Why is ECTO price in the toilet?

Correct Jeans

Correct Jeans

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

^MY CAT DID THAT ONCE!

Free Willzyx [MASA]

E/Me

30 Apr 2007 at 20:02 - 81
lol. The funny thing is that something like this happening is like the stock market crashing for half of the guild wars players.

Lucifer PVP

Lucifer PVP

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

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W/Mo

30 Apr 2007 at 23:03 - 82
i found the new hotness

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

30 Apr 2007 at 23:14 - 83
Why are ectos in the toilet?

You ever see an ecto?

They're just going home!

Thank you, thank you! I'm here 'til Thursday! Try the veal!

ArTy

ArTy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Australia

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

01 May 2007 at 04:47 - 84
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucifer PVP
i found the new hotness
Did you buy or farm all of those?

Dang that's alot of sweets!

Lucifer PVP

Lucifer PVP

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

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W/Mo

01 May 2007 at 04:59 - 85
Quote:
Originally Posted by ArTy
Did you buy or farm all of those?

Dang that's alot of sweets!
i am up to 20 stacks now


purchased all of them for 45-55k each hope to resell later on for 122k-250k each but we will see.. got bored and decided to waste some money.

Kha

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

01 May 2007 at 05:08 - 86
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andisa Kalorn
Much more than ectos have decreased in price. Shards, rubies, sapphires, monstrous claws/fangs among the rare crafting materials. And it's not even just rare crafting materials. Superior runes and dyes are also cheaper. I doubt it's all a coincidence.
There are more items flooding the market place now, so yes, this isn't just ecto guys - it's everything going down in prices. With the addition of HM, normal mode was made easier. It's a lot easier to farm now. And because of ANet's stupid way of actually creating "hard" mode (that wonderful buff to the mobs) it's actually ironically a lot easier to farm in many places than normal mode.

dansamy

Chasing Dragons

Join Date: May 2005

Lost in La-La Land

LFGuild

Mo/Me

01 May 2007 at 05:59 - 87
I personally like the drop in price.

noocoo

noocoo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

01 May 2007 at 06:51 - 88
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucifer PVP
i found the new hotness
Hope you won't get DIABETES.


BTW, this amount is really amazing, well done

Symeon

Symeon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

01 May 2007 at 06:58 - 89
It's a combination of factors:
  • Loot scaling and ectos being exempt from this have caused a flood of farming in the Underworld, as people who previously farmed other areas have migrated there
  • The removal of the anti-farming code = more ectos dropping
  • Passage scrolls
  • Panic selling - people who realised that the price of ectos might be affected due to the points mentioned above began to sell their investments, and others followed = downward spiral.