Anyone had any better luck?
Anyone having triple fun?
Kelsey Cain
Not a bean so far - no keys and can't find any chests
Anyone had any better luck?
Anyone had any better luck?
FalconDance
Not I. Went bopping out into the Realm of Torment where I'd seen lots of Margonite chests earlier but nary a one was to be found. Ruptured Heart map, same thing. So retreated to Vabbi wherein I saw two chests (only had one key, of course) and a grape high req fire wand fell out.
In over an hour of play only two chests, no keys fallen. Hmmmmmm. Maybe I'll go out later and work a little on my cartographer title although there isn't a lot left to it.......
In over an hour of play only two chests, no keys fallen. Hmmmmmm. Maybe I'll go out later and work a little on my cartographer title although there isn't a lot left to it.......
Darcy
No keys - but three chests, three golds - Mirror of Lyss
fatmouse
Yes we got about 6 demonic keys finishing gloom, the only chest was the one at the end though...
garethporlest18
I'm 28/46 rares/chests in Mirror of Lyss, my last run was a 5 gold one.
GODh
no dropped keys (yet?)... 1 gold out of 9 opened chests (domain of secrets)
reetkever
I'm getting loads of golds now, I opened 30 chests now, and about 20 of them were gold. No keys dropped, though. But I dont kill monsters, either, so...
Dave83
I've been playing alot the past two days and had about two golds, counted 13 purples in a row earlier. No exaggeration.
Darcy
2nd run (keep getting interrupted) - 1 key/1 gold/1 purple - Mirror of Lyss
3rd run - 0 key/2 gold/1 purple - Mirror of Lyss
3rd run - 0 key/2 gold/1 purple - Mirror of Lyss
Sir Skullcrasher
I hope i can get some decent weapons, haven't done chests run in a while now!
Venus was her name
well....myself and a guildy did a farm run through our secret farming place in the desolation.
then went on a chest run in about 3 areas in the desolation.
about 20 chests and 10 rares...
no key drops
im pretty sure in the area we farm the "weekend" thing isn't in effect. becuase as soon as we zoned the the area nextdoor we had almost 100% gold chest drops.
maybe bad luck but i doubt it
then went on a chest run in about 3 areas in the desolation.
about 20 chests and 10 rares...
no key drops
im pretty sure in the area we farm the "weekend" thing isn't in effect. becuase as soon as we zoned the the area nextdoor we had almost 100% gold chest drops.
maybe bad luck but i doubt it
Illuminus
No luck with keys.. but chests seem to be fine. My heroes are loving their new items 
Senator Tom
~30 chests all gold in doa for me
??Ripskin
I was farming outside of rihlon refuge and got 3/4 golds out of a kournan chest. (20% enchanting pommel and 20/20 axe thing) WEWT
Spike
1st 8 chests 7 gold then an update next 8 chests 7 purple. I wonder what happend in that update. Now theres another which will probley lower the drop rate even more. Also 6 of these golds are been utter crap. ie req 13 and +14% while hexed. did get 2 15^50 mods but thats about it.
drupal
I did a few runs in Mirror of Lyss and much golds 
GreatLich
score so far: 14golds 1 purple, not a single key.
A sup vig, which is nice
A sup vig, which is nice
My Green Storage
Chest running in Mirror of Lyss .. started good. Salvaged jewel and ruby daggers for their rare material counterpart (1ru 1sa) .. then level'd out for a few runs ..
What comes out of a vabbi chest?
... Req 9 Command Diamond Aegis ...
I'm not worrying about key drops via monsters.
Did check out the area where Exuro spawns. Saw maybe 1 chest. Not worth the time.
What comes out of a vabbi chest?
... Req 9 Command Diamond Aegis ...
I'm not worrying about key drops via monsters.
Did check out the area where Exuro spawns. Saw maybe 1 chest. Not worth the time.
strcpy
10 vabbi key purchased, 7 golds - I would say that wasn't bad.
However, I don't need them and hate selling in in the trade channels so I blew the rest of my gold the last piece of vabbian armor I want instead of getting a title I will not display.
I'll probably do another 10 or so chests before it is over with anyway, I can always replace a green with a gold on my heroes.
However, I don't need them and hate selling in in the trade channels so I blew the rest of my gold the last piece of vabbian armor I want instead of getting a title I will not display.
I'll probably do another 10 or so chests before it is over with anyway, I can always replace a green with a gold on my heroes.
Muk Utep
Seems like there is indeed a better chance to get golds from chests. As for key drops, either it doesn't work, or the default chance is so low that multiplying it by 3 has no visible effect. I find a key maybe once a week, so pulling numbers out of my rear, let's say any enemy has a 0.02% chance to drop a key. Multiplying that by 3 is 0.06% which is really not a difference you'd notice during one "farming session" (assuming that you don't farm for 12 hours straight).
