Curse

rilezani · Aug 24, 2006, 06:02 PM // 18:02

You want looks or do you want to kill efficiently? Most people are bent on getting the best gold weapons they can find - BIG MISTAKE! The only true max gold weapons with max modifiers go for hundreds of thousands of gold and numerous ectos…. If you want to kill and win more often, get true max weapons….

Green weapons are max out to begin with and you cannot adjust to your specifications - you don’t like it configuration, don’t buy. However, if you look around, you will find one that fits your style and will probably be fairly reasonable compared to golds that are “almost” as good as the green.

Collector’s weapons are largely overlooked in the game because they are blue. NEWS FLASH! COLOR DOES NOT KILL, STATS DO! Collector’s weapons can be earned and you can add the max modifiers to fit your style and needs. My two elementalists have 20/20 staffs with +5 insightful head, +30 health wrap for air, water, fire, and earth staff that cost me some time to get the staff and about 8k in mods. For 40k, you cannot GET one staff anything close to that killing power.

If you want to look pretty; get a cheap zodiac, fellblade, storm bow, or whatever fits your fancy, put in your weapon set #4 to grab just before the cutscene. Otherwise go green or collectors with mods and kill all the pretty boys and girls….!

Sir Skullcrasher · Aug 24, 2006, 06:05 PM // 18:05

I agree, colors doesn't mean shit when it come to skills and mods on the weapon. My ele used mostly collector item since i can modify it to fit her build.

Kakumei · Aug 24, 2006, 06:06 PM // 18:06

I don't understand. Why do you care what other people choose to spend their money on?

rilezani · Aug 24, 2006, 06:11 PM // 18:11

don't care what other people spend their money on - but most people 'think" they have to spend money - not true.

rilezani · Aug 24, 2006, 06:14 PM // 18:14

YES! Yet most people still do not have a clue.........

Str0b0 · Aug 24, 2006, 06:14 PM // 18:14

Nah price has always been tied to skin first, mods second. Even a crap weapon with a rare skin will sell for a little bit more than a regular crap weapon. I thought everyone knew that. I'm sure everyone realizes that there are collectors weapons out there that do the same damage and have the same mods. People pay the premium prices for the "cool"factor of having a rare skinned weapon or shield.

Apache_Planeswalker · Aug 24, 2006, 06:15 PM // 18:15

Anyone buying a perfect gold knows about Collectors/Greens. Anyone buying a perfect rare gold buys it for the rarity, not to farm.

Yanman.be · Aug 24, 2006, 06:16 PM // 18:16

I tried selling a good collector shield to some warrior for 1/100th of the cost of a normal rare max shield, and he didn't want it. He'd prefer non-max golds with an even uglier skin. Odd isn't it?

lyra_song · Aug 24, 2006, 06:18 PM // 18:18

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Originally Posted by Yanman.be

I tried selling a good collector shield to some warrior for 1/100th of the cost of a normal rare max shield, and he didn't want it. He'd prefer non-max golds with an even uglier skin. Odd isn't it?

T_T thats sad.

rilezani · Aug 24, 2006, 06:19 PM // 18:19

I am not saying buying gold is bad, but it is the teaching that is associated with always striving to buy gold that I am talking about.

The rich buy Mercedes because it is the best - but the masses who strive to buy mercedes usually run into financial difficulties or at least headaches.........

rilezani · Aug 24, 2006, 06:21 PM // 18:21

by the way, my volvo S80 is safer, better gas mileage, lower services costs, and more comfortable than a S500 - and it cost less.....

Jestah · Aug 24, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24

People buy vanity weapons because RPG games typically attract grinders. Being as it's against the nature of the game's balance to overpower the items themselves, they allow people to sink gold on rare skins instead.

Seems to me you're just whining because you can't afford it. It's a common notion among scrubs - "If you can't beat em, discredit em".

rilezani · Aug 24, 2006, 06:26 PM // 18:26

The value of something is what the person buying it is willing to pay. If you like spending hundreds of thousands on something you can spend a few plats for, you are definitely the product of someone who wants to "keep up with the Jones." People like that live a "life of quiet desperation....."

Cracko · Aug 24, 2006, 06:29 PM // 18:29

All about the skin.

EagleEye33 · Aug 24, 2006, 06:30 PM // 18:30

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Originally Posted by Apache_Planeswalker

Anyone buying a perfect gold knows about Collectors/Greens. Anyone buying a perfect rare gold buys it for the rarity, not to farm.

me too, I thought pretty much everyone knew about this, they want those for rarity and skin. Im sure most people do this, cause theres a lot of crystallines out there yet you dont see many using them, they falsh it and then go to there "fighting weapon".

Then again even some mods are expensive so sometimes it cant really be cheap either way.

Jestah · Aug 24, 2006, 06:34 PM // 18:34

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Originally Posted by rilezani

The value of something is what the person buying it is willing to pay. If you like spending hundreds of thousands on something you can spend a few plats for, you are definitely the product of someone who wants to "keep up with the Jones."

I'm not defending my own actions, personally I do things the same way as you do, but PvE is not my thing. But what I am saying is when people finish the game 6 times over they either go to PvP or start farming. They're looking for an achievement that they can show to others. There's only so much content you can have in a game, the lastability has to come from repeatable stuff.

It really isn't so hard to believe is it? do you go around saying the same shit to people driving expensive cars?

OMG noob you got a porsche!!!!

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Originally Posted by rilezani

People like that live a "life of quiet desperation....."

Yet another amateur Psychologist.

*Darcy* · Aug 24, 2006, 06:39 PM // 18:39

The OP is explaining (especially good info for newer players) that you don't have to have that 100k+ for a "rare" or 60k+ for a green to get a great weapon. Those high-price weapons are vanity items.

If you just want a weapon with those mods, you can build your own, using collector or (same-skin lower-quality) drops and salvaging the mods to put on them.

As any experienced player will tell you, one weapon is not suitable for all areas. You need different mods for different enemies/areas. Why spend all your money on one.

rilezani · Aug 24, 2006, 06:40 PM // 18:40

The "life of quiet desperation" means that people spend too much and do not have enough to live on. No one gives anyone crap about owning something - except the repo man who comes to take your porsche away because you did not make the payments....

rilezani · Aug 24, 2006, 06:48 PM // 18:48

Summation: If you want the best, go buy it - but know you do not HAVE to....

I am off, have a good one all

Chilly Ress · Aug 24, 2006, 07:13 PM // 19:13

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Originally Posted by Yanman.be

I tried selling a good collector shield to some warrior for 1/100th of the cost of a normal rare max shield, and he didn't want it. He'd prefer non-max golds with an even uglier skin. Odd isn't it?

Way most games are because of the elitism idealists.