Dead Sword.

Manoe

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

DoA or Darknights of Ascalon

R/Me

If they are so EXTREMELY rare why are they all over the auction ? :P

KoalaMeatPie

KoalaMeatPie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cute And Fluffy in My Tummy

Cult Classic [CC]

R/

End of game Item.

The Skin is rare as a random drop.

or better yet:

Crystalines are EXTREAMLY rare, but whya re they all over auction?

Simple: You are looking for them in a place where they are often found, Sort of like a funnel, People go to Auction with their Dead or Crystaline Swords.

Drop of Fear

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

dead swords are not rare. they are rare as any other rare drop in the game.
but they are WANTED.

demand > supply = high prices

just what happened with phoenix blades.... where anyone and their mother wanted one of those price was 100+50 ectos for a 15^50 r8 one. people over farmed them supply > demand = price sinked

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Toronto

Hopping

Mo/A

Every item has it's own attrabutes of:

Supply | Demand | Price

Common sence should help you figure out each of those along with www.guildwiki.org

Peace

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

The rarest skin in the game in the Serpent Axe. If ever a req7 15^50 Serpent Axe was discovered, that player would become THE richest player in GWs.

Dead swords are popular for god knows what reason... IMHO they are fugly as sin. Elemental Swords are a ok... but not worth what people are paying for them. i would rather buy another of my characters FoW or have a fun contest on guru.... oh wait...

leprekan

leprekan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Posers and Wannabes [nubs]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief
The rarest skin in the game in the Serpent Axe. If ever a req7 15^50 Serpent Axe was discovered, that player would become THE richest player in GWs.

Dead swords are popular for god knows what reason... IMHO they are fugly as sin. Elemental Swords are a ok... but not worth what people are paying for them. i would rather buy another of my characters FoW or have a fun contest on guru.... oh wait...
Serpent is no more or less rare than the crystalline and dwarven. They ALL come from the same chest.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
Serpent is no more or less rare than the crystalline and dwarven. They ALL come from the same chest.
Um, no they don't. Serpents drop RANDOMLY, Crystalline's mainly in HoH. Dwarvens mainly in Shiverpeaks. Serpents are TOTALLY random. I got one in the desert, one is ascalon, and one in cantha. They were crappy, but still...

leprekan

leprekan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Posers and Wannabes [nubs]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief
Um, no they don't. Serpents drop RANDOMLY, Crystalline's mainly in HoH. Dwarvens mainly in Shiverpeaks. Serpents are TOTALLY random. I got one in the desert, one is ascalon, and one in cantha. They were crappy, but still...
lol alrighty then. Sorry I am a rank 10 noob that has never seen a hall drop. All sarcasm aside ... Purple crystallines > fow < and the oddball uw chest same with dwarven purples. All GOLD crystallines and Dwarvens and to my knowledge SERPENTS are an hoh only item.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
lol alrighty then. Sorry I am a rank 10 noob that has never seen a hall drop. All sarcasm aside ... Purple crystallines > fow < and the oddball uw chest same with dwarven purples. All GOLD crystallines and Dwarvens and to my knowledge SERPENTS are an hoh only item.
Halls chests can drop them, yeh. but what I am saying is that the drop rate of serpents is the lowest. You can find more req8 15%>50 dwarvens and crystallines then u can serpents.

CyberNigma

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

San Antonio, TX

W/R

non-max serpent axes drop on Shing Jae Island. I got my max serpent axe from the locked strong box outside THK before it was removed. I believe I got my Dwarven axe from the same place.

Drop of Fear

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief
Halls chests can drop them, yeh. but what I am saying is that the drop rate of serpents is the lowest. You can find more req8 15%>50 dwarvens and crystallines then u can serpents.
actualy i've seen way more perfect serpents then dwarven and crystallines...

Peachie

Peachie

Closed

Join Date: Nov 2005

England

The Peachatorium [hugs]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief
Halls chests can drop them, yeh. but what I am saying is that the drop rate of serpents is the lowest. You can find more req8 15%>50 dwarvens and crystallines then u can serpents.
i suppose you have found a ton of each yourself so you would know for sure

Angel Develin

Angel Develin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Lions Arch

Minions of Kronos

N/Me

Why dead sword is wanted so much?



