Some Beef with EGGs

Blayza Baygo

Blayza Baygo

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Reign of Judgement

E/A

Endgame greens ruin the price of other greens. To me end game greens are like going to walmart to buy groceries, yeah its the same stuff. and its cheaper, but it tastes like crap cause its from walmart. I mean nearly all greens go for like 5k now a days because you can get the perfect staff, axe whatever from end game greens. And if you beat Factions, Nightfall, and GWEN then you have three end game greens. EGGs (ha i acronymed it) screw up the weapons market.

Greens are unique because they are a pain in the ass to get, EGGs are not unique at all, they are Walmart weapons. I know we can't do away with them, but i was wondering if anyone else felt the same way.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

The end game greens tend to have bad perfect stats like -5/20 and +60 health staves. I feel bad just giving those to heroes.

Sora267

Sora267

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Mmm...Beef...Eggs....

Anyways, even if there weren't any "EGG"s, there would be a lot of low-priced greens anyways. It's green farmers and the fact that these greens have been out for months, most of them years, that reduce the price of a specific green, not end game greens.

Edit: And I agree with Racthoh.

Lex

Lex

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

When I finished Prophecies for 1st time long time ago I was missing some reward for doing this. Factions introduced rewards and I feel they are good for casual player.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

an end-chest like in dungeons would have been a lot better

RPGmaniac

RPGmaniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rafal
When I finished Prophecies for 1st time long time ago I was missing some reward for doing this. Factions introduced rewards and I feel they are good for casual player.
I agree, it's more of a reward for the casual player for beating the game. All the greens that cost a lot have rare skins and/or better stats than the EGGs (I hope that catches on). Plus if you really want the perfect weapon, just buy a gold inscribable version of the skin you want and mod away.

graverobber2

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

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i agree with blayza
might be better if you could only craft endgame weapons, like they do in prophecies now: 10K, 10 D.steel (which cost about 1K each) and 10 steel
total price: around 22K
these don't ruin the economie, since you gotta be stupid to sell these any cheaper to others
EotN has the same thing with D-weapons (5K + 10 onyx & 10 diamond => total value of around 25K)

(didn't really calculate the values)

endgame weapons are nice to give to heroes, however.
maybe automatically costumize them?

Alex the Great

Alex the Great

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

America.....got a problem with that?

[Lite]

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eggs and beef? /runs to make a breakfast biscuit


I like endgame greens, helps me outfit my heros, and on the off-chance they have good stats I may acctually end up useing them (like cerimonial daggers for my sin, the Deldrimor javilin for my para, and the caster spear from NF for my monk)

draugr

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

I use endgame greens to get "forget me not" inscribed foci on the cheap. Saves lots of plat.

Master Knightfall

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2007

EGGs are not the perfect items you might think. For instance the perfect caster staff for the majority of casters would be 20HSR/20HCS 30/30. Most of the endgame caster staves are +10+5e 20 HSR and 60hp. I don't really care for those. I'd rather have the 20/20 HSR/HCS and 60hps. +5 to the already high energy pool of ele's is really nothing compared to HCS every 5 casts average. Same for Necros and Mesmers and any other casters with long cast times. Of course it's always a preference thing, some like it hot some like it cold you'll never get everyone to agree on anything really as far as weapons go that is of any significance.

Monks are the exception, but, I think they give up a lot by taking swords/spears and shields. Best they can get on a sword is +10 HSR and then the +30hp and the +5e. I guess they like that +8 armor from the shield and gawd knows what they add as a buffer with the +30hp I usually put a +10vs slashing or blunt for my heroes though.

dunky_g

dunky_g

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

[SNOW]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Racthoh
The end game greens tend to have bad perfect stats like -5/20 and +60 health staves. I feel bad just giving those to heroes.
QFT

end game greens are modded for people that dont have any idea how to mod weapons to the spec that you need and are for an easy way to have a max weapon by the end of a campaign, its more aimed at the poor/newbie market.

