Bane of Nife

[Wudan]

I have NEVER seen it in EC during my 2 years here, never seen it drop. Now there is like 10 for sale every single day?!?!?

Nerf or dupe? It is wierd. :eek: what changed?

[novakaine]

Raid suspension so more people out farming?

[Aaron]

Haha, I've noticed that too.

Never seen it drop once and it's the only spell I'm missing. Now it's everywhere.

I still refuse to pay more than 2k or so for it though because it's completely unnecessary and definitely not worth the 35k+ asking price it apparently sells for.

[Gylen]

Agreed, the price point vs performance really can't be justified.

[webrunner5]

Well it would not be the worst spell in the book. I can tell you that. 35k to some people is chump change. Not to me I agree. :D

[Pringles]

I would call shenanigans on the dupe theory but given previous duping events, who knows.

[Aaron]

I think either the drop rate increased, or players are opting to sell it rather than scribe it.

Personally, I would sell it to a chump for 30k before I would put it in my own book.

[Locust]

if i could unscribe bane of nife and get 35k for it i would do it in a heartbeat. beyond useless. (i didn't pay for mine)

[Imslap]

Bane of Nife + Pox of Bertoxxulous + Epic Click + Spam JBB = more dps than a Avatar'd VP geared monk with 2 sky fists.

Its not as game breaking as Torpor but I sure as hell would not give mine up.

[Rupertox]

Last month LOTS of people camping King, there drops "alot"

[feanan]

yeah, but king was camped 24/7 for years before the invis pull nerf.

i'd go with dupe on this one

[Terrapt]

I have NEVER seen it in EC during my 2 years here, never seen it drop. Now there is like 10 for sale every single day?!?!?

Nerf or dupe? It is wierd. :eek: what changed?

For the past couple of months and until just recently I have spent an inordinate amount of time at the king camp in seb. I would say in that time I've seen between 12-20 copies of that spell (rough estimate, I never won a copy) solely from the shroom trash.

I'm unsure if it is common among other mobs in the game, but it certainly seems fairly common from the shrooms. So I would guess that prior to the invis pulling fix, that trash was rarely cleared -- and as such, the copies that might have otherwise come from the shroom trash weren't dropping. After the invis pulling fix, I'm not sure how popular the camp was until I was there on almost a daily basis.

However, the camp is extremely popular now. The increased supply in copies of this spell certainly seems valid, given the drop chance. I highly doubt there is any duping of this spell occurring on the server.

-Terrapt

[Arteker]

yeah, but king was camped 24/7 for years before the invis pull nerf.

i'd go with dupe on this one

u answered ur question , now people clean shrooms and it drops.

[thrump]

yeah, but king was camped 24/7 for years before the invis pull nerf.

i'd go with dupe on this one

People pulled one mob then. Now they clear the entire area.

[Pheer]

Ive done king maybe 7-8 hours total in the last few days and ive seen 3 of them drop

[Freakish]

What people here have said. It's been dropping a lot at King because so many people are keeping the camp on lockdown.
Hell, I sold one the other day then another dropped last night. If I don't sell this one i'll give it to a shaman friend.

[webrunner5]

Hell, I sold one the other day then another dropped last night. If I don't sell this one i'll give it to a shaman friend.

Can I be your friend?? :p

[Byrjun]

Apparently I shouldn't have spent 30k for my copy a couple weeks ago.

If I added up all the plat I spent on worthless shaman spells just to complete my spell book it'd probably be over 50k.

[Velerin]

They drop Call of the Hero down there often as well?

[Terrapt]

They drop Call of the Hero down there often as well?

I have seen a decent number of copies of that spell drop, as well. Although, it's not quite as numerous as Bane of Nife (and that rare shaman pet, so many copies of the shaman pet). If the price of CoTH has dropped recently, increased supply from this camp is likely the root cause.

Same story for the cobalt wrist (shrink clicky). Since it drops from this same trash, I'm assuming it was astoundingly rare in the history of the server. Now you'll notice it is fairly common in EC, and the price is dropping to reflect that increased supply.

[Jarnauga]

I paid 600pp for my copy like 6 months into kunark.

u mad ? :p

[Aaron]

I'm unsure if it is common among other mobs in the game, but it certainly seems fairly common from the shrooms. So I would guess that prior to the invis pulling fix, that trash was rarely cleared -- and as such, the copies that might have otherwise come from the shroom trash weren't dropping. After the invis pulling fix, I'm not sure how popular the camp was until I was there on almost a daily basis.

However, the camp is extremely popular now. The increased supply in copies of this spell certainly seems valid, given the drop chance. I highly doubt there is any duping of this spell occurring on the server.

-Terrapt

Makes sense. Didn't really think about it like that.

Looking forward to paying 1k for it in a month or two.