IDS will stay!

Ellix Cantero

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Valerius
depends on wat class imo... if u can stand up to the Tundra Giants KD's... then yes the lower road is easier... but for me as a R/Me it was much easier going the upper route
I still go the lower route on my ranger. I'd rather risk the giants than those bridges seeing as how the KFC try so hard to body block.

Malchior Devenholm

Malchior Devenholm

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Dragon Arena!!!

Pshycho Ninjas [oGod] | Vent Rage [vR] | Zealots of Shiverpeak [ZoS]

Well....good to hear IDS staying...now i just have to get 1-2 solo runs=no luck

Forget the cash, i just want one for my sexy self

Woutsie

Woutsie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Belgium

You know, when you get passed the Giants, you get to a small way in the mountains, there is a group of Av's...
Is it me or did they edited the skills for those? They keep slowing me down.. and they never did before, and now i keep dying

Caleb

Caleb

Nil nisi malis terrori.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Woutsie
You know, when you get passed the Giants, you get to a small way in the mountains, there is a group of Av's...
Is it me or did they edited the skills for those? They keep slowing me down.. and they never did before, and now i keep dying
You are just coming across the ELE boss in that spawn is all. When he slows you down, just stop. You are immune to everything but lightning damage, so activate your dolyak and elemental resistance and keep using healing signet until you see the hex start to wear off. As it is leaving, activate sprint and you'll mosy right on out of there.

Microwavable Cat

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2005

in my house

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by dont feel no pain
well something that i always believed is we "nerf" them ourselves.
I totally agree. My brother had a solo monk and he used to solo the desert a lot. Well one day he soloed them so much that a message popped up saying that if he continued to farm these first few monsters over and over again, he would get less and less drops. He also searched it to show me what the message was. It was quite strange.

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

I consider Soloing the IDS with a Warrior a VERY great challege.

1) you have to RUN all the way past the multiple mobs that if you make a wrong move they can kill u.

2) once you get at the cave, you have to deal with Mr. Intrupting Mountian Troll who intrupts you signet and make you scramble to time your Healing sig right and kill him at the same time

3) if you don't get one you got to start the dang thing ALL OVER AGAIN!

Hodor

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Federated Communist Uber Korps



Even though the IDS is no longer worth as much, I still go because it's just so much fun I forgot to put my Superior Swordsmanship hat on in this shot, so the damage is a bit low. Hundred Blades works so well here.

Ellix Cantero

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light
I consider Soloing the IDS with a Warrior a VERY great challege.

1) you have to RUN all the way past the multiple mobs that if you make a wrong move they can kill u.
I've got my routine and build down so well that I can kill almost everything in Mineral Springs solo now

ChoKILLate[FDG]

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

[FDG]-Fudge

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eder
It didn't make the rich richer any more than it made the poor richer. This whole IDS thing was, if anything, a way to get balance things out. For the past week, the rich have been spending their money like crazy on this sword, and the poor are all up in Mineral springs taking a shot at making money.
Sure it did. It was the rich who already know how to farm and run solo. They were the ones who made the runs early on and were able to sell the swords for 100k. The poor were still doing the runs in groups and thus limiting their chances of finding any.

Quote:
ANet doesn't *force* anyone to do anything. Some people went and bought it for outrageous prices because they *assumed* (based on NOTHING, which is what ANet had said on the subject back then) that it was a wintersday event. Can you blame ANet for people who make the wrong assumptions and bet their gold on these wrong assumptions?
No they don't but the assumptions were not based on "Nothing"...they were based on the only thing publically mentioned which was by Gaile Grey stating that they would probably only be around for the Wintersday event. Had they mentioned otherwise, then people would not have rushed to try and find one or buy one. I just wish they would have told us right from the beginning.

Julie Skyy

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

God's Don't Cry

R/Mo

What about the other icy items? i've seen several icy horn bows and such items, are those wintersday only items as well?

Maiyn

Maiyn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Canada

I Excentrix I [PuNK]

The rich will always be rich, and the poor will have to catch up or get lucky. Whether we like it or not, that is the way things work in real life, and in the game. We'll just have to accept it now though won't we.

To be honest, this is the most friendly solo build for people without a great deal of money. You don't really need anything spectacular.. just the skills, and the dmg.. a -2 shield (which you can get from bleached shells, and is the best for this) .. so I mean. I don't understand why people are complaining about this of all things.

Sorry to say...

Lets Get to Healing

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

You want see?

True Gods of War [True]

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Blkout
Spoken like a person who wants an IDS but either can't find one or can't afford one. Jealousy and envy sucks.
Thats like half the people in granite saying "I havent gotten an IDS in 20+ runs! Im farming griffs" I come back from my run and there they are " Stance Tank LFG for IDS farm". Then there is the guy who wants to flood the market with em so they drop. : teaching warriors how to IDS farm free.why? because i want the price of IDS to go down." Too bad they cant afford one. I hope it gets nerfd im saving my 3 for the BIG bump up in prices.

