Item Rarity

[RasaNova]

Does the rarity (item color grey, green, blue, purple) mean much? Seems a bit random, at least between blue/green. For example I have 2 lasguns, a green level 4 and a blue level 5. The green one has a lower item level and power rating, but does about 15% more damage and sells for 4 times more than the blue one. The abilities seem similar. So of course I'm using the green one.

I've seen this sort of thing many times now, are there other hidden factors involved or should I just use what looks like the best stats regardless of rarity and item/power level?

[Palpathicc]

Grey->blue->green->purple->gold
It depends on your build and playstyle (power rating vs stats)

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by VikThor:

Grey->blue->green->purple->gold
It depends on your build and playstyle (power rating vs stats)

I get the color progression, I just don't see any actual difference in item quality between the rarities. So is it just random that sometimes a lower level "uncommon" item can be more powerful/valuable than a higher level "rare" item? Some games do have other factors involved, for example in Assassins Creed: Origins the level of the item could have a drastic effect beyond the rarity, or even Diablo where rarer items generally had higher durability.

[Irrelevant]

grey = crap dont look at it
blue = 2 benefical stats
green = 3 benefical stats
Purple = 3 benefical stats mostly better rolled or fixed stats if crafted
gold = Relic affix and 2 additional stats if fusion is at 100%

After all Power Rating (the number besides the fist icon) is important because it calculates your dage recived and damage done compared from your PR to the missions PR.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Irrelevant:

grey = crap dont look at it
blue = 2 benefical stats
green = 3 benefical stats
Purple = 3 benefical stats mostly better rolled or fixed stats if crafted
gold = Relic affix and 2 additional stats if fusion is at 100%

After all Power Rating (the number besides the fist icon) is important because it calculates your dage recived and damage done compared from your PR to the missions PR.

Ah hah ok this is something I didn't know... So power rating does have an effect in the game other than a representation of how advanced you are?

Edit - I just re-read what you both were saying and see that I missed the order. So green is HIGHER than blue - That actually makes sense with what I've been seeing - but in pretty much every other game with color coded rarities, it goes the other way (green is uncommon, blue is rare) so thats what I was assuming here.

[undisputedloser]

Originally posted by RasaNova:

I just re-read what you both were saying and see that I missed the order. So green is HIGHER than blue - That actually makes sense with what I've been seeing - but in pretty much every other game with color coded rarities, it goes the other way (green is uncommon, blue is rare) so thats what I was assuming here.

I was wondering why the stats seemed so lame on what I thought was higher tier gear. Calling it "Mastercraft" didn't help either, since the other games usually have that as a higher tier than "Rare" as well. I would have sold off all my decent loot after the first mission if I hadn't tried sorting my inventory by rarity.

[Urejt | March or die]

U forgot about most powerfull weapons - Morality relics. They can give + 100% dmg.

[Lyncher]

Leave the dead in peace please.

[Missa La Hache]

1 year old necro, fair !

[RasaNova]

I don't see the issue with reviving an old post. The guy probably had the same question that I did, did a google search because he wasn't lazy, found this thread which was relevant to him, and shared his thoughts. (key word here is relevant. If the info were no longer true, or the comment had no point, that's a different story.)

IMO complaining about it or trying to shame somebody for making a civil and reasonable comment is a lot more rude.

[Lyncher]

Its not really relevant anymore after 2.0 since item rarites number of stats have changed and power rating is gone completely. Also it opened up another person to add info about morality relics which is 100% not relevant.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Lyncher:

Its not really relevant anymore after 2.0 since item rarites number of stats have changed and power rating is gone completely. Also it opened up another person to add info about morality relics which is 100% not relevant.

Ok, I haven't played in a long time and didn't know it had changed - so in this case I see your point, and agree with you. (And if you'd said that from the start you would have come across as helpful instead of complaining.)

So I'm all for letting this thread die a graceful death!