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

they should add wep crafters to the other endgame areas

natural_Causes

natural_Causes

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

Hall of Monuments

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I want eggs, with beef

@OP, I don't think it's end game golds that dropped the prices, its green farming. I just give my end game weapons to my heros

graverobber2

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by slowerpoke
they should add wep crafters to the other endgame areas
factions has +5 energy melee weapon crafters
untill the release of NF, those where one of the only ways of having a +5 energy weapons (after the denravi sword got removed out of the game)
maybe reskin those, make them inscriptable and a bit more expensive?

Vinraith

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

They're a nice little bonus, and since they're horribly non-optimal mod-wise I don't see how they could be that bad for the market.

Nightow

Nightow

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by slowerpoke
they should add wep crafters to the other endgame areas
WTB Ebon Shiro's Sword of Fortitiude! PM offers!

Seriously though, what else would be a proper reward? Most of the time end dungeon chests give sucky skins/mods and being able to craft elite armor isn't exactly much of a reward either.

Toxage

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

I AM OUTRAGED! People get access to decent weapons without grinding for hours! CASUAL PLAYERS HAVE THE SAME STATS AS ME! How will I overcome my lack of skill?

I'm going to go to WOW, where hardcore players who play 10+ hours a day roll the casual crowd.

/Sarcasm Deactivate

Kumu Honua

Kumu Honua

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2008

Sorry for this...

Which came first? The Chestkin or the EGG?

I really am.

sir fluffums

sir fluffums

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2008

Droknar's Forge

Just type slah resign [Noob]

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hahaha, well i never get any drops farming with my sin. i suppose im just unlcky. so sometimes i feel like they are almost neccasary to me.

MagicWarrior

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

I personally like getting an end-game item when finishing a game... kind of like a souvenir of what was done.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Greens, almost right after they were introduced, were nothing but glorified weapons you could get from a collector. Perfectly functional with the occassional unique skin, but for the most part worthless as they were easily acquirable. Perfect for the casual player.

sir fluffums

sir fluffums

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2008

Droknar's Forge

Just type slah resign [Noob]

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or maybe they should make endgame items custonized to an accont. not the one char but to the account

HuntMaster Avatar

HuntMaster Avatar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

Around

Pillar's of Earth [ROCK]

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I love EGGS, Because after beating a campaign I get a reward for my effort. It's useful, helps me out alot with hero items, So far I'v got a ton of greens for my heroes, Most of which I farmed or bought.

I'm glad the prices are dropping on greens. Its nice that you don't have to spend 20-50k for something that isnt really worth it.

I can farm a green faster than I can farm 20-50k. So I only ever buy cheapo's. And I rarely sell greens I get.

EGGS give players like myself who do not want to farm, or do not have the time, a perty new green to dump off on a hero, or use if we are hurting for a weapon.

Greens are so common now I customize them all. At one point I had 11 kanaxai axes, and thats a rather hard green to get. I was buying them for 5-10k. I think the money is with Golds, not greens.

Crom The Pale

Crom The Pale

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ageis Ascending

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I think the Greens, ALL of them were added to the game as a much simpler means of aquireing a perfect weapon/shield/offhand.


Keep in mind that they were added long before inscriptions, when finding a 15^50 weapon or a 15eneryg-1regen was neerly impossible and they all sold for 50-100K+.

Add now Hero's into the mix and it could be very hard equiping them without cheep easy to get greens.

The farmed greens really drop in price after a few weeks/months so that they are just as worthless as the end game greens.

Esprit

Esprit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dvd Forums [DVDF]

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I like my green Wayward Wand thank you very much.

Angelica

Angelica

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Aussie land

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Witchblade
an end-chest like in dungeons would have been a lot better
Really? Like to get a miser diamond at the end of Shards of Orr?
Okay, it was in normal mode but I find it not fair.

