Pricefixer striking again (He is "johndoe" because shaming is not allowed)

Hello again, guys.

Sadly you have taken no action since my last message, and -Shameless pricefixer- is striking again. He is raising constantly the mirror price with his fake offer.
He is micromanaging the price-fix, now he puts a fake buy order to 850 div. And he will never trade for that price.

See this in this screenshot (name blurred to abide shaming policy):


You say he has the Right to do it? To manipulate the market? He does it every day, almost 24/24. You think that trade is ignoring him? I'll tell you, no, over time it stacks up, players are raising the buy price. He is inflating the ball, just to create a big, big problem. I am warning you. You have the last screenshot, when -Unknown pricefixer- has it at 800 div.

See this in this screenshot taken 5 days ago (name blurred to abide shaming policy) and compare it to the screenshot from today:


Do you see my point?

I got really upset and facepalmed while watching you doing nothing. Taking no action, never regulating the destructive intentional price-fixing. Meaning that you are supporting this behaviour, even passively enforcing it.

The first email I wrote on this topic was 6 months ago. Since then -Shameless pricefixer- has been doing his destructive price-fixing every day. His goals are not only mercantile, growing his value while he is actually not playing on Standard,but in league, but he has the goal to create a big inflation and harm the PoE's Standard league economy.

Facts:

1. Mirror of Kalandra price on STD went from from 740 divs up to 800 divs in just 5 days, check the screenshots.

2. Mirror of Kalandra price was only growing since the start of the league, at the start it was like 690 divs.

3. Every day -Shameless pricefixer- was putting a fake buy order for 750 d when the average was 700, then 800 div when it was 750 d, and today 850 d while other people is at 790 d max.

4. Everyone understood it's fake but still it raised the general price level over time, meaning his price-fixed has reached it's goals in record times.

5. When I asked/almost begging GGG to take this specific price-fix down, give him a warning you guys just said just thx and did nothing. He well deserved that warning, and he will not do it again if you warn him. At least for the next 1-2 months, he can do it in the future how much he wants, there will be POE 2 and I hope that this kind of abuse will not persist there.

6. Mirror of Kalandra (top currency) price going over the roof matters, it makes you farming for a mirror while playing less mainstream content a lot more difficult than it was before, but for mainstream farmers just a bit more difficult, not as much. See? You are enforcing the playerbase disparity.

7. I know that we players cannot repport other players for price-fixing, but no price-fixer is doing that every day 24 hours, for 6 months so this is a special case. Six (6) months ago was my first email to GGG on that guy, -Shameless pricefixer-, and -Shameless pricefixer- is doing it every day since then, inflating the price.

8. -Unknown pricefixer- has strong opinions on GGG, you can tell that by just looking at his posts on this forum and I think (-not quite a fact-) he is not only mercantile but is really obstructing the gameplay on purpose. You judge it, you know well who am I talking about, GGG guys. Not being a bad man, but analysing his mental I can point out his bad intentions.

*Not a fact* -Shameless pricefixer- has some link to -Shameless streamer-. Meaning that they may be working together on this. -Shameless streamer- bragged to me that he has more than 1000 mirrors on Standard, but they both are playing in Affliction league. So they want the mirror price to passively only grow, not to lower, because they will lose on that. -Shameless pricefixer- (and supposedly -Shameless streamer-) are just becoming richer overnight with this strategy, doing nothing, just ignoring whispers.

9. Another way, if it was just my paranoia, he would take the offer down long ago. But no, he is even micro-managing it from time to time. You have the screenshots demonstrating this. The previous one, and this.

These 9 are all Facts that you can verify.


Can you help, guys? I am a normal player, farming/trading my mirrors, and I don't have many. I need to complete my builds, learn crafting and just normally play this game. I know I am in the 2% of players that play end-game, but I am really enjoying it, I am actually playing, actively trading and stuff.

This means that I state being a genuine Standard player, not a league player and definitely not a mirror price-manipulator.

Will you make my gaming experience more difficult? Will you make the newer players' experience coming to Standard for some reasons just worse by allowing -Shameless pricefixer- capitalize on his fake offers?

Or will you help us, making more players willing to play?

* I know that -Shameless pricefixer- is not the only reason for Mirrors raising in price overnight, by dozens of divines. But he is definitely making things
even worse. I cannot take this state anymore, it's going to the void, at least for me. And the reason is not a bad game design but just someone who ruins it for me on purpose and maybe even making fun of me, in dm-s and just by his continuos actions.

Sorry for my long, crying message.

Loving the story of the Exile, going through the trauma of being left for dead in the ocean by a fascist theocracy, clawing their way through beast-filled swamps and caverns, defeating the leaders of the nation that put them on Wraeclast, saving the world from multiple potential apocalypses, and then settling down to a life of sending letters to the editor about the difficulties of being incredibly rich.

