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Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

16 Aug 2005 at 12:14 - 1

After much searching on this forum i have discovered that Ghostly staves have become an endangered Species!
very few of these noble and beautiful weapons run around free anymore

We believe the problem is that few of these rare and awsome weapons are finding their way into the right hands. too many get sold off into slavey at the merchant... never to be seen again.

THIS MUST STOP!

we must endeavor to save these fantastic weapons if not for us then for those to follow us. they should be allowed to share in the beauty of the ghostly staff.

There is only one known breeding colony of Ghostly staves, in the underworld, and they are suffering terribly at the hands of poachers and farmers their natural habitat, smite crawlers, are being mercilessly destroyed. and the staves are then sold off because they are not the real prize the farmers and poachers are after.

I beg that if you or a friend discovers an example of this noble weapon please, please post a picture of it and the location you discovered it at. if you plan to sell it to a merchant or salvaging (murder

) one of these please, please think twice. i will try to buy these amazing weapons up however i am but one person, and one person with little money.

If you find a ghostly staff please, please find either a good home for it or give it to me or any who will help me for a minimal fee.

we will also accept donations of money to allow us to free these weapons from the oppressing hands of uncaring owners.

Save The Ghostly Staves Foundation : saving something just that little bit special.

Lord Cyruz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

[DrkH]

W/Mo

16 Aug 2005 at 13:50 - 2

Well, i'll start then :P

Found it at smites

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

16 Aug 2005 at 13:56 - 3

not a half bad staff... however i expect you to look after this rare and treasured staff... if ever i find you have sold it or salvaged it then i will... i will....... just don't

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

16 Aug 2005 at 14:00 - 4

I don't think I've found any of those yet, but I've been collecting interesting and rare weapons that I find, so if I find any you can be sure I'll keep them.
In my collection I have a Fellblade, Chaos Axe, Fiery Dragon Sword, Eternal Bow, Storm Bow, Shadow Bow, Shadow Staff, Interesting Looking Earth Staff, Mursaat Hammer, the list goes on...

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

16 Aug 2005 at 19:09 - 5

shadow staves are also a rare occurance and hard to find however they have a wider habitat (all of FoW).
none of those (impressive impressive i'll admit) weapons surpass the ghostly staff in nobilty or beauty.

Save The Ghostly Staves Foundation : saving something just that little bit special.

GraFFix

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Eternal Resurrection

16 Aug 2005 at 19:51 - 6

I think i have 5 ghostly staffs and 3 shadow staffs at the moment...im a collector

if anyone wants to sell one wisper me in game "Slain Knight"

TopGun

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

16 Aug 2005 at 19:53 - 7

What's a ghostly staff?

Hookecho

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Red States

The Runners Academy

W/Mo

16 Aug 2005 at 19:58 - 8

I had 2 ghostly staffs drop in one smite run. Both were blue, one was not max damage but had a few minor upgrades on it, the other was max dam but just "precious". So I gave the one with mods to a guildie and kept the other and threw a head and wrap on it (both minor stuff). It falls into that "looks cool" slot in the inventory.

Black Helll

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Unholy Nirvana ( UHN )

N/Mo

16 Aug 2005 at 19:58 - 9

i agree when i wanted one for my necro it was almost impossible to find a seller, but i did and now its all good.

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

16 Aug 2005 at 20:35 - 10

i have saved 3 staves from the salvage kit and merchant today

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and two others...
including one requiring 8 blood and one requiring 8 smite

money to continue this great endevour is greatly appreciated. this lot cost me 2k.

Sandman Uk

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

Uk Leicester

N/R

16 Aug 2005 at 20:38 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Cyruz

Well, i'll start then :P

Found it at smites

I would cut my right knacker off for that. I have 1 but pretty clean see avatar

would thoust be willing to sell it brother necro

Mister Glue

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Athens, GA

TLH

Mo/Me

16 Aug 2005 at 20:42 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charcoal Ann

i have saved 3 staves from the salvage kit and merchant today

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and two others...
including one requiring 8 blood and one requiring 8 smite

money to continue this great endevour is greatly appreciated. this lot cost me 2k.

I'd love to help you out with your money issues... and I just happened to be looking for a ghostly staff with monk req's.. *wink wink*

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

16 Aug 2005 at 20:44 - 13

the smite req. staff is max dmg and low req. as long as you promise to never sell to merchant or salvage it then it can be yours... i had to give 1k for this one.

Mr Glue is now the custodian of the 8req. ghostly staff
he made a very generous donation... thank you Mr Glue

i have just saved another staff with a smiting req. of 10.

zehly

Sunshine

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Wired

Daughters of Ananke

Mo/E

16 Aug 2005 at 21:15 - 14

To be perfectly honest, I could care less about max damage on a staff/wand. I do so much casting as a ele/necro, I don't even have the time to wand them to death. I'd rather have a non-max damage with sweet mods, than a max damage with none.

EDIT: What does the modifier "Precious" mean?

