WTT Vorpal Sickle noRR Perfect Condition for +2 Tome

[Oddimus]

Will trade a Vorpal Sickle noRR perfect condition, for either a +2 DEX or +2 STR Tome. Remember, A vorpal "Sickle" can be used by any class without penalty! Thanks Oddimus

[Oddimus]

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[BlackPantha]

A Vorpal sickle is worth maybe half of a +2 tome. better put some sweeteners like maybe 2 more vorpals to make that happen, and even then they'd have to be a helluva sucker to do it.

You dont have to thank me.

[~Inotna]

A Vorpal Sickle is worth a lot more than a +2 tome. This is a super uber item. If I had a +2 tome I would trade it in a heart beat. Don't let people devalue this in an attempt to acquire an item which they cannot afford.

[Yshkabibble]

A Vorpal Sickle is worth a lot more than a +2 tome. This is a super uber item. If I had a +2 tome I would trade it in a heart beat. Don't let people devalue this in an attempt to acquire an item which they cannot afford.

Hardly

[BlackPantha]

different value systems I guess. If I had a +2 tome i'd trade it, but it sure wouldn't be for a vorpal, of any kind. At least a +2 tome is always useful, but a vorpal is only useful to gimped fighters who cant kill any other way. But of course that wont stop the suckers, it never does.

[~Inotna]

Sickles are the only simple weapon that can be vorpal. Need I say more?

[~Inotna]

different value systems I guess. If I had a +2 tome i'd trade it, but it sure wouldn't be for a vorpal, of any kind. At least a +2 tome is always useful, but a vorpal is only useful to gimped fighters who cant kill any other way. But of course that wont stop the suckers, it never does.

Vorpal is the only effect that doesn't loose value as the lvl cap is increased. In fact they raise in value because there is no save attached to them. With each increase to the lvl cap, the mobs get harder and until you cap out a vorpal can make the job easier. Besides a vorpal sickle isn't for a fighter it can be used by caster and such. Last but not least it is finessable.

[Byzantian]

You need to say more.

[Brumby]

You say they are trying to devalue it so they can trade for it? lol... None of these guys even want that... so... Vorpal Sickle... It's good for casters and clerics basically. I'd laugh if I saw a caster or cleric swinging away to try and vorpal something... And btw even if a caster or cleric swinging that rolls a 20 chances are they aren't going to confirm... so basically you will vorpal one out of every four hundred swings... worth a +2 tome? Just spreading a little Xorian Hate... see ya.

[BlackPantha]

While yes, vorpals value does increase with each level cap increase. But the thing is things like disruptors and paralyzers have been used and will continue to be used even though they only fail on a 1. Which consequently is the same percentage chance of a vorpal. Oh and you dont need to confirm a critical on any of those for the effect to go off. A caster or cleric with a vorpal? They must have neglected their stats since any caster and any cleric should be able to one shot any monster u can vorpal sans vampires. And a flesh to stone or wall of fire takes care of them just as easily, and most of the time significantly faster.

[loki523]

While yes, vorpals value does increase with each level cap increase.

I even disagree on this point. Supply and demand. The market is absolutely flooded with vorpals, banishers, etc. I'd argue that every day the value on these go down as more are pulled.

As far as the weapon in question...is it worth a +2 tome? Hard to say I guess. Depends on the person. Based solely on supply and demand, I'd say not even close. Unbound +2 Tomes are MUCH rarer than finessable vorpals (which, incidentally is all that matters for a sickle...as has already been mentioned casters can't confirm and shouldn't be swinging one anyways...sickle = handaxe = kukri).

Then again, I don't value +2 tomes very highly either because they're free from raids. I realize that some people don't raid as much as me, though, and so they probably don't realize how easy they are to get so, again, depends on the person you're talking to.

The one thing I can say with absolute certainty is that the sickle for a +2 tome is MUCH MUCH more reasonable than what he was first asking lol...

[Scarsgaard]

Yep... I would not trade a +2 Tome... no way. not because I pull Vorpals often (I do)... but because.. I can use it on my next noob toon and get him beyond the 32pt build start right from the bat...

