Guild Wars 2

In the Cursed Shore event and Claw of Jourmag it’s possible to get greens and even blues (not only that, but they’re under level 80 too) in the chests and it’s really disappointing because the results would be the same if you were out farming in the world and sometimes even less so. I got a couple of exotics, but unfortunately they sell for less than 1g on the auction house so I’m saving the level 76 armors I got from the level 80 events for my alts. The gear should at least be rare.

At least it’s not blue or green vendor trash, but same level gear for the event can’t hurt.

I don’t know about you but I loved my reward for finishing the personal story 2 pieces of level 40 gear 2 pieces of level 20 gear and 1 piece of junk 80 gear not for my class. Good think it only took me 80 FREAKING levels for such a great reward!

Can’t help but disagree. First and foremost, they’re supposed to be rare. Having them come out of every Meta-event chest will just start farms and drive the economy down. Don’t know if you know or not, but Ectoplasms are salvaged from rares 70+. Having a person get 1-5 pieces of rare gear, which will equate to a possibility of up to 15 Ectoplasms, from a single event would kill the price and mess with the economy in a negative way.

I understand that it’s boring to get the same gear from chests, but you also get Karma and extra money on the side. Not to mention you definitely have a higher chance of getting rares from a chest than mobs.

Soulwatcher.2604:

I don’t know about you but I loved my reward for finishing the personal story 2 pieces of level 40 gear 2 pieces of level 20 gear and 1 piece of junk 80 gear not for my class. Good think it only took me 80 FREAKING levels for such a great reward!

This isn’t about personal story (even the devs said that personal story rewards should be trash) but world events like the Claw of Jourmag.

AlietteFaye.7316:

Can’t help but disagree. First and foremost, they’re supposed to be rare. Having them come out of every Meta-event chest will just start farms and drive the economy down. Don’t know if you know or not, but Ectoplasms are salvaged from rares 70+. Having a person get 1-5 pieces of rare gear, which will equate to a possibility of up to 15 Ectoplasms, from a single event would kill the price and mess with the economy in a negative way.

I understand that it’s boring to get the same gear from chests, but you also get Karma and extra money on the side. Not to mention you definitely have a higher chance of getting rares from a chest than mobs.

Wow, almost enough money to cover a waypoint travel and just as much karma as other events -_- but because world events take considerably longer they’re far less profitable as far as karma is concerned. Better to just walk down bloodcoast on down to Straits of Devastation and just take whatever DE comes in that time.

AlietteFaye.7316:

Not to mention you definitely have a higher chance of getting rares from a chest than mobs.

Not really. I’ve opened about 20 chests and only ever gotten a single rare. Every time I go and farm Orr I get 3-4 rares before the anti-farm starts to kick in. In the time span of opening those 20 chests in which I got 1 rare, I probably got 40+ from farming mobs.

Sorry if you think it would be bad for the economy, but world chests are pretty much useless right now. You make more gold as event rewards for the chain leading up to the chest than the chest itself. In the time it takes you to teleport to an event with a chest (such as Teqatl), do the event, open the chest, and teleport back you could make 3 times as much money just AFK farming a single event in Orr.

There’s really no purpose to them other than to be a tidbit extra reward at the end of a chain, like Temple of Grenth. In which case they should just give you 5 silver or something, because that would be more than you generally make selling stuff from the chest.

AlietteFaye.7316:

Having a person get 1-5 pieces of rare gear, which will equate to a possibility of up to 15 Ectoplasms, from a single event would kill the price and mess with the economy in a negative way.

Not having players log in also effects the economy….in a negative way.

Yep! I agree! I only play the game fore the epic phat loots!

Agemnon.4608:

AlietteFaye.7316:

Can’t help but disagree. First and foremost, they’re supposed to be rare. Having them come out of every Meta-event chest will just start farms and drive the economy down. Don’t know if you know or not, but Ectoplasms are salvaged from rares 70+. Having a person get 1-5 pieces of rare gear, which will equate to a possibility of up to 15 Ectoplasms, from a single event would kill the price and mess with the economy in a negative way.

I understand that it’s boring to get the same gear from chests, but you also get Karma and extra money on the side. Not to mention you definitely have a higher chance of getting rares from a chest than mobs.

Wow, almost enough money to cover a waypoint travel and just as much karma as other events -_- but because world events take considerably longer they’re far less profitable as far as karma is concerned. Better to just walk down bloodcoast on down to Straits of Devastation and just take whatever DE comes in that time.

The direct money, yes, is not that much. But money from all the mobs that spawn, as well as loot, is definitely much more than the cost of traveling.

Darmikau.9413:

AlietteFaye.7316:

Not to mention you definitely have a higher chance of getting rares from a chest than mobs.

Not really. I’ve opened about 20 chests and only ever gotten a single rare. Every time I go and farm Orr I get 3-4 rares before the anti-farm starts to kick in. In the time span of opening those 20 chests in which I got 1 rare, I probably got 40+ from farming mobs.

Sorry if you think it would be bad for the economy, but world chests are pretty much useless right now. You make more gold as event rewards for the chain leading up to the chest than the chest itself. In the time it takes you to teleport to an event with a chest (such as Teqatl), do the event, open the chest, and teleport back you could make 3 times as much money just AFK farming a single event in Orr.

There’s really no purpose to them other than to be a tidbit extra reward at the end of a chain, like Temple of Grenth. In which case they should just give you 5 silver or something, because that would be more than you generally make selling stuff from the chest.

I’m guessing you haven’t tried out Magic Find before opening a chest? I’ve got a full set of MF gear and chests, without a doubt, give rares more often than mobs. Even in your example, 1/20 chests is unarguably a better chance than 1/500 mobs.

Evil.9061:

AlietteFaye.7316:

Having a person get 1-5 pieces of rare gear, which will equate to a possibility of up to 15 Ectoplasms, from a single event would kill the price and mess with the economy in a negative way.

Not having players log in also effects the economy….in a negative way.

You’re honestly saying that people aren’t logging in because they aren’t getting rares from Meta Events? I’m going to have to say that I highly doubt that is the sole reason that somebody isn’t logging in.

The story loot you can get once at the end should not be worse than a free chest you can open every 3hrs

“The direct money, yes, is not that much. But money from all the mobs that spawn, as well as loot, is definitely much more than the cost of traveling.”

If you are actually able to tap mobs and always use the right skill at the right time and place it right.