Salvaging
Sir Rick
Does anyone know how to take two things (ex. demonic remains) and salvage both of them with one use of a superior salvage kit. Because I have the Factions Guide Book and it says to salvage 2 demonics remains and get an glob of ectoplasm. If you know how please let me know.
tuperwho
Wow, that's news to me..... can you quote the exact wording from the book so I can see if it gives any hints?
TheLordOfBlah
The strat guide lied to you
Curse You
Lol, salvaging two things at once. That's got to be a joke.
SirErnieMacGloop
That would be cool...
...I think you need a Horadrick Cube for that
J/K
The guide is hopelessly wrong when it comes to that, if you do manage to do it you'd be the richest player in GW
...I think you need a Horadrick Cube for that
J/K
The guide is hopelessly wrong when it comes to that, if you do manage to do it you'd be the richest player in GW
Knightsaber Sith
I believe the Prophecies strategy guide had ecto listed as a rare salvage. Just like you will occasionally slavage rare materials like steel; you're supposed to be able to salvage ecto from demonic remains. But most of the time you will get glitter.
Griff Mon
I have heard from several players that on very very rare occasions that you can in fact salvage ectoplasm from demonic remains with an expert salvage kit. That being said I have never salvaged a single blob after salvaging hundreds of demonic remains.
bigwig
i believe this is just a game myth. you can't get ecto from demonic remains.
Andy_M
Probably the same (or less) chance of salvaging that than there is of salvaging jade or amber from weapons.
Sofonisba
This is going to sound very urban-legendy, so I apologize in advance.
The other day, I was expert salvaging Demonic/Phantom stuff, expecting to get dust as always. I had a small pile of dust (nowhere near max of 250). The rest of my inventory was full.
I double clicked to salvage, and ... "Your Inventory is Full."
The ONLY way this would have happened was if I was about to salvage something other than dust!! Unfortunately, I'll never know what it was... my nightmare tells me it was an ecto...
The other day, I was expert salvaging Demonic/Phantom stuff, expecting to get dust as always. I had a small pile of dust (nowhere near max of 250). The rest of my inventory was full.
I double clicked to salvage, and ... "Your Inventory is Full."
The ONLY way this would have happened was if I was about to salvage something other than dust!! Unfortunately, I'll never know what it was... my nightmare tells me it was an ecto...
Arwen Shiningstar
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Originally Posted by Sofonisba
This is going to sound very urban-legendy, so I apologize in advance.
The other day, I was expert salvaging Demonic/Phantom stuff, expecting to get dust as always. I had a small pile of dust (nowhere near max of 250). The rest of my inventory was full. I double clicked to salvage, and ... "Your Inventory is Full." The ONLY way this would have happened was if I was about to salvage something other than dust!! Unfortunately, I'll never know what it was... my nightmare tells me it was an ecto... |
Urban Legend indeed
Sofonisba
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Originally Posted by Arwen Shiningstar
And why exactly would you not know?? All you had to do was drop or sell something and continue to salvage. If it was going to salvage into ecto it still would have. Just because your inventory is full, it doesn’t change what the item was going to salvage into. I almost fell out of my chair laughing at that one! I sure hope you are joking.
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Or is the % chance determined at time of salvage?
I'm glad you got a good laugh over ... what exactly.
Full inventory.
Pile of Glittering Dust (maybe 10 in it already)
Salvaging Demonic or Phantom (sorry, can't remember which)
"You have full inventory"
*sells things*
Continue salvaging.
Pile of Dust grows bigger.
If you can tell me an item is predetermined to salvage into one thing or another (steel vs iron, dust vs ecto, etc) then laugh it up. Otherwise....
EDIT: Oh, and the "urban legend" was my reference to my story of the "ecto that got away."
Arwen Shiningstar
I have no proof that stuff is predetermined but like wise you have no proof its not.
Stalemate
The ecto that "might" have gotten away.
Stalemate
The ecto that "might" have gotten away.
Sofonisba
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Originally Posted by Arwen Shiningstar
I have no proof that stuff is predetermined but like wise you have no proof its not.
Stalemate The ecto that "might" have gotten away. |
And, like I previously posted, my nightmares tell me it was ecto, but only 'cause of my kinda luck.
Monk Mystic
im pretty sure stuff ISNT pre determined lol do you know how much memory that shit would take up?????if EVERY item in the game was predetermined at the time of drop if not before the poor GW servers would blow up in minutes. that said when is this "ecto" movie coming out???
cosyfiep
it might not salvage into anything other than dust....I have on occasion gotten the same "your inventory is full" thing....I drop an item and continue to salvage only to get more of a common salvage thing I already had.....case in point, have maybe 10 wood on board....my inventory is full so I decide to salvage a cheap wooden bow, 'Your inventory is full' I drop another bow....and salvage the cheapy...getting, yep more wood, pick up dropped bow and continue on....I know that the only thing I would get from that bow is wood, I have some on board, but the dumb thing still tells me to open a space so it can convert the one item into something I already had.....this happens LOTS of times.
