Getting to 500
I was watching the TP last night, esp. ancient wood planks (logs are only good to get xp from while you can, otherwise the cost of logs isn’t worth it – planks are almost always cheaper) and because there was so many people trading T6 wood I initially had a blank listing screen, like it failed to load. It was just lag at the start, but then I started hitting refresh a number of times and the cost started to rise, and rise…
It was initially ~12s but the more I refreshed the listings the higher the price went… until it was at the last stocks of wood, which were going for between 1g & 3g each, I hit refresh once more and there was no stock of T6 wood. Everything gone.
A few mins later it started to refill with more stock but at a much higher price. When I was looking for lulls in the trade I saw it got down to only 30s or so, but as high as 40s.
How long this spike will last for is anyone’s guess, depending on how long it takes the majority of crafters in the game to reach 500… but if you ever want to see what a spike in trade looks like, check Ancient Wood Plank on gw2spidy.com for a classic example. I’m a bit disappointed that it didn’t show up the last trades of the old stock which were going for (x)g apiece.
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And now we’ll start to see the inflation from last month’s massive average GW2 player’s wealth gain start to diminish as well.
The old-school Arrow-Key warrior.
“Obtaining a legendary should be done through legendary feats…
Not luck and credit cards.”
“Obtaining a legendary should be done through legendary feats…
Not luck and credit cards.”
The devs did warn us that there will be massive changes in the game economy… If you are in a rush to get to 500, then you end up paying more.
I have decided not to spend my gold on getting crafting supplies and simply craft my way up by salvaging and farming nodes.
It is currently over 200 gold for artificing.
Even after the economy stabilizes, the amount of material you require is… obscenely expensive.