Could not help wondering how much the community is even bothering with Alcohol anymore. Just finished looking over some of the buy/sell threads and noticed bids as low as 50-60g per point. Looks like it is very hard to move unless you sell it very cheap. Almost dread seeing it when you open a Gift/Present or whatever.
It seems like noone wants to take the time involved to achieve this title. Not sure if the zoning trick still works or if it has been fixed. I do not see it referenced anymore here: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Drunkard. I thought I saw it being discussed here on Guru, but it seemed to not work as well as it used to. Believe it was this thread here: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/a...108169p22.html
This requirement to max out the title seems boring: The 10,000 minutes required for completing this title track takes about 6 days, 22 hours, and 40 minutes to achieve. That much time spent keeping track of minutes used for all the different types of booze ( http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Alcohol )while standing around repeating the same canned lines has to grow old quick.
I know there are some skills that use booze, but they do not seem very popular. Just extra clicking during battle.
Maybe too late in the games life to even bother reworking this with GW2 coming in 2011, but what a waste. Booze seems to be getting closer to a trash item as time goes on...
What do you all think? Still fun and worthwhile or trash item?
Does anyone bother with booze anymore?
Tullzinski
YunSooJin
so play smart.. not dumb then booze is like any other consumables title.
Beta Sprite
I don't think it's 'fun and worthwhile' or 'trash'. It just kind of... exists. I'm going for drunkard because I might as well, with the Kegs that Nicholas keeps giving me.
It's very slow going, and I wouldn't do it otherwise, though.
It's very slow going, and I wouldn't do it otherwise, though.
Eragon Zarroc
booze is easy to consume if done properly, making it the cheapest and most attractive of all 3 consumable titles
Verene
Also, people want to get as much as they can for as little as possible. It's called bargain-hunting.
YunSooJin
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booze is easy to consume if done properly, making it the cheapest and most attractive of all 3 consumable titles
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DBMan
Progressing in this title doesn't restrict you from doing other things.
EDIT: When I'm buying/selling, im usually drunk.
EDIT: When I'm buying/selling, im usually drunk.
karlik
I'm working on the title (6000 mins) but don't see any need to buy at any price. Between Nic in pre and post searing and the different events I have 3 kegs, 3 stacks of aged, 2 stacks of egg nog, 1 stack of spiked egg nog, about 100 reg hunters ale, some apple cider and some rice wine.
And I'm not hoarding it, I used about 60 mins yesterday and 100 today. I try to use at least 20-30 mins a day.
And I'm not hoarding it, I used about 60 mins yesterday and 100 today. I try to use at least 20-30 mins a day.
MasterSasori
Drinking is good because all you need to do is drink one and afk. Just type /age or look at the bar to know when u need to refuel. Then you can do things like studying, laundry, cleaning the room ect.
It's one of the easiest consumable title to do.
It's one of the easiest consumable title to do.
Enko
heck i still need 80k for 8 more chars . ..
Arduin
Given I've already maxed drunkard on one character I just give my alcohol away to guildies.
Quaker
The only skills I ever actually used booze for were Drunken Master and/or Dwarven Stability while doing VSF runs as a perma. Other than that, I just sell it (except lately, I play so seldom I don't spend time selling stuff.)
SithLord2064
To say that the drunkard title is hard is almost laughable. Seriously. If you turn off your post-process effects in the options menu and keep your title window open to the drunkard title, you can drink during missions, quests and vanquishes, as I did. Took me a month to get 10,001 mins drunk. With the title window open, I could keep easy track of when I needed to drink again. Srsly, this is the EASIEST of consumable titles to get.
Saph
It's hard to sell 1 min boozes because well, people are lazy and don't want to click 5 times when they can only click once for things such as Kegs, Grog, Firewaters and Spiked Eggnog. I have about 12 stacks of 1 min booze in my storage that I have yet to touch for this reason, I rather buy kegs.
BrettM
The market is pretty overloaded with booze right now following Talk Like A Pirate day, Halloween, Thanksgiving weekend, and Wintersday. Not to mention all the kegs and ales that Nick hands out. That tends to drive prices down, at least for a while. Also, as Saph said, nobody wants to buy one-minute booze these days now that Nick has added so much three-minute booze to the economy.
