Flute Drop

TT28

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2005

E/N

This was while using an Ele/Nec lvl 20.

A few days ago I was doing a bit of solo farming in the desert when one of the drops was a flute.
Now i sort of know the whole Gwen story for pre-searing but was confused with this drop. Its an off-hand item with and energy +1.
I tried to sell it to a merchant but it wasn't allowing the transaction to go through.
Can someone please tell me the use of this flute and why I can't sell it?
also to note, when I have the flute equiped with nothing else and i use the command /flute i don't actually play with the flute but just pretend with an invisble one.
Was this drop a bug? has anyone else had a flute drop post searing?

Indian

Indian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

[SWIM]/[HooD]/[RFE]

Me/

its a mystery ^_^
solution: trash it!

you can always get that flute back, if u do couple farmin runs near sardelac

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

why it dropped in the desert I dont know, but it is from presearing regularly, you buy it from the merchant outside Ascalon.

xxSilhouette

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

That is odd, I never even saw a flute drop in pre-searing, i bought it from the merchant for 4 gold, and the resale value is 2...Maybe its a big secret in the game to find gwen lol...who knows.

Cronos Khan

Cronos Khan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Jersey

W/

sounds interesting to see the flute drop in the desert. Pics! (that's if you took any)

Jhawk

Jhawk

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Fear This

R/Me

i have a collection of those 15 flutes and 10 of Gwens Broken Flutes. Hoping that one day they'll be the key to somthing

Jaythen Tyradel

Jaythen Tyradel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

In presear: You can find Gwens broken flute. Usually part of a quest for gwen. You can buy her a new flute from the merchant.

In post sear: THere is "Gwens broken flute" outside of sardelac sanitarium.

I have yet to see a flute drop in the desert. I say keep it for now.

TT28

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2005

E/N

afraid i didn't take picture of drop.
JHAWK : Can you sell your flutes back to merchant? And are they all energy +1 value 2gp?
I will keep it for now. but still confusing...

antialias02

antialias02

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Eastern Iowa

Forsaken Wanderers [FW]

Me/E

Take a picture of it in your inventory and show us, with your mouse hovered over it. We want to see!

Mushroom

Mushroom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

Alabama

I was outside the sanitarium (post-searing), and found 2 of those within just a few minutes. I carried them around for a while, then just threw them away.

I guess that Gwen was just a clumsy girl, who left a trail behind her of broken flutes. Or maybe she was a prototype Bard, and they discovered the hazard of trying to use your musical insturment as a weapon. :P

Although I have been wondering why they did not include Gwen in Post-Sear, since I have never seen her since. Maybe it is for use in a future expansion.

Zerimar

Zerimar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

Rt/Me

I thought you could find Gwen in UW somewhere.? You give her her flute and she gives you something..rare i guess...dunno, thought i heard it somewhere.

mega_jamie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

UK

Warlords of Ruin

A/Mo

I've had alot of these drop outside of Ascalon from a few enemies

Eviance

Eviance

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Eh I forget... o_O

Biscuit of Dewm [MEEP]

R/

That flaming doppleganger you fight to ascend... thats not a mirror of you - its gwen from hell >_>

Anyways yeah, I dun know if I would believe this till I saw it or at least a screenie of it.

Priceykins

Priceykins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Heroes Etc [HeEt]

lol, gwen can only be found outside ascalon city in pre.

Her mother is located in the UW, she is called sarah, and she says something like "have u seen my daughter"

The broken flute, scrap of cape etc seem at the moment just to be left over parts from a broken quest, or one that was removed from the game and the components werent.

It has spawned what must be the biggest "conspiracy theory" in the whole of guild wars, with several links between gwen the charr and the searing being put forward

However, as for a flute dropping in the desert, thats a new one on me. Maybe it was just a glitch or maybe a team mate u were with dropped it to make space in their inv, and you just assumed it was a monster drop?

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

That's Strange maybe

[/Stealth]
-Fixed the gwen quest that gives a 15^50 crytilline sword at the end
[/end stealth]

in the last update.

Giga Strike

Giga Strike

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

stranded in vabbi this time

None [N/A]

perhaps gwen is somewhere in the underworld. the underworld is a huge place and gwen could be anywhere.

or maybe she never died. maybe she escaped the searing with some of her reletives and fled to the desert ahead of the charr. maybe they found refuge with the elonians and will be seen in nightfall.

i know that her parents are in the underworld wondering where she went but does that have to mean that she ran off somewhere? maybe they are wondering where she went because they died and she didn't and they have that whole confused ghost thing going.

maybe she is even in the hall of heroes somewhere because she spent her life giving adventurers health. it was only occasional 20s but its still something.

Giga Strike

Giga Strike

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

stranded in vabbi this time

None [N/A]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light
That's Strange maybe

[/Stealth]
-Fixed the gwen quest that gives a 15^50 crytilline sword at the end
[/end stealth]

in the last update.
where did u find that?

Mavrik

Mavrik

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

Alaska

Apparently its rare so don't sell it or trash it lol

Tyggen

Tyggen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/Me

Since they removed the tattered cape (or whatever it was) from Stingray Strand a while ago, maybe this is their way of adding to the conspiracy?

Wabbajack

Wabbajack

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Kaineng Center

The Lightside

Me/

The flute is usable while in outposts/towns right?
I thought I saw someone either emote or used the flute.

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Giga Strike
where did u find that?
I made it up! duh!

Skawtt

Skawtt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Oregon

W/N

More than likely its just a random bug in the loot table.

Giga Strike

Giga Strike

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

stranded in vabbi this time

None [N/A]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light
I made it up! duh!
ok im not up to date on many updates

Dien

Dien

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

the great finnish republic

R/Me

Still i must agree the theory that gwen is the lich.

LagunaCid

LagunaCid

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

BHL

R/

I prefer the theory that gwen is the one at the nightfall box. lol

Shrouded Waffle

Shrouded Waffle

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Professional Henchway [pRo]

Gwen's the girl watching you shower.

Carl Butanananowski

Carl Butanananowski

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Arizona

We Have Big [Meat]

GWEN IS THE ASSASSIN ON THE COVER OF FACTIONS...

She was so innocent..

Enchanted Warrior

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/Mo

FWIW Sarah (Gwen's mother) is in the underworld looking for Gwen (saw her today by paying tribute to statue (forget which) in ToA. I took my tapestry shred and nothing ..

Seissor

Seissor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Squiggilyville. Population: Me.

[oRly] Hello Kitty Death Squad

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Giga Strike
where did u find that?
They enabled sarcasm

/sarcasm 1

GODh

GODh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

BFTW and DLRR

Quote:
Originally Posted by Enchanted Warrior
FWIW Sarah (Gwen's mother) is in the underworld looking for Gwen (saw her today by paying tribute to statue (forget which) in ToA. I took my tapestry shred and nothing ..
A few months ago (6-7?) i noticed someone buying red iris flowers, which can be found in pre-searing, for 1K each... i didnt had any but when i asked him why he bought them i received a vague answer "for Gwen in the UW". Maybe he was lying, maybe he wasnt... but i never saw Gwen in UW

jackwooly

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

N/Mo

6-7 months ago?
That would be February time.

Weren't people buying them for Valentines Day?

GODh

GODh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

BFTW and DLRR

Well, the 6-7 months is just my best guess (i am not 100% sure when this happened). He said he wanted the flowers for Gwen in UW. But nobody can confirm that Gwen is in UW, so everything is possible...