Hello fellow players,
I've encountered a few players trying to lie about what items have been on the supply depot, and for how much. Their goal is to get the unwary player to undersell a rare item. This really disgusts me. I think this could be avoided with measures from the Mail System.
The mail system in SK could send a mail to all players letting them know what items, (when, and for how much), were on the supply depot. This could occur after every rotation, or once every 12 hours, etc.
No spoiler alerts, of course. Just items that are no longer in the Flash Sale, but were.
Yes, the forums is doing a nice attempt at keeping a log of these events, but not every player checks the forums, and the forums can be quite slow to update the log. Thanks to the efforts of those keeping these logs up.
And seeing how desperate people are for monies during this promotion, they might fall for it even if they regularly check forums in the rush.
I feel that this would not only help players, but be a nice gesture from OOO.
Keep in mind many players might feel insulted by this, like it's being "rubbed in" that they missed something. But I insist it is for protection, and anyone who feels this way can fight their own battles. Yar.
I surely hope the scamming was unsuccessful.
Anyways, I believe that if someone already has a rare item, they should know its worth.
Yes, the sale is messing with the market quite a bit... but how trustworthy is a player in saying "oh yeah that item that you're trying to sell, it was on sale in the SD an hour ago - ill buy it for 1/10th the price you're asking". Yes, it might be slightly more convincing when more players join in with the scam... but if you are planning on selling something worth quite a bit - I believe it is your own responsibility to know the market value of that item which would include scanning the forums and being aware of the efforts to log these sales.
That being said, It may be good reference to mention as a followup once the sale has ended what items did show up and for how much (as a forum announcement post).
I don't think ingame mail would be a good method. Why? How many players can actually afford the sales? How many players are actually partaking in the sales?