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Now knows where he is going to cap exp tonight

Ok, there are now three more auctions on naritus for 20+/20+ cubes in sets of 7, 7 and 9...

This isn't cool...

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DoWei wrote:
Ok, there are now three more auctions on naritus for 20+/20+ cubes in sets of 7, 7 and 9...

This isn't cool...

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Why isn't it cool? its only bad if you've been sitting on some good cubes for a long time in hopes that they'd go up in value.

For everyone else, it means more good quality scythes on the market.

i got some +18 cubes from a droideka, guess those arent that great compared to the 40's and 50's people are getting

Yeah, it does mean more quality stuff on the market especially for newer crafters. For some reason all of the recenty changes in increases of skill tape drops, 30k vet resource deeds, crazy drops like the geo is having now really kill veteran crafters who have well stocked vendors as well as stockpiles of nice things they were waiting to use on special orders/CURB items.

Once the market has adjusted to a certain level of quality and pricing, changes like this throw everything out of wack for all of us. It would be one thing to make the nice 20/20 Yellows a more common drop, but give me a break, three auctions for +30 and higher seems a little crazy to me.

For me to actually stay even remotely stocked (and I know my RL friend who is a Weaponsmith will agree) you need to get huge stockpiles of resources and components. I have made the decision to craft nearly every day for the past year in SWG and every change that comes down the pipeline seems to make all the work I have done pointless. Yeah, this change, for me, breaks a lot of things. Less than a month ago we bought some +17/+27 Yellows that, at the time, were unreal. The price paid was 6 million. Now, in a buff cycle, I will likely pull at least one set that is better than this.

If I were a new Weaponsmith, I would LOVE these changes. In the last three months we have seen the crazy Gorax spawn that made bone shards worth about 1/10th of what they were, Krayt Tissue is now available on the bazaar and now Geo loot is there as well. They just seem to be making everything that was once 'high-end' easily attainable. It makes me not want to ever spend my cash on nice things to craft things that are any better than what anyone else can make. It kills a lot of the competitive fire that used to be part of being a crafter. That doesn't mean that we are all ruthless, it just means that it hurts what we have worked so hard and spend so much money to build.

I guess I can also throw in the fact that this happens with absolutely no forewarning or notice of any kind. Think about it, those +47 cubes are nearly 20 points higher than any we have ever seen on Naritus. Just like the global vendor changes and increased drops. These changes are WONDERFUL for combat players and loot hunters. The aren't so great for veteran crafters who are married to their professions.

I'll end it at that, good luck everyone.

/deepbow

Hello Everyone -

I'm just curious as to what is up on all the servers. On the Naritus Trade, Armorsmith and Weaponsmith boards there are some groups of insane Yellow Geo cubes including some 58 Max, 47 Max and 14% Base cubes. I have never seen any stats this high before, even on exceptional loots (we had exceptional cubes that were 29 Max a long time ago). Just curious!

/salute