105543-suggestion-for-low-level-economy

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Currently on my server all the lowbie materials are getting bought out and relisted at insane prices. This generally isn't much of an issue because items usually reset but the last couple of weeks they haven't. This isn't an issue for me and I am guilty of re-listing items even, but I do have some ethics and don't punish the lower levels. An example is ALL the iron chunks, titanium and platinum get completely bought out and listed for ridiculous prices of 1g each. 2 days it took for these to drop to 80s each, still far too much for any lower level wanting to craft. Most higher levels won't even buy these out even. 
 
It's not just ore though, it's wood, leather...well, it's actually pretty much everything. I know the guy doing it and he spends all day everyday doing this, fair enough if that's how he wants to play, it's not against the ToS or anything but all the high level stuff is left alone, so it's only the lower players that it effects. 
 
Ironic really when this is because of how well Carbine countered the bots (No, don't bring them back).
 
This basically halts any new comer in crafting, creating leveling gear, pvp sets and doing up their house, which, is probably off putting to them. 
 
So, I would like to suggest that the CX / AH is cross realm, to at least make the economy more stable. Also, with the price of CREDD at 25p yesterday, and hearing how it's 4p on another server, does feel a bit unfair and probably pushes others to transfer / reroll to those servers as it's easier for them to fund their playtime (also with crafting held to ransom with the insane relisting it's easier to make money there anyway, so low pop servers get hit with a double barrel in this regard). I'm not going to be part of the problem myself and reroll, but it would be nice to see CREDD at a stable price.
 
Not to mention, it kinda sucks there not ever being anything fun to buy. I probably sell a 1/20th of what I did a month ago, stuff that people need btw, and a month ago I was getting undercut, today I'm not, and I have all 6 characters using up all 25 of their auctions each, and that's not even going into the CX. 
 
I don't want to add to the many (many many) topics on server merges etc, I dislike them and it's a real negative vibe, I do however think that having auction houses put into cross realm would help a lot. Even if it was a few realms in a group rather than one super group. 
 
Economy does play a big part in peoples gaming experience, whether it's crafting, making money, gathering and selling, making pvp/pve gear or decor, people also need food, potions and flasks and without any of this - on the market, or having the mats to craft it yourself, can bring a big damper on new players, and in some cases higher levels. 	
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Hello,
 
I adjusted the title of this post to better reflect what you are suggesting, and I'm moving it to the economy section of the forums. :) 
 
- Team WildStar 	
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			Ya know, I find the disparity between the CREDD prices fairly interesting as well. I didn't even know that it has gotten as high as 25p on some servers. On Bloodsworn, it averages about 6p. I was dumbfounded once I hit 50, because it took me a couple hours over the weekend to raise the 6p from 0. I was expecting a month's worth of game time to be worth way more than 6 hours of questing/adventures.	
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Currently on my server all the lowbie materials are getting bought out and relisted at insane prices. This generally isn't much of an issue because items usually reset but the last couple of weeks they haven't. This isn't an issue for me and I am guilty of re-listing items even, but I do have some ethics and don't punish the lower levels. An example is ALL the iron chunks, titanium and platinum get completely bought out and listed for ridiculous prices of 1g each. 2 days it took for these to drop to 80s each, still far too much for any lower level wanting to craft. Most higher levels won't even buy these out even. 
 
It's not just ore though, it's wood, leather...well, it's actually pretty much everything. I know the guy doing it and he spends all day everyday doing this, fair enough if that's how he wants to play, it's not against the ToS or anything but all the high level stuff is left alone, so it's only the lower players that it effects. 
 
Ironic really when this is because of how well Carbine countered the bots (No, don't bring them back).
 
This basically halts any new comer in crafting, creating leveling gear, pvp sets and doing up their house, which, is probably off putting to them. 
 
So, I would like to suggest that the CX / AH is cross realm, to at least make the economy more stable. Also, with the price of CREDD at 25p yesterday, and hearing how it's 4p on another server, does feel a bit unfair and probably pushes others to transfer / reroll to those servers as it's easier for them to fund their playtime (also with crafting held to ransom with the insane relisting it's easier to make money there anyway, so low pop servers get hit with a double barrel in this regard). I'm not going to be part of the problem myself and reroll, but it would be nice to see CREDD at a stable price.
 
Not to mention, it kinda sucks there not ever being anything fun to buy. I probably sell a 1/20th of what I did a month ago, stuff that people need btw, and a month ago I was getting undercut, today I'm not, and I have all 6 characters using up all 25 of their auctions each, and that's not even going into the CX. 
 
I don't want to add to the many (many many) topics on server merges etc, I dislike them and it's a real negative vibe, I do however think that having auction houses put into cross realm would help a lot. Even if it was a few realms in a group rather than one super group. 
 
Economy does play a big part in peoples gaming experience, whether it's crafting, making money, gathering and selling, making pvp/pve gear or decor, people also need food, potions and flasks and without any of this - on the market, or having the mats to craft it yourself, can bring a big damper on new players, and in some cases higher levels. 
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I am not certain that a cross realm ah/cx is the answer.
 
because lets face it, if one person see's chunk of iron going to 1g, they will list at the same, plus, makes it easier for gold sellers to distribute their wares. as for CREDD being stable...its very stable on Avatus...at around 5P been around their since launch.
 
for the ore and crafting material, crafting costs a lot as is just in the non harvestable materials. not sure many lower levels have that much extra cash to toss around so I would think they would do more harvesting than buying, but thats just how I do it so who knows.
 
while it may be a decent idea, I can see too many ways for a single cross server AH/CX to be used as not intended. and we have seen what happens to things like that in Wildstar. costumes for instance....	
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			ugh, I hate it when people abuse the system like that, and make it unplaybed for lowbies to start because theya re greedy	
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ugh, I hate it when people abuse the system like that, and make it unplaybed for lowbies to start because theya re greedy
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I don't know what the big deal is, I'm a tailor and I never needed to use the AH to have enough cloth to level up tailoring, maybe it's different for other professions.
 
That said I agree that it would be nice to have a cross server AH, at least for the CREDD AH.	
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Yeah i never understood the players who grief in any form, drive people away by griefing, then COMPLAIN why the queues are long/not enough players left etc.
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			There is no issue at all. If some player is buying everything and list at 1g, then farm stuff and list it at 90s. Don't put your stuff up at low prices if you know it's going to be bought out and re-listed.	
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