Ok, so I brought this up to CCP Archduke the other night in DevHangout and he told me that this should be posted here.

So we all know that we aren't getting a Player Market in Dust, though I think I have a suitable compromise in mind that is very doable (I described it as a decent consolation prize for the lack of a player market).

The idea is this, each week the Isk prices of items on the market would fluctuate with the demand as dictated by the previous week. If in week one the Kaalakiota Rail Rifle is the most bought item, then in week two, it would have its price increased by X%, items that weren't being bought would have their price decreased by X%. Each week, prices would be modified to reflect the previous weeks demand.

We'd still be impacting the market despite our lack of selling ability. Not only this, it would also help to curb FoTM spamming (too many people consistently buying an item and the price will skyrocket within weeks).

Only if we get a sell-back button for -X% of whatever the current cost is.

Very interesting idea. Potential for abuse though depending on how its set up.

What would stop a group of players with large amounts from ISK, mass stockpiling high end gear one week, thus driving the price up extremely high the next week, and then terrorizing players with Proto gear that the players can not afford because of the price hike?

My point isn't that, my point is to give some fluidity to the market. Something that tricks us into feeling like we actually have a player market with shifting conditions rather than the stagnant market we currently have.

Do I think it is a bad idea to increase the price of Proto gear? No, the price isn't providing the balancing effect it was originally supposed to (thank you runaway farming /sarcasm).
Would I cry if Proto gear became prohibitively expensive? No, IMHO Proto gear is far too common as it is and anything that causes it to become rarer is a good thing.

I understand that this could drive Proto gear into the hands of a select few rich, however how is this different from things currently? If you see Nyain Chan/San in a match do you expect to see anything but Proto spam?

Potential for abuse will exist for any system introduced to this playerbase who seem to make it their sole purpose in this game to game the system (sorry if that annoys me somewhat).



Thank you for articulating that for me, honestly, thank you.

Are there any Blue Tags who have thoughts on this topic?

We don't have to over complicate it:

Make the prices based on actual use in game not purchases, this helps curve the FOTM.

This is a pointless and silly idea, and the reason you haven't got a dev response is because it is pointless and silly.

Also:
Posting in a stealth "nerf proto and/or slayer scout" thread.

ahem, now that Delta is out of the way, should we start talking about Echo?

I will restate this, and also point out that continually making new threads linking to this is spam.

Well, for one, there's a somewhat bad track record of weird screw ups during events that require scripts, like reward distribution or SP cap modification being done wrong.

But I mean, there's QA, it adds yet another thing to weekly downtime maintenance, designing the pricing system, ensuring it doesn't price certain things out of usable existence, etc. You also risk people considering it cash-grabby since the AUR prices won't move. (Suddenly, the best way to buy popular fits becomes AUR.) You're also talking about a system that needs to be tied into EVE's market system, which is where our market resides, so it probably has to be run by people in Iceland too.

Is there a particular reason for the No!, or is it just a flat, 'you can't have nice things'?

What I'm driving at is, is there a good, developmental reason for this ides to be denied, or is it simply that CCP does not want to expend the resources on a game they gutted in May?