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Got it!
# Aug 21 2005 at 11:08 PM Rating: Decent
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Got bored waiting for a party invite tonight (If your on Asura show a thf some love please and invite me. ^^) and had to travel to bastok to take my lvl 50 smithing test and decided to outpost warp to dunes and see if I could catch this NM I had never even seen. Warped in, ran over and did 1 lap when he poped infront of me chasing some lvl 19 war without a sub and linked to another damselfly. I panic and keep hitting the wrong RA macro (Sorry dude I tried to pull him off of you >.<) and ended up closing to melee to get the claim.

Killed the emperor and his friend with only 100HP left and got a lovely Insect wing for my trouble...

Decided to run around and kill the damselflys in the area till he popped again taking out some aggression when he spawned right in front of me after about 30 min.

Got my ranged attack to work right this time, slaughtered it and got the Hairpin! Made my night, I camped him for less than an hour and got the drop ^^

Shouted that I got it and a guy laughed at me saying 'Too bad its EX' so I shouted back 'To Bad I saved about 2 mil Gil'

40THF/20NIN ^^

Edited, Mon Aug 22 00:27:49 2005
RE: Got it!
# Aug 29 2005 at 1:18 PM Rating: Decent
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30 minute spawn? Somehow I doubt it. Seriously.
RE: Got it!
# Oct 08 2005 at 1:04 AM Rating: Decent
Nah. Out of one of the 0/16 times of camping VE Ive killed it and then killed it again in 15 minutes.....30 minutes pop time is most definently possible.
RE: Got it!
# Sep 12 2005 at 11:46 PM Rating: Decent
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If its not a 30 minute spawn, it should be. No harm in it. It would get the campers out of there... It should be a 1 hour spawn 100% drop rate IMHO.
RE: Got it!
# Feb 28 2006 at 1:55 AM Rating: Good
umm, maybe there is 2 differnt VEs that spawn,, hmm??
Price?
# Aug 14 2005 at 4:47 AM Rating: Decent
WIth the new changes, will the price of this go up or down?
post update just as bad
# Aug 11 2005 at 1:25 PM Rating: Decent
I'm on Asura. And I was trying to camp for this little baby. After about 3 hrs or so and still no pop or it did pop and someone killed it so fast that I didn't noticed it, I got tired and a little agitated. I don't understand how people can camp for these NM for hours and hours. If I stand there for another hour or so, I think I will go crazy. SE sure knows how to suck your life and your money out of you.
Glorious!
# Aug 03 2005 at 11:17 PM Rating: Decent
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YAAY! I got it!I used a lvl 40THF/20NIN for this...
I was running in a huge circle and using flee whenever it was available. I started to get a little frustrated cause more people started showing up :( So I said, "What the heck, I don't have a chance..." So I started messing with them by running up next to them and using flee to try to scare them. Well around the second time I did that I ran off to some random place and boom...there he was. I almost sh*t a brick. Needless to say I killed it and got the drop.
Valkurm Emp: 1/1
Leaping Lizzy: 1/1
(Pretty freakin' lucky)

Edited, Thu Sep 1 12:52:50 2005
RE: Glorious!
# Aug 05 2005 at 1:52 AM Rating: Decent
I hate your luck >< 10 hours of camping lizzy and i got 1 claim and no drop. he also spawned in the 2 min i was afk. thats how ****** my luck is. I havent tried for the hairpin yet tho but knowing my luck if i ever got him i wouldnt get the drop.
RE: Glorious!
# Aug 09 2005 at 2:04 AM Rating: Excellent
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Well, one time I was camping Hoo Mjuu the choo choo, and went afk for a few min. Turns out the gilseller there went afk too, because when I got back, the gilseller was fighting him. That's not the sad part. Well, it is, but, it gets more depressing. I looked at the log, and the NM had taken FIVE swings at the gilseller (who was healing) before he got claimed. I looked at it and almost cried... There had to have been at least 30 seconds where I could have claimed him... stupid bird, stupid gilseller... stupid me >.<
/cry
But this was long ago, I'm no longer upset. -sniffle-
Certain moments can determin if it was meant to be or not..
# Sep 04 2006 at 3:24 PM Rating: Decent
OMG!!! I remember the day when I was being so hardcore about trying to get this E. hairpin. I had killed at least 3 NM's that weekend and had gotten the drops. I was feeling like I was on a role, but getting the hairpin made me fustrated.

