Why are your surprised item prices are rising?

[Tuljin]

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

It's the only fucking wisdom belt.

I know that dude lol, hence the "BiS tax." Wisdom is a shit stat but put it in a diff slot suddenly people with port plat pay 5k. Same thing with the odd overpriced Druid tunics. You pay way less money for the same stats in other slots.

[TripSin]

You know what kind of boggles my mind, and I'm being serious here - trying to imagine what it would be like if the people who waste their lives completely obsessed over accruing fake video game currency and pixels in an emulator of a 21-year-old game instead of being neets in their parents basement put that same energy and zeal towards acquiring actually useful real world currency.

Sure, it's not as easy to get real world currency but you can spend it on such better things. Most equipment in EQ isn't even noticeable. Reed belts? 5 wis, 10 hp, 6 AC? Like that's really going to do jack shit? Like most items, can't even see it on your character. You would need a LOT more than that to even cast one more spell and ONLY in the situation where you're going from FM to OOM. You would need a lot more than that to even survive a SINGLE more hit. Or what else do people waste ridiculous amount of pp on? Gonna drop tens and tens of thousands of plat on an FBSS and a bunch of other haste items so instead of being 1/10th the DPS of a charmed pet you can be 1/9th of one? When I see someone with a flaming sword sitting AFK in the EC am I admiring them? Not really, I'm wondering when the last time they went outside or took a shower was.

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[Tecmos Deception]

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

You know what kind of boggles my mind, and I'm being serious here - trying to imagine what it would be like if the people who waste their lives completely obsessed over accruing fake video game currency and pixels in an emulator of a 21-year-old game instead of being neets in their parents basement put that same energy and zeal towards acquiring actually useful real world currency.

Sure, it's not as easy to get real world currency but you can spend it on such better things. Most equipment in EQ isn't even noticeable. Reed belts? 5 wis, 10 hp, 6 AC? Like that's really going to do jack shit? Like most items, can't even see it on your character. You would need a LOT more than that to even cast one more spell and ONLY in the situation where you're going from FM to OOM. You would need a lot more than that to even survive a SINGLE more hit. Or what else do people waste ridiculous amount of pp on? Gonna drop tens and tens of thousands of plat on an FBSS and a bunch of other haste items so instead of being 1/10th the DPS of a charmed pet you can be 1/9th of one? When I see someone with a flaming sword sitting AFK in the EC am I admiring them? No, I'm wondering when the last time they went outside or took a shower was.

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Truly, you have found the answer to the meaning of life. Where has this wisdom been over the past thousands of years? Why have almost all of us been pointlessly pursuing our individual interests instead of the interests that some other, random person thinks we should pursue instead? OH GOD, ALL THE WASTED TIME!!!!

[Erati]

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

You know what kind of boggles my mind, and I'm being serious here - trying to imagine what it would be like if the people who waste their lives completely obsessed over accruing fake video game currency and pixels in an emulator of a 21-year-old game instead of being neets in their parents basement put that same energy and zeal towards acquiring actually useful real world currency.

Sure, it's not as easy to get real world currency but you can spend it on such better things. Most equipment in EQ isn't even noticeable. Reed belts? 5 wis, 10 hp, 6 AC? Like that's really going to do jack shit? Like most items, can't even see it on your character. You would need a LOT more than that to even cast one more spell and ONLY in the situation where you're going from FM to OOM. You would need a lot more than that to even survive a SINGLE more hit. Or what else do people waste ridiculous amount of pp on? Gonna drop tens and tens of thousands of plat on an FBSS and a bunch of other haste items so instead of being 1/10th the DPS of a charmed pet you can be 1/9th of one? When I see someone with a flaming sword sitting AFK in the EC am I admiring them? Not really, I'm wondering when the last time they went outside or took a shower was.

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hah 5 wis 10 hp on a belt is actually insane

get a load of this guy

[Doktoor]

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

You know what kind of boggles my mind, and I'm being serious here - trying to imagine what it would be like if the people who waste their lives completely obsessed over accruing fake video game currency and pixels in an emulator of a 21-year-old game instead of being neets in their parents basement put that same energy and zeal towards acquiring actually useful real world currency.

Sure, it's not as easy to get real world currency but you can spend it on such better things. Most equipment in EQ isn't even noticeable. Reed belts? 5 wis, 10 hp, 6 AC? Like that's really going to do jack shit? Like most items, can't even see it on your character. You would need a LOT more than that to even cast one more spell and ONLY in the situation where you're going from FM to OOM. You would need a lot more than that to even survive a SINGLE more hit. Or what else do people waste ridiculous amount of pp on? Gonna drop tens and tens of thousands of plat on an FBSS and a bunch of other haste items so instead of being 1/10th the DPS of a charmed pet you can be 1/9th of one? When I see someone with a flaming sword sitting AFK in the EC am I admiring them? Not really, I'm wondering when the last time they went outside or took a shower was.

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It's always made me SMH, the never-ending amount of hypocrisy from people who play the game and then chastise other people for doing the same.

[cd288]

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

It's always made me SMH, the never-ending amount of hypocrisy from people who play the game and then chastise other people for doing the same.

Lol

[Strawberry Swirl]

I am low level but these items are camped 24/7 and will be farmed everyday forever lowering their value, i think the first few of each item will sell for the most and the value will steadily go down. Also by level 5 i made 100p just selling the crap i got from monsters and didnt buy anything other then rations and water.

[Erati]

If Bilge had a normal dungeon static ph his loot would be half as valuable.

You pay for the shitty nature of his camp. Same w GBS, theres 2-5 people tracking it every night cycle.

[Tecmos Deception]

I still have a hard time saying it's a BIS tax when it's literally the only wisdom item available. Nearly the AC of anything else for a sham. Perfect for a druid. Still the best option for a manastone cleric chasing max hp. People pay twice as much for 9 wis boots and 2/3 as much for 9 wis paw of opalla, etc. It seems pretty appropriate to me, even if it isn't the first thing you're going to look for when you're twinking a new wis caster on a budget.

[KungFusion]

How about lower tier items as another measure of the economy on green.
Pre-merge on green i was buying HQ bear skins for about 10p each and selling HM Baackpacks for 20p each.
Last night, 3 days into merge, i saw HQ bear skins being bought for 20p and HM Backpacks selling for 40-50p each. Upon asking the seller how the backpacks were moving at 40p, he said that they sold with no questions asked.
Never played on blue here, but noticed on auction tracker that skins and packs were auctioning for significantly more on blue than on green/teal.

What this all means, i dont know. But i feel like the items that sell in higher volume and those price fluctuations mean more than the fluctuations on Big Ticket items that have much lower volume of movement.

EC Tunnelquest! Woohoo!

Please share your thoughts on this end of the economy, I am very intrigued. Seems much more interesting than the big ticket items that are accessible to a smaller percentage of the population.