What's Up with ECTO Price Plunge?

My 6th and latest run provided the only 2 ectos, Wenslauss' Faith and Victo's Maul. On like my 2nd run I got both ectos also, and Victo's Axe.

Everyone in my teams, guidies included, keep saying things like the leader doesn't get items or ecto. I proved them wrong just now, lol. Idiots. When will people realize that its all random?

I got 2 greens and I was the leader lol...

Yada Yada Yada. The more i read abt those noobie green's the sadder i get.
I still feel that the greens messed it all up. The market has gone to shit for the bigger part.. I member the times when u got a boner just by finding a golden item..

Anyways i will keep stacking up my ecto pile.. Buying 10 for 70k is almost like a big joke.. and don't worry abt the FOW Armor it will stay in the game even in Ch2 there will still a FOW armor to craft with your shards and ecto's..

I got it the hard way and paid for it when ecto's were 11-12k. since i was unable to stack more then a 1000k into my storage i starting trading it for ecto's and shards.. Ok i admit i had some luck with couple of golden drops that made half my armor in flash.. I love my FOW armor and people keep asking questions abt it and wanting to see it.. I just keep telling them it's the noob armor from FOW.. When they then ask where that is I don't reply..

Anyways don't get your panties in a twist abt some ecto's.. I have close to 600 and i am not getting alarmed

Woo-HOO!

Aren't you the macho man? Lol, I'm assuming that was what that was all about.

no, the macho man said "ooooh YEAH!" and later on "ooooh YEAH (snap into a slim jim)!"

as for ectos, i see the price continually dropping until the new green farming ends. many more people than there were doing the old UW are doing the new UW constantly (no favor needed), and even if they arent out looking for ectos, theyre still gonna drop. my guess is within the next month, ectos will bottom out around 3k or 3.5k and then gradually make their way up to 5k once the "new green" frenzy dies. again, just a guess- but i think its an educated one.

im not much of a gambler, so i havent invested in rubies and sapphires or any other items to date. i have saved up on crafting materials so ill already have whatever i need to craft assassin and ritualist armor when chap2 hits. if i WAS a gambler though, id speculate on the monsterous items. before the wintersday update, i had one monstrous drop EVER- sold it to the trader because theres no use for it. in the past week though, ive had 3 drops. ANET trying to tell me something or just coincidence? im not stocking up on those (though i bet some people are) but im saving em just in case.

Why people always take it personal.
The whole post has nothing to do with macho.. I only meant to say that it's just a game.. People tend to get carried away abt a computer game..
In a few years all of this maybe gone

As for the ecto's close to 600 is a nice pile nut nothing compared to the stacks of some people i know apart from the rare items they have.. Not that's of any importance.. The game should be abt skillz not abt the size of your stack..

Hey, I'm just playing with you. Congrats on the size of your "stack."

Actually, monsterous part seems really likly for the ritualist. Either that or just a bunch of bones. The detail on the armor they had availible looked covered in neat little bits.

But as for the rarity of the bits, I got lots of them off of mergoyles and scales. I think most people just didn't get much exposure to them. The only reason I did... well... I had a reason, heh.

who told you the FOW will be accessable at all to chapter 2.

think catacombs going when you go to searing from pre.

there will be an equivalent prestige armor for chapter 2 but it will not be FOW and ecto/shards will not be a factor in crafting it.

well yeah... all these are valid points... saving up for chap 2, no need for ectos ( farmers is not a cause because there has always been a HUGE NUMBER OF FARMERS, and ever since the nerf there have been less O_O). but i beileve the highest reason for this is the fact that, since its easier to track who buys money on ebay... people have started selling ectos instead of gold. thats why prices have gone down

I think maybe some beta testers have sprung some leaks also, NDA's are about like EULA's everyone agrees to them but, you always have those that don't abide by them.

I think the market plummit is great. I have been around from near the beggining and its good to see prices fall to within reason for the noobs to enjoy. Ebay price hikes from anet cracking down is forcing the market back down Due to lack of sales. Along with everyone on pins and needles waiting for chapter 2 and what it going to take to get the best of everything.
I'm not worried golds not hard to make. If you can't make 1mil plate within 2 weeks HONESTLY then your doing something wrong.

