Guild Wars 2

boring like silver waste

Linfang.1087:

They need to extend it till all next week.

Yes some of us have real life commitments and can’t farm much…

JoshuaRAWR.4653:

Are you all fine with grinding now? Because this event is absolutely atrocious.

Should I even bother with this event?

thanks im blind i read the thing wrong lol

thanks but which slot is better?

Hi,

Do you apply the VSI on the offensive or defensive slot?

thank you for the daily pvp room do you still have space open?

Centurion.7296:

Lets take a real life situation: Richard Brandson playing as the rich player.
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He makes a new Virgin Hotel at a city near the coast which makes him a lot of money but, the smaller hotels are struggling now because the Virgin hotel is a lot better so people whould rather go stay there.

Conclusion: Yes, the smaller hotels are indeed getting the shorter end of the stick, but want could you do? Richard Brandson (the rich player) worked for ever cent (copper) that it took to make that hotel into what it is, and to direct you to one of you’re statements that we must force the government(anet) to redistribute more. How on Tyria will they possible do that without making Richard Brandson (those rich/dedicated players) mad?
Because common, you really dont want to make Richard Brandson angery do you?
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im sure he pays a lot of taxes too n he single handedly generated the billions. not his staff.

no body on the planet should be ultra rich. its just exploitation no other way about it.

BrooksP.4318:

believe.6514:

thats why i don’t like this train of thought. we as a community should think n demand affordable nice items for all. we should NOT be held as hostage to the powerful 1% who monopolize certain markets. it is a game u play for fun. u don’t play to become a 2 tiers slave

Anet could always switch the game to a sub, and all dyes can be added in as content rewards. Anets business model is based off of cosmetics and creating rarity in cosmetics to drive spending on either gems or gold converting,

im happy to buy gems from anet. its to support the gamer maker. what i am never going to do is buy alot of gems convert them to 950 gold to buy the dye to enrich the 1%. who screwed all of us. even though it is the only way right now to get the dye i really want.

i really believe that all items should be affordable. anet can easily implement this benign price equality by either putting a hard cap on item price or how much an item price can raise over a given period. change the bussiness model to keeping the 99% happy n they will buy more items from u

Oxidia.8103:

Buy flare instead. I think it’s cheaper and better looking. But yea, qqing because somebody else has more gold then you and flipping the item…. yeah.

I wanted to buy immobulus 3 months ago for 1k something gold, but for 3 months there was none to be found on tp. Now it appeared, only 1 on tp for 3k gold. More expensive then legendary scepter.

Now… am i going to quit the game because someone listed it on tp for ridiculous price? No. Why? Bacause i’m not in kintergarden and i don’t have to throw a hissy fit when i can’t have something right away.

thats why i don’t like this train of thought. we as a community should think n demand affordable nice items for all. we should NOT be held as hostage to the powerful 1% who monopolize certain markets. it is a game u play for fun. u don’t play to become a 2 tiers slave

Phoebe Ascension.8437:

It is a reselling attempt. It happened on at least 9 other items in the 200-300g range.

yes well spotted. its like as if a group of shadowy powerful 1% that’s manipulating the market…

Bomber.3872:

950g for this beautiful color? Might buy them later and relist them for 1.800g, that’s the least someone should pay for such an awesome dye!!!

lol yeh but the 950 guy controls all the supply. so he will undercut u at 1799

Algreg.3629

in real life at least there are protest wall street movements , laws and policy to prevent monopolies.

if it was open commerce i wouldn’t have complained. its market disruption by the rich n powerful. i hope u understand this isnt about me or the dye but really about opening ur eyes to the unfairness

phys.7689:

truth is the OP is correct.

The distribution of wealth makes rare items out of bounds for poor players.
thats just how the system works right now. Perhaps they should avoid rare items, instead opting for diffucult/time consuming/limited items. However they probably wont.

these gem store dye items are basically designed to create feelings of rarity, hence limited time offers.

yes. the really sad part is that as a community we should all be asking for fairer price on items but instead we defend the kitten whos kitten us IN DAY LIGHT

mtpelion.4562:

believe.6514:

Wanze.8410:

How do you come to the conclusion that it was a super rich person that bought them all out and is now relisting them?

he brought it one by one over a period cause his very smart. the gap in buying is how he flush out any remaining stocks to become the sole item seller n in the process jack up the price 500%

tell me thats not ruining every’s fun just so he can profit

He’s already been undercut (if we assume that there was someone who did this), which mean’s he’s already lost money on the deal. Enjoy some Schadenfreude.

lol i just checked tp n he added another new lemon dye at 949.0.99

which goes to prove that its all 1 person’s doing

dlonie.6547:

You’re making a lot of assumptions. How do you know it was just one buyer? How do you know that the 950g dye was even recently listed?

