Dungeon Chests and Treasure Hunter Title Track

Whirlwind

Whirlwind

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

Wolven Empire

D/

Sure seems to me that opening end of dungeon chests should count as a 'high end' chest and go towards the treasure hunter title, i mean they are always dropping golds or greens and its a hell of a lot of work to get to them, yeah thats a high end chest if i ever saw one, anyone else agree?

Edit: Whoops meant to post in GW:EN but oh well.. maybe someone can move it =)

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

only if they make the Chest of Wintersday PAst count too

I think it's a good idea (even if the Snowman chest doesn't count)

Solas

Solas

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ireland

Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2

E/

yeah,becasue at least 30 min word (sortest dungeon time so far,imo) is at least worth a point on title,

dunky_g

dunky_g

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

[SNOW]

tbh it doesnt really matter cos if you think about it it would take 5 hours to get 10 points on the title track, and you can do that chest running in around 10mins

Spazzer

Spazzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

USA

Team Asshat [Hat]

Mo/E

Arenanet believes that REAL pirates pay for their keys at the store. B|

leprekan

leprekan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Posers and Wannabes [nubs]

W/E

LoL speaking as a rank7 treasure hunter ... no they shouldnt have those chests count. Treasure hunter is the one title that can't be cheated or ebayed. Let's keep one title meaning something please.

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
LoL speaking as a rank7 treasure hunter ... no they shouldnt have those chests count. Treasure hunter is the one title that can't be cheated or ebayed. Let's keep one title meaning something please. Because people really cant ebay those 6 million of gold required for title. Or can they.

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10 points/~hour is nothing gamebreaking when you can run one chest per minute.

Thus, boss chests giving points would hardly change anything.

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein
Because people really cant ebay those 6 million of gold required for title. Or can they.

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10 points/~hour is nothing gamebreaking when you can run one chest per minute.

Thus, boss chests giving points would hardly change anything. Well, ebaying the cash and buying the keys won't help you much, as you still have to actually play enough to find 10000 chests. Which is, to put it lightly, a cubic arseload.

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyy High
Well, ebaying the cash and buying the keys won't help you much, as you still have to actually play enough to find 10000 chests. Which is, to put it lightly, a cubic arseload. Thou, currently it takes more time to get gold for one key than open one chest.

It can cut time required to half.

leprekan

leprekan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Posers and Wannabes [nubs]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein
Because people really cant ebay those 6 million of gold required for title. Or can they.

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10 points/~hour is nothing gamebreaking when you can run one chest per minute.

Thus, boss chests giving points would hardly change anything. You won't find too many ebayers with treasure ... they take the shortcut to get money they take the shortcut in most aspects of the game. Treasure doesnt have a shortcut it is a brutal purple chest grind. You have to actually RUN it.

Half the pain of treasure hunter is finding the chest. So yes a known location one does cheapen it. And it is 36 an hour with iding and merching. Not 1 a minute if you run more than a few.

Shadow

Shadow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

None

Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
LoL speaking as a rank7 treasure hunter ... no they shouldnt have those chests count. Treasure hunter is the one title that can't be cheated or ebayed. Let's keep one title meaning something please. It would actually mean more coming from a chest you have to work 30 minutes or more to get to.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Dungeon Chests(As many points as the level the chest is 1..5), Hidden Treasures(1 point) and Elonian Treasures(2 points) should give treasure hunting points.

This is the most annoying title to get, and we can't wait to Easter to increase it via picking eggs.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

Treasure Hunter is such an eBay title
Snowman lair takes 10mins and has ~5chests in it so thats 30 per hour if you have the cash
Once you have the cash its nothing more than doing a few runs

a free +1 at end of dungeons isn't going to de-value an eBay title any, if anything people may respect it more afterwards

VanDamselx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Buffalo, NY

[TTBH]

I have rank 4 chest hunter and I would say so far that is quite an accomplishment, however I definitely wouldn't mind having those chests count towards something. Definitely would make me feel a bit better when I get a req 13 Spawning Wand.

Remember that kid who got banned because he ran chests over and over again? He was basically running out to a spot, rezoning and going back in and this netted him about 400 or so chests in about 6 hours if I recall. That's okay but going to a dungeon to get 10 towards it cheapens the title?

IlikeGW

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
Let's keep one title meaning something please. It's a game, none of the titles have any more meaning than you sat on your ass playing a game.

leprekan

leprekan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Posers and Wannabes [nubs]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by JeniM
Treasure Hunter is such an eBay title
Snowman lair takes 10mins and has ~5chests in it so thats 30 per hour if you have the cash
Once you have the cash its nothing more than doing a few runs

a free +1 at end of dungeons isn't going to de-value an eBay title any, if anything people may respect it more afterwards Opinions vary.

