Ya woulda thought it was going to inflate after the promotion was over. i'm trying to get rid of a tabard white and black. and yet i bought a white hat b/c its buy now price was 15k. 15,000! soooooooo freaking cheap i bought it even tho i don't want it.

There's a few different factors when it comes to the value of ''rares'' like the Regalia Set Pieces.

1: These items usually only attract the Crown/Energy of a collector.

2: Selling for major profit depends on how soon you sell, most times. Sometimes selling too soon is a bad idea because the market still has a ''decent'' amount of them. Over time the amount diminishes and they -might- be worth more. I say might because (Points to 3)

3: The want and/or demand for the item has to still be there for it to be valuable. I could have some ultra rare item, but if it's not that great, or maybe it's too ugly and nobody wants it, etc, then there won't be much demand, therefore not much value. Rarity isn't the only factor in how to price something; it helps, usually, but not always.

In the case of Regalia, people wanted it because it was new and shiny. The looks of it honestly isn't too amazing, and a lot of in-game equipment looks better in my opinion. In the future it's highly likely, like in many MMOs, that somewhere along the lines these items will be totally worthless because there's much more gear out then that looks awesome.

@Ginzaki:

That's actually what I'm saying in my post. The value also has to do with the fact that people still want it at all, and of course there might be someone who really wants the equipment in the future, regardless of what else might be in the market at the time.

If people really want something, they get it. The only thing I'm trying to say is that different things can happen to influence the price of goods, whether it increases them or decreases them.

If anyone has a black hate they want rid of, I'll buy

I agree with Arterra. When the player base builds back up and a lot of new players see others with chapeau's, you can bet there will be several with fresh bought CE wanting one. Will take time, though.

"Everybody thought they would go up in price after the promotion, but how did they go down? :O"

If too many people buy something to resell it, the price eventually crashes.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania for what happens in an ultra-super-crazy-mega-extreme instance of this sort of thing.

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"3. Its a costume. Its function is to look good. I think its working for many LOL

Edit: okay so its the next rarest thing to vog cub. Vog cub set is going for 6-8k ce for a set. You fail luden LOL"

I've been talking about the frequency of appearance in game, not prices or whether its being sold.
In your sense proto sword would be the most valuable asset in game coz it cant be bought no matter how rich you are.
Great way to interpret and contradict urself with an edit. I don't need to further mock you by stating the differences in functionality between the two do i?
However I wont blame you for your failure to intake information, categorize, and make reasonable and logical analysis, computers are meant to help people out, and certain people with mental issues do benefit from it, but sadly the adverse effect is bringing these people to the world of normals.

You started an unneeded thread whining bout how your investments turned bad, and when I elaborate by stating obvious facts, you whine about my comments being overly negative. Why do you whine all day?

Or were you expecting someone equally handicapped to praise and kiss ur ass by responding:
yea man, they should totally be worth 20k ce each, although they do practically nothing, and people spam trade chat every 30 sec trying to dump them for 1k, i'll still buy for 20k ce coz im amazing.

ichiban2g0, have you sold this since you made this post?