Im there (Valkrum Dunes) playing as THF/RNG trying my best to get the NM so i could get the drop. But as with everyone else, thats been up for the challenge, I had to go up against, six PLD's and RDM. Why someone would farm as pld is beyond me. It was rather fustating. So I stayed calm and waited patiently. Finally, after spamming widescan, i had the emperor in sight. I quickly used the Flee macro I had set and dashed as fast as a cheetah to its prey. I was about to engage and as soon as I went to attack, a Pld out of nowhere used flash and I had lost the emperor. Mad as hell and slightly scarred I decided that it wasnt worth it. I killed the emperor 2 times and had it stolen 3 times. I was done with it. I had gotten enough Nm's for a while. It was only worst because for a while I started seeing more people with a hairpin than usual. I didnt ever plan on Farming it again.


But this day was my day.

Yesterday I was on my way to get fame for San doria with tons of stacks of millioncorn with a friend named Karuma. I had gotten to the dunes and was waiting for him to get there. I decided to test my luck and go see if I could get something rare or whatever. I was looking for the Valkrum Emperor. The funny part is that I just wasnt expecting much. I stayed for about a few mins then realized I was at the wrong beach. I finally walked to whitebone and waited while talking to my friend in tells. The only person there was a RDM/THF. Karuma had gotten to the dunes after about 3 mins and I was on my way to selbina. As soon as I moved, the Valkrum Emperor flew in front of me. I was excited and grabbed it. I was hacking away as the Rdm came to watch. When i killed it I got the drop and couldnt have been happier. Mainly because I wasnt expecting it. Im glad that I was just doing quests because i wouldnt have gotten it otherwise. Thanks Karuma. Getting that drop took a wait off my shoulders lol.
Got it.
# Jul 30 2005 at 2:39 AM Rating: Decent
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went to camp this tonite. waited 30 min before some lvl 30 war voked it and died in seconds. Flashed it beating 2 drk's, rng, drg, and a thf but got an insect wing.

45min later, an exp pt told me that it was up and i see it... all loney. killed it and got the pin.

I never could get the emporer hairpin by camping, i had to get it from AH -_-.

So getting this will allow me to get my gil back.
Meh..damn you VE
# Jul 30 2005 at 12:33 AM Rating: Decent
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I had 3 drops out of 5 claims pre-update.(Too bad I sold them all for gear for my jobs ._.) I was camping this today..again lol. Got the claim, and I got an insect wing. >.> A few minutes ago, I was camping it again, it pops and a THF just bursts out of nowhere, beating me to it. He got the drop ^^; Heheh, ah well, atleast it was someone I know.
got it
# Jul 29 2005 at 9:32 PM Rating: Decent
woot was camping this with my freind and i got the hairpin ^^
easy weasy!
# Jul 28 2005 at 11:00 AM Rating: Decent
yay got mine after widescanning 1 time every 10 seconds i was lazy... but it was standing there and waiting for me to kill it lol.. it wasn't hard to claim after its rare/ex ^^b
1/1
# Jul 27 2005 at 3:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Just got a claim on this guy for my friend. a lil Drk by the name of Havehn got the claim with stun followed by the guy who needed it SAing. I was off in another spawn area and arrived to dish the killing blow. Got the drop first time. Not bad.

I will say the key to maintaining your mind while camping: Dont stay in the Dunes when it dies. We were all Bastokan and thus just Outpost Teleport back to Bastok and crafted/quested whatever, 2hours later we went back and arrived just intime for the next pop. This makes it far more easy going on the mind. We lost the claim 3 times, each time just going back to Bastok and chilling until it was due to pop again.
money
# Jul 27 2005 at 3:13 PM Rating: Decent
Not everyone who sells the pin is a gilseller

I camped this thing for its drop in the hopes of gettin rich quick. Now that that dream along with so many others is shattered im finding it harder to come up with money for items. Lizzy is dead VE is dead Argus is dead. So far this thing is killin my money methods
RE: money
# Jul 28 2005 at 12:20 AM Rating: Decent
thereis always BCNM... and that's an NM fight you don't have to worry about camping for.


