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lacasner

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

13 Aug 2007 at 00:16 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Herbalizer

Its kind of long to explain. If you had a certain item you could find a collector of it easily. You could basically trade off of your friends list and contacts. Even now I know exactly who to go to say if I wanted a quick sale on a r7 item. When you sit in Lions Arch all day you kind of get to know the other traders. Thus allowing friendships to develop. The big traders usually have guru accounts so you know each other on guru too. As well as traders you get to know the item collectors and what they collect.

See, now I fully respect your opinion and how you accumulated your wealth..but really in my perspective it somewhat devalues my opinion for really rich people and brings them closer to lvl's of farmers who farm UW... It's basically just having connections and doesn't have much more skill at all imo. Just out of my observations of what you said though.

Arlan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

FaT

Mo/

13 Aug 2007 at 00:33 - 42

It is possible that trading something (abnormally large amount of gold/e/armbraces/whatever) may trigger the ANET rule infraction software - even if what you 'buy/sell' came from a player.
If the gold or items origionally prove to come from 'botting' or RL/eBay purchase and you are on the reciving end of a trade maybe two or three trades down the line - your account may be banned 'while they investigate'.

As an earlier post says:
If an offer seems 'too good to be true' then it probably is.

Take it from someone who spent 3 weeks onto ANET support argueing to get my account reinstated because I apparantly had some sort of connection to bott farming - purchased an item they said origionally came from bott farming.
Selling something worth ,say 10k - for say 100k may do the same if it can be proved that you've been paid with 'bott farmed/ebay' gold.

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

13 Aug 2007 at 00:36 - 43

Quote:

Originally Posted by lacasner

See, now I fully respect your opinion and how you accumulated your wealth..but really in my perspective it somewhat devalues my opinion for really rich people and brings them closer to lvl's of farmers who farm UW... It's basically just having connections and doesn't have much more skill at all imo. Just out of my observations of what you said though.

I have heard the term newb farming thrown around in reference to power trading.

I guess it is a type of farming.

There is skill to it. Well certain techniques you should use. Like everything there are good and bad power traders.

I have always said connections are very very important in trading and in real life.

I gave farming a go but all those interrupts sure were not doing my heart any good lol.

I prefer trading, its much more relaxed. You can sit in LA with a group of friends chatting and showing each other items. Chat to your guild and friends. Use ts or vent. Browse the net etc. For me it was a lot more interesting than farming and alot less stressful.

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Anyway everyone get on over to the other threads. Crazy shizzle is going down. Screenshots of 1750 armbraces which are legit apparently. Meant to be worth $55,000!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazyness

I havnt been this excited over GW in a long while.

AlienFromBeyond

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

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13 Aug 2007 at 00:45 - 44

How is this getting you excited? That just seems... odd.

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

13 Aug 2007 at 01:10 - 45

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlienFromBeyond

How is this getting you excited? That just seems... odd.

Because rarely something remotely interesting happens regarding the Guild Wars economy.

Anet pride themselves on being unhackable and all that other stuff.

There are screens of people with $55,000 worth of armbraces. Thats alot of money.

Something interesting is happening.

As interesting things rarely occur regarding the Guild Wars economy that excited me. Not in a sexual way but in a wow this is really interesting kind of way.

Just like all those trade resets where people were running round grabbing ecto for 250 gold each. Or that time when superior vigors dropped in price for no reason and everyone bought dozens of them. Or when ettins in beetleton dropped only gold runes. Or when the ettins dropped tons of superior vigors and you could sell for a load. People with insane amounts of gold obtained god knows how is pretty damn interesting. Especially since there are like 3 + other threads on it too.

People can find computer games exciting too you know.

selber

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

www.peace-and-harmony.de

13 Aug 2007 at 01:38 - 46

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Herbalizer

Anet pride themselves on being unhackable and all that other stuff.

No serious company would ever claim that, ever. And it's probably a bug ingame, not a problem with the DB - if it's not a Hoax at all.

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

13 Aug 2007 at 01:47 - 47

Quote:

Originally Posted by selber

No serious company would ever claim that, ever. And it's probably a bug ingame, not a problem with the DB - if it's not a Hoax at all.

