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Jin_Of_Fire

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Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

Many of you runners out there are asking for 3K for a run to Droks. Well as you and I both know, that this run is pretty hard, even if you are good you can still get bad spawns.

I am creating a petition for every Droks runner to increase their prices to 4k for a single run and 6k for a dual run. Now everyone does fight over customers, but if we have a controlled price, then there wont be anymore fighting. Everyone will pay the same price and everyone will be happy. It all comes down to who spams the most.

A couple of months ago this run was very easy and it cost upwards of about 5-8k for each person. Now after many patches, it has become more harder and costs less. This just does not make any sense at all.

If you are a runner and want the price to increase and be controlled, please reply in this thread.

Thank you.

08/16/06 22:26

Paramounts_of_Odin

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

I'm not trying to make an enemy here, so as a warning if you Runners insist on a boycott, I will take up your trade, learn your route, and steal your customers. 3k is much more than you think to the new players fresh out of Rin. To everyone else, plz don't boycott as I am opposed to running and would feel terrible to have to become a Hypocrit. 3k per person is enough, don't take out the updates on your customers. Good Day.
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08/16/06 22:32

Jin_Of_Fire

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

but the thing is that wannabe runners are taking them for 2k and less, i would rather be run by someone who knows what they are doing instead of having someone who doesnt even know the way run and have it take an hour or more.

08/16/06 22:35

*smite*

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

I don't think the price of this run is really a big deal anymore. From Lion's Arch, a Tyrian can sail to Kaineng to get max armor, and Canthan characters are a breeze to get there as well. There's actually less demand for the run, as far as I can tell.

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08/16/06 22:35

Jin_Of_Fire

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

What about the people that dont have factions?They cant get to cantha

08/16/06 22:38

demonstroke

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

i have a droknars runner. if this petition goes anywere, ill get me and my alliance to do free runs daily. Price is fine as it is. Its not a hard run at all.

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08/16/06 22:41

The Soysauceman

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

If you...can!! join my guild!!!tada!!I run droks just 500g! tadadaa! But you cant just join and hope for the run in less then 60 seconds after joining the guild....

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08/16/06 22:42

*smite*

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

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What about the people that dont have factions?They cant get to cantha

This is true. I'm still an advocate of doing the missions, however.

Regardless, it's still a huge drop in the number of folks looking to be run.

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08/16/06 22:43

-Beowulf-

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

If they don't have factions they can still play the game normally and wait to ascend till they get to droks. As for increasing the price, many people will not agree and then we will see new people learning how to do the Droks run then eventually they will be just as good as you for cheaper.

08/16/06 22:44

Destinys Heart

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

Prices are high enough as it is. I have a W/? I'll turn her into a runner and do it for free as well. I'm rich enough now so helping out newer players for little or nothing is fine with me.

You want to make extra money, then go farm like the rest of us.

08/16/06 22:45

Jin_Of_Fire

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

Well you see the thing is that america hardly has favor during the day so I cant get to Uw or Fow to solo or dual, and all the farming gets boring. Running is a totally different thing. It passes the time much faster then farming. And its a priviledge to get run by someone. Its actually cheating in this game to think of it. The missions are there for a reason and if you want to skip levels you just put in a code, which would be to pay a runner. And if you have the money to do it then do it. It helps ppl be able to get stronger and early levels and i dont think that that should be easily aquired. I mean if ppl pay 4k at least, for a run and they are working on a 55 monk or a runner even, they can get it back after one trip to uw or one drok run, so they really arent losing any money. Its just a speed bump.

The ppl who have 100s of thousands of gold will be able to pay 4k easily.

08/16/06 22:54

burgundybow

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

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pfft i get ran fer 2k all teh time and the runners are good.idotn know bout ure exp but jst becus they charge less dontmena they bad.not ot make an enemy or nutin but htink its more jelosly why ure so mad lol.as for the price increade ure just being really greedy i mean come on even if u charge 2k thats at least 10k a run. do u knwo the things id luv to buy but cant that cost 10k+? 4k-6k is WAY to much to ask

08/16/06 22:58

*smite*

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

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It helps ppl be able to get stronger and early levels and i dont think that that should be easily aquired.

It does nothing to help a player become stronger. The only thing that happens is access to better armor. A stronger player is made through experience.

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08/16/06 23:03

Jin_Of_Fire

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

Ok well what about shiverpeak tour, same distance, maybe shorter and thats 10k each 2k a stop. since there are 2 stops between beacons and droks it should be the same 2 rankor and 2 droks. easy to pass when you know where to go and what skills you need.

08/16/06 23:04

burgundybow

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

yes but imo the shiverpeak tour isnt as popular.ive never seen anyone spam LF a shiverpeak tour in my life.

08/16/06 23:06

Mordakaida

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

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yes but imo the shiverpeak tour isnt as popular.ive never seen anyone spam LF a shiverpeak tour in my life.

I have when I was at warcamp farming sorrows furnace :) but was like only one at out the week I was doing that.

But yeah.. People can set their own prices for runs but if you increse the only people who are going to pay are the new players not the people who have had a run before.

