Having a really hard time selling any HQ i170 gear...

I've been working on the 2 star gear for a few weeks now with great success. About 15 finished items made, all HQ.

However... none of it's selling. I've sold 3 pieces and a few mats and the rest I've carefully made so that I can use it myself in the event that some of it doesn't sell, focusing on MH and OH items and a few others so that I have a variety of things to sell as well.

I've been advertising in party finder and shouting in a variety of cities for weeks and have literally received only 2-3 pms for any of the stuff, only one of which purchased an item. The market boards are dead too, with only about half of the i170 crafted gear having ever sold, and of those items, only 1 or 2 of each at that.

I'm not charging rediculous prices either... even now, after the favor update the HQ mats go for about 2.5-3m a pop, and so for the final items I charge about 11 mil for an offhand and 14m for a main hand considering those cost about 8 to 11 mil to make. It's not like I'm trying to get 50 mil like some of the other guys on the mb.

I know that some of this comes from there being really no use for any of the new crafted gear but I'm still frustrated and needed to vent. I worked my ass off to get ot this point and the demand is just so absurdly low it's annoying. I'm making more on petty items for 150-250k a pop.

I really hope 3.1 adds something meaningful so that the things I'm working my ass off to make require the i170 crafted gear... in the mean time, I'll continue to make things I can use in the event it doesn't sell.

They screwed up the economy and use/need for the two star gear so badly. Its like the intentionally planned to wreck things. There are so many things wrong economically with the design its not funny.

I'm having a hard time selling anything recently, honestly...my server is pretty high population as well, I'm not sure if lots of people just gave up on crafting or what, but even level 50+ materials take forever to sell on the MB.

You guys aren't checking out whats selling, forget this upper tier battle gear.

I'm on Sargatanas too and quite frankly neither I, nor any of my FC or other friends will ever be able to cough up that kind of money for gear. Prices, while they may not be gaining you crafters much profit, are light years beyond what the majority of players can afford.

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Originally Posted by T2teddy

I'm on Sargatanas too and quite frankly neither I, nor any of my FC or other friends will ever be able to cough up that kind of money for gear. Prices, while they may not be gaining you crafters much profit, are light years beyond what the majority of players can afford.

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Exactly, like I said check out whats selling around the 90 to 100 k mark. Easy to make, easy to sell

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Originally Posted by Sartori

Exactly, like I said check out whats selling around the 90 to 100 k mark. Easy to make, easy to sell

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That is not i170 gear... and has nothing to do with the topic...

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Originally Posted by Katlyna

That is not i170 gear... and has nothing to do with the topic...

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Okay , well cool, keep making it and not selling it then lol

Ultimately the problem is that the cost of the 170 gear (and the melding that goes along with it) is far greater than the opportunity cost of the 180 gear. They really did screw up the entire thing.

Unless you can make it yourself, the i170 gear will never really be worth it until they significantly reduce the scarcity of the materials needed to make them. As we can be relatively sure that the melded gear will never be required for top end crafting (as they want the Red Scrip equivalents to be an alternative advancement path), the i170 gear essentially exists only for glamours and slightly faster progression. When there's nothing to craft that requires i170 or i180 gear, the fact that the i180 route is slower is essentially irrelevant.

I have no doubt op the time and effort you put into making the gear, kudos for sticking it out! :o

But in all honestly even though it cost you that much to make and the crazy hoops you had to go through to be able to make it, I would never in a million years pay that kind of money for one piece of gear that is not at least equal to the highest gear out there.

And tbh even if it was equal and even better!, I still could never stomach paying that much per piece.

Its sad because I actually do give the crafters credit for putting that kind of time and effort to make these items, but se never makes the "best" crafting recipes appealing enough to justify the cost, for the most part. Nor do they ensure the costs to make will not be ridiculous in the first place.

I feel for you I honestly do but thats exactly why I havent even bothered trying.