Bots driving the prices DOWN.

[GilbertLapine]

Last night I was looking at the market board for ideas of what to farm when I noticed that a couple people that I've previously reported as bots were selling 6-10 lots of 99 stacks of a certain item at insanely low prices compared to what they had sold for only a week ago.

I guess this is a rant but I wish something would be done about these bots before the economy is even worse.

I love when people undercut for stupid prices. I buy them all out then flip for double or triple the amount paid.

[Ksenia]

It's unavoidable.

Aside from GC turn in, everything we do with the gathering, crafting system is on a short list of shelf life demand. Anyone starting this game now is a prospect customer and has no chance at all of selling anything.

We will see if there are any decay or time stamped items in housing but as it is right now, crafting is for you and only you. It's content, I'm not sure if it's a bad thing or a good thing but anyone thinking crafting and all things tied to it are the economy in this game are fooling themselves.

[Amyas]

I despise people 'flipping the AH' and driving up prices, good luck to anyone who makes that impossible. I wish stiff bought on the AH wasn't relistable.

Its not driving prices up if its just keeping it where it was at before some person undercut everything by 75%

[AccountBanned]

I love when people undercut for stupid prices. I buy them all out then flip for double or triple the amount paid.

Yeah, that would be great if you could do it but there's too much money in some materials to accomplish that goal of yours. For example, this bot had sold 6 lots at 99 stacks each of this one material, he had undercut another bot by a few gil from his 6-8 lots of 99 stacks each. There's a few legit players between them or on either end that have prices at +/- a few gil that are attempting to compete with the bots. What happened? The price has instantly been cut in half and now that's the new price unless someone has the gil to buy it ALL and reestablish a new price hoping that the bots don't just have reserve inventory waiting for their market lots to sell.


Phew... in short, it's alllll bad.

[Aleksandr]

They are working on it.
The best thing you can do is just report as much as you can.
Details help. Keep in mind, a while ago, they already confiscated 382 million gil or something.
I know that doesn't sound like much, but its a good start.

Honestly it is a horrible start. If they investigate the reports as they come in ban the bot then bots couldn't drive down the prices. Their goods would not be on the market. They drive down the prices because then it becomes a buyers market with them supplying the buyers with the money.

[silverhope]

it was 382 billion not million.. they said 382 hundred million = billion