Dzjudz
10,000 minutes in a month is 5 and a half hours a day. That's quite a feat without botting. Anyway, I'm doing it because it's easy and I need it for GWAMM. I'm almost at 7000 minutes and I'm out of booze 
. Started at Halloween, so that's 7000 minutes in two and a half months.
. Started at Halloween, so that's 7000 minutes in two and a half months.
Coney
Create a chest runner build using the drunkard skills ([drunken master][dwarven stability]), and chest run from Boreal Station. There's a way to get 3 drunkard points per each 2-2.5 minute run.
Also, when sitting in town trying to sell/buy/afk, keep drinking (best time to burn the 1 point alcs).
Finally, when doing missions/vanquishes/farms, just keep drinking. The [drunken master] skill is actually pretty awesome for this, as you move and attack 25-33% faster for a long duration and minor 5 energy cost, that is infinitely maintainable...
I suspect the price might go up on these, if they ever decide to make them act similar to sweet/party points (points instant upon consumption, rather than based on waiting 1 minute while affected).
EDIT: If you want to sell them, they go pretty fast at 80-90g/pt in Spamadan - I've gotten rid of 7 stacks of misc booze this way, in about 10 minutes worth of auctioning (~40K worth). Also watch for WTB - often there are peeps paying 100-120g/pt, but usually for a specific type...
Also, when sitting in town trying to sell/buy/afk, keep drinking (best time to burn the 1 point alcs).
Finally, when doing missions/vanquishes/farms, just keep drinking. The [drunken master] skill is actually pretty awesome for this, as you move and attack 25-33% faster for a long duration and minor 5 energy cost, that is infinitely maintainable...
I suspect the price might go up on these, if they ever decide to make them act similar to sweet/party points (points instant upon consumption, rather than based on waiting 1 minute while affected).
EDIT: If you want to sell them, they go pretty fast at 80-90g/pt in Spamadan - I've gotten rid of 7 stacks of misc booze this way, in about 10 minutes worth of auctioning (~40K worth). Also watch for WTB - often there are peeps paying 100-120g/pt, but usually for a specific type...
Trader of Secrets
Booze is ezy, although I didnt start booze title until a few months back even though I started since GW came out, bad decision. And since I dont really play my main war as often cuz Ive done most pve already, booze progress is slow.
Shayne Hawke
I won't be bothered to look at booze again until it grants title points on consumption, not over a waiting period.
Rugar
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I won't be bothered to look at booze again until it grants title points on consumption, not over a waiting period.
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I like that the title actually forces you to use the stuff rather than fast double-clicking your way through a stack.
dr love
there are lots of items that don't sell on guru, but still sell decent in game. booze is one of them.
Axel Zinfandel
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I won't be bothered to look at booze again until it grants title points on consumption, not over a waiting period.
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Olof
less players + more players with titles = price decrease?
cosyfiep
I have been working on it for one character (though for what I do I should do it for my mesmer). I PUG a lot of the zmissions.....for the amount of time it takes to get a full group and do the mission I have usually consumed about an hour of booze....also drank they whole wintersday finales.....added another 10 hours or so to the title with that one....and then just regular playing---though I usually forget to click on 1pts so I usually just bring a keg for those times-----takes up less space too. (and yes nic likes to give them to me). Not to mention, when I surf I have gw up and my monk drinking along while I read my email, check out riverside, etc. and when I am doing housework I have had it running as well---click, stir the pasta, grab sauce ingredients, click again...etc. Has been working out well for me thus far.
I have never bought ANY booze....nor will I, I drink what I get (and what my hubby gives me since he could care less about any title). This has gotten me more than half way done (and I still have stacks that I have yet to drink). So I see no reason to buy any ever. (same goes for party and sweets---I use what I get, maxed party on one character easily and am 3/4 finished on another).
I work on them when I get them.
I have never bought ANY booze....nor will I, I drink what I get (and what my hubby gives me since he could care less about any title). This has gotten me more than half way done (and I still have stacks that I have yet to drink). So I see no reason to buy any ever. (same goes for party and sweets---I use what I get, maxed party on one character easily and am 3/4 finished on another).
I work on them when I get them.
Coney
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So I see no reason to buy any ever.