Cow Tale
havent been in elona yet but im having a crap load of gold sdrop from monsters in cantha. got 17 in about 3 hours. i thought that was kinda wierd.
Etrik
I've gotten a godly amount of golds from chests in 5 hours. Gonna go blow another 60k on keys ^_~
(And I've had 2 Kournan Keys drop in a 3-minute time span in Barbarous Shore..
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(And I've had 2 Kournan Keys drop in a 3-minute time span in Barbarous Shore..
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FalconDance
Well, all in all I spent over three hours out and about in Elona last night. Spent time in Mirror of Lyss, Alkali Pan, Yahtendi Canyon, worked my way up to the Fortress of Jahai, and around in the Realm of Torment. Here's the results:
*Finished a couple quests I'd forgotten about, always a good thing
*NO key drops
*Only 4 chests within all the maps, total. Only 1 gold, a nice (high req, tho) hornbow that my ranger immediately tried out
*Approx. 2K in gold coins dropped plus whatever pittance the merchant gave me for the other icky stuff
*Black dye - my third in almost a year and a half of play!
*The green Air ele off-hand dropped when I had to persuade the boss to get out of my way. Sweet, my ele can equip it when she goes back to Air and Earth
*Uncovered another nearly 2% of the map for the cartography title
So, all in all, the evening was highly successful even if it was not what was advertised.
*Finished a couple quests I'd forgotten about, always a good thing
*NO key drops
*Only 4 chests within all the maps, total. Only 1 gold, a nice (high req, tho) hornbow that my ranger immediately tried out
*Approx. 2K in gold coins dropped plus whatever pittance the merchant gave me for the other icky stuff
*Black dye - my third in almost a year and a half of play!
*The green Air ele off-hand dropped when I had to persuade the boss to get out of my way. Sweet, my ele can equip it when she goes back to Air and Earth
*Uncovered another nearly 2% of the map for the cartography title
So, all in all, the evening was highly successful even if it was not what was advertised.
Etrik
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Well, all in all I spent over three hours out and about in Elona last night. Spent time in Mirror of Lyss, Alkali Pan, Yahtendi Canyon, worked my way up to the Fortress of Jahai, and around in the Realm of Torment. Here's the results:
*Finished a couple quests I'd forgotten about, always a good thing *NO key drops *Only 4 chests within all the maps, total. Only 1 gold, a nice (high req, tho) hornbow that my ranger immediately tried out *Approx. 2K in gold coins dropped plus whatever pittance the merchant gave me for the other icky stuff *Black dye - my third in almost a year and a half of play! *The green Air ele off-hand dropped when I had to persuade the boss to get out of my way. Sweet, my ele can equip it when she goes back to Air and Earth *Uncovered another nearly 2% of the map for the cartography title So, all in all, the evening was highly successful even if it was not what was advertised. |
And it is what was advertised. You were unlucky.
ntmdtr3fan
200k spent on keys. Chest running in Stygian veil. 63 keys used. 63 gold taken. 6 Igneous blades among many other things. I have hardly got grapes in the Stygian Veil. Been pretty much CR since last week. Try there for alot of golds. BTW if you dont know were this is . Its in the Domain of Anguish.
death fuzzy
6/7 goals from vabbi chests. only 1 decent weapon though.
L|S >+>+G+<+<
hmmm, well I would say that golds are dropping more frequently but as to whether they are any good or not, well I found 1 15^50 mod & a fire wand for me ele hero, aside from that ....m3h......12 chests in doa ....m3h....vabbi chests various places...m3h....keys dropping - had 1 key drop all night (7hrs)
nice update not...no wonder it was called weekend news & not a bonus or anything. certainly created a lot of *news* in this thread.
anyway, we should all know by now that anet doesn't give too much away (unless they're trying to lower the price of greenies :O), so no real dissapointments i guess.
gl & hf!!
nice update not...no wonder it was called weekend news & not a bonus or anything. certainly created a lot of *news* in this thread.
anyway, we should all know by now that anet doesn't give too much away (unless they're trying to lower the price of greenies :O), so no real dissapointments i guess.
gl & hf!!
narcissistic_fool
183 chests, 183 golds so far. in one of the doa areas.
Shadowfox1125
Did some runs in Poisoned Outcrops..
My luck has never been great, but I'd say approximately 10/15 for me.
2 Vabbian Keys dropped.. in an area with Ancient Elonian Chests..
My luck has never been great, but I'd say approximately 10/15 for me.
2 Vabbian Keys dropped.. in an area with Ancient Elonian Chests..
FalconDance
No, Etrik, I meant that in all six maps I romped in, there were only four chests total, period. Not four in each map. Six maps = four chests. That's not even one chest per map.
