It might be worth looking at invention salvage drop rate distribution

[Reiska]

Currently, the drop rates for invention salvage (when any such salvage drops) are 22/28 for common, 5/28 for uncommon and 1/28 for rare.  Looking at the number of extant buy orders for each rarity of salvage on Wentworth's though, something sticks out like a sore thumb: either the drop rate for uncommon salvage is too low relative to the amount of uncommon salvage that is consumed by crafting IOs, or someone's trying to do some intense market PvP on uncommon salvage.

 

(My reference point on this is how many buy orders are currently open on each salvage rarity.  As of this writing, commons have 11,044 buy orders; rares have 14,350; and uncommons have a whopping 107,902.  *Something* is out of whack there...)

[lemming]

5 hours ago, Reiska said:

Currently, the drop rates for invention salvage (when any such salvage drops) are 22/28 for common, 5/28 for uncommon and 1/28 for rare.  Looking at the number of extant buy orders for each rarity of salvage on Wentworth's though, something sticks out like a sore thumb: either the drop rate for uncommon salvage is too low relative to the amount of uncommon salvage that is consumed by crafting IOs, or someone's trying to do some intense market PvP on uncommon salvage.

 

(My reference point on this is how many buy orders are currently open on each salvage rarity.  As of this writing, commons have 11,044 buy orders; rares have 14,350; and uncommons have a whopping 107,902.  *Something* is out of whack there...)

Someone jacked up the buy orders for uncommons a few months back.   Before that, uncommons would sell from 200-3000 inf.   The person seems to have put in a lot of orders around 10-12k which is what you are seeing.  Nothing to do with drop rates.

[Reiska]

Aha, so it is a market manipulation then.  Some people have way too much time on their hands. 😛

[Captain Fabulous]

I was thinking about this yesterday, we should be able to buy salvage from vendors. I'm really sick and tired of jackasses who manipulate the market and make it impossible to get the stuff you need when you need it.