Market Discussions

I'm not trying to hike the prices since the trade is doing quite nicely, thank you Sekret Santas, but I am suprised that Traders aren't taking this part of the market more seriously.

WiS is going to happen and when it does prices will go sky high especially on the older more limited items.

Once that door is finally opened and players start hooking up with one another in character then like Wow and similiar games players are going to want to look cool and wealthly, now is the best time to buy into the sector because it's about time something about WiS gets mentioned in a dev blog and when it does then prices will increase dramatically.

AUR bought items are an unknown variable in apparel since the vagueries about the aur/isk equation, but CCP has already shown that it will continue to release tons of apparel items in the future like the Xmas shirts and boots, this in turn means that like limited ships and trade items the older and rarer they are the higher their eventual value.

I'm as glad as the next player that these items don't have any game enhancement value but they do have a very serious value when it comes to players trying to be unique and different in their apperance either to look wealthy, cool or martial. In recent weeks I've noticed that a large number of Eve's trillionaire traders have been buying up the Silvershore Greatcoat, I've sold a lot of them myself and they're like a who's who of players at the top table of the markets game.

Another feature of apparel which is also unique is that they are the only items in the game that you can take anywhere in Eve and not lose in combat even if you're podded (at the moment), nobody can gank a trader and take his shirt! This means that whatever you can wear you can move safely anywhere and sell it, better still you can even transport it without getting into a ship! No other item can be transported instantly to any destination in Eve like apparel!

Look out for an update regards apparel items and rarity and also the possibility of a clothing investment bond I'm planning on creating.

If you have any specific apparel items you wish to buy or sell then don't hesitate to contact me, but as I said now is the time to think about your Spring Collection!

Well it wasn't my main reason for posting, I'm looking more for movement in the market both to buy and sell.

The ishukone shirt episode ensured that 'limited' means limited to CCP, so the bets even safer than it was.

This is where your premise falls flat. You may be right that WiS "may happen". Eventually. But oddly enough, things whose timeline for occurring are defined as "eventually" or perhaps "Soon™" do not make good speculative markets, because we know ****-all about the when and for that matter the how and what. The default clothing in the store is rather bland, for example. What happens when they do introduce WiS and, along with it, a tremendous range of clothing that isn't boring crap? Or to take the lazier route, what happens when they don't introduce any other clothes, but axe the cost of what is available tremendously, bringing it all in line with the idea of "micro" transactions (which they very arguably are not right now.)

I'd recommend rabble-rousing in a different market.

confirming that corestwo could teach mynnna a lesson or two

The best part is "Captain IQ"

Ahha, I see the game now. Well played Bi...err, Captain IQ.

Boots.ini are made for walking, (regardless of the humour/history).

I have never doubted that WiS will bring in new players. Many more new players. And retain many who would otherwise have left EVE after a trial and maybe 1-3 months of paid subscription. Having a walkable avatar adds a lot of cool factor for a lot of people, including a lot who don't play EVE.

I'm personally only semi-enthusiastic about it, for a variety of reasons, but once WiS does come, I'll probably start caring a bit about how my avatar dresses.