Guild Wars 2

We’ve all seen prices spike after a patch with new recipes, with the early birds making a killing buying up previously worthless mats for 1 – 3c each, for a surefire profit.

My suggestion – prepatch Anet fulfils sell orders for now useful items up to a value chosen by Anet.

The sellers lose nothing, the only people that lose out would be the Early Birds with the fastest comp.

The mats taken out of circulation, could be used to fulfil as many buy orders as possible exactly 24 hours after the patch. Net result a gold sink for Anet.

Why is it a problem that someone makes a profit to begin with?

Syntax.3704:

Why is it a problem that someone makes a profit to begin with?

I have no problem with players speculating, using judgement that X might be used later, but why should players make a chunk of cash because their computer patchs quicker or they live in the right time zone.

All that your suggestion would do is cause people to start buying up items before the patch to either profit despite ANET’s price fixing, or to directly profit from the price fixing.

In Eve Online it is very common for mineral prices to start rising before big updates in anticipation.

Its not just someone making a profit, TP traders/middlemen are creating hyper inflation in the economy making gold less valuable for everyone including themselves.

Snoring Sleepwalker.9073:

All that your suggestion would do is cause people to start buying up items before the patch to either profit despite ANET’s price fixing, or to directly profit from the price fixing.

In Eve Online it is very common for mineral prices to start rising before big updates in anticipation.

True, but that’s a gamble! There is no gamble to the first person/s that logs on to find a new super lvl 400 recipe and 180,000 stock at 1-5c

Another problem with this idea: The first people who craft the new recipe are going to do so at a serious profit. If the ingredients are more expensive, then they will just push the price of the new items up as well.

Ludovic.7259:

Snoring Sleepwalker.9073:

All that your suggestion would do is cause people to start buying up items before the patch to either profit despite ANET’s price fixing, or to directly profit from the price fixing.

In Eve Online it is very common for mineral prices to start rising before big updates in anticipation.

True, but that’s a gamble! There is no gamble to the first person/s that logs on to find a new super lvl 400 recipe and 180,000 stock at 1-5c

could you perhaps provide a specific example of what you are talking about? because from where I sit, it is still a risk that the recipe they are buying mats for is going to be that “super” recipe.

I’d like to say BLC’s but I can’t remember if a few players bought all 600K+ of them before or after the patch was released…

oh and by new recipe I also mean changes to the game that have a large impact on any worthless item. For example, if they planned to have a scavenger hunt quest to return 20 bowls of soup etc

What new recipe was added?

That would only make the inflation worse.

ANet filling orders creates gold out of thin air, whereas player to player trade through the TP actually sucks gold out of the economy (listing fees). Having ANet fill an order would not only eliminate the inflation fighting listing fees, but make it even worse through currency generation.

Not that great for the micro, and horrible for the macroeconomy.

Why are you worrying about this?

Any new recipe they add that people can use to make a profit will just led to a permanent ban of those people. So you do not want to be the first on to do it.

So do not worry.

Diviner.7405:

Why are you worrying about this?

Any new recipe they add that people can use to make a profit will just led to a permanent ban of those people. So you do not want to be the first on to do it.

So do not worry.

lol. It’s funny cause it’s true.