Can I ask why this is?
WHY are Greens worth nothing?
I Kakasan I
I've been told that most "green" items are worthless in terms of price (5k-7k)
Can I ask why this is?
Can I ask why this is?
lateralus11235
because a lot of them are so incredibly easy to farm, and also you can't modify or dye green items
MarkusParkus
Simple Answer...
Greens Are So Easily Farmed Theyre Value Is....Nothing Special Lol.
Even End-Game Reward Greens Are Worth Diddly Squat As So Many Chars Have Completed The Chapters.
Hope It Helps.
Markus
Greens Are So Easily Farmed Theyre Value Is....Nothing Special Lol.
Even End-Game Reward Greens Are Worth Diddly Squat As So Many Chars Have Completed The Chapters.
Hope It Helps.
Markus
SpiritSpammer
Personally purple does the job too. as long as i can mod it an its r9 max dmg. ill buy it. gold just makes you feel good i guess. and greens just too easy to get for it to be worth anything
notskorn
They are easy to farm and people have lots of them since the game is almost 5 years old
Kook~NBK~
1. They can't be modded
2. Many of them have undesirable stats
3. Some of them have great stats, but ugly skins
4. With the advent of inscriptions, it's very easy to find a weapon with a skin you like and mod it to the stats you want.
5. Greens may be "unique" but there are so many different ones, there's nothing special about them - not like back when Sorrow's Furnace was the only place to get them.
2. Many of them have undesirable stats
3. Some of them have great stats, but ugly skins
4. With the advent of inscriptions, it's very easy to find a weapon with a skin you like and mod it to the stats you want.
5. Greens may be "unique" but there are so many different ones, there's nothing special about them - not like back when Sorrow's Furnace was the only place to get them.
Yang Whirlwind
I think the reasons have pretty much been listed, only thing I might add is that they cannot be dyed either,- which to some is a severe limitation.
Fate Crusher
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4. With the advent of inscriptions, it's very easy to find a weapon with a skin you like and mod it to the stats you want.
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This.
Nightfall ultimately spelled the end of Green weapons. Yes, weapons were modifiable but Greens were more valuable because of their perfect inherent modifications (+15% above 50% health etc).
Even worse for shields that were so rare to get double mods, that green shields were quite sought after.
But after a while, as many have said, even if the inscriptions were never made available, the simple fact that the greens were so easily farmed, many Green weapons flooded the market that they were so common place (the Bludgeoner for example quickly dropped to 2/5k within 5 months of Sorrows Furnace opening).
Therefore nowadays, with such a saturated market of "perfect" weapons that cost next to nothing, people can easily afford to buy a skin that they prefer and purchase their own mods and create their own weapons specifically to their needs, for example, Galigord's Stone Staff and Rago's Flame Staff are probably the only usable green staves available.
Tenebrae
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Originally Posted by Kook~NBK~
1. They can't be modded
2. Many of them have undesirable stats 3. Some of them have great stats, but ugly skins 4. With the advent of inscriptions, it's very easy to find a weapon with a skin you like and mod it to the stats you want. 5. Greens may be "unique" but there are so many different ones, there's nothing special about them - not like back when Sorrow's Furnace was the only place to get them. |
6. If the price of the skin that the green items goes low , that green will go even lower price.
Nowadays only great skin greens go for more than 20k , like those bows with silverwing skin or spear of the hierophant ( voltaic ) , and if anet decides to make them drop on reg chests for example , that price would drop drastically. Example ? Stygian Reaver skin and Murakai
( farming + Zchest drop
Great Dwarf Weapon
because there overfarmed and easy to get and most of em have ugly skins.
Xenex Xclame
If you can sell a green for 5K you should be happy, most of them are worthless.
Black Metal
7. With the BMP, you can get any r9 base item you want
8. With the end-game trade-ins you can also get anything you want
8. With the end-game trade-ins you can also get anything you want
Konker2020
As others have said,
1: Cannot Mod
2: Cannot Dye
3: Most have crap mods
4: Some have decent mods and crap skin
5: It's really a question of rarity (Once you have done everything in the game and require nothing, yet have a fair amount built up, this will matter to you)
1: Cannot Mod
2: Cannot Dye
3: Most have crap mods
4: Some have decent mods and crap skin
5: It's really a question of rarity (Once you have done everything in the game and require nothing, yet have a fair amount built up, this will matter to you)
The Arching Healer
Because Supply > Demand
Snograt
I loves me greens anyway - got two mules-full, arrr! ^_^
I be currently farmin' TotPK with a spirit-spammer, 6 or 7 greens per run. A prized booty indeed, but still no Victo's Axe, Victo's Bluwark or Ogre-Slaying Knife, damn their eyes.
It be me aim to grab me one of every green in the game before I goes to Davey Jones' Locker - t'will be a fair old grind indeed, yarr.
I be currently farmin' TotPK with a spirit-spammer, 6 or 7 greens per run. A prized booty indeed, but still no Victo's Axe, Victo's Bluwark or Ogre-Slaying Knife, damn their eyes.
It be me aim to grab me one of every green in the game before I goes to Davey Jones' Locker - t'will be a fair old grind indeed, yarr.
Tijger
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Because Supply > Demand
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When ToPK started with greens they were selling for 100+e, within 2 weeks due to the immense amount of farming prices dropped like a rock. I've sold Victo's Bulwark within seconds once for 100K+15e, now, maybe a few K if you are lucky?
Greens are great for heroes and some are quite decent stat wise but its simply too easy to get them and the market gets flooded hence the prices drop.
Wynthyst
After 4+ years there are just too many in the game for them to hold much worth, but I still regularly sell them on the auction for 5k.
