Market Board Rage

[Whatever]

"Tanking" or crashing is a legit strategy if you are chasing out newcomers from your market and/or establising your dominance. People who complain about undercutting are usually the people who get a small amount of item, usually one of some value, and then want to get as much as they can for it. Nothing wrong with that. Multiply that and you have a threat to specialists in their little niches and they will react accordingly. Price cutting is one said tactic as well as flooding the market to take care of people who try to buy you out.. Controlling certain mats to increase prices of certain end products.. etc.. Hence the old saying.. if you can't take the heat.. than...

[Xenosan]

"Tanking" or crashing is a legit strategy if you are chasing out newcomers from your market and/or establising your dominance...

Maybe on a low population server you could get away with this...

.. for a few days.

Overall long term you're doing it wrong if you're investing so much in a single item/category. Sharks that don't swim die.

[Gillionaire]

Maybe on a low population server you could get away with this...

.. for a few days.

Overall long term you're doing it wrong if you're investing so much in a single item/category. Sharks that don't swim die.

If I was on a more populated server, I would just muddy the waters up a bit, then move on to a different market, then come back after a few days while the other people duke it out over little bits of profit.. It's not just about the numbers, it's more about pissing off the other party so that next time they see your retainer's name, they'll just avoid competing with you completely.


In either case, you're just doing it to leave an impression and that's certainly worth the bit of money lost imo.