Something that bothers me:
Why is the Asuran Wand, aswell as the other faction weapons, a blue weapon?
I know, I know, it's "just" prestige, and the "gold" has no real value, but am I the only one that is annoyed with the fact that you're going to have an intire inventory of nice gold, perfect weapons, and then 1 (or 2, high set ftw) "blue" asuran wands?
Why weren't they made gold, just like the destroyer and tormented weapons?
Don't get me wrong, it's a minor thing, and I can get over it, it's just annoying that one of the best looking wands, probably the only one that fits with a Blessed Chalice Monk offhand, has to be blue, instead of gold.
Are there any other people annoyed with this?
Asuran Wand
Killed u man
Lord Of Blame
I was going to get an Asuran Staff but the fact that it is blue was the reason I didn't. As you stated it is a very lame reason not to get it, but I too like the golds.
Covah
Its a Collector item you craft them. Destroyer weapons and tormented weapons are prestigious and thats why they are gold.
sickle of carnage
Why does it even matter, blue gold purple or whatever, nobody can see it but you. And if you can't handle your own e-pride... :-P
Icy The Mage
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Its a Collector item you craft them. Destroyer weapons and tormented weapons are prestigious and thats why they are gold.
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Killed u man
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Originally Posted by sickle of carnage
Why does it even matter, blue gold purple or whatever, nobody can see it but you. And if you can't handle your own e-pride... :-P
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The same reason I REALLY dislike the way how factions points, Lightbringer, ... keeps on increasing the amount of points U have once you reached the maxed tier. It would simply look alot better on screenshots and such to have it be the round number, and then whilst hovering over it, it shows the exact amount.
It's the same with these weapon sets. It's not as much e-peen and prestige as it is consistency. These "elite" weapons you talk about is all personal reception.
For me, the asuran wand is an elite weapon, as it is, by far, the best skin out there. And to then go by your logic, it SHOULD be an elite weapon then. They can make it more expensive for all I care, it's just annoying to see an intire gold inventory (shields, spears, etc) and then have 1 blue weapon.
Antares Ascending
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I realy don't care if its pink....ok, maybe not pink, but, does it matter?
I got a Bow of the kinslayer cause I liked the animation and had been hoping for a silverwing for a while. Now that I have it...MEH!!!! I never look at it in game and finally gave it to Acolyte Jin on another character.. Still hope for a Silverwing but would prolly sell it to get... hummm.....ummmmmm...aaaaa...?
I realy don't care if its pink....ok, maybe not pink, but, does it matter?
I got a Bow of the kinslayer cause I liked the animation and had been hoping for a silverwing for a while. Now that I have it...MEH!!!! I never look at it in game and finally gave it to Acolyte Jin on another character.. Still hope for a Silverwing but would prolly sell it to get... hummm.....ummmmmm...aaaaa...?
Rak Orgon of Beowulf
epeen much?
its the functionality that matters, but i too was surprised when i bought my bow i was pretty surprised they weren't gold...meh oh well.
its the functionality that matters, but i too was surprised when i bought my bow i was pretty surprised they weren't gold...meh oh well.
snaek
im not bothered so much by blue weapons because they indicate crafter/collector weapons...
i am however bothered by perfect r9 inscribable purple weapons. whenever i think purple, i think imperfect...so its kind of misleading.
though i think it would be nice if all r9 inscribable crafter weapons are gold. non-inscribable collecter weapons can stay blue though.
i am however bothered by perfect r9 inscribable purple weapons. whenever i think purple, i think imperfect...so its kind of misleading.
though i think it would be nice if all r9 inscribable crafter weapons are gold. non-inscribable collecter weapons can stay blue though.
sickle of carnage
Asuran Scepter & Focus. Can you tell they're blue? Are they still sweet looking?
Luminarus
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Asuran Scepter & Focus. Can you tell they're blue? Are they still sweet looking? |
take_me
I used a blue Fire Offhand for 2 years before inscriptions came out. I never had a problem with it being blue.
At least they are blue and not purple... that would be annoying^^
At least they are blue and not purple... that would be annoying^^
Yasmine
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At least they are blue and not purple... that would be annoying^^
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On-topic: yes, the fact they are blue is a little annoying (I have an asuran staff, bow, focus and a norn shield), but you get used to it quite fast.
upier
Proff
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Its a Collector item you craft them. Destroyer weapons and tormented weapons are prestigious and thats why they are gold.
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Redvex
upier
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You can easily manage (energy) that build?
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Sure energy does get low - but I run around with a bunch of buffed up physicals so fights don't last very long.
Zahr Dalsk
Someone's worried about the colour on an item's RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing name? Wow, stupidity on a whole new level.
Orange Milk
I've had a "Blood Knife" forever and it does look kind of odd there as a blue item, but I don't have it for it's color, I have it for it's stats, it's a great offhand for a Touch Ranger.
As far as Max perfect Purples go, yeah no matter what the skin is no one wants them, my Koss uses a Purple max perfect sword that I could not give away to guild/alliance members looking for a sword.
Crafter weapons have always been Blue, even the ones at the end of Factions that are technically endgame elite. I don't see a reason to change it, though I guess the wepons you get from the Bonus Mission PAck are gold, so I dunno the rhyme or reason to it.
As far as Max perfect Purples go, yeah no matter what the skin is no one wants them, my Koss uses a Purple max perfect sword that I could not give away to guild/alliance members looking for a sword.