Just make sure you don't go with noobs.
Getting a tad ridiculous!
# Jul 26 2005 at 6:09 PM Rating: Decent
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For me, this is getting ridiculous. 5/10 on claiming the spawn, which I suppose is good, and 0/5 for the actual pin. Anyone else finding that the emperor just won't give them a pin, or is he supposed to be this annoying? (I have THF subbed)Hearing about people getting it first try makes me a bit green >.<;

Unfortunetly, my completely busted PC means I can no longer exp until I get a new one -.-; So camping the emperor has become something I feel I have to do, not just something to do to get a nice item. Hey, since I can't exp, why not get better gear FOR exping?
(twice) Third time lucky is the charm!
# Jul 27 2005 at 6:30 AM Rating: Decent
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Oh my god ^.^; Logged on this morning. Killed a Damselfly. Started flicking widescan on and off. The emperor spawns behind me. Shadowbind> Eagle Eye Shot> Barrage > Few ranged attacks > Death. "You find an Insect wing on the valkurm emperor" Oh, no! Not ag- "You find an Empress Hairpin on the valkurm emperor". 5 days, on and off, work camping this paid off. HUZZAH ^.^;

If anyone else gets as unlucky as me when camping this thing, it's well worth the exuberance you feel after FINALLY getting your ever elusive pin ^.^; Now, to sell my old noct beret +1... Will miss it :( An insect wing, no matter how fancy, is no real replacement for my beret ^.^; I was attatched to that feather!

Oh, that reminds me. I saw him spawn 11 times, and 7 of those times, he spawned in the top-left hand corner of E-8, near the small grassy hill, and just below the ledge. So, he seems to like that area. According to a friend who has been camping this as well, he's spawned there a lot for him too, so if theres too many campers around, set yourself up in the corner, and wait. Damselflies appear that you can kill AND you can't really say that thats unfair, since if he spawns in he middle where a lot of people stand, well, they have a good chance of getting him. He once spawned behind me when I was in mid widescan, and someone else got him. Bah!

Edited, Fri Jul 29 15:33:28 2005
RE: (twice) Third time lucky is the charm!
# Dec 26 2005 at 8:47 PM Rating: Decent
what level I can kill it by solo?
VE
# Jul 26 2005 at 3:53 PM Rating: Decent
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I got my rare ex today stun claim weird name actually Empress Hairpin =\

Well one side its good they made it rare ex well it would still sell tho rare version for some ppl that r too lazy to camp him
nothing to do with gilsellers
# Jul 24 2005 at 11:55 AM Rating: Decent
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gilsellers arent the ones who drove up prices on these items.
do a google search. there are dozens of websites devoted to selling mmorpg money. they would never risk their own real life money on one animal. its too easy for SE to control it. think about it, before the update, youd run to jeuno to check the price of an emp pin. there was never more than two or three for sale. if it was being camped so hardcore, wouldnt there be like ten or fifteen?
now go look at items like yagudo necklace or silk thread. yag necklaces sell for 1k a pop on fenrir, and they dont stack. which means you can only sell 9 at a time. yet there are never less than like 60 for sale at a time. this is a more guaranteed sale, because everyone will eventually need norg fame, and therefore will need the necklace. not everyone needs an emp pin, and even fewer are willing to shell out 900k for one.
the reason the price of the emp pin was so high was that people, just players, would camp it and sell it. thats fine once or twice, but tons of people would do that over and over, taking advantage of the inflation in the AH, and keeping the prices way high.
before we blame every one of our problems on gilsellers, lets bear in mind a lot of their characteristics are shared by regular players.
wellll
# Jul 24 2005 at 5:12 AM Rating: Default
i think SE is full of ******* retards, gilsellers may be gone but the amount of people wanting a rare/ex pin for their job remains the same, leaving it overcamped and just as hard to get.
price
# Jul 22 2005 at 9:07 PM Rating: Decent


Edited, Sat Jul 23 12:15:52 2005
Gilsellers
# Jul 22 2005 at 11:50 AM Rating: Decent
Im sorry to say this, but this update, while I think it was a good idea, has not made it any easier for normal people to get the emp. pin etc, because, although the gilsellers have moved out, everyone else has decided that they want one, so now many more people will be camping this. Also, many gilsellers have moved on to bigger prizes too.
RE: Gilsellers
# Jul 24 2005 at 11:47 PM Rating: Decent
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I gotta say i disagree with you there. I just got the Empress pin today, two claims in one day and i got it on the second. Although there were a LOT of campers at peak times, it does settle down a bit and become more bearable. With the gilselling teams camping before, it was exponentially more difficult to claim VE.

