Trade Hate: Which one takes more skill?

There's a lot of hate for trade. So much so, that I've realized it's affected the way people look at the process of acquiring items. Case in point: I often find it amusing that someone would actually congratulate me on a lucky drop, as if I had any sort of control over my windfall (beyond stacking a shit-ton of IIR/IIQ). In the same vein, I see certain people demanding a SFL (self-found league) which they claim will somehow make the game more fun and/or dependent on player skill/knowledge. So let me ask, if I wanted to acquire these 3 items:



Does it require more skill and/or knowledge about the game to:

  • 1. Kill monsters for currency/items
  • 2. Understand the currency/item market trends
  • 3. Manage your "bankroll" to balance the risk/reward of buying/selling certain items
  • 4. Successfully negotiate with other human players to strike a deal

or

  • 1. Kill monsters, hoping for a lucky drop
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Last edited by rrtson on Jul 23, 2014, 8:01:45 PM
inb4 "ARPGS ARE ONLY ABOUT KILLING MONSTERS"

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anything is everything
Standard items
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Shots fired!

(And completely agree with op. One trick pony approach is certainly not dynamic enough for me)
Sigh.

Another one doesn't understand and makes another thread about it.


You want to trade? Then trade. Nothing stopping you.
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visiON123 wrote:
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anything is everything
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visiON123 wrote:
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Hahahahaha. Awesome.
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visiON123 wrote:
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Today I learned: Standard has 100000000% increased IIR/IIQ when killing monsters, and top-tier items drop from monsters like candy. I mean, it's like so much easier to acquire items on Standard!

Can someone else confirm this? visiON123 might be onto something.
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Regardless of the answer to your question you would still be able to continue playing trade sim on standard. SFL would have no effect on you.
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Skill doesn't keep players from getting awesome items
i'm proof of that, the trade hate stuff comes from people in new leagues finding the awesome items and asking for permanent league items. Honestly, who has got 200 exalts or a mirror farmed up in less than a month unless you're botting.

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