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Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

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12 Feb 2009 at 00:14 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisterB

If you are able to solo just the boss, you can take H/H to kill all his buddies, then flag the H/H off radar. You don't split drops if they are out of radar range(name turns gray in party window), and green weapons aren't affected by loot scaling.

As to whether you can expect any drops, meh. Random(small) chance is doubled.

here's a little secret I kept to myself last triple green event: since the SF bosses drop 2-3 greens, you can actually have all 3 drop for you at once (odds are pretty good you'll get at least 1, often 2) if you solo them. You'll be really suprised if you become proficient at solo farming them how much they drop in double greens where they can drop 3 simultaneously.

tox_169

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

Auckland, New Zealand

12 Feb 2009 at 06:04 - 42

...and I just agreed to work this Saturday. Ah well. If I were free that day I wouldn't know which green I'd hunt for my heroes, though.

Ooh, Sorrow's Furnace seems an attractive spot... same as the others here, I'm in it just for the green to drop personally rather than buy it from someone. Maybe tie the green hunting up with a Black Moa quest on a character or something.

tasha

Auctions Mod

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

Mystic Spiral [MYST]

12 Feb 2009 at 10:45 - 43

This'll help my new survivors loads - yay for nice timing.

esthetic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2008

Fantasy Island

[Qtie]

R/Mo

12 Feb 2009 at 16:38 - 44

Quote:

Originally Posted by AceeBlueEagle

This does not apply to EOTN dungeon chests though, right?

Yes, and there in lies my beef. Why not? Why not have double chance of green drops from chests as well as bosses? If they did this, it would make the weekend so much better.

Nevertheless, if I am to go green farming this weekend where should i farm to maximize returns in time spent. (considering sale value and time spent)

Tullzinski

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Trying to stay out of Ryuk's Death Note

N/R

12 Feb 2009 at 17:09 - 45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

This time I am determined to get a Yakslapper. I have trawled Grenth's Footprint literally hundreds of times for this useless staff, purely for its cool name - no joy. If I hadn't trashed them all, my storage would be full of Stingers, Thornbeard's Other Crap Bow, the necro guy's crap offhand and the pretty-but-crap hammer that the wazzer drops.

No, I don't want to buy one - I want the damned thing to drop for me. Same applies to Victo's Axe - sod your 40/40 sets, with all the drops I've had from Tombs, I can run with and one of several crap/crap sets.

If you still do not get one I would be happy to give you one(have an extra somewhere) just because I agree with you YAKSLAPPER just sounds cool when you say it. Or maybe it reminds me of Ren and Stimpy.

I can stand behind Wroth and drop it after you kill him if you like

Shadowmoon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

N/A

N/

12 Feb 2009 at 17:13 - 46

Quote:

Originally Posted by esthetic

Yes, and there in lies my beef. Why not? Why not have double chance of green drops from chests as well as bosses? If they did this, it would make the weekend so much better.

No it wouldn't, i'd rather have a gold i can sell unided for 700g than a green that i would merch. There was VERY few green worth anything anymore, and the chests that do drop them, have golds that are worth a hell of alot more.

BrettM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2008

Fuzzy Physics Institute

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12 Feb 2009 at 17:14 - 47

Quote:

Originally Posted by esthetic

Nevertheless, if I am to go green farming this weekend where should i farm to maximize returns in time spent. (considering sale value and time spent)

Eternal Grove and Arborstone. Both places have numerous bosses that are close together and drop greens that are desirable. Boss farming in Eternal Grove will also get you a couple of chests per run, if you're working on Treasure Hunter. Last double-green weekend we did both farms with a team of players, and it was a load of fun.

esthetic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2008

Fantasy Island

[Qtie]

R/Mo

12 Feb 2009 at 17:56 - 48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadowmoon

No it wouldn't, i'd rather have a gold i can sell unided for 700g than a green that i would merch. There was VERY few green worth anything anymore, and the chests that do drop them, have golds that are worth a hell of alot more.

QQ..it would make it better, but not good enough for you i guess...

I want a couple of green drops from Heirophant's Chest and Chest of Burrows.

MrTickle

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

delete this account

N/

12 Feb 2009 at 19:52 - 49

I've been killing bosses left right & centre skill capping, mapping & vanquishing for the last 2 weeks... Not 1 single green drop! only 300g or a crappy white. Meh!

2 times zero chance = zero

Raven Wing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Imperial Guards of Istan [TIGI]

N/

13 Feb 2009 at 09:54 - 50

Double green drop? Yay time to go farm totem axes!
*realises the behemoths are not bosses*
*sigh*

Amnel Ithtirsol

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

AU

League Of The Fallen

Mo/

13 Feb 2009 at 10:17 - 51

timing is excellent, thanks ANet. Wife would have been furious if this was a proper weekend, you know, with valentines & all......

Shadowmoon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

N/A

N/

13 Feb 2009 at 13:58 - 52

Quote:

Originally Posted by esthetic

QQ..it would make it better, but not good enough for you i guess...

I want a couple of green drops from Heirophant's Chest and Chest of Burrows.

yeah because taking away chances from a silverwing, demoncrest, or an voltaic is a good idea.
/facepalm
You understand that chests always drop something, so if u incease chances for one item to drop, u have to decrease others. The decent to double drop rate for greens in end chests is to double the amount of random items gained, ie 2 in NM, 4 in HM, which i have suggested b4 as an dungeon crawler weekend event, which frankly i don't think sucks ass as much as this one.

