Locked chests - no lockpicks, low drops... expansion? or help for the rest of gw? - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

Blackest Rose

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

03 Sep 2007 at 09:45 - 1

GW:EN is labelled as the expansion to GW with ONLY level 20 content.
Yay! I love it!

This is shown by :
1. Good/hard battles
2. Good/hard dungeons
3. New beautiful area's - all views are awesome - charr valleys remind me of presearing.... ah nostalgia. (This doesn't fit but I threw it in anyway

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4. New PVE only skills
5. New Consumables for helping clear areas

But there's a few "weird things" and "doesn't quite gel together" too :
1. Lockpicks don't drop (Not one for me and I'm nearly done....) which really kill me since I don't have a lot of plat - Anyone have lockpicks drop for them in GW:EN??? Seems an excessive gold sink since they were limited to HM previously.
2. No HM... could be used as a faster way to gain points....
3. Normal playing drops are really really bad ....

I can see how the new PVE skills will help vanquishing easier - the new consumables too....

Maybe I'm missing it but since there's no HM in GW:EN (yet!) there doesn't seem to be any incentive to keep playing once you have "unlocked" enough points for the consumables (unless you're after armor)

GW:EN on HM would be damn tough....

This is not a GW:EN bashing thread (I love the game!) but after playing through it does anyone else feel that GW:EN is to be used for "stocking up" aid for the rest of GW, rather than the true hard hard expansion for level 20 it was supposed to be?

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

03 Sep 2007 at 09:48 - 2

Try the dungeons, they're a blast. Also, I had one lockpick drop, so they're rare, but at least they exist.

ember2inferno

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

Australia

Mo/

03 Sep 2007 at 10:20 - 3

I haven't had any lockpick drops either.

I retain more often than usually, strangely, but I get a purple in 9.9/10 chests. -.-

GodofAcid

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Massachusetts, USA

E/

03 Sep 2007 at 11:12 - 4

Yeah, I've found a lack of certain things too.. namely gold drops, lockpicks, and the like.. but one thing I've found is that the AI seems to be greatly improved, not in a "just give them insane attributes and make impossible" type of way, they seem to react more intelligently (such as using deep freeze before maelstrom) and cause you to shift your strategy on the fly, not just find the right party and builds to do it, such as areas like DoA have become. I'm really enjoying that aspect of the game.

pork soldier

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

04 Sep 2007 at 10:35 - 5

I've seen a few lockpicks drop in dungeons.

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

04 Sep 2007 at 10:42 - 6

Lockpicks must be quite the rare drop, then - 7 dungeons complete and not a single lockpick drop for me or my wife. Though, I'm not having the same bad luck as others - I have retained quite a few lockpicks, and managed to get about 20% gold drops out of chests (as opposed to many people's 0%). Oh yeah, and my treasure hunter and lucky titles are non-existent.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

04 Sep 2007 at 11:28 - 7

My ONLY Gripe with GW:EotN at the current time is the lask of "decent" loot. I've not seen a lockpick drop in Eye of the North, so I've had to buy every one I wanted (with the exception of a couple of quest rewards)...I'm confused as to why we're spending 1.5k on every lockpick...and most of the chest "loot" seems to be non-max purples. Not even hero-worthy. I am retaining a reasonable number of lockpicks...but I just feel the game would be perfect if the loot that dropped, and was retrieved from chests, was actually max damage, even if it is purple.

oljomo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

04 Sep 2007 at 11:44 - 8

Hi

Lockpick drops im pretty sure dont happen, but as for other drops, i just keep getting golds (two max damage inscribable fellblades dropped for me in one dungeon, one of which was req 9

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also after getting my armour and black moa mini, which wiped me out of cash on sunday, i now have 30k, im just not seeing all the roblems people have....

