Shadow Art Runes missing from trader?

The rune of minor vigor you have is probably from the time prior to the patch that changed how runes look like (minor looks different from major and superior, etc). That's the only possible explanation aside from NF's quest reward rune.

Traders NEVER refuse to buy something simply because they have too much of it. Period.

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It's because it's a quest-reward vigor. You can't sell that one. Although I don't remember if I tried it, but I was going to attempt to sell it from a different character to the one that bought it.

I said "aside from the NF's quest reward rune".

So, yeah, READ.

What bothers me is that I have a couple SA runes, and the trader is only offering me 500g for them. Surely, they must be worth more if he's sold out of them!

True - but sell to other players

I saw someone advertising wtb sup shadow 17k yesterday.

To be honest, it's pretty fun when people complain about the "ridiculous price" being asked for a superior Shadow rune right now.

That rune just turned into the most valuable rune in the game since the SF buff. Its real value is way higher than the superior Vigor rune. 1 of those equals at least 10 ecto/hour, which is 50k, with minimal effort. And people complain about 15k?

The price of a Shadow rune could be 100k right now, it would still be cheap compared to what you can get from it.

i can manage the build easily enough with my major rune. still a sup one would be nice

Good to know. I'll actually salvage SA runes from now on.

So this makes me wonder: How much is too much to ask for the rune? I mean, there is no supply at the Merchant, so I guess I can put the price that I damn please, let's say, 100K + 5 ectos for the rune. Would that be consider scamming? Or am I on my god given right to set the price that I please since I have the extra rune?

I'd tell you to ask the price you can get for it. Right now that seems to be 15k.

gogo farm market brotherhood with 130hp or 55 or what ever u good at xD
a friend got 3 the other day ><
this will make it appear from trader again i hope xD

being the first person to sell a rune back to a trader doesn't make it cost 100k, though you might think so considering they seem to do the more of the item..the less the cost. it apparently has a cap of waht it can cost.

Yeah, it doesn't make much sense honestly. I got a Maj SA rune the other day, and the trader wanted to give me 380g for it.

Figured "screw that" and just put it on Zenmai (My Sassy got her Sup SA before the update)

I can understand selling it for 5k, but those people selling it for 10/15/20k are scammers.

How are they scammers? They ask for a price, and buyer can refuse or accept it. If there's a limited supply on something, the price always gets higher. Basic economics, or have I missed something?

I think he means "opportunist."

Winner. I don't see why people put simple questions in Riverside as opposed to the Q/A.

Here comes the problem of the trader's price not really reflecting the real supply and demand. If the trader is about to run out of a certain good because of people buying all like crazy he should rise the price substantially higher and make further adjustments based on how the buy/sell ratio was affected. The price changes should depend on trader's current stock and be much bigger if he's running out of that item.
Instead the trader updates his prices very slowly over time, only helping the trader campers who can sit at him to quckly snag one when it appears for 1k to resell to players at 10k+.

1. Find a farmable place that provides golden armour.
2. Find Superior/Major Shadow Arts Runes.
3. ???
4. Profit!

Finally explained in a way that is understood by all. SA Runes = Underpants