08/16/06 23:11

burgundybow

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

another thign is there so many other places u can run to sides droks.....if u have factions u can give luxon or kurzick area tours fer tips. i always give 2-6k sometimes more when im toured,

08/16/06 23:21

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

im acually starting to drocks run w/ my R/Mo out of bordum and poorness
and i have not raised above duel running yet but still i can beat the first part 5/10 times but then i die b4 i get to snakes, i have completed 1ce as a duel run

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08/16/06 23:22

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

This won't get anywhere mainly because if some runners started trying to charge 4K+ then other runners would undercut them so that they get all the players needing a run. If you see someone offering a run for 4K and one for 2K which one would you choose? Sure, you could say that the guy charging 4K is really good but unless he has run you before or someeone you know then there is no way of knowing if he is any better then someone charging less.

08/17/06 01:33

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

*remembers when it was 1k... think most i ever paid for a run was duel runners and it was 2k... anyway, that was a long time ago.

anywho, ;)

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08/17/06 01:42

Balthamos

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

It's called competition, live with it. I don't mean to sound harsh but your not the first person to complain about the prices of runs going down. You're talking about an market where there is increasing supply of people learning to run but not a steady increase of customers to pay for the service. It will be more profitable for someone to charge less for a run and fill up instanty than it would be for someone to charge more and take 20 minutes to fill up. Your petition will go nowhere.

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08/17/06 01:51

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

If i can be bothered to re-do the Droks run then il charge my price of 2k per person. No point increasing the price.

08/17/06 02:44

x Direct x

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

Even 3k is too big. 2 k is normal. But i and 4ppl getted free to droknar. Thx to Tank....... . who test runned for free and once died tryed again and whooohoooo He runned to droknar for free. =)

08/17/06 02:55

AidansDad

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

Basically, you want to earn a bit more from you're Droks runs, and to do this you have come up with the idea of having us believe it's a good thing to increase prices, and if others don't do the same people are gonna look elswhere and you won't get business, tough!!
As said in the thread earlier, it's called competition, and i hope nobody signs this, you're not doing it for anyone except yourself.

08/17/06 03:31

Mimori

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

It's understandable you want more money cause of the time of Droks Running...just change it up a bit and have a bit more fun with it if it's getting boring...Price isn't the issue. By the time I reach Beacons I only have about 5k and it would stink if I had to spend all my money on a run if I was determined to get some good armor/skills.

08/17/06 03:37

Salmon Of Doubt

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

I seriously think that arenanet made a big mistake in designing the game so that it could be run. Nothing irritates me more than seeing lvl 2's in Droks and the gates in factions are the one thing in that game they got right! :P

The sad fact is that alot of people can't be bothered to put in the hours that it takes to ascend and get to droks the proper way. You can get max armour from collectors in the desert and even then AL shouldnt matter as you can make up for it by playing the game well and using your skills. Arenanet would not have put the AL as it is in the desert, unless the area could be completed with that AL.

This whole problem, having droks armour in ascalon arenas, max weapons at lvl 2 etc really gets on my nerves. Sometimes I just wanna yell out "For Pete's Sake people! PLAY THE GOD DAMN GAME!" but that usually earns me a place on ignore lists :P

So by all means raise your prices, but I think that the prices of Droks runs are not the main issue here, but is infact the fact that droks runs exist at all!

Well, thats how I feel and thanks to our wonderfull modern and oh-so civilised culture, you can't hate me for my opinions, heh heh heh....However you can hate me 'cos I'm a bitch :P I got no problems with that >.<

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08/17/06 04:39

Vicky the merchant

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

Shiverpeak tour is costly to cut down on level 3 people trying to group for THK.

Price fixing is immoral, unamerican, and just plain wrong.

and if it wasn't a game - illegal.

08/17/06 05:10

A L E X Z A N

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

Basically, if anet did not make the henchmen dumb running won't be necessary since people can use the henchmen to fight there way through to get to the location they want. Since it is hard to get into decent group these days plus most group will look for a certain type of characters only.

Again, I go back to what I post few months ago MAKE THEM HENCHMEN A.I MORE USEFUL.

By making them henchmen more useful AI we also eliminate people buying gold from some site.

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08/17/06 10:49

Haagee

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

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Nothing irritates me more than seeing lvl 2's in Droks and the gates in factions are the one thing in that game they got right! :P

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The sad fact is that alot of people can't be bothered to put in the hours that it takes to ascend and get to droks the proper way.

I agree with your opinions, but if they wanna be run to Drok's by all means let them be run... and then ignore them or something.
I'm not gonna play with a lvl 2 character in southern shiverpeaks... They'll be squashed... and I'm not gonna pick-em up every time.

So just let them do their thing...
and we'll do ours: getting to drok's the proper way, doing all missions and all that.

08/17/06 11:09

SpacedRabbit

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RE: Droknars Forge Run Price Increase

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This is true. I'm still an advocate of doing the missions, however.

Regardless, it's still a huge drop in the number of folks looking to be run.

actually i find a drop in the number of runners. ive had the hardest time finding a runner from beacons. maybe its because the number of ppl wanting to be run has decreased, so runners have gone on to another venue of money making, leaving the remaining people clamoring for a runner.

also, price fixing between companies (in order to ensure everyone is making a lot of money) is illegal in real life, so dont go about doing it here. you can garantee a 5 minute droks run? charge 10k. if youre learning, charge for optional tips. i dont expect the same quality in those situations.

if you think youre not getting paid enoug, go cry. 7ppl @ 2-3k (pretty standard i think) is still 14-21k. go farm UW or something.

08/17/06 15:34

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