rwolf.9571 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 So much for these collections being easier than HoT. The named weapons are becoming out of reach quickly as supply dries up. (I'm guessing as peak players for PoF is long and gone now or moved on back to HoT metas) Weapons are currently +85-95 gold, and to complete all the specializations from "buy now" will take +500g And here I thought forging mystic weapons for HoT weapon specialization collections was annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haleydawn.3764 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Don’t 3 weapons cover 6 collections? (Dagger, axe and sword)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Aschi Popp.7496 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @rwolf.9571 said: > So much for these collections being easier than HoT. The named weapons are becoming out of reach quickly as supply dries up. (I'm guessing as peak players for PoF is long and gone now or moved on back to HoT metas) > > Weapons are currently +85-95 gold, and to complete all the specializations from "buy now" will take +500g > And here I thought forging mystic weapons for HoT weapon specialization collections was annoying. Get on veteran player level. Treasure hunter was originally 2k gold to complete. This PoF is a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfeather.6401 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 It is funny that it takes less gold to sit in front of workbench and click craft than doing a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayakaru.6583 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 I mean, I'm all for challenges and time-sinks, but gold grinds aren't fun, not functional time-sinks. Instead of saying "buy the weapon for 80-120g" they could've made a second mini-collection with: - clear a bounty on the profession - kill event boss X - complete story on this profession simple things like that, but proofs of valor, instead of proofs of a fat wallet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirlias.8104 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @Ayakaru.6583 said: > I mean, I'm all for challenges and time-sinks, but gold grinds aren't fun, not functional time-sinks. > Instead of saying "buy the weapon for 80-120g" they could've made a second mini-collection with: > - clear a bounty on the profession > - kill event boss X > - complete story on this profession > > simple things like that, but proofs of valor, instead of proofs of a fat wallet I do agree if it's something account related, but since you have to do the same world boss 10 times for 10 different achievements, sometimes i do really prefer to buy instead. Also it's not the event itself, but all which is related ( Waiting for the event, hope there's a good team, hope it's not bugged, hope it drop 100% the item, and so on ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwolf.9571 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @Haleydawn.3764 said: > Don’t 3 weapons cover 6 collections? (Dagger, axe and sword)? > > For those collections you are effectively paying the cost of crafting 2 ascended. But for the rifle and short bow, that's kind of a harder sell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwolf.9571 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @"Omar Aschi Popp.7496" said: > > @rwolf.9571 said: > > So much for these collections being easier than HoT. The named weapons are becoming out of reach quickly as supply dries up. (I'm guessing as peak players for PoF is long and gone now or moved on back to HoT metas) > > > > Weapons are currently +85-95 gold, and to complete all the specializations from "buy now" will take +500g > > And here I thought forging mystic weapons for HoT weapon specialization collections was annoying. > > Get on veteran player level. > Treasure hunter was originally 2k gold to complete. > > This PoF is a laugh. After 8 legendaries and 1/2 set legendary armour, This veteran player finds this a hard sell. Unless you are a TP Barron. (I mean common only ap hunters went for Treasure hunter) We have options on what we set goals on. But I've personally set this on the back burner now. It was stable at 60g for awhile which was not much of a sink. But now it is if the trend is upward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaltys.7649 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @"Omar Aschi Popp.7496" said: > Get on veteran player level. > Treasure hunter was originally 2k gold to complete. Gold was also easier to farm than it is nowadays (and there were less sinks), so that's not really comparable. PvP, dungeons, and fractals in particular practically spat out gold for minimal effort initially, but most of such things have been long since balanced. I used to make around 50g per week from PvP despite not being any good at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Aschi Popp.7496 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @Zaltys.7649 said: > > @"Omar Aschi Popp.7496" said: > > Get on veteran player level. > > Treasure hunter was originally 2k gold to complete. > Gold was also far easier to farm than it is nowadays, so... > Explain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwolf.9571 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @"Omar Aschi Popp.7496" said: > > @Zaltys.7649 said: > > > @"Omar Aschi Popp.7496" said: > > > Get on veteran player level. > > > Treasure hunter was originally 2k gold to complete. > > Gold was also far easier to farm than it is nowadays, so... > > > > Explain > 2g for daily. +10g for 40-60 min of daily T4 Fractals (With a good pug). HoT metas, Silverwastes. Molten Boss Fractal farm. Reminds me back in the day when dungeon runs were a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwolf.9571 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @rwolf.9571 said: > > @"Omar Aschi Popp.7496" said: > > > @Zaltys.7649 said: > > > > @"Omar Aschi Popp.7496" said: > > > > Get on veteran player level. > > > > Treasure hunter was originally 2k gold to complete. > > > Gold was also far easier to farm than it is nowadays, so... > > > > > > > Explain Probably referring to dungeon runs back in the day. I recall making 150g a week if I wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithranArkanere.8957 