Guild Wars 2

How long are the Consortium chests sticking around? Will we still be able to craft them in the Mystic Forge after they are removed from the store?

And for the items in these chests the patch notes said that the Lost Shores mobs have a rare chance to drop any of these items. Will this continue after the event or was that only for the weekend event?

Anet announced the consortium chests will be available until november 20th through the news feed that comes out before you hit play button. I highly doubt they will be able to be crafted after the anet puts it off on the gemstore (precedent: halloween). Im not sure how drops will work, but I presume skins will drop rarely and mini s won’t because they were clearly stated “exclusive to consortium chests”.

Minis were available as drops, though. A friend of mine got one from a Karka during the event. These are really the only things I want and after 60+ chests (and a lot of gold spent) I’ve seen exactly 1 thing that WASN’T a shoulder/breathing mask skin (and it was the Southsun mask, which wasn’t worth much more). I’m really hoping the minipets are available as drops after this.

I’d also like to know what will continue to drop (no matter how rarely) after the 20th. I think ArenaNet are being intentionally vague at this point, so that players feel the need to buy chests (and probably buy gems for $).