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Posted by: Gewd.8125

Gewd.8125

Just wondering what everyone thinks of the recent rise in price.

Supposedly in the Chinese version the only place to farm it is in EOTM.

Will the US version be the same? Can anyone playing the Chinese version say what the price has stabilized at?

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Posted by: Zaxares.5419

Zaxares.5419

Huh. You’re right. I wonder why supply has dropped so sharply. Possible speculation over next week’s updates? (As Novice level cooking mats, Potatoes might be needed along with Carrots and Onions for crafting the new Chef backpiece.)

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Posted by: JusticarArkiel.1564

JusticarArkiel.1564

already too much stuff coming over from the china version, they better not change locations for the crafting material nodes

Fix what you have before you build something new

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Posted by: Vol.7601

Vol.7601

this is why:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2evq4i/as_someone_who_plays_both_us_and_chinese_versions/

No clue if it’s true or not. Maybe we should start fake rumors about how elder wood log is rare in China and hopefully the price rebounds…

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Posted by: anabasis.7346

anabasis.7346

Yup. Many price spikes can be related to stuff that was said on reddit, specially datamined stuff from that_shaman because his posts get upvoted pretty quickly.
I still remember when he datamined the spinal backpack. The recipe said that it required wine but it didn’t specify which kind, so players started to speculate that you would need grapes to craft the wine. In the end it turn out to be elonian wine as some of us had predicted and those who bought grapes lost quite a bit of money.

In this case, I don’t expect anet to implement here everything that there’s in the chinese client. Even Colin said on reddit long ago that many features where exclusive for the chinese because the way mmorpgs work there is a bit different and also they are required to have a chinese publisher (Kong Zhong).

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Posted by: Romek.4201

Romek.4201

and screens from chinese backpack recipes show it will be a reagent

http://imgur.com/a/z4f5v

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Posted by: Olba.5376

Olba.5376

I speculate that I desire potato chips.

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Posted by: Psientist.6437

Psientist.6437

Potatoes are need in both red and white, clam and fish chowders. I predict Fishing.

More seriously though, this thread does shine a light on the effects of punditry on the market.

“No! You can’t eat the ones that talk!
They’re special! They got aspirations.”
Finn the human

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Posted by: Kain Francois.4328

Kain Francois.4328

I don’t see them removing potato farms.

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Posted by: LanfearShadowflame.3189

LanfearShadowflame.3189

Interesting. Very interesting.

Still, I don’t think they would be that stupid as to remove low level gathering. But’ well see. If they do, my voice will be raised with others to undo it.

Don’t look at me like that. Whatever you’ve heard, it’s probably not true.

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Posted by: Lord Kuru.3685

Lord Kuru.3685

Even Colin said on reddit long ago that many features where exclusive for the chinese because the way mmorpgs work there is a bit different and also they are required to have a chinese publisher (Kong Zhong).

He also said that you will have the best gear by the time you level 80. Remember that?