Just play the game, don't try to be the best in the next the first day.

Ectos...hmm, dont see a need for them, FOW armor is ugly as sin....and I give one of the others in my guild all of my ectos for his one character that wants the armor...wont buy any. Rubies/Sapphires are nice to get, and I keep them when I get them....but since there is no need for them yet....

Farming, so what else are we supposed to do when we finish all the missions, the titan quests, and the new Hall of Heros? I have tried to get groups to do more of the quests in the FoW but no one makes it that far and after the smites in the UW no one wants to stick around to do them.....

New UW...have made it twice to the end and still have gotten nothing except tons of raven staves and remains....but the new greens suck just as bad as the old ones...oh well.
Cosyfiep

hey if u ever feel generous or just anooyed with ecto ill take some ingame name

Cador Of Cornwall or Alleras The Brave


ill take that offer too

lol Who said i farm ecto. I rarely do. When i do i rarely sell.

How the hell do you make a million gold in 1 week?

In fact I am going to turn the question around and throw it back at you. It is... 10 green axes/swords or 500 drok runs!

Just wanted to point out something about the droks run. If you charge 2k per person thats 10k a run. 1000k / 10k = 100 runs. An average run takes about 22 mins. Lets throw in the failure factor/lack of customers and say 30 mins is the new average. so we take our average of 30mins multiplied by the number or runs required to make a million. So 30 x 100 = 3000 mins. Ok so now lets take that 3000 mins and divide by 60 to convert it into hours. 3000/60 = 50hrs. It is possible to make a million in a week but for those who dont feel like doing 7-8 runs a day for a week straight you can easily break this into 2 or more weeks. Also the average cost is closer to 3k than 2k whcih is about 66-70 runs.

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I'm hoping that ecto prices will eventually drop to the 3k-4k range. However I think they will probly get to 6k at the least. If they should ever make it to 3k mark then I will probly go ahead and buy FoW armor for all my chars, unless I really like chapter 2 armor.

You also have to take a sleep, go to work/school and try not to drop dead in front of pc.

However, I smell ecto being used for Chapter 2 armor and then price will suddenly go up, and people that are so keen to sell their pile of ectos till price doesn't fall even more, will get double screwed. ^^

I have to ask just how long it takes to pick up a full party of people for a droks run, because I'm sure that that will affect the rate you make your gold at, but I don't doubt you can make a lot of money there.

I also have to agree with the guy above me, we have other stuff to do. I hope we have more of a life than this game. I personally find it more fun to help people out than squeeze the maximum amount of gold out of the game than the next guy. But hey, to each their own. To all of you who find more value in the gold... hope you make tons

I have a question for you guys. Does anyone know exactly how the trader determines the price of an item? Please tell me, I've always wondered. I mean, what exactly gets calculated in? Is it just the items that get bought and sold to the trader? Or is there a program that keeps track of personal trades? I've always wondered this, but have never tried to track down an answer. If they somehow keep track of personal trades... the implication is that a large enough group of people could influence prices across the board by constantly trading an item back and forth among themselves. Could you imagine! An ingame yakuza! Lol... We could all for a new Mob/Guild to make the market what we want... hehehe.

I farm 1mil plate in drok farming 4-5hrs 5 days a week . and then whatever on weekends. having favor is key. I find drops double in value per trip with favor. I do this in a 55 monk and those who only do troll giants and avicara fierce are missing out. wise and guile are where alot of good stuff is and in large packs. heading west to a few grawl and more avicar is good to and alot of the out of way chest spawn better items. proper id and salvage is key to maximize k intake. 12-15k 45 min runs in drok is an average. add in runes and gold items and dye right about 18-20k an hr based on nightly salvage.
Push your limits farming dont make it easy take on what might rend or degen you. or has ton of interupt. kill what your not supposed to and you will reep better rewards.