They make great hero weapons.
They make great hero weapons.
Wynthyst
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Originally Posted by Snograt
I loves me greens anyway - got two mules-full, arrr! ^_^
I be currently farmin' TotPK with a spirit-spammer, 6 or 7 greens per run. A prized booty indeed, but still no Victo's Axe, Victo's Bluwark or Ogre-Slaying Knife, damn their eyes. |
payne
bow of the kinslayer still goes for 100k+e
although it takes ~1:15h to get to the chest with a small drop chance lol
I want an Ogre Slaying Knife aswell actually...even though they are completely useless except for nostalgia sake
although it takes ~1:15h to get to the chest with a small drop chance lol
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Originally Posted by Snograt
I loves me greens anyway - got two mules-full, arrr! ^_^
I be currently farmin' TotPK with a spirit-spammer, 6 or 7 greens per run. A prized booty indeed, but still no Victo's Axe, Victo's Bluwark or Ogre-Slaying Knife, damn their eyes. It be me aim to grab me one of every green in the game before I goes to Davey Jones' Locker - t'will be a fair old grind indeed, yarr. |
Snograt
Thank'ee, Wyn - but t'wouldn't be the same if I were to be given one. 'Tis the winning that's the thing, arrr?
Ogre-Slayin' Knife, aye; about as good as a butter spreader, but who wouldn't be itchin' to be sayin' "I be attackin The Darrrrrkness - with me knife that be +3 against Ogres"?
Ogre-Slayin' Knife, aye; about as good as a butter spreader, but who wouldn't be itchin' to be sayin' "I be attackin The Darrrrrkness - with me knife that be +3 against Ogres"?
payne
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Originally Posted by Snograt
Thank'ee, Wyn - but t'wouldn't be the same if I were to be given one. 'Tis the winning that's the thing, arrr?
Ogre-Slayin' Knife, aye; about as good as a butter spreader, but who wouldn't be itchin' to be sayin' "I be attackin The Darrrrrkness - with me knife that be +3 against Ogres"? |
that would be pretty immense - especially calling it "i am wielding an orge slaying knife" watch the QQ from your teammates :PI might have to go back to ToPK to get me one of those knives :P
Quaker
It's gotten so bad, just yesterday I merched 2 Magekillers and 2 Muraki's Blades (for 35g each) just to get them out of my storage. And I still have 2 of each left (1 to keep, and another to sell.)
Wynthyst
lol Quaker, the CoF greens I generally take to Ascalon and gift to some deserving level 5
Quaker
Most of those level 5's are just guys like us running their umpteenth character through.
(But that is a good idea.)
(But that is a good idea.)
Winston
Ogre-Slaying Knife, ftw.
"I am Wielding a Ogre-Slaying Knife and a Gingerbread Shield"
"I am Wielding a Ogre-Slaying Knife and a Gingerbread Shield"
Tijger
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lol Quaker, the CoF greens I generally take to Ascalon and gift to some deserving level 5
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Its nice to do something nice
Snograt
^Absolutely - although I prefer doing it somewhere where the low-levels are more likely to be real newbies, like Yak's Bend for example.
im no farmer
As everyone pointed out,too easy.
So greens are primarily used for heroes or players who have started recently.
All my necro MMs are equipt with Ghials staffs
So greens are primarily used for heroes or players who have started recently.
All my necro MMs are equipt with Ghials staffs
Quaker
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Originally Posted by Snograt
^Absolutely - although I prefer doing it somewhere where the low-levels are more likely to be real newbies, like Yak's Bend for example.
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Remember back when you were a newbie and how exciting it was to get a better weapon as a drop or out of a chest? Remember the struggle to earn enough gold and salvage enough materials to get better armor and how you felt like you accomplished something?
All that excitement, feelings of accomplishment, and fun is lost when someone just gives you everything you need.
For example, a few months back I played WoW for a while. When I started, some clan-mates gave me about 15 gold (which is like 15p in GW) and crafted me a set of large bags. Then they ran me through some instances so I could fill the bags.
It was all very nice and generous of them, but it kinda took away a lot of the fun.
That is why I'm looking for something totally new to play, like GW2 or Star Trek Online, or w/e.
Shasgaliel
hmm I must be unlucky though since the greens I was after never got below 10k. Examples: Kaolin Accursed Staff or Incetols Focus. Last one I got offers of 40k when I finally found it even though I had a WTB and not WTS thread.
Not all greens can be reproduced. Those greens will be higher in price. Incetols focus being again an example.
Not all greens can be reproduced. Those greens will be higher in price. Incetols focus being again an example.
Dobermann
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Originally Posted by lateralus11235
because a lot of them are so incredibly easy to farm, and also you can't modify or dye green items
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Also the fact, people want rare skinned items for their ego, they would rather have a req9 caster modded e-blade than razajans ferver, for the reason the eblade is rarer.
Would you rather have a Vauxhall or a Lamborghini? - Is the same thing here.
Silicon Based
For all reasons mentioned above it is therefore best to equip your heros with the greens you get instead of trying to sell them 
Rekliss
Well i guess the most expensive green is the Bow of the Hierophant - 50e green; so technically they aren't ALL worthless
Chthon
Really, really bad mods.
Almost all of the martial weapons are 20/20, 15^50, +30hp. Awful.
While there's more variety in caster weapons, most of them fall just as far away from ideal mods as the martial weapons.
Shields do better, mainly do to the extremely limited mod pool.
Almost all of the martial weapons are 20/20, 15^50, +30hp. Awful.
While there's more variety in caster weapons, most of them fall just as far away from ideal mods as the martial weapons.
Shields do better, mainly do to the extremely limited mod pool.