Purple's

Yay forum time!

Just read over this thread and got updated.

A time ago- my crew was concerned about the price of purps and how they skyrocketed due to several events, meow farms, hami farms, and general exploits.

yeah we hate exploits with a purple passion.

We thought that the RMT's were behind alot of it, so we did a little homework.

Would you like to know what we found?

We found purple sets were for sale on their websites.

oh yes, we got angry quick. REPORTED. <And we are STILL angry over this>

That is breaking the law and the game.

Im under the impression that the OP wants a mechanic to be introduced that would nullify the ability for RMT's to do the whole "Purps held for ransom"

Yeah, that mechanic- as bad of an idea as it is- is at least an attempt to foil the RMT's control.

When I am foiling an enemies plans I often put myself in their shoes to better counterplan what their next step might be; I'm sure that RMT's are too smart to post in the forums, I'm most certain they pay attention to the forums very closely every day.

RMT's are our enemy. They can and will kill this game to turn a profit.

I dont want that to happen, because I love this game.

So put in lowball bids to snag the purples that the RMTers aren't posting on the market? Or, if I'm understanding you right, the purples that said RMTers have aren't even on the market meaning you'd never have to worry about them unless you specifically went to an RMTer for purples. If there was a finite supply of purples in the game, then hoarding them might lead to negative market consequences, but there's an essentially infinite supply given that every 47+ mob has a chance of dropping one.

The event that drove purple prices up wasn't RMTers hoarding them, but everyone using the MA for their leveling between I14 and I16. Now that people have gone back to standard content (and with the new difficulty settings) you'll notice that purples have slowly started to drop in price. Blame the playstyle of the masses, not the RMTers.

I agree with that Mac.

Eventually the market will balance out and the purp prices will be more acceptable,

RMT's arent helping the situation.

I don't think RMTers are having anything more than a negligible impact on the market situations. I14 especially is to blame for most of the high prices on the hard-to-get goods, due to a combination of tickets replacing normal drops for MA missions and inf being easier in general to get (boss farms were ridiculous inf/hour, for example).

I think some people are descending to conspiracy theory here.

RMTers aren't playing Wentworths. RMTers are, if they're in the game, farming x8 maps and stockpiling everything in their hidden bases. I don't know if this happens in CoH, but in other games they also steal and strip accounts.

The purples they have, the inf they have, whatever, is stuff they've farmed and stockpiled, or stolen.

If they are messing with the market, it doesn't seem to be a noticeable degree of manipulation compared to what legitimate players are doing.

Yes I am one of those tin foil hat wearing rabbits!

Proud of it!

I'm not really in tune with how RMT'ers operate, but from a business perspective it doesn't make sense to mess with the market.


Bottom line, farming gets you a ton of more or less valuable stuff for zero outlay, requiring zero skill. Whatever happens with the game or the market, farming will net you a bunch of valuable stuff. It's predictable and scaleable. Need more stock? Hire another couple of subsistence level goons to mash buttons for you. Business slow? Fire a couple.

The time element of successful marketeering which makes it so attractive to time-restricted players like myself actually makes it inefficient for RMTers, who basically have an infinite # of play hours to throw at reward generation.

They don't need to be patient, they don't need to be smart, not when they can brute force it with ultra cheap labor running 24 hours a day.

RMT's dont play the market, they dont have an impact, they are all make believe and dont exist.

I think this takes the cake for the weirdest thread necro I've ever seen.

I have a "Purple Farm" Question?

If defeating level 49 or 50 mobs is all that's required for a chance to drop Purples, why not resurrect the "TV Don" red-side mission.

I assume that the Family mobs inside have the same drop chance as all the Nemi mobs populating the "Liberate TV" mission. What's the differance other than increased xps/infamy without all the grief of stacked Veng on every mob.

I've been running level 50 0/8 with Bosses for TV Don and am having a pretty smooth run of it with my SS/Fire Brute (no purples) and was just wondering.

Yep, that should work fine. If you really want to roll stuff, go for the -1 level setting.

yep- if drops are your goal, you want vast fields of low level spawns.

Just keep in mind that every recipe they drop (aside from common IOs and purples) will be level 49 instead of 50.

Your drop rate will be higher because you're killing stuff faster, but the level 49 uncommon and rare recipes that are dropped will very likely be worth less money to the majority of other players at auction.

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Originally Posted by Nethergoat it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!

As a shameless plug, I am giving away purples and other assorted goodies.

What the catch? It's a costume contest, and you have to be there to have a chance at winning. While the winner will get enough inf to buy purples, they are also getting assorted purples and pvp IOs, and TF merits too.

Also there will be random draws and prizes that include purples and other goodies.

Your drop rate might be better at the CC. Then again, maybe not.

Most drops are junk anyways in my exp, so why not do it faster and just for purples? But really, does .3% really make a difference? If i can get a lev 49 recipe at 1/2 the price of a 50, i'll buy it. It's ALL overpriced anyways.

My personal theory was always that you couldn't BUY IT NAO at level 35-49, and that was what kept the 50's prices up there.