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Posted by: Fenlander.9037

Fenlander.9037

I’ve invested a lot of money (for me) on Azurite Crystals on the basis that -

- they are limited time only
– they are selling for a small amount more than their vendor price
– they are shiny and look like opalescent croissants

I think it’s only reasonable that other players join in with this investment and make me rich.

Or as rich as I can get by investing nearly 8GP (8GP !!!) in something.

I’m not prepared to make some kind of crazy pseudo-economic justification for why these represent a sound investment (Limited time ! Demand three times supply ! Croissants !) instead I would just appeal to the good people of GW2 and ask them, in all sincerity, are we not due another bubble ?

Of course if you all wish to continue on your merry way and neglect the manifold opportunities which these wonderful (possibly homeopathic !) crystals offer then who am I to complain.

Your loss is the vendors of Tyria’s gain !

PS If there is going to be a bubble could someone please let me know ? I always miss them and by the time I realise it’s too late and I’m stuck with 100 peppercorns….

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Posted by: Alethia.3597

Alethia.3597

They are possibly limited time only. I haven’t read anything to conclude either way at this point. If you look in the storage in the bank they are in the same area as other crafting materials, not with the festival ones. It is possible that with the conclusion of Flame & Frost there will be a normal chance to mine in some zones.

But, not only are the shiny, they are also a bit like inkblots that if you look long enough you can see critters or faces in the swirly patterns.

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Posted by: Dan.8709

Dan.8709

“possibly homeophatic” hahahah, good one.

Daniel Cousland – Darkhaven

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Posted by: Zaxares.5419

Zaxares.5419

I wouldn’t invest that heavily in it. Sentinel items don’t seem to be very popular, judging by the reactions I got to a thread I posted in the F&F forum about keeping them around permanently. Berserker gear continues to remain the king of popularity, so while Azurite gems may rise in price over time, the demand just won’t be high enough to make a good profit on them. Not enough to outweigh the potential risk anyway, in my opinion.

Personally, I bought enough Azurite Crystals to be able to craft every single kind of Mithril Azurite jewelry (just to satisfy my completionist impulses), while I have enough Azurite Orbs from daily runs of the dungeon for Orichalcum Azurite jewelry. That’s enough for my needs, and I won’t be buying any more.

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Posted by: Spifnar.4712

Spifnar.4712

Crystals have no upgrade recipe to orbs. Long term demand will be for exotic jewelry, if the stat becomes popular.

Crystals aren’t worth more than other unpopular stat combos.

The good news is that if you bought them just above vendor, you can’t lose much money on them

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Posted by: Fenlander.9037

Fenlander.9037

I think someone must have read my post a few days ago – wish I’d noticed, only a 60% increase at current (decreased again) prices – they had buy orders at 3s70s at one point

http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/42006

Research into possible homeopathic properties drew a blank but I understand the Asura are looking into the possibility that these crystals detoxify the body if you strap one to your forehead with a bit of old string.

Initial results are ‘promising’ according to one researcher.

This may or may not explain the spike on Sunday….. I’ll hang on to mine a bit longer in any case

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Posted by: ilr.9675

ilr.9675

…meanwhile… I just bought a Sup Sigil of the Night for 1g last night. …CHEAPER than a Sup Sigil of Force despite the fact it should be common knowledge by now that it’s technically always night time in dungeons/caves. And those “limited time only” offers came out …. 9 months ago?? So much for the theory for Seasonal rarities.

It probably only applies to cooking, and even there, it’s only on those stupid snowflakes right? I think Zaxares nailed the main issue here: The content in this game isn’t robust enough to be anything other than constant DPS-checks. They need to bring back Xinrae/Khanhei & AngelicProtection and only give it to Mobs, lol.

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Posted by: Rennoko.5731

Rennoko.5731

You should have invested in Sigil of Generosity if you wanted a seasonal item that went up insanely in price. An item that was less than 1 gold is now over 10.

Oh and they will only continue up as there is no reason for any additional to drop until winter.

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Posted by: Alex Behemoth.4952

Alex Behemoth.4952

You should have invested in Sigil of Generosity if you wanted a seasonal item that went up insanely in price. An item that was less than 1 gold is now over 10.

Oh and they will only continue up as there is no reason for any additional to drop until winter.

Please do so I have only bought about 1000 of those.

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Posted by: Osi.3504

Osi.3504

These items will most likely be released again, can say the same with flames and frost dyes too. Southsun skins are a good example of an item being reintroduced, unless it says “Limited Edition” don’t think it will be discontinued forever, limited time just means you can only get the item between that time frame.