I dont know much about computers but I see people saying hacking is not possible as all the information for gw is kept on anets servers or something. Maybe I worded the initial post wrong as its late and I am trying to watch a movie. But whenever something weird happens and someone posts, "hax", soon after a load of people say how hacking gw is not possible.

I personally lean towards dupe, bug or some way of making a few armbraces appear as many.

edit: i have had guildies see 80 million worth or armbraces owned by someone in alliance and there is another thread with a screenshot of someone seeing 1750 armbraces which apparently is worth $55,000

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

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Paris, France

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13 Aug 2007 at 01:53 - 48

"Because rarely something remotely interesting happens regarding the Guild Wars economy." LOL

"Something interesting is happening." LOLOLOLOLOL

The Herbalizer is a funny guy LOLOLOLOL, I know him from reputation as ONE of THE BIGGEST RARE ITEMS COLLECTOR

What you are saying is astonishing me, but dont surprise me : The Herbalizer is not a PLAYER but a BUISENESS MAN.

There is ONE ONLY GOD in the WHOLE universe = $ or € or £....

I am sure that when The Herbalizer went to VEGAS (called sin city

)his mom took a picture of him in front of the billion $ notes stack.....

Your next step should be to write a book (you will become billionaire LOL) how to become a real buiseness man while playing a little bit.....only a little bit.....

"...I prefer trading, its much more relaxed. You can sit in LA with a group of friends chatting and showing each other items. Chat to your guild and friends. Use ts or vent. Browse the net etc. For me it was a lot more interesting than farming and alot less stressful."

In fact you almost never play LOL

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Paris, France

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W/Me

13 Aug 2007 at 01:54 - 49

"Because rarely something remotely interesting happens regarding the Guild Wars economy." LOL

"Something interesting is happening." LOLOLOLOLOL

The Herbalizer is a funny guy LOLOLOLOL, I know him from reputation as ONE of THE BIGGEST RARE ITEMS COLLECTOR

What you are saying is astonishing me, but dont surprise me : The Herbalizer is not a PLAYER but a BUISENESS MAN.

There is ONE ONLY GOD in the WHOLE universe = $ or € or £....

I am sure that when The Herbalizer went to VEGAS (called sin city

)his mom took a picture of him in front of the billion $ notes stack.....

Your next step should be to write a book (you will become billionaire LOL) how to become a real buiseness man while playing a little bit.....only a little bit.....

"...I prefer trading, its much more relaxed. You can sit in LA with a group of friends chatting and showing each other items. Chat to your guild and friends. Use ts or vent. Browse the net etc. For me it was a lot more interesting than farming and alot less stressful."

In fact you almost never play LOL

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Paris, France

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13 Aug 2007 at 02:18 - 50

PS/ I am playing GW since may 2005 & the only stuff I ever bought were CC (candy cane). I give items or sell them 50% off the market price to guildies

Dear The Herbalizer I have some very rare items.......but I will not give them to you LOL If you are interested just PM me IG. My name is "Black Hole" but watch out I swallow all the ones who get too near from me LOLOLOLOLOLOL

manitoba1073

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station

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13 Aug 2007 at 02:27 - 51

Um Herb, traders werent the only ones to make massive amounts of money before. When I started Soloing the beginning of june 05 I was pulling in an average of 10 or so ectos in 15-20 mins per farming run in UW. I accumulated close to 40 mill before Loot scalling hit prices. Yes I know its an abberation. but saying power tradeers were the only ones up there is off a tad. As I know others that pulled in the same as me farming.

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

W/E

13 Aug 2007 at 02:28 - 52

Quote:

Originally Posted by timebandit

You guyz might want to be aware of something very disturbing going on:

It seems that some player(s) found a way to accumulated massive amounts of wealth and want to invest them in rare mini pets...

Here are two links to threads making this problem public:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10186091

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10186087

I was shocked!

All i ever got are those darn Elixirs of Valor lol and those guy(z) have like 1000 Armbraces ?? maybe even more ??

Gaile, Andrew, Anet Devs... do something and plz let us know.

Thanks for your time,
Timebandit

Edit: Gale and others were quicker then me lol ... thanks for the update.

wow that is soooo fricken nuts!!!

