Rubies/Sapphires

wiz12268

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

California

Men In Black

Are these close to having a purpose? I ask because I traded a 10/10 sundering haft for 15 of them a couple weeks ago when they were around 4900/5000. But now they are rising every day.

Were 8152 Fri, 10956 yesterday, and 11127 this morning when I checked. The traders are paying more for them than even ecto. But they have no apparent use.

So is this rise in price the foreshadow of them being introduced as a useable commodity?

I was crying when they stayed in the mid 4Ks, now I wish I had more (but isn't that the way it always is)

Just curious if anyone knows when/if they will have a purpose.

BTW I have NEVER seen one drop, solo or in a group, so not even sure where they come from. I thought FOW, but I have many many runs through there and havent seen any.

stdnox

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

People Belive There Are For The Sole Purpose For Crafting New 15k Armor....

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by wiz12268

BTW I have NEVER seen one drop, solo or in a group, so not even sure where they come from. I thought FOW, but I have many many runs through there and havent seen any.
anything that drops a granit slab has the possibility of droping

charcoal
saphire
ruby

i have gotten only one saphire drop and thar was from a low level stone elemental

i have no idea what they will be used for but since they didnt clean them out of the game the way they did a bunch of beta items i will guess there will be some premium use for them in chapter 2 when it comes out

ruby armor perhaps

saphire armor possibly

i also expect them to introduce diamonds and emeralds and maybe other colored gems later as well

just a guess

Xue Yi Liang

Xue Yi Liang

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Northern CA

Outlaws of the Water Margin

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
i also expect them to introduce diamonds and emeralds and maybe other colored gems later as well

just a guess
If they do I sure hope they increase storage capacity - cause I have too much junk as it is.

Ristaron

Ristaron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Canada, eh?

Legion Of Valhalla

E/

I think rubies/sapphires are a good way of having wealth without having gold XD
Would clean up big trades a whole lot if they had a fixed rate... not that gold does, it seems, with everything going up in prices all the time. But it would be great if you could deal 100k+ trades without a middleman via rubies/sapphires.
"Ok.. you want 150k for that... lets see... 100k gold, 5 rubies, and 1 sapphire."
Submit
Accept
/bow

Kakumei

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

rubies, at the very least, and so i assume sapphires too, drop in the fissure of woe

i know because one dropped for me as i was killing armored cave spiders

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xue Yi Liang
If they do I sure hope they increase storage capacity - cause I have too much junk as it is.
that is a real possibility as either Gaile/Alex said that extra character slot(s) would be most likely in chapter 2 when new professions/races will be added.

increased storage for them would be logical

plus you would have the maxed out storage of all characters combined

characters i dont use still have bags with runes of holding just for the extra storage space

stumpy

stumpy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2005

Canucklehead BC, Canada

Advanced Necro Undead Society

I got 1 sapphire drop from a uw run with a group ... I cant remember what dropped it ... it was 2 weeks agao i think it may have been grasping ... since release I have only ever gotten 1 sapphire and 3 rubies ... but only had the 1 sapphire drop for me. 3 rubies were part of a trade.

p0t4T0

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Or Die Trying [ODT]

W/Mo

I got two saphire drops both from FoW in the same run.

Borealis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Black Rose Gaming

Mo/W

I got a sapphire in FoW a week or so ago too

EF2NYD

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

I got rubies and sapphires from underworld drops, as random as ecto drops.

PHANTASM

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

I thought they were used for the Mesmer fissure armor.

Can any1 confirm this?

Paine

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Clan Plus [Plus]

Rubies are dropped from the Carved Spiders in Fissure of Woe.
You can find them to the northeast. My opinion is that the droprate for those are 3-4% per spider

saphir

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

doa

Mo/

rubies most often drop in fissure, although sometimes from smites in uw
sapphires most often drop in uw, although also in the live forest in fissure

i've had a total of about 5 sapphires drop and 2-3 rubies drop for my 2.5mil xp elem
so they are fairly rare

they are not currently used for anything, but they may be later.
thy're pretty. and i sort of collect them like how some players like to collect rare gold fellblades

spiritofcat

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

I was told that Rubies are used to make FoW headgear for elementalists.
Any truth in that one?

saphir

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

doa

Mo/

lies, lies, all lies

wiz12268

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

California

Men In Black

I got a ruby AND a saphire in UW in same runt his morning I almost Sh++, cuz I never had either drop for me before.

A few others were selling rubies as well , so maybe they upped the drop rate?

Rahl

Rahl

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Austin, Tx

Mmph Its [Good]

Mo/

They seem to drop a lot in FoW, since I've gotten them there only.

Just a bit o cash IMO.

Ripper_Roo

Ripper_Roo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Me/W

i got a saphire a wile ago--to bad i traded it,, i needed the money and no one new wut they were used 4.

Divine Elemental

Divine Elemental

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Near Your House

I Used To Own [ IUTO ]

I saw infested kerrigan buying
i asked him wtf its used for hes like
its for selling
lol
and they drop in UW just found 2 :P
but just hold on
maybe itll be needed in future

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

I sold my saph for 14k to the trader