Elite mission chests already nerfed....:(

Sereng Amaranth

Sereng Amaranth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Amazon Basin [AB]

Blame the Crusaders letting anyone into the mission.

Manic Smile

Manic Smile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Hawaii

----- 15^50[Rare] ---- Alliance: ----- [SMS] -----

how very nice of you, god forbid we should get to play what we paid for

badfish34668

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

LF guild

R/Mo

i've been going on the urgoz elite mission since day 3 of factions, at least once a day. its still exactly the same....some chests are gold, some are purple...some golds are perfect, some are crap. [straw effigy ftw]

moving on...

Shadowfox1125

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

W/

Let's take it from a scientific point of view.
In biology, your logic would be flawed because of what? Small population. (or in this case, a small number of chest opened) Open three times as many chests and then I will listen to your response. No harsh feelings.. =P

Angelica

Angelica

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Aussie land

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by stamenflicker
I think this is the case for chests and other drops, like green items. I noticed that while farming SF for greens that I got more drops if I carried less green in my inventory. And I also noticed that the "new guy" of the group, the one who had never farmed it, always got the most and the best greens.
Not true! First time I did it no green drops for me but plenty for my companions!
Second, third time I did it, same as the first time! My guildies gave me some of their double green drops for pity!

Quote:
Originally Posted by stamenflicker
It's almost like "something" gets written on your character once you've obtained a certain amount of good stuff. It may stay on there until the servers reset then it starts over, I don't know. None of it really bothers me though.
Well I never got a good drops I could use on my various characters and when, for some unknown miracle, I got a gold item from a chest it was not even max damage! If I wanted a good item I had to buy from GWguru Auctions if I had enough gold that is!

Now that I'm doing Factions, most of the times with henchies, I get lots of useless Bo staff as drops, no gold and not even blue! How can I be so unlucky?

To finish my rant, to all the people who complain about not haveing all gold drops with chests ......(censured!) think about the players who don't farm, don't do UW or FoW etc. etc. (not because they wouldn't like it but because they are still "noobs" and not accepted in PUGs!) and get penalized by Anet because of the players or bots who do that too often.
Consider yourself lucky and be happy with what you get, please!

PS. I forget to mention that my guildies are very nice and give me items for free!

boost291

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

(XoO) Xen Of The Pacific

R/Me

Anet, in a patch a few months ago, made it so drops and chests would gradually decrease in value after repeated entry in farming areas.
this was done to prevent farmers from reaping all the awards

reverse_oreo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Scars Meadows [SmS] Officer (not recruiting)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sereng Amaranth
Blame the Crusaders letting anyone into the mission.
1. this was before the crusaders let people in
2. the crusaders let people in on the luxon mission
3. what the crusaders are doing is the best thing any guild has done so far in this game.

Macktar Wang

Macktar Wang

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Funny how now that the drops seem to be nerfed, the holding alliance is actually saying "open them to everyone," even though they still don't let people in...

Quote:
Originally Posted by reverse_oreo
3. what the crusaders are doing is the best thing any guild has done so far in this game.
Amen

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by reverse_oreo
Hello! I am sure i'm gonna get a crapload of flame for this but here i go anyways. I love this game, pvp, pve, gvg everything, i always have and i always will. This is just a stupid rant about stuff. I am in xoo ladder and have been doig the elite missions lately. Now normally i wouldnt care about chests dropping purples in normal areas, but this is the elite area. I have done 3 runs since it opened, the first run 5 chests, 5 golds. nice! the 2nd run 3 chests 2 gold, ok fine. this last run i went on there were 5 chests, 4 of which were purple chests. This is insane. 1.5k per key and you cant even get a lousy gold outta the chest. i could understand 1 or 2 purples, but 4?? come on. How can a chest that appears only a couple times a day be nerfed already? Think about it. There are maybe 10-15 groups that go off a day when we hold the town. so thats only 50-75 chests a day. compare that to say a kurzick chest which prolly spawns a million times a day. argh.

on another note, the elite missions are NOT worth all the attention they are getting. it takes 4 hours to get to the last guy, and during that time the monsters drop no max dmg or gold items. the only good things come from chests, which were obviously nerfed. ok then, let the flames begin! /endrant
This same concept also work on regular chests. If you have opened too many chests with good drops than later on when you come back to the same area, the chest will have more regular (purple or even blue) drops.

Thargor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by dansamy
If it's supposed to be elite, then you should come out of it with an elite reward.
Access is your reward. The chests shouldn't matter since they are random just like any other chest. Access is something that many will never have and would be reward enough for many players. Personally I would love to spend the many hours in the missions even if i didnt get a single drop, the chance to play would be more than worth it.

Lara Miraea

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by reverse_oreo
1. this was before the crusaders let people in
2. the crusaders let people in on the luxon mission
3. what the crusaders are doing is the best thing any guild has done so far in this game.
Quoted for posterity and for noobifying that retard.

floplag

floplag

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

SoCal

Gamerz United

Me/N

complaining about something 95% of us havent had the chace to see, or are likely to see .. is kinda lame, dont you think ? im sorry, i dont mean to flame, but give me a break. under the current system most of us will never know without paying some other guild for the priveledge .. which i wont do, soooo ... ill take your word for it

Origin

Origin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

<--- 3g/1grape ; a hour ago...

Nothing was nerfed, just bad luck. And yes, monsters are dropping rare items from time to time...