Why do so many people want Mountain Troll Tusks?
Captain Arne Is PRO
I saw some guy buying mountain troll tusks @ 16 a piece then 5 more people buying @ 12 a piece. Why do people want these? @@
fiery
Only use is for a certain collector item.
ap47
Because they can be traded to a collector for an item worth 125 (5 tusks). Makes them worth 25g each even if merchant only pays 8g.
Captain Arne Is PRO
oh, thanks ap!
imsystem
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Originally Posted by ap47
Because they can be traded to a collector for an item worth 125 (5 tusks). Makes them worth 25g each even if merchant only pays 8g.
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===== d. Merin Trollbane (5 Mountain Troll Tusks) ===== up in snakes dance
• Jeweled Staff (energy +10, chaos dmg:11-22, req. 9 illusion magic, 20/20)
• Bone Staff (energy+10, cold dmg:11-22, req. 9 death magic, 20/20)
• Water Staff (energy+10, cold dmg:11-22, req. 9 water magic, 20/20)
• Long Sword (slashing dmg:15-22, req. 9 swordsmanship, +15% damage while in stance)
===== g. Trego Stonebreaker (5 Mountain Troll Tusks) ===== in mineral springs
• Inscribed Chakram (energy +12, req. 9 fast casting, 20/20)
• Deadly Cesta (dark dmg:11-22, req. 9 blood magic, 20% recharge)
• Protective Icon (energy +12, req. 9 protection prayers, 20/20)
• Ascalon Bow (piercing dmg:15-28, req. 9 marksmanship, +15% damage while health>50%, Shortbow)
dont see anything special worth getting
but i still dont believe they are simply getting the items to just sale them to merchant for 125g
Captain Arne Is PRO
i was thinking they were taking the ascalon bows and the staves and salvaging them for wood, don't know if this would be productive though
HawkofStorms
You can't salvage collector items or quest rewards.
fiery
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skyes
seems like so little money to be made say 100 tusks= 1.5k to buy
100 tusks = 25 collecter items X 125=2.5k
Net Gain = 1k so kinda umm yea
100 tusks = 25 collecter items X 125=2.5k
Net Gain = 1k so kinda umm yea
nitetime
yeah, except 100 tusks = 20 itmes * 125 = 2.5k
The Legg
What about when we get to the easter event. Like Christmas there may be special collectors in droknar offering special items for collectable items. i cannot remember if they had a christmas collector dealing in troll tusks but they may and we may get another version of candy canes or something else that people can sell for a profit.
Just a thought
Just a thought
bad person
They're just an easy way to double (or nearly double) your investment.
fiery
Um from the halloween to christmas event, they were same items needed both times. Seeing Factions is coming, may be a diffrent thing collectors want on either side, Factions or Prophecies.
Troll Tusks 250 -> 50 collector x 125 -> 6 k profit.
I myself sell the tusks in bundles to a 18-20 gold range.
Troll Tusks 250 -> 50 collector x 125 -> 6 k profit.
I myself sell the tusks in bundles to a 18-20 gold range
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Ole Man Bourbon
Gotta love the Johnny-come-latelys.
wsmcasey
Or better yet, cut out the middle man and farm for gold, items, and tusks yourself.
Prince Aoki
NOT WORTH IT.. I tried running to the collectors and I couldnt make it.. I dont even know how far north I have to go in Snake Dance..
Jeebus 07
It's relatively far actually, takes some skill and luck, i have some of the second one . I made it but had to click like crazy as i still had a few monsters on my tail killing me while i traded my tusks in. So i think its not really worth it to bother running to the collector, personally i keep giving them to any guild member short on money and is willing to make the trip.
. I made it but had to click like crazy as i still had a few monsters on my tail killing me while i traded my tusks in. So i think its not really worth it to bother running to the collector, personally i keep giving them to any guild member short on money and is willing to make the trip.
CartmanPT
I´ve never bought tusk, but i´ve used to farm trolls, and i´ve traded them for items.
