RMT Resurgence

[RushLynx]

These scrolls aren't even short on stock, the same time the price started skyrocketing the supply went with it... Below 2mil there were only 1-3 on on any given day, now there are over 10 all day every day... it makes absolutely no sense. None of the buyers or sellers have a profile, none of them have a history of purchasing mage gear or food... the usual trend is random crafting supplies and meds... these aren't normal players, and the way the stock is and has been this past week I'm willing to bet none of these scrolls are actually being used, because they're not common enough to be selling more than 10 a day while maintaining a stock of 10+...

If you look around on other servers you'll find a similar trend too... One person selling 3 scrolls in one day while simultaneously doubling the price (or more)... That doesn't happen legitimately, those sells are fixed specifically to price gouge.

[Godofgods]

just jumped on odin to

[Karah]

Yes, its stupid people paying inflated prices. it has -nothing- to do with rmt (specifically)

It's people buying shit while it's cheap pre-update and selling it for more money post-update... have you even played this game for more than a week?

It happens every update.

The first instance is most likely someone buying the scroll for their account, then a second when they realized they needed a second for a mule. I do this often enough, then just trade it to the mule, or main.

[Slaxx]

Not the tier 1 and 2 mobs, raptor is a t2. Try a tier 3 4 or 5. I've done the raptor as well, and the butterfly. with no meteor.

I would love nothing more than to watch 18 people attempt to kill the Transcendent Scorpion (in the field) without meteor. It's probably doable, but the group I watched sure had no chance in hell at it. They weren't exactly the best, but certainly above average.

Or for that matter, Tax'et.

I went with a pick-up group yesterday that killed Tax'et inside in about 20 minutes. All these new Delve NMs have tricks and in less than one week a lot of them have already been figured out. Do some research, join a group that is no more than half mouth breathing idiots and you too can gain access to all the new gear. I know it's been a while but these fights require some sort of strategy and a group that's buffed appropriately and prepared for the task ahead.

My guess is that within the next 2 weeks all the NMs will have been figured out, people will start augmenting all the spiffy new gear they get, and the elite endgame LSs that have survived this long (or are starting to form again). will be tackling and defeating the zone bosses inside on a regular basis. It won't take long after that until that gear and those strategies become available to, shall we say, "lower tier" players (and I am one of them) and those of us with a sense of perspective look back at all this crying about how hard the NMs are and laugh (I'm already laughing).

Remember, less than one week and we are already taking out all but the toughest of the new monsters. The ball is rolling.

[Godofgods]

Yes, its stupid people paying inflated prices. it has -nothing- to do with rmt (specifically)

It's people buying shit while it's cheap pre-update and selling it for more money post-update... have you even played this game for more than a week?

It happens every update.

The first instance is most likely someone buying the scroll for their account, then a second when they realized they needed a second for a mule. I do this often enough, then just trade it to the mule, or main.

The thing with that is, ppl buy stuff that is going to be heavily needed after the update. As far as i can see there is no sudden or high need for meteor. It also only started happening a day or two ago. That was already a bit after the update. Not before or right after.

[Richwood]

I mean really? We just started LS up 2 days ago for this know BLM army using 2 hour ES meteor spam about, took scorp out with a little issue but too much. Kept dots rotation full time used PLdx2 50% PDT with TA Spam on Plds, Cor Brd Whm Rdm Sch like 2x blm. basically all in all bar some new jobs like Cor and Sch playing brd whm style anyway was old school PLDx2 HNM set up. It is seeming that one you figure out each NMs trick and have a balanced alliance, not so much an issue. And you do not need crazy DD rage spam alliance either, 3 heavy DD and one good Thf each netting 15%-20% of the damage in total fight. I kinda think this is the new player base who did not play pre abyssea freaking out.

[Kristal]

People made so much money with blinkerfountain that 6 mil is nothing if it means wearing the very latest in gear one week before the rest of us.

Besides, what would you prefer.. invite some PUPs OR pay for multiple Meteor scrolls?

[Godofgods]

I mean really? We just started LS up 2 days ago for this know BLM army using 2 hour ES meteor spam about, took scorp out with a little issue but too much. Kept dots rotation full time used PLdx2 50% PDT with TA Spam on Plds, Cor Brd Whm Rdm Sch like 2x blm. basically all in all bar some new jobs like Cor and Sch playing brd whm style anyway was old school PLDx2 HNM set up. It is seeming that one you figure out each NMs trick and have a balanced alliance, not so much an issue. And you do not need crazy DD rage spam alliance either, 3 heavy DD and one good Thf each netting 15%-20% of the damage in total fight. I kinda think this is the new player base who did not play pre abyssea freaking out.

Not so much freaking out, it was just an anomaly i noticed, and didn't have en explanation for. Various item prices always go crazy after updates, but this was a bit after. And i had not heard anything about players using this spell in new content. So a price jump from normal players wasn't adding up at the time. If they are being used a lot for new delve, then that might explain it some.

[Godofgods]

People made so much money with blinkerfountain that 6 mil is nothing if it means wearing the very latest in gear one week before the rest of us.

Besides, what would you prefer.. invite some PUPs OR pay for multiple Meteor scrolls?

yea.. i saved all my curor instead of blinkering it. Figured id do it all when i needed it in the near future.... then it was gone'

[Slaxx]

I went with a pick-up group yesterday that killed Tax'et inside in about 20 minutes. All these new Delve NMs have tricks and in less than one week a lot of them have already been figured out. Do some research, join a group that is no more than half mouth breathing idiots and you too can gain access to all the new gear. I know it's been a while but these fights require some sort of strategy and a group that's buffed appropriately and prepared for the task ahead.

My guess is that within the next 2 weeks all the NMs will have been figured out, people will start augmenting all the spiffy new gear they get, and the elite endgame LSs that have survived this long (or are starting to form again). will be tackling and defeating the zone bosses inside on a regular basis. It won't take long after that until that gear and those strategies become available to, shall we say, "lower tier" players (and I am one of them) and those of us with a sense of perspective look back at all this crying about how hard the NMs are and laugh (I'm already laughing).

Remember, less than one week and we are already taking out all but the toughest of the new monsters. The ball is rolling.

Looks like the first delve boss went down earlier tonight. I was off by one day.