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Canach fight is so utterly broken, it’s literally unbeatable for me. Horrible instance.
Personally, I’m playing the game as if nothing is going to change. I will be happy if Laurels provide a new way to get lodestones, but I’m not holding my breath.
As for Blue Ace, don’t feed the troll.
People are giving market manipulators too much credit. Of course there are market manipulation. That’s going to be expected with any market, and really cannot be stopped without ArenaNet setting fixed prices for everything. While people can still manipulate markets and items, they are very limited and it is extremely difficult to find a market where that is plausible. I have tried, and have made some money, but also lost a lot of money. It is most certainly not a simple matter of buying out a market and reselling it to make a profit.
a) There are a ton of items on the Trading Post where there are many many levels of undercutting by a matter of copper(A lot of the low level crafting items are like this). The 15% tax makes it very impractical to try and buy out a bunch of low items to resell at a higher prices.
b) Let’s say the person playing the market finds an item that is not completely locked down due to undercutting. Their ability to buy out the lower priced items and relist them are highly dependant on the supply. The player could attempt to flip items in attempts to make a profit, but people in the GW2 economy are extremely willing to undercut to make instant profit. Instead of matching the highest seller to maximize their profit, a majority of people would rather undercut and get their money now instead of listing it for a higher price and having to wait a couple of hours for someone to buy it.
c) Then there’s the unseen side of the TP of buy orders. As I said in my previous point, there are a lot of people who want to just get rid of items instead of maximizing their profit. This means that people who place buy orders for half the price of what people are selling them for, their orders will likely be filled and they are not forced to pay high prices that people set. This means that just because someone flips items for a higher price doesn’t mean people will be willing to pay it or even HAVE to pay it. This really gives a lot of control to consumers that doesn’t exist in real economies.
To effectivly work the Trading Post for profit takes a lot of time and effort watching trends and predicting the future. It includes a ton of risk. People who work the TP to make a profit really have put in as much time and effort into the game as people who go out into Tyria and farm NPCs and material nodes. You just don’t hear them complaining anout them having to “grind” the Trading Post because those people enjoy economics and creating spreadsheets to fill their wallets.
Yea I’m having problems too. When I hit “inspect”, nothing happens. I don’t know if it’s because there’s a mass of people grabbing it before me or if it’s just bugged.