Normal market behaviors are not manipulation.

just look at my first post with dated graph from gw2tp.com

Wanze.8410:

How do you come to the conclusion that it was a super rich person that bought them all out and is now relisting them?

he brought it one by one over a period cause his very smart. the gap in buying is how he flush out any remaining stocks to become the sole item seller n in the process jack up the price 500%

tell me thats not ruining every’s fun just so he can profit

BrooksP.4318:

Comparing RL rich vs poor and GW2 market manipulation is silly. Anything that has a finite amount will always fluctuate in price, also giving the option to market manipulate is part of the game or really any market. Not to mention spending 240g(original price) on a dye isn’t what I would consider poor.

what about now its 950 gold now. what do u think about that price? fair?

Enko.6123:

believe.6514:

im not even upset by the dye. the point is life is pretty unfair. im not playing a game thats as unfair as real life where the 1% rich deny the 99% majority resources n like a vampire squid suck the life blood out of us

I’m going to ask you one more time. What’s preventing you from getting money in this game?

lol u mean get 950 gold n buy YOUR dye? lol not thanks.

i believe that anet as the game designer should make the game fairer. rather then create an artificial in game of haves and have nots. a little more wealth equality, a little more wealth redistribution n no more tp monopoly. it is not online communism. its just rewarding ur largest paying customer base

im not even upset by the dye. the point is life is pretty unfair. im not playing a game thats as unfair as real life where the 1% rich deny the 99% majority resources n like a vampire squid suck the life blood out of us

zenleto.6179:

believe.6514:

im not talking about the dye or the 500% makeup or the fact there’s only 1 lemon dye in the whole game.

im asking u Enko is it right for the rich to monopolise the market n to screw the poor? do u think by doing this they are making the game more enjoyable for everyone?

You’re only screwed if you buy it. The seller is screwed if you don’t. Play the waiting game and try and get it when it’s back in circulation through normal means. He’s the one who’ll likely get burnt.

edit: what a cheesy look lol. I’ll be waiting for these next time around.

u have to go for the gold look see my example

Enko.6123:

believe.6514:

im not talking about the dye or the 500% makeup or the fact there’s only 1 lemon dye in the whole game.

im asking u Enko is it right for the rich to monopolise the market n to screw the poor? do u think by doing this they are making the game more enjoyable for everyone?

It’s not right or wrong. You’re trying to apply a moral dilemma on something that doesn’t have one. This is basic supply and demand economics. Low supply with a demand will equal higher prices.

Any item they’re doing this on isn’t required to play the game and you can still accomplish anything in pve, pvp, or wvw without them. All of the high priced items do not give you any advantage or disadvantage in the game. You’re complaining about a cosmetic item. Max stat Exotics aren’t that expensive to get and BiS ascended will take a little bit of work but aren’t out of reach either.

If for some reason not having an Electro Lemon dye causes you to not play this game, then you need to do what you need to do to have gotten the dye if you made this decision about it. The smart thing to do would have been to buy it when it was still dropping and it was cheaper. If you wanted this dye this badly, why didn’t you buy it when it was cheaper?

As I said earlier also, there are a few dyes that are pretty close to that shade. Let me ask you this. If it wasn’t one of the exclusive dyes to begin with and was just another yellow dye that costs 1 silver, would you still want it this badly or are you applying an increased value on it specifically because it costs more?

so been evil n greedy is ok?

im not talking about the dye or the 500% makeup or the fact there’s only 1 lemon dye in the whole game.

im asking u Enko is it right for the rich to monopolise the market n to screw the poor? do u think by doing this they are making the game more enjoyable for everyone?

Enko.6123:

believe.6514:

just highlighting the fact that the 1% rich minority is making the game less enjoyable for the vast 99% majority. anet as game designer should make the playing field more…

but how does not having that dye make the game less enjoyable? it gives you zero benefit in the game besides having your armor a different color and there’s other dyes that can get almost the same shade.

fashion wars is a huge part of the game i would say

also its not about me or the dye. its about rich people using unfair advantage to screw the little people

L Step.8659:

Maybe the OP is the one who bought the 2 dyes and relisted and is just trying to get someone to buy them! dundundun!

But yeah, same thing happened to the light shoulder skin Deathly Mantle. When there’s so few stock of something it almost always happens that the last one is bought up and relisted at an outrageously high price. But yeah it’s an unintended evil I guess from having limited time items.

Just put in a buy order at a price you think it’s worth to you and maybe someone will sell, most people have a number they will stop paying at even if there’s only 1 left.

lol i just started. my character is 51 days old. u can check it.

just highlighting the fact that the 1% rich minority is making the game less enjoyable for the vast 99% majority. anet as game designer should make the playing field more…

did u even read the graph? they brought out the remaining stock n listed 1 dye at 500% makeup. i wonder why anyone would defend such undefendable position

i fail to see how waiting it out enhance the game experience for the majority

Khandarus.2738:

Over a dye color? Kay bye.

lol i guess some of us are ok getting screwed over in real life n in game

yes if anyone want. i will give away my gold rather then enriching the rich.

Hi All,

I was watching the lemon dye for the past few weeks and finally saved enough to buy and the price jumped from couple of listings at ~240 gold to just ONE listing at 950+ gold (2015/06/03).

If I wanted be shafted by rich people with anti competitive behaviour. I would have just stayed in real life.

Never coming back to this unfair game again.