/Angelica

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

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I kinda agree with the OP. I mean, now whenever I beat a campaign, I DREAD getting another endgame green. I just don't need 20 some EGGs filling my invintory space when I already have all the weapons I want/need on my characters.

& @ Crom the Pale... yeah, collector weapons sure were IMPOSSIBLE to get.

Lex

Lex

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
I mean, now whenever I beat a campaign, I DREAD getting another endgame green. I just don't need 20 some EGGs filling my invintory space when I already have all the weapons I want/need on my characters.
First, you dont need to exchange talisman/amulet/etc for green at once - just storage them - they stacks - and use only if u need "that" green. All final missions are very easy/quick to pass.

Second, not all players have 20(greens)/4(campains)=5 PvE characters to complete all chapters. So that is not so big number of greens for casual/average player.

Stormlord Alex

Stormlord Alex

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Beyond the Forest of Doom, past the Cavern of Agony... on Kitten & Puppy Island

Soul of Melandru [sOm]

W/E

Greens are good. End-game greens are better.
GW is good in that it hands out free, perfect stuff to the casual masses.

If you don't like it, there's always crystallines/r7s/uber-rare minis to make your e-peen 3 sizes bigger. Or, you know... you can go find another game that caters for your tastes.

agrios

agrios

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

South America

Naked Stalkers of America[Nude]

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Nonsense.

Greens doesnt affect other itens prices. It just makes decent gear avaliable for non-hardcores.

Over-the-top rare stuff will always have over-the-top prices (like 100k+380e for an Eternal Blade lol).

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

W/P

Quote:
Originally Posted by Blayza Baygo
Endgame greens ruin the price of other greens.
"Most" of the green weapons in-game are crap. It's either an ugly skin, horrible stats or both. They most certainly are NOT rare. As far as "ruining" the price of other greens is concerned...

Since when were greens meant to be pricey and catered to the rich?

distilledwill

distilledwill

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

Blighty

The Legion of the Blue Blade

R/Mo

They couldnt add an end-game chest as it would be subject to serious abuse (shiro farming anyone?), similarly they couldnt limit it to a one time open because if you got a crappy diamond or something after completing the game, when others are getting rare max golds... you'd be a little peeved.

End game greens are fine, it takes about the same amount of energy to complete a campaign once than it does to farm a green of the same stats.

I do, however, think that they should make the collector item (eg, Deldrimor Token, Amulet of the Mists etc) untradable.

enxa

enxa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Novi Sad, Serbia

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I wish there was a Walmart in Serbia (Novi Sad preferably)...

CyberNigma

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

San Antonio, TX

W/R

I like wal-mart and I like greens, including end-game greens. Greens were made so that people could get them without dealing with the gold item market. Although there has always been a green market, it is much shorter lived for most items than golds are. I say leave them be. I also think the op is an elitsist whiner in both the giving out greens and going to wal-mart cases.

Xx_Sorin_xX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

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free hero food makes me happy.

kobey

kobey

GW Retiree

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sg Unknown [KATE]

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Green haven't been worthed anything ever since factions. The only reason it is worthed something in prophecies is because its the only way to get perfect weapons for the majority of players.

After faction whereby more farmable greens are available, the green market haven't recovered ever since. The only difference now is just rare skin vs common skin. Stats wise, it doesn't matter. ie you don't pay higher for greens that have superior mods.

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

I like Wally World, and I like not having to grind for every last item in the game.

the savage nornbear

the savage nornbear

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2008

The Raging Cadavers [rage]

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w00t puns! but yea end game greens need decent stats. not eveyone wants +60 health

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

Gotta outfit my heroes somehow....

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but weren't people able to craft or mod perfect weapons since the beggining of the game?

Greens, I was under the impression, were valuable not only becuase they have perfect stats, but mostly becuase they have unique skins. How are end game greens different from being able to craft weapons? If people are willing to pay extra for a green simply becuase it's a green that's one thing, but I always thought people wanted them mostly for their unique skins.