Curse

Chilly Ress · Sep 07, 2006, 02:02 AM // 02:02

C....

EternalTempest · Sep 07, 2006, 02:02 AM // 02:02

C -> I'm out the 100K loop so I A) Never have the money to be in that "circle" and B) I don't plan to be.

As long as I can get collector/weaponsmith items, and mods to make make them for me. All that 100K happens out of my sphere of playing.

Poison Ivy · Sep 07, 2006, 02:44 AM // 02:44

Overprice, limit, expensive, those words don't exist in my vocabulary

Gun Pierson · Sep 07, 2006, 03:13 AM // 03:13

B. communism is out, capitalism is in. Nowadays people want to stand out of the crowd and you'll see this behaviour in this game too. You don't want to farm, that's fine, nobody forces you to, except maybe that little voice inside you that actually wants the shiny/special skin stuff too. If that's the case you shouldn't work your frustrations out on other people.

The chase for the perfect gold items is a game in the game for me, it keeps me hooked. I alrdy have all the collector's stuff and all the greens I want.

Riken Chrono · Sep 07, 2006, 03:25 AM // 03:25

i pick B. i think more people will quit this game if everything is such low prices. enuff people have quit already so yeh

Cottage Pie · Sep 07, 2006, 03:40 AM // 03:40

neither good or bad. and why put the barrier @ 100k? for many it's 10k, for some 1000k....in the end it's a game, and how you play and why you play will determine these things, inevitably there's going to be different attitudes expressed side by side and the games market is the ultimate mixed-up expression of this, a culture of sorts. Vanity pretty much dominates RL, so it's only natural that it will dominate human interaction in a virtual form as well as people try and 'flesh out' their carbon-copy characters, only online it's far easier to draw the equation. it's a really intresting subject, and i've not even touched on it here.

pve-er · Sep 07, 2006, 03:45 AM // 03:45

it is good that people sell item for 100k + x Ecto because I can get a same item sell for for <50k or less and it guarantee sold.
high inflasion of perfect gold item in a plus for me so I can make my money on lower but steady sell.
my policy:
15k Sskai sold for 10k,
perfect shadow blade 70k sold for ~20k depend on my mood

the higher market price mean easier sell for me :P
but I am still poor, 300k and no ecto yet

KamikazeChicken · Sep 07, 2006, 04:32 AM // 04:32

People who claim 100k prices are because of supply/demand are only partially right. There's no way to have real supply/demand, until a better way of mass trade is placed in the game.

Ole Man Bourbon · Sep 07, 2006, 06:01 AM // 06:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gigashadow

B.

These are all vanity items, so it's fine for people to spend on what makes them feel happy. People should not be so concerned whether other people farm.

I agree, but the problem is that the market is so flooded with them it's hard to get just a regular ole nice weapon with a decent skin (like a 5k-30k) because they aren't in supply.

Andisa Kalorn · Sep 07, 2006, 07:30 AM // 07:30

If we're talking about weapon skins... C.
As long as the thing works and looks half decent, I'm happy. Plus most of the expensive stuff is warrior weapons, and my warrior is my least favourite character.

If we're talking about my cute lil bone dragon... then B.
It was cute, and my piles of platinum and ecto weren't.

Yichi · Sep 07, 2006, 07:37 AM // 07:37

I picked C purely for the fact that im a pvp player. i LOOk for the items that are higher req that dont sell for shit. req 13? fine by me as i never have less than 16 on m warrior. and if i ever do, theres cheap green weapons i can use for that

i can think on ONE occasion that i bought anythign for over 100k and i quickly resold it for WELL over what i paid for it so meh.

Numa Pompilius · Sep 07, 2006, 07:47 AM // 07:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by actionjack

How do you feel about the 100k+ items?

C - Don't Care: Whatever.
Because the 100K+ items will be 80K items in two weeks, and 10K items in two months.

And unsellable in three.

majoho · Sep 07, 2006, 07:56 AM // 07:56

C. don't care - if people want to waste a lot of money it's fine by me.

And please don't say it "discourages casual gamers" - I mean WHY on earth would a casual player even care.

Btw. didn't we already have this topic like 1,000 times already?

sLiceR · Sep 07, 2006, 09:40 AM // 09:40

B. It's only a matter of vanity, and if you really like a rare skinned perfect-item you have to be willing to pay for its rarity.

If you are only looking for functionality theres still collectors, non-rare skinned golds, greens and rare skinned with high reqs (which aren't a problem anyway for competitive play unleass you play a really particular build).

The Herbalizer · Sep 07, 2006, 02:45 PM // 14:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by majoho

And please don't say it "discourages casual gamers" - I mean WHY on earth would a casual player even care.

Btw. didn't we already have this topic like 1,000 times already?

A whining about prices of stuff thread usually appears daily e.g. FOW for the casual gamer, buy fow from gw shop, nerf golds etc. It sickens me how people expect everything for nothing just because they paid for the game. OMG i bought guild wars so I must get fow armor or a 15>50 crystalline sword easily.

100k + weapons being expensive is very subjective. alot of people i know consider 10k + alot other i know 1 mil is not that much.

Jetdoc · Sep 07, 2006, 03:16 PM // 15:16

B - it gives another item to strive for who solely PvE.

samcobra · Sep 07, 2006, 05:01 PM // 17:01

A & B
the reason i'm ambivalent on this topic is as such:
I agree that if people want to buy high-end items, that they should be willing to dish out the cash for it. However, the problem occurs when you sell items that are not always 15^50 20/20 +30 etc. Some people want something like a 15(stance) pair of daggers. With the current economy, items like that are quickly just sold to the merchant, and therefore do not become available for people who want them. Thus, while the regular set of items gets undue inflation, the rest of the items, which people might be willing to pay even more for... dont even appear on the market

PS... we really need an auction hous.

Loki Seiguro · Sep 07, 2006, 07:11 PM // 19:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by KamikazeChicken

C.

Gold is meaningless, so it really doesn't matter what idiots pay for items. >.>

true once you buy everything you want just do w/e you want ewith your money

and btw items mean nothing you can craft weapons with perfect stats so its not like your inlcined to buy this sweord or w/e that everyone else has. it doesnt make you a noob even though most ppl think so.

-> i have celebrated my no need for money status by buy a cyrstalline sword :P

2ndName · Sep 07, 2006, 07:48 PM // 19:48

I would not buy a weapon for 100K. Even when I am selling, I cannot really ask for 100K+ blah blah blah Ectos on top of it. I bought an Urgoz Longbow for 70K (It was a crazy deal) Didn't like the skin and sold it back for 90K. At the time they were still selling for 100K+15Ectos.

Even when I posted this one energy +5 axe on RPGT, I set my reserve for 20K. The auction when to 101K. I felt bad for some odd reason and told the guy to just give me 100K, lol.

chessyang · Sep 07, 2006, 07:52 PM // 19:52

D (wich is B+C) i can deal with 100k+ but not when it's 100 ectos +++ =/