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I can, you just suck, BA.

Okay, I can't either.

Unexpected bonus of combined Market and Invention forum: More people who don't actually read what people write before responding.

Somebody's gonna be nice and make me a super penguin sig thingy, right?

And everyone's gonna give me a [censored] rep, right?

And I hate spiders, so I do not like your picture, Ash. Not one bit.

1) Cool new look.
2) Awesome that our threads, postcounts, etc came over.
3) Having to hit quick reply button kinda sucks.

Ridiculously huge postcount, I'll miss you. Kinda. I don't actually know what my postcount is nowadays, so I won't miss you that much, but I know it's ridiculously huge.

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please list.
[BMT of Champion]BlackAmaranth: no, not yet, we haven't been [censored] horribly by those tentecles
[BMT of Champion]BlackAmaranth: OOPS MT

Looks like someone has been *fapping* to hentai

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Someone make sure Ping sees this

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And it appears Tentacle Boy will begin making regular appearances...

Excellence - Ice/Thermal/Scirocco

Woohoo!

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Lets just keep like that... sadly there more action here then you do the game.

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Your actions in a town of sac is more action than I do in game, but that's because from what I hear you are SO good at what you do....and it's not even a town only full of sac, you just don't notice the vejayjay running around.

I finally get it now. You aren't illiterate. You really don't spell that bad. That's just how it actually sounds when YOU say it with a [censored] in your mouth.

It's okay, everybody, Elf isn't dumb. He's just a [censored] sucker!

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Can't it be both?

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Could. But one is definitely true, the other is all theory until someone meets him. Gas station, anyone?

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I'm in Monterey until Thursday.

Apparently, that's a couple hours away or some [censored].

Come pick me up, Elf? Kthxbai.

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Speaking of which, the g/f and I'll come visit Wednesday. Keep it clear and stuff.

And yes, I will be at Herocon.

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Avoid the Penguins... They bite I hear... and only sometimes in the good way.

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god nibs youre far too perky in the morning. AND no i dont mean your boobs.. thats for a diff thread..

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But their/they're boobs are super perky!
Especially Infernal Jesters!

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Fixed your typo. Unless you were saying that they actually ARE boobs.

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Works both ways when you think about it.


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Am not

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No more uberdeffing for you, son.

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Pingus are pretty damn fun to team up with........though I can only *remember* teaming up with Ping once.


(And I didn't tell you at the time, Ping.......but I was WASTED that night, heh. I just remember thinking: "He's gonna think I play like this all the time, LOL".)





-Star

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Don't worry.

I expected you sucked that bad all the time before I teamed with you.

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Oh well, so it's the end of the world as you know it. And?

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...I feel fine.

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Great job on the schooling process so far guys.

Now just let more Pingus get ahold of StarChild and we will have them appropriately schooled... and damn Bronx for being on [censored] vacation while the schooling is happening.

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i second introducing StarChild to the Pingus. Irreverence and audacity (or say rude debt-magnets, whatever) make them entertaining to team with.

New patch has broken normal AV's by making them overpowered? (Like that time the Devs thought jacking AV regen through the roof was a good idea.)
The Pingu answer is to run a few TF's on Invincible to see if their AV's are affected as well. (They weren't, but it was fun anyway.)

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To be fair, Diabolique was actually kind of a [censored] to face while that change was in place. We still killed her, but it did take a few minutes.

Win.

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PLease dont hop on my vent channel, drunker than [censored], talk [censored], realize you were talking about the wrong sg and then apologize...

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dfaslkvhberuiavb[censored]suckstupid[censored][censored];haoibvra;bpingus[censored]vbbjhuiludumb[censored]fsadjkbnstupidsdjklbnuwhoareyou[censored][censored]dsfnbujbsdvphohsorrywronggroupbyeclick

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I know; it was a little joke. : )



(Next time work on it being "funny", Star.)

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Lost cause. Start working on having funny ready for next year.

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Avoid the Penguins... They bite I hear... and only sometimes in the good way.

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god nibs youre far too perky in the morning. AND no i dont mean your boobs.. thats for a diff thread..

