Luthor wrote:
Therin wrote:
If you think they're currently undervalued, buy up a lot of stock and try to reset the price at what you think is a more fair market value.
Economics.
This requires seed money I have not had an opportunity to accumulate yet. I have tried this for lesser valued items and wound up losing money. But I understand the point
It's supply and demand. If gold ingots are selling for 120k, they're worth 120k. Same with ele ore, same with emperor hairpins, same with everything else. The price is going down because of supply. When On Stock hits 0, that's when the price will go up, OR if only a few people are controlling the supply, which isn't the case for this stuff, there are many more people playing now, newer players trying to farm, and they're going to sell for w/e because they're poor and want that money quickly for short-term bursts of progress towards their gear.
There's hundreds of things you can do, there are tons of NMS being camped by 1 or 2 people, there are many items that come from various sources being farmed/crafted/sold by 1 or 2 people ... on a server with thousands of people.
Ore/Ingots are easy, low-entry cost methods of money that people will flock to until it's barely worth it.