Informal Market Project/Survey


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Hi all,

In this Market Forum thread (post #5+), we've been trying to get a loose estimate for
the amount of influence/infamy/information currently in the game, basically by
guessing what percentages of the playerbase fall into various categories of wealth.

While forum posters are probably not truly representative of the playerbase
as a whole, it still might be insightful to see how the percentages pan out here.

btw, we're estimating liquid inf across an entire account.

So, DON'T count anything slotted in a build, anything stored in a bin, or anything
selling in a market slot that has not sold yet.

DO count actual inf you have on all characters of an account, as well as any
market bids you have that haven't filled.

Since the title says "Informal" we're just looking to see which of the following
categories (A - I) your accounts fit into - no need for specific amounts.

Code:
A:    100+       Billion or more
 
B:  50 - 99.9    Billion
 
C:  10 - 49.9    Billion
 
D:   2 -  9.9    Billion
 
E:   1 -  1.9    Billion
 
F: 100 - 999     Million
 
G:  10 - 99      Million
 
H:   1 - 9       Million
 
I:     1         Million or less
For me, my main account is: C
My second account is: F:

Which categories best describe your accounts?


Thanks in Advance,
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------------------------- RESULTS ------------------------
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Update as of: Post #174
Accounts: 166
Total Inf: ~2.61 Trillion

Code:
Cat   Accts   Percent     Inf(T$)
A:       5       3.0        0.5
B:      11       6.6        0.825
C:      32      19.3        0.960
D:      47      28.3        0.282
E:      16       9.7        0.024
F:      33      19.9        0.01815
G:      11       6.6        0.00061
H:       7       4.2        0.00004
I:       4       2.4        0.00002
-----------------------------------
All    166       100        2.6098     
Distribution looks like this:
Code:
Accts     Modified Categories (D/E - see Post #109)
---------------------------------------------------
70
65                  ...
60                  ***
55                  ***
50                  ***
45                  ***
40                  ***
35             ...  ***  ...
30             ***  ***  ***
25             ***  ***  ***
20             ***  ***  ***
15        ...  ***  ***  ***  ...
10        ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ...
05   ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ...
All   A    B    C   D/E   F    G    H    I
 
where: *** = filled  level
_      ... = partial level
 
 
 
 
Accts              Categories
------------------------------------------------
60
55
50                  ...
45                  ***
40                  ***
35             ...  ***       ...
30             ***  ***       ***
25             ***  ***       ***
20             ***  ***  ...  ***
15        ...  ***  ***  ***  ***  ...
10        ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ...
05   ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ...
All   A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I
 
where: *** = filled  level
_      ... = partial level


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there's a buyer who leaves the market dirty stinkin' IOed. - Obitus.

 

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I'm a (D).


 

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Pretty sure I would fall under F.


 

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My second account which is now Premium would be H, since I stripped all its valuables before it went Premium.
My main account would be C.


 

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D.
I have developed a bad habit of stockpiling IOs for alts that I plan to make someday, but even if I cached them all in, I would still be in category D.


 

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Have you contacted the Titan Network to see if you can use their data? (Assuming inf tracking isn't broken again...) Again, it'll only be a small sample, but it would be something to work with.

Anyway, I'm somewhere on the low end of D. I'm not entirely sure you're using the term "liquid" correctly here, though. Wouldn't that necessarily include stuff in storage bins, along with listed-but-not-sold and slotted items, priced at current market value?


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D here. I tend to spend it as fast as I lvl alts to use it.


 

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D

I could probably easily move into a higher bracket or two if I tried, but D easily affords pretty much anything I ever need slotting wise (save for those few pvp-ios in the billion+ range.)


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Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
I'm not entirely sure you're using the term "liquid" correctly here, though. Wouldn't that necessarily include stuff in storage bins, along with listed-but-not-sold and slotted items, priced at current market value?
"Liquid" means readily converted to cash, and it's a judgment call on what that would mean. Since it can take days or weeks to sell some high-value IOs for what they're really worth, it's hard to say which ones are really "liquid" and which ones aren't.

You would also want to include any recipes sitting around on alts which have yet to be crafted. And some people have hundreds of pieces of rare salvage in their bases, and they'd want to include those. Since no two people would make the same judgments, the resulting total probably would be an even less scientific sample.

This could be done, but would require the assignment of standard prices to all items, and then everyone could use the same values.

I think the OP's original request is a reasonable starting point.

I probably fall into the D category, since I probably have three dozen level 50s and they all tend to have 50 million or more, though several have more than 150 million.


 

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D, probably just about 3 billion if you count all characters.


 

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Going with the D. Three toons almost influence capped and the rest with about 200-500 mil on each. Spread around probably 15 well played characters.


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A solid D. If not for altitis it would probably be a strong C.


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Im a C.

Rich enough to be able to buy whatever I want, poor enough to not have enough to swim in



Your character does not have capped defense. Depending on your AT the cap is between 175% - 225%. Your defense is not teal in the combat window, it can go higher. STOP SAYING IT IS CAPPED! The correct term is Soft Cap.
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I hang out in the E area though I dip into the F area when a new character hits 50 >.>


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I'd be a (D).


 

Posted

mid D in cash


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Dang, you guys are rich.

I'm an F.


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I'm solidly an A.


 

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B.

Approx 70-75 bill


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Posted

Definitely an E


 

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I'm an F, but I comfortably play SO's and common IO's.


 

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Middle of the road "C".




Thank you, Champion.