ALl ive been doing is quests and dungeons so far, (which btw give decent rep rewards, im level 4 in everything but dwarf where im level 6 atm dungeons make that dwarf rep go up fast)

Also about hard mode GWEN, im 99% sure its gona be coming for two reasons, the as yet unmaxable master of the north title track (unless tehres some wierd bonus for completing all teh dungeons), and the fact that if you go to a random outpost in tyria, set it to hard mode, and look at the gwen areas, teh dungeons and minimissions revert to teh undone symbols in red.... suggests hard mode on its way, (and hard mode dungeons will be blooming hard, going through them ive had a feeling that they were made hard then tuned down, (think lots of low level enemies), and hard mode enemies + the builds these guys use= death quickly

)

Strange Brew

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/N

04 Sep 2007 at 11:45 - 9

I'm loving GWEN, but I have to agree the drops are abysmal. Considering it's a high level area, most of my drops have been equivalent to say mid-way through prophecies. I haven't had a single max mod on anything yet !

Gileads

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

New Jersey

Raiders of Gilead

R/

04 Sep 2007 at 14:47 - 10

GWEN is cool and I agree the lockpicks are quite rare,the locked chests are giving plenty of grapes up with a few sprinkles of golds.I did get a Platinum Bow(max.stats 15^50 and mods +30 wrapping) req.12 though,it was a monster drop in the Sepulchre of Dragrimmar.

Necromonger

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

N/Me

04 Sep 2007 at 14:54 - 11

The drop rate/quality does seem quite low for what is a "high level character" expansion.

I've killed whole groups and get 1 or 2 white drops, or just gold coins.

Very few gold drops, no lockpicks, poor quality in general in my experience so far.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

04 Sep 2007 at 15:37 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necromonger

The drop rate/quality does seem quite low for what is a "high level character" expansion. Exactly. The most "WTF-Worthy" drop I've had so far was in the Charr Lands. A REQ 6 Curses Staff...NON-MAX damage, naturally. I mean, come on, "it's an expansion for high-level characters" should mean weapons drop that we, or heroes, could potentially use. I don't think I've seen a non-max ascalon-esque req 6 weapon drop ANYWHERE outside of training areas (Istan, Shing Jea, Ascalon - Maguuma).

bpphantom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Canukistan

The Eyes of Ashtabula [Eyes]

04 Sep 2007 at 15:43 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necromonger

The drop rate/quality does seem quite low for what is a "high level character" expansion.

I've killed whole groups and get 1 or 2 white drops, or just gold coins.

Very few gold drops, no lockpicks, poor quality in general in my experience so far. That's my experience thus far as well. Granted, I'm not too far in to GWEN, but still.

EinherjarMx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Mexico

La Legion del Dragon [LD]

E/

04 Sep 2007 at 16:02 - 14

i think on the preview i got a lockpick but since the release, none.
and a weird thing (or just a coincidence), yesterday i opened like 5 chests, all retaining the lockpick, but at the same time all purples >.<

R!ghteous Ind!gnation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

N/

04 Sep 2007 at 16:07 - 15

Drops will always be a complaint...

Death By Ketchup

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Canada

Eternal Transcendence [DRMR]

A/

04 Sep 2007 at 17:08 - 16

I opened probably around 20 locked chests, and only got 1 non max gold req 12 wand. And then I got about 8ish gold drops from eniemes and all of them were non max. If GWEN is a high level area, why am i getting such crap drops?

wolfwing

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

04 Sep 2007 at 17:43 - 17

So far my best drops were in my last Frostmaw run, I got a tazer staff *what I call it* 4-5 golds, though only 2 were okay. But still the tazer I really like.

Hammer Drawn

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

04 Sep 2007 at 18:31 - 18

Ive gotten about 7-8 lockpicks to drop from GWEN and I'd say 95% of chests drop purple crap. The 4-5 golds I have gotten are Q12-13 and crap skins. Ive opened over 100 chests in GWEN, so yea, the drops SUCK. But they do drop lockpics in GWEN just not as common as in NF.

rista blodorn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Aura of Shadows

E/R

04 Sep 2007 at 18:37 - 19

Drops stink both from kills and from chests. Lockpicks break at an alarming rate considering I'm suppose to have a 48% chance to retain them and very few golds. As for greens...what are they again? Seriously the only ones I saw were the end game items after getting my key. Considering this is supposed to the end of GW1 not sure what they are saving the economy from. BTW I've completed the main story line and a fair number of side quests as well as 1 dungeon. I'm actually down about 5 plat from where I started GW:EN and the only thing I've purchased has been lockpicks. Morale of the story...don't waste your money on lockpicks.

