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Originally Posted by Brocode
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I d like to invoke the EC Comission here to investigate, really easy to spot those who manipulate, random char in which spam a High Value item undervalue for a few times and suddenly offline or the otherway around Overprice an items that its value is way less, so Wiki/Ahungry registers so fool people thinking its worth.
For those that dont know the prices on wiki doesnt mean its a closed deal, its just the prices that are logged from time to time from someone auctioning, doesnt mean the guy sold that item, just that they believe he did because he did so many auctions at that said item, so if i auction constantly an item, from time to time i ll appear at the item wiki list creating a false or true idea of a seller/sold item.
Thats pretty much how they manipulated Holgresh Elder Beads from 100k to 400k, so many auctions that its creates an illusion that the item suddenly is being sold for alot more, also creating an idea that its going more and more up, making some people buying for higher prices thinking its gonna grow even more, as an example those manipulations are pretty common with midia/false news on Cryptocurrency.
That said i know nobody will care or control it, but sucks to see it happen. I guess thats why the auctions page that controlled the real prices got attacked so the real "traders" could keep manipulating the market.
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In part, yes. As a total explanation not even close.
Your own example of the HEBs doesn't hold water. There are many more factors going on here than just a few folks intentionally auctioning high prices for them to create an over evaluation from a buyer.
You are a on a static server, near the end of the last content to be released. There are some items at this point (like HEBs) which have an extremely high utility and their supply only decreases (no more drop, some folks won't sell, some folks quit without passing them on, etc.). Very few folks are interested in selling an item that they really enjoy and get a lot of utility out of when they know that the price is only going to continue going up. Same with any nerfed item that folks actually use.
What you are calling manipulating the market is really more like trickery, deception, border line scamming. Unless someone is actually buying all the HEBs and releasing them slowly at higher prices (dialing back quantity on the market, dialing up price on the market). One is just playing with smoke and mirrors (and hoping a sucker comes along) the other is actually changing the market by deliberate buying and selling.
Neither one, btw, is actually against the rules.