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But their boobs are super perky!
Especially Infernal Jesters!

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Fixed your typo. Unless you were saying that they actually ARE boobs.

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While buying and selling items (clearing your items from your inventory) keep an eye out for trends. About 3 weeks ago i noticed Numina recipes were selling 5 Mill, i thought that is crazy, so i bought them, made them, went back and sold the enhancements for 100 mill each (about the price it is now). Cost to make 10 mill, sold 100 mill, profit 90 mill
i sold 6 yes i am lazy too but........win! win!
Yes a week later the recipes went back up. I dont go looking for bargains but if i see them......

I agree we need in-game servants, let's petition the Devs.

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lol

I don't know why you feel the need to exaggerate everything you accomplish in order to make yourself sound better, but you really don't have to. Your advice is good (though broad), there's no reason to tack on a story with made up numbers.

Just to make sure we're clear on how easy this works, I took my own advice. My market signature is 5024, so wherever you see that ending, I purchased.

Last 5 Crafted BotZ KB Reductions:
50,000,000
27,255,024
50,000,000
40,000,000
27,136,540

You'll recognize the last 2 from the previous list. Since I made this thread, 3 have sold. One was lowballed by myself. I'll be collecting my 20 million inf sometime in the next 3 days, you can be sure of that.

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O noes I cant decide!!
Ashy or Friar.... Friar or Ashy!
I hate making decision!

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Easy decision. Choose Meph.

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Choosing Meph is like choosing Herpes.

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You'll never get rid of me.

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And you get to be in an ad for a special cream!

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So my question is how does someone like me who has decent money to play with but whom is too damn cheap and lazy to get the crafting badge and also too damn lazy to run back and forth to the base to craft crap and has a dozen sucky build toons for this exact reason utilize your plan? Huh mrknowitall? :-)

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You hire someone else to shop for you, for a fee. When I had a few billion to play with, I took shopping lists from folks. I figure I'll probably do that again at some later date. I get everything cheaper for my clients than "the going rate", but I tack on a small fee for my time too (usually about 10%).

Along this same line, you could hire someone to play the market for you. Obviously, the more experienced the marketeer, the higher their rate would be, but if you were to invest, say, 500M with a marketeer (you trusted) and agree to a certain interest rate earned on a weekly or monthly basis, you'd be doing the equivalent to buying a CD in real life.

All these things may not be "heroic" in the sense of some folks' definition, but Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent held day jobs too. In all reality, characters in-game are nothing more than glorified bounty hunters anyway. A real hero wouldn't get any compensation. Those who arrest certain wanted individuals in exchange for compensation in the way of goods or funds, well, they get reality shows with melodramatic theme music and inspirational pep talks squeezed into every 30 minute block between ads for companies that do far more morally debatable things in a day than any of the criminals that get locked up before the credits roll.

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Steel canyon . . . .

No need to hit the base just use the university

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Really its about the same distance as WW from Talos base entrance. I am just lazy is all there is to it. If I could craft right at the store I would probably get more in to the market. Maybe I could pay someone I trust to get the damn badge for me and solve my problems.

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Bases require zoning. Universities don't. I'm lazy too, but all of my crafters sit in Steel WW.

Welcome back my friends,
To the show that never ends.
We're so glad you could attend,
Come inside,
Come inside.

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer are a fitting introduction for this week's column because, like a solid hippie festival, the market just never stops getting higher. I mean, printing money. Well, prices keep going...nevermind. We'll start with a little review of my last posted niche, then we'll move on to a couple new ones.

Last week's niche:
Level 50 Blessing of the Zephyr: Knockback Reduction

So, where is it currently?

[u]Crafted Last 5[u]
40,000,000
27,136,540
60,000,000
60,000,000
60,000,000

[u]Recipe Last 5[u]
41,500,000
42,000,000
41,500,001
41,500,500
41,500,500

So, we're seeing the gap closing somewhat. Recipes have risen almost 10 million inf from where they previously were. However, there's still a lowball crafted bid that went through (marketeer's signature, don't know which one's, but definitely a sig [if it's one of ya'lls, congratulations!]). Now, that lowball's about 1.8 mil higher than the lowball from a couple weeks ago, so there's progress there too. Don't give up on this niche though. Even buying at 42M+2M(crafting)+6M(fees)=10M(profit) if you sell for the 60M price. Get that lowball on the crafted, and you're still looking at 25M profit.

