Rotations for Old World Raid Mobs

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Lowako [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I understand the point you are trying to make but you picked the worst literal MQ in the game to make that point for.

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Of course, this is much more true for most MQs than it is for the child's tear

Originally Posted by Lowako [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm not quite sure what other MQs have a significant bottleneck problem but I wouldn't find it surprising for people to kill the mob, try to sell the loot rights, then loot it on an alt/friends character/friends alt/ if they can't sell it.

Sure. I never said eliminating MQs would magically free up every MQ. But it would make it easier for people who want to loot no-drop stuff themselves, while making it harder for people who just want to grind plat for everything (with a net effect of making overall easier). After all, you only have so many alts/friends (who are willing to show up and loot the no-drop item), and after that the item goes to waste. Selling it for any amount of plat is better than getting no plat, so at that point you sell it for whatever you can get (and the price drops).

The tear is actually kind of representative. I "bought" one (I bought a trip to Fear with a raiding guild to loot one if it dropped) before I stopped playing almost a year ago. Too lazy too look it up, but I think I paid 20k? Maybe as much as 30k, but I don't think it was that much.

Then MQ-ing it became a big thing (not sure why, clearly I missed something while I was out). Now it's selling for 2x or more what I paid (albeit with the added convenience of not having to go to Fear). Unless I'm missing something important about the price change, it seems like the logical conclusion to draw is that MQ-ing doubled the price, and eliminating MQ would halve it. Which again, is just economics: the demand of something you can buy in EC is obviously going to be a lot higher than the demand for something you have to haul your lazy butt to Fear on a Friday night for, and price is driven by demand.