Shields: Fire/Demons,10vSkele/Undead. hiReq +5 Halo Axe, Dadao

Hi folks,

I could mostly use help on the hi req inherent +5 Canthan skins and 10vCritter shields below.




A friend just entrusted me with selling this one! I doubt there's such a thing as a fixed buyout, but could anyone give me some insight as to reasonable reserve price?

• r11 Tactics Round Shield, +1 Fire Magic 20%, ar 10 vs. Demons

I had guessed these were "merch-5k" things, but someone in game just told me a different story. Could anyone offer insight or PC guesses on either of the pictured max gold inherent Halo Axes before I go selling them? (A friend entrusted them to me, so I'm particularly worried about not selling them terribly cheap.)

• r12 Halo Axe, inherent +5en
• r11 Halo Axe, inherent 15^50 - (This one is actually mine to keep now, but PC would be welcome if offered, nonetheless.)
• r12 Dadao Sword, inherent +5en - not pictured, but in the same theme as the +5 Halo I think.

Any PC guesses for these? I'm considering finding new homes for them. But I don't know the current market for 10vCritter shields, and I'd prefer starting with even a rough pc range.

• r9 Tall Shield, -2wE, 10 vs. skeletons ...
  It's sold, but any PC guesses on this would still be welcome in the interest of helping future PCs of such things.

  • StueyG's reply sounds like taking the collector's 20e offer for this one would be a good deal for him, which is what I wanted to make sure of before agreeing to trade. He says he'd expect 30-40e possible from what he's seen lately. Thanks Dis!

  • Ok, so between Stu's reply and the buyer's feelings on the matter, everyone seemed comfortable that I was not risking overcharging by taking the 20e offer. So I handed it over a few hours ago. I'd like to leave it up for more PC replies. It's here anyway, and the info might help the next guy. (What?!? It could happen! Stop lookin' at me like that!)

  • Showtime and Chaos Theory Pvp both reply that the Skeletons mod is not seen nearly as often as the Undead mod, so it's probably of higher value to collectors. Showtime said, "should go for a bit more than 20e to any collector." Chaos said, "I would put it more around the 40e area" - Thanks to you both!
    

• r10 Str Shadow Shield, -2wE, 10 vs. undead
  Any ideas or ranges for this one?

  • StueyG replies "20e or so as well" - Thanks Dis!
  • Showtime tells us he bought one just like it for around 20e a couple months ago - Thanks Showtime!

• r9 Eternal Shield, -2stance, 10 vs. undead
  I'm clueless beyond the impressions, "Folks like Eternal Shields. Folks like r9. Folks don't like -2stance mods," and that's really hard to put into numerical format! (I tried for hours - it wouldn't fit!)

  • StueyG replies "not nearly as much because stance is just not too wanted" - I'll take that to mean it's actually safer for me to sell this one lower if only one interested bidder, potential new home shows interest. Thanks again!

Thank you very much to all the responders! The following are PCed enough to my satisfaction. If you have something to add to the discussion on them, feel free!

15^50 inherent r9 Platinum Longbow

• The friend I'm selling one for told me he thought PC was 20-25k, but I wanted to check in here.
• Of the answers here, the highest was a range of 5-20k for all the things listed. A couple folks said 15k tops.
• Seems to be sufficiently PC'ed now to me. Thanks folks!

"Butterfly Sword" & "Wingblade Sword"

I was curious for insight into the market for these after having found it surprisingly hard to find them for sale a year ago when I wanted some and hearing a friend recently had an easy time selling an r12 +5en inherent Wingblade Sword sell for 7k in Kamadan the other day.

• Responders disagree on whether or not it's appropriate to use terms like "desirable" and "undesirable" for these skins.
• All PCs reported for r9 versions of each with the popular inherent mods 15^50 and +5en, and inscribables seem to converge around them being 15k tops.
• I played ferry for a friend and buyer with timzone issues not long after posting this. It was an r9 15^50 inh "Butterfly Sword" which sold for 15k, the b/o someone posted for here on the friend's thread.
• Thanks to everyone for offering your input to my question!

Thanks for your time, consideration, and any help you can offer!

Cheers,
Luny


EDITS

- @wilderness (first)

Thank you for the help! I just now happened to help complete a trade for a friend who had timezone differences with the buyer. It was an r9 15^50 inh "Butterfly Sword" which sold for 15k, the b/o someone posted for here. fallenangel's request for my help in PC on that sword last week is probably at least one of the things that got me wondering about the supply and demand of these things.
But the more data points we have, the better! So thanks very much for the link, too!