Think its just being used on armbraces? or other highend stuff? lol

hmmm this sounds like a job for scooby doo!!!!!

GOGOGOGOG MYSTERY MACHINE!

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

13 Aug 2007 at 02:39 - 53

Quote:

Originally Posted by manitoba1073

Um Herb, traders werent the only ones to make massive amounts of money before. When I started Soloing the beginning of june 05 I was pulling in an average of 10 or so ectos in 15-20 mins per farming run in UW. I accumulated close to 40 mill before Loot scalling hit prices. Yes I know its an abberation. but saying power tradeers were the only ones up there is off a tad. As I know others that pulled in the same as me farming.

yah i kind of overlooked that. monk killah made an incredible amount from uw solo but i always thought the numbers who did were small. maybe i was wrong. learn something new every day.

even then it doesnt account for where all the armbraces and ecto are appearing from.

manitoba1073

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station

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13 Aug 2007 at 03:03 - 54

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Herbalizer

yah i kind of overlooked that. monk killah made an incredible amount from uw solo but i always thought the numbers who did were small. maybe i was wrong. learn something new every day.

even then it doesnt account for where all the armbraces and ecto are appearing from.

HAHA I know that name. Ya we did make a killing back then. There was about 10 of us originally in the beginning of june. It wasnt many.

Maybe heres how it is happing look down the page to the number of d/l's
http://www.zerogamers.com/downloads/...-Dupe-Bot.html

46,000 downloads lol

edit do not attempt to d/l the said item as its prolly a trojan and im just showing the numbers lol

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

13 Aug 2007 at 03:11 - 55

Quote:

Originally Posted by manitoba1073

HAHA I know that name. Ya we did make a killing back then. There was about 10 of us originally in the beginning of june. It wasnt many.

Maybe heres how it is happing look down the page to the number of d/l's

46,000 downloads lol

he is old school which is ftw. i remember him saying it was so easy to farm there you could go make a sandwitch while monking there. i was really sad as i missed all that fun and was too much of a newb to understand 55 monking. i made one around that time and deleted it for some reason most prob because i couldnt do it lol =( rune price then ftl.

is that link safe btw? i can defo. see someone dling whatever it is and saying on here how he got hacked which would be kinda funny.

edit: omfg 45,000 dl today alone.

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

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13 Aug 2007 at 03:15 - 56

Hmm I wonder if a mini-pet trader would help the situation (it would at least cap the price at 100K).

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Paris, France

[any]

W/Me

13 Aug 2007 at 03:21 - 57

"...yah i kind of overlooked that...." You make me laugh so much Sir The Herbalizer......you are the ONE !!!!!

For newcomers note that in 2005 Anet made HUGE MISTAKES resseting prices.....and some players like The Herbalizer for instance

& others made huge profits (within few minutes.... the time for Anet to react lol).... Anet was E V E N obliged in certain case to MAKE A SPECIAL UPDATE in order to amend the records of the players who had made huge profits

Unfortunately I was not IG at the right moment LOLOLOL

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

13 Aug 2007 at 03:22 - 58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light

Hmm I wonder if a mini-pet trader would help the situation (it would at least cap the price at 100K).

This would be an unmitigated disaster, the equivalent of releasing millions of highly rare minipets into the economy. ANet clearly wants there to be some content out there that keeps the hardcore, goal-oriented PvE players coming back.

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

13 Aug 2007 at 03:26 - 59

The communist trader (everything was really really cheap but you couldn't actually BUY anything) wasn't a pretty incident. Still, it was better than the alternative, what with the way GW jacked up the code for the traders such that we had rampant inflation for the two preceding months.

My all-time favorite glitch was not nearly as profitable as that one was for some people (or as profitable as solo HM Urgoz was for me before someone let that cat out of the bag). I particularly liked the 24 hours when monsters killed by NPCs or other monsters dropped items. (Even you would drop items when you died. It was hilarious.) Spent several hours finding ways to lure monsters onto other monsters and help speed things along across a ton of zones. Made about 100k. Good times.

vaxmor

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Ascalon

R/

13 Aug 2007 at 03:32 - 60

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

This would be an unmitigated disaster, the equivalent of releasing millions of highly rare minipets into the economy. ANet clearly wants there to be some content out there that keeps the hardcore, goal-oriented PvE players coming back.

whats so disastrous about giving people the chance to have a baby panda follow them around?

