday
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MelechRic
I said this in a thread about the same topic over in the farming forums:
1. Perfect gold drops are a small proportion of the gold chest drops. (Anecdotal evidence suggests it's something like 2% or less of all drops).
2. The market for golds will only drop if the supply of items was already outstripping the number of potential buyers. If it wasn't or wasn't close to that then there will be no drop.
3. This is a gold sink.
1. Perfect gold drops are a small proportion of the gold chest drops. (Anecdotal evidence suggests it's something like 2% or less of all drops).
2. The market for golds will only drop if the supply of items was already outstripping the number of potential buyers. If it wasn't or wasn't close to that then there will be no drop.
3. This is a gold sink.
mrcake
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icedragon981
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Sir Skullcrasher
so keys going to dropped from enemies now?
lyra_song
Gold sinks for everyone! \o/
Ranger Rog
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so keys going to dropped from enemies now?
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DOCB22
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Shadowfox1125
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Agreed, spent 20k on keys so far and the best i got was a air magic +1 20%, staff mod, loads of crap gold staffs though.. just like i always use to get, now i just have twice as many
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2ndName
Goldsink, true. But at least you can knock off that 2x 10K (Wisdom and Hunter) titles..hehe.
Oznog
Thus ends the search for the six-fingered man.
tridge
I agree with the first poster.
mrcake
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You do know that the event hasn't started yet.. You've 1 hour to go.
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Vermilion
Alls I know is...farming Vermin is slightly better now. I do a few runs everyday, but I got 4 keys in about 3 runs..not bad at all. Then that gold goes to keys too, and there you go.