The run is very fast and easy, takes 2 minutes or less, if u have farmed the tusks the profit will be near 3,4k each run , if u buy the tusks the profit will be near 2k each run. In my opinion its a very nice profit for 2 minutes, probably someone will come and tell:
"OMG in 2 minutes i can farm 7243678K"
Ok, nice to u
The run is very fast and easy, takes 2 minutes or less, if u have farmed the tusks the profit will be near 3,4k each run , if u buy the tusks the profit will be near 2k each run. In my opinion its a very nice profit for 2 minutes, probably someone will come and tell:
"OMG in 2 minutes i can farm 7243678K"
Ok, nice to u
Shadowfox1125
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NOT WORTH IT.. I tried running to the collectors and I couldnt make it.. I dont even know how far north I have to go in Snake Dance..
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I did the work for you; this time and this time only.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Merin_Trollsbane
EF2NYD
Anet's really forced people to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
JiggyFly
Most people do it for a quick profit. I farm Trolls on my Monk, and then transfer the tusks over to my Warrior and run to the collector. I run to the collector about every 150 tusks as that fills my Warriors inventory with the collector items. Not only do you make 25 gold per instead of 8, but running every so often also prolongs the "You drops will be nerfed for farming the begining of the zone blah blah blah..." message.
The run isn't hard either, just bring along some hex removal incase you get the crapp heretic spawn. Other than that the Charge/Balanced Stance combo works nicely for getting past the knockdown with sprint to break aggro in between the groups of enemies so that you can let your balanced stance recharge.
The run isn't hard either, just bring along some hex removal incase you get the crapp heretic spawn. Other than that the Charge/Balanced Stance combo works nicely for getting past the knockdown with sprint to break aggro in between the groups of enemies so that you can let your balanced stance recharge.
Jiao Yang
I get gazillions of troll tusks when I clear most of Talus Chute with my warrior. I just sell em to the trader- didnt know that people actually want these.
fiery
If this didn't happen with the uprising of trolls, I am actually glad. Seeing that they drop really okay drops, including 2 black dyes, gold items etc. If I only knew about this than solo trapping UW .
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mrbb
I buy troll tusks... must have trade over 1,000 = 200 items x 25gp profit = 5k. Each run takes me about 30 seconds to get to collector with my warrior. The trouble is to have enough room in inventory to get them.
Weyland Yutani
Sorry, but i too am seeking the answer to this question as i have over 250+ troll husks in my inventory. I do not believe that so many people are buying these troll husks like mad in all dist of droks just to get a few low gold profit. The run to each of the (i believe) 4 collectors that trade the troll husks really isnt that hard....i agree. but still its not worth getting those thiings and then trading them into the merchants. maybe its good for someone thats just starting off to trade them. But i farm the trolls myself and it takes a while to get over 200+
Any who.....something is fishy because.....i was asking around to see the purpose of the troll husks, this guy told me that he would tell me the secret if i gave him 10k...lol so i /pointed and /laughed at him and talked to someone else. Another person told me that they are to be used for (Ivory)???? Another person told me that there used in the new factions.....and of course like 20 others told me that there just for the collectors which is bogus i think. For some reason, when ever someone (WTB Troll Husks) is asked about the reason....they never respond, and the ones that do claim its just the collectors items. I think theres a Mountain Troll Conspiracy afoot.
Any who.....something is fishy because.....i was asking around to see the purpose of the troll husks, this guy told me that he would tell me the secret if i gave him 10k...lol so i /pointed and /laughed at him and talked to someone else. Another person told me that they are to be used for (Ivory)???? Another person told me that there used in the new factions.....and of course like 20 others told me that there just for the collectors which is bogus i think. For some reason, when ever someone (WTB Troll Husks) is asked about the reason....they never respond, and the ones that do claim its just the collectors items. I think theres a Mountain Troll Conspiracy afoot.
CKaz
look only thing you could really do is sell some collector items to newbs in ascalon or someone is looking for a bit and pays for convenience.
I think a sword is in the line-up, believe people posted what you can get here
But yeah that's why they only offer up a few gold and they know people get 100-200-stack(s) of tusks pretty easily, its a popular farm
per stack:
gold gained merchanting collector item rather than tusks = (25-8)x250=4.25k
gold gained buying for 10g = (25-10)x250 = 3.75k
gold gained buying for 15g = (25-10)x250 = 2.5k
this is an easy run, this is easy money
I dont bother buying them off people but I've done this myself
ie get to 200 tusks, had room for 20 items, head there twice, sell all netted
200x25 = a cool 5k rather than 1.6k, if you can clear more space do more
I'm sure those buying/doing it regularly are leveraging as much inventory as possible.
