Chuckles07
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Does poison gas trap need accuracy?
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As an Empath, with the secondary of ice, does it make more sense to build for Ranged Def, with a fair amount of Energy/Neg Energy or go with Smash/Lethal defense with some Melee def?
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Quote:From the Wikipedia entry listed aboveOriginally Posted by seebs
Uh-oh, you're about to commit the fallacy of equivocation.
When people talk about "rent seeking" as "manipulating the market", they mean specifically causing the market to behave in an irrational way from which the manipulator benefits. However, when we talk about actions which affect markets, while they can be called "manipulating" in the broader English sense of "manipulating" a thing as "having some effect on it", they are not "manipulating" in that narrower sense.
Rent seeking generally implies the extraction of uncompensated value from others without making any contribution to productivity...
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Quote:Hint, try listing smarter.Originally Posted by seebs
If I list the items I acquire while out punching dudes, I will list them in "stacks" of from 1 to 4 items, typically. If, on the other hand, I buy and sell a specific item in quantity, I list them in "stacks" of 10. Which of these keeps more items listed per slot in use? (Hint: Try comparing "1 to 4" with "10".)
Well I don't, does my experience trump yours? Hence why I was asking for some external evidence.Quote:Originally Posted by seebs
Yes. I have 20 characters and I have to search around at some length to find open slots.
And this is where I stumble, I'm not seeing the flipper produce anything, so I'm not seeing them increase supply. I see that they reduce the number of things that sell for less then the equilibrium, but I'm not seeing where they can help reduce pricing back down to equilibrium, say on double xp weekends. Some of that simply has to do with there only being a last 5 listing.Quote:Originally Posted by seebs
But wait! What we all want is lower prices. Prices are formed by the interaction of supply and demand. Supply lowers prices, demand raises them. More supply lowers prices. That is, in fact, a good thing.
I'm assuming irrational actors in the economy, hence the Iron selling for a million inf every so often.Quote:Originally Posted by seebs
Consistency is in and of itself a desirable thing. Why do people buy insurance? Because a slightly higher price that you can be confident of and build plans around is a better deal than a slightly lower price on average that could be wildly higher or lower. When selling, the same thing applies, only you'll accept a lower price in exchange for consistency, usually.
Why not simplify this question to "why do some people prefer not to gamble?", since that's the question you're really asking. -
Quote:I'm sorry if I offended you, I didn't mean to.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Oh wait, I get it now.....you're one of those unkempt people who stand on a crate in the park, lecturing strangers on the topic of your bizarre personal cosmology.
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Quote:Isn't that manipulating the market? Isn't that what 'rent seeking' profit is?Originally Posted by Nethergoat
They're recirculating junk that would otherwise have disappeared, and they deal in volume. Not only are they personally increasing listings, they're inspiring others to list as well- the better the return people can get on their junk, the more motivated they are to sell it.
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Quote:Cool, then I'm sure you will show me in your next few lines ...Originally Posted by Obitus
It's self-evident.
Well that has nothing to do with the number of listings, but I'm sure you'll get to it....Quote:Originally Posted by Obitus
Flippers (usually) buy things that the original sellers don't care that much about, because obviously if the seller cared more about them, then he'd have set his price higher.
Well what happened to all the items when demand was low, was someone deleting them? But I'm sure you'll get to it ...Quote:Originally Posted by Obitus
Then the flippers turn those items around for a profit when demand is higher.
Maybe I'm wrong when I think stable doesnt mean increase ...Quote:Originally Posted by Obitus
They're stabilizing supply against demand.Well now that has nothing to do with your self evident point.... guess I couldn't grasp it.Quote:Originally Posted by Obitus
If there's an over-arching downside to the actions of flippers, then it comes (ironically) from a lack of competing flippers to drive the potential profit margins down.
Why wouldn't you sell anything at the store, I mean you can also carry 10 enhancements?Quote:Originally Posted by Obitus
My Level 50 Tanker has 57 slots in his salvage inventory, and (IIRC) 26 slots in his recipe inventory. That same character has 18 market slots. If I want to sell a full load of my goods, then I need at least my low-tier salvage to move quickly.