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

Loving the story of the Exile, going through the trauma of being left for dead in the ocean by a fascist theocracy, clawing their way through beast-filled swamps and caverns, defeating the leaders of the nation that put them on Wraeclast, saving the world from multiple potential apocalypses, and then settling down to a life of sending letters to the editor about the difficulties of being incredibly rich.

Having 7 mirrors = being incredibly rich...
Ok.
I should be very happy that the mirror price is rising, but I have goals to farm and get some items. And I am not happy to settle down. If you are someone who thinks having 7 mirror is being rich in POE Standard, then you have not been playing this game. This was never about being rich, just being able to buy mirror items or not. Your comment is incredible.

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

Loving the story of the Exile, going through the trauma of being left for dead in the ocean by a fascist theocracy, clawing their way through beast-filled swamps and caverns, defeating the leaders of the nation that put them on Wraeclast, saving the world from multiple potential apocalypses, and then settling down to a life of sending letters to the editor about the difficulties of being incredibly rich.

Why should I not be rich?
I am investing my time, and I play the game. So I get what I deserve. But there are people who get what they don't deserve.
The thread was exactly on this topic, how to punish manipulators and just trade ruiners. As I see you're not even playing in any Trade league atm, why would you bother commenting here?
I mean thanks, it helps me get more views.
But seriously, trolling in Off topic, that's new. You will not get any troll reputation increase here, Off topic is rarely visited by kek-ers.

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

Loving the story of the Exile, going through the trauma of being left for dead in the ocean by a fascist theocracy, clawing their way through beast-filled swamps and caverns, defeating the leaders of the nation that put them on Wraeclast, saving the world from multiple potential apocalypses, and then settling down to a life of sending letters to the editor about the difficulties of being incredibly rich.

I am not discovering the game right now. Bro... You've tried to make it look like this for me, which is just lame...

Actually GGG made some changes in a patch, based on a post of mine, and I am confident they will take a look at this.

What GGG did?
They have removed the Heralding Minions mod from Delve, and even nerfed it in normal maps, which was more than I asked. Unfortunately, Delve was over for me after that league. But you can play it and never fear that some awkward mechanic will steal the fun for you.

Here is the post: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3270268

So please keep polite and rational, by the name of Zarathustra. If you don't want, it's okay, but you can dm me personally do not show ignorance publicly.

Just posted a silly thought I liked man, that's all. It wasn't about you 'not being allowed to be rich', let alone impressing "kek-ers" (seriously?). I'm a 40 year old high school teacher, I'm not here for "troll reputation", jesus.

Take a breath, and perhaps consider posting your ideas in Feedback or General if you want them looked at as more than storytelling.

Good luck with your mirrors.

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

Just posted a silly thought I liked man, that's all. It wasn't about you 'not being allowed to be rich', let alone impressing "kek-ers" (seriously?). I'm a 40 year old high school teacher, I'm not here for "troll reputation", jesus.

Take a breath, and perhaps consider posting your ideas in Feedback or General if you want them looked at as more than storytelling.

Good luck with your mirrors.

I am 30 years old myself. There are more trolls between 40 y.o. no-lifers. There is a no point for you trying to make up any excuses.

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

Just posted a silly thought I liked man, that's all. It wasn't about you 'not being allowed to be rich', let alone impressing "kek-ers" (seriously?). I'm a 40 year old high school teacher, I'm not here for "troll reputation", jesus.

Take a breath, and perhaps consider posting your ideas in Feedback or General if you want them looked at as more than storytelling.

Good luck with your mirrors.

Thanks for commenting bud, I really liked it, the comment! You are a good writer, and the point is you know how to argue. I'm just very upset by the situation with the pricefixer, you know, this is becoming less funny than it should be...

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

Just posted a silly thought I liked man, that's all. It wasn't about you 'not being allowed to be rich', let alone impressing "kek-ers" (seriously?). I'm a 40 year old high school teacher, I'm not here for "troll reputation", jesus.

Take a breath, and perhaps consider posting your ideas in Feedback or General if you want them looked at as more than storytelling.

Good luck with your mirrors.

Well one time I've posted something on Feedback and it was moved to Off topic, even if it was about Reddit stuff. I am not sure if this post is good for Feedback, the point is for someone out of the GGG stuff to read it. I've wrote them an email, but so far I was far more succesful with Forum posts. Maybe some players that are playing Standard or any trade league have similar experiences and can comment, btw, your comment pointed out how players judge a player being rich in POE, while there is a big difference even between players with 7 divines and ones with 1000+ divines.) Well some don't really give a damn. I am neither poor, not rich, I wish every POE player was like me, and this is why I don't want mirrors to be so expensive. I feel like new players quit too early because of that disparity, and having less player interaction in a social online game is way less awarding (for me personally).

I dunno, I can't imagine myself ever being upset that mirrors suddenly went up by <10% when I'm so absurdly rich that I already own, like, 5 of them.