Sadly it really depends on the relative value of the item. If it represents 5 hours of farming I might spill the beans but if it represents 1000 hours of farming . . . I might try to REALLY understand its drop rate and location through thorough testing and repetition before I share some info.
If it's a noticeable improvement for me or any of my close friends, I'd keep it. If it can have latter use for a close friend or for sale, I'd start repeating the pattern / area until I figured out how it works or get triggered to drop, untill I feel done with gearing / resales / figuring out. Then I'd share the information in public for everyone to enjoy it.
If the drops include no competition (no ph/ rare that only one group can get at a time) I'd share first results earlier.
I would show it off and tell everyone that, rather than stumbling upon it, I gallantly won it by soloing a rare mob that routinely takes down entire raids. I would tell them that the Dev's were so impressed with my mad skills that they offered to name the item after my girlfriend, but I demurred (not mentioning my wife.) I would then spend way too much time casually displaying the item as I sat in a tavern or crafting area, waiting for the envious masses to ask me where/how I got it/found it/made it. I would, of course regale them with a different tale each time.
Kilsin said:If you stumbled upon a never before seen rare item in Pantheon, would you tell anyone or keep it to yourself? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters
Probably share it with friends, eventually, but I KNOW that someone will have a website that exposes all the secrets and takes all the fun out of it. Hence I WON'T be visiting those sites, I prefer to use my own brain, not someone else's. I love puzzles and mysteries. :)
/ooc What the heck is this? /link
If it's equippable and an upgrade I'd probably just equip it if possible and then forget I have it. Then when people are like "wtf that's crazy rare" I'd be like 'oh, uh...guess I won't sell it?'
Depends I guess. If I am solo, and It's and upgrade I would probably put it on. Because, you know, that's the name of the game!
However if it is useless to me, I would find someone who could use it before I let it go to waste type thing.
I usually don't try to "master the marketplace" in an MMO, as I feel there is enough greed in this world.
Very rarely will I take something with the sole purpose of selling for profit.
I am usually forced into that... (Sut, take the damend shield and sell it!!! You never take anything and give away everything.)
I like just handing it to someone who could use it, or has been seeking it for months.
Can aquire some good friends with a mindset like that.
It would grace the deepest darkest places in my closet where I would occasionally disappear to, to fondle it with a gleam in my eye. Whispering, "Precious....."