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CartZ

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

wwfb

N/Me

29 Mar 2006 at 17:53 - 1

Does anyone know what the highest price of a weapon or offhand item would be from merchant pricing or even how to they set prices on items.... i have a gold air staff that i could sell to the merchant for 508 gold... but then i break out some of my greens and they would only sell for like 35 gold what is with the merchants.. shouldnt those sell for alot just to the trader??

AxeMe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Atlanta

HEX

W/

29 Mar 2006 at 18:06 - 2

Merchant pricing is fairly random and not based on any logic I can detect (for instance, identical items can sell for different prices at the merchant).

That said - greens are often inferior to gold items with the best possible stats.

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

29 Mar 2006 at 18:23 - 3

I've never had the merchant offer me 500 gold for a single weapon, shield, or other item. But I've come close.

Maria The Princess

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aequitas Deis

29 Mar 2006 at 22:33 - 4

most i got out of merchant was around 400g.... for a holy stuff with very weird stats.... alot of stats but all at 5% chance THE MOST, so go figure how they calculate. maby more LINES of stats is better?

XeNoGeArZ

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

30 Mar 2006 at 01:04 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maria The Princess

most i got out of merchant was around 400g.... for a holy stuff with very weird stats.

Probably was cross-profession stats. Merchant looks at the item and says: "oh no, this won't work. we gotta get this item out of the economy. i'll pay 400g ! top dollah! "

Maria The Princess

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aequitas Deis

30 Mar 2006 at 02:40 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by XeNoGeArZ

Probably was cross-profession stats. Merchant looks at the item and says: "oh no, this won't work. we gotta get this item out of the economy. i'll pay 400g ! top dollah! "

hahaha! youre so right! but it wasnt cross profession it was something like:

holy dmg 11-22 req 12 divine
halfs smiting skills 3%
healing +1 5%

not exactly that but in that style!!
i think even the biggest noob woulnt give me more then 100g for that!
hahaha

thank you come again! lol

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

30 Mar 2006 at 02:46 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by CartZ

but then i break out some of my greens and they would only sell for like 35 gold what is with the merchants.. shouldnt those sell for alot just to the trader??

If an item isn't identified, like a white or green item, use an identification kit on it. Generally in high-level areas this quite increases the amount the merchant buys them for. Identified items have a range of prices they can have, determined by their color: high-level purple items are 100g to 200g and golds are 200 to some number I'm not sure of.

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

30 Mar 2006 at 09:07 - 8

I think my highest priced gold was 462 or 468 or 472. Something like that.

CartZ

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

wwfb

N/Me

30 Mar 2006 at 16:17 - 9

anyone have any higher then 508g?

Wyldie

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Alchemy Incorporated

W/R

30 Mar 2006 at 18:42 - 10

My highest is 438 for an FDS.

take_me

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

Europe

Country Roads [HOME]

30 Mar 2006 at 19:16 - 11

I have a gold Chakram with value 508

Energy +12 (req. 12 Illusion)
Health +36 (while hexed)

sparkymcjay

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

30 Mar 2006 at 19:33 - 12

i had an air wand that was about 504gold at the mech

Fungus Amongus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] | [Rare] Alliance

31 Mar 2006 at 00:26 - 13

My top merchant sell was also 504.

Lichtenberg

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mass Delusion [LARP]

31 Mar 2006 at 01:12 - 14

508 also..

DeathDealer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Dark Side of the Moon....and I'm goin' back real soon

Guildless

R/Mo

31 Mar 2006 at 01:17 - 15

I dont have a screen, but I did have a gold shadow staff that was garbage..but the merchant value was 518 gold...I'll dig in my screens folder and see if I still have it....

I also have a gold req 6 hammer (non max) thats worth 88 gold

Mr D J

Permanently Unbanned

Join Date: Jun 2005

31 Mar 2006 at 01:22 - 16

I think my highes was over 700 but I might be wrong... it was from FoW chest

Renegade ++RIP++

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

31 Mar 2006 at 01:26 - 17

532 for a dumb staff of deathbane...