I've never gotten a VE claim before today because of the gilsellers, and here I get two claims in one day without breaking a sweat. Maybe just my own, lucky, personal experience, but I'm very glad for the change. I think it will help the average player out trememdously.
RE: Gilsellers
# Jul 25 2005 at 4:18 AM Rating: Decent
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i have to agree with you, although it is filled with ppl that want the hairpin now, it will soon die down once the majority of the ppl get theirs, which is what i am waiting for so i can get mine. ^^
RE: Gilsellers
# Aug 04 2005 at 12:49 AM Rating: Decent
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I don't think SE was trying to make it easier for players to get the hairpin... That would be impossible... The whole reason for them making it Rare/Ex was so that people couldn't sell it...just stating the obvious :p
hmm
# Jul 21 2005 at 8:34 PM Rating: Decent
i know its in wrong section but, personally being i DRG i have little use for the emp. pin, but think about what they are doing towards sniper rings, if its even rarer now to get the items needed to make sniper then prices on snipe ring will be jacked up, on my server seraph snipe rings were 500k a week ago and are 900k -1 mil now on my server, which makes it incredibly hard now to afford sniper rings, you guys think that yes some of these items being made rare /exc. will help, but not all, SE didnt do anymore good then they did bad, as usual with SE and every update they do, they fix a little and ***** up a little, anyways so if anyone ever complains to me for not having sniper rings or enough ACC then dont blame me on inflation, cus im not gonna sit on my *** for weeks on end crafting and farming just so i can satisfy some punks.... >.> sorry bout that lol i just get uber irked when i think about that subject lol, anyways have fun with the few items that it works out with but remember some other items are just made more rare now

Elendeil
Seraph server
Dragoon 61/Warrior 30
RE: hmm
# Jul 24 2005 at 6:57 PM Rating: Default
yeah i defently agree imma SAM so Snip Rings defently are something i need but now ill never be able to afford them this is why every1 hates SE and most ppl quit for games like WoW and Everquest
Wow.
# Jul 21 2005 at 3:10 PM Rating: Good
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I decided to go kill VE because I need the hairpin for my thief. I figured all the campers would be gone because it's rare/ex now.

...Wrong!

I subbed RNG1 and headed out there and saw it on Wide Scan immediately. By the time I got to it there were fifteen (15!) people there surrounding it and 2 running behind me. Can these people read?
RE: Wow.
# Jul 21 2005 at 6:05 PM Rating: Decent
These people were probably doing the same thing that you were doing, trying to get the rare/ex version.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 21 2005 at 6:12 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I'd go and camp emp now to get this item; that way I can sell off my emp pin and have more cash to funnel into goldsmithing.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 23 2005 at 10:32 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) umm good idea just that well IT DOESN"T DROP THE EMP PIN ANYMORE IT HAS MOVED INTO A HNM THIS IS A RARE/EX SO NO SALE OR TRADE
RE: Wow.
# Jul 21 2005 at 8:43 PM Rating: Decent
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I'd go and camp emp now to get this item; that way I can sell off my emp pin
Great Plan rated up
Thank you! Thank you!
# Jul 21 2005 at 1:42 PM Rating: Decent
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Let me just say I'm so glad SE did this to this, and other items. Personally, while I don't agree with gil-sellers, and dislike their management of item costs (IE inflation of item costs..) I don't have a problem so long as they don't [iinterfere[/i] with me... Camping my Emperor's Hairpin (which I never got, thanks to the Leviathan gilsellers and some luckless drop chances) was something I had hated. Now, I don't mind camping it because guess what? Once someone gets this item, they will never need it again!!

No, making the popular gilseller NM drops Rare/Ex won't make them stop being gilsellers... But this change has made me a happy player, and now I will camp it in a few weeks after it all dies down a bit. Maybe then I'll get some leaping boots and brush the dust off my thief...
(FYI: happily playing Summoner instead)
RE: Thank you! Thank you!
# Jul 21 2005 at 4:27 PM Rating: Decent
Very right... i hope it gets rid of Kiss on the Seraph server
RE: Thank you! Thank you!
# Aug 04 2005 at 9:57 AM Rating: Decent
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By the way... It did get rid of the "Kiss" group on Seraph. Haven't seen them there since the update. Just letting you know ;)
RE: Thank you! Thank you!
# Jul 21 2005 at 3:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Absolutely!

