Curse

shinseikaze · Aug 12, 2005, 04:31 AM // 04:31

you mean a set price?

Rossaroni · Aug 12, 2005, 05:22 AM // 05:22

Sorta. We don't need to freeze the economy, that's bad. What we need, though, is some way to stem the massive demand that keeps driving costs sky high. In the real world, if a company sells a lot of a product, it can afford to sell it cheaper. Something like that principle.

Heh, maybe ANet just needs to hire a consultant that can show them the ropes of capitalist economy.

Socialism is bad. Run away from socialism.

Algren Cole · Aug 12, 2005, 05:24 AM // 05:24

all I know is that I made about 500 Plat from this little endevour. Well minus my initial investment, so somewhere in the 450-475 range. ArenaNet really needs to employ an economist. For a bunch of coders(which are presumably intelligent) this company makes absolutely asinine decisions.

aB- · Aug 12, 2005, 05:49 AM // 05:49

Seems as though ectos will never increase over 9k in value from the trader. This is causing people to hoarde all the ectos. They are never in stock, and when I see one in stock, I click request quote and he is already out of stock. Since he isn't selling for over 9k, people will just hoarde the ectos and sell them at a high rate.

In addition, shards aren't selling over 6k either.

JensD · Aug 12, 2005, 05:50 AM // 05:50

i guess fissure armor isn't that 'rare' anymore since anyone who profited from the low ecto prices will probably get it. i'm so unlucky, i was sleeping at that time and went to school the next day, arg! i have 1080k so spend and now the prices are all upped again, dang it! (i wanted to get oh so many ectos

)

kareel · Aug 12, 2005, 05:55 AM // 05:55

Well, 500p isn't that much. I know of people who literally made well over 4000p+ from the switch.

Still... yeah. Lots of fissure armor.

SOT · Aug 12, 2005, 06:16 AM // 06:16

OMG Dead issue!

Dyeeo · Aug 12, 2005, 06:25 AM // 06:25

Ok, last comment here. The new trader mechanics are GREAT. However, Anet could have done without the reset of prices. They should have changed only the trader mechanics and eventually prices would go back to normal. I think it was just some short thinking on their part. Oh well there is nothing we can do now. The only solution is a rollback and 99% of the population would hate that for one reason or another.

octaviancmb · Aug 12, 2005, 06:25 AM // 06:25

ANET,

Thanks for the trading update, maybe we'll actually be able to*trade* using the merchants now. You've cut down my down-time when I try to sell things.

Now, catch the botters and increase our drop rates back up!

Fantastic work,
CMB

Red Locust · Aug 12, 2005, 06:43 AM // 06:43

So ANet saturated the market with gold.

Great, that can't be bad for the economy.

Luna Thirteen · Aug 12, 2005, 07:23 AM // 07:23

Well either way...Anet, send me an e-mail before you do this to me again...you don't know the feeling of buying something then 10 minutes later seeing that I could have bought the same for a silly amount less. All those sup. runes I hoarded better make up for this :P

spartans · Aug 12, 2005, 07:29 AM // 07:29

Great update, I really like to be able to sell to trader.
Just 1 thing, why the price reset.
If just the traders were fixed then prices would have come down for sure, by themselves.

So basically weeks and weeks of work and crafting to get gold for 15k armour and im screewed royally now. Wooo Hooo. But hey at least I missed out on buying superior runes for 100g, that compensates me. NOT!

So now we have instant billionaires and instant paupers, just wish I was in the billionaire club lol.

I still like the update, just not the implementation.

Infecta · Aug 12, 2005, 08:11 AM // 08:11

Great, now can some of those who are hoarding all the sup runes please start selling them ;p All superiors apart from vigor and absoorb are out of stock every time i want to try an buy.

Angelina · Aug 12, 2005, 08:15 AM // 08:15

Yes they sell, for actual prices. Maximum profit. How to get billions in 5 minutes. cya

Thanthos · Aug 12, 2005, 08:15 AM // 08:15

Sigh.....

Why did I have to play golf on the day they did this?! I want my FoW Armor! Any kind souls out there willing to sell 120 ectos and 120 shards at reset prices?
:P

Audhumla · Aug 12, 2005, 08:16 AM // 08:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Infecta

Great, now can some of those who are hoarding all the sup runes please start selling them ;p All superiors apart from vigor and absoorb are out of stock every time i want to try an buy.

This is annoying me. Rune Trader ---> Sup Blood Magic (250g) ---> I'm sorry to inconvenience you, but I'm currently out of stock of this item.

I managed to nab some Mes sup though.

Mugon M. Musashi · Aug 12, 2005, 08:21 AM // 08:21

for those saying "well you asked for it" :
where the hell do you see anybody asking for all prices to be reset at 100 gold ?

we asked for the economy to be fixed and balanced

Angelina · Aug 12, 2005, 08:23 AM // 08:23

Ah btw, go in Lion's arch, and see some funny sellers :
WTS 50x each monk rune 25k
WTS 200 ectos 12k each
WTS 200 shards 5k each
WTS 50x Sup vigor 50k each

Well, not very funny, good job Anet

Mr. Matt · Aug 12, 2005, 08:25 AM // 08:25

I really wish that these things would stop happening while I'm in bed. Yesterday it was Europe having favour, today it's this... what the heck am I going to miss next time I go to bed?

Right, to hell with it. I'm not going to bed anymore. I'll get something good one day, you'll see...

Angelina · Aug 12, 2005, 08:30 AM // 08:30

Those kind of thing will never happens again. Sorry, some people are overrich in 5 minutes. I'll check ebay for lot of "fissure armor kit ! $150,00 only" included 120 ectos and 120 shards earned in 16,5 seconds for 20k.
You are free to stay poor of course