Guild Wars 2

The prices on these are spiraling out of control. It went up over 50 silver per today alone. Just ridiculous imo. There has to be an increase in the drop rate or a place outside of CoE where people hardly ever run. Also, the rarity in which they drop from sparks is ridiculous. 100 of these are required for sunrise. At the current drop rate many would have to buy them, but that would cost over 200 gold.

Cause they are popular. Did you even look at how many are available? I can’t believe you did cause you would not have posted at all.

Last I looked it was only 68 available. So what your seeing is people that already had there lodestones on the market at that price before they rose because everyone underneath them sold out. See how that works?

There might be a few exception sure but for the most part if someone listed 20 charged at about 1.94 gold they are not about to re-list it when they sell out faster than people can stock them.

You look at glacial lodestones or corrupted lodestones? Corrupted lodestone are in the 60s range now. 2 weeks ago they where still hovering around 1g know why no new hype recipes and there are 1000+ of them available.

You gotta do some research before crying wolf man. Watch the TP more often for what your shopping for.

Here is what we do ok. Go mark down the price RIGHT NOW and available. Now when there is more available watch the price drop and it will because people are impatient and want their money quick and people hate dealing with undercutting which always happens.

Now come back when the avail number goes up and tell us again about how the prices are going down.

Edit cause I dont know why it takes so long for reply to refresh on these forums after I log in.

Charged lodestones are 2g12s97c with 170 available. Which is not enough to craft the unique exotics. There is a stack of 45 at 2g20 silver that person is not about to relist because there are only about 18 total lodestones ahead of him.

You know any weapons that only need 18 charged lodestones? I know I don’t and don’t see any on the wiki either.

If someone with alot of money and is impatient wants there 250 charged lodestone for the lightning hammer they wont even have enough to craft it.

TL/DR

The price will go down when there is more available.

Did you not understand the part about increase their drop rate? Did you not see the part about how it the drop rate from sparks is super rare or from CoE because no one wants to go there. Compared to other legendary lodestones that cost silver due to they are easier to get, these are at a ridiculous level. This wasn’t a post saying please make them cheaper even though the supply was lower then the others. THAT is the problem.

TL/DR the price will never go down because people hardly run COE and they have the lowest of the drop rates of any lodestones when it comes to farming mobs(Which gets the nice DR on top of everything else btw). The game is one big gold sink while simultaneously limiting people from farming. That really helps the gold farmers in and of itself in the end.

Charged cores are now 1gold 18 silver. Someone is buying all the lodestones and cores then putting only some of the supply back up at double prices. Good luck with that. Glad I have my hundred, just think making it so this could cost over 200gold for someone is a microcosm of what is wrong with this game.

Gold sink, Limit Gold farming, those without 10 hours a day to farm Plinx the only viable method to getting gold along with TP transactions which takes money to make money. Outside of that buy gems and convert to gold or go Chinese. I know many who bought from the gold farmers because of this setup. I myself will not as I feel I will support the exploitation of children if I do.

1. Fix crafting to where it’s even worth being 400 and you could make some money from it.
2. Make it so people can actually make some money in the world without having to grind plinx 24/7
3. Make it so drops like lodestone varieties are even across the board.

Natural.7013:

Did you not understand the part about increase their drop rate? Did you not see the part about how it the drop rate from sparks is super rare or from CoE because no one wants to go there. Compared to other legendary lodestones that cost silver due to they are easier to get, these are at a ridiculous level. This wasn’t a post saying please make them cheaper even though the supply was lower then the others. THAT is the problem.

TL/DR the price will never go down because people hardly run COE and they have the lowest of the drop rates of any lodestones when it comes to farming mobs(Which gets the nice DR on top of everything else btw). The game is one big gold sink while simultaneously limiting people from farming. That really helps the gold farmers in and of itself in the end.

Did you not see that there is where only 170 available? Compared to the other lodestones? Do you really think people arent farming charged lodestone in say Coe AND Cursed shore!

Cathedral of Zephyrs in Malchor’s Leap is under player/allied control, Sparks will spawn.

Cause they don’t only spawn in CoE. I’d be willing to bet that the drop rate for lodestones is the same across the board and that Charged lodestones arent just a special case.

Natural.7013:

Charged cores are now 1gold 18 silver. Someone is buying all the lodestones and cores then putting only some of the supply back up at double prices. Good luck with that. Glad I have my hundred, just think making it so this could cost over 200gold for someone is a microcosm of what is wrong with this game.

Gold sink, Limit Gold farming, those without 10 hours a day to farm Plinx the only viable method to getting gold along with TP transactions which takes money to make money. Outside of that buy gems and convert to gold or go Chinese. I know many who bought from the gold farmers because of this setup. I myself will not as I feel I will support the exploitation of children if I do.

1. Fix crafting to where it’s even worth being 400 and you could make some money from it.
2. Make it so people can actually make some money in the world without having to grind plinx 24/7
3. Make it so drops like lodestone varieties are even across the board.

You can make money from crafting at 400 if you know what to sell I mean how hard is it to go grab some ori and some ancient wood every server has maps for spawns. All it takes is some time. I’m 400 weaponsmith and I sell rare greatswords all the time cause people like to chuck them in the forge.

If people don’t buy them then they go down in price more supply they go down in price. I understand your argument about the drop rate I get it. Make it easier for people to obtain them so they won’t have to buy them at overcharged prices.

Still its supply and demand. If people are buying them at that price there is nothing that can be done about it.

http://www.gw2db.com/trading-post/19759-charged-lodestone-s#trading-post:availability

looking at this it looks to me demand is far exceeding supply since the game came out. Plus the weapons its used in

Aether 100 charged lodestones

Foefires Power/Essence both 100 charged lodestones

Bolt 100 charged lodestones

Infinite light 250 charged lodestones

Mjonr 250 charged lodestones

Sunrise 100 charged lodestones.

Those some of the best looking weapons in the game.

Only other lodestone that comes close to that

Is onyx which 100 for gift of stealth, darkness, history thats it. That is why there is never any around because its used in so many weapons and new weapons with effects that people want/like.

I got a Charged Core from CoE a few days ago. I was running a Berserker set and had no MF what so ever! Lucky, but not lucky enough.

Charged lodestones are going back down at 2g right now. Lets see if they start going down more.

Also I would like to add that there is a Fresh Foe Fire’s Essence on the TP probably bought alot of lodestones. So lets see if the price drops now that they have their 100.