Wealth and are you serious?

[IrisaLover]

If you like taking risks, there are always less legal ways of making money...

[EvilAg3nt]

guns are easy to get ahold of,the mods are ridiculous tho.
thats where all the inflation really is,is in the mods.


also seems like the drop rates for t4s has reduced And dunno if anyones noticed this,
but if u used to buy Mod boxes from the vendors,you got 1 t4 mod every time.
now,there is none...WHY not?

if they wanted to help the ingame economy,theyd adjust the drop rates for t4s higher.

[crazyged]

I've never figured out these high scrip prices.

Scrip is basically worthless - what is ANYBODY going to do with mega millions of it?

Can't even get a decent burger with it!

[Dixie Cougar]

I've never figured out these high scrip prices.

Scrip is basically worthless - what is ANYBODY going to do with mega millions of it?

Can't even get a decent burger with it!

But that's why the prices are so high--everyone who accepts it is gambling that they can talk another person into accepting it. Giving up good items in exchange for piles of scrip is itself a risk.

[Fallen_Aingeal]

The simple irony?

Ppl say scrip is worthless, and yet, a lot of ppl are desperate for it and a lot of it. To those of us that don't really give a rats azz, it is worthless. But, to most in the zone, it isn't. It's the only thing they can use because they don't want to trade their best gear for similar or equivalent valued items...

It is what it is...

[JOCCO5150]

Idk how it is on the other servers but as far as PCNA goes, the scrip market is for high end items is based upon the items demand on top of its availability and practical use. The way we do it in Consortium is that if we sell you something that's high end for scrip instead of trading, we take a gamble that the scrip would be worth more if not equal based on the items purpose. In order to balance that "gamble" we add in a little more so that they cannot resell these items for profit. Our target consumers are those that would use the item for their own personal use rather than an opportunity to resell.

Now this is where things get complicated.

Lets say I wanted an OJ Frag really bad but nobody was selling it at the a current market value of 1m. Since I have plenty of scrip to burn, I decide to offer 3m. Someone sells this grenade but at the same time people see it as "oh if someone bought it at this amount, then I can definitely sell it at the same value", all the while ignoring the premise that this may be an isolated case. Now this person starts trying to sell frags for 3m too. While this person spams either zone chat or the forums, people see the same and follow suit. Next thing you know, Frags are worth 3m.

On the other hand, the market is very easy to manipulate. If you can predict an items availability vs its use and practicality, as well as possible target consumers, you can make some easy profits. For example, Spinal Tap. When this came out, I knew that there were several aspects of this that would be very profitable. For instance, people have been demanding for a syphon version of Purge, this was one of the easiest angle. Another one, for PvP, Fire Rate and Reload is a major advantage and to have a life leech on top is just an icing to this cake. Beyond those 2 major points, it was clear that the only items that'll be of some value would be the TMPs and Blast Rifles. Given that there is only a few mods that is "worth it", I started buying them out over the first week when it came out. Before this event I stockpiled up to 40m in scrip. I spent every single scrip buying mods to a point that I was down to as low as 1m. In time I knew that there would be a gradual decline in interest in buying more lockboxes since they're not getting what they want. Now people started buying the weapons but they could not get the mods....why? because I have them all. Now comes the fun part...How bad people want the mods. T3s that I bought for 100k are now selling for 750k-1m, T4s that were bought from 250k-500k are now selling for 1.5-2m.

Out of my investment, I have already received the full amount and more in item trades but still have at least 20m in mods alone that's still left.



Some play the game. We play the market

True about the market manipulation. One day i saw someone offering 1.5mil for a fates kiss and then all of a sudden others offered the same. I was thinking what the hell? I sold mine

[JOCCO5150]

The most scrip I've ever had at one time is 15 mil, the most I've ever paid for something is 9 mil, the most I've ever sold something for is 1.5 mil, and I currently have around 7 mil.

[crazyged]

The most scrip I've ever had at one time is 15 mil, the most I've ever paid for something is 9 mil, the most I've ever sold something for is 1.5 mil, and I currently have around 7 mil.

I've never had more than 5 mil at any given time.

[PithHelmetIrath]

I've never had more than 5 mil at any given time.

My current total is my all-time highest total.. 2.4 million scrip.

[Smokey Black]

Before the MM event I had about 700k. After the MM I was sitting at around 6.5 mil. Just sold everything I looted and an ark shield. Bought some stuff now I'm back at 2 mil. I always find something to spend it on in the end and can never truly stack scrip.