So, you all STILL know a profitable niche, but what if that one's out of your price range? I mean, to do some damage there, you need at least 40M already banked, so how about something smaller for you cute little newbie market manipulators?

Well, by golly, you don't even have to search for a different IO set!

This week's niches:

1) Level 50 Blessing of the Zephyr: Run Speed, Jump, Flight, Range

AND

2) Level 50 Blessing of the Zephyr: Run Speed, Jump, Flight, Range/End

Now, surely I must be crazy, right? I mean, these two are actually fairly common drops. Oh, don't ever underestimate the lazy.

[u]Last 5 Crafted #1[u]
10,000,000
5,000,000
8,000,000
1,605,000
9,000,000

[u]Last 5 Recipe #1[u]
1,311,111
1,311,111
1,355,555
1,355,555
1,355,555

Whattaya think could be in that little case there?

Using our quick formula of recipe+2M crafting+10% fee subtracted from an average sale price, this niche looks like you could bank 3.8M per sale without breaking a sweat. Note that ALL those recipe purchases are marketeer signatures. That means that you're stepping in where someone's been cashing out. So, pay attention. If they're buying that many, they'll be watching and reacting.

Now, I wouldn't guarantee that this niche could handle flipping/crafting 5 a day, but you could probably clear 1-2 every evening without a problem. So, if you're a "casual player" who can only really play on weekends, a deposit of 10 minutes a day (no searching necessary, just the time to pick up your inf, grab your supplies, hit a table, and list your product) could net you an extra 30M or so a week. I know, that's just pocket change, but if you only work this hard (1 hour per week) and only focus on this one IO, you can have a shiny new Miracle +Recov every month without actually cutting into your regular playtime. Just as a bonus. But wait! There's more!

If you order this niche in the next ten minutes (we can't do this all day), you'll get one of these for free!

[u]Last 5 Crafted #2[u]
11,100,000
11,000,000
9,000,000
10,000,000
10,000,000

[u]Last 5 Recipe #2[u]
2,500,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
4,000,000

Now, no obvious lowball in the crafteds (though since they're all even numbers, you can bet a lowball bid is sitting out there, it just hasn't filled in the last 24 hours). However, also no sig in the recipe buys, so a lowball there could go fill overnight too. Either way, even if you WEREN'T lowballing, our quick formula tells us this niche yields an expected profit of 5M per sale. That's nothing to sneeze at. Work this in combination with the first one, and you could easily clear 50M a week in profits without cutting into your regular playtime. But, you know, if you can't find a use for an extra 50M inf every week...

"But, Ping," you high-rollers say, "that's a pittance for the poor to me! Gimme something with substance! Meat! Big numbers so I can feel important!" Okay, fine, ya spoiled piece of [censored].

Level 50 Hecatomb: Damage/Endurance Reduction

[u]Last 5 Crafted[u]
130,000,000
210,000,000
200,000,100
200,000,001
200,000,000

Well, well, well, someone won the jackpot. Why isn't that someone you, Mr. Richiepantsandstuffz? Well, maybe for someone, that someone IS you, and to you, kudos. For the rest of you, that's an expected profit of 50M for a single sale. And trust me, lowballs like that go through ALL. THE. TIME. So, you're happy to see me and you've got a roll of really big quarters in your pocket, so put it to good use. Hell, you get really good, and you might be able to top my own personal best (120M profit on a single sale).

Then you can start writing a damn column.

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Infernal's always first in Maria's arc.

EDIT: Out of curiosity, how's the portal going to be handled?

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Chimera is first, not Infernal. See here.

And I think me and Nibs are going to duo this. We'll see how that works out.

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I apologize. The Infernal mission I'm thinking of isn't in her actual arc.