No more Black Dye?

Detis Zan

Detis Zan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Guardians of the Black Curtain [GBC]

N/Me

Just recently I just noticed silver dye jump up to 7k (Someone was talking in the chat) I was surprised it jumped so damn high in a day.

So I went to the closest Dye Trader and there was no black dye to buy!

At first I thought it was a glitch but it's actually gone?

I wasn't saddened by this but surprised it happened at all you can only find it off drops.. Or buy it from other players..

But now that you can't buy it from the vendor (who was too expensive to begin with) that means there are going to be a LOT of people selling them at stupid amounts, more than they should even be more than 15k?

Maybe, maybe not. What are your opinions on this?

Also silver dye being 7k is ridiculous.

Dye shouldn't be the a big seller item. I mean BLUE bye is 600g a peice at a trader..

We should be able to change our color of out armor for the fun of it not spend most of our cash we could be using to buy weapons or that 15k armor that some of us want so bad..

Bartuc

Bartuc

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Champions of the kings

W/Mo

the trader has amount of dye , i think it depends on how many ppl sell to it?

November Raine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Pulaski, Wisconsin

(Leader of)The Blue Sentinels [TBS]

W/Mo

yes I agree, i noticed it too and I'm angry and yet some what happy (since i have 10 silver dye in storage but its still ridiculus

Ondo

Ondo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

USA

Heavenly Shadows [milf]

W/R

I noticed this today as well! I went to the trader earlier to sell a black die I got from a drop. I was very excited when the traders screen to buy it was 17+K. So I click the Sell tab and ask for quote it was only 900 g? I sold it. Tonight I saw a ton of messages selling silver die 6K, I thought to myself that's what black's been going for! So I went to the trader hoping something went wrong and black was dirt cheap. That's when I noticed NO BLACK! I went to another dye trader and the same was there! Now I will keep my black drops!

Kanraku

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

E/Mo

Prices have been going screwy all over the place- At one point YELLOW dye was 1k. That was screwed up.

Ultimate_Gaara

Ultimate_Gaara

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

BC, Canada.. how aboot that eh?

ya black die is all out and silver is 7K.. yup, im going to be raking in the doe when i sell all my stuff

however purple dye was only 200gp.. good think i always buy the cheap stuff

November Raine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Pulaski, Wisconsin

(Leader of)The Blue Sentinels [TBS]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanraku
Prices have been going screwy all over the place- At one point YELLOW dye was 1k. That was screwed up.
well theres a reason for that, in japan or korea (one or the other) yellow is the color of honor and im guessing it was a special day so plenty of ppl bought yellow dye, I read about a guy who bought 100 + yellow dye

atleast thats what I have heard

EmperorTippy

EmperorTippy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

The markets are different on every server so what people do in korea won't effect prices in america or europe.

Jczech

Jczech

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Mo/

Until the traders start offering prices players are willing to sell for, their supply is just going to keep slowly getting used up until there's little to no *anything* left to buy from NPCs. Seriously, who's going to bother selling dye to the trader when you buy silver dye for 7 platinum and sell to the trader for 800 gold, or to a player for 1.5 - 2 platinum?

JensD

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by EmperorTippy
The markets are different on every server so what people do in korea won't effect prices in america or europe.
I don't know whether you have noticed this, but there are A LOT of korean and other asian players on american servers! just go to perdition rock or riverside province and you'll notice all the asian players talking in their own language!

EmperorTippy

EmperorTippy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by JensD
I don't know whether you have noticed this, but there are A LOT of korean and other asian players on american servers! just go to perdition rock or riverside province and you'll notice all the asian players talking in their own language!
and those are what we call bots. And bots don't buy black dye.

November Raine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Pulaski, Wisconsin

(Leader of)The Blue Sentinels [TBS]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by EmperorTippy
The markets are different on every server so what people do in korea won't effect prices in america or europe.
who said all koreans live in korea? a lot of koreans live in the usa

to clear something up, i am not discrimatory nor being rude (not trying to be atleast) to any race.

Lost

Lost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Hell's Precipice

I've noticed the outrageous dye prices. I'm glad I never buy from players or traders. I find all the dye I need provided I only bother to dye Droknar's or 15k armor.

Arcanis Imperium

Arcanis Imperium

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

nova

Me/E

The reason why the trader is out is because no one sells to black dye to it. People always think they can get more money by selling to other people.

But since no one sells any to the trader, it was only a matter of time until the trader no longer had any.

Sho Kasaki

Sho Kasaki

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

In my bed =)

Super Secret Ninja Stuff [SSNS]

This is kind of trippy...shit, there goes my plan to sell my Black Dye. Oh well -- since it's out, I'm sure I could find someone to buy it. And don't worry, it won't be some outrageous price, either. Last I saw, it sold for 7k...so, I'll sell it at around 4.5-5k, depending on how much I need. I will never charge more than 6k for it, though, and I will never over-exceed the trader. I like to give people what they need, so, I always cut prices.

