Rare

How exactly is this "rare?"

Gold.

You know that's not what I meant :-P

It has no mods, and the only upgrade is a fiery hilt, which isn't rare.

Some "rares" are shit. Always been like that. Not all "rares" are actually going to be rare and desirable.

its max damage req 11 AND it has a mod on it. Thats a low quality rare. Drops like that happen.

I have a Gold clean max Chaos axe Req 8.
not a single mod on it. The only reason why is rare is because
of it's color.

A while ago, there was a chance that IDing items left you with a gold or purple weapon that had no mods, and was simply worth more than usual at the merchant. However, a patch since then has changed this.

Rare is not just based on stats, it's based on stats + the level of the mob that dropped it.

Or chest

Damn. I thought I found a bug

Indeed they do, often

and now you have at least one mod in it, which would be the fiery hilt here
the sad truth is that these "rares" are quiet common...

i got a hammer with firedmg off a fow chest and was not happy!!!

I got a gold wingblade drop in the desert, i'd it, thought to my self- "YES! vampiric wingblade of..pruneing?" and the vamp is only 2:1. maybe some weird collector will want it for it's oddity....

Rare=gold color. All gold ettin pauldrons say "rare". Most are major runes worth about 25g.

better sell them in they're armor then

Almost like this Fellblade I found couple of days ago

25g to the trader. The merchant gives more

I used to have an offhand focus that was gold. It was just +9 energy (req 4 Domination).

I got a Longbow of Shelter the other day. It was 15-28 and +5 AR. No bonus at all, but it was req. 8.