Guild Wars 2

I just replied to someone on the other ecto thread who believed that there was an influx of cheap ecto coming in from artificers assembling them out of essences of luck. Now obviously he was patently wrong about the source of the ectoplasm, but he did bring to my attention that there’s been an influx of cheap supply.

Globs of ectoplasm have gone into a (relatively) steep decline over the past week, which has been great for crafters, luck salvagers and dust salvagers, and has lowered profit margins from salvagers (which I feel to be a GOOD thing). Thing is, I can’t really account for why the price has dropped.

Sell listings are up this week, obviously; the last time ectoplasm hit 40s we had around 55k on the market, and now we’re up to 78k. At this point in time, though, I’m scratching my head as to the reason why it’s gone up.

Is it the Silverwastes? Is an increase in interest in SW contributing to more rare drops and therefore more ectoplasm entering the market?

Probably between that and the new dailies.

Every time they hit Daily World Boss, a guaranteed rare is generated. And there are likely some who get one or two more from the big chest as well.

Daily Events may generate some as well, especially if the zone is one a world boss is in.

If we see an expansion announcement on Saturday – expect a potential speculative meteoric rise…and not just in Ecto.

The snowflakes excess have been used to make cheap weapons. I read a post saying that was the reason mithril went up in price and other T5s down.

silverwaste probably have something to do with it.

last living story ecto price drop too. wintersday back up. this living story going back again.

probably other factors too, but silverwaste probably contribute a bit.

Each key of nightmare gives 3 champ bags and one rare with a possibility of 3 as it gives three pieces of gear. Breach + Vinewrath gives ~15 champ bags and the fort defenses give upwards of 30 bags of gear with 3 pieces of gear each. If a player does the whole hour for the entire thing, that’s quite a bit of chances for rares to salvage.

Yeah, more people are in SW because of the vinewrath, if you get in a good chest farming map you can easily fill your inventory with rares. It’s not just ectos, tons of things are dropping in price because of the SW farm.

Linaeus.6253:

Each key of nightmare gives 3 champ bags and one rare with a possibility of 3 as it gives three pieces of gear. Breach + Vinewrath gives ~15 champ bags and the fort defenses give upwards of 30 bags of gear with 3 pieces of gear each. If a player does the whole hour for the entire thing, that’s quite a bit of chances for rares to salvage.

It is definitely the renewed interest in Silverwastes + Vinewrath – definitely a buying opportunity but I have so many ecto it seems pointless…I don’t play the game to speculate.