I'm a nice guy like that.

hotspur

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

England

New Dragons

W/Mo

The last I checked Black Dye was going for 15+k from trader, so I thought "screw that", now you guys are saying its all gone? lol. I have only been playing GW for just over a month, & dye prices have only gone up since the begining which makes sense if no-one is selling it to the trader. But as it has already been pionted out, why sell to a trader for 900gp, when a player will happily pay 2-3k for same item? The devs need to address this issue so that the dye trader offers a realistic price. This is also true for weapons although not to such an extreme extent.

Mugon M. Musashi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

France (Paris)

BUG

Mo/W

the trader is actually buying black dye 1359 gold each

WTF 1359 gold ?!!!
there is no way you'll see anybody sell his black dye to the trader for this price

Jczech

Jczech

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mugon M. Musashi
the trader is actually buying black dye 1359 gold each
WTF 1359 gold ?!!!
there is no way you'll see anybody sell his black dye to the trader for this price
Which is exactly why there isn't any left.

gildanon

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/Mo

The rediculos prices on silver and black are agreat chance for anyone how finds these dyes to become rich fast - i was fighting for scraps for soooo long untill u found a black dye it was like striking oil, two more and i can retire.....

shinseikaze

shinseikaze

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Dark Side Of The Force

E/Mo

the NPC was selling black dye for 1k yesterday.......thats why its out of stock

believe it or not!

Paul Templar

Paul Templar

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

New Zealand

Insert Two Lazy Guild Name [LaZy]

N/R

I think some people are playing the market. Buy up from merchants the same as they have done with ecto and black dye and now with yellow and silver and then sell them to players and with runes
It really funny how GW are working on closing bots down and farming and now they have found another area to exploit that is all there is to it
Another millionaire going broke on ebay

Nikos Battlehammer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

A little off-topic but...

By having ridiculous prices, GW is forcing people to "farm". I can say the same with unlocking items and runes. How can you have a good chance of unlocking a good item if you don't "farm"? Same with people who likes to complete their skills. Sure GW says that you don't need to spend a lot of time to enjoy the game. But for other players, they enjoy the game by completing skills. And how do you complete skills? You "level" by farming/soloing or praying that you get a good party for a trip to UW and FoW.

Zakarr

Zakarr

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Finland

Quote:
Originally Posted by shinseikaze
the NPC was selling black dye for 1k yesterday.......thats why its out of stock

believe it or not!
I believe because I saw it in time and reacted quite fast.

Sho Kasaki

Sho Kasaki

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

In my bed =)

Super Secret Ninja Stuff [SSNS]

Damn it, and this just happened to be the day I spent all my time playing PvP...son of a...!

Rayea

Rayea

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

west yorkshire, Uk

Sisters of Serenity

N/Mo

well, what about if you have silver dye, the trader has none (i just found out *why* there was no silver showing up to buy, thanks guys) and when you offr to sell, you get no responce as to quote for silver?

wouldnt there be a yes please, i need silver! request from the trader?
and i do thing the traders are getting fat off of the seller prices sheesh! 1plt and 132(ish) gold for a bottle of red or blue on euro server todat, and i am offered only 90 gold if i try to sell to her....how many kids does this woman (in ascalon city) think she has to feed lol, that the prices she sells and buys at are fair 0.o

im just glad they dont talk, cause it i hear "we work at such a small margin..." ill just likely kill the woman and be done with it!
(its my bosses fave reply when someone wants stuff cheaper lol)

Crystal Nightingale

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/Mo

recently i havent bothered checking dye prices but wow, 7k for silver in one day. good thing i have 5 silver dyes in storage.

Melkor of ZoSo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Another case of the complete BS of this game's economy.

Why the hell have supply and demand? It's all freaking binary code... You can't run out of that....

EverBlue

EverBlue

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada, AB, Calgary

Arcane Draconum

W/Mo

I don't like silver. I used all silver on my 15k Gladiator when it was cheap. I've bought 4 black dyes for my Monk at about 8k each, before black disappeared from trader. I need 2 more for my sandals and staff. Chances are you won't find me paying more then 8k for it.

Krank

Krank

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/

*sigh*

`remembers back to the days where you could jump and skip because you sold a black dye for 4platinum, good times....good times.....

Ondo

Ondo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

USA

Heavenly Shadows [milf]

W/R

A little on a side note. I just spent the morning/afternoon starting up a replacement character for my Warrior. She's now at LVL 6 in pre-searing. She's now toting 2 yellow, 1 green, 1 red, and 2 blue dyes!! All from drops! Me thinks there's a plan in this or she's going to be one lucky character for me!

demonic leader

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

minnesota

unholy nirvana

Mo/W

Prices on dyes r going screwy cuase of the new trader system they have set up.

The price goes up every time someone sells to them.

The price goes down if someone buys from them.

But if to many people sell to them than no one wants to buy it anymore.

Thus making the price go way up at some traders.

djgriggs

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jczech
Until the traders start offering prices players are willing to sell for, their supply is just going to keep slowly getting used up until there's little to no *anything* left to buy from NPCs. Seriously, who's going to bother selling dye to the trader when you buy silver dye for 7 platinum and sell to the trader for 800 gold, or to a player for 1.5 - 2 platinum?

