Quote Originally Posted by Dejectedbunny View Post
You realize that the primary reason for items being sold by NPC vendors is so players can circumvent the MB if they don't agree with the prices. And the high-level roulette items (I'm going to guess that you're referring to coke, potash, peacock ore, etc.) are so cheap now because
1. The items made from these materials are typically outdated and not useful for anything outside of glamour and old FSH melds.

2. SE upped the drop rate on them to a degree (over several updates) that the supply far exceeded the demand.


A final bit of food for thought for all of you complaining about crafters.... If we were all to decide tomorrow that we would only make things for ourselves and friends, what would you do then? Would you come on here to lament how the MB are empty or would you put forth the effort to make the stuff yourselves?
Did you not read what I said?

- Gatherers get screwed by the NPC's selling the same materials
- Crafters get screwed when they craft things that there is no demand for

Nobody is going to craft junk items just to level their crafter and try to recover the cost on the MB. That's why everyone spammed the the Ixal dailies, buying materials only to make stuff that nobody is going to buy is bad.

Even in V1.0 had this problem. There were levequests (there still are) for crafting, but the cost of the materials is NEVER worth doing them.