do raptors really drop ele swords

hakon

hakon

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2008

rhode island

W/Rt

this may be the wrong form but im new to this and my question is stated above.i have done at least 500 runs with a sin/ele build on hm and never got one

End

End

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

They do wish I had a screenie to prove it but I haven't got any. But yes they do I used to farm them.

deluxe

deluxe

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Monkeyball Z

S.K.A.T. [Ban]

Mo/

Elemental Swords are worthless, dont bother farming them unless you think 5k is a lot of cash

NoXiFy

NoXiFy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

★☆٭Ńēŵ~ŶờЯК٭☆★

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

Mo/Me

yea. but dont do it. pointless. fow/uw ftw.

cebalrai

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2007

Mature Gaming Association

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by deluxe
Elemental Swords are worthless, dont bother farming them unless you think 5k is a lot of cash
Everything is worthless pretty much.

I Can Cure Cancer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Dark Empire [DE]

E/

yes, but droprates aren't that good so it'll take awhile before you get one.

Koricen

Koricen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2008

[LoA]

In all the runs I've done I have gotten one elemental sword. The drop rate is crappy and not something to rely on, and seeing as they are worth crap now I just gave it to my friend.

greyhawk

greyhawk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

IGN : Greyhawks Destroyer

guildless

W/

i got a q5 ele sword non max damage of course on NM farming Party animal items few events ago.

SimonTheMaster

SimonTheMaster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Qc.

Looking for one...

Mo/E

I got 2 of these in about 500 runs as well... Raptor farm is a quick farm that do not require to waste 30 min trying to set-up a team... U can also get a lot of black and whyte dye along with some gold weapons u can sell for 700-1000g to people for wisdom title.

TrippieHippie89

TrippieHippie89

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2008

Saegertown, PA

High by Nine [Bong]

Me/W

dont believe them

raptors dont drop ele swords

its all a lie

oswald didnt act alone

elvis and tupac are still alive, and they're gay lovers

we have never been to the moon

and above all

Jesus was black, ronald regan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11, thank you for your time, goodnight

Midnight Harmony

Midnight Harmony

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

South East England

Everlasting Sacred Path [ESP]

E/Me

I've had req 9,11 and 12 max Elemental Swords drop from Raptors in HM.

Lord Xivor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

Fort Bragg, NC

Our God Is A Consuming [FIRE]

Rt/A

Yes, I have gotten a r11 and an r9 there. Sold both of them. However, the prices are WAY down now. Its not worth farming for ele swords. Farm there for cash just by selling the junk to the merchant. Do Ursan speed UW or FoW clears for real cash.

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

D/

lol no, all those people are lieing when they say that they do.

Hexum

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

MxG

N/Mo

I farmed the hell out of them for a few days in a row and ended up with a req 9, 10, 11 and 12. All in HM

thesupersaver

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

I got a q9 non max one in NM after about 150 runs, sold right away for 10k in Rata Sum. Got lucky though, now they are basically worthless.

GaaaaaH

GaaaaaH

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

W/

they still have SOME value, i sold a r12 for 13k a few days ago

Haodu

Haodu

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

THE University of Michigan

W/

I've only had 1 drop for me, and it was req13...

ectos taste nasty

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

the ele sword is a lie

Aneres

Aneres

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

Phoenix AZ

IACROSSI [iru]

E/W

I've gotten at least six q9-13 gold ele swords from HM raptors in the last... oh 5 months or so. Got sick of trying to sell them, and traded them to someone in LA for some other equally worthless junk (Murakai Reaver/Blade, and an Elite Sin Tome - which was funny cuz I can't sell the ones I have for 2k- and some other stuff, couple glacial stones)
Got a q9 Saurian Scythe from Raptors too... the only thing I haven't gotten to drop there is black/white dyes, which everyone seems to claim there's loads of O_o
Slightly offtopic, but every single time I ID a Great Conch of Endurance, I snicker to myself.

Shakti

Shakti

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Home...

Vier Reiter [Vier]

Yes. HM nestling dropped a req 9 for me a couple weeks ago.

MarlinBackna

MarlinBackna

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2007

[TAM]

W/

Ele sword prices had to crash somehow. God, it was less than a year ago when they were >100k. I prayed for one when I LB/SSed back then.
But yes, this farm is what killed the price on ele swords, so I assume that they must drop a lot more than then LB/SS runs (I only saw two drop, and I have 3 max LB/SS characters ).

pOmrAkkUn

pOmrAkkUn

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Bangkok

Me/Mo

I got 4 Ele Swords dropped for me during sweet event.

Randvek

Randvek

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Rise From the Ashes [phnx]

W/

In my experience, they drop more from the chest that usually spawns in there than from the Raptors themselves, but your mileage may vary.

Aneres

Aneres

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

Phoenix AZ

IACROSSI [iru]

E/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by pOmrAkkUn
I got 4 Ele Swords dropped for me during sweet event.
Yeah I was convinced the golden egg/bunny weekend was rigged, favorably. I'd been farming raptors pretty consistently and the whole weekend I was completely slackjawed drooling at the incredible drop rate in there. It's been nothing like that before or since.

Lest121

Lest121

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Army of Darkness

A/Mo

It took about a week for my first ELE sword to drop, after that Raptors couldn't stop giving them to me.

Voodoo Rage

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

I actually had a Q10 and a Q9 drop for me both on the same evening a couple days ago (HM). Overall, I have about 8-9 ele swords sitting in my chest.

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

I was farming them only during 'raptor weekens', farmed quite a lot, was collecting lots of data on their drops and farming efficiency, haven't posted any data yet.
After getting 13 ele swords total I've estimated their drop rate to 0.00025% (1:4000) from HM Raptor Nestling, no boss kills. This comes only from my own farming and may be off a bit.

ShoGunTheOne

ShoGunTheOne

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2007

Undercity

泰瑞亚联盟

E/

i never had luck with raptors either, untill i brought Zenmai with by mistake, and guess what, i got a req 9 ele sword

i did however flag her outside my compass though

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

I've gotten 3 in HM.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Quote:
Originally Posted by TrippieHippie89
.....and the government is lying about 9/11

Well, that part is true - but it's not necessarily a big "conspiracy", just SoP.

Anyway, I did get an ele sword while farming Raptor Nestlings in HM.

kratimas

kratimas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Order of the Setting Sun

R/

I got a Req 11 Gold Max in HM Last week so, yes they do still drop. However I have been doing the Raptor on and off for a long time and that was my first one ever.

Krat

Yang Whirlwind

Yang Whirlwind

~ Retired ~

Join Date: Nov 2005

Copenhagen, Denmark (GMT +1)

E/

I have done a whole lot of runs there. So far, 5 Ele Swords: req 9, req 10 x2, req 11 and the first one I ever got: req 13 with no inscription slot.

Considering how many monsters I have killed, it must have the lowest drop rate in the game.

The green broodmothers daggers that drop in the same farm I have had about 100 of (no kidding)

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

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

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yang Whirlwind
The green broodmothers daggers that drop in the same farm I have had about 100 of (no kidding)
Someone told me they easily sell in Cantha for 2k each. I've never tried it myself to confirm that.

IslandHermet

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

They do.

found 3 doing rapter farming.