Nethergoat

CoH is casual player nirvana.

Welcome aboard!

I probably enjoyed resource gathering in 'that other game' way more than I should have- I'd be all over fishing or whatever here.

I'm thinking they skipped it because it's not thematic, but I wouldn't mind.

My favorite thing about this game are the variety of subcultures on display. There's "the game' of course, running around beating stuff up and collecting expees, but underlying the 'progress quest' are groups of players enthusiastically forging their own communities.

Marketeers, badgers, base builders, RPers, PvPers, etc.

We all have ideas and preconceptions about this or that subculture (which are often dangerously misguided, as regularly displayed in this very forum), but the only way to see what they're really about is walking a mile in their shoes.

My recent decision to acquire the Field Crafter accolade has, unsurprisingly, given me a new perspective on the market. My previous experience with generic IOs was limited to getting a badge that was too thematic to pass up (Lord of War for my fire/axe tank Barbarian Nerd, for example) and mass producing a specific IO back during the heyday of <redacted> Club.

Sure the money's good, but compared to the earnings available from messing around with set IOs it's pocket change so I never bothered with it much.

Which isn't to say it's not fun, it's just less efficient than other options (and I am temperamentally drawn to efficiency).

Anyway, as of today I've finished the level 20-25 memorizations and about half of the 30-35 ones. I'm already enjoying the extra salvage slots- logging in my other lowbie 88'ers (especially Heroic Flipper) is annoying after enjoying the expanded storage of Crafticus.

The relatively fast pace of commons compared to set IOs throws some market truths into sharp relief.

I'm making a lot of junk so I'm pricing low to keep things moving (obvious junk I just craft and delete, some slower moving stuff I stick in base storage temporarily, but for the most part I craft, list and sell). Last night I listed 7 level 30 Resist Damages for ~50k and they all sold for 400k each. Below a certain price, most players just don't care what they pay.

I surmise flippers at work in a few niches from abnormally large (and persistent) #'s of bids. I threw up a couple of underpriced IOs to find their price point was and have made substantial profits listing a few inf over it.

Having a recipe memories gives you flexibility in terms of leaping on sudden demand spikes. With set IOs things are fairly stable and predictable, unless another player tries to horn in on your niche. With generics, suddenly someone is throwing bales of money at the screen and they want 10 or 20 of something instead of one or two. If the salvage is cheap enough you can grab a few stacks fast, hit the base and be back in time to keep riding the wave, or visit storage if it's something you're keeping on ice.

I enjoy it in the way I enjoyed flipping uncommons back when MA was fresh and new and prices were flying all over the place- it isn't big money, but there's a certain kick to getting several hundred K for something you invested a few thousand at most into.

Underlining the market dictum patience is a virtue, I was able to get all of my 20-25 recipes for around 100 inf each by bidding a day ahead. The lone exception was Endmod, which I just bought from the table. Some salvage I paid 'retail' for, but most of it was available at steep discounts overnight. Looking at a range of salvage I don't usually pay attention to revealed many opportunities for profit, although not on the scale to which I've grown accustomed. But there are a LOT of flippable niches in the cheapo salvage market, probably because it's not worth a confirmed marketeer's time to work them.

Moving up to 30-35, the going is a little slower, I'm assuming because the recipes are more worthwhile to vendor. I've been able to get most of my stock for a few K, which is a worthwhile discount over the table price but is taking longer. It's hard to ignore the little voice in my head saying the heck with this, just chuck a few bales of 100's on the fire and finish this!, but the goal isn't just to get Field Crafter, its to get it while maximizing earnings (which I will then set on fire and convert to prestige =P).

I'll update this as I move through the process- i'm sure the higher level badges will have their own lessons to teach.

replying to this thread logged me out of the forums.

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anyway, sounds like fun- can't wait to see the seasonal tip mission.

the devs refused to hand out nametags because they wanted to charge $8.99 for the Nametag Booster!


See, proof they hate the players!

=P

lame gimmicks are lame.

not into Potter, but I'm glad they're bucking the trend.

gratz on both the pile of inf and the great costume!