A sign that the crafting system has failed and that orbs are essentially gold

Its now not uncommon for 1 chaos to be worth MORE than 1 alch+1 scour. Thats right
2 orbs that when combined do the EXACT SAME THING as a chaos orb are worth less than the chaos orb because only like the top 1% of the economy actually uses these things to craft for most players orbs are just a fucking currency. The rest of us dont even care what the orbs do.

What League are you even talking about?

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JusticeAndLiberty wrote:

What League are you even talking about?

I've ran into people with this belief in all leagues.

The only reason that chaos are more is because the influx of new players who don't know the game that well.

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NotRegret wrote:

Its now not uncommon for 1 chaos to be worth MORE than 1 alch+1 scour. Thats right
2 orbs that when combined do the EXACT SAME THING as a chaos orb are worth less than the chaos orb because only like the top 1% of the economy actually uses these things to craft for most players orbs are just a fucking currency. The rest of us dont even care what the orbs do.

1 chaos cannot be used for bandit respecs, whereas 2 scours can be converted into 1 regret at the vendor.

So 1 alch + 1 scour is worth more than 1 chaos now, because the scour has additional value/use beyond combining with alch to fill the role of chaos. The price reflects the additional utility of a scouring orb: item resets, skill resets, bandit resets, as well as the functionality of a chaos when combined with alch. Some of this extra utility wasn't generally paid for previously, but the introduction of the bandit respec has raised the value of regret.

If people are trying to trade chaos at a value above 1 scour + 1 alch, then they're trying to game conversion for profit, since, as explained above, the relative value of scours has increased.

this is what happens when trading is introduced into games, something will always be used as gold

wts chaos orb for 2 alch and 1 scouring.

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NotRegret wrote:

Its now not uncommon for 1 chaos to be worth MORE than 1 alch+1 scour. Thats right
2 orbs that when combined do the EXACT SAME THING as a chaos orb are worth less than the chaos orb because only like the top 1% of the economy actually uses these things to craft for most players orbs are just a fucking currency. The rest of us dont even care what the orbs do.

I think its quite different than gold, as gold in diablo 2 was just used for gambling and repair, while in this game there is no items breaking and that items are treated like stone of jordan or high runes in diablo 2.

Allow me to explain; orbs are worth as much because of the lowest common denominator - orb is worth as much as richest guy doing best item is willing to pay for it.

So if you're trying to craft mirror worthy item and in the process you'll lose dozens of eternal's and even more EXes then your value of orbs become everybody value of orbs. Poor guys must adapt to YOU that's the problem.

Guy had great idea of "dust" that would do exactly same as orbs but each effect would cost less depending on gear level /quality. It was genial idea but I guess too much work to implement.

chaos = alch + scour

thats just the truth.

alch scour is more versatile... obviously... use your brain.

alch scour is slightly more valuable due to options you have
being more numerous.

newbs are flooding the place that simply do not understand fundementally
how orbs get used and why.

chaos gets quoted as a price constantly. they want chaos... they dont know
any better. traders who are taking advantage of this are no different
than at any other time in any other game... "nickle bag nickle bag
dime for a nickle!"

I traded my fusings into an ex, sold the ex for alchs... why?
cause an ex makes people wet with potential for some reason....

I coulda sold my 52 fusings for 45 alchs, or I could sell them for
an EX, then the EX for 55-60 alchs... why? noobs thats why.


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