Vladmoney

Vladmoney

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Charter Vanguard

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Strik3r
Enjoy.

yes, I too have heard this. IDS WILL STAAY!! yaaay

Feel sorry for those who bought it for like 50k, probably gona go down a notch maybe like 20k. They still pretty hard to get.

The Acolyte

The Acolyte

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seekers of Justice ~ SoJ

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vladmoney
yes, I too have heard this. IDS WILL STAAY!! yaaay

Feel sorry for those who bought it for like 50k, probably gona go down a notch maybe like 20k. They still pretty hard to get.
<--------Raises hand

I would be one of those, but don't feel sorry (I was just being lazy). I still have another 778k sitting in the bank . I really hope that people didn't spend everything they have on one of these...it's pretty stupid to spend most of your income on an item like this. It's like the new chaos plane T. shield fad....

Stil, kind of funny that only a week or so ago the IDS was selling for 100k hahaha

The Acolyte

The Acolyte

The Acolyte

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seekers of Justice ~ SoJ

Edit: Double post for some reason...deleted.

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

This may have already been metioned, but I think having limited edition weapons would be a great idea. I expect to be flamed for this because I know many people will say that doing so will only make the professional farmers richer, but I think having a limited edition weapon would be kind of neat. One could argue that Greens and so on are limited, but they're still out there. By "limited edition" I mean only available during a certain time frame. Once they're gone, they're gone. They'd stay in your inventory of course, but would not be available to farm anymore.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodyDotNet
By "limited edition" I mean only available during a certain time frame. Once they're gone, they're gone.
There are tons of these...

HoD weapons
Rockmolder 20/20
Candy Cane Weapons/Shields
Pumpkin Crown
Yule Hat
Reindeer Horns

I personally hoped that the IDS would go this way, but unfortunately they are just another green.

ThY[Ninj]

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

NC

Burning Sun Ninjas

R/Me

IDS is staying, old news. If you're still paying 50k for one, I have one thing to say to you.

ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZZZZZZ

roku-dragonslayer

roku-dragonslayer

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetdoc
There are tons of these...

HoD weapons
Rockmolder 20/20
sorry if I sound like a n00b, but what are these?

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetdoc
There are tons of these...

HoD weapons
Rockmolder 20/20
Candy Cane Weapons/Shields
Pumpkin Crown
Yule Hat
Reindeer Horns

I personally hoped that the IDS would go this way, but unfortunately they are just another green.
You know what I mean Jetdoc. Most of those you meantion are seasonal and aren't useful really. And the Rockmolder is still around. It just got nerfed with an update. I'm talking real weapons...axes, swords, bows, etc. that are limited.

Ellix Cantero

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodyDotNet
You know what I mean Jetdoc. Most of those you meantion are seasonal and aren't useful really. And the Rockmolder is still around. It just got nerfed with an update. I'm talking real weapons...axes, swords, bows, etc. that are limited.
The 20% rockmolders out in the wild weren't nerfed, just the drops were nerfed after a certain point. I have two of the originals.

krak harpie

krak harpie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Ponca City, Oklahoma

Lords of Death (DRED)

W/N

A question if I may:

Finally, after 10+ solo runs and several hours (since I am a terribly weak W/E), I finally got one ICD.

Is this all for nothing? Can I expect the value to drop dramatically? Inevitably, I will keep it like everything else so I can ensure that I never have any storage space. But it would be nice to think it will retain a high value, even if it does stay in the game.

Your thoughts on this? Please refrain from any insults, as I have given those up for the New Year.

antialias02

antialias02

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Eastern Iowa

Forsaken Wanderers [FW]

Me/E

To put it short: The price of IDS is falling reasonably. It will likely stablize at around 10-20k. If you can find a buyer for higher than that now, so much the better. If that doesn't suit your fancy, I recommend you keep it and love it as the newest addition to your inventory.

ChoKILLate[FDG]

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

[FDG]-Fudge

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by antialias02
To put it short: The price of IDS is falling reasonably. It will likely stablize at around 10-20k. If you can find a buyer for higher than that now, so much the better. If that doesn't suit your fancy, I recommend you keep it and love it as the newest addition to your inventory.
For 10k it is not worth the time to farm. Say 1 in 3 runs gets you an IDS, so about an hour or more. It takes me almost exactly 15min to run to the cave. You know how much you could make farming elsewhere for an hour?!

Hopefully it stabilizes at around 20-35k. That would still make it worth the farm.