Guild Wars 2

You know, I was secretly hoping for a recipe which uses Empyreal Fragment/ Empyreal Star to make the Pinnacle weapons. But the end result is satisfactory enough.

Would be a wee better if Powerful venom sac was used though

My Sweet Lily.1952:

Except that there are 2 currently on the market and no one has bought :<

Give it time. Just hope noone undercuts you so quickly. I imagine it sells by end of the night if any collector logs on.

Even then, hold steady on your asking price. If there’s enough collectors trying to complete wardrobe, it will sell.

Interesting fourth item. I had actually bought a Soulshard to try earlier, anticipating that the end result would be the Reaper of Souls. I never would have thought to try an item from a mid-level heart vendor.

Bromor.5642:

- Is there a plant that might hurt you when harvesting in RL?

Several. Their existence in GW2 is up for debate since I’m not a particular heavy harvester. Juniper and Rhubarb come to mind, though, as far as dangerous harvesting. Not sure if it’s actually relevant, although it might be.

My Sweet Lily.1952:

Except that there are 2 currently on the market and no one has bought :<

3 – maybe more by now.

But folks aren’t going to be buying it instantaneously. Except for impulse buyers.

I’ll be waiting for the price to settle as all the impulse sellers try selling it to impulse buyers.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

My Sweet Lily.1952:

Except that there are 2 currently on the market and no one has bought :<

3 – maybe more by now.

But folks aren’t going to be buying it instantaneously. Except for impulse buyers.

I’ll be waiting for the price to settle as all the impulse sellers try selling it to impulse buyers.

4 now
/15charrsonatable

Congratulations to those who figured it out and a bunch of thanks to John Smith!

This thread was a ton of fun – was wracking my brain for a long time :P

Should definitely do more of these in the future

Konig Des Todes.2086:

My Sweet Lily.1952:

Except that there are 2 currently on the market and no one has bought :<

3 – maybe more by now.

But folks aren’t going to be buying it instantaneously. Except for impulse buyers.

I’ll be waiting for the price to settle as all the impulse sellers try selling it to impulse buyers.

That and not many people even know that it is available yet. I mean we JUST found out like 20 minutes ago…

It will sell. Just don’t undercut each other by large values of gold. Sales are always higher on the weekend.

dull blades and the tinkling in the cave, proved it was a harvesting item, but which one know one knew. Pick or Sickle. Congrats!

Zommoros is a troll

minfaer.2796:

The recipe: waste of blood. The game/thread: Totally worth it.

Agreed.

Eroiqua.5891:

Interesting fourth item. I had actually bought a Soulshard to try earlier, anticipating that the end result would be the Reaper of Souls. I never would have thought to try an item from a mid-level heart vendor.

….

….

If only you knew.

Well, that’s a couple weeks down the drain. Time to find a new challenge.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reaper_of_Souls It’s true, look at the hint.

The only thing I can’t figure out is why would anyone want it…

You know what would be funny?
If the Reaper of Souls was NOT the intended item, but rather has been there for forever, but no one had discovered it yet?

That’s what I was thinking, what if the reaper of souls wasn’t the intended item…gg
poor maybe…reaper of souls, another eldritch scroll, gift of souls or knowledge, ???

hmmm something to think about. From turning it into an exotic to something else…

Sold it for 80g. Well I’m okay with that. xD

I would prefer these wings, to be honest. =(

@pdavis: Unlikely, but plausible. And oh kitten if it was.

Also, kinda kittened this is yet another item that uses Powerful Blood. It already has such a high buy price because of all the Berserker gear. Couldn’t it come from a different T6 mat…

Yoroiookami.3485:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reaper_of_Souls It’s true, look at the hint.

The only thing I can’t figure out is why would anyone want it…

Because it looks cool!!
I am totally making one tonight for my necro! It has Condi stats, and I think fits perfectly with a necro….thats just me though.

GUYS GUYS GUYS

WHAT IF REAPER OF SOULS IS ACTUALLY A NEW PRECURSOR?!

daft inquisitor.1605:

GUYS GUYS GUYS

WHAT IF REAPER OF SOULS IS ACTUALLY A NEW PRECURSOR?!

Then it would be way too easy to make?

pdavis.8031:

Yoroiookami.3485:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reaper_of_Souls It’s true, look at the hint.

The only thing I can’t figure out is why would anyone want it…

Because it looks cool!!
I am totally making one tonight for my necro! It has Condi stats, and I think fits perfectly with a necro….thats just me though.

Oh, I’ll be making one for my Thief — who also just so happens to be an Emissary of the Mad King…

daft inquisitor.1605:

pdavis.8031:

Yoroiookami.3485:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reaper_of_Souls It’s true, look at the hint.

The only thing I can’t figure out is why would anyone want it…

Because it looks cool!!
I am totally making one tonight for my necro! It has Condi stats, and I think fits perfectly with a necro….thats just me though.

