106832-economy-go-home-youre-drunk

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So, my second character is almost level 45, and I'm still struggling to break 4 platinum, even with the characters combined. Note that I vendor junk only. Everything else I either salvage or try to sell in the auction house. Try, being the operative word. However, I've started noticing that there's something very wonky with the game's balance.
 
The auction house seems almost useless. Level 40+ blue weapons with almost optimal stats aren't selling for 8 gold. That's pocket change. After around 2-3 circulations I just end up destroying them too in hope of some cores. That seems rather strange to me. I realize that this allows me to buy things at an affordable price, but I can't help thinking I might be richer if things were also worth more on the open market. Heck, a lot of stuff isn't selling even at slighly above vendor price, which turns into a net loss when posting fees are factored in. And I just can't determine why that is so.
 
Even insanely good stuff isn't selling. I mean, I have a pair of level 25 medium pants with 30 Brut, 21 Finesse and an an imbuement for extra 40 Moxie. That's incredible at level 25, and they didn't sell for 30g. With the imbuement they should be good until level 40. It's not that people don't have money. It's like they're throwing it away, just not in the auction house.
 
Another thing is the 25 auctions cap. I don't get this at all. It's like they want to make you think what you want to sell, and nowadays I do! I mainly sell blue items with nigh optimal stats. Only they're not selling either. Out of 20 auctions I post, maybe 1-2 items sell, and I do undercut the current auctions most of the time. So I just keep stockpiling items that should be pretty good, but apparently aren't really interesting.
 
The 25 auction cap also hurts crafting. Most of the items are junk, but there is the occasional great craft. A few weapons have had 2 or even 3 red slots! That's an automatic win! I use almost exclusively weapons I've crafted myself. But they're also not selling. Optimally statted level 35 weapons aren't selling even at 3g, and if I set myself upon a crafting stint, the product would just end up taking my entire auctioning capacity, so it just gets salvaged to cut my losses. Puts a rather masturbatory spin on leveling crafting. I mean, from an in-the-world viewpoint, what kind of a supplier of weapons am I if I'm not supplying anyone except myself?
 
Does anyone know why good stuff doesn't sell even at a ridiculously low price? Or does anyone have a reasonable justification for having a 25 auction cap? And why is the interface such junk? Will these questions be answered on this same Bat-channel next week?
 
PS. Would be nice if you could use Tab to jump from bid to buyout slot, at the very least.	
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			People just don't bother spending gold in leveling stuff, because why bother? They will be replaced very shortly. The only reason to buy non-50 stuff is for salvaging... if they are cheap.	
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Part of the problem is that runeslots are completely useless in levelling gear. Low level runes cost the same as their lvl50 version (except for sets), but will be replaced pretty soon. Those three red slots aren't "automatic win", because they'll just be empty anyway. It was acknowledged by the devs and we're supposed to get some generic weak vendor runes at some point, but until then, it really hurts the value of levelling gear.
 
In addition to that, gear doesn't really affect levelling all that much. Yes, of course things will be easier with superior items. However, quest rewards are usually sufficient and most monsters will require the same skill rotation regardless of you having 20 or 25 main stat or that item. For weapons, it's AP that's most important anyway, and, once again, quest rewards are usually enough.	
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I agree with the two posters before me.
But as a tank I have really, really mixed feelings regarding loot from quests. I have found squat for my tank. I dont need an AP Weapon or stuff with brutallity and Tech mixed on it. Really. I dont need it.
Wich really annoys me.
@ Topic, well yes, I am on eof those who dont buy stuff while leveling on the ah - even if it looks sweet the stuff will be useless at the end of the day anyways most of the time sadly.
Cheers
Daniel	
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			I think a part of the problem could be is your server, it is possible the population is low, or isn't rolling alts. The other problem could be is that you're really far behind the curve for leveling now. The majority of people have already completed 'the rush' and are sitting pretty at level 50 and gearing up there (not to mention attunement!) During the rush people were more willing to spend money on a few items here and there, because it was even cheaper than 8 gold to buy a great item.	
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From what I am seeing there are two major factor why things before level 50 don't sell:
 
1. When people level they don't care about gear from the AH because you normally turn over all of your items every 5-7 levels or so. With this there is no real need to go spend your hard earned money (and very little because Carbine thinks it's hardcore to make money hard to get while leveling) on gear that you're going to replace rather quickly. This on top of abilities you buy and mounts/ride skill people really aren't going to buy items from the AH.
 
2. Population. Supply might be quite a bit higher than demand at this point because most servers are medium to low population. Not only do people not want to buy as they level but you are also talking about a very small market of people even leveling. So with point number 1 stacked on top of point number 2, I'd just vendor the items, get what money you can and move on. You'll get less money up front, but at least you'll get money :P	
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Even insanely good stuff isn't selling. I mean, I have a pair of level 25 medium pants with 30 Brut, 21 Finesse and an an imbuement for extra 40 Moxie. That's incredible at level 25, and they didn't sell for 30g.
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The only sub-50 items I've bought from the AH were for costuming purposes. 
 
Interesting observation: the set of blue dps light armor I made for my spellslinger has outlasted several levels worth of drops.  The spares only sell at a loss on the AH.  Some of the expert (non-Epochos) sells at a profit but it moves slower than I had hoped.	
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