So... Issue 16 then?

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The MA price hike seems to be affecting heroside vastly more than villainside.

Take the Decimation ranged IO set. Three out of the set are 10mil-20mil+ (whereas I distinctly remember them being a mid-price range set when I bought them a while ago, like Crushing Impact kind of pricing) while on villainside there's 51 level 40 Decimation chance for buildup procs selling and no buyers and only one of the recipes fluctates between 8-10mil all the rest are 1mil-3mil

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That's probably because two archetypes blueside have ranged attack powersets compared to just one redside


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Huh? Corrs? Doms? MM's?
Hell all at's have access to ranged attacks whether they are in primaries, secondaries or patrons.
Last 5 sales has never been a good measuring stick.*goes to pick up another batch of salvage 90% less of belived asking price.*
also if you can't get something within 5 minutes doesn't mean you can't ever pick it up.

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That's probably because two archetypes blueside have ranged attack powersets compared to just one redside


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Huh? Corrs? Doms? MM's?
Hell all at's have access to ranged attacks whether they are in primaries, secondaries or patrons.

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I see very few MMs taking their ranged attacks and some dom combos are heavier on melee or AE, but fair enough - what's your explanation for it? It sure isn't oversupply on redside or undersupply on blueside, which leaves demand in the equation... and blasters were one of the most popular ATs on that list of the most played ATs that Back Alley Brawler posted on the US forums a while ago.

Having picked it up recently on both sides for a fair price i can't see the problem. Then again i don't have to have it now.
I can wait.
Certain Hami's and Purples are the only thing really in decline in i14.
So much i'm thinking of respeccing my toon's with purples. Purples are overrated.

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I have gained a ridiculous amount of infamy on my villains just because MA-->Tickets-->Black Market-->Supply-->Infamy so unbelievably easily...

Not that I am complaining, however the market has became somewhat like a quicksand pit in areas. There's relatively zero purples going around - that is in comparison to before.

EDIT: And please for the love of.. someone sell me 'Membrane Exposures'..

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Yeah I'm so glad I bought 3 Membranes for my widow a month ago (even though she's still L38) - though I still have to worry about getting 3 for the eventual Fort build.

My more immediate worry is the shortage of purples and their soaring prices. Of the 13 L50s in my sig only one uses purples (the Mind/Psi has the two cheap Sleep & Confuse purple sets) - so I'd been saving up to purple out my Night Widow eventually as a treat to myself.

Pre-I14 I knew I had enough inf for that, but the prices have escalated so much lately that I'm running out of inf and only have 7 of the 20 purples I need - with bids up for the rest that were realistic 3 weeks ago but not anymore - I'm a patient bidder (I like bargains), but the availability just isn't there at anything below ridiculous prices.

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Having picked it up recently on both sides for a fair price i can't see the problem. Then again i don't have to have it now.
I can wait.
Certain Hami's and Purples are the only thing really in decline in i14.
So much i'm thinking of respeccing my toon's with purples. Purples are overrated.

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Yeah I must admit I don't consider Deci to be a major problem price either side (but then it's not a set I use very often) - certainly not compared to the huge gulf between redside and blueside on the prices of LotG +7.5s and the +recov uniques - or the huge availability problems redside on most things.

I'm more concerned about a 2 billion inf build I could afford slowly turning into a 3-4 billion inf build I won't be able to afford for a while (and by then it could be a 5-6 billion inf build if things continue as they are).

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The devs don't care that the old community stalwarts are leaving in droves.

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Droves usually need to be a little higher than a dozen

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the devs inaction in response to the farming deserves nothing but derision

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That inaction would be the constant server downtimes recently to remove exploitable items from the MA, right?

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i16? Sure, it'll be more toys nobody wants instead of fixing/changing old stuff, but who will be here to experience it, I wonder.

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I will be

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GG, are you working for Paragon Studios by any chance?

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The devs don't care that the old community stalwarts are leaving in droves.

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Droves usually need to be a little higher than a dozen

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the devs inaction in response to the farming deserves nothing but derision

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That inaction would be the constant server downtimes recently to remove exploitable items from the MA, right?

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i16? Sure, it'll be more toys nobody wants instead of fixing/changing old stuff, but who will be here to experience it, I wonder.

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I will be

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GG, are you working for Paragon Studios by any chance?

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No - but I'm supporting them