How Do I Identify Items?

Synnda - Raging Tide
Synnda - Raging Tide Posts: 5 Arc User
edited April 2011 in Dungeons & Tactics
Hi All

Yes I am a newb to the game and mmo
Can someone tell me how do I get items identified and why do I want to get them identified? Will it make the item better or?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance

Synnda
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  • Dosinn - Dreamweaver
    Dosinn - Dreamweaver Posts: 205 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You can get items identified at either the merchant npc or at an Elder. Items with additional stats can improve anything from the items endurance (meaning you have to repair it less often) to improved physical or magical atk dmg, to improving your base stats, to even improving your atk rate or spell casting speed.
  • Synnda - Raging Tide
    Synnda - Raging Tide Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Thank You
    I will try to find an elder
  • Dosinn - Dreamweaver
    Dosinn - Dreamweaver Posts: 205 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Just go the elder of your races starter city. He'll have a Identify Item option.
  • Synnda - Raging Tide
    Synnda - Raging Tide Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I am so sorry.....I have no idea what you are talking about.
    Told ya I was a newby! LOL
    I have no idea where my starter city is, how to get there or even how to tell what race I am.LOL
    Help if you can would be appreciated

    Thanks again
  • Lairian - Sanctuary
    Lairian - Sanctuary Posts: 8,209 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Synnda - Raging Tide wrote: »
    I am so sorry.....I have no idea what you are talking about.
    Told ya I was a newby! LOL
    I have no idea where my starter city is, how to get there or even how to tell what race I am.LOL
    Help if you can would be appreciated

    Thanks again

    Simple. It all depends on what class you are. If you are a wizard or a blademaster, You'll be going to the human city of Etherblade. If your a venomacer or a barbairian, you'll find your home in the Untameds City of the Lost. For clerics and archers, you'll be going to the Winged Elf home at City of the Plume. And for psychics and assassins, you'll end up in the Tideborns City of Raging Tide. The elders are all there, and there's a quest or two that will lead you right to that one.

    Or, if you need to find one without such help, you can use the coordinate assistant. This is found under your minimap. The button that looks like an arrow hitting a cross-like thing is where this is found. Open it up and you'll find a list of NPCs in the area. Double click on the one you want and it'll show you where it is with a dot on the minimap, and a colored arrow like the one that points you to quest goals.
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  • Duke_Atticus - Sanctuary
    Duke_Atticus - Sanctuary Posts: 102 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Actually, you can identify at the Merchant NPCs around too. You need to pay 100 coins for any identifying services. Ever since I started identifying at the Merchant, I forgot about the Elder...

    And yes, identifying improves the stats of your items. Plus, if you get stuff that people want (crit +x% or channeling -x%), you can sell the item for a good price.
  • Elysetta - Dreamweaver
    Elysetta - Dreamweaver Posts: 49 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Dosinn - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    You can get items identified at either the merchant npc or at an Elder. Items with additional stats can improve anything from the items endurance (meaning you have to repair it less often) to improved physical or magical atk dmg, to improving your base stats, to even improving your atk rate or spell casting speed.

    Hello. When I scroll over item or click on it, it shows the weapon/armor stats. Does identifying the object go further than that? Thank you
    b:puzzled
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  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Yes it does. Some items have an add-on (stat in blue text) that says "Needs to be identified." When you identify the item, than add-on is "unlocked."
    Demon_Troll: "takes on the appearance of an innocent archer but turns into a mindless idiot once you hear him speak"
    ~Spazz~
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Necrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo b:shutup
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Necrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo b:shutup
    +1 poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooost couuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunntb:shutup
    Demon_Troll: "takes on the appearance of an innocent archer but turns into a mindless idiot once you hear him speak"
    ~Spazz~
  • Nyuchama - Archosaur
    Nyuchama - Archosaur Posts: 101 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    oh my god I am posting on a necro b:shocked
    I've sunk so low in the sea of sadness
  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Oh my god, we're all gonna get perma-bannedb:shocked
    Demon_Troll: "takes on the appearance of an innocent archer but turns into a mindless idiot once you hear him speak"
    ~Spazz~
  • Nyuchama - Archosaur
    Nyuchama - Archosaur Posts: 101 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Typhyse - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Oh my god, we're all gonna get perma-bannedb:shocked

    Oh my god, you're right b:shocked b:avoid
    I've sunk so low in the sea of sadness
  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    /linb4beforeperma-ban QQ
    Demon_Troll: "takes on the appearance of an innocent archer but turns into a mindless idiot once you hear him speak"
    ~Spazz~
  • Brus - Lost City
    Brus - Lost City Posts: 140 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Why are you doing this >.<
    Why are you forcing me to post?
  • Austalle - Raging Tide
    Austalle - Raging Tide Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Dosinn - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    You can get items identified at either the merchant npc or at an Elder. Items with additional stats can improve anything from the items endurance (meaning you have to repair it less often) to improved physical or magical atk dmg, to improving your base stats, to even improving your atk rate or spell casting speed.

    What he said (:
  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Brus - Lost City wrote: »
    Why are you doing this >.<
    Why are you forcing me to post?
    Because we are in your mind... b:sin
    Demon_Troll: "takes on the appearance of an innocent archer but turns into a mindless idiot once you hear him speak"
    ~Spazz~

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