identify blue?

krusader

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/Me

So say I've been ettin farming. One of them drops a blue tribal blade or something like it (instead of that superior vigor :-( ). Is it worth indentifying it? Is there any chance a pretty lame looking blue drop could have say a 10/10 on it that I could then salvage?
Cheers

seraphite86

seraphite86

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Florida

Talk Less More [Sekz]

Rt/E

More than likely the mod will be bad. But why are you afraid to identify it? Salvage kits are worth 4/5 gold per use.

Manda Panda

Manda Panda

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Shadow Wanderers

Definitely ID it. If it's precious it could be worth close to 200 gold, and highly salvageable stuff will give you a good amount of materials, well worth the price of the salvage.

But no, you won't get a max mod from a blue weapon.

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

Personally, I don't ID it unless it's max dmg...which is pretty rare with a Blue.

Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

You could get lucky in low level areas too, and get sought after crappy mods, like -energy (weapon or offhand - either way it's useful).

Sereng Amaranth

Sereng Amaranth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Amazon Basin [AB]

I got a -20 hp icon from a blue. Sold it for 2k.

Don Zardeone

Don Zardeone

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

I believe that zealous upgrades can be found on lightblue weapons.
You can also get higly salvageable and precious items, aswell as energy -5 like the other guy said.

Your drop could go from 30g to way over 200 (well, 100 is more likely, unless it's salvageable and you get 49 wood planks...)

Manic Smile

Manic Smile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Hawaii

----- 15^50[Rare] ---- Alliance: ----- [SMS] -----

ID evertying colored(not white) past desert or so...before hand I don't really know about the returns but even the crap(blue and purple) later sales for more then the cost of the ID + the unided item(on average)

Str0b0

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Carolina

N/Me

One of the most common mods on those weapons I find it Highly Salvageable which translates to crafting materials which is a nice way to turn a quick profit.

TheMosesPHD

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

I ID most everything except in low level areas, and usually always if it's colored. Even if it's white, a lot of stuff in the south shivers sells for way more than the default 50-55 gold that the merchant offers to buy them for if you ID it. IDing something costs 5 gold, but when I used to hardcore farm the trolls, most of the white raven staffs came out ot be worth 90-100 gold when I IDed them, where they would've just sold for 50-55g to the merchant if I hadn't IDed. The profit off IDing items in high level areas drastically outweighs the little 5 gold cost per ID.

derrtyboy69

derrtyboy69

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Clouds

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/Me

What he said ^^

Coolniceronguy

Coolniceronguy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Amidst A Sea Of Darkness[Star]

I highly recommend identifying all items, even whites. Especially later on, identifying a white item can significantly increase the value of the item, even if your intention is to sell it to trader.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

In the later parts of the game, ID everything! In one Tombs run, I got 20 or so white items. I checked what the vendor would but them for un-ID'd and them ID'd them. They were worth about 350g more ID'd. That's an average increase of 15 - 17g per item and only costing 4g to ID each thing.

I did the same sort of thing in the Yak's bend area and about broke even with the cost of using the ID kit. In the Ascalon area, you lose money IDing white items.

As for Blue items, Always ID. They may be precious or Highly salvageable. It's also possible there may be a mod on it that you can salvage for a decent profit.

Manic Smile

Manic Smile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Hawaii

----- 15^50[Rare] ---- Alliance: ----- [SMS] -----

thanks for the info

never knew that...what the hell is the point of iding a normal weapon...the logical reason they become worth more

Cowboy Nastyman

Cowboy Nastyman

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Me/Mo

iding an item will always increase its merchant sell value more than the value of the id charge used so go for the id everytime, you may not get valuable mods but the extra sell value does add up fast

maffa

maffa

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Reading. Berks. UK

Midnight Tokers

N/Mo

Strange one this. Got a blue sword (think it was a dragon one) and ID'd it. But there was nothing extra on it. Not precious, salvageable or any mods. Just a bog standard sword 11-21 dmg that was blue.

Any ideas people what was going on? Any one had anything similar when its id'd you get nowt?

Dingo Dave

Dingo Dave

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Raging Pheonixes Guild

E/Mo

if it was a dragon sword it had a fiery hilt

maffa

maffa

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Reading. Berks. UK

Midnight Tokers

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingo Dave
if it was a dragon sword it had a fiery hilt
Probably wasnt dragon then. Just a bog standard max dmg sword that was blue.

jimmy_logic

jimmy_logic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/

ID everything as it normally increases the value of the item.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowboy Nastyman
iding an item will always increase its merchant sell value more than the value of the id charge used so go for the id everytime, you may not get valuable mods but the extra sell value does add up fast
All fiery dragon swords are blue and can be purple or gold?

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

I ID everything colored after the Ascalon area.

Precious alone turns a big profit off the 100gp kit.