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

13 Aug 2007 at 03:38 - 61

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorgy

"...yah i kind of overlooked that...." You make me laugh so much Sir The Herbalizer......you are the ONE !!!!!

For newcomers note that in 2005 Anet made HUGE MISTAKES resseting prices.....and some players like The Herbalizer for instance

& others made huge profits (within few minutes.... the time for Anet to react lol).... Anet was E V E N obliged in certain case to MAKE A SPECIAL UPDATE in order to amend the records of the players who had made huge profits

Unfortunately I was not IG at the right moment LOLOLOL

Um no please get your facts right

The trader reset in 2005 was not rolled back by Anet.

The trader reset in 2006 was rolled back by Anet.

I profitted from neither trader reset

Posting late at night can lead to all sorts of mistakes and things being overlooked. Especially when you accidently hit a key and the whole post you spent typing out for ages disappears thus causing you to hastily type out another less well thought out post. And watching Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back too does not help things.

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

13 Aug 2007 at 03:45 - 62

Quote:

Originally Posted by vaxmor

whats so disastrous about giving people the chance to have a baby panda follow them around?

You do realize that a large share of the Kanaxais and a decent share of the Pandas were given to the top 2 teams in a Japan-exclusive GvG tournament, right? At least some of these items were earned; further, they were designed to be rare.

Both of those minipets would look a lot less attractive when popped out if there were tons of them out there; further, it would undermine everyone's confidence that they could invest a bunch of time in getting an uber-rare item and then not have ANet make that time investment utterly worthless.

In short, a good-sized chunk of the player base would leave.

manitoba1073

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station

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13 Aug 2007 at 03:47 - 63

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Herbalizer

he is old school which is ftw. i remember him saying it was so easy to farm there you could go make a sandwitch while monking there. i was really sad as i missed all that fun and was too much of a newb to understand 55 monking. i made one around that time and deleted it for some reason most prob because i couldnt do it lol =( rune price then ftl.

is that link safe btw? i can defo. see someone dling whatever it is and saying on here how he got hacked which would be kinda funny.

edit: omfg 45,000 dl today alone.

LOL I realized that thats why I edited the post after i poasted lol.

The runes werent really bad till everyone and there brothers saw the forum post on here and IGN about it.

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

13 Aug 2007 at 03:54 - 64

The astronomical rune prices were driven more by the way the trader code worked at the time (perma-inflation on everything that anyone EVER bought from the trader). Recall that even ectos got up over 30k before the reset.

korcan

noobalicious

Join Date: Jun 2006

13 Aug 2007 at 03:54 - 65

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

You do realize that a large share of the Kanaxais and a decent share of the Pandas were given to the top 2 teams in a Japan-exclusive GvG tournament, right? At least some of these items were earned; further, they were designed to be rare.

Both of those minipets would look a lot less attractive when popped out if there were tons of them out there; further, it would undermine everyone's confidence that they could invest a bunch of time in getting an uber-rare item and then not have ANet make that time investment utterly worthless.

In short, a good-sized chunk of the player base would leave.

mini kanaxai

8 "earned"
18 given away for virtually free

mini panda

16 "earned"
120 given away for virtually free

mini island guardian

24 "earned"
111 given away for virtually free

other then the mini kanaxai, a very small percentage were actually "earned".
not to mention that all of the purple asian minis were virtually given away for free.

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Paris, France

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13 Aug 2007 at 03:58 - 66

"...The communist trader (everything was really really cheap but you couldn't actually BUY anything) wasn't a pretty incident...."

Strange...I cant remember that ? when did this happened?

For info:It took me months to be able to offer my main character a superior rune of vigor which cost for long 100K each

I know I was just a noob, it was a hard time but I had so much fun cause it was NEW.

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

13 Aug 2007 at 04:00 - 67

Quote:

Originally Posted by korcan

mini kanaxai

8 "earned"
18 given away for virtually free

I'd call that a large share. I'm already aware of the precise numbers on all three.

