I agree|
Originally Posted by nova-exarch
FYI... none of the prices you mention seemed "crazy"
Nor do I think so. As I mentioned, those seem to be the standard prices. The things that I thought you may consider crazy would be prices for superior runes or salvage kits. I've seen both in pre, but never for trade. Just to put some perspective to a possible price for one, I'll give you a few scenarios. All of the runes you can find in salvage armors, in pre, are minor runes. Once salvaged, those runes go for 12k, or 2 black dye each (pre currency, of course). A superior salvage kit has 100 uses. Given room for bogus salvages (e.g. Iron Ingots instead of Minor Rune of Vigor), I estimate that you will get ¾ uses of the kit (which is a liberal estimate, btw). Using these statistics, we can find the BASE ammount of profit that a superior/expert salvage kit can net you if you use it entirely to salvage runes and sell them. a = d*(.75u) for the value in dye d) cost of the rune, in black dye (2 as of right now) u) Total number of uses on the kit left (100 on a full superior, 25 on full expert) a) Total value of the kit, in black dye b = g*(.75u) for the value in gold g) cost of the rune, in gold (12k as of now) u) total number of uses on the kit left (100 on a full superior, 25 on a full expert) b) total value of the kit, in gold For those that don't want to do the math, here are those basline prices for superior/expert salvage kits. BLACK DYE PRICES X = 2(25 x .75) S = 2(100 x .75) X (Expert Kit) = 37.5 total black dye (18.75 runes harvested) S (Superior Kit) = 150 total black dye (75 runes harvested) GOLD PRICES X = (1.2 x (10^(+4))x(25 x .75)) S = (1.2 x (10^(+4))x(100 x .75)) X (Expert Kit) = 225,000g (18.75 runes harvested) S (Superior Kit) = 900,000g (75 runes harvested) Remember, these figures are based on the EXTREMELY LIBERAL estimate that 1/4th of your salvages will not yeild a rune (In reality, it will probably be a lot less). But those forumlae will basically tell you how much someone would make from a kit in pre, if they choose to salvage runes and sell them. So to purchase one, you would have to come up to close to the ammount of it's salvaging potential, unless you're getting it from a friend or guildie. As for the superior runes.. As I mentioned earlier, they cannot be salvaged in pre, due to the fact that they cannot be found in pre. The only major/superior runes that exist in pre are the ones brought from post along with the kits. You're going to have a much harder time finding those, much less purchasing them. I hope that made sense, good luck with your trading. Also, I know my math cannot be perfect, but those are just ballpark figures. You may be able to find someone to release a kit for slightly less money, just because you're buying it all at once, instead of him having to sell all of the runes/upgrades.. But like I said, never in my experience have I come across one for cheap. |
