Posts by bsoltan

I've just started reporting them when I see them.

Oh and adding them to my blocked list.

May 2005, a friend sent me access to the last Beta/Stress Test before the game went live. If he hadn't done that it is quite possible I would have never heard about it.
My first 'MMO' my first proper online game even. 11 years later and I'm still here. Now with multiple accounts, alts and targets. Still things I haven't done in the game.
Sure there were fairly lengthy periods where I haven't been particularly active but the game does manage to pull you back in...

Quote from Vincento

1. Are the prices the same at every trader in the game at the same moment, or does the price vary from trader to trader (ie. in Seitung Harbor vs in Lions Arch, between different servers, etc.)?
2. Is there a price ceiling/floor in place on prices (I don't think they can sell for less than 100g per 10, is there an upper limit)?
3. What causes a material's price to either increase or decrease (is it based on supply/demand)?
4. How often do price changes occur (daily, hourly, instantaneously, etc.)?
5. Is there an artificial way of manipulating the prices offered at traders?

Any answers or additional information you think might come in handy would be much appreciated!

1. Yes, prices at all Material Traders are the same throughout the entire game.

2. No upper limit so to speak, but once materials reach a certain peak people will start selling them to the trader rather than other players/using them which then drives the price back down.

3. Yes, supply and demand. The more the material is bought from the trader the price will go up and the more it is sold to the trader the price will go down. This keeps some of the rarer materials at a higher price while the common ones remain low, but also keep an eye out for in demand materials that could spike. This used to happen when new expansions with armour sets were released.

4. Not very often (if at all), it tends to be pretty static unless something drastic happens in the game (as mentioned above), however with the state of the game it is unlikely. There is some apparent market 'power play' going on in the form of Ectos if you read the threads on Reddit.

5. Yes, as mentioned. Selling (a lot) of one material to the trader will drive the price down, just as buying from the trader will push it up.

Recent Reddit threads on Ecto and Material Trader (also useful understanding of the how the economy works):
State of the economy (Part 1)
State of the economy (Part 2)

Numero 82 for moi.

Thank you to the benefactors of the giveaway.

Guess I missed that, I enjoyed the attack on Mallyx the other day though.

Better say hi.

bsoltan.. playing since May 2005, joined Guru Dec 2005. Mostly lurked and read. Eventually helped out as Ventari mod for a while. Still kicking around in game every now and then but a bit more regularly at the moment.