whys everyone foaming at their mouths from this revelation?

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07Ghost wrote:

The fact that many people are so butthurt about this revelation is hilarious. Yeah sure, the economy in temporary league is so screw up but that's exactly what it is - supply and demand. Since exalts are being used quicker than they are found, of course its price would go up tremendously compare to chaos'. which has an infinite supply due to countless players using the vendor receipes. People just didn't know why the ex:chaos is so outrageous until today.

A small group of players is smart enough to figure all this out. They deserve to have 72 mirrors. This is an economic-driven game, as the developers clearly intended to design it this way. Anything goes in the free market just like in the real world, as long as you don't break the in-game ToS.

Knowledge is power. This is capitalism at its finest.

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Destructodave wrote:

Yep, and insider trading is illegal most of the time. But hey, its cool. Might as well do whatever it takes to get ahead. [Removed by Support] I mean, some people get a come up off a post from a dev, who then lets them run with it and screw people over for a long time, but hey those guys are smart ppl.

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Destructodave wrote:

Yep, and insider trading is illegal most of the time. But hey, its cool. Might as well do whatever it takes to get ahead. [Removed by Support] I mean, some people get a come up off a post from a dev, who then lets them run with it and screw people over for a long time, but hey those guys are smart ppl.

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Destructodave wrote:

Yep, and insider trading is illegal most of the time. But hey, its cool. Might as well do whatever it takes to get ahead.

"

I am telling you that Dodson, of the firm of Dodson & Decker, Wall Street brokers, opened his eyes. Peabody, the confidential clerk, was standing by his chair, hesitating to speak. There was a confused hum of wheels below, and the sedative buzz of an electric fan.

"Ahem! Peabody," said Dodson, blinking. "I must have fallen asleep. I had a most remarkable dream. What is it, Peabody?"

"Mr. Williams, sir, of Tracy & Williams, is outside. He has come to settle his deal in X. Y. Z. The market caught him short, sir, if you remember."

"Yes, I remember. What is X. Y. Z. quoted at to-day, Peabody?"

"One eighty-five, sir."

"Then that's his price."

"Excuse me," said Peabody, rather nervously "for speaking of it, but I've been talking to Williams. He's an old friend of yours, Mr. Dodson, and you practically have a corner in X. Y. Z. I thought you might -- that is, I thought you might not remember that he sold you the stock at 98. If he settles at the market price it will take every cent he has in the world and his home too to deliver the shares."

The expression on Dodson's face changed in an instant to one of cold ferocity mingled with inexorable cupidity. The soul of the man showed itself for a moment like an evil face in the window of a reputable house.

"He will settle at one eighty-five," said Dodson. "Bolivar cannot carry double."

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sindronian wrote:

I don't understand the issue. Some people were smart enough to figure out how to craft more efficiently, most weren't. Why are the dumber people entitled to what the smarter people figured out? Same story with rich people in the real world.

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grepman wrote:

insider trading is illegal only in a regulated economy

in a non-regulated economy such as poe, anything really is a fair one. its ruthless and its cutthroat. it's capitalism the way marx would never want you to see it. only the strong survive.