Drop rate for Elemental Swords?

King Sasuke

King Sasuke

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

A/E

So is there a drop rate for it and is it a better rate than an ecto becuse i think an ecto is what 2%?

Carboplatin

Carboplatin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

[PIG]

W/A

ectos definitely have a better drop rate.

Ghostcell

Ghostcell

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

=VX9=

N/Mo

yeah ummm ecto drop more then ele swords, but you can buy a q9 ele sword for about 15k these days.

King Sasuke

King Sasuke

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

A/E

oh really i thought it was a lot more than that

isamu kurosawa

isamu kurosawa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

United Kingdom

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by King Sasuke
oh really i thought it was a lot more than that
Hasn't been for along time. I have a r9 and r10 one sitting in storage because i cant sell them.

King Sasuke

King Sasuke

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

A/E

great........

The forth fly

The forth fly

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

england

Mo/

ive got loads from the raptor cave in gwen.I got 4 in 1 day when farming for shamrock ales

Kronos Ledaloth

Kronos Ledaloth

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Italy

Spirits From Hell [SH]

E/P

when i farm ales and on the next weekend sweets i got about 20 ele's sword

crazybanshee

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Look out!

E/

Yeah the price of ele swords has completely tanked since raptor farming hit it big. I usually get 3-10 per weekend of intense raptor farming, and have taken to giving most of them to guildies because I can't sell them and they're clogging my inventory.

Yang Whirlwind

Yang Whirlwind

~ Retired ~

Join Date: Nov 2005

Copenhagen, Denmark (GMT +1)

E/

I have had 4 Ele swords in total drop for me - in several weekends of Raptor farming! (one didn't even have an inscription slot)

Not worth the bother these days - you make a lot more from the event items/golds/dyes/etc. you get from the farm than from the Ele swords

Alex the Great

Alex the Great

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

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

[Lite]

W/

i got 1 ele sword from raptors, after 1 week of farming. It had deathbane and no inscription slot, so i merched it.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

Two elemental swords from raptor farming from me. Twice on the same day. Considering how rare it is for me to even play Guild Wars, you can guess how easy it is to come across them.

Monk of Demise

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

Atlanta, GA

Droknars Arena Dogs

Mo/R

OMG...over easter and pattys day i did nothing but farm raptors, equivalent to about 5 days of continuous farming and not a single ele sword I've had much more luck with ectos,

take_me

take_me

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

Europe

Country Roads [HOME]

Ye... in early January I had like 6-7 Ele Sword within a few days...
Then on the next events not a single one.
Got 2 on the last event.

Farming Ectos is definitely better... at least if there's no event^^

CagedinSanity

CagedinSanity

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Away from you.

W/

I bought one from a guildie at like 1/3rd of the price.
I think I salvaged it for a mod. It didn't look that good anyway.

Kaleban

Kaleban

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Hot as hell Florida

[Wckd]

Me/

You have to wonder what ANet was thinking, knowing what builds are out there to make a spot SO easily reached and farmed, and then to put a skin like that in the drop table. I mean come on, at least it kind of made sense for shape shifting bricks to drop them, perhaps they were hidden inside.

But I've never seen a velociraptor hold any type of sword, unless we assume they are like bull sharks that eat anything. I'd still hesitate to open up a raptor's gut to look for a sword though, again, unless I'm on Hoth and its the only way to save my friend from freezing...

I wonder what would the outcry be if Ectos and Crystalline Swords were added to the Raptor drop table? Makes just as much sense as 100k+40 ecto Elemental swords...

Zamochit

Zamochit

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/A

Well Ive spent one solid weekend farming raptors there for the birthday event and I recieved seven elemental swords drop over three days. r9 ,2x r10,2x r11, r12 and a r13.

I guess its just luck but they are so common now they arent really that valuable I would rather get a black dye drop than a r10+ elemental sword now.