If you can sell some of the items to peeps great you can net a lot more.
Guessing the sword and a couple of the other items might work very well.
I just normally dont have the patience, but neither am I a fan of such a cheap price for high level collectibles. It just doesn't make sense - I'm not sure why desert items are worth more than 3 times shiverpeak ones. Shrug. RoF items (unused) are 30g arent they? Hopefully Factions won't be so goofy.
Early on I sold some of the stone summit badge items for a little profit but that got old fast and was a long time ago. As far as holiday items it's usually a lot easier to go for garg skulls or char carvings IMO. Well more to the point quicker, it's pretty easy to farm for badges in Yaks
I think a sword is in the line-up, believe people posted what you can get here
But yeah that's why they only offer up a few gold and they know people get 100-200-stack(s) of tusks pretty easily, its a popular farm
per stack:
gold gained merchanting collector item rather than tusks = (25-8)x250=4.25k
gold gained buying for 10g = (25-10)x250 = 3.75k
gold gained buying for 15g = (25-10)x250 = 2.5k
this is an easy run, this is easy money
I dont bother buying them off people but I've done this myself
ie get to 200 tusks, had room for 20 items, head there twice, sell all netted
200x25 = a cool 5k rather than 1.6k, if you can clear more space do more
I'm sure those buying/doing it regularly are leveraging as much inventory as possible.
If you can sell some of the items to peeps great you can net a lot more.
Guessing the sword and a couple of the other items might work very well.
I just normally dont have the patience, but neither am I a fan of such a cheap price for high level collectibles. It just doesn't make sense - I'm not sure why desert items are worth more than 3 times shiverpeak ones. Shrug. RoF items (unused) are 30g arent they? Hopefully Factions won't be so goofy.
Early on I sold some of the stone summit badge items for a little profit but that got old fast and was a long time ago. As far as holiday items it's usually a lot easier to go for garg skulls or char carvings IMO. Well more to the point quicker, it's pretty easy to farm for badges in Yaks
Weyland Yutani
yes yes, i know the collector trick, i think everyone on this thread has said the same thing over and over about the collector profit....im saying that i think theres another reason for the troll husks, hopefully someone will come up and speak on that matter.
Merciless Sword
The only response that i have recived from random "WTB Tuskers" and guildies, is that they either salavage or become "Ivory". Probably in factions, but im not sure. This topic is the first ive heard of a collector involved.
Weyland Yutani
ahh i see, and how does one create or trade for the Ivory? or are you supposed to keep them untill factions so that you can trade them for the ivory? is ivory even a material in prophies?
MirageCloud
i really dont get why people farm mountain trolls except for the high exp they give. in 1000+ trolls, i only got 1 gold, which was a hammer
(ettins ftw)
(ettins ftw)
ghostlyranger
i sold 2 stacks of 250 to a warrior, he paying 20g each O_o.
Arkantos
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i sold 2 stacks of 250 to a warrior, he paying 20g each O_o.
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fiery
This profit is so DEAD, either from 15-20 gold buy, when you trade them in and buy more your only making 1-2 k profit if I am not mistaken. Depends on how many you trade in and buy.
I made 60 k from tusks BOUGHT more and was down around 30-40 ish I might be off but that's how it went.
I made 60 k from tusks BOUGHT more and was down around 30-40 ish I might be off but that's how it went.
Stovaa
:/
5 mins buying tusks, 2 mins per run
875 profit per run.
Normally make 2 runs from each buying session, so I'll get about 1750 gold profit.
For 9 minutes of work. A LAZY 9 minutes.
That's why people want tusks.
Easy money.
No conspiracy, not many people want the collector's items except the merchant.
5 mins buying tusks, 2 mins per run
875 profit per run.
Normally make 2 runs from each buying session, so I'll get about 1750 gold profit.
For 9 minutes of work. A LAZY 9 minutes.
That's why people want tusks.
Easy money.
No conspiracy, not many people want the collector's items except the merchant.
Evilsod
Too late you made a thread on it. Anet will move in for the kill and change it so all collectors items have equal worth to the items required sooner or later.