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Cirian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

European Union

The Amazon Basin

26 Jun 2006 at 12:12 - 1

Whenever you salvage a piece of your own armour, especially if it is made of three materials + a rune, it would be nice to get some of each material back and possibly the rune.

Say you make something out of 150 tanned hide, 15 silk, 30 amber and a Rune of Superior Vigor. Wouldn't it be nice to get a portion (say 2/3rds) of each material back and the rune? The sum of those materials is worth a small fortune, so it would be great if salvaging your own things was... less painful than it is

The same applies to weapons. You put 2 perfect upgrades on a customised weapon and then later want to delete the character or give the upgrades to another character. It would be good to salvage those upgrades and some of the weapon's materials. In the case of collector weapons (which can't be salvaged), it would be nice to be able to at least salvage the upgrades back.

Another option would be to have a kit that can remove runes and upgrades without damaging the item.

Verlas Ho'Esta

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

26 Jun 2006 at 12:59 - 2

PLEASE. I lost a Superior Vigor while trying to upgrade my Warrior's breastplate from Prophecies to Factions. Anything that will ease situations like that is a good idea.

Ecklipze

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

R/

26 Jun 2006 at 13:07 - 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cirian

Another option would be to have a kit that can remove runes and upgrades without damaging the item.

I really like that idea.

Trylo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

[Here] | CKOD

E/R

26 Jun 2006 at 15:12 - 4

anything along these lines would be amazingly helpful, i know i go through a few sets of clothes before i find the 15k i really want.

.neuronster.

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

My house.

Grenth's Rejects [GR]

E/Mo

26 Jun 2006 at 15:13 - 5

Yes! I love this idea.

/signed!!!

Alcazanar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Cavalon (swe)

Desert Flame [DF]

W/N

26 Jun 2006 at 15:21 - 6

great idea the system that exists now really sucks
/signed

Cirian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

European Union

The Amazon Basin

26 Jun 2006 at 18:21 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verlas Ho'Esta

PLEASE. I lost a Superior Vigor while trying to upgrade my Warrior's breastplate from Prophecies to Factions. Anything that will ease situations like that is a good idea.

I did a very similar thing with my necromancer's Necrotic Leggings of Superior Vigor. I got 6 chitin fragments back and was quite upset. *sigh*

actionjack

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kali

W/E

26 Jun 2006 at 19:12 - 8

When you salvage a FOW armor, you might get some ecto back... Try it.

TadaceAce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

26 Jun 2006 at 20:06 - 9

When I salvaged my gladiator armor to get kurzick I lose sup vigor, sup absorbtion, and sup axe.... yeah I got 1 rune outta the 4 and that was my minor strength... Fix this.

Mhahlen

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Clanless

26 Jun 2006 at 20:40 - 10

/signed

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

26 Jun 2006 at 20:51 - 11

you are on a real roll

free dyes

free skills

and let us just recycle your armor?

IT IS A GOLD SINK and they will not even think of changing it

Ultra Peepi

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Kaizen Order

E/Me

26 Jun 2006 at 22:31 - 12

Yes

/sign

David Lionmaster

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

above the floor and below the celing

Fortunes Favored

27 Jun 2006 at 00:08 - 13

I guess I agree with this idea, at least make it so we get the rune every time.

Lol, the advantage of being a beastmaster is that I bought my superior rune for 100g.

MegaMouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

south mississippi

Warriors Of Melos WOM

E/N

27 Jun 2006 at 00:16 - 14

The basic idea has merit. Getting back masybe 2/3 of the most expensive materials and the rune would be cool. But the flaw in that is how will uit affect the games economy. Each time you salvage something you can get almost anything back. Its kinda a crapshoot, you dont know what you will get if you dont try. I have lost a lot of runes and yes it made me mad. But thats what happenes. I do like the idea of getting the rune and some material back.
Have Fun Play Fair
Mega Mouse Leader and Co-FounderSection Five

Killmur

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Arizona - America

R/Mo

27 Jun 2006 at 00:33 - 15

I gotta sign this. I have noticed since Factions was released the chances of getting back runes have gone down way too much. I have lost so many runes lately from salvaging armor pieces that it pisses me off. More so when I spent well over 500G for them. Hell losing a 1K+ Minor Vigor is pretty painful. A-Net needs to redo the salavaging system that is in place. I once lost a Minor Vigor and ended up getting 32 Tanned Hides back! The Vigor was worth more than the Hides.

/signed

Bane of Worlds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Meadow

Rt/

27 Jun 2006 at 01:09 - 16

there's a reason why you have to your armor crafted by npcs and only get the worst materials back in most cases for a reason, it takes ingame gold out of the game which helps the game's eco from inflating and devaluing the current value of ingame currency.
as much as I really like this idea , I'm not going to support it since the advantage recycling your armor maybe great but that would mean that you won't buy replacement runes/materials for your new armor.
more gold ingame=problems of almost everything ingame will require more gold/plats to purchase

/unsigned

titan0987

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Houston, TX

Siege Turtles

27 Jun 2006 at 02:02 - 17

Expert Salvage Kit + Old armor containing a rune = Chance you get rune back, already in game

Remus00

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

W/Mo

27 Jun 2006 at 05:14 - 18

omg y stop there? y stop at 2/3 back? y dont we make everything free!!!!
y have n e minor inconvience at all? lets start at lvl 20, start with all skills including elites, everything is free, and the entire story line is unlocked for u!

/notsigned

ppl who signed this...ur joking rite?

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

27 Jun 2006 at 05:24 - 19

/notsigned
Its a good gold sink as is by losing materials when you salavage. Also, this would make savaging tricky since you wouldn't be able to salavage an item unless there were several invintory slots free (which could be a hastle).

shadowfell

hamonite anur ruk

Join Date: Jan 2006

Echovald Forest

[PhD] Teh Academy

Me/A

27 Jun 2006 at 05:50 - 20

/signed

And to people claiming things like this prevent the economy from inflating, please open your eyes.. I think the economy worsened while you were sleeping. I see no problem with the probablity of materials AND a rune, as the true sink, is the gold it cost to make and dye the item you are now salvaging, not the materials and the rune.

anonymous

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

27 Jun 2006 at 06:12 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjack

When you salvage a FOW armor, you might get some ecto back... Try it.

You do, someone has already salvaged FoW armor.

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

27 Jun 2006 at 06:26 - 22

Its a gold sink.. Unless there were new aspects brought to GW such as "Jobs" in which people could specialize in say.. Smithing. To take apart armor and weapons etc etc. I don't see any reason it should happen.

The milk shake

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Pre-Searing Ascalon

R/

27 Jun 2006 at 07:55 - 23

/signed

Excellent, MOST excellent, maybe 2/3 of ur money back too lol, cause once my internet was on the fritz and i bought 2 15k platemail helms for no reason, and bad luck made me lose 20/20 sundering AND +30 mod consecutively

Pompeyfan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Isle of Wight

DVDF

R/

27 Jun 2006 at 13:54 - 24

/signed

It'll never happen though as the uproar from greedy selfish farmers will be deafening as their cash cow mods will be devalued if you only have to buy that +30 HP or 20/20 mod the once and can switch it between weapons as you get better/more likeable ones.