Curse

stretchs · Feb 22, 2008, 10:29 PM // 22:29

I dont think there will ever be a definitive reason why the market has been crashing, there have been many many posts here as to why, many are quite plausible, others completely nonsense, but in the end, the prices are dropping, the QQ begins from the ones with too many and ends with the people that are able to buy something they at one time couldnt

Kyp Jade · Feb 22, 2008, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Most of it is from ursan, if you noticed the gem prices have not only dropped considerably, they are averaging out to about 4k/gem

This is due to the easy of doing a full run from start to mallyx in about 2-2.5 hours

Jensy · Feb 22, 2008, 11:39 PM // 23:39

1. Ursan is a selling point. Buy eotn, get a skill that allows you to easily do x, y, z.

2. If nerfing it *only* benefits the yobs who are QQ-ing that they can no longer get 100k+7348343 ecto... yeah, sorry, can't find myself caring.

3. Torment weapons are ugly compared to the free weapons we can get in the BMP. The weapon contest winners (whenever we get them) have the potential to also be much nicer looking. Only reason to get a torment weapon is to increase your e-peen, and that isn't enough for some of us!

4. 155k is still a lot of freaking money for a weapon that does nothing different from one that can go in your HoM and (potentially) give you benefits in GW2.

And people are surprised that the market is crashing...?

Darksun · Feb 23, 2008, 02:26 AM // 02:26

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Originally Posted by pansy malfoy

2. If nerfing it *only* benefits the yobs who are QQ-ing that they can no longer get 100k+7348343 ecto... yeah, sorry, can't find myself caring.

qft.. you don't need that many freeking ecto

MithranArkanere · Feb 23, 2008, 02:45 AM // 02:45

Each elite are has its time. Once a new campaign coes up, the last elite area becomes easier and its rewards devalue.

Completely normal.

Red Sonya · Feb 23, 2008, 08:20 AM // 08:20

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Originally Posted by The Way Out

Actually, I am willing to bet that Ursan blessing's synergy will get nerfed, and you will will be forced to use other skills besides UB. Only a matter of time...

If they were going to nerf it they would have already done so. Just like someone above said they aren't going to risk pissing 70% of the player base off now just for a handful of capitalists who think they should be the only ones to get to these areas. Perhaps you forgot the Razah change so everybody could get him. Anet is making things easier for players not harder...so won't be a nerf to UB...sorry...you lose and phail

kradens · Feb 23, 2008, 08:01 PM // 20:01

why is the armbrace market crashing?

all the people who wanted the armbrace/torment weapons have got them.

the bmp weapons look better, and they are free.

there is no one left to buy the remaining stack of 700 armbraces in ur inventory.

......the poor people say they are sorry they are unable to purchase ur has-been items for mountains of gold.

.......maybe u should have stuck to ectos......or started playing the game instead of finding ways to hold more money in ur storage than the game intended.

XiaoTheBlade · Feb 23, 2008, 09:58 PM // 21:58

I wouldn't mind a tormented weapon, but I'm patient and don't see the point in paying over the top for something which will be almost free in a while. Like when new games come out, I normally wait a while and the price goes down.

Vazze · Feb 23, 2008, 10:09 PM // 22:09

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Originally Posted by XiaoTheBlade

Like when new games come out, I normally wait a while and the price goes down.

Smart, or you could farm the items when new games come out and spend the money after that...too bad there are no more chapters.

XiaoTheBlade · Feb 23, 2008, 10:57 PM // 22:57

Not new gw games, I mean any game. Like Battlefield 2142, CSS, etc.

Gun Pierson · Feb 24, 2008, 05:57 PM // 17:57

There's another factor that may have had an impact of some sort. The double LB/SP points weekend we recently had. More people have high LB ranks now so DoA got more doable for a lot of peeps, in theory that is.

Iuris · Feb 25, 2008, 09:40 AM // 09:40

Prices are destined to drop. Since nothing is taking tormented items OUT of the game, and more are getting in, eventually, the prices will go further and further down.

It will always represent the balance point between "effort needed" vs. "reward expected".

Imagine the ecto market: sometime, everyone rich will have all the FoW armors they want. Then what?
1. noone will buy etos at 5k
2. those that have ectos will either have to use them themselves (and they likely already have all the FoW armors they want) OR
3. sell the ectos and lower and lower prices to get thegold they need to buy things they DO want

Same for Armbraces, except they go more slowly...

HawkofStorms · Feb 25, 2008, 10:12 AM // 10:12

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Originally Posted by Iuris

Prices are destined to drop. Since nothing is taking tormented items OUT of the game, and more are getting in, eventually, the prices will go further and further down.

Technically, coffers of whispers do remove gems from the market. Its just not enough people do so to prevent tormented weapons from devaluing.

RobTehUnknown · Feb 26, 2008, 01:18 AM // 01:18

God I regret paying 900k for my armbrace when they first came out...

{IceFire} · Feb 26, 2008, 01:56 AM // 01:56

^and i regret paying the extra 20-30 dollars for getting EotN early? Lol

Numa Pompilius · Feb 26, 2008, 01:58 AM // 01:58

Armbraces are 100K + 5e now?

Sweet jesus, I better sell all my stacks before I'm ruined!

PnoyPlaYa · Feb 26, 2008, 02:51 AM // 02:51

i'm going to cry.... XD

The Way Out · Feb 26, 2008, 03:07 PM // 15:07

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya

...so won't be a nerf to UB...sorry...you lose and phail

I don't mind you opposing what I had to say, that is fine, you are entitled to your own opinion. However, when you throw this on the end, you sound a bit arrogant and haughty. Like you are looking down a long nose at me.
I don't know how often you play this game, however, I have been playing a long time. Anet takes around six months to nerf a PvE skill on average and a couple threads here to nerf a PvP skill. It has been this way for as long as I can remember.
I agree that they will piss a lot of people off, because a lot of people can't play much other than UB. That is the nature of a lazy button mashing Elite. I don't even care if they keep it or get rid of it, however, it degraded the challenge of GW to the point that there are children in the game that can do Elites now. All they do is spam four skills. The ig market is a joke and items are ridiculously easy to get now. It is my opinion that they will dummy UB down eventually, in order to save the challenge of the game (let alone the market, which is outright laudable).
If they don't, I am wrong, but that is fine because it was an opinion. Do me a huge favor, spell "fail" correctly and stop riding the "cool crowd's" jocks here you wannabe nobody neverwasbeen. Only a loser jumps into a thread and starts flinging mud for no reason. You deserve your disappointing life.

Keithark · Feb 26, 2008, 03:40 PM // 15:40

Are you serious? Market crash? 100k +10 ecto for something you can do in a day? Just about anything else you do in a day (not counting powertrade) will get you about 30-40k max but the braces give you over 2 times that much. I don't think anything wrong with that...just inflation has gone away some.

Pleikki · Feb 26, 2008, 04:10 PM // 16:10

lol Only good thing about this crash.. I can finnally get torm weaps on all my casters (7 casters) ;D