Mila Chancel
Fungibility Inc.
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Posted - 2012.05.08 21:32:00 -
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Arc Typ wrote:As a relatively new player (45 days) I find this mechanic to be horrible. Now, one of the main things that has kept me in the game has been trading, so one of the first things that I researched was the margin scam, but I still find it to be a horrible mechanic implemented by CCP. Don't get me wrong, while it is in game anyone who wants to margin scam should be allowed to margin scam, but this "bug" should really be fixed by CCP as soon as possible.
As soon as a player learns about a margin scam it is very unlikely that they will be affected by it, which means that the majority of people that are affected by this scam are players who are new to EVE. I think it should be fairly obvious why CCP should not want new players to be scammed by an in game mechanic.. if, for example, I had invested 100M ISK after 15 days of playing and found that I had lost 90% of that due to a margin scam I would have had a very, very bad taste in my mouth and I am not sure if I would have continued playing (depending on the % of my capital that was wiped out).
(DISCLAIMER: As a new character (3 weeks or so), the margin trading skill has been a lifeline to me when trading)
I agree that once people know about it, they will (hopefully) not fall for it, but it is a mistake to think it is new players.
How many new players have the liquid isk to buy the overpriced sell order 2 jumps away?
New(er) players fall for the 100m rifter market prices more often, but then, plenty of older players do too, who really should know what a rifter is worth (incidentally, I am not sure how effective that one is, because the trader with the 100m T1 frig has to stay on top of the sell orders too in order to benefit)
You would also think the contract mineral/plex scams are only fallen for by newer players, but it is not uncommon to see 5+ year old chars showing up on those.
This scam, along with all others, relies on the scamee thinking "Lol, that idiot has put those prices up wrong, I am gonna get rich off his mistake"
If it looks too good to be true, it is...it is rarely (but not always), the other guy who is going to get rich off the draw of easy isk.
PS: the 23% thing, as already mentioned, only works if they have not put up a minimum volume....in which case, they do not even know how it works. |