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Originally Posted by seebs

That seems unreasonable. Rare things are not supposed to be everyday commodities. The entire point of "purples" is that they're rare, and you don't automatically have a full set of everything in purple for every character.

But they're very desireable.

So we have two options:

1. There are none for sale.
2. There are a couple, but they're more expensive than most people are willing to pay.

Those are the only two possible states the market can be in. I prefer the second, because it means I have a choice.

Originally Posted by Nethergoat

I generally don't bother with lower level stuff except in cases where it brings a premium, usually due to lots of people wanting them to slot for their lowbie alts (Karma -KBs, Steadfast +def, assorted procs, LotG +recharges, Numinas, Miracle, etc etc).

Stuff like that is pretty easy to price because there are usually 0 for sale.
My Rule of Zero says anything with 0 for sale is underpriced, so just list higher than the highest price in the 'last 5'. If you're in a hurry, list for a few million more. If you don't mind waiting for a bigger profit, double or triple the highest price. Buyer impatience has trumped my ridiculous markup in every instance so far.

Originally Posted by Reptlbrain

1 These be the words which Smurphy spake unto all Paragon on this side Crey's Folly in the wilderness, in the plain over against Independence Port, between Croatoa, and Eden, and Cimerora.
2 And it came to pass in i18, that Smurphy spake unto the children of Paragon, according unto all that Wentworth's had given him in commandment unto them;
3 After he had slain Another Fan, which dwelt in Heshbon, and eryq2 the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
4 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Black Market, for it hath mergeth, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Luddites, and unto Cap, unto the great river, the river of inf.
5 Behold, I have set the recipes before you: go in and possess the IOs which Statesman sware unto your fathers, peterpeter, Fulmens, and Cap'n Canadian, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
6 The LORD your Smurphy hath multiplied your inf, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitudes of inf.
7 (The LORD Smurphy of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
8 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your supergroups, and I will make them super leader over you.
9 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
10 So I took the Superleader of your SG, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over billions and officers among your SGs.
11 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every recipe and its crafted IO, and the gap between how they are priced.
12 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the common salvage as well as the great pool Cs;
13 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
14 Behold, the LORD thy Smurphy hath set the inf before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged by that which didn't sell.
15 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will flip salvage before us, and they shall search us out the drop rate, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what is most profitable of the rolls.
16 And the saying pleased Smurphy: and he took twelve market slots, one for each tribe.
17 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good market which the LORD Smurphy doth give us.
18 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. But flip and craft and sell.
19 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill speaking of the prohibitive cost of items.
20 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; the marketears of the downtrodden, but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

Originally Posted by Minotaur

Two things: ultra rare does not mean expensive, ultra rare AND desirable = expensive.

Also compare PvP IOs, I can burn 20 A-merits on a purple, or 30 on a 3BN PvP IO. Until either the PvP IO drops or the purple rises, not worth purchasing purples with A-merits.

Originally Posted by DevilYouKnow

Yeah, they are pool C rares as opposed to AE uncommons with a chance for a rare on. (I do have two accounts but the performance hit made things unpleasant to play.)

Plus you get 5 rolls per A-merit and can convert 50 reward merits + 20 million for another A-merit.

But besides that I have never really taken to AE. I have tried it many times and I like regular content better. I like running around in the world. I tried Fulmen's Bronze roll selection and while it was ok, there was so much crap to wade through and since I don't always know what's good I had to look everything up on the market. That took me a lot longer than running tips. But whatever works!

Originally Posted by Lohenien

even when im rocking 20b+, I dont haphazardly spend 400m + on one IO.

Originally Posted by Nethergoat

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