Put on your speculation caps

So what would the expected result be of a roll system where you can choose the max level of the recipes you receive, but not the level bracket you draw from? That is, one where you can choose to roll at "level 41", and then receive recipes from any bracket 41 or below? Would the merit cost of random rolls need to be adjusted? And as a side note, would adjusting the merit cost of random rolls be helpful regardless?

I still don't get the "need" for sub-50 anything. I also don't understand why it's on me (the general me) to list crap that has no bids.

Can you clarify what you mean by sub-50 recipes? Are we talking about recipes from brackets that don't go to 50, or are we talking about recipes in brackets that go to 50 that are not themselves level 50? Because I have a keen interest in level 41-44 Crushing Impacts (read: outstanding bids). And, for that matter, level 29 Basilisk Gazes.

As for things that lack both demand and supply, it's not possible for me to tell whether those things are truly unwanted or whether those who want them have just given up on obtaining them through the market. The devs, on the other hand, can look at what's doing a brisk trade at the Merit store regardless of exorbitant prices.

Sub-50 IO are also nice to have if you're playing a sub-50 character. Sub-50 is where most of the time on my characters is spent, so set IO are going to benefit me the most sub-50. Purples, those are end-game for the 50 set. I don't think non-purples need to be. No, you may not be able to slot *everything* you want by 50, but you should be able to fill in a good bit of your build.


I think sets like Kinetic Combat are the most out-of-whack. It tops out at level 35, but you have one piece selling for 120M, another couple at 60M. Yes, those are rares, but for non-50s that's a decent chunk of inf - more than many would be expected to have at that level (I need to check up on Mope) w/o having inf passed down. Also seems backwards to have to wait until 50 to really start generating the inf to be able to buy level 35s (and red-side, 20-34 probably doesn't exist).

Just some more speculation on my part: How will the ability to e-mail inf affect the supply of lower-level pool Cs? Do enough people roll merits for some quick cash in the 30s that the ability to easily hand down inf will further erode the supply?

i think the ability to email inf will increase prices on just about everything, as long as there is something to buy. People will say "hey, I've only got 10mm on this toon and that's not enough to buy what I want. I'll send some over from one of my 50s"

For the last few months, I have been listing "decent" crafted pieces from level 28 up. Some of these are pool Cs acquired with merit rolls, others are pools A and B that I got as drops. Things like Ghost Widow, Impervium Armor, Red Fortune, Crushing Impacts, Kismet, Efficiency Adaptor, Adjusted Targetting, Multi-Strike. Not the top shelf stuff but not the dregs either. They have pretty good set bonuses and are great for frankenslotting. I use lots of stuff like that as I level up.

I put them for sale a good bit under last 5 and they usually sit there for months -- either side. Occassionally, I'll get lucky and something sells for 10-20 million. But usually it's stuff that goes for 2 - 3 million, if at all. I don't mind the tying up the slots as I have lots of characters and I can't play them all. But this morning I ran out of slots on my latest project -- a Traps/DP defender -- and just deleted 3 pieces that have been there since February.

I started doing this as part of Fulmen's Mid-Level Crisis and I thought I would be filling a community need. But if the last 5 are currently showing November through September of 2009 there's no point to listing them, even as a community service.

It seems that everyone is after the same premier sets and procs and everything else is only good to line your bird cage.

In case it wasn't clear, my point was not so much to complain about the behavior of other people as to note the futility in complaining about the behavior of other people. People do what is best for them, and can't be faulted for doing so; to induce people to do the "right thing", the system must make it the right thing for them.

And by them, of course, I mean me.

What is right for me is:

1: IOing out as I level up, since most of my characters' playtime comes before 50.

2: IOing to exemp, since I have relatively little endgame content to do and many characters to do it with.

The system makes this more difficult than it needs to be.

Apropos of nothing: Lemme know what you've got for sale, Flea, and I will buy it for an inflated price and relist it.

Come to think of it, this goes for everyone else in this thread.

Maybe I shouldn't be posting after a fresh bottle of wine, but I'll buy ALL Y'ALL'S POOL Cs OFF THE MARKET! FOR NOTHING LESS THAN A MILLION!

Maybe when I'm sober I'll change that to ten million.