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HuntMaster Avatar · Jul 11, 2009, 12:40 AM // 00:40

Vanity and Ego reply: Bragging rights. A player can say "Well I have this" to trump someone elses bragging rights. "Well mines gold." "Well mine has 20/20". "Well mines perfect". "Well my title is maxed." "Well I can do that area in less time."

Thats why it doesn't matter if other people can see it or not. Personally I like what "I" like and it has nothing to do what others think of it. But not everyone is like that. I'v met plenty of people who have to add "XD" or "lol" to the end of a "I just found" or "I just finished" sentence. Its all about ego.

4thVariety · Jul 11, 2009, 07:12 AM // 07:12

Waaaaay back, when there was only Prophecies and no hardmode yet, there was a Skin called "Sickle". It only dropped white, it never had perfect stats, but it was traded with very high prices.

But as long as it had that "rare unique" skin thing going, the prices were very very high. Even though it was only a white weapon.

Then the green weapon Victo's Axe came along and all was over in a blaze. With an overfarmed green the skin was no longer unique to select people and so the priced dropped to the bottom of the sea.

Denravi Sword anyone? At least that was useful.

S_Serpent · Jul 11, 2009, 07:37 AM // 07:37

Personnally its quite simple:

I'll even get me the blue version of the same skin, then purple and last gold.

And I've got many collector stuff I'm using simply because they are perfect

and some off them are even imo the best skins.

But hell no I will not pay the same price as for the golden one, that one is more rare because of its golden status, purple is uncommon, blue is common - that is what reflects the price difference the skin and the raritycolor! Not one or the other, but the combination of both!

On a side note I will rarely take a green anymore, esp. with the inscriptions system now. I really want an inscriptable weapon or offhand that I can mod to my hearts desire.

And no I will not pay more for the mods on the item, unless it are the mods that I seek, mostly I have the mods I want already in stock too.

Solas · Jul 11, 2009, 10:31 AM // 10:31

Well on my main I'd get a gold, For the same reason I get prestige armor.
yeah It looks the same but I know it's just a meh version of it so it'd jsut drive me mad to have it on my main. Some alts I wouldnt really care about giving them whites.

Brawn Over Brains · Jul 11, 2009, 11:35 AM // 11:35

I just prefer the way it looks in my inventory.
Purple is my least favourite colour ever..
So yeah, I'd rather pay 10k more for gold than purple.
Besides, it's not like I can't make that money back?

Stop The Storm · Jul 11, 2009, 11:48 AM // 11:48

i think its just a wealthy VS poor debate.

anyone who has cash and has played the game a while, likes to treat themselves to expensive weapon skins and expensive armour.

people who are poor are happy with crafted items/greens and purples etc.

personally id never buy a purple item if i can get it in gold.

trying to sell on purple items is a nightmare.

Jason Xll · Jul 11, 2009, 12:26 PM // 12:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unreal Havoc

Ok.

But the question is why?

If the skin and stats are exactly the same what's the difference?

The merchant values them more, consequently so do we

Nerel · Jul 11, 2009, 01:00 PM // 13:00

I would never bother to buy a purple, not that I often buy weapons of any type... simply put, I know that statistically they're the same (unlike collector/crafter and green weapons), but I also know the value the community places on them... hence they don't have any real resale value for the most part.

I blame peer pressure.

edit. What surprises me is that people will take a green over a perfectly modded purple with the same stats.

Unreal Havoc · Jul 11, 2009, 01:04 PM // 13:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stop The Storm

i think its just a wealthy VS poor debate.

anyone who has cash and has played the game a while, likes to treat themselves to expensive weapon skins and expensive armour.

people who are poor are happy with crafted items/greens and purples etc.

I don't think this is true, at least not to the degree you mean it by.

While there are people out there like this I don't think that means everyone is like this.

Quote:

Well on my main I'd get a gold, For the same reason I get prestige armor.
yeah It looks the same but I know it's just a meh version of it so it'd jsut drive me mad to have it on my main. Some alts I wouldnt really care about giving them whites.

