Guild Wars 2

As annoying as this event is, it also has a rather lucrative drop. But it’s only lucrative because of how rarely it drops.

The Krait Scale, Grawl Paw, etc. drop from ordinary mobs of that type. This fragment only drops from the end chest of the Claw event. The only purpose of this item is the same as the others of its type, being to unlock a weapon collection.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d like to know why this is so unobtainable. The rarity of it commands a hell of a premium, something in the order of 80g minimum sell. A few months back it was 30-ish gold. I thought that was wildly extravagant for a simple item to unlock another collection, but now there’s fewer of these and supply is dwindling (16 now, 10 earlier in the week).

Can anyone enlighten me as to the exact purpose of why something like this is so hard to get, why it’s worth so much (ie. other purposes besides selling) and why the drop rates haven’t been bumped? I’m sure I can’t be the only collector of weapons; I can think of several on my friends list who are avid collectors, like me.

I didn’t even know it actually did drop, I kind of assumed it was bugged or something (like a couple other collections, at least one or two of which still are, iirc).

I wish they’d just add it to the vendor that sells the corrupted recipes, which would be a logical and appropriate place for it.

I finally bought one after realizing that killing jormag every day, sometimes more, wasn’t going to give me one. And I’m sure there are people out there who hardly miss a world boss circuit daily, still probably never got one. It’s disheartening when you really want to play the game and do specific content for things like collections… Instead we are pushed to just buy parts with gold, which lessens the thrill of accomplishment.

The grawl paw, ogre tooth, krait scale, etc aren’t really comparable since those are account bound on acquire. My question would be why the jormag collection starter is sellable. They could have increased the drop rate and made it account bound, but, you know, gold sinks.

Considering how much it costs to unlock all the skins in the collection, the 30-50g or whatever it costs at the moment are just a drop on a hot stone.

rhapsody, they are comparable, but only to the point of being unlock items for weapon collections. The bindings may be different but also consider that none of the other items for weapon unlocks are gated behind a random chest drop. They’re from creatures of that type.

Malediktus.3740:

Considering how much it costs to unlock all the skins in the collection, the 30-50g or whatever it costs at the moment are just a drop on a hot stone.

Maybe so, but why go spending more than you have to, if like me, you have gathered 90% of the components to make the collection a reality, and the only real hurdle is this wretched fragment?

rhapsody.3615:

They could have increased the drop rate and made it account bound, but, you know, gold sinks.

Not that much of a gold sink when you’re buying from another player. Just the TP fees. If that was what they wanted they could have an NPC sell it cheaper and still take more gold out of the economy.

Maybe they want more people to suffer through that horrible boring boss fight…

The hylek, krait, etc. collections are basic collections, while this one is a rare collection. It offers more AP, better rewards, and takes more to complete it.

So it takes more to unlock them.

Just be happy it isn’t such a rare drop and account bound – like Tequatl’s Hoard.

So when does a rare become exotic? When its very rare, very very rare, impossibly rare, or just plain stupidly rare? And does making it that rare make the game anymore enjoyable if its so far out of people reach? WvW achievements redux me thinks>>.

The qualities are qualities not rarities. See stuff like bloodstone dust or champion bags. They are ascended and exotic but very common.

Considering that the weapons in the collection cost about 800g, paying 80 for the unlock doesn’t seem like such a big deal.

What annoys me is the pathetic rewards for completing the collection…like most collections.

LameFox.6349:

Maybe they want more people to suffer through that horrible boring boss fight…

Last night about 3:30 AM, we were severely short in our FGS map; had maybe 20-30 players compared to the usual full map army. We killed him with 20 seconds to go. No unnecessary champ farming; no ignoring attacks because you’ve got more players than the Claw can hurt at once. Apparently ol’ Jormag just doesn’t scale.

Sariel V.7024:

LameFox.6349:

Maybe they want more people to suffer through that horrible boring boss fight…

Last night about 3:30 AM, we were severely short in our FGS map; had maybe 20-30 players compared to the usual full map army. We killed him with 20 seconds to go. No unnecessary champ farming; no ignoring attacks because you’ve got more players than the Claw can hurt at once. Apparently ol’ Jormag just doesn’t scale.

20-30 should be more than enough but number of people around isn’t the only factor.