Oh, I’ll be making one for my Thief — who also just so happens to be an Emissary of the Mad King…

I’m really glad that some people aren’t dissappointed. XD I thought you guys are going to crucify John. Personally, I like throwing stones…

So much hype for an ugly exotic skin. I expected more than this.

Malediktus.9250:

So much hype for an ugly exotic skin. I expected more than this.

Hey, at least we had fun guessing!

Yoroiookami.3485:

daft inquisitor.1605:

pdavis.8031:

Yoroiookami.3485:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reaper_of_Souls It’s true, look at the hint.

The only thing I can’t figure out is why would anyone want it…

Because it looks cool!!
I am totally making one tonight for my necro! It has Condi stats, and I think fits perfectly with a necro….thats just me though.

Oh, I’ll be making one for my Thief — who also just so happens to be an Emissary of the Mad King…

I’m really glad that some people aren’t dissappointed. XD I thought you guys are going to crucify John. Personally, I like throwing stones…

Oh heck no!!
I had alot of fun trying to figure it out!!
It was great to see the forum community also pull together and toss out different ideas. We didn’t have too many haters (just the one) and people building off of each others ideas was awesome! The story/clue idea was amazing and I thought John put it together rather well. There were so many details that were red herrings, it was difficult to try to piece together the truth. I love a good puzzle, and John did an awesome job!

Thanks John!! You rock!!!

skins doesnt impress me that much

BUT
the hunt for it was really fun!

I just hope this was the intended item, because now people will need another eldritch scroll if they didn’t use all their skill points haha <3

Now someone needs to test: Eldritch Scroll > Coins > Reaper of Souls > Gift of Souls > Some superior sigil? > ectos?

Maybe it becomes something greater?

After all The Eye of Rodgort you needed to create the lidless eye first before making another part of the recipe to create a second one…hmmm.~

Guys, what if Arenanet did this to get ideas for future recipies?

I thought John Smith was hinting at a new item, but Reaper of Souls was supposed to be an existing recipe, nope?

I really thought it was the stein/mug from Lunatic Inquisition :/.

minfaer.2796:

Guys, what if Arenanet did this to get ideas for future recipies?

I think they have ideas. Execution just takes time. =o

pdavis.8031:

You know what would be funny?
If the Reaper of Souls was NOT the intended item, but rather has been there for forever, but no one had discovered it yet?

Reaper of Souls has been there since launch.

Evidence: its item id is included in the block of weapons that can be produced by the forge, which are all in one block in the API.

So if you feel lucky, grab another scroll ;D

Looks good. And it was fun to look. But I agree about blood. Looks like dev-s have some kind of fixed idea to make us spent more money… not good. The game, even without it, transformed into grind. Need to balance the ingredients that we spend somehow. 500 of this blood, for example, needed for eye of Rodgort. Despite its relevance, this blood is already used in twice as much recipes than any other ingredients.

Sariel V.7024:

pdavis.8031:

You know what would be funny?
If the Reaper of Souls was NOT the intended item, but rather has been there for forever, but no one had discovered it yet?

Reaper of Souls has been there since launch.

Evidence: its item id is included in the block of weapons that can be produced by the forge, which are all in one block in the API.

So if you feel lucky, grab another scroll ;D

The proof is of it existing. It doesn’t prove anything else. We don’t know if the recipe wasn’t added just now. Unless devs stated that clearly somewhere.

And now watch as John drops another hint…:P

The riddle was fun..the skin/result…..lol….. Don’t see many of these selling

pdavis.8031:

And now watch as John drops another hint…:P

Right? Lmfao

TatsuKan.5412:

I hope there is no Vial of Powerful Blood in this recipe.
The price of this T6 is far to expensive to add another recipe with it…

Quote for posterity.

Creativewild.6319:

a wild guess – Reaper of souls – http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reaper_of_Souls

:)

so in the end was it

It would still be awesome if this was not the intended recipie.

Like, there is a recipie out there, waiting to be discovered, that yields something unprecedented.

[img]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081213005103/x-files/images/d/d2/I_Want_to_Believe_UFO_poster.jpg[/img]

Pretty sure that’s the right one

What was the point of heritage?

Tenshi Shibo.2497:

Pretty sure that’s the right one

LOL He was waiting at the heart!!! Thats awesome!

KngGilgamesh.3481:

What was the point of heritage?

To throw us off…and pretty sure it worked :P

pdavis.8031:

Oh heck no!!
I had alot of fun trying to figure it out!!
It was great to see the forum community also pull together and toss out different ideas. We didn’t have too many haters (just the one) and people building off of each others ideas was awesome! The story/clue idea was amazing and I thought John put it together rather well. There were so many details that were red herrings, it was difficult to try to piece together the truth. I love a good puzzle, and John did an awesome job!

Thanks John!! You rock!!!

Well said. I knew going in that the item might not even impress me. It was the experience that was worth it.

I’m really glad it was the reaper of souls. Oh man, that was fun. Thx John Smith!

This thread is awesome. Thanks John!