But a flipper isn't a store, they're the guy wakes up earlier then you and buys up all the corn.Quote:Originally Posted by Obitus
Why is a grocery store any value to the consumer or the farmer?YesQuote:Originally Posted by Obitus
For that matter, isn't any investment technically an example of flipping?
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Quote:Do you have proof that flippers are increasing the number of listings? It seems to me they are simply buying something and raising the price, keeping the number of listings the same.Originally Posted by seebs
In particular, with recipes and salvage, flippers are clearly improving market stability by increasing the number of bids/listings available, because they are putting whole stacks in each WW slot. With crafted enhancements, bids can still be on stacks, but listings can't, which creates some asymmetry, but it still increases availability.
Is there evidence that people don't have enough slots to sell everything they want to?
If anything, the people who list things for absurdly large sums that don't sell are increasing supply, not that that's a good thing.
Why is selling for a more stable price of any value to the seller? Why not simply list something for what you think its worth. You're playing the passive style that Nethergoat seems to dislike. Do the work, reap the rewards,Quote:Originally Posted by seebs
When I have a bunch of junk in my salvage inventory and don't really care about it, I tend to list it all for 1 inf. If flippers are buying it, great! They're ensuring that there's a steady supply of bids on that salvage, so I get my market slots back immediately. Instead of waiting for the next person to come along, I get an instant sale. The only time that sale goes to a flipper is when the flipper was bidding more than anyone else was when I listed. So every time I sell to a flipper, I come out ahead of where I would have been without the flipper. If I sell to a non-flipper, I'm probably getting a more stable price anyway, because the flippers have nudged that item's price towards a stable center point. -
Cool, thanks, was above lvl 7 and doing AE tickets, thanks for the quick replies.
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Why when my recipe inventory isn't full, does the ticket vendor tell me my inventory is full when you I go for reward rolls?
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Quote:So does mean you think you are something you were, or you don't think you are something you were? Or even that you aren't something you never were?Originally Posted by TranshadeOffender is just another term that people want to make themselves think they are something they are not.Quote:Originally Posted by AWRocketmanMy Traps/Ice begs to differ.
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Where do you make this purchase, and where then would you spend the merits?
figured it out, just go to fort trident and click on the box of junk -
How does it work if I throw the call to arms def proc in gang war? Will it trigger for 2 minutes every time I summon them, or does it work all the time? And will it affect all my pets?
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So I know that this will be a moot point in I19, but are the elec doms taking stamina?
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Is the xp rewarded for defeating standard critters the same in AE as out? It seems reduced, but I've been gone for a bit.
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Thanks for the help, new question. How much bigger do I need to make my plot to be able to add more salvage storage. I'm maxed out the amount allow for the begining plot, and it seems that if I upgrade by one size I still get the 'you've reached the max allow workshop for this plot' message.
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I received my 2 year vet reward comic covers, placed them on the base, then decided I dont like them where they are. Is there any way to remove them without destroying them?
Also what happens when you make you base a larger plot? Does everything survive and you just receive more space? -
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=188393
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You get your last power at 49, not 48. You can also run the treespec
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I didnt read most of the thread, so if this has been covered I apologize.
My buddy started play this week, and we got him to 50 and are now powerleveling his crab, but since mitos are gone I was wondering if lt's or bosses are faster, and what level I should set it to 52 or 54? Any responses would be great, I'm not good at math. -
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Oh, and why do Stalkers get broadswords? That weapon wasn't really meant to be silent.
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As opposed to silent Thunder Strikes? -
I had a level 50 "STOP CRYING ABOUT OLD PVP" that was pretty fun.
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People who justify being hostile to other people by saying 'but the rules allowed it' are punks, and need to grew a pair.
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Then those of you trying to take this to another level better be ready to step before a ethics review board to state your case. Otherwise, its your word against again...a ""internationally-recognized scholar".
Good luck with that!
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You're trying too hard, mang
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I'm afraid I'm not the one trying too hard around here.
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No, it's just you. -
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griefing players is illegal blah blah blah, against the game rules, can get you banned, or perma banned ya know.
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Show me where it says griefing someone is illegal?