tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post6210379179232290742..comments2024-02-15T02:26:05.187-07:00Comments on The Gold Mint: Tips and Tricks - TSM Custom Reset MethodMoxNixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-29302971904086511562011-11-09T11:48:05.030-07:002011-11-09T11:48:05.030-07:00@ MoxNix, I stay away from the gem market all toge...@ MoxNix, I stay away from the gem market all together, i just had to comment anyway!<br /><br />@ Critical Goblin, Wave, I read your blog as well! :P Also I am glad my exclamation points made you grin! I don't like bee's as I am allergic to them, so i am replacing them with a bear! <br /><br />"Bam! Its like a bear to a honey pot!" - fixed! :pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-73259245450612887592011-11-08T22:18:48.899-07:002011-11-08T22:18:48.899-07:00Critical is a pro blogger, who just so happens to ...Critical is a pro blogger, who just so happens to be pro at comment baiting. What is comment baiting you ask? (i know u didnt say a word but Critical can read minds). It is giving away 99% whilst withholding 1% until a reader asks, then Bam! Its like bees to a honey pot!<br /><br />Now you know the secret to Critical's active comments board! <br /><br />PS: i dont actually do the above. Not intentionally anyway.Critical Goblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421877253647301675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-23042843020582067722011-11-08T18:45:58.001-07:002011-11-08T18:45:58.001-07:00Sometimes it amazes which posts get comments and w...Sometimes it amazes which posts get comments and which don't. I never expected many comments on this post while other posts I thought would get plenty of comments got none at all.MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-28124359552539506682011-11-08T13:20:57.855-07:002011-11-08T13:20:57.855-07:00"As to the exclamation points they make me fe..."As to the exclamation points they make me feel powerful so I will continue using them! :P "<br /><br />Gotta love your readers Mox, made me grin. <br /><br />PS: dont u feel dirty having to defend wall strats =).Critical Goblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421877253647301675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-33084915926845270152011-11-08T11:56:52.930-07:002011-11-08T11:56:52.930-07:00Also when I say it's better to stabilize than ...Also when I say it's better to stabilize than to dominate that's assuming the competition isn't trying to dominate.<br /><br />If he is then it's time for 48 hour walls. Find his real thresholds and post just over them. You don't really want your's to sell then. Let him work his butt off for peanuts while all you have to do is repost every 2 days. While he's working desperately to dominate gems for peanuts you'll have plenty of time to work other more lucrative markets.MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-65274220939820433762011-11-08T11:42:46.564-07:002011-11-08T11:42:46.564-07:00Well of course if people post below vendor you buy...Well of course if people post below vendor you buy them out. Depending on color, cut and sometimes even timing I'll buy them out for a lot more than that.<br /><br />As to your point on stabilizing vs dominating. That's what walls are about. When someone won't stop trying to dominate sales, dump the price and keep it there until he stops.<br /><br />You don't even really want your's to sell then. Find his real threshold, post just over it and let him work his butt off for peanuts while all you have to do is repost every 24 or 48 hours.MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-7728609070941132752011-11-08T11:12:33.938-07:002011-11-08T11:12:33.938-07:00You bet your butt I bought them all out and have b...You bet your butt I bought them all out and have been selling them to raiders at 25g per that are too busy to check the AH! <br /><br />As to the exclamation points they make me feel powerful so I will continue using them! :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-31404947099945851852011-11-08T06:25:53.311-07:002011-11-08T06:25:53.311-07:00If rare gems went to 1g each and you didn't bu...If rare gems went to 1g each and you didn't buy out every single one, even if there were twenty thousand of them, then you really don't know what you're doing.<br /><br />Also, holy exclamation points, Batman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-28648121528428873232011-11-07T23:00:29.480-07:002011-11-07T23:00:29.480-07:00I hate to play the devil's advocate but i can&...I hate to play the devil's advocate but i can't not comment! <br /><br />First of all I tried TSM 3 times and uninstalled it a few minutes later each time! Now I won't touch it even with a 100 foot pole! Second walls are never a good idea! It just waists your gold paying the deposit! I simply wait until the wall poster goes offline post my items a few silver cheaper and laugh as mine sells and yours doesn't because people don't want to deal with walls! <br /><br />@ MoxNix, I used to agree that stabilizing the economy is better than dominating it! However I have changed my mind after spending 5kg to stabilize the gem market just to be undercut so much that raw rare cata gems went from 33g per down to 1g a pop! <br /><br />I admit to being a greedy "no-lifer" but I am not the problem! The real problem is people under-cutting each other so much that the value of items drop so low that they aren't worth posting! A good example is my true gem story above!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-69314656088439904102011-11-07T10:49:04.695-07:002011-11-07T10:49:04.695-07:00I agree working to stabilize the economy is better...I agree working to stabilize the economy is better than trying to dominate it. I'd much rather sell 10 a day for 100g profit each than 100 a day for 10g profit each.<br /><br />The problem is all it takes is one greedy no-lifer trying to dominate a market to ruin it. When it comes to that, then I'd rather sell 100 a day for 10g profit each than none, or maybe 1 or 2 a good day for 100g profit each.MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-17825146723127518362011-11-07T10:44:29.026-07:002011-11-07T10:44:29.026-07:004-6x your ore investment?