No it isn't an Ebay title debate it all you want but they tend to go for easy ones like wisdom and sweet tooth. Before you go there ... no I didn't Ebay the title. Problem with gw is Anet dumbing down the game continuously for people that don't want to put the effort into getting what they want.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

My 10 characters say that there is more effort in getting to the Exile chest than opening chests during Galen Trask's quest.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
Opinions vary.

No it isn't an Ebay title debate it all you want but they tend to go for easy ones like wisdom and sweet tooth. Before you go there ... no I didn't Ebay the title. Problem with gw is Anet dumbing down the game continuously for people that don't want to put the effort into getting what they want. Yes. Treasure Hunter is unlikely to be an Ebay title for the reason that anyone taking that shortcut isn't going to burn time on chest hunting. For the most part, chest running turned a profit anyway - money is not really an issue once a player got into it (although, with items worth less now, this may not be as true). Any player willing to spend the time to run 10k chests had the time and ability to farm the cash in the first place.

I don't really see an issue with adding these chests - the effect is too minor overall unless you're farming dungeons heavily, which is still far slower than running.

Punches

Punches

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

San Diego

Puppy Eating Zombie Cult

N/Me

I'm going to start off with something slightly off-topic:

It kinda bums me out that if you see someone with a sweet-tooth or drunkard title the majority of people are going to assume it was done using ebay. Same goes for FoW armor or other high end items. My gf has maxed tons of titles simply because she didnt spend her cash for 2 years and finally dumped it all into them. Not everybody uses ebay, there are many honest gamers out there who don't want to cheapen their experience buying cash online to accomplish things and actually enjoy playing the game to reap the rewards. When you refer to something as an "Ebay title" you are perpetuating the steriotype. Sure, there are alot of titles that can be easily accomplished buying gold on ebay, But I wouldn't say that those were "Ebay titles", simply that the people using Ebay to get them are "Frigging Losers". Anet does what they can to stop these people and for the rest of us who work hard towards the titles we want for looooooong periods of time it really sucks to hear that.

That being said, I don't think 1 point towards treasure hunter would make much of a difference in the larger scale of things. I'd much rather see the gold rate increase in the locked chests across eotn. Lockpicks are expensive and when I have to use them to open chests that yield a purple item 9 out of 10 times it really kinda sucks too.

That is all, thank you for your time,
-Naughty

leprekan

leprekan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Posers and Wannabes [nubs]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarre
Yes. Treasure Hunter is unlikely to be an Ebay title for the reason that anyone taking that shortcut isn't going to burn time on chest hunting. For the most part, chest running turned a profit anyway - money is not really an issue once a player got into it (although, with items worth less now, this may not be as true). Any player willing to spend the time to run 10k chests had the time and ability to farm the cash in the first place.

I don't really see an issue with adding these chests - the effect is too minor overall unless you're farming dungeons heavily, which is still far slower than running. I have opened 11000 chests on my warrior. About the last 6000 have been an easy 80% purple .. of which most were non max purples to add insult to injury. Over the course of that title if I had been given the chance to open 200 or more free chests that would have been nice .. not too mention at what lockpicks cost a nice savings. Don't know if u maxed the title or not but chest running hasn't turned a profit in a looooooooong time. Made my first mil before there was a rune trader so no Ebay was never needed.

william1975

william1975

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Dragons of Torment (DOA)

Me/

well i certainly understand why some don;t want to have them added, personally though i would find it useful as im slogging through the title, while trying to gain others at same time.

I certainly donlt watnt o waste time selling these items by standing about advertiseing them. tried that with a platinum longbow last year and it took 2 weeks to sell, i was spending an hour every day tryign to sell it

wolfwing

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Heh question, exactly how did you get 11k or so chests? :> I've opened many chests and never get too many. Though Dungeons with their mostly linier paths are helping a ton for getting treasure hunter/luck title. And just to those that say it's too hard. I make enough cash from the quests/drops doing dungeons that I easily keep my lockpicks going. With 50% retaining when I'm having a good day, plus selling the junk and gold I get from completing a dungeon I make a profit. Small but a profit, and thats not even counting the selling of the items I get.

Right now I have 428 chests opened, with the last 128 or so chests from GWEN and 23, 516 luck title, with about 18k of that from GWEN. So it's not that hard. Sure getting 10k will be insane, but getting chests and such isn't hard if you know what your doing.