Why is the economy on this game broken and how to solve it

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Nightmare90 wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

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Nightmare90 wrote:

Also prices on xyz do not always reflect in-game prices. I heard several times that xyz is expensive as fuck and that you can get away more cheap if you barter in trade chat.

The lowest prices on xyz are often (but not always) slightly above the actual price point of the item. This is because you are searching the items which have not sold (yet), not the ones which are confirmed sellers.

I wouldn't exactly call that "expensive as fuck," though. Slightly overpriced is usually a more fair appraisal — and I do mean only slightly.

How about you come over and fight me IRL, bro!?

overpricing newbie trader

I push so many rares every day, I have no idea what type of garbage you are trying to sell and for what price.

face it, your items suck and/or your prices suck

Just posted a shop yesterday(all items with buyouts). Was getting 5 PMs in a row constantly. I've sold over 40 items since I posted the shop.

Ambush is still very active and if you price properly everyone will flock to buy your items.

OP left the thread a long time ago because he realized he's wrong :3

i think poe has the best economies of any game I have ever played, the most stable, the most accessible, and the most requiring of game knowledge and skills to get far ahead in.

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

i think poe has the best economies of any game I have ever played, the most stable, the most accessible, and the most requiring of game knowledge and skills to get far ahead in.

To this note, I agree 100%. I also love the fact it offers 3 different ways to obtain items to satisfy all types of players (even if they aren't attributed to the task they want).

Orbs = Gamble; Flat out gambling in hopes to strike it rich. The exception here is currency that only adds quality.

Farming/Grinding = Random Chances; No real currency investment needed, relying 100% on RNGesus and all his gifting glory to supply you with loot.

Trade = Guaranteed Results; The most controversial mechanic in PoE is also the most reliable. Love it or hate it, this method supplies you with exactly what you pay for.

Just to add my 2 cents, it also very much depends on the time zone you are playing in.

As stated many times before, you HAVE TO be online to sell you stuff.
This also means you have to be online in the same time your customers are.

For me (CEST, +01:00 GMT) it is late evening when all the customers rush in, that pattern happens so often that it has to have an explanation. In my theory - the european gamers are still online by that time while the american gamers are beginning to show, that's why.

I just wish that my drops and crafts were not balanced around the economics of this game.

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Isbox1 wrote:

I just wish that my drops and crafts were not balanced around the economics of this game.

I wish the games economy wasn't balanced around our drops and crafts.

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chromafunk wrote:

It's either people has ZERO money or they have mirrors .... what the fuck is going on here, GGG please fix this situation. It's ridiculous.

How realistic, it is the same in real life to. The big difference is that in real life you starve if you're broke.