Let's list the crappy items that will be in high demand in Factions

Ken Dei

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

24 Apr 2006 at 10:04 - 41
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rey Lentless
No, this won't happen. Right now, prices are low and stable because you don't have many current characters buying new armor. New characters and new people are. But the old characters are still bringing materials into the economy. The start of factions will involve new characters, new people, and old characters.. all buying new armor. The ratio of new armor being bought to new materials being salvaged will be much different than it is currently. And the % of people farming, compared to questing initially will be much lower than it currently is. There's no way in hell material prices are going to go down.

I would sell almost all items right now. When factions comes out, people will want new skins, and none of the current skins (even the chaos axes and stuff) will be worth crap compared to what they are worth now. Mods, materials, runes, sigils.. those will all go up, while most items prices will go down.

There will be more new players however, so I'm sure you can still sell items with decent stats for a decent amount.. but that's just do to them being new. And new people aren't loaded with gold, so it's really a mute point.
We have a winner. All right except for one thing. New players can, sadly, eBay with the best of them...some newbies will have gold in hand and buy just about anything, just cause they can....

To them I have one thing to say....


Come right this way, I have an item you might like....

Snowman

Snowman

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wales, UK

Devils Scorpions

W/E

24 Apr 2006 at 11:02 - 42
Silly Question...

As Cantha is a different world from Tyria, does that mean the Market is in effect different as well?

or should I put it like this..

Is it possible that the price of say..cloth might be different to the price in Cantha? or will all the materials traders share the same price?

Desbreko

Desbreko

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

California

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

24 Apr 2006 at 11:17 - 43
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Originally Posted by UndeadRoadkill
When I first read that, I took it to mean that the stats on gold and purple drops will just be better on average than they are now, not that the max stats would go up.
That's what I took that quote to mean as well. I imagine we'll be seeing max mods on gold items more often, and maybe the cap on purple weapons' mods will be raised. Which I think is great, because I'm really tired of getting golds with absolutely horrid mods.

Oh, and as for rare Prophecies skins dropping in value. . . . What about all the new Factions only people who've never even heard of a Crystalline Sword or a Dwarven Axe before? Plus all the people who don't buy Factions? Rare Prophecies skins probably will take a dive when Factions is first released, but I wouldn't be surprised see them regain their former value after a bit.

Moa Bird Cultist

Moa Bird Cultist

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Hastings (UK) / Latham (USA)

Freedom Fanatical Scots [FFS]

E/W

24 Apr 2006 at 14:46 - 44
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Originally Posted by Dahnel
people are going to want oni blades .... god knows why? there unorigional noob sticks .... oh wait i answered my own question
I thought the katana would be more of a noobstick, but irrespective of that, I'm getting one anyway

Snowman

Snowman

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wales, UK

Devils Scorpions

W/E

24 Apr 2006 at 15:19 - 45
I want to be able to have every single weapon and be given a title for it!

"Weapons Master"

xD

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

24 Apr 2006 at 15:28 - 46
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowman
Silly Question...

As Cantha is a different world from Tyria, does that mean the Market is in effect different as well?

or should I put it like this..

Is it possible that the price of say..cloth might be different to the price in Cantha? or will all the materials traders share the same price?
All traders should have the same price.

If not, they'll equalize pretty soon as people will buy where it's lower, and sell where's it's higher (but I doubt they'll be different for exactly that reason).

Spiteful Soul

Spiteful Soul

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

FoW

N/A

N/

24 Apr 2006 at 15:31 - 47
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Originally Posted by Spiteful Soul
can someone point me in the direction of what this is? ( Tengu Masks)
F! it i found the friday post.
spanks for not pointing me out to the right direction

fallot

I'm the king

Join Date: Nov 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew: Grand Phallus and Chairman Pro Tempore

24 Apr 2006 at 16:12 - 48
I believe Vials of Ink will be comparatively more valuable in Factions. IIRC they are required for Ritualist armors.

The Fox

The Fox

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

24 Apr 2006 at 21:04 - 49
Quote:
Originally Posted by UndeadRoadkill
When I first read that, I took it to mean that the stats on gold and purple drops will just be better on average than they are now, not that the max stats would go up.
hahaha If that's the case then they'll just nerf it later.

GunnerMan1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Under World

Eye Of The Serpant

R/

24 Apr 2006 at 21:08 - 50
I agree, we will see a spike in crafting matierials, common and rare. If the new chars use ecto for FoW we will see a spike in ecto too. Jadeite and Amber I think will spike too but dont save it, it will take a dive because of how incredibly common it will be, especially with those ppl joinin 12v12:go afk and make 500 faction. Im not saving up anything to make money, I think its stupid but some ppl will get rich, and some will loose lots. I wont pay any of the "opening" prices and wait a week to buy it.

twicky_kid

twicky_kid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quite Vulgar [FUN]

24 Apr 2006 at 22:22 - 51
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fox
hahaha If that's the case then they'll just nerf it later.
The more common the max mod is the lower the price will be. Anet is about bring cost down not raising them. Why would they nerf something they put into place to reduce cost?

Thom Bangalter

Thom Bangalter

Grindin'

Join Date: Dec 2005

MO

E/Mo

25 Apr 2006 at 09:17 - 52
Yeah, the thing anet says means that purple and gold items will have better mods when they drop. i doubt they'd raise dmg to like 20^50. it messes up pvp too much to have people doing that much damage, or having like 50% skill recharge or cast times.

So Item stats won't be better, but drops won't be as terrible any more. no more gold defender -1 in stance as the only mod.

Ti Ni Xian

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

House Zu Helter

LDDL

Mo/E

25 Apr 2006 at 10:20 - 53
im still hoping the price of bones will go up...
got way 2 many of those

^_^ Ti Ni

Pupu

Pupu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Left gw..yawn

W/N

25 Apr 2006 at 10:51 - 54
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Originally Posted by Krait
Don't flame me but,

Non-Prophecies players will get to use weapons from the Prophecies campaign? Vice Versa.
they will prob make u download all the factions data to your normal gw so u can view new items etc like the the pvp skins for the core prof's are still usable yet factions aint out, so they will prob give you data but you need to buy an access key to play factions...dunno to me that sounds logical.

The Fox

The Fox

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

25 Apr 2006 at 11:11 - 55
Quote:
Originally Posted by twicky_kid
The more common the max mod is the lower the price will be. Anet is about bring cost down not raising them. Why would they nerf something they put into place to reduce cost?
What people say and do are not always the same. As of this time I don't think gold or purples have ever been bluffed in their drop quality. To the contrary, they have always be reduced. Reguardless, I look forward to getting better drops but do not expect those good drops to last, because I'd be willing to bet that the producers will nerf them in the future.

I hope I'm wrong

Snowman

Snowman

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wales, UK

Devils Scorpions

W/E

25 Apr 2006 at 11:15 - 56
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
All traders should have the same price.

If not, they'll equalize pretty soon as people will buy where it's lower, and sell where's it's higher (but I doubt they'll be different for exactly that reason).
Yea, thinking about it again what you say makes sense.

But even so it would keep things interesting, and a bit more realistic.

oh, and it would be more of a reason to merge accounts so you can do 'cross-continent' trading xD

Dove_Song

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

25 Apr 2006 at 18:18 - 57
keep your "old school" skins on armor and weapons. By the time the 4th chapter comes out everyone will be asking you:

"That is a sweet bow man where did you get it!"

Because the majority of ppl will ditch the old skins each new chapter, and never use them .