2 Indentical Runes with different merchant values? - Guild Wars Forums

disarm76 · Sep 13, 2006, 02:16 AM // 02:16

I always thought that the merchant value was bound to the atributes of the weapons/runes but...

Knightsaber Sith · Sep 13, 2006, 02:19 AM // 02:19

that uhhh..... well that's not much of a question at all

Ron vo · Sep 13, 2006, 02:24 AM // 02:24

er...thats weirdO_o which two merchants did you talk to? was it rune traders or merchant merchants? By that i mean the id kit selling ones

Knightsaber Sith · Sep 13, 2006, 02:28 AM // 02:28

It's happened to me before; I believe the merchant value is determined by what armor it was salvaged from and not what kind of rune it is.

Arkantos · Sep 13, 2006, 02:28 AM // 02:28

I don't see a question....perhaps you misread the forum you're posting in?

=HT=Ingram · Sep 13, 2006, 04:02 AM // 04:02

one was a chest armor salvage and another was a creature armor drop salvage. I know... why the difference? IDK to tell the truth but that's normally what it is from what I have seen. Same goes for Runes that have been purchased from NPC vendor and one that was received from a drop of some kind. you will see a similar difference there. Seems there is a flag of some kind on the item in the SQL Database to tell how the item was obtained... This could be part of the system for detecting dupes as well. Again I'm not sure on that, But I have noticed those variations on runes...

It rarely effects the after market on the runes however... Most players don't pay much attention to base value calculations at all. So its normally ignored.
However I know what you mean, as someone that avoids the Player to player scam market; I really wish the NPCs were more realistic so that selling to them was something worth doing from time to time at least... Oh well. Its worth selling stuff to them for 50gold or whatever to drive the NPC list price down and screw the people that continually scam the poor newbies...

Knightsaber Sith · Sep 13, 2006, 04:12 AM // 04:12

I just kinda meant like if you got one off a grawl armor and one off a charr armor; they'd have different merchant values even if they were the same kind of rune...

Sir Wolf Bane · Sep 13, 2006, 04:19 AM // 04:19

The answer to the question is very simple.

The runes were salvaged before they were idenfied. Which means that the rune has the merchant price of the armour drop that it came from instead of the rune trader true price. The best part is that if you take one of those to the rune trader you will also get the same price instead of the normal 25g they give you.

majoho · Sep 13, 2006, 10:05 AM // 10:05

^ that's correct.

Sep 13, 2006, 02:16 AM // 02:16	#1
disarm76 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portugal	2 Indentical Runes with different merchant values? I always thought that the merchant value was bound to the atributes of the weapons/runes but...

Sep 13, 2006, 04:02 AM // 04:02	#6
=HT=Ingram Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Anchorage Alaska Guild: Haz Team [HT] Profession: R/W	one was a chest armor salvage and another was a creature armor drop salvage. I know... why the difference? IDK to tell the truth but that's normally what it is from what I have seen. Same goes for Runes that have been purchased from NPC vendor and one that was received from a drop of some kind. you will see a similar difference there. Seems there is a flag of some kind on the item in the SQL Database to tell how the item was obtained... This could be part of the system for detecting dupes as well. Again I'm not sure on that, But I have noticed those variations on runes... It rarely effects the after market on the runes however... Most players don't pay much attention to base value calculations at all. So its normally ignored. However I know what you mean, as someone that avoids the Player to player scam market; I really wish the NPCs were more realistic so that selling to them was something worth doing from time to time at least... Oh well. Its worth selling stuff to them for 50gold or whatever to drive the NPC list price down and screw the people that continually scam the poor newbies... Last edited by =HT=Ingram; Sep 13, 2006 at 04:09 AM // 04:09..

Sep 13, 2006, 02:19 AM // 02:19	#2
Knightsaber Sith Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Few Fallen Heroes [FFH] Profession: W/E	that uhhh..... well that's not much of a question at all

Sep 13, 2006, 02:24 AM // 02:24	#3
Ron vo Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: arizona Guild: Insert Witty Guild Name Profession: A/Me	er...thats weirdO_o which two merchants did you talk to? was it rune traders or merchant merchants? By that i mean the id kit selling ones

Sep 13, 2006, 02:28 AM // 02:28	#4
Knightsaber Sith Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Few Fallen Heroes [FFH] Profession: W/E	It's happened to me before; I believe the merchant value is determined by what armor it was salvaged from and not what kind of rune it is.

Sep 13, 2006, 02:28 AM // 02:28	#5
Arkantos The Greatest Join Date: Feb 2006 Profession: W/	I don't see a question....perhaps you misread the forum you're posting in?

Sep 13, 2006, 04:12 AM // 04:12	#7
Knightsaber Sith Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Few Fallen Heroes [FFH] Profession: W/E	I just kinda meant like if you got one off a grawl armor and one off a charr armor; they'd have different merchant values even if they were the same kind of rune...

Sep 13, 2006, 04:19 AM // 04:19	#8
Sir Wolf Bane Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2006 Profession: R/N	The answer to the question is very simple. The runes were salvaged before they were idenfied. Which means that the rune has the merchant price of the armour drop that it came from instead of the rune trader true price. The best part is that if you take one of those to the rune trader you will also get the same price instead of the normal 25g they give you.

Sep 13, 2006, 10:05 AM // 10:05	#9
majoho Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Denmark	^ that's correct.