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

13 Feb 2009 at 15:10 - 53

does this double the guaranteed greens from tombs?

Martin Firestorm

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Louisiana

E/Me

13 Feb 2009 at 17:10 - 54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadowmoon

No it wouldn't, i'd rather have a gold i can sell unided for 700g than a green that i would merch. There was VERY few green worth anything anymore, and the chests that do drop them, have golds that are worth a hell of alot more.

Merch a green? Might as well just not pick it up.

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

13 Feb 2009 at 17:38 - 55

I'm happy for whatever.....I usually pick up what i can and sell it. I'm pretty sure theres loadsa greens out there i wouldn't mind getting.

disarm76

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Portugal

15 Feb 2009 at 02:06 - 56

Been capping elites, did most of Factions (with 4 H/h), no green.

The forth fly

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

england

Mo/

15 Feb 2009 at 03:05 - 57

farmed greens for a few hours 2day got so far 2 hammers,4 wills,2 ragos flame staffs 1 rago wand and 1 kinderock,3 galigord stone staffs,2 galigord rods 2 brimstone sets that i gave away(air ele stuff ftl),dragos flatbow.

Vazze

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

15 Feb 2009 at 03:54 - 58

I don't even know when was the last time that I profited more than 25g from a green lol. Probably a couple of years ago....some of these weekends really need an update.

Coney

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2008

15 Feb 2009 at 04:01 - 59

Lately, I've been salvaging all my greens for mats... [ducks]

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

N/

15 Feb 2009 at 04:08 - 60

see my previous post

esthetic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2008

Fantasy Island

[Qtie]

R/Mo

15 Feb 2009 at 04:56 - 61

Do Scrolls affect the amount of exp from elite skill caps?

daze

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2008

In my own mind

The Dragon Exchange

E/

15 Feb 2009 at 05:13 - 62

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkunas

People are so hard to please.

A guild mate and I have have been capping a couple hours a day this week. I don't have enough skill points to finish capping all the missing elites. This may well help. Thank you Anet.

Im in the same boat as you. I kinda had a summoning stone, res scroll, and powerstone addiction which drained all my skill points. And now to get legendary skill hunter ill need to take full advantage of this weekend.

Quote:

Originally Posted by esthetic

Do Scrolls affect the amount of exp from elite skill caps?

No they dont, but that would be sick. 10k exp X 3

Question, how long is a skillbar? 13k Exp??

Verene

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2009

[SOTA]

D/

15 Feb 2009 at 05:34 - 63

Well, at the very least this weekend has made me decide to not be lazy and actually go and cap all of the elite avatar forms for my Dervish, so yay for that :P

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

15 Feb 2009 at 09:15 - 64

0 x anything is still 0

spent most of today finishing quests and going out of my way to kill bosses, yet nothing drops for me (not even gold most times---and yes I have h/h but I have also gotten lots of greens WITH them along....not sure what they changed this weekend so I am not even getting gold to drop---though I did get a warden horn).

oh well not many greens I still want anyways.

FalconDance

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

...deep within the sylvan splendor...

Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]

15 Feb 2009 at 18:01 - 65

Three of us went out last night to try to get Wioli the Infectious to drop his Artifact. We took one hero, total party size 4. The friend that husband and I went out with has been trying to get this green to drop for months and months.

Over two hours later (and who knows how many *kill four monoliths, head for Wioli, try to talk reason

, trans, rinse and repeat*)......it finally fell. Does this boss have a less than 1% drop rate O.O to start with? Geesh!

Double nothing is still nothing. Happened all day yesterday (with several bosses and not farming them as we did with Wioli, even)!

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

15 Feb 2009 at 22:33 - 66

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

This time I am determined to get a Yakslapper. I have trawled Grenth's Footprint literally hundreds of times for this useless staff, purely for its cool name - no joy. If I hadn't trashed them all, my storage would be full of Stingers, Thornbeard's Other Crap Bow, the necro guy's crap offhand and the pretty-but-crap hammer that the wazzer drops.

No, I don't want to buy one - I want the damned thing to drop for me. Same applies to Victo's Axe - sod your 40/40 sets, with all the drops I've had from Tombs, I can run with and one of several crap/crap sets.

I know how you feel I sold that Stinger to the merchant so many times trying to get the yakslapper.

This time I was going for a bow in the Shattered Ravines the boss with quicksand and yes I flagged my heros off rader to no avial on 24 runs.

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

15 Feb 2009 at 22:58 - 67

Got my Yakslapper - three years of trying finally paid off!

Now for another Drago's.

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

15 Feb 2009 at 23:30 - 68

Congrats Snograt. I had three green drops this weekend. Nothing I was looking for just in the course of capping skills with various characters.

That is about three times my quarterly average.

Raven Wing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Imperial Guards of Istan [TIGI]

N/

16 Feb 2009 at 00:57 - 69

Went to tombs with 2 friends and 5 heroes. First friend got nothing, second friend got 2 greenies and I got 5 lol.
Ofc I gave first friend 2 of mine^^

Bug John

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

16 Feb 2009 at 01:09 - 70

during a CoF run today, got both the Magekiller and the Bastion of the Condemned

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

16 Feb 2009 at 03:29 - 71

Well, it was quite the productive weekend! 77 Elites capped (LS-YAY!!!), Lots of Asura & Norn points farmed & ended up with 4 greens from 90 or so bosses (Had to kill a few a couple of times to get to other ones (Stupid Floodplain lay-out, stacking 4 bosses right next to each other, UGH!)