QUOTE(Scremaz @ Nov 29 2016, 16:41)
[rant]here, this ADB-centric view is one of the things that ruined the market. the damn day that people will understand that the spread into percentile ranges is worth like a drunk's song, everybody will be happy and will do good business (IMG:[
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The Legendary spread is definitely large enough for interested players to worry about once they have the funds and the ability to compete over such things. And ADB is the most important stat for players at that level.
But Mags and lower generally have significantly lower ranges IIRC. (eg. the difference between a Leg with Lmin and Lmax is significantly larger than the difference between a Mag with Mmin and Mmax). So for low-to-medium players considering Mags to buy, the spread within the Mag range isn't much to care about IMO. It's not nothing, but it's not enough to sweat and calculate over.
But your Mag rapier is level 353. That's getting into the range where Legendary Slaughter rapiers start becoming (uncommonly) available. So a level 253 player looking for a rapier might not be quite as willing to spend a whole lot on a Mag. But who knows, IMO if you see a good offer, take it.
QUOTE(Scremaz @ Nov 29 2016, 16:41)
on the other hand, what about this one? dropped while i was IWing the rapier:
Legendary Frugal Phase Cap of FreyrEDB 92%, with a useful Frugal prefix on one of the most popular elements. It'll go for a decent amount regardless, >500k.
QUOTE(Scremaz @ Nov 29 2016, 17:27)
optimization should come only after your needs are satisfied.
Those who think like economists will say that everyone is always (trying) to optimize with every decision (IMG:[
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QUOTE(gianfrix94 @ Nov 29 2016, 17:44)
I just took a look at Super next auction preview, and i saw a Legendary Mithril Buckler of the Barrier lv 497, with peerless Block (IMG:[
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What price will something like that maybe reach? Just curious.
[Shd04] Legendary Reinforced Buckler of the Barrier (441, BLK 100%) (seller: aided) Lunarika 2.575m Proxy bid after #178
But that had Agi instead of Dex, and Dex might be the most useful PAB for high-level players. I don't know, maybe this one will go for 4m-6m?
QUOTE(Scremaz @ Nov 29 2016, 17:59)
you know, if i sell an item it means that i, the seller, agreed to such terms. and once the item isn't in my hands anymore, i cannot say anything anymore. btw, this is also latanium's view, if someone is wondering why certain people are still allowed to bid in his auctions.
I don't list this in the rules or guidelines because the rules are already so long, but people are free to send or recall mails up until the beginning of the auction. (though that's only about 10 hours from now)
QUOTE(Scremaz @ Nov 29 2016, 17:59)
and now that i think about it, a certain reseller may come like a vulture. i prefer to lose a few credits now rather than seeing a newbie scammed so hard in the future.
You may have noticed that "a certain reseller" usually only bids relatively low; he bids
less than the fair market price for someone truly interested in the item (and then resells higher than that fair market price). A strategy for getting around that is to set a start bid close enough to the fair market price that the reseller doesn't try to bid, because the profit margin would be too small and uncertain. And I think the range of a few hundred k for a Mag rapier of that quality is exactly that - it's probably not quite so good enough that he'd want to drop so much on it.
(and in the case that he
does mistakenly bid more than the fair market price on it, you'll get more credits profit, and it probably won't sell in the shop; everyone wins except him)
(this isn't me
encouraging you to auction it, I'm just pointing out that there are ways around your concern if you're worried)
QUOTE(gianfrix94 @ Nov 29 2016, 19:31)
Well yeah, newbie rippers are worse but rippers in general aren't good.
Resellers are doing a useful service. Without them, it's likely that many gears would be bazaared/salvaged, and wouldn't be accessible to anyone. The existence of resellers is good for players who are eager to buy a certain type of gear, can't stand to wait a few weeks for all the appropriate types to pop up in an auction, and are willing to pay moderately more than the average auction price in exchange.
Example, ages ago someone sold me an Exq Hallowed Rapier of Slaughter for 100k when I was level 1XX. Perhaps that person bought it from an auction for 50k. But I was much, much happier being able to have a prefixed OK-quality rapier in the first place, than I would have been if I wouldn't have been able to buy it at all.
Resellers resell somewhat above average market price in exchange for the convenience of others being able to buy it any time. That's quite fair IMO.
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