- @Chaos

Thank you, too! Some insight in helping further our collective knowledge of these swords' PC targets (for science!) may very well be had in hearing different folks' observations on how desirable they are. It wouldn't be the first time I saw differing opinions on such a thing.

- @jimbo, Venganza, and o m g pizowned

Thank you guys for your replies, too!

I'm finding the split between everyone of it is vs. is not desired quite fascinating. Given the different opinions (and understanding/accounting for what may be unavoidable personal bias) it's noteworthy that you report simliar number ranges, regardless. So that would seem like what market there is for these is at least fairly stable. I certainly see very few ads seeking to buy these swords, if any.




Possibly worth noting - At the time of this PC thread, we'd recently finished Halloween and ecto which had been steady ~7k ea for a while has been showing signs of it's Wintersday season surge. For conversion purposes, consider that 1e is roughly 7-8k these days.

They would all be low end items, around 5-20k. Imo. Lower end for inscription, higher for +5.

Very undesired skin, I think the reason we don't see as many as we do could simply be people not bothering to try to sell them. That, or the areas they drop inherent in greatest abundance simply aren't farmed any more.

EDIT: q9 15^50 Butterfly here

Has a 5k bid on it.

I agree with the pc's yourve been given, but disagree wingblade is not undesired

Agree with Wilderness on all counts. Although in my opinion, 15k would be the max I'd PC any of those items (including the Plat Longbow).

And yeah, I think Wingblade/Butterfly are among the most undesired swords in the game.

Actually most swords are "undesired" these days, everyone is ultra fussy and most people are only after dungeon end-chest stuff, old school stuff and the like.

Having said that, the Wingblade is used and appreciated by many, certainly it is better looking than a lot of other common swords (my Jora has one). All comes down to personal preference I suppose, some people like those God aweful Chaos Gloves... go figure.

Oh and 15k for the plat seems about right.

Thank you all! This is helpful, and I appreciate it.


I added some new 10vCritter / -2wX shields to my list above. It would be great having some kind of number (or range) in mind going into the process of selling these particular shields.

I'm under the impression that -2wE on shields is highly prized right now. Are -2stance versions popular at all, or is that mod not likely to push the eternal's fair market value higher?

Cheers, Luny

Claims that the skin is desired are a little silly to me. Desired = higher demand. Higher demand = higher value (in relation to how attainable it is, of course). The skin in question commands neither of these and never really has.

Even back in the days of Droknar's Forge trading, Wingblades were at the lower end of the trading ladder.

I think it's a decent looking skin, but then I like Bonestaffs and Standard Death Cestas over BDS and Froggies. Go figure...

yeah i remember buying r8 15>50 wingblades for under 50k lol

Bump! Because I want to go back to the top of pg. 1 instead of sitting down below the middle ( at the drop in traffic in here - I had not noticed that before)

And to thank everyone for their replies - Thank you guys!

And because I could use some help with those about-to-be-orphans 10vCritter shields in the picture.

Cheers!


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Random thought of the day - ANet has really dropped the ball. How many years has that NPC with the Herring been there now? We still don't have a single pair of green daggers using that skin. I want to dual wield fish! How long are we meant to wait?

o m g that was never the market price for a Q8, they were always above spatha anyway :P Jora looks hot with either o_O

I remember seeing r8 longswords and wingblades all the time in Droks at 50k or less. Spathas were just even cheaper, and the gladius'. Heck a r7 15>50 spatha sold for next to nothing back in those days.... and I still prefer the bone staff, long sword, tall shields..... over most of the newer stuff

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also 20e for that tall shield is a low offer, that is probably why you got a PM :P can get 30-40e from what I've seen lately .... shadow imo 20e or so as well .... eternal not nearly as much because stance is just not too wanted .. the others are farming shields

Thanks for the replies! One more bump for other opinions/insights as I work on getting a thread up about this stuff.

Cheers!

I bought that same shadow for around 20e a couple months ago. I'll try to see if I kept any records.

The vs skele is more rare than vs undead but offers less usage. Still nice shield and should go for a bit more than 20e to any collector.

Even though less useful v skeletons I don't recall ever seeing one before, I would put it more around the 40e area.