Guild Wars 2

Iason Evan.3806:

So is getting the dye about getting the dye or is it about hopefully making more gold back than you spent on gems and turning a profit-i.e. gambling-?

Its a combination of both. I will make more gold selling the dyes then straight conversion from Gems to Gold. However, I’m not sure I want to part with these dyes. This is the first set in awhile I was willing to purchase with some Gems.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Valento.9852:

You have spent all the luck for this game, no precursors or the like for you.

Oh now Valento, don’t be mean.

Congrats, Gunga Din — you did well!

Thx ! Has the been first time I really scored in the RNG battle.

Zackie.8923:

nerf incoming boys~~!

I knew it was too good to be true.

Garambola.2461:

You got extremely lucky. Grats!

Seriously? I’m finally lucky?

Ok, is this the norm or have I finally won at the RNG.

1 Shadow Blue
1 Shadow Abyss
1 Shadow Turquoise
1 Shadow Violet
1 Shadow Magenta
1 Shadow Purple
2 Shadow Green

So i got 8 Shadow dyes from the 15. Umm, did i just hit the lottery? I’ve never done well with anything RNG related to this game before.

Aye, just convert Gems to Gold. But watch the exchange rate, try to get 8 gold per 100 gem.

I bought 25 keys when they were just on sale. Why? Because I acquired 7 scraps from using 10 keys while leveling toons. Yes, very lucky. So i figured, why not get 25 and hope for 3 scraps and maybe get something else.

I’ll probably save the keys for halloween or winter or some other event where you have a chance to get a new event skin.

Never bought keys before.

Wanze.8410:

Gunga Din.2350:

Wanze.8410:

Gunga Din.2350:

Wanze.8410:

Gunga Din.2350:

They do not drop anymore (zero), takes 5 laurels to get one (that’s not happening) or you can get them from blacklion chests (RNG lol).

“Unidentified dyes will no longer drop as loot but will still be available from the Mystic Forge and select in-game rewards.”

This is directly from the blog post about dye changes. Did you realize that they didnt mention those in-game rewards specifically? Do they have to be limited in the future to the laurel vendor and BLCs? Or could they include them in reward tracks for pvp, next seasons wvw achievement rewards, map completion, achievement chests or LS Meta rewards?
I rather go by numbers than your “common” sense.

Again, too many unknowns. Bottom line, they were about 17 silver before the changes. I highly doubt they will drop below that ever again.

I also doubt any options they choose to reward UID’s will yield any in a large amounts. Heck, they just changed it to 1 UID per 5 laurels ! I don’t see them giving you 20 per map completion.

They were 30s for a couple of months before the changes. I rather trust my numbers than your spidy sense.

Good Luck with your investment.

How did you know ? turns on spidy sense

http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/20323

No, about my “spidy sense”. not gw2spidy

Wanze.8410:

Gunga Din.2350:

Wanze.8410:

Gunga Din.2350:

They do not drop anymore (zero), takes 5 laurels to get one (that’s not happening) or you can get them from blacklion chests (RNG lol).

“Unidentified dyes will no longer drop as loot but will still be available from the Mystic Forge and select in-game rewards.”

This is directly from the blog post about dye changes. Did you realize that they didnt mention those in-game rewards specifically? Do they have to be limited in the future to the laurel vendor and BLCs? Or could they include them in reward tracks for pvp, next seasons wvw achievement rewards, map completion, achievement chests or LS Meta rewards?
I rather go by numbers than your “common” sense.

Again, too many unknowns. Bottom line, they were about 17 silver before the changes. I highly doubt they will drop below that ever again.

I also doubt any options they choose to reward UID’s will yield any in a large amounts. Heck, they just changed it to 1 UID per 5 laurels ! I don’t see them giving you 20 per map completion.

They were 30s for a couple of months before the changes. I rather trust my numbers than your spidy sense.

Good Luck with your investment.

How did you know ? turns on spidy sense

Wanze.8410:

Gunga Din.2350:

They do not drop anymore (zero), takes 5 laurels to get one (that’s not happening) or you can get them from blacklion chests (RNG lol).