Just the day before that, I had seen all sorts of chests in Nightfallen Jahai (more than four, btw, I think there were six or seven. But I was a little busy staying alive.).
I went out for a couple hours yesterday in Vabbi - saw two chests in one map and one in another. All grape. No keys.
But you are right in that I have deplorable 'luck' in chests during these events. It's almost as if my account has a reverse-event
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Just the day before that, I had seen all sorts of chests in Nightfallen Jahai (more than four, btw, I think there were six or seven. But I was a little busy staying alive.).
I went out for a couple hours yesterday in Vabbi - saw two chests in one map and one in another. All grape. No keys.
But you are right in that I have deplorable 'luck' in chests during these events. It's almost as if my account has a reverse-event
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Venus was her name
lol these weekends are just money sinks...
"yay lets all go spend 200k on DoA keys"
keys have strated dropping more today chests are going about 75% gold
"yay lets all go spend 200k on DoA keys"
keys have strated dropping more today chests are going about 75% gold
cellardweller
267 Golds 178 purples from Vabbi/Desolation chests over the weekend. I would have been content with a 50/50 spread, so colour me tickled pink.
milan
150 keys used in 3 x 50 key segments (I get bored easy) - Vabbian Chests
1st 50 - 38 golds 12 purples - made over 200k from items (lots of runes as well)
2nd 50 - 34 golds 16 purples - 350k - a very nice sun and moon shield among it
3rd 50 - 25 golds 25 purples - very odd occurence with even numbers - 150k so far and still selling.
1st 50 - 38 golds 12 purples - made over 200k from items (lots of runes as well)
2nd 50 - 34 golds 16 purples - 350k - a very nice sun and moon shield among it
3rd 50 - 25 golds 25 purples - very odd occurence with even numbers - 150k so far and still selling.
Etrik
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No, Etrik, I meant that in all six maps I romped in, there were only four chests total, period. Not four in each map. Six maps = four chests. That's not even one chest per map.
Just the day before that, I had seen all sorts of chests in Nightfallen Jahai (more than four, btw, I think there were six or seven. But I was a little busy staying alive.). I went out for a couple hours yesterday in Vabbi - saw two chests in one map and one in another. All grape. No keys. But you are right in that I have deplorable 'luck' in chests during these events. It's almost as if my account has a reverse-event . |
Spike
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Originally Posted by Etrik
Go to any high-end area. Explore the entire area. You will find 4 chests. Not one, not two, not three, not five, not six. Four. In each area. Every time.
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cosyfiep
were keys supposed to drop this weekend? I didnt get any and neither did the guildee I was questing with.... I did buy 1 key and did get a nice gold curses focus from it.....and guildee bought a few and got 1 gold 1 purple (and even got a black dye too)......but then again since I started playing nightfall I have only gotten 4 keys to drop outside the starter island....2 in the same run last week.
as always three times nothing is still nothing....but at least the chests were a bit nicer.
I didnt get any and neither did the guildee I was questing with.... I did buy 1 key and did get a nice gold curses focus from it.....and guildee bought a few and got 1 gold 1 purple (and even got a black dye too)......but then again since I started playing nightfall I have only gotten 4 keys to drop outside the starter island....2 in the same run last week. as always three times nothing is still nothing....but at least the chests were a bit nicer.
Moa Bird Cultist
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Originally Posted by Etrik
Go to any high-end area. Explore the entire area. You will find 4 chests. Not one, not two, not three, not five, not six. Four. In each area. Every time.
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Anyway, weekend was v.good, got both my treasure hunter and seeker titles, as well as rank 4 lightbringer and even had time to get a full 10% of Tyria, bringing me up to 77.8% I had a few really decent ones, though all the inscriptions left a little to be desired, but gold desolation skinned weapons aplenty, not to mention a few ancient skinned golds as well, (I really like the gold ancient scythe skin, got two of those ^^ Anyway, of 40 odd chests, I'd say 30 must have been gold, at least. Not to mention a gold hammer with zealous and perfect enchanting that I had drop in the maguuma jungle for me, non max, but I got both the mods off it.
Oh, and I got 0.1% of Elona too - 91.6 now. So yeah, it was one hell of a good weekend for me Ty Anet!
Zephyr Rose
I had about 6 Vabbi keys drop for me, and only spent about two hours on chests/key farming all weekend. Got some nice golds, about 10 out of the 16 chests I opened. The one weekend I had to spend babysitting and working ANet puts on an awesome event like this!! But I think people who didn't get any keys probably just got the short end of the stick. Sorry for the bad luck!
Kid Divinity
I logged about 12 hours of play throughout the weekend and I got 1 Ancient Elonian key drop.... in the Realm of Torment. I did get a sup death rune and a couple decent (arm those heroes!) golds with my purchased keys, however.