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[Unholy]

Thuley, on 18 December 2012 - 01:39 PM, said:

I don't really get why they made legendaries tradable anyway, seems like a total flaw.  The point as I see it is to have a legendary as an achievement of going through the trouble of farming up all the stuff needed to make one.  If you can just bypass all of that by buying one it does imho defeat the purpose of it being legendary.

Pretty much this. All of this. I was under the impression that they were account bound on acquire, soulbound on use. Either way, I completely agree with you. Them being able to be traded means all the degenerate power traders out there can get them without playing the game. I liked the "Hey, if you want this, you have to actually go out and explore the world and do x, y and z for it. Not just stand in Kamadan (or in this case, a black lion npc) all day."  aspect of it which I thought was originally present.

[Frisco]

I dunno... having that much money is pretty legendary.

[Janus Bloodrunner]

Now there is a Bifrost up for sale for 5921g.

[CeruleanRevolver]

People can value anything at any price they want indeed.

http://www.techradar...-payment-486872

Sighs...makes me want a twilight now...

[Professor Tekks]

Edit:  Well, since they've always been tradeable, I guess I may have been a slight been harsh in my judgement. I mean, honestly, anyone willing to drop a few grand on pixels probably deserves a cool skin for being the dumbass of the year

Also, anyone able to make that much gold via market manipulation probably deserves a cool skin too, because it really isn't as easy doing that as it might seem.  The only thing I might have a problem with is if the prices of legendaries come down too much. What I'm saying is if the prices become close to or equal to the price of the raw materials required to make them, that's when I have a problem with it. Of course, I honestly doubt the lister of said weapon is going to sell it without taking all that karma grind/world completion into account.

[Snype Cyclos]

I always knew that you could buy and sell legendaries on the TP because there is a search filter for it.

[Liric]

Jesus damn. I wonder who he or she thought was going to buy one for that much gold. I'd have put legendary weapons at somewhere over 1k in terms of investment (including time), but that's just me.

[Professor Tekks]

Liric Whitecloak, on 19 December 2012 - 10:13 AM, said:

I'd have put legendary weapons at somewhere over 1k in terms of investment (including time), but that's just me.

That seems reasonable, depending on the price of materials. I'd say the non-tradeable parts of the legendary are worth a hundred gold or so, in terms of time.

[Rebecca Brack]

Flipping legendaries on the TP

Seems legit

[Tawa]

If you couldn't sell/trade legendaries... How else would you give someone an awesome birthday present when there's still no gifting option in the Gem store? *shakes fist*

I suppose a shiny glowy sword would make up for the lack of Griffon Plushies.

[Menorah]

I bet this guy quit the game and was just trying to leave with a bang.

People are talking about it all over the game, so I guess it worked.

[Octavian]

Sunrise was listed for 2400g and sold in less then a day.

[Heylo]

Octavian, on 21 December 2012 - 03:01 PM, said:

Sunrise was listed for 2400g and sold in less then a day.

I don't understand how people have that much gold.

[Unholy]

Heylo, on 21 December 2012 - 03:14 PM, said:

I don't understand how people have that much gold.

[Rebecca Brack]

Once you get a large amount of gold...its not hard to snowball and get more and more.

[DXMslayer]

Professor Tekks, on 19 December 2012 - 05:14 PM, said:

That seems reasonable, depending on the price of materials. I'd say the non-tradeable parts of the legendary are worth a hundred gold or so, in terms of time.

More like a thousand to two thousand gold? 500 badges of honor, 1 million karma, 200sp and map completion is really not worth just a hundred.

[bladie]

3-5k is the most realistic and ideal price for the person who made the legendary.

[Circaetus]

A fun thought is that the gold selling companies are buying and re-selling them (to each other)

[Professor Tekks]

DXMslayer, on 22 December 2012 - 06:57 AM, said:

More like a thousand to two thousand gold? 500 badges of honor, 1 million karma, 200sp and map completion is really not worth just a hundred.

Well, I was trying to be neutral in the matter, though I will say I probably wouldn't have the heart to sell a legendary even if they were worth that much.

[sushix33]

DXMslayer, on 22 December 2012 - 06:57 AM, said:

More like a thousand to two thousand gold? 500 badges of honor, 1 million karma, 200sp and map completion is really not worth just a hundred.

market value of the gift of the mastery + 250 obs shards is about 780g, but the thing is alot of people have it but cant sell it, and ive been buying them from my guildmates and close friends for about 300g so it helps them towards their legendary