Well99

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Nix Guild (NG)

N/E

04 Sep 2007 at 18:38 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by ember2inferno

I haven't had any lockpick drops either.

I retain more often than usually, strangely, but I get a purple in 9.9/10 chests. -.- Same here on rate of purple to gold.Yet to find a lockpick though.Only thing rarer than destroyer core drop...)

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

04 Sep 2007 at 18:52 - 21

completed the game, done loadsa dongeons and the only lockpick i got was from a quest reward -.-

littlejay

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Ascolan Lords [tal]

D/E

04 Sep 2007 at 18:54 - 22

many of my drops are not max damage or max energy

example: req 12 starfish focus with +11 energy? ive got 1 gold and about 4 grapes total all weekend. open no chests

Healers Wisper

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Anaheim, CA

BoMB

N/

04 Sep 2007 at 18:55 - 23

Wow, I must be getting everyones lockpick drops. I have had at least 6 so far and I only did a little of the game and 0 dungeons. I started the Azura track and norn track and really didn't get anywhere. I only have 1 tapestry so far.

As for Gold drops, I only got 1 so far and it was merch fodder.

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

04 Sep 2007 at 19:04 - 24

I think I've gotten one lockpick drop.

Since release, I've bought about 30 lockpicks. I'd say I retain them about...30% of the time. Out of maybe a total of 50 chests opened, I'd say I got 6 or 7 golds...none of them even worth keeping. I have FAR better chest drops in Nightfall, and even in Cantha.

I don't really understand the fact the we NEED lockpicks if we want to open chests in EotN. I was under the assumption, that was reserved for Hard Mode, where the slightly better payoff balanced out the need for a lockpick. That "balance" is nonexistant in EotN, for me. The chest drops there are comparable to Normal Mode in the other campaigns, yet a lockpick is still needed. Only thing I can think of is "huge gold-sink". :/

As far as monster loot goes, forget it, lol. I think I had one gold drop from a mob...a req13 cane. >.>

Tyras

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

somewhere over the rainbow

Deadly Absynthe [DA]

E/Mo

04 Sep 2007 at 19:23 - 25

well I've had about 3 drops from monsters, 1 was a rune (a crap rune) n the others where a shield n a crap focus, the shield was max n req9 so looking at all you lot I guess I had luck =D it even came with +29 health hehe. The best golds come from destroyers keep that in mind guys!

beanerman_99

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the clouds

[Sage]

E/

04 Sep 2007 at 19:39 - 26

Only one lock pick for me as well.

Actually, I think the drop rate for me in GWEN has been horrible! I can kill literally 100-150 monster and barely even have gold drop. I have seen zero golds, zero purples, about 5 blues, and a scattering of whites.

Not digging the drop rates.

reddswitch

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

04 Sep 2007 at 20:18 - 27

Wow, I thought I was the only one not seeing a single lockpick drop, still haven't gotten or seen one drop. I stopped buying lockpicks after seeing my luck hasn't changed for the better in EotN either. I'm talking about over 80% purple from chests and basically breaking every lockpick at first use.

I've gotten 4 gold monster drop total, 2 non max. Just today I got a 14-21 platinum blade :| only salvageable part was 15^50% inscription. It could be my mind playing tricks on me but I saw a lot more max purple items than gold. Jora's wielding a max purple greater highlander blade which I modded so I'm kinda happy with the purple drops. The color of drops usually doesn't matter to me but I'd at least expect the rare drops (gold) to be max especially since we're not in newbie like territory.

My kill count's usually in the low thousands before seeing 1 gold drop what kind of luck am I having when others are talking low hundreds?