=HT=Ingram

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

Anchorage Alaska

Haz Team [HT]

R/W

16 Aug 2005 at 21:23 - 15

Ghostly staffs drop pretty well in the underworld. but not many max. the one I'm using is max 11-22 and I got it near the Shrine to the Reaper of the Chaos planes. Its only purple though. I added my prefix suffix addons myself.

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

16 Aug 2005 at 21:26 - 16

Precious makes it more valuable for no real game benefit.

update... here is my newest saved staff: max dmg ghostly staff of fortitude (req. of 13 divine favor) the fortitude is +21hp.

*edit*

this staff has found a careing new home

makes me feel that everything is worthwhile

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

16 Aug 2005 at 21:34 - 17

read above post zehly...

another staff saved: dmg 11-21 req. 8 death magic. +10 energy (as all do) and +10% recharge on fire magic skills.

the work progresses well

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

16 Aug 2005 at 21:42 - 18

Didn't even know these still dropped. Last one I found was in beta... Do shadow swords (no, not fellblades) still drop as well?

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

16 Aug 2005 at 21:59 - 19

as far as i know shodow swords do not drop any more. if they did i would save them as well

also another staff saved:dmg 10-19 req. 7 death magic

2 more saved from the chop...

11-21 req. 11 fire magic
11-22 req. 8 water magic

I'm online at this time most days... if you are interested in makeing a donation, providing a home for a staff or freeing a staff into my care then pm me IGN - Captain Mildred

and another: 11-22 req. 8 earth magic

yet another: 11-20 req. 11divine favor (defensive head +4 armour) and (enchanting staff wrapping +10% duration for enchantments) this i may keep for my monk

velvetbunny

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

16 Aug 2005 at 22:59 - 20

My favorite item i own =D.

Oh, this dropped from the Smite Crawlers as Hale (+28) Ghostly Staff. But it had max energy/dmg and good base recharge/speed so i upgraded it =D.

Valerius

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

R/

16 Aug 2005 at 23:39 - 21

^^ very nice staff

... i find Ghostly Staffs all the time... Blues and Whites... sometimes even Purple... but most are crap so i just sell it to the merchant... and... Ghostly Staffs look to much like Smiting Staffs for me to want to have one for looks

Drago Solaris

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Order Of Dragania

R/Mo

16 Aug 2005 at 23:52 - 22

i would hapily adopt a max damage gold ghost staff for a death necro mods dont matter i hav my own

Xue Yi Liang

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Northern CA

Outlaws of the Water Margin

Mo/Me

16 Aug 2005 at 23:57 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charcoal Ann

There is only one known breeding colony of Ghostly staves, in the underworld, and they are suffering terribly at the hands of poachers and farmers their natural habitat, smite crawlers, are being mercilessly destroyed. and the staves are then sold off because they are not the real prize the farmers and poachers are after.

I am a proud farmer and resent your mischaracterization of our noble profession. I'm simply a blue-collar monk who provides for a guild-family of PvP and PvE adventurers. From the time I was a fledgeling lvl 14 monk I learned to farm and provide for myself. I am proud to say that, since then, I have extended my hospitality to support all brave adventurers of Tyria.

Mankind (and Womankind) was created to farm. It's true! People! Hear me out! We are NOT at peace with the land - Look around you! The countryside is crawling with sinister creatures and undead beings that would sooner devour you body and soul than look at you. If it weren't for the many brave trappers, hunters and farmers like us our species would be extinct!

I ask you, dear Ann of the Charcoal, should we have all remained in Old Ascalon in fear of intruding upon a land that's become the natural habitat for nasty gargoyles and hydras? NO! I say, NO!

We are a surviving species! - We are a farming species!

People, know this! Those Smite-Huggers among us will never be satisfied. They weep over the loss of a single Ghostly Stave - and yet, when people die by the dozens in the cold trek to the Granite Citadel devoured by the predatory embrace of nature - do they shed one tear? No!

I daresay, what have the Ghostly Staves done for us? I challenge you to provide evidence that the staves are an endangered species.

Contrary to what the Smite-Huggers say - farmers are the foremost authorities on conservationalism! For instance, consider the Ghostly Stave. What farmers don't use gets returned to the earth (i.e. salvage

). Yet you would rather have them collected and hoarded in captivity - in crowded storage bins like corn-fed veal or french bulldogs in a puppymill.

And why? Only for the sake of your personal aesthetic pleasure, Ms. W/Mo? Shame. Shame. Shame.

Next time you enjoy your mutton and mead - thank the farmer!
Next time you purchase a leather square or pile of bones - thank the farmer!

I rest my case.

Have a nice day.

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

17 Aug 2005 at 00:24 - 24

I salvage Ghostly Staves on a regular basis. It isn't like there's a bustling market for them or anything.

If you really want to buy every crappy Ghostly Stave I pull, just make it worth my time and I'll keep 'em around.