...imagine eating 4+ +2 tomes on a starter toon... mmmm yummy

[LastNameRage]

Looks like server's have a difference in opinion about the value of certain items. I would of thought that the difference in rarity and usefulness made it quite obvious as to which truly holds more value (Alot more, imho(And I am sure countless other's). I may consider trading an unbound +2 tome that none of my toons needed for 3 vorpal's, probably not though.

And as to the arguement about vorpal's holding more value as the cap increases, do you really believe turbine suddenly flooded us with them so we can just breeze through the rest of the content they put out? I'd say it's the opposite, they let those of us that had not had a taste of vorpalage have one before they started to add more and more mobs able to cast and have deathward or some other form of not being vorpal'd, disrupted, smited etc..

[loki523]

Heh, if you want to bring servers into it, I was in Gianthold yesterday and I said in general chat that I had just bought a smiting rapier off the auction house for 2.1 million plat a week ago.

A Thelanis native (who is seemingly well-respected on the server) straight up called me a liar and informed me that the cap on the AH was 2 million plat, that NOTHING in the game is worth 2 million plat, and that he would never waste that much of his money because his characters are expensive to upkeep.



When we first merged servers, my initial impression, from reading the trade forums, was that Thelanis people had a ton of good loot I could trade for. I saw a few VERY nice tradelists and thought, "Wow! If that's what some of their richest people have lying around to trade, they must be geared out pretty well!"

Then I found out it was standard practice for some people to post like EVERYTHING they own on their trade list and refuse to trade any of it and I thought, "Wow! If these are their richest people, this server is pretty poor..."

I have made several good trades with various Thelanis people so far so it's not everybody but I have also seen some ridiculous stuff that, were I to generalize, would make me think Thelanis has no clue what's going on with loot...

[roggane]

Then I found out it was standard practice for some people to post like EVERYTHING they own on their trade list and refuse to trade any of it and I thought, "Wow! If these are their richest people, this server is pretty poor..."
..

Hmm, dealt with many Thelanians before/after the merger and the only ppl I've seen post items they won't trade b/c they are "in use" (sorry had to do a color to make my pt) are some original Xorian posts....

"well, I can't part with it until I get this...this....and this....."

What's the point of putting your "in use" items on a list, esp if you're not gonna trade them? (or not even listing them as 'in use')

Just an observation I've seen myself, but sure it could be said for both sides....

Also, the value of an item is only in how badly a person wants it. If someone wants to trade a +2 tome for a vorp sickle, more power to them, what's the problem here?

[Byzantian]

I am a Thelasinian & everything on my list is for trade, i dont use any of it.

Every1 i have traded with knows this.

And yes ppl tell me "that item is in use, so it will take double the uber's to get it"???

Just a point i needed to express.

[LastNameRage]

The IFV folks are seemingly the few that know what's going on, among a few other's...but not many. Some Xoriat's will post an item that is in use simply because if some one else wants it bad, they may trade nicely for it....it's not that they refuse to trade it at all, it's that they want more then they would normally get for it. Like one of the above poster's stated, an items value is based on how much some one wants it above all else...So if that person can get what they are looking for by trading it, why not?

Personally, I don't post things that I don't want to trade...on occasion I will throw out a I need this and will indeed trade things I am using to get it if I need it that badly. But other then those occasion's, I keep my stuff unless it's not in use. Have seen posts from all server's players that post things in use, but who really cares.

[Oddimus]

Its just a game people, LOL, Geeezzz, Well at least enough people know i have a Vorpal sickle to trade.

[~Inotna]

I've seen the same items on certain ppls trade list for 6 months straight and even tried to trade them off of them twice and still didn't get it (and believe me if I want something I make it hard to say no) certain people just want to show how big their virtual thing is because their reality thing just makes the ladies laugh! So as a rule of thumb If you post it for trade and you still have 3 mods later you obviously are asking to much. Get over yourselves (ya'll know who you are!) no one cares how big your thing is! Just spreading some of that xoriat love


P.S. I'll give you 1.5 million plat for it (god knows I have more useless plat than a chinese farmer)