I like how you brought up alts, because if it comes down to vanity and ego why does it only matter on one character and not all?

Is it the expense or is there more behind it?

Wish Swiftdeath · Jul 11, 2009, 01:08 PM // 13:08

What's the point of wasting your time putting it on a character you rarely play? You don't get to see it alot so you may as well not have it...

chaosincarnate87 · Jul 11, 2009, 07:11 PM // 19:11

tbh the reason i buy gold vs purple is the ease of access. it is MUCH easier to buy a gold of a certain skin that i want than a purple because purples have attained that junk status essentially as someone posted on the 2nd page. plus after playing for 4 years i dont think my characters deserve junk tbh. they deserve the finer things :P

MithranArkanere · Jul 11, 2009, 08:06 PM // 20:06

I don't like the purple names, are harder to read than the golden ones. There is no other difference, as purples and gold both have half effect (half damage, half armor, half energy) when not fulfilling their requisites

Common and green will have basic effect (same damge as begginer weapons, 3 energy) so they are even less desirable.

byteme! · Jul 12, 2009, 12:58 AM // 00:58

I don't see any debate at all. This thread is like a broken record. Unreal keeps repeating himself and the responses are identical.

Gold = Rare = Pay more
Purple = Not so much = Pay less

Reasons for that are already explained. Blah blah blah I know what you're debate and topic is about. Blah blah blah. Repeat repeat repeat. This topic was answered already. Now we're just pressing rewind and replaying the same tune over and over.

/Thread closed

Unreal Havoc · Jul 12, 2009, 02:01 AM // 02:01

Ok.

12chars

Stop The Storm · Jul 12, 2009, 02:08 AM // 02:08

and to the OP question.

no, i wouldnt buy a purple for the same price as a gold.

youd have to be an absolute clownshoe to pay the same price for a grape.

Baobao23 · Jul 12, 2009, 02:14 AM // 02:14

I don't think it's so much as the color of the font, but the mentality behind it. How many people in guild wars actually know that there are purple items that have max stats?
As pointed out on the first page, in the prophs and factions campaigns, the items with the only max stats are gold items (keep that in mind that they there are still no max purple items coming from these 2 campaigns).

I can't stress enough how many times people in game have told me that purple items aren't as good as gold items just because they think that there must be some drawback in them.

For example, one person told me that a purple item has a lower crit rate than a gold when I told him/her that it has max stats.

Unreal Havoc · Jul 12, 2009, 02:29 AM // 02:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stop The Storm

and to the OP question.

no, i wouldnt buy a purple for the same price as a gold.

youd have to be an absolute clownshoe to pay the same price for a grape.

If you're really not bothered about rarity (proword being "if") but more just about the skin itself, you'ld be an absolute clownshoe to pay over the odds for something you can possibly get far cheaper.

Cale Roughstar · Jul 12, 2009, 03:39 AM // 03:39

Rarity dictates price. Therefore golds get my money.

arcanemacabre · Jul 12, 2009, 03:55 AM // 03:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unreal Havoc

If you're really not bothered about rarity (proword being "if") but more just about the skin itself, you'ld be an absolute clownshoe to pay over the odds for something you can possibly get far cheaper.

Now that I agree with. And others may feel the same way about the skins, or even purple vs. collector/weaponsmith versions. It's all subjective, and in the end, you're ridiculing others just because of perceived value.

Stop asking why and just be happy with cheaper grapes. They great for most people, and the higher priced golds are great for those anal retentive collectors who will pay to have them. Ey?

byteme! · Jul 12, 2009, 04:02 AM // 04:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unreal Havoc

If you're really not bothered about rarity (proword being "if") but more just about the skin itself, you'ld be an absolute clownshoe to pay over the odds for something you can possibly get far cheaper.

Calling people names because they choose to pay more "imaginary" money is dumb.

Certainly these people can't be that much of a "clownshoe" since they were smart enough to make the money in the first place to a point where the premium prices of gold are no longer an issue.

Like the guy above me said. Stop asking why.