chests spawning after boss kill?

Blackest Rose

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Hi All,

It could be my imagination but on two occassions recently I seem to see a chest spawn after killing a boss for the closer to the stars mission.
I believe it wasn't there when we started attacking.
It later happened on a storyline quest also....

Firstly - has anyone seen this?
Secondly - has it always been there?

On both occassions I was first to open the chests and both times got gold drops.....

Maybe I've been playing GW too long........

Vapor_Fighter

Vapor_Fighter

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

DRKN

W/

i do not know i havent done that mission but i do not recall any chest spawning after killing one of the bosses.

VanDamselx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Buffalo, NY

[TTBH]

Are these chests that require keys? Where are you finding this occurs?

Mr. G

Mr. G

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

S. Wales

Mo/Me

Chests often start near bosses, and odds are if theres a boss your not looking for chests

Sid Doog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

DR (Drunkin Rangers)

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by booooYA
Are these chests that require keys? Where are you finding this occurs?
yea they require keys but it happens in DOA now as well


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Ratz

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

N/Mo

Haven't done that mission in a while so not sure about that. However, while farming the spiders by the boss Zelnehlun Fastfoot in The Floodplain of Mahnkelon I've noticed some Kournan Chests spawn only after the enemies spawn. So, since new enemies spawn after you kill the bosses in that mission I guess the same thing could be happening there as well. Possibly new enemies could result in new chest spawns?

Edit: Also, the drops from those new spawned chests are the same as all the other Kournan Chests in the area. Nothing special about them.

KamikazeChicken

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

One of the updates changed chests in certain areas (DoA, and from your description other heavily run areas) so that they only spawn after a certain event takes place.

This kind of thing takes place most noticeably in Gloom or Stygian where chests spawn AFTER the final boss is killed or other random quest objectives complete. It's a rather decent fix to prevent mass chest running.

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

Chests will spawn once you complete a quest.. it was an update a while back.

Blackest Rose

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Well a least I'm not seeing things.

Must have missed that update note.
Can anyone post a link to the update note?

Pretty good idea to stop the running ok - it would be better if they had of have a better chance of being golds.....

That would be a nice balance.

Mr. G

Mr. G

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

S. Wales

Mo/Me

hmm i missed the memo i guess

phallanxian

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

the idea was to stop chest running by making it so you have to do somthing to get the chest

Hysteria

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

I like the idea but would also like to see the loot quality being bumped up a notch or two to reflect the effort it took for the chest to spawn. I haven't had a chance to look into this yet so it might be possible that it already has, but if not it I think that it should.

Pwny Ride

Pwny Ride

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Aussieland

Prime Players Of [OSHA] ~ [dth] alliance. <3

Me/E

so im not the only one that saw this happen then.

Blackest Rose

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nope - Once I could believe I was seeing things but it happened twice in the same sitting for me.....
Surprised there wasn't a slew of "OMG - Chest nerf!! /ragequit" threads....

Clinically Proven

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

Australia

[MMAD]

I think I missed it too, so no chests at all without killing a boss?

Only note I can find in the Update Notes is:

Quote:
Feb 16, 2007
Fixed a bug that caused chests to spawn less frequently in the Domain of Anguish.
Anyone have a copy of the update note that this is mentioned in?