With this kind of gear being made Rare/Ex we can all get back to playing the game instead of trying to beat everyone over and over to get this equipment! You get yours, and leave... NEXT! =)

I was fortunate enough to get the original hairpin awhile back. But I would love to be able to help my fellow adventurers to get theirs :)

Anyway, cheers and now I hope I have a better chance to get myself a peacock charm :)

SE did something that has a positive effect, YAY
RE: Thank you! Thank you!
# Jul 21 2005 at 2:37 PM Rating: Decent
I totaly agree with you. ^^ I'm glad someone has the same views as me^^
didnt put a knife in sellers at all
# Jul 21 2005 at 12:54 PM Rating: Decent
they just moved the sellers they did not knife them this is like putting a band aid on gunshot
Boycot
# Jul 21 2005 at 12:34 PM Rating: Decent
I will not buy these items. I have people asking me why i don't have this and i tell them i can't camp it and i am not going to buy it. So thank you ES for putting another knife into the gilsellers.
RE: Boycot
# Jul 21 2005 at 1:05 PM Rating: Decent
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Btw, you cant buy EX items >.>
R/E
# Jul 21 2005 at 10:27 AM Rating: Decent
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Bahamut Emperors hairpin have gone down alot, down to 700k in Jueno. This is really helping, now I can maybe buy one of these, or get one myself. The way I see it, noone should be complaining, only gil sellers.

Anyways, does anyone know what drops the Emperors hairpin now?
question
# Jul 21 2005 at 9:33 AM Rating: Decent
i kno u can can sell ex an some rare/ex to npc can u sell this to them an for how much?
hmm
# Jul 21 2005 at 6:30 AM Rating: Decent
debating weather i should go get one and sell my emperor hairpin lol
RE: hmm
# Jul 21 2005 at 9:08 AM Rating: Decent
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IMO you probably should just get one of these :P Even if the price of the emp pin is dropping (like it is on shiva, only 500k now last I checked). Some gil back is better than none.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 21 2005 at 8:31 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Yesterday 07/20/05 on Unicorn there was 18 for sale @ 2:30 PM CST, there was a lot sold before i looked, even one for 300k, the price before maintenance was 800k. In the end of the night the price was 700k only 7 for sale. This is a nice piece of equipment, and even now that gil seller cant camp it, to get the rare/ex version will be a pain, just because a lot of ppl will camp it, and it isn't a 100% drop. There won't be gil sellers on those NM's, and that's a good thing, but i guarantee every day will have a different person there, just like any other good rare/ex equip. So i dont think prices will go down, so dont sell it, not now, i got broke to buy mine for 800k and if i had to sell it for 300k, i will just keep it, cant afford to lose half mil ^^. But i still like the changes to rare/ex i may have a shot got get rare/ex version peacok charm cuz the price is just ridiculous.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 21 2005 at 8:31 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Yesterday 07/20/05 on Unicorn there was 18 for sale @ 2:30 PM CST, there was a lot sold before i looked, even one for 300k, the price before maintenance was 800k. In the end of the night the price was 700k only 7 for sale. This is a nice piece of equipment, and even now that gil seller cant camp it, to get the rare/ex version will be a pain, just because a lot of ppl will camp it, and it isn't a 100% drop. There won't be gil sellers on those NM's, and that's a good thing, but i guarantee every day will have a different person there, just like any other good rare/ex equip. So i dont think prices will go down, so dont sell it, not now, i got broke to buy mine for 800k and if i had to sell it for 300k, i will just keep it, cant afford to lose half mil ^^. But i still like the changes to rare/ex i may have a shot got get rare/ex version peacok charm cuz the price is just ridiculous.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 21 2005 at 8:30 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post)
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 21 2005 at 8:30 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Yesterday 07/20/05 on Unicorn there was 18 for sale @ 2:30 PM CST, there was a lot sold before i looked, even one for 300k, the price before maintenance was 800k. In the end of the night the price was 700k only 7 for sale. This is a nice piece of equipment, and even now that gil seller cant camp it, to get the rare/ex version will be a pain, just because a lot of ppl will camp it, and it isn't a 100% drop. There won't be gil sellers on those NM's, and that's a good thing, but i guarantee every day will have a different person there, just like any other good rare/ex equip. So i dont think prices will go down, so dont sell it, not now, i got broke to buy mine for 800k and if i had to sell it for 300k, i will just keep it, cant afford to lose half mil ^^. But i still like the changes to rare/ex i may have a shot got get rare/ex version peacok charm cuz the price is just ridiculous.
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