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FWIW, trust me - you will prolly have the urge to buy, once you reach about 8-9k drunkard. You'll want to have on-hand, what you need to max the title, as you're so close!!! At least I did (bought 3 kegs for 15k when I was at 9.5k and had no alcohols left, and then exclusively ran NM Boreal chests for (un)lucky/treasure/wisdom, until drunkard maxed)...
cosyfiep
no I have always been cosyfiep....I have changed my title....cause I am a mod. (we can do that)
I dont forsee buying booze since I think I have almost enough in storage to finish up (and nic will probably help with the rest, lol).
I dont forsee buying booze since I think I have almost enough in storage to finish up (and nic will probably help with the rest, lol).
Grunntar
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If you've been playing a while, you have probably done everything, and might be bored. (Hence, "game is dead" syndrome.) Without thinking, it's natural for a person to assume that others (everyone?) would be in the same place. And some are. But others just bought the game, and are just starting out. And others have had it longer, and still haven't done everything. And others never focused on doing titles until GW2 gets closer. And others got bored years ago, and left the game.
So yes, of course there are people that are still drinking booze. And eating sweets. And vanquishing. And working on their [insert title here] title...
tasha
Having just started my second booze title I just want to say: if you don't want your booze I'll happily take it off your hands and free up your storage space.
In all seriousness though, I like the title. Even the 1 point alcohols. I finished drunkard on my gwamm, had a 2-3 week break and then started on my next character. It just feels wrong trading and being sober.
In all seriousness though, I like the title. Even the 1 point alcohols. I finished drunkard on my gwamm, had a 2-3 week break and then started on my next character. It just feels wrong trading and being sober.
Welthas
Hit F11, Uncheck Enable post-process effect, drink.. you won't see the screen moving all over and everything it will be normal, but your drunk
Skawtt
Of course people still bother with it. But keep in mind Wintersday just got over with and if one was really serious about farming for it they probably have a few stacks to burn through before even thinking about buying any.
FlyMoto
If I wanted to micro-manage (ensuring that I am drunk constantly) then I'd play an RTS. I'd rather devote my attention to enjoying the game.
Zebideedee
If Drunkard titles were to change to the same way to achieve as Sweet and Party the value of booze would probably jump a bit. At the moment though I'm Maxing Kurzick rather than go through the torture involved to get max Drunk for GWAMM
June Bug
Usually, in-game I have had no trouble selling booze at an average price of 100g point. I see ppl WTB at 50g, but that's a bit on the cheap side imo.
Kook~NBK~
There have been people that WTB booze for 50-60g per point from the beginning of titles. Kamadan used to have several people trying to buy Battle Commendations for that. But the selling price has been pretty stable at 100g per point for a very long time. With the exception of Kegs, the normal selling price is still right around 100g per point.
With the growing number of people who've already gotten the title and the number of people who don't want to put in the time to get it, along with the ready availability of booze, it's kinda surprising that it hasn't dropped in price.
With the growing number of people who've already gotten the title and the number of people who don't want to put in the time to get it, along with the ready availability of booze, it's kinda surprising that it hasn't dropped in price.
Arduin
The average price of 100g per point is because Dwarven Ale (1 point alcohol) is sold by Merchants.
snodaard
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The average price of 100g per point is because Dwarven Ale (1 point alcohol) is sold by Merchants.
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Tullzinski
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To say that the drunkard title is hard is almost laughable. Seriously. If you turn off your post-process effects in the options menu and keep your title window open to the drunkard title, you can drink during missions, quests and vanquishes, as I did. Took me a month to get 10,001 mins drunk. With the title window open, I could keep easy track of when I needed to drink again. Srsly, this is the EASIEST of consumable titles to get.
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At least with sweet tooth you can click most of the items immediately to use them up.
Maybe ANET could change up what is said while being drunk. Cannot imagine that it would be too hard to do. Just seems to me like it could use some kind of change up.
YunSooJin
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Originally Posted by Tullzinski
Not sure where anyone said this title is hard. Boring perhaps but not hard. I would consider getting this title on other characters if there was not such a long time involved to get it.
At least with sweet tooth you can click most of the items immediately to use them up. Maybe ANET could change up what is said while being drunk. Cannot imagine that it would be too hard to do. Just seems to me like it could use some kind of change up. |
Lishy
Booze is great for general HM PvE when you bring Drunken Master.
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Orry
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Originally Posted by Welthas
Hit F11, Uncheck Enable post-process effect, drink.. you won't see the screen moving all over and everything it will be normal, but your drunk
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