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GODh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

BFTW and DLRR

10 Oct 2006 at 01:21 - 1

More and more i see people selling Unidentified Runes of Superior Vigor... they ask 50K for it (39K at trader atm). The extra K was for unlocking it for PVP. Even if this isnt considered scam then i still think it is a bad buy

Even when people able to indentify an unidentified rune, then that is something only the seller can know. In that case it is probably easy to sell any gold piece of armor as a superior rune of vigor (imo pure scam)

Is this even possible? And do we do consider this scam or not??

Fungus Amongus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] | [Rare] Alliance

10 Oct 2006 at 01:26 - 2

You can salvage a rune before identifying it. The picture will tell you what rune it is. People will pay a bit more simply to be able to unlock the rune.

Not a scam.

LuckyGiant

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

New Zealand

Retired :)

10 Oct 2006 at 01:27 - 3

Superior vigor is unique so you can tell its superior vigor if its in the rune form, if it's in armor you cannot tell what it is.

Secondly people have the right bo put whatever price they want on something, whether people buy it or not is another story which will cause the drop in price anyhow.

Opeth11

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada

Demon of the Fall [Opet]

Mo/Me

10 Oct 2006 at 01:46 - 4

I do believe that the Superior Vigor looks like a minor rune.

I can't remember =_=

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

10 Oct 2006 at 02:09 - 5

As long as the person is actually selling a Sup. Vigor Rune, and the person buying it wants to spend that much for it, then no, it's not a scam.

And no, Sup Vigor runes don't look like minor runes. What distinguishes them from other runes is that when you salvage them out of armor before IDing them, the discription will just be "Rune" where profession specific runes will say "Monk rune" (or whatever)

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

10 Oct 2006 at 03:35 - 6

Like Kook said, Vigor runes don't look like minor runes, there is a nice useful chart on Guildwiki

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Runes

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

W/

10 Oct 2006 at 03:47 - 7

I'd rather buy the already identified one and then unlock it through the Priests of Balthazar..

Sala Adin

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

Troublesome UNIT

Mo/Me

10 Oct 2006 at 04:26 - 8

Myself i would not pay for something thats not identified. Some people do buy unindentified items, but like Fungus Amongus said some will pay a lil more to unlock it

but 50k for an unindentified rune is a bit high. The person was prolly hope to catch a noob and rip him off.

GODh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

BFTW and DLRR

10 Oct 2006 at 08:47 - 9

Thanks for the info people... I play this game for 1 year now and and i am still learning

I guess i owe an apology to that guy as i called him a scammer (another lesson learned)

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

10 Oct 2006 at 13:40 - 10

They used to do this in the early stages of GW when you hardly got any faction from winning things and it took ages to unlock. Nowadays it doesn't take that long anymore so not many people sell them unidentified anymore ( another point closer towards your wisdom title

)

Carth`

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

10 Oct 2006 at 17:40 - 11

Is it really worth it to unlock for PvP? Faction rewards guy doesn't care whether you are unlocking a superior beast mastery or a superior vigor, it's the same price, you get 2000 points easily. I wouldn't waste PvE money on it.

Eviance

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Eh I forget... o_O

Biscuit of Dewm [MEEP]

R/

10 Oct 2006 at 17:53 - 12

When I sell an UnIDed Sup Vigor I sell it for the trader asking price. Its not worth more than that in my opinion even for the unlock. If its already IDed it should be sold for halfway between the asking and buy back price of the rune trader. Simple as that!

And I was called a scammer once, but the gal got pwned by local chat and thusly she not only appologised to me but bought the rune lol. It's an honest mistake truthfully.

Tentigers

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

E/N

11 Oct 2006 at 05:47 - 13

I farm ettins from time to time over the last few months...Im sure we all have at 1 point. We all know how sometimes we get an ettin hide thats blue, purple, or gold. And of course, you want to salvage it to get the rune thats there. Heres my point........whether its blue, purple or gold (WITHOUT IDENTIFYING IT) it will say mesmer, warrior, ele, etc.... But when it comes to vigor runes, blue, purple or gold, it just says RUNE on it. Thats how you can tell if its a Vigor rune, because all the other runes identify a class (before you ID it). Im sure some or most of you vets have realised this...of course

Da Scotty

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

London UK

TTR

N/Me

11 Oct 2006 at 14:10 - 14

This is an excellent thread and should be pinned. Even after playing for over a year I have always stayed away from UNIDED RUNES. After all that the only person who lost out was me...

I HATE THAT

Ole Man Bourbon

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Atlanta

GONG

W/E

11 Oct 2006 at 15:18 - 15

Gotta love people calling others "scammers" for no good reason.

Me: WTS Parchment 60g each
Them: OMG YOU SCAMMER NUB! OLE MAN BOURBON IS A SCAMMAR!

PanGammon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Underworld

Leader of Grenth Gaming Inc [GG]

Mo/Me

11 Oct 2006 at 15:36 - 16

Well buying UNID Gold Armor sets is better than buying unid runes and you sometimes have a chance of pulling a monk rune or vigor rune................... and yes most people would rather farm 1k faction then pay 11k for a rune unlock..

Lord Aro

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

/wiki user:aro

DBU

E/

11 Oct 2006 at 15:38 - 17

I've had no problems selling them for +5k the market price. Selling them for a crazy amount over that price can be mean to the ebayers.

Sofonisba

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Tucson, AZ

The Black Hand Gang [BHG] and The Black Helm Gang [BHeG]

11 Oct 2006 at 21:54 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by PanGammon

Well buying UNID Gold Armor sets is better than buying unid runes and you sometimes have a chance of pulling a monk rune or vigor rune................... and yes most people would rather farm 1k faction then pay 11k for a rune unlock..

Then again, there may be lots and lots of PvE people getting tired and wanting to break into PvP. They got tons o' cash and nothing else to spend it on? Just speculating.

But I'm with Eviance. Charge the same as buying a Sup Vig from the trader. It's no discount for the buyer, but if they were buying a Sup Vig anyway, they get a good bonus and you get a good price.

I've been called a scammer noob also, I end up showing the unID rune to people who call me this. As soon as they've seen it, they know immediately and apologize.

Reason I am not that miffed about it, is because most of these people are just attempting to look out for others, not primarily trying to harrass me.