Unidentified Runes

blane

blane

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Singapore

Sg Knights

N/Me

1. How can I know an unid'ed rune is for which profession,vigor or absorption?
2. The blue armor piece is minor, purple is major and gold is superior, am I right?

eightyfour-onesevenfive

eightyfour-onesevenfive

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

7??13'35" E - 50??06'27" N

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Quote:
Originally Posted by blane
2. The blue armor piece is minor, purple is major and gold is superior, am I right?
No, that is not right. Purple can be minor, too and gold can be major. I'm not sure, but I think purple can also be superior.

Satire Elexus

Satire Elexus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Hate Breeders

E/Mo

No. I'm sure Blane is right. If you go to buy a rune. All the minors are blue. All the majors are purple. And all the superiors are gold.

OrangeArrow

Flame Bait

Join Date: Mar 2005

Mass

Mo/Me

ok heres how it works minor will always come from blue armor
majors and minors come from purple armor
majors and superiors will come from gold armor


most people usually id armor to find out and unlock runes

but if you use an expert or superior salvage kit you can figure out the profession and quality of the rune by it aprreance with out iding it and unlocking it for pvp.
an absorption rune will look like any other warrior rune.
a Vigor rune will just say rune and has a a unique look to it and can always be easily identifed since there are no other generic runes out there

A NERD1989

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Elite Black Ops

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Satire Elexus
No. I'm sure Blane is right. If you go to buy a rune. All the minors are blue. All the majors are purple. And all the superiors are gold.
yes yes yes but he was talking about the colour of the armour you salvage it from (i think)

Mucenik

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2005

Forgotten Myth

N/E

You get from blue armor minor rune, purple armor minor or major rune and from gold you get superior or major rune.
you can see it from picture what kind runes are.

blane

blane

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Singapore

Sg Knights

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by A NERD1989
yes yes yes but he was talking about the colour of the armour you salvage it from (i think)
Yeah, Im talking about the color of armour.
Thanks for the input , Mucenik and everyone else.
About guessing what profession an unid rune is for, I'm still confused. Can I say "an armour dropped from warrior mob will unlock/salvage warrior rune"?
If anyone has a pic of unid sup vigor/absorption, please show it to me.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

The vigor rune has a pitchfork symbol on it, kinda like a 3 turned 90 degrees clockwise. Absorption has no special rune.

They also have a tint of the classes color.

Pink/purple - mesmer
Red - elementalist
Blue - monk
Light Green - ranger
Dark Green - necromancer
Yellow - warrior

Remember this color is the rune, not the presalvage armor.

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

If you want to make sure about the icon, just go to the Rune Trader and look at the icons for the Runes of the different professions.

Takeko Nakano

Takeko Nakano

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Great Britain

W/P

Quote:
Originally Posted by OrangeArrow
if you use an expert or superior salvage kit you can figure out the profession and quality of the rune by it aprreance with out iding it and unlocking it for pvp.
an absorption rune will look like any other warrior rune.
a Vigor rune will just say rune and has a a unique look to it and can always be easily identifed since there are no other generic runes out there
AHA, I understand now. Thanks for that. Next time I get a gold armour/robes/etc drop, I'll salvage first. Then I'll be able to find out if it's worth anything

blane

blane

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Singapore

Sg Knights

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeko Nakano
AHA, I understand now. Thanks for that. Next time I get a gold armour/robes/etc drop, I'll salvage first. Then I'll be able to find out if it's worth anything
Ha Ha, I only understand after reading your post. I'm just plain stupid.

Zhou Feng

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

CATS

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by blane
Yeah, Im talking about the color of armour.
Thanks for the input , Mucenik and everyone else.
About guessing what profession an unid rune is for, I'm still confused. Can I say "an armour dropped from warrior mob will unlock/salvage warrior rune"?
If anyone has a pic of unid sup vigor/absorption, please show it to me.
I think its more of a random thing. Ive fought for example some warriors and I got a rune thats totally not of Warriors. Like inspiration based runes or elemntalist based runes. So I guess its kind of slightly a random thing. Or maybe I didnt pay attention and I got the armor from a mesmer and got therefore mesmer runes.

Amei Leng

Amei Leng

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Left coast

Sleepless In Cyberspace (SIC)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Satire Elexus
No. I'm sure Blane is right. If you go to buy a rune. All the minors are blue. All the majors are purple. And all the superiors are gold.
I got inot this with a guy in game. Majors are also blue. I have both plus and purple majors. One day I was trying to figure out the difference.

So far as we can tell there isnt any. If you doupt me, tell me in game and Ill show them to you.

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

Amei Leng - after one of the latest updates all minor's are blue, major's are pruple and superior's are gold. This coloring applies to runes bought off the rune Trader and after expert salvaging them from armor drops.

However if you have any runes on your characters or in storage from before the update, they will all be blue since all runes before this particular update were blue.

I don't doubt you have blue major's as I have blue superior runes