+15% Dmg (always) mod without negative mods?

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

This thread is causing me to drool all over myself...I'm just waiting for the max Sickle with +15% always.

Nefastaru

Nefastaru

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Camp LejeuneNC

Dead Presidents [Prez] Formely Known As [Milk]

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wow Sino and Anarkii long time no see.

% always weapons did drop and originally had a negative modifier. For some reason the modifier dissapeared after people had had the item for some time. The 2 % always ZRave posted are pre-patch mod'd weapons. I myself have some zealous and vamp weapons that look like 15% always with no negative because only -1 shows up. I assure you it is only a graphical glitch. Still amazing to see a 15% always dwarven. I'd still be interested in buying it if ever it goes up for sale. I'd be willing to offer a few perfect crystallines and or an assload of ecto/shards etc

~Nef~

Anarkii

Anarkii

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

-None-

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nefastaru
wow Sino and Anarkii long time no see.

% always weapons did drop and originally had a negative modifier. For some reason the modifier dissapeared after people had had the item for some time. The 2 % always ZRave posted are pre-patch mod'd weapons. I myself have some zealous and vamp weapons that look like 15% always with no negative because only -1 shows up. I assure you it is only a graphical glitch. Still amazing to see a 15% always dwarven. I'd still be interested in buying it if ever it goes up for sale. I'd be willing to offer a few perfect crystallines and or an assload of ecto/shards etc

~Nef~
Hm, iirc I was using a zealous bow without any other negatives "visible" other than the -1 en regen mod. If it only had been a graphical glitch, and there were further negatives, I think I would have known

Btw Nef, I have been away from home for a technical training course(in my new job) for around 2.5 months. Do you think mid-november would be a good time to return to GW or should I wait till Chapter 2? With ES4:Oblivion being released soon, I'd have plenty on my hands till then

Valheru

Valheru

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Valheru Blood

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Someone said the Sephis Axe my N/W was carrying looked like a huge magic wand shovel.

I love my axe.

coolyguy

coolyguy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

[bizR] 'Bizarre Monastery`.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by id0l
Here ya go...me with my Dwarven:



Too nice...too rare...too expensive.
Heheheh, wassup Idol!!! I wonder who sold you that `;P

Also with the 13% no drawback longsword. :P

id0l

id0l

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Austin, Texas, ya'll.

A/D

DUDE I know...it's awesome right?!

Whoever the guy was that sold it to me...had a badass bow collection...I wanted to jack him right then and there...LOL.

Anarkii

Anarkii

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

-None-

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by coolyguy
Heheheh, wassup Idol!!! I wonder who sold you that `;P

Also with the 13% no drawback longsword. :P
whoa..whatsup mate...remember me?

I still remember ur 13% no drawback longsword. You still had it when I left the game. You sold it??

kawaii_bat

kawaii_bat

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Canada, Gatineau

None

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Asplode
Unfortunately back then rare items didn't drop, just a single sigil.

-edit-
And I doubt those are photoshopped. The blur is just the JPEG image degredation, and what you see are axes with 15% damage always with a -1 energy as its penalty, which simply got overlapped when he put the Zealous Axe Haft on it, so rather than turning into -2 energy regeneration it stayed as -1.
If it where JPEG image degredation it would show on the totality of the image not just fuzzy around the descriptors. Pay closer attention you'll see it.

kawaii_bat

kawaii_bat

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Canada, Gatineau

None

Mo/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by berko
I doubt those are Photoshoped. The fuzz that's around the letters is because it's a low quality jpeg image and fuzz always happens around the shapes in a low quality jpeg.

Try it out youself, take a high quality image, open it in Paint and re-save it as a jpeg. Since Paint saves jpeg with biggest compression you'll get a low quality jpeg with fuzz around the shape edges.
Same thing will happen if you save t out of Photoshop on the lowest quality.
I'd like to see these in-game for proof.
It might be that he really did photoshop if he doesn't want to post a in-game photo.

If he does then I'll swallow and apologize. But I still think those are photoshoped somehow.

J1000

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sciros Darkblade
I have seen a +% damage weapon with no drawbacks. I took a screenshot. Yes, I've been a Photoshop user since version 4 and I can doctor up whatever the heck I feel like at this point and no-one will be the wiser, but this screen is for real, trust me.

The irony is that it's so valuable he's too afraid to customize it, which effectively gives it a -20% damage mod.

J1000

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zrave
Since you need screenshots to believe... Not really looking to trade them though.

The ones without mod don't drop anymore, only the first few weeks of retail.

