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Sep'Shoni
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Posted - 2009.04.15 19:32:00 -
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 Originally by: Mykpilot
... That makes no sense at all, since no player should make the decision to sell a module at a price lower than he can earn for reprocessing and selling the ores themselves. It often takes quite a bit a time for a player to know what the value of the sum of the ores and their relationship to the highest buy order in the market their in.
What mission runners who buy ammo in mission systems for 25% or more above the region's usual sell orders are buying with their extra is is time -- time to run more missions instead of time spent hauling cheaper ammo in from somewhere else.
What mission runners who sell loot and salvage to buy orders for 50% of build cost/reprocessing value are doing is again buying time -- time spent running more missions instead of time spent comparing charts/spreadsheets of buy orders and reprocessing yields.
People who prefer making/buying and selling stuff over shooting things are happy to sell time to the people who prefer shooting things over making/buying and selling stuff. Both sides win.
What's the problem?
Sep'Shoni
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Sep'Shoni
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Posted - 2009.04.17 14:05:00 -
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Originally by: Mykpilot
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What I seem to unable to convey is that my price restrictions would not affect any price that would fall on the demand and supply curve. This is probably the most important thing to take away.
You can't convey that because it can't happen.
Supply, demand, and price are ALWAYS linked.
When the government sets the price the other two factors compensate -- which is why you got long lines for scare/practically non-existent items in the Soviet Union.
And if the government actually manages to command the official economy supply, demand, and price move to the black market instead.
Even in Eve it would be possible for me to drop into a mission hub with a supply of scarce, desirable ammo and offer it here and now via player-to-player trade for the attic-level price that demand sets.
The only legitimate prices floor is the price below which no one is willing to provide a supply. The only legitimate price ceiling is the price above which no one is willing to buy.
The Eve market sets those just fine without help from any "government" restrictions.
Sep'Shoni
Mining ore and making stuff. Its not just a job, its an obsession. |
Sep'Shoni
Gallente
Carpe Diem inc.
Crimson Dragons
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Posted - 2009.04.17 17:52:00 -
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Originally by: Mykpilot
...It actually doesn't if you travel around to various markets a look at the absurd prices that are so high that its only set to that price to catch a player making a mistake on a buy order or buy orders so low that it tries to take advantage of a player with imperfect knowledge or making a mistake.
No, ...
Prices set at those "absurd" levels are actually highly transparent attempts to manipulate the regional average price in order to make one's sell order/buy order look more attractive in relation to said regional average.
Players who pay the slightest attention can see right through the tactic. Players who pay no attention deserve to fall for it.
I don't do it myself -- both because I only have one set of ethics in game or out and because I think its too transparent to be truly effective -- but having people do such things is not a problem that requires a solution imposed from on high.
Sep'Shoni
Mining ore and making stuff. Its not just a job, its an obsession. |
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