That's amazingly hi...4-6x your ore investment?<br /><br />That's amazingly high. Sounds like your server's gem market isn't very competitive. I'd guess ore is cheap too.<br /><br />Enjoy it while it lasts!MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-50370807426576420582011-11-07T09:50:17.461-07:002011-11-07T09:50:17.461-07:00Interesting post as always Mox. I liked the phlox ...Interesting post as always Mox. I liked the phlox shout out. he says mean things to me and makes me cry.Sagalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-53492040145144549112011-11-07T09:47:52.970-07:002011-11-07T09:47:52.970-07:00Great Post & Awesome BlogGreat Post & Awesome Blogsanthoshhttp://www.tech-buzz.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-19745431752489586252011-11-07T09:44:27.274-07:002011-11-07T09:44:27.274-07:00I'm always sort of amused at people that wall ...I'm always sort of amused at people that wall up the gem market. Considering that I will generally make 4-6x whatever I spend on the initial investment of ore, walling doesn't really do anything other than present a slight annoyance. I'll still undercut (pretty frequently as I camp the AH while my daughters are watching Sleeping Beauty and the wife is on her laptop...), it gives me an idea of who I should watch out for, and three it pushes me to be innovative in terms of pricing and posting strategies. Granted, YMMV server to server but the gem market seems dynamic enough to handle more than one fully armed goblin - shades of US/USSR "MAD" strategy. Additionally, I've found that working to stabilize a market economy has far better returns for everyone involved vs. aggressive market pushes for dominance.Wahlmartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-13900949224170396562011-11-07T01:52:12.678-07:002011-11-07T01:52:12.678-07:00I actually asked Sapu about this 100g max on the C...I actually asked Sapu about this 100g max on the Custom Reset earlier last week but then forgot to follow up (crazy weekend).<br /><br />Here's a thread to the Consortium topic for when he gets back to me again:<br /><br />http://consortium.stormspire.net/official-trade-skill-master-development-forum/4066-auctioning-market-reset-question.htmlI3ig Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-39095644559568412272011-11-07T01:44:53.496-07:002011-11-07T01:44:53.496-07:00That's precisely the point of walls... To coun...That's precisely the point of walls... To counter no-life campers. ;)MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-46967123879482269322011-11-07T00:25:00.926-07:002011-11-07T00:25:00.926-07:00I don't really understand the point of tactics...I don't really understand the point of tactics like this I guess. I camp the AH fairly heavily (well, did) and I just make items whenever they pass a profit threshold.<br /><br />The moment you would "force me out of a market" would be when you go below that threshold. That's fine with me, there are TONS of different AH markets (flasks, potions, herbs, gear, enchanting mats, enchants, cut rares, etc etc) to make money and only so many hours in the day. I honestly probably won't even notice. As soon as your wall is removed (unless you plan on making a tiny profit forever because my margin is between 5 and 20% depending on market), TSM will automatically set that type of item to restock.<br /><br />The only way I could see this type of thing being useful is on a really popular AND expensive type of item (Power Torrent/Landslide). Again though, I heavily monitor the high-end enchants because those have huge profit margins. I would just lower my profit margin to like 5-10% and if I had to, base the crafting costs off the shuffle itself instead of AH prices. <br /><br />It just seems like walls are a strategy for people with limited time (or to reverse that - walls don't seem very effective for people like me with no life) or people who want revenge on X person for Y reason.Simcahttp://www.mmo-champion.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-34654145929568793432011-11-06T23:40:26.341-07:002011-11-06T23:40:26.341-07:00So that's why Sapu stopped listening to me! Yo...So that's why Sapu stopped listening to me! You turned him against me you.. you...<br /><br />LOL, just kidding. I'm an old programmer myself, I know what happens when a program of your's becomes popular. No doubt he's so completely swamped with input from "official" testers now he doesn't have any time left to consider input from unofficial sources anymore. ;)MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813683889078209798.post-14409510436151719692011-11-06T22:34:06.199-07:002011-11-06T22:34:06.199-07:00Unfortunately one of my arch glyph enemies is none...Unfortunately one of my arch glyph enemies is none other than ... the damn author of TSM, Sapu! I has a feeling he's not increasing this Reset limit from 100g because i requested it!<br /><br />Nah just kidding hes a nice guy. I'll mention it to him the next time he complains to me about The Camper aka Discretetime. Cant be that hard to do.Critical Goblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421877253647301675noreply@blogger.com