Closed: MAX Tribal Axe NON-INSC, Demons Ornate, -2/+45 Tower Shield, 20/20 Healing Bo Staff

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Thanks for any input!

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1. Bo Staff, req 11 Channeling, 20/20 Healing



PC advice: 10-20k

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2. Ornate Buckler, req 9 tac, +10 vs demons, +29hp



PC advice: 30-50e

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3. Tribal Axe, MAX DMG, NON-INSC



Not sure if max non-inscribable tribal axes are "common" drops, so my fairy godmother insisted I check here before merching...

PC advice: Don't merch!


Spent a bit more time doing some research on max damage tribal axes from non-inscribable sources. From Guru sell threads (which I know hardly represent the entire GW world), there are only two other examples which are definitely from non-inscribable sources.

I know that as far as desired inherent mods go, "highly salvageable" doesn't even make the list. But check out the info below and consider how rare genuine max damage tribal axes from non-inscribable sources are.

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4. Tower Shield, req 9, -2/en, +45hp/en



PC advice: 20-30e?

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Perfectly normal staff. Can probably get you about 20k. More if you're lucky.

10k imo and hard to find buyer

not matchin, q11...
and 20k sounds a bit high if u can buy 20/10 for 30k-ish sometimes...

Any thoughts?


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Reorganised the thread to present items & pc advice better, and also to add more items! Thanks for all replies!

that bo staff is not good, 10-20k if you find a buyer..

The ornate buckler is for high-end section. I don't know demon shield prices but i bet this one can get 30-50ecto

DONT merch tribal axe...

Actually...I must have been in full retart mode. Didn't notice it was highly salvageable. I'd merch actually.

Thanks for replies!

Did some more research on the tribal axe and edited into the OP. Would appreciate any input in light of this info.

Also added a req 9 Tower Shield -2/en, +45/en for pc pls. Ty!

Tribal Axe - just salvage....who needs a high req,blue max dmg Tribal Axe with highly salvageable? There are some req 9,max dmg,blue Tribal Axes with DMG Mod.
If you want make an Autcion with S/B: 1k...maybe s.o. bid on it.

Tower Shield ~20-30e? Not sure.

I thought I should post here to go with the impressive search results. fallenangel whispered asking me about this axe before he listed it.

My understanding (and his, too, I think) of the history for Tribal Axes is as follows.

• From the start of Guild Wars, Tribal Axes were a notably large axe skin and dropped only in areas with low-level foes unlikely to produce max damage weapons. They were also a rare drop in the sense that the drop rates for any "Tribal Axe" were (given many players' observations over many years) far lower than the more likely/common skins. For all of the above reasons, many players from the beginning and on coveted a "good" Tribal Axe. In the case of these particular axes, good was considered nonmax blue and even some white versions which would look like instant merch fodder with any other name weapon. The concept of having a max damage Tribal Axe was, to some, a dream of unattainable rarity. Something like a (guessing) 5-25 damage blue one with 11^50 would have been considered "godly" in some circles.
• With NF's release, the axe appeared again as a low drop rate possibility on Istan. Again, foes in the area were not at all likely to produce max damage loot. Blue Tribal Axes with an inscription slot were highly prized by some for the new ability to modify these nonmax axes with perfect inscriptions.
• With the addition of hard mode into the game, the foes that could drop Tribal Axes were high enough level to produce max damage weapons. Still, the drop rate for these was quite low, but it was possible to see max damage versions. (Despite what was most certainly significant effort to farm them and watch out for them in player to player trade, no versions in colors other than white or blue were found. It's not relevant to the PC in question here, but I thought it worth noting anyway.)
• With the addition of EotN (and perhaps zChest) there were sources (not sure which) that could produce max damage and inscribable and gold Tribal Axes.

Now as to the question of "should I try to sell this?" I took the guess that it was not likely to be particularly valuable because

• HM has been out for, what, four years now? While the areas where these can drop max and not inscribable may not be highly farmed, there have most certainly been A LOT of players vanquishing in that time period and must have produced at least some of these that look like yours already.
• Some of the demand has been lost to people who like the skin and don't mind the inscription slot, so any remaining demand is more nostalgia for "the old days" with players who remember the history and are still active enough to bid on such things.
• He told me he didn't remember that any like his (without an inscription slot and with max damage) had shown up other than the one known from the glitched mausoleum in Halloween 2010.
• My guess was that what remaining demand there was for the "oldschool" one he had has been long since met over the years between new ones introduced and loss of interest in the game and his was most likely merch food.

But that was a best guess, so I told him to check here!


I can't offer PC target advice, as I really have no feel for the market on such a thing right now. Like anything else, it's worth what someone will pay for it, right? Given the range of responses so far, I'd say you should at least see if anyone is interested before trashing it.

EDIT - I just realized I responded to a PC for something like this recently on another thread, and I gave the guy what, perhaps, was better advice than I gave you when we spoke in game.

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Originally Posted by LicensedLuny, Nov 5, 2011 ... 9) blue Tribal Axe, 6-27 r8, 11wE inherent Tricky! Certainly not merch food, but tricky. Other than maybe one from the mauso I mentioned before, there are no (or few) known max gold inherent Tribal Axes in the game. (The inscribable ones are relatively common and not a valid comparison.) I'm not sure how to PC this at all, but it's probably the sort of thing you put up for offers and see who's interested. I'd be no more surprised if it didn't get offers above 20k than if it got 100k+ offers: I think it's just impossible to say until you try. ...

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Unrelated to the axe, but click for any concerns about conflicts of interest with me posting on his thread here.



EDIT - Nov 12, 2011 - I just noticed this thread with a recent bid war over #5) a blue r8 6-27 inherent +11wE, post edits look like the axe went to the high bidder of 50e (~400k right now, I think.)

I thought this worth noting here, as I nominate this thread the official tracking log of oldschool Tribal Axe trades!