What do you do with your purple items? - Guild Wars Forums

the_x · Oct 14, 2005, 07:28 AM // 07:28

well i managed to get a lot of purple items from the chest and stats seem like crap..what do you guys do with it? sell it to a vendor or salavge it?

Axle_Fieshe · Oct 14, 2005, 07:43 AM // 07:43

sell to merchant, unless they're really good, then i just keep em

aismailuk · Oct 14, 2005, 08:17 AM // 08:17

if the stats are rubbish on it, I just salvage it as I simply don't think it is worth filling too many inventory slots with them while you're on a mission/quest. Might as well clear the way for all the other decent drops you may get!

coolsti · Oct 14, 2005, 09:22 AM // 09:22

I sell everything I don't need to vendors. If it is a rune, I generally do not expert salvage it to get the rune, but sell it directly to a merchant unsalvaged, unless it is one of the rare runes that are worth a lot of gold. In most cases, you get more money from a merchant by selling the unsalvaged armor containing the rune than you do from a rune merchant. I generally do the same with items that show that an upgrade is being unlocked when identifying them. Salvaged, the upgrade item sells for 25 gold, while unsalvaged I generally can get more.

badd · Oct 14, 2005, 09:57 AM // 09:57

sell to vender

lyra_song · Oct 14, 2005, 10:26 AM // 10:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolsti

Salvaged, the upgrade item sells for 25 gold, while unsalvaged I generally can get more.

I do this same thing to my runes. Dont you find it odd that unsalvaged it costs more??

=HT=Ingram · Oct 14, 2005, 10:47 AM // 10:47

I normally offer them to Just starting out Members in our guild... Somtimes I offer them a vigor to offset the loss for em... but mostly I offer it and then sell it to NPS is no one wants it. The Gold and Green items I leave in our Guild Characters for others to collect later at their will.

I will be SOOO glad when some type of official guild storage exists.

Former Ruling · Oct 14, 2005, 11:09 AM // 11:09

The unsalvaged costing more I can confirm. Had an item that had a rune that sells for 100 gold at the trader (so they'd offer about 30 gold) - and Major runes go for like 54 gold sold to a merchant - but selling the armor unsalvaged landed me 76 gold..

Caelus The Fallen · Oct 14, 2005, 12:35 PM // 12:35

Often, selling ID'd/salvaged runes to the mercahnt rather than the trader gives more gold; particularly with major runes, which typically get twice as much at the merchant (with the obvious exceptions of Vigor and Absorbtion).

Fyre Brand · Oct 14, 2005, 09:44 PM // 21:44

I sell everything too, generally. The basic exception to the salvage rule being runes as others just stated. Also if you can get a basic mod for a a bow or melee weapon that has no stat to it I almost always salvage for that.

Examples are: elemental bow-strings, melee mods that increase condition duration (like hammer haft that increases wounding or weakness) and the like. Since you don't have to worry about it's % chance not being perfect and all the hassle it takes to sell less than perfect just they are fairly easy to dump. I can usually get 800 - 1.5k for elemental bow strings. When that stuff starts stacking up in storage then I just sell it some back to the merchant.

Oct 14, 2005, 07:28 AM // 07:28	#1
the_x Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Oct 2005	What do you do with your purple items? well i managed to get a lot of purple items from the chest and stats seem like crap..what do you guys do with it? sell it to a vendor or salavge it?

Oct 14, 2005, 07:43 AM // 07:43	#2
Axle_Fieshe Banned Join Date: May 2005 Profession: Mo/W	sell to merchant, unless they're really good, then i just keep em

Oct 14, 2005, 08:17 AM // 08:17	#3
aismailuk Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2005 Profession: R/W	if the stats are rubbish on it, I just salvage it as I simply don't think it is worth filling too many inventory slots with them while you're on a mission/quest. Might as well clear the way for all the other decent drops you may get!

Oct 14, 2005, 09:22 AM // 09:22	#4
coolsti Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denmark	I sell everything I don't need to vendors. If it is a rune, I generally do not expert salvage it to get the rune, but sell it directly to a merchant unsalvaged, unless it is one of the rare runes that are worth a lot of gold. In most cases, you get more money from a merchant by selling the unsalvaged armor containing the rune than you do from a rune merchant. I generally do the same with items that show that an upgrade is being unlocked when identifying them. Salvaged, the upgrade item sells for 25 gold, while unsalvaged I generally can get more.

Oct 14, 2005, 09:57 AM // 09:57	#5
badd Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Philly Profession: W/Mo	sell to vender

Oct 14, 2005, 10:47 AM // 10:47	#7
=HT=Ingram Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Anchorage Alaska Guild: Haz Team [HT] Profession: R/W	I normally offer them to Just starting out Members in our guild... Somtimes I offer them a vigor to offset the loss for em... but mostly I offer it and then sell it to NPS is no one wants it. The Gold and Green items I leave in our Guild Characters for others to collect later at their will. I will be SOOO glad when some type of official guild storage exists.

Oct 14, 2005, 11:09 AM // 11:09	#8
Former Ruling Grotto Attendant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cedartown, Georgia Profession: R/	The unsalvaged costing more I can confirm. Had an item that had a rune that sells for 100 gold at the trader (so they'd offer about 30 gold) - and Major runes go for like 54 gold sold to a merchant - but selling the armor unsalvaged landed me 76 gold..

Oct 14, 2005, 12:35 PM // 12:35	#9
Caelus The Fallen Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Glasgow Guild: Voice of the Darkness Profession: E/Mo	Often, selling ID'd/salvaged runes to the mercahnt rather than the trader gives more gold; particularly with major runes, which typically get twice as much at the merchant (with the obvious exceptions of Vigor and Absorbtion).

Oct 14, 2005, 09:44 PM // 21:44	#10
Fyre Brand Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Shadowlight Order [SoR]	I sell everything too, generally. The basic exception to the salvage rule being runes as others just stated. Also if you can get a basic mod for a a bow or melee weapon that has no stat to it I almost always salvage for that. Examples are: elemental bow-strings, melee mods that increase condition duration (like hammer haft that increases wounding or weakness) and the like. Since you don't have to worry about it's % chance not being perfect and all the hassle it takes to sell less than perfect just they are fairly easy to dump. I can usually get 800 - 1.5k for elemental bow strings. When that stuff starts stacking up in storage then I just sell it some back to the merchant.