I am wanting to buy black dye I am willing to pay something like 25 to 30P for 5 vials of black dye. If anyone is interested my ing name is Tidas The Congueror I am usuually on between 6 Pm and 9 pm central time

djgriggs

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

I cannot believe this I have been puting off getting the black dye due to such high prices. I have only been in the game for about 2 months and only seen the black dye drop twice which of each time I was part of a party group and neither of the dyes were for me. (The luck) first they make it so rare that you cannot hardly find it and then now you cannot even buy it. It is almost to the point to where someone could actually be making physical cash on the selling of this dye, ( hey that's a thought ) hmmmmmmm, well not for me sense I am black dye broke heheheeh. I think that the developers need to make it a little more available and then only charge at most 3 to 4 plat for it. Better for the game economy and for the moral of the gamers. Is there anything that can be done to get more black dyes but back into the game ?

John Waffletord

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Baltimore, MD, USA

They should quit with all this BS and just make everything a set price.

No supply and demand.. its just like real life where all the insanely rich people have all the money and theres less ways to make a lot of money now, so the poor people who havent been playing for a really long time have difficulty getting a lot of money.

Now of course, it doesnt matter to me.. I've got my drok's armor.. 3 max dmg bows, and im sure ill find some good mods for them. If i have a bunch of money left over.. ill buy some dye or maybe try for the 15k armor (doubtful). But im not going to sweat not having the expensive armor that does the same thing or not being the richest guy in GW.

Red Sonya

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Once again dying your armor is something that is "optional". It's not necessary to be "competitive" in the PVE or PVP game, so it's a "money sync" just like the Fissure armors/15k armors. Neither are "required" and many people complain enough that there aren't enough money syncs in the game already. Only the "poor" complain about high prices, or the "lazy" who want everything "free and/or cheap".

The "kewl" stuff in the game and the "best" stuff in the game are going to cost you plenty. Yah might as well get ready for it, it's not going to change anytime soon. There's also a little game within the game to be played with the npc merchants and if you are there at the right time and quick enough, you can make a bundle on buying low and selling high with them and players also. It's called "the trading game". If you don't want to play the "trading game" part of GW's, then don't whine when prices are sky high, if you'd stand by the npc merchants and monitor the prices during your "daily playtime", you'd catch some of these items on sale as well and then reap the rewards when the prices go up by selling to other players or back to the npc merchants when on their "rare" occassions they offer a nice buyback price for the items you have stocked up on.

The Ice Master

The Ice Master

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

We Step On Puppies [PuP]

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Sonya
Once again dying your armor is something that is "optional". It's not necessary to be "competitive" in the PVE or PVP game, so it's a "money sync" just like the Fissure armors/15k armors. Neither are "required" and many people complain enough that there aren't enough money syncs in the game already. Only the "poor" complain about high prices, or the "lazy" who want everything "free and/or cheap".

The "kewl" stuff in the game and the "best" stuff in the game are going to cost you plenty. Yah might as well get ready for it, it's not going to change anytime soon. There's also a little game within the game to be played with the npc merchants and if you are there at the right time and quick enough, you can make a bundle on buying low and selling high with them and players also. It's called "the trading game". If you don't want to play the "trading game" part of GW's, then don't whine when prices are sky high, if you'd stand by the npc merchants and monitor the prices during your "daily playtime", you'd catch some of these items on sale as well and then reap the rewards when the prices go up by selling to other players or back to the npc merchants when on their "rare" occassions they offer a nice buyback price for the items you have stocked up on.

Yeah, he is right. Trading IS a part of the game. Keep in mind its a MMorpg(MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER role-playing game.) Its not just you playing, so prices will fluctuate do to supply and demand.

EtrnalXellotath

EtrnalXellotath

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Massachusetts

Ok heres a question to anyone who reads this..

Have you gotten a black dye drop since its dissappeared from the traders? How do we know they didnt just take black dye away permanently?
This is getting worse by the minute.


On another note -
I have a warrior in pre-searing who was lvl 7 before she started doing quests. Ive collected the items and sold them to pre-sear characters for decent prices, and gotten several dye drops. I think I might stick around there for a while.

Mugon M. Musashi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

France (Paris)

BUG

Mo/W

I droped one 2 days ago (my first one, yay)

Scooby_Snax

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

RO

E/Me

Supply and demand is a little bizzare at times.

Firstly: A couple of days ago the material trader was selling a 10-pack of steel for around 4 plats (400g per ingot).

The rare material trader (stood right next to him) was offering to buy at 500gp per ingot.

This state didn't last particularly long (once I'd set up a local trade route) but there *is* some money to be made just by keeping half an eye on the prices.

Second: Silver dye - current retail about 8k. Why does the trader only offer me about 150g then? Silver used to retail for about 800g and the trader would offer to buy for about 500g.

Why? It makes *no* sense.

Surely the buy/sell prices should be a simple percentage in the same way that your foreign currency is at the bank?

Melkor of ZoSo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

We want set prices!!! Lets start a petition!