Sophitia Leafblade

Sophitia Leafblade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Dragon Slayer Guild [DSG]

R/

look pretty cool, ill give it that but then again thats cause it looks like the soul Reaver from Legacy of Kain and that sword Rocks

Dravyn

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Someone say that's an end game sword? I got a gold Icy Dead Sword drop somewhere on noob island (can't remember where exactly), and people constantly hound me about buying it when I go to arenas lol..haven't seen anyone else with it so far.

Crimson Baron

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Florida

W/E

Dead swords are far from rare, and once more people start getting to end game, because of the fact that any colour will do as long as it's max damage the prices will drop faster than a nine-year old's balls at a bikini competition

jrk247

jrk247

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Twenty Gold For Mountain Troll [Tusk]

It all has to deal with the supply and demand, basically if you get a cool looking skin and no one has it, you can control the price and people are dumb enough to not wait a couple months for the prices to go down. And then people find out about this "rare" skin and they over farm for this skin so they can cash in. It happens with just about every new skin and will keep happening until GW dies.

Warpy

Warpy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Australia

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
lol alrighty then. Sorry I am a rank 10 noob that has never seen a hall drop. All GOLD crystallines and Dwarvens and to my knowledge SERPENTS are an hoh only item.
Well i found my Crystaline in the Crystal desert and that was gold:

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

... is it just me or does the Dead Sword look like Soul Reaver?

Crimson Baron

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Florida

W/E

I'm pretty sure colossal scimitar is the rarest skin in NF, I've seen 2 on guru, and that includes PC, I think that's gonna be one of the only skins rare enough to stay expensive

The Herbalizer

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Warpy
Well i found my Crystaline in the Crystal desert and that was gold:

Reported your post for trolling.

I have only seen one 15% -5 Energy Req 9 Crystalline and that was owned by Der Guru. However, you claimed you found it in the desert. You used to be able to find them in the desert way way back when Guild Wars was first out. However, I remember not so long ago you saying how you are new to Guild Wars and didnt know much about it. The picture is also a rediculously poor quality further leading me to believe it is a photoshop.

Ever since Crystalline swords stopped dropping in the desert noone has found one. Nearly as bad as the tales of finding them from mobs in the Southern Shiverpeaks.

You posted the pic and statement as if it was true and are therefore lying and trying to deceive people.

Loki Seiguro

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

IGN: Scarlet Test Ace

We play Isketch in [HoH]

E/

lol i have to check out a colossal scimitar then

cystalline swords still go for a lot i bought a pruple one with half bad stats for 100k + 3 ecto and sold it to someone for 100k +50 ecto

frojack

frojack

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

London, UK

Rite Of Passage [RP]

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Herbalizer
Reported your post for trolling.

I have only seen one 15% -5 Energy Req 9 Crystalline and that was owned by Der Guru. However, you claimed you found it in the desert. You used to be able to find them in the desert way way back when Guild Wars was first out. However, I remember not so long ago you saying how you are new to Guild Wars and didnt know much about it. The picture is also a rediculously poor quality further leading me to believe it is a photoshop.

Ever since Crystalline swords stopped dropping in the desert noone has found one. Nearly as bad as the tales of finding them from mobs in the Southern Shiverpeaks.

You posted the pic and statement as if it was true and are therefore lying and trying to deceive people.
Don't remember Anet ever saying anything about them not dropping in the Desert anymore...

The Herbalizer

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by frojack
Don't remember Anet ever saying anything about them not dropping in the Desert anymore...
Yup they continue to drop there..... Jesus christ anyone who knows anything about Guild Wars knows that all the funky crazy stuff that happened over there was stopped ages ago. E.g. Arid Sea chests..... I guess unconditional weapons still drop there.... Of course I have no idea about anything to do with weapons, their rarity or wear they drop.....

Anet nerfed the chests in the desert. No Crystalline, Dwarven or Serpent Axe drop there neither do unconditional weapons.

If you can prove me wrong go ahead just back up your statements with real and reliable evidence. Otherwise quit posting comments which are false and are wasting valuable server space.

KamikazeChicken

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Herbalizer
Anet nerfed the chests in the desert.
Nobody said anything about a chest, and don't tell them to provide evidence when you can't. >.>

Anarion Silverhand

Anarion Silverhand

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Denmark

None

Seeing as the question has been answered, there is no reason for this thread to keep going.

Closed.

-Anarion