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First, I suggest you browse through some of the earlier posts in this forum which address the very questions you're asking.|
Originally Posted by Bubbles_NA
A few weeks back I took advantage of the recipe drop problem and decided to spend my time playing/learning the market until the drops got fixed. I started out buying cheap lvl 50 IO set recipes, worked up to lvl 50 IO recipes, and then started crafting and selling the more expensive IO set enhancements. Because I actually wanted to keep track of the market's fluctuations I started keeping notes regarding my buying costs, and then my posting and selling amounts. Everything seemed to make sense until I got to the purples. The recipes for some would be as high or higher than the crafted enhancements, sometimes they'd be too close to make any money on, etc.
My big question is : is it ever worth buying (through WWs) a purple to flip, or should I wait for my toon to become a high enough level to get them on a nomal drop/through merits? Currently she's lvl 11 and has approximately 300 mil with stuff waiting to sell (haven't been on much this last week). Thanks for info |
I put up one post earlier that fully described a scenario where recipe costs might rationally exceed crafted item costs for the same IO.
In answer to your 'big' question, check out the 'purple' threads in this forum (use the search tool, enter 'purple' for thread titles in this forum, or just go down a few threads). Although I have a lot of market experience otherwise, I haven't ventured into purple recipes. The consensus here seems to be that you can/should earn purple IO recipes through both play and on the market, although some folks emphasize one of these more than the other. Ultimately, purple recipes originate only from drops, and there are a whole host of suggested strategies for obtaining these drops.
(ed. gr.)
I've found it better, when dealing with purples, to just flip either the recipe or the crafted enhancement. As you have seen, the recipe's often exceed the enhancement going rate. So crafting for profit is not always easy with purples. On the other hand, straight flipping can be quite lucrative as you can often fill low ball bids, then sell at the mid to higher end of the going rate.
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Simple answer: If you don't already have an opinion on this, you don't know enough about the purple market to consider flipping them. It may sound snarky, but it's a really useful guideline for a lot of things.|
Originally Posted by Bubbles_NA
My big question is : is it ever worth buying (through WWs) a purple to flip, or should I wait for my toon to become a high enough level to get them on a nomal drop/through merits?
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Also, you can't get them with merits. You can only get them from enemy defeats.
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A few weeks back I took advantage of the recipe drop problem and decided to spend my time playing/learning the market until the drops got fixed. I started out buying cheap lvl 50 IO set recipes, worked up to lvl 50 IO recipes, and then started crafting and selling the more expensive IO set enhancements. Because I actually wanted to keep track of the market's fluctuations I started keeping notes regarding my buying costs, and then my posting and selling amounts. Everything seemed to make sense until I got to the purples. The recipes for some would be as high or higher than the crafted enhancements, sometimes they'd be too close to make any money on, etc.
My big question is : is it ever worth buying (through WWs) a purple to flip, or should I wait for my toon to become a high enough level to get them on a nomal drop/through merits?
Currently she's lvl 11 and has approximately 300 mil with stuff waiting to sell (haven't been on much this last week).
Thanks for info