Monk Mystic
yeah im not saying it wasnt a glitch im just saying that im almost positive things arent pre determined as to what they will salvage into
Lilaznboi2011
wow that would be so awesome if you could salvage from the demonic remains.....but the expert salvage kits sometimes screw you..i hate it when you're trying to salvage a mod or upgrade and then it ends up giving you ordinary crafting materials...like that one time i had a perfect vampiric bow string and it gave me 23 wood planks
Monk Mystic
lol they fixed that a while ago. now as long as your weapon is gold it will always salvage some mod(granted there has to be a mod present of course)
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but yeah i did REALLY hate when that happened. happened to me like frieking 20 times lol im so glad they changed it
*edit*
but yeah i did REALLY hate when that happened. happened to me like frieking 20 times lol im so glad they changed it
SaladFork
Drops have to be predetermined, or else it could be EASILY abused. Fill up your inventory completely except for a pile of Jade/Amber. Expert salvage the Jade/Amber weapon (or something along that idea) over and over (getting "Your inventory is full") message, until it finally hits the magical Jade/Amber/Whatever salvage, and gives it to you.
Think about it.
~Salad
Think about it.
~Salad
Monk Mystic
im still wondering about the memory requirement neccesary to keep track of EVERY item in the game that is salvagable. that would be insane but i do understand your point. not sure how it works.I'd actually be very interested to find out.damn GMs and there no talking about game mechanics policy
Deacon Roswell
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Originally Posted by Monk Mystic
lol they fixed that a while ago. now as long as your weapon is gold it will always salvage some mod(granted there has to be a mod present of course)
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SaladFork
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Originally Posted by Monk Mystic
im still wondering about the memory requirement neccesary to keep track of EVERY item in the game that is salvagable. that would be insane but i do understand your point. not sure how it works.I'd actually be very interested to find out.damn GMs and there no talking about game mechanics policy
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~Salad
Hand of Ruin
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Originally Posted by Monk Mystic
lol they fixed that a while ago. now as long as your weapon is gold it will always salvage some mod(granted there has to be a mod present of course)
*edit* but yeah i did REALLY hate when that happened. happened to me like frieking 20 times lol im so glad they changed it |
Sofonisba
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Originally Posted by SaladFork
Drops have to be predetermined, or else it could be EASILY abused. Fill up your inventory completely except for a pile of Jade/Amber. Expert salvage the Jade/Amber weapon (or something along that idea) over and over (getting "Your inventory is full") message, until it finally hits the magical Jade/Amber/Whatever salvage, and gives it to you.
Think about it. ~Salad |
But, what about when the same thing happened to me with Soul Stones? (Yes, I know I should sell, then salvage from now on lol!) These we absolutely know salvage into either Granite Slabs or Lumps of Charcoal.
Full inventory, existant pile of granite, Inventory Full, Granite Slab, Granite Slab, THEN a Lump of Charcoal.
majoho
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Originally Posted by Monk Mystic
lol they fixed that a while ago. now as long as your weapon is gold it will always salvage some mod(granted there has to be a mod present of course)
*edit* but yeah i did REALLY hate when that happened. happened to me like frieking 20 times lol im so glad they changed it |
I WISH it was like that though.
Monk Mystic
damn flamers. first of all im pretty sure if you go through and look through all the updates im pretty sure youll find it.(sorry not enough of a loser to do it myself).second i havent gotten common materials in like 3 months maybe your just being punished by A-net for being such a damn prick.
cosyfiep
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Originally Posted by Sofonisba
That is a good point.
But, what about when the same thing happened to me with Soul Stones? (Yes, I know I should sell, then salvage from now on lol!) These we absolutely know salvage into either Granite Slabs or Lumps of Charcoal. Full inventory, existant pile of granite, Inventory Full, Granite Slab, Granite Slab, THEN a Lump of Charcoal. |
and the gold items.....mmmmmmmm, thats still a mystery, some people always get the mods while others of us usually get the crafting crapp.
Sofonisba
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Originally Posted by cosyfiep
pretend its a random number generator involved.....you hit the salvage key...it generates a number....for our purposes lets use 1-100...if the number generated is between say 90-100 you will get charcoal, otherwise granite.....I think most of the items that have rare salvage have the same kind of thing....salvage an iron weapon and say 60% of the time you get iron, the other 40% steel...soul stones could be 70/30 who knows???
and the gold items.....mmmmmmmm, thats still a mystery, some people always get the mods while others of us usually get the crafting crapp. |
Earlier I had posted that when I was salvaging something, full inventory but an existant pile of what I thought the item should go into, I was ridiculed. The person said "don't you know that even if you have full inventory the salvage comes out the same? LOL @ you noob" (not exact words).
Which it clearly does not, as illustrated by at least the Soul Stone example (if not the dust example).
My argument was, the random number (or whatever) is generated at the moment of salvage, not at the moment of drop.
Therefore, with an otherwise full inventory, you could potentially miss out on a Lump of Charcoal if you only have a pile of Granite... and according to legend--simply because I do not know anyone who has indeed salvaged an ecto from residue--an ecto if you only have a pile of dust.
foo
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Originally Posted by Sofonisba
But I actually have evidence, though it may not be proof. Those Demonic/Phantom things were trying to salvage into something other than dust at first; that's all I was trying to say.
And, like I previously posted, my nightmares tell me it was ecto, but only 'cause of my kinda luck. |
Enchanted Warrior
"Rumor has it there are even some unscrupulous people that will sell you faction" Ya gotta love the unfounded rumors printed in the game and guides.. :P
robminotaur
lol i thought you onley could find golbs of ectoplasma in drops?^_-
Loviatar
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Originally Posted by robminotaur
lol i thought you onley could find golbs of ectoplasma in drops?^_-
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Sereng Amaranth
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Originally Posted by Enchanted Warrior
"Rumor has it there are even some unscrupulous people that will sell you faction" Ya gotta love the unfounded rumors printed in the game and guides.. :P
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