This is just a cynical example of why this won't work:
I'm a F2P player. I have a decent stockpile of CE, I know how to maximize my earnings both in the dungeon and out, and I convert to CE knowing it won't devalue. Higher CE prices means I get a better rate when I need quick crowns to buy recipes. I usually play off a combination of mist and CE, further boosting my net crown (and CE) gain. I also have most of the 5* gear I need. Tell me why I need to care about rising CE prices.

There are basically three things contributing to the problem:
1) The underlying drive is selfishness. It's more than just instinct; it's a sound idea because if you don't look after yourself, you're not going to be in a position to look after anyone else. Similarly, there is the issue of accountability and fairness. If I join the low CE movement, how do I know the anonymous knight I sold my CE to (or vice versa) won't just turn to the market to make a quick buck? The lack of trust basically dooms any such movement, be it a boycott or trade coalition.
2) The fundamental problem is that the majority of the P2P players are reaching or have reached endgame, and are at a point where there is nothing left for them to buy with crowns. They buy less CE and sell less of it for crowns, and hence there is less CE in the market- supply and demand, prices go up. Sure, there is a small influx of new, steady P2P players, but the big rush from game launch in April has long since maxed out.
3) This is exacerbated by the burgeoning population of middle-class (3-4* equip) F2P knights, many of which are hunkering down for the long haul by converting their currency to CE, which is more stable and inflation-proof. Most of these players never plan to buy CE, and the recent changes that feel like a ploy to squeeze real money out of them has basically hardened their resolve. I suspect that that for them, SK is purely a casual game and it doesn't bother them that they only play an hour a day and earn enough to buy 100CE every other day. Either that, or they will drift away and find new games.

I think the SK community will be a little poorer for the lack of players online at any given time, but it's a long way from being dead.

Maybe the Devs could put a cap limit price of 5k or 6k for CE.
But then again, if the demand is high then nobody will be making a profit.
I am upset about the rising prices though.
Including mist energy, 2 weeks ago it cost 15k (price of 300 CE) crowns to make a 4* item.
Now I need 21k ( price of 300 CE) crowns to make it.

IGN The one and only, Guardianknight.

I think you miss the point... which as another poster put is "The fundamental problem is that the majority of the P2P players are reaching or have reached endgame, and are at a point where there is nothing left for them to buy with crowns."

The biggest crown sink in the game is recipes... at 25k ea (from Basil of course). Trust me, an end game player can get 25k rather easy. I made an easy 20k in 4 floors yesterday after selling off the 5* mats that dropped (4 floors, no deaths, 40 energy = 2800cr, 17.2k profit). Why does an end game player need your crowns? They have the equipment they want/need. Aside from UV equipment they don't need your stuff. On the other hand you DO need their CE. The demand for CE is probably much higher then the supply being sold. CE is like gas... you need it, they know you need it, and you're going to either have to pay what they say or do without (or buy with real money).

And your idea won't work. You can post all the 5k offers that you want, the sellers KNOW you need their CE. They can wait you out, if they don't want to sell lower they won't. So you'll have to eventually buy at their price if you want CE. I'd like a new PS3 for $100... that's not happening either.

Capping the market wouldn't work either unless they banned CE trade. If you cap the market below what the sellers want to sell at and you'll just see an exodus from the market into the trade channel.

In all honesty they're providing you a service. They bought the CE with real money, and are now offering to sell it to you for crowns, so you don't have to pay real money. Its not bad to want a return on your investment and I can't blame them for selling it high.

~Gwen

A guildmate of mine told me that during the preview CE cost more than 20,000 crowns. The day after PvP was released CE went down to 2000 crowns, and a month or so later CE went back up to around 10,000-----but it stayed around half of what it used to cost.

Crownsinks definitely look like the way to go.

@Jesterz...
Cool. Yeah I understand you got other friends
out there. I just hate to see people with 5* gear,
tons of energy, and a lot of crowns just quit.
If you want to give me stuff I'll take it but please
feel no obligation ( and this is depending on whether
or not you even end up quitting)..

IGN The one and only, Guardianknight.

All of these CE complaint threads, Blah.

It'd get up to 10k in beta, meh.

Right up front: I sell CE. It's good for the game (pays for servers and whatnot), and it allows a free player to pay it off in "sweat equity". No, I don't price gouge, either, in fact, I've undersold (20kCr for 1kCE).

I believe there can be a "happy medium". I experienced in another game (name withheld), they actually had a NPC do "currency conversion" auctions, like an AH *just* for (in this case) CE buyers and sellers. The currency was not readily tradable from player-to-player, except through the exchange.

The natural market dynamics kept things "stabilized", where Player X sold "100CE for 7,000", and was undercut by Player Y, who sold 100CE for 3,000 kind of thing. Supply and demand kept the market running, the overly greedy were tied up in market, while the more reasonable sellers sold in volumes. And to top it off, the seller had to pay a 'posting fee' base of the (expected) Crowns amount.

This system made it easier for a buyer to find CE, and took the Seller out of "standing around, advertising", giving more time to actually *play*.

Is it a "perfect" system? No, but what system is? It is, at the very least, a conversational point for consideration.

If you're doing it outside the market, then it's just charity.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.