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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 6004426" data-attributes="member: 1231">This is more of a hypothetical question than a game question, since historical value is not really modeled in game economies.So you have recovered the ancient Spear of Municia Dir-Rada, Lady Protector of Irregarth, who fought and slew the demon general Vaghust in single combat, then rallied the city's defenders to drive out the armies of the Abyss. Or any other historical significantly weapon.For the sake of argument, let us say the Spear of Municia Dir-Rada is equivalent to a +3 holy longspear, and it has fiery motifs etched into the blade. As a historically significant antique, let us suppose that the Spear is worth more than the average +3 holy longspear. So you possess the Spear, but what you really need is a +4 holy flaming longspear. Maybe you are fighting demon-corrupted ice elementals, or whatever. So you have your skilled wizard friend enchant the spear to sharper and flamier. The question is: Is the Spear of Municia Dir-Rada worth as much as it was before plus the additional value of the upgrades? Is its historical integrity destroyed, and now only worth slightly more than a brand new +4 holy flaming longspear? Or is it worth somewhere in between those values? (I suppose a fourth option might be: Is it worth more that its original value plus the value of the upgrades? But I do not think it very possible.)Edit: There is actually a second, contingent question that I meant to ask as well: If the historical value of a +3 holy longspear with flame motif is not destroyed by turning it into a +4 holy flaming longspear, could it be destroyed by turning it into a +3 holy frost longspear? Or if historical value is destroyed by adding an additional +1 and a flaming enchantment it did not have, could its historical value be preserved by merely upgrading it to +5?</blockquote>

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