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Wait. The crafted sunspear exotics do not work for the collections? You have to actually get the ludicrously rare exotic drops to complete them? Just great. Another item for trading post bots to keep the prices artificially high by buying entire stocks and re-selling them back higher because the low drop rate gives them more than enough time to keep them that way. These extremely rare items that are part of collections need to be changed to be "account bound on trade" so they can only be used or traded, but never bought only to sell them again. This way people with absolutely no ethics whatsoever stop exploiting their low rarity to keep control over the entire stock and leech gold off people with bad luck trying to complete things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasimir.6239 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Back in the old days, we used to play MMOs (and even offline single player games) for hundreds and thousands of hours without getting the rare loot we were after (unless you started to fiddle with the savegame in your single player game ... been there, done that ;) ). Not getting a rare drop in 5 weeks? Nobody even expected to get it, and those few that did were super lucky. Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest ;) . Collections are a way to make aquisition of rare loot more transparent than the good old "farm this boss until you are out of your mind". That doesn't mean collections are a simple shopping list that you just pick up and do one step after the other. Now with the PoF specialization weapons, the collections include a single item that is rare (not impossible) to aquire as a drop. If you're impatient, you can buy them from the trading post and pay the price. There's bound to be more of those weapons coming into the economy daily, and eventually the price will drop or you'll find them yourself if you wait patiently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbhalo.1547 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 I should've bought them when they were 25g a piece. Now i'll have to wait 6+ months for the market to settle down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joxer.6024 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @Rasimir.6239 said: > Back in the old days, we used to play MMOs (and even offline single player games) for hundreds and thousands of hours without getting the rare loot we were after (unless you started to fiddle with the savegame in your single player game ... been there, done that ;) ). Not getting a rare drop in 5 weeks? Nobody even expected to get it, and those few that did were super lucky. > > Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest ;) . So true!!! raid after raid after raid, did MY needed item drop?? Nope, ah well, maybe next time. Meanwhile whole team gets geared out and you are still waiting for that 1 or 2 pieces, then a new raid drops and ilevel goes up!!! Ah yea, don't miss it! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irbis.4932 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 If at least the available stats were worth the price :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sithis.3564 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Is this topic a joke? People are swarming Lab for more then a week now. I myself stopped playing PoF just because of that. Stop complaining about prices of those items. They will go down again after Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusanyu.4057 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 they will come back down people did not stop playing HoT so lay off the doom and gloom. if you look Everywere looks '"dead" because Halloween farm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Dumort.3109 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @dusanyu.4057 said: > they will come back down people did not stop playing HoT so lay off the doom and gloom. if you look Everywere looks '"dead" because Halloween farm It probably will not come down that much. PoF does not offer rewarding metas like Auric Basin or SW farm. Even after Halloween, more and more players are finishing the Xpac and without a rewarding meta or farm, people will go elsewhere, which means less supply of the named weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Hide.6345 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 They need to increase the drop rate for those weapons, I used the sunspear collection to get my rifle when it first came out, but in order to get the other weapons I need, there needs to be a drop rate increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sithis.3564 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 HoT at the beginning also had crappy loot. Give it time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikal.4921 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 I've given up on the idea of finishing these collections. Just not into paying flippers' extortion prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanze.8410 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 > @MithranArkanere.8957 said: > Wait. The crafted sunspear exotics do not work for the collections? You have to actually get the ludicrously rare exotic drops to complete them? > > Just great. Another item for trading post bots to keep the prices artificially high by buying entire stocks and re-selling them back higher because the low drop rate gives them more than enough time to keep them that way. > > These extremely rare items that are part of collections need to be changed to be "account bound on trade" so they can only be used or traded, but never bought only to sell them again. This way people with absolutely no ethics whatsoever stop exploiting their low rarity to keep control over the entire stock and leech gold off people with bad luck trying to complete things. i always wonder how those tp bots manage to convince the player base to stop farming those items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vavume.8065 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 When you see a collection item that states in the tooltip that you can buy it from the trade post then you know something went terribly wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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