“Unidentified dyes will no longer drop as loot but will still be available from the Mystic Forge and select in-game rewards.”

This is directly from the blog post about dye changes. Did you realize that they didnt mention those in-game rewards specifically? Do they have to be limited in the future to the laurel vendor and BLCs? Or could they include them in reward tracks for pvp, next seasons wvw achievement rewards, map completion, achievement chests or LS Meta rewards?
I rather go by numbers than your “common” sense.

Again, too many unknowns. Bottom line, they were about 17 silver before the changes. I highly doubt they will drop below that ever again.

I also doubt any options they choose to reward UID’s will yield any in a large amounts. Heck, they just changed it to 1 UID per 5 laurels ! I don’t see them giving you 20 per map completion.

Cassocaster.4576:

Wanze.8410:

those 2m buy orders sure arent between 17-21s. The real demand for UIDs (to identify them) hasnt changed and is extremely low. Right now probably more 90% of all dyes bought and sold are for a speculative purpose.

I know you’ve posted you are holding back, that the stockpile is too great and per your post here, the demand is low but how do you know that? You also posted that you think they’ll drop to 5 silver, do you think the majority of the buy orders are at the low end, the 5-10 silver mark?

Weren’t UID’s hovering close to 17s before all the changes? I don’t understand why people believe the prices should be 5 silver lol.

They do not drop anymore (zero), takes 5 laurels to get one (that’s not happening) or you can get them from blacklion chests (RNG lol).

People still need 100 for bifrost and others like to gamble for some of the better rare dyes. Plus, what if they add in a new use for them or add in a few new hues to make them more exciting.

I had asked about whether they had added to the hues you can currently get in another post, I believe that hasn’t changed from launch, but one of my guild mates put out the idea that “maybe” they could add in a few new hues to be discovered from the UID’s.

I thought that was a long shot, but since it takes 5 laurels to get 1 UID, maybe that would make them a more attractive option or entice people to purchase their dye packs from the gem store.

When the UID’s dropped under 20 silver again, I bought as many as I could afford because I believe they will hit 40 silver easy.

I don’t care about the buy order amounts, because like stated above, 1 copper is all you need to place a buy order.

The supply has increased, yes, but they are no longer a drop. The last UID i got was when they gave away the free key. So.. don’t make it more complicated than it has to be.

No longer dropping = less supply in the long run.

One other thing to consider (comparing it to how weapon skins have gone up in price), when you buy a dye, that unlocks for all your characters. Yes, that means you only have to purchase 1 now of that hue, but the better hues should go up in prices.

They hold more value now. People might consider purchasing abyss at 40 gold since it will unlock for all their toons. I believe Abyss and Celestial are back up to their original value before this fiasco.

Lots to consider, but don’t look at numbers, use common sense.

Ok, thank you very much.

Besides the specialty ones, have they ever added in some new hues ?

Do they ever add in new dyes to be found from the Unidentified dyes?

You guys don’t get it. Say I have a level 30 (Under level 80) toon that I purchase a magitech armor set for. Now i might want to upgrade the stats every 5 levels.

I have 24 transmutation stones. So i can update my gear 4 times (6×4=24). New system gives me 8 charges from the 24. So for my toon under level 80. I can only update his gear (6 pieces) once and have 2 left over.

Ummm..

Will either of these be tradeable? or do they both come account bound.

Thanks

Mkalafut.1273:

Chain greatsword is now 75g. Rising fast. What a fun event, guys.

Yep, So sad. I feel cheated. Its worse than losing at the casino. At least there I know i’m going in against the odds and i’ve accepted the loss ahead of time. I could have traded my gems in for gold and then purchased exactly what I wanted of the BlacK Market, wait…i need 75 gold ? lol

Well done…

Each chest should just have given at least 2 skins each or you should have just put each skin up for sale at 200 gems each. At least then I would have been more happy blowing $50 and knowing exactly what I was buying.