Snarky

By “discount” the value is very close to the AH price. They do not keep selling them at the sale price. You really missed the entire point of what I said. Bricks will not help you. Go use tobacco products and run with scissors. The government will protect you.

Love Robert A Heinlein. Love. Should have been turned into a vampire. And forced to keep writing.

Still you do not ask why? Damn. You can lead a horse to water. But sometimes you gotta hit them over the head with a brick and hold them under to really get the full effect. So, I will tell you why. Ready? (I still have more bricks…) When the packs went on sale those who knew how to make infamy and had massive influence stashed (we will call these people “the haves”) bought LOTS of them. The Winter Packs. Are you still following. (*picks up brick, holds in hand loosely) When the sale ended these people (the haves) took the hundreds and thousands of packs they bought and relisted them. For slightly below the regular rate the AH charges. Making a guaranteed profit on every pack. All year long. But wait, they also opened them and sold the parts individually. Who bought these? Those people who are new to the server. Those people who do not follow the sales news. Those people who do not know how to make tons of cash in game. (We will call these people the “have nots”). So here is the interesting part. (*throws brick right over your head). Do not let this go over your head! If the Devs put these (winter oacks, or any packs) on sale for a couple weeks the “have nots” get a little discount on stuff they want for a while. The “haves” get a warchest of influence making ammunition to last all year long. (*picks up three bricks) Now, there is only one problem with a few “the haves” raking in vaults of influence. They “the haves” use this to further manipulate and skew the market in their favor. Basically making the “have nots” fund their takeover of the in game cash machine. Care for a brick?

Also the current iteration of MiDs is either buggy as hell or extremely fluid with switching options on/off. This makes precision building extremely difficult and requires (for me) seat of the pants building and successive approximations

Sooooo you need to ask why? Or do not ask why. Remain ignorant. And unhappy. Or ignorant and blissfully posting about where is my stuff? But you really need to ask why?

This is the kind of forward thinking that is rewarded Redside. That is why we call it GRANDVILLE!

I been over bidding on common last two days at 2k a pop. Only had to wait five minutes once. Is your computer hooked to the interweb thingamabob?

Don't hate the player. Hate the game.

I know redheads are dangerous I know John Snow falls for reeeeeeallly violent women

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman’s ghost haunts the crypt i use as a gaming alcove.

I am only bitching about this because I been putting off crafting for a few months. Now i am in the process of crafting/convert/sell a few hundred enhancers. Pain in the butarsky

I am learning patience. That is as close as I creep to kind. Oh sure once in a while I will kick down 20 mil to someone who is posting In General questions on how to afford basic stuff. Or give a couple Winter sets to an SG member I just met. But to me that is just random. Maybe kind, maybe cheating them out if the fun of learning, hard to say. But being patient. When the team lead has over cranked the settings on a treespec. When everyone piles up the elevator without touching the first floor on a kill all. When I have to go pull Nightstar with my Blaster on a BAF. (These are a few things from this week…). Being understanding that everyone is just gaming at their own pace. They might be new. They might be kids. They might be drunk. God I hope they are drunk. I have a constantly drunk SG friend that smashes *4/x8 everything. We trio’d a LGTF with him and another drunk SG mate on 4/8. I really did not think we could, but we sure did. Hero 1 took a long time, only hiccup. F-er has dome dull pain type power. Anyways, patience. That is the true kindness. To me anyways. It is giving of my time, yet also getting something in return. A buttload of questions like “are you high?” “What the hell, really?” “Have you never played redside before? Never go that wayyyyyyy….” Learning patience. Or what passes for it from this Snarky old vampire

Wait....we went from discussing being kind to voting for most toxic behaviors? What is wrong with you maggots? Do you hate Christmas? DO YOU? I want to see some freaking happiness, cheerfulness and a buttload of kindness. Now get out there and trim that tree before I find something else to do with it!

Snarky is indeed my global. I play on Excelsior. Randomly trying new things. As I no doubt always will until the grave pulls me back for a few centuries nap time. My “main” is a Brute and I have a Blaster i like.

*peers into room. They must be planning something. *eases back into shadows.

This little group is what I refer to the last active appendage of Cosmic Council on Excelsior. Damn, they ran content nearly every night for years. poof. gone. But a small cadre of us (sort of the outsiders with a couple leader types) meet once a week and do something still. The crawl team group I guess we are. We were always doing this, run by Ukase, and still at it. I probably need to find another active Excelsior SG. But who really wants a grumpy old vampire? No, really/ Who wants me? You? Anybody.

Thank you Yomo. (*points at Yomo. "pssst. a whale") Your analysis is comforting. Your insight is welcome. It still does not explain the odd bid history I am seeing vs the way I am moving stuff on the market. But that bid history screen is a pos anyway. not talking about point of sale either. Anyways. Happy Holidays!

1st paragraph synopsis: You know nothing 2nd paragraph synopsis: You know nothing 3rd paragraph synopsis: You would love to know something, but it would take too much work 4th paragraph synopsis: you are okay with that. and youre not farming thank you for the insight. have a great holiday

wow, take it from me. this is necro

Sorry your travel plans got screwed up. Stay safe. glad you have CoH (thanks Devs and CoH support staff. we love you. stop by my place for a bite sometime!) Thanks for the pic. priceless.

i am not a "whale" we both know whales. they have hundreds of billions. i think the exact measurement for a whale is if you have stupid billion inf. i have "virtually" unlimited CoH cash. As i play i replenish what i spend on alts nearly organically. except it is a pain to do these ocd driven craft convert sell. and some dipsticks are pretty obviously hacking the market. i know business. i know math. i know when i am getting screwed just by looking at it. been around the graveyard a while.

I do love the thought of another zone redside. MarineX, WampusRat and others have noted that a co op zone would make more sense. I think a co op zone with missions/content focused in the 20-40 range and maybe an incarnate something sprinkled on top to conclude the story? I love the ideas for grottos and sea caves and subterranean satellite dishes. Maybe take those coralax and undead pirates and croatoa lore and weave a story that will send shivers down a strong mans spine. Having this be co op would be the kindest to redsiders. (speaking as a redsider) If it was purely Redside everyone would play it for two months. Then a dedicated Redsider is trying to team there on a Dom in the 3rd month. crickets. You can build a nasty villain and at 35 start chilling in the RWZ and get some stuff, not a lot but some. and ITF. if the teams will have a lowbie. Putting in more stuff that allows 20+ reds to team with the rest of the population would be a true boon.

i get it Jasper. in my Snarky way i am trying to say no one, or 10 of us doing (or not doing) normal activity will affect the market. Starting about 6 months? ago I noticed a crazy trend in the uncommon salvage. now i am seeing stuff that makes no sense in the i/o market

You used to sell everything in the base. Trying to figure this out. you had 1200 enhancers nut you went through them all. That is....nothing. Market moving wise. You sell. Yes! Yes! I sell. We are like brothers. You should come over. Grab a bite. You used to sell for nothing and try to buy for less. Interesting strategy. Now you buy low and sell high. *pats your head. And they said he would never learn. Can we get a round of applause over here?

The thing is I am NOT flipping. And I will post items for a week. The bid histories and my experiences selling an item have NO correlation.