Side effects of the update...

Haven't looked yet, any sign of Major runes going up in price? They're actually rather useful now at -35 vs -50.

Any other noted side effects yet? I know I for one on my assassin already had crippling dagger on my skillbar, so I love that little buff...

Yeah, some majors have started rising in price. Yesterday all majors except major vigor cost 100 gold, today about half has increased in price (some have more than doubled).

For me the side effect was that I spent about 3 hours trying to get the major axe rune - everytime it appeared in the list, I was too slow and the trader said he ran out of them.

major healing prayers are sold out

Well isn't that just dandy...

He's a side effect of the update for people like me: Having to spend a small fortune repurchasing runes we already have so we too can take advantage of the update.

Didn't they automatically update the Platemail's AL rating after factions came out? If so, why can't they update the existing runes as well? Bollocks.

And even more great news

That doesn't surprise me if you look at superior of healing being at 2.1k last week now at 3.3k.

I see more local chat spam ahead, but this time for runes...

One thing I can foresee though is amulet pricing may go up again.. because people want to trade them for straw effigies. I don't know, at least that's what I want to get for my boon prot monk now

Getting there.


But finally, they did something

I still don't really see myself using the Majors. I wonder how many people just bought them so they could sell them once the price went up.....

Playing the market with Major Runes.....

Sup Runes were not changed, and still have the -75 health penalty. Ghetto 55 Monks (using majors instead of sups) are nerfed, I guess, but it's sorta like they were nerfed from conception.

I'm not sure any existing "Ghetto 55 Monks" would be nerfed as existing runes are unaffected.

Oh, and I'd beware of anyone selling UnID'd major runes, as I'm not sure you will know whether they are pre- or post-update runes.

The difference between armor and runes is that you cannot profit off your armor because it is customized. If, for some reason, someone had a huge stockpile of major runes, they would have made a huge profit if existing runes were affected. Instead, you're going to have to pay few peddly plat.

I was refering to ruins already applied to existing armor specifically.

Yes, and their effects do not change so how does it change anything for you. They still are -50 and not -35. Considering the prices of Sup monk runes I would hardly call that a huge impact especially since major rune prices are still very low and if you paid more for your major runes then 100 gold I'd seriously surprised, aside from Absorp and Vigor hardly any major rune has cost over 100g in a long, long time.

Btw, existing Platemail armors have not been updated yet, only the new Platemail is now AL 90 not Platemail bought before the update.

No, they didn't automatically update Platemail or the other armors. Most likely it's much more complicated to change the individual stats of every armor than most people make it out to be, which is why it's taking so long.

As a side note, if you purchased Platemail, Sundering mods, or major runes before the updates that changed them, you really only have yourself to blame for buying subpar equipment in the first place. If it's not worth it now, why would it have been worth it back then?

Actually, it's worth noting that the change in Major runes was a small tip of the hat to the farming community by ANet.

I can't tell you how many major runes I sold straight to the merch after IDing them because they were worth more at the merch then at the rune trader.

This little change definitely changes my view of a large number of major runes now.

I see...

Err, it's more of a 'let's make them useful' thing than 'let's make sure farmers get a bit more out of them' thing.

Because it was worth it back then, but isn't when new more effective options have become available?

I mean really, if Anet put a 30% enchant duration mod in now, would you say that all the people who went and got 20% enchant duration items for the past year have themselves to blame for buying sucky equipment? Not hardly. It's the same situation.