Crafter weapons have always been Blue, even the ones at the end of Factions that are technically endgame elite. I don't see a reason to change it, though I guess the wepons you get from the Bonus Mission PAck are gold, so I dunno the rhyme or reason to it.
Voodoo Rage
Perfect 40/40 sets from Gertrud in Vasburg Armory.....ftw
Verene
I've never cared if a weapon was blue, purple, gold, or green. Why should it matter? So long as it's got the mods you want and you like how it looks, then that's what should matter. After all, you're going to spend far more time looking at and using the actual weapon than looking at its name in your inventory.
MMSDome
WHy does the text color of a weapon matter? A 15>50 blue will be just as effective as a 15>50 gold and no one is looking at your inventory so who cares?
NoXiFy
The real question is, why are some people autistic about everything? I tried to sell a perfect r9 FDS one day, inscripable and everything and nobody would buy it because "ewww, it's blue". I'm just like... what the 
. I hate the idiocy of guildwars.
. I hate the idiocy of guildwars.
snaek
^how much were you tryin to sell it for?
i wouldn't put its value anything higher than 1k.
i wouldn't put its value anything higher than 1k.
Shadowhaze
I got some for a few of my chars. I don't care about the blue/gold/purple in this case because I like the skin.
NoXiFy
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^how much were you tryin to sell it for?
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Master Fuhon
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The real question is, why are some people autistic about everything? I tried to sell a perfect r9 FDS one day, inscripable and everything and nobody would buy it because "ewww, it's blue". I'm just like... what the
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Autistic people take in the fixations of “normal people” and have them amplified within their own heads, only because they aren’t aware of how the empathic process works within them (stigmatized by label to not knowing about themselves, and put on drugs). To use autistic in this manner would be based upon a lack of recognition; that people have fixations based on other peoples thoughts/emotions circulating within their own heads to some degree based on the process of empathy.
Certain powerful historical figures have had fixations towards colors. Gold and purple were the obsessions of royalty. Green is a common color used in currency; however it gets treated as such: common currency. Light blue is a color I am not certain the meaning of. The desire for colors is purely based upon these fixations being passed on from leaders to their people.
At this point I think it’s safe to recognize that something being desirable says more about how common something is as a fixation than how rare it is. Definitely not a problem confined to Guild Wars.
NoXiFy
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Autism is the spectrum by which people have severely overactive empathic capabilities. Empathy is a capacity to experience another person’s emotions as your own. Autistic means "overly empathic" not "fixated".
Autistic people take in the fixations of “normal people” and have them amplified within their own heads, only because they aren’t aware of how the empathic process works within them (stigmatized by label to not knowing about themselves, and put on drugs). To use autistic in this manner would be based upon a lack of recognition; that people have fixations based on other peoples thoughts/emotions circulating within their own heads to some degree based on the process of empathy. Certain powerful historical figures have had fixations towards colors. Gold and purple were the obsessions of royalty. Green is a common color used in currency; however it gets treated as such: common currency. Light blue is a color I am not certain the meaning of. The desire for colors is purely based upon these fixations being passed on from leaders to their people. At this point I think it’s safe to recognize that something being desirable says more about how common something is as a fixation than how rare it is. Definitely not a problem confined to Guild Wars. |
sickle of carnage
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cool story bro.
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Jensy
Is there an asuran weapon out there that punches anyone that says "cool story, bro" right in the scrot when they do it? If so, I'd buy that shit even if it were a non-max white.
Just sayin.
Just sayin.
Master Fuhon
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cool story bro.
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As for the rest, you have expressed a desire towards convincing other people to purchase items based on stats instead color; even expressing frustration towards this endeavor in the exact part I quoted.
I gave a reason for this, to which included in the quote you respond to with “cool story bro”. My reason is something people can read and figure for themselves that they no longer need to have these obsessions; leading towards the increasing likelihood that people purchase your wares.
This is just as related as the things I referred to within my previous post. If you are going to just mimic how someone else does things at least make sure you are acting in the self-interest of yourself. The same can be said about gold/purple items and the exerted effort towards attaining them.
poasiods
I recently got myself an Asuran Recurve Bow. It's very annoying when I'm merching stuff since every other weapon I have are either gold or green.
Eragon Zarroc
all crafter weapons besides destroyer and tormented are blue. asuran weps along with other similar weps don't cost enough to be crafted as golds.
zelgadissan
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all crafter weapons besides destroyer and tormented are blue.
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And Deldrimor Weapons?
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Red Sonya
The reason most players associate value of color is the same reason they associate value of skins. The rarity of the color gold vs the commonness of blue and really also purples. Place a rare skin upon the rare color gold and there you will have a gem. Place a rare skin in the color of white or blue and even purple and you just have basically merchant fodder if you want to SELL it, but, you'll always have the rare skin as value to yourself. Anet created this type of world psychology due to lack of anything else of value of the items like better modifications to almost unlimited levels. Higher level characters that would have required higher level armor and items things like that that aren't in the game put things like colors and skins more into the limelight. Guild Wars world is based on vanity and titles and nothing more.
MStarfire
They're blue because just about any jackass can get one.
makosi
It reminds me of the wands that Koopas/Bowser used in early Mario games.
I'm one of the few that don't mind what colour it is. Function > aesthetics > colour.
I'm one of the few that don't mind what colour it is. Function > aesthetics > colour.