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netniwk · Jan 08, 2008, 05:09 PM // 17:09

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Originally Posted by Dark Interception

I was doing smite runs with the E/Me everyday to get my chaos gloves and got 70 ectos in 1 week .. so I guess some of you are just unlucky?

or they don't farm as much as you?
Although I agree that the droprate of ecto's hasn't dropped.

Horseman Of War · Jan 09, 2008, 03:03 AM // 03:03

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Originally Posted by Jhadur

A full suit of chaos armour

/vote 'craft' Eternal reskin elite armor sets c/o ectos and stuff

placebo overdose · Jan 09, 2008, 03:07 AM // 03:07

i have to disagree a bit
people will always want fow but as said more people are going to leave which you would think makes it drop more but also people leaving will be farmers so why wouldn't they stay relatively static

A Leprechaun · Jan 09, 2008, 02:59 PM // 14:59

Yeah the ecto price is low, but when, like I did a couple of weeks ago, you get 4 in one solo smite run it doesnt matter so much ^^.
I usually get 1 a run, which is fine for me.

~A Leprechaun~

Orange Milk · Jan 09, 2008, 06:13 PM // 18:13

Last I checked, about 9:30pm EST last night ecto were up to 6k

Thats about 500g above the NASDAQ average over the past several months. thats and extra 125k on a stack of ecto.

But if you have a stack of ecto why would you care about 125k.

Burning Blade · Jan 09, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55

UW smite run is out of my interest now because for whatever reason, I don't get any ecto after 5 to 8 runs!

Adam144 · Jan 09, 2008, 09:18 PM // 21:18

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Originally Posted by Burning Blade

UW smite run is out of my interest now because for whatever reason, I don't get any ecto after 5 to 8 runs!

Same, I got 6 ectos in half an hour from soloing Tombs.. which is 6x more than I get in UW in the same amount of time.

niek2004 · Jan 10, 2008, 12:30 PM // 12:30

Has anyone seen the E/ME bots in Shing Jea ID1?
i spot them too in ToA, and they dont have names like"dslkfjsdoiufs;l sjdlf"
they have names with real words but they just dont make sence, also they have all the same armor...WTB mass ban

Solus Spartan · Jan 10, 2008, 03:08 PM // 15:08

Obiviously no-one knows how an economy works.

Lockpicks & normal loot nerfs dropped ecto prices, which is basically the current value of money.

Lockpicks re-placed keys, and alot more people buy them, get junk golds and re-sell to and may get around 15% of the gold back they paid for the lockpick. That means if you buy a lockpick for 1.5k, sell the gold/purple for 150-300 gold, the 1.2k disappears, thus reducing the prices of everything, as gold is in short supply. Ecto is not, but ecto is worth gold, and if there isn't much gold, ecto's prices drop. This never occured pre-loot nerf as you could sell your whites and gain cash loot alot, but you cannot now, so there is alot less gold, which in turn reduces the prices of ecto.

Ecto's prices won't go up, as there price is determined by the levels of gold. No gold, no inflation, no rise in price. Ecto's supply rate is huge, even if a new ecto-required item or armor set was released, the supply of ecto would easily out-weigh the demand of ecto. Therefore the prices will actually drop.

In short, ecto prices will never rise unless the gold sinks are removed, and more gold is channeled into the economy.

niek2004 · Jan 10, 2008, 03:14 PM // 15:14

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Originally Posted by Solus Spartan

Obiviously no-one knows how an economy works.

ecto prices will never rise unless the gold sinks are removed, and more gold is channeled into the economy.

i still dont know why anet put the loot scaling there in the first place...

Solus Spartan · Jan 10, 2008, 03:22 PM // 15:22

To drop prices, and to discourage farming. Anet's way of saying "we don't give a [email protected] about Pve and WE control the economy". All Mmorpg hosts do it.

Orange Milk · Jan 10, 2008, 05:17 PM // 17:17

I don't think you are right Spartan

Ecto is holding steady at 6k tha paste couple days, thats UP

There is an increase in demand for ecto brought on by the Hall of Monuments as well as the "100k+ecto" sales technique for rares

People want to put that High end FoW armor in there. People who used to farm and merch/sell/trade ecto havee begun to hord to purchase armor. ectos are NOT getting back into the hands of the Rare material trader due to hording/crafted into armor.

The prices at the Trader go up when there is a purchasing spike (reasons noted above) or the Traders supply gets low, which is due to some of the hardcore/avid ecto farmers moving on to GWEN areas since its release farming for other items and contributing to the lack of ecto back into the Trader, who stock is just now beging to hit low numbers warenting a price increase.

Thats my take on the ecto situation in the market, for the latest Hog report we now take you live to Les Nessman at WKRP in Cincinati.

niek2004 · Jan 10, 2008, 06:40 PM // 18:40

gogo 10.000 E/ME bots who farm UW!

RLBadKarma · Jan 10, 2008, 09:07 PM // 21:07

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Originally Posted by Orange Milk

Thats my take on the ecto situation in the market, for the latest Hog report we now take you live to Les Nessman at WKRP in Cincinati.

Now that brings back some memories!!!!!! Loved that show. Loni=mmmmmm

Xylia · Jan 10, 2008, 09:45 PM // 21:45

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Originally Posted by niek2004

i still dont know why anet put the loot scaling there in the first place...

Rare drops such as ectos are not affected by loot scaling. See [wiki]Loot[/wiki] for a list of exempt drops.

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Originally Posted by Solus Spartan

To drop prices, and to discourage farming. Anet's way of saying "we don't give a [email protected] about Pve and WE control the economy". All Mmorpg hosts do it.

Dropping prices actually helps the community overall - if prices were allowed to inflate unchecked, then only the most hardcore players would be able to afford anything. This happens in real life, as well...the federal reserve will adjust interest rates to help curb inflation. ANet is simply being a benevolent leader.
Also they removed some of the anti-farming AI from the enemies (especially in normal mode), making farming easier for the casual player. See http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gaile...Feb-April_2007 for more info.

Silly Warrior · Jan 10, 2008, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Its impossible to predict the future of the pricing of Ectos. They may go up in the future, but chances are will lower as the game loses people because of lack of updates and interest.

And this isn't farming. Consider the question answered.

Closed.