Yomo Kimyata

As James Carville would say, "It's the economy, stupid!" But the issue I see is that the haves v. the have-nots now are those with the knowledge and/or inclination to min-max v. others. Yet development continues (mainly, the new difficulty ratings are a welcome exception) on new, more powerful options rather on ways to educate. As I would say, "It's power creep, stupid!" [HOPEFULLY UNNECESSARY DISCLAIMER: I'm not calling anyone stupid. Except possibly *scans crowd slowly, points finger emphatically* YOU!]

I'd say hands down that is the worst proc available. My two biggest marketing failures (and I apologize for repeating myself, since I've mentioned these before): Entropic Chaos. Early on I was enamored by how useful this set was. I decided I was going to corner the market, because this was going to be the be-all end-all. It wasn't that simple to replicate, so I wasn't worried about massive supply entering the market. I neglected to consider two factors: 1. There are very few people who deck themselves out in full sets at lvl 17, and it feels like most people rush to 50 rather than play organically; and 2. Decimation is a superior set that is slottable five levels later. Sad trombone. I did not succeed in making Entropic Chaos a thing, although I'll still slot in on slow levelers. Performance Shifter. When they talked about the new End Mod sets, I was giddy. Every alt needs a Performance Shifter proc! And they are going to be more difficult than ever to create! This is inf in the bank! So I bought thousands of IOs, converted my face off, and waited with anticipation for the release. I managed to get prices about 1mm higher for a week or four, and then supply kept coming in and prices dropped. So I cleaned up that supply and more supply kept coming in and prices dropped. So I walked away for a while and came back and cleaned up the supply and more supply kept coming in and prices dropped. I still am involved in a minor way, but the margin is way too low for me to spend my time there. And to this day I'm not sure if I'm just missing something integral about creating Perf Shifters or if there are simply one or more people who are creating lots of supply for very very thin margins. Shrug.

I saw your post, and I went back in time to write a guide that might help you!

I could be wrong, but I'd think it would be more time efficient to move to a new alt at either 24 or 48.

Out of curiosity I started checking the kiosk with some of my alts. Maybe I should stop selling enhancements already. I doubt either of these are HC records, but I suspect I have more than a few alts in this range.

It doesn't matter how many bids you have. As long as you have even one in, you won't sell until either your bids get filled or someone else bids higher. When you offer something, the system asks: is the highest bid equal to or higher than this offer? If so, great! But then it checks: is that highest bid by the same person (no self dealing allowed)? If so, you won't transact until someone else enters the system at a higher price. I call this the locked/inverted market bug. It can be exploited. I've been logging bugs with HC since the beginning but they are all "working as intended".

That's the only explanation I could come up with. You can't sell it if you have a bid at the same or a higher price.

I must say, this is a far more heartwarming post than one that says their ignore list is full!

I almost always play my 50s to 50, as opposed to rushing them there. I'll use Mids to get an idea for my final build, but I'll often make diversions on the way there. When I hit 50, I generally: 1. Respec, to clean up the diversions. 2. Swap in any purples I have for my build. 3. Use catalysts on any ATOs or Winter-Os I have in my build. 4. Go to Mender Ramiel in Ouro to start the quest to open up my alpha slot.

It's there. There is a door to the roof in the last room, where you go to the end of the main room, go left and double back on the side corridor.

Yes, I do. Not DOOM levels, but when I periodically check flows of IOS that I consider “staples”, I feel like we have about 1/3 of the demand we had about 18 months ago.

I’m unconcerned with the number of items for sale (unless that number is zero). I am concerned about the flow of demand and supply over a given time period. It’s been clear to me for a long time that the dynamics of HC are of gradually waning demand and consistent supply. I mean, does it really matter how many Peroxisomes there are in the AH if you can’t find a use for them in a build?

Two weeks left! I hate to promote my own contest, but, actually that’s a lie I don’t hate it at all.

Ooh, I missed that. How about a Triumphant Insult proc in there too?

I like it! Cloak of Fear and Oppressive Gloom shouldn’t stack on bosses though, since they are different types of mitigation (fear and stun respectively).

You know, when this thread was first posted, I watched it with some trepidation. I am an Order Muppet of the first degree, and I was a little concerned that an intentional destabilization of the /AH would lead to fewer people using it and thus becoming less useful. I haven’t been on Rebirth in some time, but their AH is dead because no one uses it. But, I’m pretty confident that there isn’t a destabilizing scheme that I’m not prepared for. At the end of the day, the HC system is pretty stable.

Truth. I wish they all could be Praetorian ghouls.

As I mentioned off line to you as well, I suggest picking something you want to try out and solo it gold side up to level 20. Gold has great stories, it’s fast to get to level 20, even solo at regular xp (and feel free to team or use do boosters). I like doing this with new ideas so I can see, for example, how I’d like to learn to play a poison/dark defender.

Well, it *was* in Pocket D on Everlasting. It’s difficult to *not* get a virtual tongue in your ear there.

Unless you are having a DPS contest, as long as you have enough you are sound as a pound. By enough I would think that’s enough to be able to overcome an AVs heals solo. If you are teaming, you could have 1 dps and your team will roll.

This is a valid concern, and the solution should be relatively easily implemented. +1

1. Please stop making this game even easier. 2. Did I mention I’m rich, RICH?!

You mean at a time, right?

It was indeed on Everlasting (although I could be *anywhere*!). I didn’t recognize the global name, which is why I brought it up here. I hope they got the polite message that I appreciated the thought, but I didn’t want their garbage. I just wanted to do a sanity check to see if maybe this is what all the cool kids are actually doing these days, in which case I’ll stock up on some sniper recipes and hand them out for National Pickle Day or something. Thank you @Hedgefund for that setting. You may have just saved @Bionic_Fleaand @Luminara from a severe tongue lashing.