Crystalline Sword

Azora

Azora

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So I have done lots of thing in pve and i was getting bored yesterday so i started thinking what could i do.. and i remembered SF droped cristas " i dont know wat rate (if someone could tell)"

Well i did 37 kilrroy quests 15 min ea
And nothing great popped up of those small tricki chests <.<

Is it that hard to drop 1? or were they removed?

Does anyone have a proof of a recent crista dropping on SF?

spun ducky

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

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They still drop from the kilroy chests just flag heroes/hench away to guarantee max drops. The last one I got was req 9 13% stance. It takes quite a bit of runs to net one however its just about the closest you can get now to a perfect req 8. The chest can drop req 8 14>50,19% while hexed,14% stance,14% while enchanted,14% -1 health regen, 14% -1 energy regen, 19<50. The best I've had out of it is req 8 13>50. It can also drop tyrian serpents and dwarven axes. I suppose its possible to even drop req 7 items although insanely rare as anywhere. I think that is where the only req 7 no dmg mod crystalline dropped but I could be wrong someone correct me if it was some where else its been so long.

Azora

Azora

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Im still tryng to egt 1 just for the fun.. ive been doing that " flag away" thing but still no crista xP

35 runs now

LithiumPicnic

LithiumPicnic

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

League of the Fallen [LotF]

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Hi guys,

Sorry for my ignorance, but will somebody please elaborate on this run/s?
Like which quests etc.
I presume "SF"=Sorrows Furnace

Muchos appreciated =)

spun ducky

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

R/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Azora
Im still tryng to egt 1 just for the fun.. ive been doing that " flag away" thing but still no crista xP

35 runs now
When I was doing survivor on one of my rangers I did this run about 350 times with only 3 of them dropping. It really isn't common but you can get some nice items imo from this run and some decent XP.

Quote:
Originally Posted by LithiumPicnic
Hi guys,

Sorry for my ignorance, but will somebody please elaborate on this run/s?
Like which quests etc.
I presume "SF"=Sorrows Furnace

Muchos appreciated =)
Yes we are talking about sorrows furnace and the kilroy stonekin quest. It can be completed in about 8 minutes with the right build and running techniques.

daze

daze

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2008

In my own mind

The Dragon Exchange

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I dont think flagging away affects chest drops. The chest contents are placed in the chest and determined by how many players enter the map. So roughly, if 8 people enter a map and a chest has 4 items per player, then 32 items are generated in that chest. If anybody maps out for whatever reason, the chest will never be completely empty. That is why i always like to go last in FoW on the chest, because in my experience, the best items seem to be on the bottom of the pile.

tmakinen

tmakinen

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

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Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by spun ducky
I think that is where the only req 7 no dmg mod crystalline dropped but I could be wrong someone correct me if it was some where else its been so long.
I got a req7 Crystalline from a minotaur in Prophet's Path back in summer '05 (still have it, too, if anybody doubts). It's unlikely that they drop any more.

Edit: piccy:

spun ducky

spun ducky

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

WTB: q8 bows

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Quote:
Originally Posted by tmakinen
I got a req7 Crystalline from a minotaur in Prophet's Path back in summer '05 (still have it, too, if anybody doubts). It's unlikely that they drop any more.

Edit: piccy:

I'm talking about a max dmg req 7 crystalline the name escapes me but I'm sure someone like herbalizer or racthoh would remember. It had no damage mod and I am betting that non max isn't from the minotaurs but from a keyless chest in the area at the time.

Quote:
Originally Posted by daze
I dont think flagging away affects chest drops. The chest contents are placed in the chest and determined by how many players enter the map. So roughly, if 8 people enter a map and a chest has 4 items per player, then 32 items are generated in that chest. If anybody maps out for whatever reason, the chest will never be completely empty. That is why i always like to go last in FoW on the chest, because in my experience, the best items seem to be on the bottom of the pile.
It use to give you all the drops but now it only ensures 1 drop you can test it on the kilroy run since if you leave heroes you most likely won't get a drop. If you flag them away your guaranteed at least one.

tmakinen

tmakinen

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Join Date: Nov 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by spun ducky
I am betting that non max isn't from the minotaurs but from a keyless chest in the area at the time.
Nope, it dropped from a mino when I was farming them with my E/Mo ER build. I remember it just because it was so peculiar.

guraka the great

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

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i still enjoy the occasional kilroy runs and do belive its the best place to get cry swords. ive got 2 in from about 50 runs so far they were both high req so i just sold them for around 50k, people seem to just wanna buy them doesnt matter on mods. this run use to be more popular when it dropped dwarfen axes when they were expensive and cry swords use to drop more frequently, my mate even got 2 on 1 run before!

deluxe

deluxe

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Join Date: Feb 2006

Monkeyball Z

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I've gotten 3 14^50 crystalline's and about 15 crap mod crystallines from the chest, from the days I did that run daily.
I still sometimes do the run, they seem to have nerfed the amount of purples you get from each chest, but I still had a crystalline pop up a while ago.


Azora

Azora

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Nice pics and all but im talkign about Sf chests and this days..

I have a challange for u guis
I going to keep running on this and all but i really wana put a end on this " yes we knwo they dropped and dropped in cristal desert and all btu a lot changed"

Lets see who's the first to get 1 crista With Screenshot And in ur bar u must have a Gwen pve skills " so that it can be showed has recent"

No prizes just the stisfaction to put a end in this story =)

deluxe

deluxe

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Join Date: Feb 2006

Monkeyball Z

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Azora
Nice pics and all but im talkign about Sf chests and this days..
I'm talking about "these" days and SF chests too you know.