My axe collection:

Wow, and none of these are customized either. Must suck knowing scrubs with common drops are doing more damage than you! Don't mind me, I'm just givin' you grief. It just seems to me, what's the point of collecting virtual items like baseball cards, especially when the developers have the power to roll back bugged items with the flick of a switch? Aren't items supposed to be useful? It's amazing how GW has such high value placed on the most trivial mods (Superior Vigor vs. Major Vigor being one hilarious example).

Still, pretty cool items. I just hope you're having a heck of a lot of fun showing them to random people in trade windows, because until you sell them that's about all they are good for.

Anarkii

Anarkii

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

-None-

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by J1000
It's amazing how GW has such high value placed on the most trivial mods (Superior Vigor vs. Major Vigor being one hilarious example).
You just quoted one of the most significant mod in the game.

J1000

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Anarkii
You just quoted one of the most significant mod in the game.
You realize we're talking about 10 hitpoints here, right?

Adding one more skill to your skill bar (in place of, say, a capture rune) is 20x more important than improving your health by 10 hit points. So is deciding who you are targeting when you first attack. There are a hundred things that are more important than 10 hit points. Yet people pay 50K for a superior rune, because they are OCD about having the absolute best. :/

Actually, there's nothing wrong with saving up your gold for the very best, but to pretend it has any influence on your performance in the game is silly. A person with 400hp is, for all practical purposes, identical in capability to a person with 410hp.

It's not that 10 hitpoints isn't worth anything, it's just that it's insanely over-valued.

capitalist

capitalist

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Isn't it 9 hp? I thought the major rune added +41 and the sup added +50

id0l

id0l

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Austin, Texas, ya'll.

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Yeah....it's 9 HP...kinda weak, lol, but I get one none-the-less (usually).

Whatever gives you an edge would be worth it, depending on the person and how much they are willing to spend.

Like Ensign said one time: There is only one hitpoint that matters in this game, and that's the difference between 1 and 0.

Or something like that. But yeah, you get my drift.

capitalist

capitalist

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

I am too poor to justify the 55k difference between Major and Superior Vigor.

But back on topic I have heard of a 15% no neg Serpent and Sephis axe from a very reliable source.

Fist_of_God

Fist_of_God

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by J1000
You realize we're talking about 10 hitpoints here, right?

Adding one more skill to your skill bar (in place of, say, a capture rune) is 20x more important than improving your health by 10 hit points. So is deciding who you are targeting when you first attack. There are a hundred things that are more important than 10 hit points. Yet people pay 50K for a superior rune, because they are OCD about having the absolute best. :/

Actually, there's nothing wrong with saving up your gold for the very best, but to pretend it has any influence on your performance in the game is silly. A person with 400hp is, for all practical purposes, identical in capability to a person with 410hp.

It's not that 10 hitpoints isn't worth anything, it's just that it's insanely over-valued.
I agree they are very much over-rated, nevertheless, I can't tell you how often an extra 1hp has saved my a$$.

coolyguy

coolyguy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

[bizR] 'Bizarre Monastery`.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Anarkii
whoa..whatsup mate...remember me?

I still remember ur 13% no drawback longsword. You still had it when I left the game. You sold it??

Haha yeah, I remember you. Been quite a long time.

I sold the sword for 2 Million. and went to buy myself better items and armor.

Urda

Urda

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sciros Darkblade
I have seen a +% damage weapon with no drawbacks. I took a screenshot. Yes, I've been a Photoshop user since version 4 and I can doctor up whatever the heck I feel like at this point and no-one will be the wiser, but this screen is for real, trust me.


Correct me if i am wrong...no offense... but shouldnt there be a mousearrow/hand/cursor that triggers the rollOver, so the information about the icon/sword pops up ? I just tried the tradewindow ingame myself to make sure im not wrong before posting. -> A rollOut would cause the popup to close imidietly. (arcane) conundrum.

id0l

id0l

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Austin, Texas, ya'll.

A/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Urda
Correct me if i am wrong...no offense... but shouldnt there be a mousearrow/hand/cursor that triggers the rollOver, so the information about the icon/sword pops up ? I just tried the tradewindow ingame myself to make sure im not wrong before posting. -> A rollOut would cause the popup to close imidietly. (arcane) conundrum.
Yes. But it disappears when you take screenshots.

Blue Steel

Blue Steel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Blue Empire [BLUE]

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The real question is, "What are the stats on that summit warlord shield he is offering to trade for it?" Maybe it is -5 damage reduction at all times with no condition or percentage . . .

id0l

id0l

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Austin, Texas, ya'll.

A/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Steel
The real question is, "What are the stats on that summit warlord shield he is offering to trade for it?" Maybe it is -5 damage reduction at all times with no condition or percentage . . .
Don't say that...lol.

But I thought the same thing (what could it be?).