Unidentified Runes? How?

giroml

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

I see people trying to sell Unidentified Superior Rune of X. How do they know it is of type X if it's unidentified?

Red Sonya

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

What they mean to say is "unsalvaged". You can identify a piece of armor to determine what rune it has, but, it remains an unlocked rune of x until it is salvaged. So, some people will buy them that way to unlock the rune for their pvp characters, although it is soooo easy now to unlock runes with pvp faction it's hardly worth the purchase prices some of these people are asking for them.

nailz

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

wow...Sonya for all the "superior elitist" comments you make that post truly identified how little you actually know.

A rune unlocks when you identify it. If you pick up a piece of armor that is either Blue(always minor) Purple (Always major) or gold (sometimes superior...most often major. I don't know how true it is but I've found that armor level 40 and higher tend to salvage into Superior more often than armor level 39 and below do) you should expert salvage the rune out before you identify it. This will allow you to tell what type of rune it is(judged by the image it shows)....and decide if you want to identify it and keep it/sell it to vendor or if you think it has a better chance of being sold to a PvP player looking to unlock it.

Autumn_Leaf

Autumn_Leaf

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Taunton, Mass.

no they mean unid'd. they expert salvage them to find out what type the rune is( ele, warrior, mes, etc.)

never heard that u could unlock a rune by salvaging it.

Mr Zun

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Twin Dragons

E/N

No it means "Salvaged" but not identefied u can tell its a sup rune by the look of it and tell for what class couse it sais Sup (class) rune

mr_boo

mr_boo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

San Diego, CA US

SoF

Mo/

nailz hit it on the head

ayb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

WTS SOUL PST

Order of the Fly

Mo/R

too bad purple isn't "always major"

Kool Pajamas

Kool Pajamas

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Mage Elites [MAGE]

Quote:
Originally Posted by ayb
too bad purple isn't "always major"
Yeah, i was about to say that too. I've gotten lots of purple minor runes. More often than major.

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kool Pajamas
Yeah, i was about to say that too. I've gotten lots of purple minor runes. More often than major.

ouch, that's rough. but now that I think about it I've gotten a few purple armors that weren't majors as well. I think I'll go armor farming and see if I can't find anything worth posting about Armor Levels and what Runes they normally salvage into.

thanks for the correction guys.