Market Discussions

i would expect that if it is stocks dumped then eventually it will bounce back, I also have a vague recollection about a roll back on incursions, if that is true and not me getting old, incursion runners will once again leave missioning. id say give it a few weeks and see how things go.

Meta 4's were pretty damn expensive prior to Inferno. In some way it's kind of nice that they aren't so much anymore. With that said, I guess we will see how it goes. Though I hope that my stocks don't sell out before a price rise if that is where this is headed. x_x

Yeah I find it hard to beleive prices dropped so much without a loot table change. If anything fewer people are doing missions now since they are becoming less and less worthwhile. Not only was the loot nerfed but other things like incursions make doing missions less desirable.

How then are we ending up with so many more of these dcus?

This might just be all the incursion runners switching to LVL4s after CCP hit sansha with the nerf bat.

More lvl4s, more supply, lower prices?

I've noticed a rather marked decline in prices across all meta items I track.

You also may be getting more peeps that were doing drone anoms/complexes changing to other missions increasing drops.
Do the drones missions now drop meta 1-4 items instead of alloys?

Rogue Drones drop nothing at all. Their salvage is crap, too.

So, no meta 4 items from them.

plus - who the hell salvages in a BS...? It's marauder or noctis in lvl 4's.

I mainly trade now and have seen an across the board fall in both minnie and amarr space in meta 4 loot. Some of it appears to be stabilising as I think some people may have been fitting PvP ships with better meta items as prices became a lot cheaper.

I think one thing (may not have been noted before) is that now when you loot, your hold shows the value - how many mission runners were simply highlighting 'stuff' and selling asap to buy orders but now are selling the items - possibly clearing hangars as well. I have seen a marked increase in people selling less than 5 items of meta 4 items but vastly undercutting normal sell orders and seen some items more than halve in value - I retained my orders and now prices (in some items) are starting to rise again.

I (can't be the only one) have amassed a huge amount of loot that I 'give' to my PvP alt - now my containers show how much it is all worth - so maybe people are now selling crap lying around so they can buy that new shiny ship or officer/deadspace mod. It is quite an eye opener when you open your loot/salvage/junk container hold several 100 millions isk of items........multiply that by a few thousand people and possibly that's part of the problem.

Just my late night thoughts on the issue