@Lanieu lol
It's up because of elevator passes, it will go down soon! (I hope)

@Dirt I've only ever used CE for crafting (save for oddball amounts I'll occasionally burn off at the end of a run), and given I don't much care for UV rolls the only crown sink I partake in is Lockdown and that doesn't burn off much.

So yeah, technically I'm one of the folks driving up CE prices, though I put all my bids in way low and let patience fill them in due time so I can't take the blame for too much upward price pressure.

+1

If OOO ( now Sega ) want's to lower the cost of CE all they have to do is lower the cost of UV rolls @ punch.
Make is 10-15k cr again and more ppl will want to sink there extra cr on UV rolls instead of CE. I know I was dumping a lot into punch before
they raised the price. Since the price increase I have not spent 1 cr on Punch. A low UV is not worth 20k cr to me, i'd rather buy CE with it.
If it was 10k Cr I would dump more into him again, got more gear that needs UV's ;D

There is a radical way to make it turn back to 5,xxx crowns per 100ce.
Its risky but in the end would leave an individual (with some luck) the same amount he or she started with and in the end, appear like a good Samaritan.

~Here it is:
For those paranoid about someone hacking or even manipulating the market with higher prices, the same can be down with placing lower prices.

For instance, if say, I unloaded 20,000ce into the market at 5,xxx crowns per 100 I could make little changes between each price:

5xx1=100ce x50
5xx2=100ce x50
5xx3=100ce x50
5xx3=100ce x50

The low prices for the ce seller always topple the higher ones, so 20,000 ce translates into 50x100 ce into each. Given a leap of faith, if someone really is manipulating the market, the changes would appear obvious. But I believe that with this done the other sellers for ce would have no choice but to begin lowering their prices as more and more people begin to buy cheap. Again, this is very extreme and could be eventually achieved if a few (or one person willing to gamble it) unload the 200x100ce at a far cheaper price. In the end the competition will spur other people who desperately need to sell their CE to sell it lower than the 5xxx price I noted.

"Let only the Game Developers control CE Price at around 4,000-5,000 crowns or less."

All this will accomplish is creating a market that's perpetually sold-out, and you'll actually end up paying more for CE by doing direct trades with the people who happen to be standing next to the AH who can now sell with far less competition. (see Price Ceiling.

Every single F2P game I've played or heard of that has similar system has vastly more currency buyers than sellers. I don't think the elevator pass is really helping since it can potentially dramatically increase the crown supply (whereas before, the increase in crowns was offset by the reduction in CE for people doing CE runs) but inflation is inevitable.

+1 to #7

Thar goes the CE neighborhood :P 6k was somewhat fine 7k is taking it to a whole new annoying level

@Sinistermackz & Asukalanforum

Yep yep. Keep boycotting the CE! Makes it cheaper for me. X3

does anyone else see something unflattering in the use of the term "elevator pass" as an item?

The term elevator pass is traditionally used to describe a ficticous item sold as part of a scam to an unsuspecting party, usually unexperienced or newb, that supposedly provides a amenity which does not exist.

+1 & my2c

~Luke

@Orangeo

That would work if the price wouldn't be manipulated...

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/43/manipulationt.jpg/

Hi im back from a week and a half of non-Spiral

Sad tosee this has come up again, except

"Official ce rant"

Nope.avi There has been over 900000000000000000000000000000000000000
other threads like this in the past

These threads will never stop rolling :) . I suppose it's good to have a place for people to rant meaninglessly. Even if it changes nothing, it strangely makes you feel better (akin to punching a bag or shooting a target at the range when you're upset).

@above post - in short, because I think lumping people into "buckets" of personalities is appealing, but ultimately insulting and counter-productive if you think about it. Then again I don't know much about the framework you were discussing - not that I would like to either way.

official CE whining comp NO. 3859

search the forums before you start an other one of these QQ topics

@Shamanno
You can manipulate it down the exact same way. Only you only need crowns to manipulate it down, as opposed to CE to manipulate it up. So lowering the price is free. It's seriously not that hard to just ask for the price you want.

People need to quit clogging up the fourms with these troll posts. I wish OOO would just ban these, though I understand that people would probabaly just rant about that too.