So other people got these items from a promotion which we weren't invited to. We can all agree that this is unjust. Does it therefore make sense to screw over the people that earned those pets? That doesn't follow.

manitoba1073

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station

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13 Aug 2007 at 04:04 - 68

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorgy

"...The communist trader (everything was really really cheap but you couldn't actually BUY anything) wasn't a pretty incident...."

Strange...I cant remember that ? when did this happened?

For info:It took me months to be able to offer my main character a superior rune of vigor which cost for long 100K each

I know I was just a noob, it was a hard time but I had so much fun cause it was NEW.

\

Because back then you could make 100k in a day or 2 so it was really cheap in a way.

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

13 Aug 2007 at 04:04 - 69

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorgy

Strange...I cant remember that ? when did this happened?

After consulting the support archives: Thursday, August 11, 2005. Every item at the trader was reset to minimum price. So you ended up with huge lines of people trying to buy whatever stock automatically respawned every few minutes at well below market price.

Hence, the communist trader.

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Paris, France

[any]

W/Me

13 Aug 2007 at 04:27 - 70

"...Posting late at night can lead to all sorts of mistakes and things being overlooked. Especially when you accidently hit a key and the whole post you spent typing out for ages disappears thus causing you to hastily type out another less well thought out post. And watching Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back too does not help things..."

You have a big EGO The Herbalizer and I am faraway to be jealous. I am joking with you only

cause you have a huge EGO

But AGAIN when I read that : "...I prefer trading, its much more relaxed. You can sit in LA with a group of friends chatting and showing each other items. Chat to your guild and friends. Use ts or vent. Browse the net etc. For me it was a lot more interesting than farming and alot less stressful." I find it SAD

...I know...Posting late at night can lead to all sorts of mistakes & misunderstandings LOL

Like I said in a previous post, most (I have no stats sorry) of the players are IN IT for the MONEY + FAME

. Why not ? I have nothing against it.

CHAIN REACTION

The results are that THE PLAYERS who want to achieve a/m goals will make EVERYTHING to reach them = leechers + bots + chinese farming companies + Ig$seller = a kind of disgusting plague.

The GAME is losing its soul.......

And Sir The Herbalizer, please accept my apologies if I hurt you LOL

Xpl0iter

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Just A Digital Pimp Slap [DPS] - Guild Co-Leader

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13 Aug 2007 at 04:29 - 71

eh, so it wasn't just my imagination when i was being offered 3000ectos and 400 ambraces for my kanaxai today?

sounds funny. I will hold my pet, can't take no risk. not to mention, i love that pet ^_^. Lucky to have bought it when it was introduced.

By the way, a question Herbalizer. How much gold does a Power trader has? i mean in range?
I have been trading on private level with private customers for a while, and i wonder if i am even close to be called one. Just curious

.

Darkest.

korcan

noobalicious

Join Date: Jun 2006

13 Aug 2007 at 04:35 - 72

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

Both of those minipets would look a lot less attractive when popped out if there were tons of them out there; further, it would undermine everyone's confidence that they could invest a bunch of time in getting an uber-rare item and then not have ANet make that time investment utterly worthless.

In short, a good-sized chunk of the player base would leave.

i wouldnt call it a "time investment" as people who bought these minis when they first started popping up on the forums purchased them for collecting purposes and not as some type of investment opportunity. the fact that they increased in price exponentially over time was just good fortune.

as with most rare items, they always depreciate over time. people that buy rare itmes to keep usually understand this concept but still choose to purchase them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

So other people got these items from a promotion which we weren't invited to. We can all agree that this is unjust. Does it therefore make sense to screw over the people that earned those pets? That doesn't follow.

anet will screw over people that have the limited minis if people that have them are keeping them for investment purposes, its only a matter of time really.

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Paris, France

[any]

W/Me

13 Aug 2007 at 04:47 - 73

The Herbalizer
WTB: Everlasting Tonic
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Brethren Of Chaos [Dark]
Character: Rosa Parks Stole My [Seat]
Guild: We Do It For The Gold [SCAM] <==== they are so funny

You seem to be obsessed LOLOLOLOLOLOL

or

You have a huge everlasting tonic doze of humor

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

13 Aug 2007 at 04:53 - 74

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorgy

You seem to be obsessed LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Dude. I would say the same about you - obsessed with Herbalizer.

What is your deal?

