Curse

Ambuu · Jun 26, 2008, 02:54 AM // 02:54

If only we could've bought clay bricks...

Kanyatta · Jun 26, 2008, 03:54 AM // 03:54

Right now, I am on the verge of converting all of my plat to ecto. With the lowest prices in the history of Guild Wars, it only seems to be going lower for the near future. For the distant future (i.e. SF nerfing or favor running out) ecto will eventually stabilize at 5.5-6k, and when you can buy them now for 3.3-3.5k, I'd say its worth investing. An SF nerf is almost inevitable, same with faction running out.

At least, that's what I see.

Darkobra · Jun 26, 2008, 04:30 AM // 04:30

Hold on to them for a few months. Let the hype wear off of "THE SKY IS FALLING! SELL IT ALL NOW!" and you'll probably have doubled your profit. Especially if you buy even more now.

If the sky really does fall, I'll be selling umbrellas for 1 ecto each.

BLOODGOAT · Jun 26, 2008, 06:34 AM // 06:34

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Originally Posted by I pwnd U

I concur. It's a game, no big deal if you have a million K or 1k.

Eh, it's a big deal to the tards who wasted their life away accumulating their millions of gold, I'd suppose.

Holly Herro · Jun 26, 2008, 06:50 AM // 06:50

I'm waiting until favor runs out.

ilipol · Jun 26, 2008, 07:38 AM // 07:38

I have a suggestion ...
gather all the ectos/gold/items you can, then bury them in a secret location ...
so your descendant char in GW2 can dig up the treasure 250 years later and be rich..

Arduin · Jun 26, 2008, 08:06 AM // 08:06

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Originally Posted by Holly Herro

I'm waiting until favor runs out.

Invest in Passage Scrolls to the UW and FoW

obsidian ectoplasm · Jun 26, 2008, 09:25 AM // 09:25

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Originally Posted by Felixious

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12 chars....

Div · Jun 26, 2008, 09:30 AM // 09:30

Give me your ectos. Problem solved.

GourangaPizza · Jun 26, 2008, 09:31 AM // 09:31

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Originally Posted by Shakti

Invest everything in chitin fragments...it's the material of the future!

I am investing in wooden planks. Deforestation is so rampant nowadays, soon players will buy wood from me!

j/k

Holly Herro · Jun 26, 2008, 09:55 AM // 09:55

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Originally Posted by Arduinna

Invest in Passage Scrolls to the UW and FoW

Haha, only to UW :P

kvndoom · Jun 26, 2008, 10:15 AM // 10:15

Above all else the nerf will be a blessing for the mods so they won't have to lock "ecto QQ" threads every single day.

Zesbeer · Jun 26, 2008, 10:20 AM // 10:20

after you unlock all skills and buy all sorts of armor you need and weapons you want there really is no use for money in this game besides getting titles or buying "rare skined" items.

farmpig · Jun 26, 2008, 11:51 AM // 11:51

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Originally Posted by Jetdoc

Don't worry about your "wealth", as it's just a game?

Seriously, if you're that worried about the depreciation of your ectos, do what Dronte recommends (i.e. buy a stable commodity with a hard floor and ceiling price like lockpicks) or go spend that money that you've been hoarding on something you want.

Agreed 100%.

A Leprechaun · Jun 26, 2008, 11:55 AM // 11:55

Buy shards, the shard price is going up atm.

~A Leprchaun~

Damian979 · Jun 26, 2008, 12:56 PM // 12:56

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Originally Posted by Jetdoc

Don't worry about your "wealth", as it's just a game?

Exactly, I find it hilarious that people are whining about their imaginary money and how terrible the economic structure is in a video game.

Funny that, people solo'd UW long before Shadowform was buffed with many different builds, ectos dropped in value, people got tired of farming those builds, ectos went back up. I don't hear anyone screaming Waaaah! E/Me ruined my bank account!

Nerf 600 smiters, necros, ele's, most all the derv skills, and half the rit skills so noone can farm anymore THEN we have a level playing field....and one boring damn game that noone plays any more.

Ironically it is the same principal as in real life. Put all your investment into one sole commodity and when the market for that commodity falls out people piss and moan about how unfair it is.

Phineas · Jun 26, 2008, 02:05 PM // 14:05

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Originally Posted by Yawgmoth

Only if nerf happens.

Maybe the expiry of perma-favor will be that very nerf?

Ambuu · Jun 26, 2008, 02:48 PM // 14:48

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Originally Posted by Phineas

Maybe the expiry of perma-favor will be that very nerf?

Perhaps. However....

If we go back to old favor system (HoH battles), it wont do us much good. People will just change districts from America to Euro or vice versa or to Korean servers!?! (since they have unlimited changing now). So in essence, Old Favor = new favor.

romeus petrus · Jun 26, 2008, 03:30 PM // 15:30

Until they nerf SF ectos will continue to lose value. When (?if) they nerf it ectos will regain some of their original value. Since none of us here actually know for a fact that the nerf is coming, it is kinda hard to give advice atm regarding what to do with ectos.

I am holding on to my stacks atm coz honestly I dont really care what happens at this stage of the game's life, and apparently neither does anet; otherwise the chaos plains farm would have been nerfed weeks ago.

Yawgmoth · Jun 26, 2008, 03:49 PM // 15:49

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Originally Posted by Phineas

Maybe the expiry of perma-favor will be that very nerf?

Nope. If you farmed the UW yourself you would see how common the scroll drops are. The favor will be still on for most of the time during highly played hours, and for the hours without it there are tons of scrolls available.

I expect the final price crash to happen when people will realise the occassional lack of favor does nothing to stop the farmers.