Peace,
-CxE

TopGun

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

17 Aug 2005 at 05:12 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ensign

I salvage Ghostly Staves on a regular basis. It isn't like there's a bustling market for them or anything.

If you really want to buy every crappy Ghostly Stave I pull, just make it worth my time and I'll keep 'em around.

Peace,
-CxE

Lmao!

I need a good Blood Staff, but whether it's ghostly or godly or sexy, I really don't care. =/ I'm sure the ghostly looks cool, but whatever, I don't have time to farm for a staff that just looks cool.

Anomaly

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/Mo

17 Aug 2005 at 06:50 - 26

I normally salvage mine as well.

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

17 Aug 2005 at 06:57 - 27

Man...I've never seen these before...and...if I didn't hate staves with a passion...I would consider buying one.

Oh well...I can always hope I find one and then take a few screenshots to remember how cool it looked until I salvage it.

dansamy

Chasing Dragons

Join Date: May 2005

Lost in La-La Land

LFGuild

Mo/Me

17 Aug 2005 at 07:31 - 28

I have a purple Ghostly Air Staff. You can go look in the Ventar's Sell if you like. It's pictured there.

PieXags

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

The Infinite Representation Of Pie And Its Many Brilliances

17 Aug 2005 at 08:05 - 29

I personally don't like chaos axes, storm bows, eternals bows, or ghostly staves or anything like that. I don't like the idea of holding on to solidified ghost remnants or...colored air. It's kinda dumb. I'll stick with my giant slab or sharpened rock and wood thanks.

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

17 Aug 2005 at 09:07 - 30

i have saved another staff: can't remember which one it is it may be smiting req.

i am not fighting against farmers and killers of smite crawlers. i'm fighting for people not to destroy ghostly staves.

If anyone wants to give a staff a home (for a mininal fee to show your loyalty to it)
give the Captain a call. she is the only stave saver at the moment.

another staff saved: 11-20 dmg req. 12 curses

I have just supplied the water/ earth/ smiting and fire req. staves with a new home.

update on staves currently under my care:

11-21 req. 10 curses (+1 energy and smiting prayers +1 11% chance)
10-20 req. 12 curses
11-21 req. 8 death (improves recharge of fire magic skills 10%chance)

these are the staves still looking for a home

Xue Yi Liang

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Northern CA

Outlaws of the Water Margin

Mo/Me

17 Aug 2005 at 13:25 - 31

puppymill

j/k

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

17 Aug 2005 at 14:09 - 32

will these poor staves get no lovin'?

i can see the problem with the curses ones but the death one is perfect for a Necro Ele will no-one provide this staff with a home?

FengShuiBundi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Blue State

K A R M A

Mo/Me

17 Aug 2005 at 16:03 - 33

Yep, GW sure is slow today.

Uhhuh... sure is.

SAVE THE STAVES!

{When they start making ghostly wands I'll be happy}

DarkWasp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Paradise

Agency Of Forbidden Fruits [Oot]

R/A

17 Aug 2005 at 16:07 - 34

I like the unghostly variant of the ghostly staff. Its shiney and it looks nicer.

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

17 Aug 2005 at 18:16 - 35

i have heard many people wanting Ghostly wands... so sad

the 11-21 req. 10 curses staff has been sold to Haku Fudomine i hope his necro enjoys it.

i will be saving some more soon

Haku_Fudomine

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

T Dot

Akatsuki Org.

W/Mo

17 Aug 2005 at 18:51 - 36

actually its a mesmer/necro lol, ut i plan on using hexes with feast of corruption lol

Divine Elemental

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Near Your House

I Used To Own [ IUTO ]

17 Aug 2005 at 19:19 - 37

ghostly staffs are nothing.. i get a average of 1-3 per run....
most are white-blue-purp
none gold...

Charcoal Ann

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

In a World of BADGERS!

Eternal Flame Brotherhood

17 Aug 2005 at 19:29 - 38

precisely! and i bet you sell them or salvage them thinking : 'useless crap'

this is the problem. those business like enough to find them in any numbers are business like enough to think them useless. others buy things for looks. besides they are better than the current weapon my monk carries

intersesting pattern is emerging: primary monks seem to find these items a lot more than all other classes put together.

two more: 10-20 req. 11 earth for both
another earth staff 10-19 dmg 11req. earth
AND another 11-21 req 8 blood

Yen-lo-wang

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Team Play First

17 Aug 2005 at 23:38 - 39

If you happen to find a decent-to-good monk one, preferrably a DF requirement, wouldja mine earmarking it for me? I happen to like the buggers, but my W/Mo (only char that can go to UW at the moment) never can find a decent one...

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

18 Aug 2005 at 00:02 - 40

Perhaps primary monks find the most because they spend the most time soloing the UW?

Someone mentioned Shadow Staves earlier. I find them all the time in the FoW and I really don't like them much.
What I want to see is ghostly hammers, swords and wands, and of course I'd like to see the Shadow Warriors drop the swords they use, they look awesome!