Psuedo Halgoen

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

GMT+10

13 Aug 2007 at 04:54 - 75

Exactly, give it a rest. PM herb if your wanting to make fun of him/love him.

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

13 Aug 2007 at 05:02 - 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by korcan

i wouldnt call it a "time investment" as people who bought these minis when they first started popping up on the forums purchased them for collecting purposes and not as some type of investment opportunity. the fact that they increased in price exponentially over time was just good fortune. as with most rare items, they always depreciate over time. people that buy rare itmes to keep usually understand this concept but still choose to purchase them.

You misunderstand. Unless a player EBays, having sufficient wealth with which to buy a high-end minipet has to come from the investment of time in one form or another. Be it farming, power trading, getting lucky drops from the HoH chest or what have you. I'm not referring to buying and holding these items as though they were shares of stock in companies.

There's no natural progression of decay that's built into item prices in the game. The general pattern of prices that you refer to is a result of the fact that a large, creative player base will generally find ways to oversupply the market such that prices fall. But there's nothing that dictates that this will happen for items whose drop rate is capped at a very low level (Crystalline, Stygian, Runic, etc.) or whose drop rate is zero (rare minipets).

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Paris, France

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W/Me

13 Aug 2007 at 05:09 - 77

"...Because back then you could make 100k in a day or 2 so it was really cheap in a way...." said Manitoba The N°2 ( n°1 being Sir The Herbalizer)

You have so much humor Man.........

You + The N°1 + n°3 + lol + lol ....lets say without risk 5% of the whole players population WAS ABLE to make 100K in a day or 2.

Dont try to fool the ppl please.

I am sorry to tell you that - YOU - guys ( I will not give name they will recognize themselves ) are at the origin of all that shit LOL

I repeat that XXXXX is THE or ONE of the biggest RARE ITEMS COLLECTOR in GW.

korcan

noobalicious

Join Date: Jun 2006

13 Aug 2007 at 05:22 - 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Alvito

There's no natural progression of decay that's built into item prices in the game. The general pattern of prices that you refer to is a result of the fact that a large, creative player base will generally find ways to oversupply the market such that prices fall. But there's nothing that dictates that this will happen for items whose drop rate is capped at a very low level (Crystalline, Stygian, Runic, etc.) or whose drop rate is zero (rare minipets).

the only hoh drop that hasnt depreciated is the mini ghostly hero. the ghostly hero mini actually sells for twice as much more then what they were selling for when they first popped up on these forums.

maybe its the inscription system or anets drop rates that have contributed to their depreciation but crystallines, stygians, and runic blades have all decreased in price since their addition to the hoh chest.

Zorgy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Paris, France

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13 Aug 2007 at 05:27 - 79

"...What is your deal?.." said Arcanemacabre The N°3.....

I have no deal

I dont make bizeness Dude...sorry LOL I play & the bize I make it in RL.

Think about the OP and his post.......congrats & he is not a noob...he is aware of the prices....but he is like scared DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?......whats goin on?

What does he want? =========> answers

You give yours and I give mine.

I have nothing against anyone in GW. I play - YES I PLAY & I dont make business - and I observe the evolution of the game and I give my answer to the OP question.

Please accept my apologies if you have been hurt by what I said.

But dont try to fool the people thanks.

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Martin Alvito

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Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

13 Aug 2007 at 05:33 - 80

Quote:

Originally Posted by korcan

the only hoh drop that hasnt depreciated is the mini ghostly hero. the ghostly hero mini actually sells for twice as much more then what they were selling for when they first popped up on these forums.

maybe its the inscription system or anets drop rates that have contributed to their depreciation but crystallines, stygians, and runic blades have all decreased in price since their addition to the hoh chest.

Crystallines generally have declined quite a bit. The price on both Runics and Stygians has been increasing of late rather than decreasing.

Earliest drop of a q9 I know about went to Dark Sentry; it was resold at 100k + 150. Last q9 Stygian that was posted on high end was bid over 100k + 300 before the seller got banned (for some reason this always seems to happen with such items). Given that ectos were 9k in February and are 4.8k-5k now, this represents an increase.

Similarly, a req 10 Runic that would have gone for 100k + 80-100 back in May would cost you close to double that today.