Black Market Overhaul

Just linking this reply I had to another thread, before I realized this entire section of the forums existed. Basically, I want the BM changed. It's gettin to the frenzy want to get violent stage. Seriously. It's getting that bad.
We need to start a serious BM overhaul protest. It's starting to be a dealbreaker for me.
It's infuriating, frustrating, clunky, biased, and all around bullmalarky. And no one, no one, can justify differently.

Ideas:

1. Post the sellers GLOBAL name, and any other GLOBAL names their master NC Account pays for.
Desired resolution: This helps track down the farmers and the BM jackers, then everyone that plays the game can refuse to play with the jerk that makes this aspect of the game infuriating to the player base. The community will sort out the bad apples and the devs can easily boot/slap/punish/immolate/draw&quarter the BM Jerks.

2. Make listings time sensitve, 1 week max length, and the price you paid to list it is GONE FOREVER. This will incentivise sellers to put an actual reasonable price on their items instead of just listing something for an inflated price and letting it sit for months. It'll start costing them to try and jerk around the BM so they'll have to drop the prices in order to actually move their stock.

3. FOR THE AE/BM/UNIVERSITY: Ok seriously, for the love of all that is holy and dear to the world, can you not allow us to have our recipe window open at the same time we're trying to use the AE Ticket Vendor? It... well.. you know... makes sense that I would want the ability to SEE the recipe and required Salvage so I would know what to buy without needing to break out a pencil and notepad first. C'mon now.. Make it EASIER for us to use the game, instead of making it more time consuming and hassling to try and accomplish our goals. If you want, I'll raise 20billion infamy to build a University in Sharkhead, NEAR THE DOCKS/BM/AE/Ferry, why? Cuz then I have a central hub to utilize instead of having to zone here, or use a jetpack to fly up here, or etc etc. I mean, i like running around the zones as much as the next person, but after the 500000000th lap through Aeon City in Cap i'd really rather never set foot up there again, move the AE down to the University area.

I'm trying to enjoy the game, i really am, but its starting to feel like they're working harder at punishing the player, instead of rewarding them.

I would support #3.

#2 /unsigned. I've put plenty of "reasonable" prices up and still had to wait longer than week(s) for a bid from someone not trying to grab something on the cheap/sly.

#1 /unsigned. The last thing we need is all the snarking global and private messaging that would result. The offers and bids are what they are. The prices that show up are the ones that were paid. If you cannot or will not pay that... there are plenty of other ways to get what you want. Alignment merits in particular have radically changed the acquisition of recipes that are desired.

I can't think of much to say that is intelligent. Wow.

I don't farm and I don't "market jack," explain to me how adding people's names to the CH interface is going to prove anything.

Also, since lowball bidding is the cheap way to get awesome stuff, you'd effectively increase the price on everything I'm buying. But then, your "solutions" seem kind of short-sighted.

Why don't you list the problems you have that are inciting you to "frenzy want to get violent stage?" We can help you figure out ways around them, and you'll start making money in no time at all.

classic rant. golf clap.

1. Someone has made your life worse. Get over it.
2. You cannot buy something you want right NAO. Bid higher. Get over it.
3. The AE uses the same interface as the recipes. Get over it.

You know, it makes me angry too when someone else is better at this game than I am. The devs should ban everyone whose skill level exceeds my own.

/signed with tongue planted firmly in cheek

It's in the dictionary so it doesn't count.


incentivize or incentivise (ɪnˈsɛntɪˌvaɪz)

— vb
( tr )
a. to provide (someone) with a good reason for wanting to do something: why not incentivize companies to relocate?
b. to promote (something) with a particular incentive: an incentivized share option scheme

incentivise or incentivise

— vb

Farmers are necessary to an MMO economy. Quality farmers are the ones that generate the goods that people want to buy AND they also sell things at reasonable prices ( because if they don't then their market interface is clogged with stuff that wont sell).

As for expensive items that keep increasing in price : inflation + scarcity = increasingly expensive goods. There is nothing you can do to change this fact without adding new influence sinks into the game. You can circumvent the issue using alignment merits.

Whoa, wait--they're angry that they can't have the most expensive item in the entire game with minimal effort?

Well-played.

Cully the problem is the buyers and not the sellers. If Joe Shmo can make influence to the tune of 1 billion a week, why would he care if he spends 100k for a luck charm?

I regularly pay 75k-150k for common salvage simply so i dont have to wait on it. Influence rains from the skies practically so why not spend it on what I want to ?

Also about aegis: if the crafted price is 40 million then the recipe cost is probably cheaper : stop being lazy and craft it yourself.

Yes I own the top SG spot on guardian.