Azora

Azora

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Quote:
Originally Posted by deluxe
I'm talking about "these" days and SF chests too you know.
Ok im not calling u a lier but a ss of 1 dropping would be desirable..

But if wat u tell is real" wich i dont have anything to say the opposite" then ok

Sjeng

Sjeng

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Join Date: Aug 2005

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I looked it up on wiki.
I don't recall there being chests that spawned during these quests... Have they always been there, or is this a recent addition??? (Last time I did these quests was back when SF was relatively new mind you).

Senrath

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Halfway between here and there

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sjeng
I looked it up on wiki.
I don't recall there being chests that spawned during these quests... Have they always been there, or is this a recent addition??? (Last time I did these quests was back when SF was relatively new mind you).
They've always been there.

GreatBabai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

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They always been there since adding SF.
I too got several cryses from Kilroy run long ago. Drop rates was very low, maybe 1 drop ~ 100-150 runs

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

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i've seen some crysta's getting sold in american districts
wether they're new or not i dunno
but i think they still drop
don't think they'll just stop a weapon
that would make prices skyrocket

Kusandaa

Kusandaa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/Mo

I farmed Kilroy quests for crystalline swords, dropped after 5 days of maybe 3-5 runs per day. Had crappy stats but still made decent cash on it. Been like a year and a half, if not a bit more.

Broken Souls

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

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They still drop, got one on my first run.



lame stats though 14-20, req10

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

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Look, the drop rate for them are INCREDIBLY low and always will be (otherwise, they'd go the way of the clossal scimitar, voltaic spear, etc).

Doing only 37 runs is hardly significant. I'm willing to bet that the people who got them and regularly farmed the area (like deluxe) did it almost a hundred times before getting one (unless u are lucky like Broken Souls).

Plus, keep in mind that purple, imperfect stats crystallines still aren't worth THAT much (like 40-60k was the going price a year ago). It would be more cost effective to farm for the money via raptors with that time and then buy one. That's why this run isn't that popular.

PS, that screenshot by Broken Souls should be enough proof for you, since he's using an asuran skill.

Azora

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Broken Souls
They still drop, got one on my first run.



lame stats though 14-20, req10
Just wow!!! gz i will keep tryng =/ u won my friend! congratz

Witchblade

Witchblade

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Join Date: May 2005

Did a "couple" runs about 6 months+ ago, got 3 of those during an afternoon of play (nm btw)

very rare, but very doable

MirkoTeran

MirkoTeran

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Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

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Does the HM/NM even matter here?

Kusandaa

Kusandaa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by MirkoTeran
Does the HM/NM even matter here?
Not that I know of. I don't recall those chests being affected by HM and NM, since they only drop purples anyways, and a max (I think?) of 3 items per chest.

Azora

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Yes i got from 1-3 items.. still no crista.. and classes are arriving xD i got this weekend and monday


Pray for me xD

illidan009

illidan009

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

Volterra, Italy

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I wish I had a crystalline...even if it had crap mods just has to be max dmg Looks pretty cool just to carry one around. Of course, I think I like ele sword better still...

Trylo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

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do x%/-5e ones drop?

then at least there would be a use for them

ShadowsRequiem

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

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I've gotten over 7 from running this run a few days. Its really all up to how lucky you can get.

Loot Junkie

Loot Junkie

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Join Date: Jan 2007

in a utopian dream

clan dethryche[dth]

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I got a purple 13%^50 yesterday from the vale chest in uw

eljer

eljer

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

There Is A New Build Avail [able]

I always wondered why those chests were there, they never seemed to give me anything. I sent my heroes away, suddenly got 2-3 purples each chest. Got a purple 15-21 crystalline 13^50 my third run too. Just wish it was max dmg; Goren doesn't seem to mind though.

obsidian ectoplasm

obsidian ectoplasm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Hey this is cool...


if anyone is interested in selling a purple crystalline
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10324599

just a heads up

anyways GL with farming those Crystallines

DonCorleoneCS

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Connecticut

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just did a run of that for my first time....q11 13^50 dropped

Azora

Azora

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100 runs No crista!!! so 4 options:


U guis are very luckie
Im very unluckie
Game doesnt like me
U guis are bluffing to get bigger e-p...

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

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yea, the drop rate is low, around 1%, but that is acceptable since a gold one has much less of a chance to drop.

free_fall

free_fall

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

I bought a purple max req 10 14%/ench about 3 weeks ago, didn't think to ask her where or when she'd acquired it. The handle had been dyed black (what a waste of a black dye) and it had a 20/20 sunder on it. I replaced the sunder with a furious and redyed it (red, in case you're wondering).

Considering I've seen people asking 100k + a gazillion ectos for req 9 15^50s, I feel the 75k I spent was a fairly reasonable amount, certainly a lot cheaper than my Tormented (not to mention better looking imo), which Koss is now using. Almost a shame that I don't really pug with that toon - no one gets to see it but me.

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

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Join Date: Mar 2007

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Dude, just buy one...

Azora

Azora

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I want to egt 1 dropped =P sothat i can ressel to egt a dryad bow =P and i dont want to farm all over again so im doing somethign different xD

okashii

okashii

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Join Date: Aug 2007

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sorry to burst your bubble but I rather doubt you will have enough gold to buy a dryad bow out of selling a purple crystaline <unless you get super lucky with stats and find someone whi is really willing to pay a lot/trade for it>

Azora

Azora

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Quote:
Originally Posted by okashii
sorry to burst your bubble but I rather doubt you will have enough gold to buy a dryad bow out of selling a purple crystaline <unless you get super lucky with stats and find someone whi is really willing to pay a lot/trade for it>
Got the ectos needed for a req 9 need more 100k " want tome get them from other source "


But ty for the warning still