Difference between a Gold and Purple?

Okay, is there an actual difference between say..

Purple Furious Fellblade
and
Gold Furious Fellblade

and both have req9, max damage, perfect Furious mod, and inscribable.

Why does the text place a difference between pricing?

Golds are more rare.

...That's it, really. Price all depends on rarity.

Functionally they are the same, so if you are savvy you will keep the purp for use, and sell the golds for $$

if they have the same stats they don't affect your gameplay, damage or whatever. Price depends on rarity, as Bryant Again said... people are willing to pay a lot for rarity. Even the req doesn't mean anything if you meet (or go above) it.

I mean if you don't care about weapon color, just buy max purples - people sell 'em lower for rarity/vanity reasons... and sell your gold ones :P.

I'd buy the purple. No one ever knows a weapon's text color unless you show them directly.

Well, I'll tell you that I'd rather find a gold as a drop because they're guaranteed to have better mods than a purple. That, and if the skin is rare (such as your fellblade example), they fetch a higher price because of rarity, so I'll likely sell it in favor of a purple version. Those are the only two differences I'm concerned about.

No difference whatsoever.

Price difference is because people are dumb.

But you know, and if you can live with the shame of using a purple weapon by all means use it and save yourself some change.

If both have the same stats, there is no functional difference. Gold items are more rare then purple items, which is why they cost more.

I had a purple req 8 max dmg wingblade sword that i used for a long time, that is til i salvaged it, when half asleep one night .

So no it does not matter what colour the weapon is if the stats are good.

Yeah its just rarity. and most ppl just want show of with their golds but yeah when im buying perf items for heroes i dont mind taking purple chaos are r9 15^50 for 5k when gold one cost 100k

I dont think a PURPLE req 9 , 15^50 chaos axe is possible -
unless the FoW end chest spits out grapes

Basically, it's because GW is infested with Elitists who want the best of everything.
Gold looks good, and is the highest tier in the item string (white-blue-purple-gold, Green not included) thus it's more desirable.

It used to be a difference, but after the inscriptions fiasco its all the same (for most of new stuff at least).

True, the older Prophecies/Faction stuff is still bound by the inscription limits.

The real difference goes back to pre-inscription drops. Non-inscribed drops work as follows.

White - 0 mods
Blue - 1-2mods ranging from 20%-50%of max
Purple - 1-fully modded ranging up to 99%of max, ie 14^50 or 20/19sundering.
Gold - 1-fully modded ranging up to max.


Now that you can remod a purple or even a blue item they are all perfectly equal, save that people will pay much more for gold as it caries some LEETNESS value.

If your looking to save some cash buy a blue or purple inscribed item, if you want to show off your massive wealth then go for golds + low req(7-8).

ever heard 'drakes on plain'

it's all for vanity
purple is seen as uncommon while gold is seen as rare.
thats it.

No, the number of mods is random. Also whites are 0-50%, purples go to about 75%.

Also, to add to Savio's post. Purples and blues can have max mods.

Got a icy and earth hilt off blues yesterday
Got a +5ar off a purple.

OK, so not l33t mods, but still very useful (if you know how to play of course)