Purple Max Inscribable Items - Guild Wars Forums

oscarmk · Sep 30, 2009, 09:06 PM // 21:06

Are purple max inscribable items worth the same as their gold counter-parts?. Thank you.

-Oscar

wilderness · Sep 30, 2009, 09:08 PM // 21:08

No they're not. Gold versions are rarer, and therefore more collectable and worth more on the market.

Have a browse through the sell and PC forums to see for yourself.

MagmaRed · Sep 30, 2009, 10:23 PM // 22:23

Price isn't determined (much) by how useful an item is. Price is determined by its rarity.

Thor Tyr · Sep 30, 2009, 10:47 PM // 22:47

depends on the skin unless you get a max req 7

**Marty Silverblade** · Sep 30, 2009, 10:51 PM // 22:51

Purple items are pretty much worthless unless it's an incredibly rare skin or has an incredibly low req. If it's req 9 or above and not an uber-rare skin, it's most likely merch-food.

Dzjudz · Oct 01, 2009, 01:49 AM // 01:49

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Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

If it's req 9 or above and not an uber-rare skin, it's most likely merch-food.

This applies to golds as well.

jray14 · Oct 01, 2009, 02:54 AM // 02:54

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Originally Posted by wilderness

No they're not. Gold versions are rarer, and therefore more collectable and worth more on the market.

Not always. I've gotten 22 gold req9 spear drops and only 4 purple req9 spear drops. 12 gold req9 blazing wing wands and zero purple ones.

People are just silly. They're still exercising prejudice from back in the pre-inscription days when purple inherents were hardly ever (or maybe never) max. Kinda like how the rural South still can't forget about the Civil War, lol. Plus golds are status symbols just because overall they're the most rare kind of drop, except for greens, but greens aren't popular because most have awful mods and they can't be dyed.

wilderness · Oct 01, 2009, 10:40 AM // 10:40

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Originally Posted by jray14

Not always. I've gotten 22 gold req9 spear drops and only 4 purple req9 spear drops. 12 gold req9 blazing wing wands and zero purple ones.

People are just silly. They're still exercising prejudice from back in the pre-inscription days when purple inherents were hardly ever (or maybe never) max. Kinda like how the rural South still can't forget about the Civil War, lol. Plus golds are status symbols just because overall they're the most rare kind of drop, except for greens, but greens aren't popular because most have awful mods and they can't be dyed.

Yes, but which skins? Some gold items will be more common than some purple depending on this factor.

Amount of gold Vs purple also depends which mode you play in more often normal or hard.

Almost every single highly desired weapon in the game only comes in a gold version anyway.

Gorebrex · Oct 01, 2009, 11:36 AM // 11:36

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Originally Posted by MagmaRed

Price isn't determined (much) by how useful an item is. Price is determined by its rarity.

The opposite is true for me, which is why I dont buy weapons, shields(or armor

) from other players.

Look on the wiki, check on rarity of skins, that should help to figure out what is/isnt rare.

Quaker · Oct 01, 2009, 02:43 PM // 14:43

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Originally Posted by oscarmk

Are purple max inscribable items worth the same as their gold counter-parts?.

Depends upon your definition of "worth" in a way. A purple max inscribable item is worth the same as it's gold counterpart as far as functionality is concerned. When it comes to buy/sell price though, the gold version will buy/sell for much more - whether or not that makes sense to any particular player, doesn't really matter. It doesn't make sense to pay more for a 'natural' diamond than for an 'artificial' one, but people still do.

wilderness · Oct 01, 2009, 02:45 PM // 14:45

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Originally Posted by Quaker

Depends upon your definition of "worth" in a way. A purple max inscribable item is worth the same as it's gold counterpart as far as functionality is concerned. When it comes to buy/sell price though, the gold version will buy/sell for much more - whether or not that makes sense doesn't really matter.

Higher rarity = higher value. That's plenty sense.

Fallen SeraphiM · Oct 01, 2009, 02:50 PM // 14:50

um,depends....im quite sure that any req purple insc crystalline would sell for more than gold one now(few of them dropped during eotn preview)

wilderness · Oct 01, 2009, 03:11 PM // 15:11

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Originally Posted by Fallen SeraphiM

um,depends....im quite sure that any req purple insc crystalline would sell for more than gold one now(few of them dropped during eotn preview)

I have my doubts, not many people are aware of this fact so bragging rights would be minimized.

Be interested to see one put up for auction, though.

Fallen SeraphiM · Oct 01, 2009, 03:29 PM // 15:29

it would be nice,but i havent seen any since since that weekend...i know for sure that there is q9 purple in existance(saw it in trade window,guy wanted 100e for it,but at that point none knew would it be common after eotn is released) ,and also q12 or q13(cannot remember well)
but none of them has ever been on guru for sale,which was quite strange

Sep 30, 2009, 09:06 PM // 21:06	#1
oscarmk Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Nov 2005	Purple Max Inscribable Items Are purple max inscribable items worth the same as their gold counter-parts?. Thank you. -Oscar

Sep 30, 2009, 10:51 PM // 22:51	#5
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	Purple items are pretty much worthless unless it's an incredibly rare skin or has an incredibly low req. If it's req 9 or above and not an uber-rare skin, it's most likely merch-food. __________________

Sep 30, 2009, 09:08 PM // 21:08	#2
wilderness tinyurl.com/6hqar7a Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: We Couldn't Figure Out A Name [LMAO] Profession: W/N	No they're not. Gold versions are rarer, and therefore more collectable and worth more on the market. Have a browse through the sell and PC forums to see for yourself.

Sep 30, 2009, 10:23 PM // 22:23	#3
MagmaRed Furnace Stoker Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Our Crabs Know True [LOVE] Profession: R/	Price isn't determined (much) by how useful an item is. Price is determined by its rarity.

Sep 30, 2009, 10:47 PM // 22:47	#4
Thor Tyr Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: Spartan Red Team [SRT] Profession: Mo/A	depends on the skin unless you get a max req 7

Oct 01, 2009, 02:50 PM // 14:50	#12
Fallen SeraphiM Grotto Attendant Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hell Guild: None	um,depends....im quite sure that any req purple insc crystalline would sell for more than gold one now(few of them dropped during eotn preview)

Oct 01, 2009, 03:29 PM // 15:29	#14
Fallen SeraphiM Grotto Attendant Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hell Guild: None	it would be nice,but i havent seen any since since that weekend...i know for sure that there is q9 purple in existance(saw it in trade window,guy wanted 100e for it,but at that point none knew would it be common after eotn is released) ,and also q12 or q13(cannot remember well) but none of them has ever been on guru for sale,which was quite strange