Megajoule: If the devs want an average of 1 merit/3 minutes, and they put in code to prohibit above-average performance... you see a problem with how that's going to work out?
Maybe it's just me.
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No it wasn't. the last rebalance was just a redo of the merit system using a new equation. In most cases, task forces now give more merits than they did before. and the task forces that lost merits, only lost about an average of 1 or 2 merits. |
Originally Posted by Megajoule
Obviously. However, it's just as obvious (to me) that this is not the developers' intent, which has been stated repeatedly as "1 merit per 3 minutes." We've been through several rounds of rebalancing and tweaking of the merit rewards to attempt to enforce this. Do we now need another, because some players have worked out methods to gain merits more quickly and efficiently than the devs want?
Rather than another reward reduction, which punishes other players who do not use such methods to maximize their merit gain over time, maybe the desired rate could be enforced with a coding change to enforce "no more than 1 merit per 3 minutes." I shall consider this for a post to the Suggestions board. Apologies if I've derailed this thread. |
also assuming they do another rebalance.
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Heh. It took my Brute roughly 170 hours solo to get to 50. I seriously doubt he racked up 3400 merits in that time (yeah, not all of it was spent in active combat, but the actual figure is probably WAY lower than 3400).
It's a good thing there are folks that generate them at faster clips, otherwise there'd be nothing on the market.
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yeah, I think I generally rack up about 600 merits in my run for lvl 50. I dun solo much of that. Fortunately, the game doesn't stop there 
This is a beautiful guide that has given me a bunch of things to try next time I make a lowbie toon to level up. There are two things that I want to add from my own experience and stuff I found in Paragonwiki.
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After you sell 50 salvage on Consignment, the "scrounger" badge increases your salvage storage by +2. |
Originally Posted by Sayaki
Although most of this has been stated in the tutorial, I think it is noteworthy to add information about the extra sales slots. I didn't even consider those. I also think I may expand early on a reference as the consignment house. I used Wentworths as my reference tool specifically because I am more accustomed to playing blue-side than red, and what numbers I quoted were using the blue side as a reference. This is largely why I included a comment stating the fact that redside Black Market can use teh same techniques quite effectively, but I would be using WW as a generic term. I wanted to be clear for people to not get confused on that matter while following what I feel I know. |
After 250 total sales on Consignment (any kind), you get the "Merchant" badge, which increases your number of sales slots by +1. There is another increase by +1 at 1000, 3000, 5000, and 7000.
So what I'm saying is: it might be worth it to sell your early salvage at prices considerably lower than market value just get closer to these badges faster. Having more spaces on the Consignment house is a very good thing.
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I am decided about random rolls though. Although I've seen some awesome results from bronze rolls off AE tickets I could recommend, merits are too precious to spend in this fashion, imo. |
I based this assessment on the sheer ratio of possible non-proc results to proc results, and it seems to have born out for me. Over about 10 rolls, I got one Numina's +regen,+recovery, and 2 other keepers (can't remember what they were exactly), which seemed pretty good to me. Here's a link to the page on Paragonwiki that I was working from:
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Random_Rare_Recipe_Roll
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I was also wanting to comment on this. The reality of most of the purples is that there's a pretty large amount of variability in selling price. If you can sell the purple for 350m (listed for somewhere around 341m, of course) and then put in a bid to buy the exact same one for 250m after your sale goes through (it's not uncommon for me to see that much spread within a lot of the desirable sets), then you end up with exactly the same item, plus 65m profit after fees.|
Originally Posted by Sayaki
I know it is tempting, but Don't sell that Purple Recipe for 350 million influence. The simple fact is that if you ever need it, you are just gonna have to pay 350 million to get it again. You can NOT get purples from Reward Merits, and the odds on you seeing it drop again in the next 5 years are slim to none. It's nearly irreplaceable. Keep it. If you really don't want it, I can guarantee you have a lot of friends who do.Just remember to tell them you expect them to be using it, not selling it. You know very well that if they just wanted a couple hundred mill, you can give it to them straight out.
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I realize this comes close to recommending "ebil flipping," but to me it's just smart resource management. If you were telling people to buy at 250m and sell at 350m, that'd be different - mainly. But when I get a purple, I always look at the spread of sale values to see if I can end up (in 7 days or less, usually) making this kind of profit and still having the original item in-hand. The answer is "Yes" surprisingly often.
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Hm.. Never tried that. But as some PMers have mentioned, my method is less about marketing and more about applying the resources you gain from playing :P |
Originally Posted by EarthWyrm
I was also wanting to comment on this. The reality of most of the purples is that there's a pretty large amount of variability in selling price. If you can sell the purple for 350m (listed for somewhere around 341m, of course) and then put in a bid to buy the exact same one for 250m after your sale goes through (it's not uncommon for me to see that much spread within a lot of the desirable sets), then you end up with exactly the same item, plus 65m profit after fees.
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I might give that a serious try though, before I update this for the guide section a previous poster mentioned. I think mentioning both views on purples may be wiser than mine. My view is in the minority it seems! lol
I sort of feel that "sell a purple, buy everything else you want" is the way to go for the people this guide is aimed at. But I'm not the people this guide is aimed at, so I could be wrong with the greatest of ease.
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So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
Rather than another reward reduction, which punishes other players who do not use such methods to maximize their merit gain over time, maybe the desired rate could be enforced with a coding change to enforce "no more than 1 merit per 3 minutes." I shall consider this for a post to the Suggestions board. Apologies if I've derailed this thread.
As for derailing the thread, yeah, shame on you
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