Curse

Cottage Pie · Sep 28, 2006, 10:55 AM // 10:55

the same reason why rubies and saphires will not replace ecto (and also juggling the value of two items would be unbearable, people would be forever trying to slight one to make more on the other), there's simply not enough of them. Black dyes are hellishly rare compared to ecto, i'd rate them at at-least 200k to the ectos 7k in rarity (not trade value). if the weapons market crashed (what's this inscriptions thing i am hearing about?!) then yes, there would be SO many useless ectos out there that thier value would plummet to almost nothing regardless of them having a use for armour.

beta man · Sep 28, 2006, 02:10 PM // 14:10

personally i prefers to keep black dye to solve the problem of having more than 1 million plat. that is just me though.

Haggard · Sep 28, 2006, 04:43 PM // 16:43

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Originally Posted by Sooty

I think ecto is far more practical than black dye, however I wonder if the appeal of fissure armor is still as great as it was before factions? I realise this is in the eye of the beholder but to me the 15k sets in factions are almost universally more attractive than a fissure set for that class. There will always be those who buy it for status reasons but if less people in general are tempted by fissure armor will this drive ecto value down?

I think it's the status that makes people buy it. When I'm trying to find a group as a warrior, you need to look as l33t as you can. I'd rather be in my fissure (works a charm

) than in 15k glads like every other third-rate wammo.

jamal555 · Sep 28, 2006, 05:18 PM // 17:18

Well u are all wrong a little bit, but it was fun to read... as no1 of my senior partners in crime (ppl with lots of cash that play a long time) wont to reply to this i have to...

As every other big trader knows Ecto values arent based on supply and demand but are artificialy maintained by anet... u might remember the days when the market was limited and merchants had just a certain amount of something... u could "in theory"

buy off everything and dump it on the market for a far greater price... remember the ectos being 20k... i do...

not a coincidence... and not supply and demand... 3-4 ppl "could have" put together their milions and wreck the economy of gw in under 2 hours earning 10-15 mil in process... and anet couldnt do anything about it coz its their design flaw... then came the "new" trader sistem with unlimited trader stock and " supply and demand" bull....

Did some1 noticed how everyone had fow armor now... 3-5-8 armors... well in the old days of economy u couldnt drop off 150 ectos at merchant and not drop the price for 2-3k... now... u can drop it 1000 ectos at trader and it will stay 7.5k.... artificial prices... ectos drop less then ever and prices are still low...

So to summarise...

ALL TRADER PRICES ARE ARTIFICIAL... ANET IS DOING IT BY HAND... U CANT REALLY PREDICT A MARKET ANY MORE COZ THERE IS NO MARKET ITS ALL CONTROLLED...

PS if its really supply and demand why is it only 500 or 1000gp difference... i never saw 1-2-10gp difference... as it should be in real market...

Yawgmoth · Sep 28, 2006, 05:40 PM // 17:40

jamal555 you're completely wrong.
Trader system is still supply-demand based AND the trader can still be bought out of certain materials (see : tanned hide squares during the first day of GWN preview)
The prices of ecto at trader are very stable because very he has very large quantities of them in store and it stabilized through many months. Try buying more rare materials from him, for example monstrous claws where for every ~~50-70 you buy, the price will increase a little. The more expensive the matarial is, the more stable the price.

KamikazeChicken · Sep 28, 2006, 06:13 PM // 18:13

Look up price ceilings and supply-demand curves. That'll tell you everything you'll care to know about the relationship ectoplasm has in the GW "economy," and you should be able to predict what will eventually happen to it in the long run.

Sir Skullcrasher · Sep 28, 2006, 06:25 PM // 18:25

Here the idea as long as there is new character classes. There would be a demand for ectos and shards. But do you think ectos might one day jump back to it's 15k to 20k price range?

valtonray · Sep 29, 2006, 12:09 AM // 00:09

because the ecto market is down right now, and black dyes are up thats it. it did the same thing shortly before factions was released(ecto price dropping) because people are saving up for new armor and items that'll be avaible with the expansion. so i say hold your ecto's and sell your dye.

Ismoke · Sep 29, 2006, 12:21 AM // 00:21

welcome to the world global market!!! WTS 700ectos!(sarcasm)Maybe

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