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What's with the price of emblems at the Auction House?

A few weeks ago you could get any of the emblems at auction for under 1000 currants. Now the lowest prices for the various emblems are 2, 3 and even 4 thousand. I know that with the new skills the demand for Mab and Tii are up to speed learning, but at this moment the emblem of Cosma, which is not associated with either of the new skills at all, is the most expensive on auction. Is something else going on that I haven't noticed to make the prices skyrocket, or is it just a random swing of the pendulum of market variation? And will my merely posting this question cause a flocking of sellers to auction and initiate the next crash in prices?

Posted 4 months ago by Hawkwell Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Not entirely sure of all the current intricacies like the thing with Cosma, but emblems dropped from 5.5k-ish when people started having most/all of their skills, with no new players to counteract that, and of course when opposite factors start coming into play, prices rise again (I don't know if this is what you mean by "random market swings").
    Posted 4 months ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yea, new people will need all of the emblems to unlock lower level skills.
    Posted 4 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And people are also broke... ;)
    Posted 4 months ago by Rutger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • http://www.glitchremote.com/#Category:Emblems+%2526+Icons/1/n
    all emblems can be bought from SDBs for less than 1k... it seems SDBs prices didn't follow AH prices...
    Posted 4 months ago by UXRoot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • By UX a lot of the info is still out of date.  I had someone im'g looking for my frogs for sale (which had gone a week ago) - have TS given an indication of when the glitch with the api will be fixed? 

    I've been searching for emblems in sdb's the past couple of days and I've had to learn to bypass quite a few streets where they are listed as they're no longer for sale there.
    Posted 4 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @~Arabesque~: try using the checkbox at the bottom of the page "Check this box to show only SDBs that have been updated (price or quantity) in the last 5 days" (but this is in the HomeStreet page)
    I just tried with 3 emblems and found them. I will change the page so the checkbox is checked by default...

    they didn't told me any specific ETA... I will ask again... :(
    Posted 4 months ago by UXRoot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You mean you haven't learnt the Crown Crafter skill where you can make crowns out of emblems that give you  greater powers of imagination and let you turn your favourite giant into your butler?

    No?

    *whistles*
    Posted 4 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I use mine as coasters.
    Posted 4 months ago by N2ZOrtolanaBlue Subscriber! | Permalink
  • As Diavborn said - with new players in the game needing emblems to go forward in learning some skills and discovering iconizing, the emblems are going up in price again... 
    Higher demand = higher prices...
    Posted 3 months ago by Arietty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Even emblems that you don't need to learn a new skill are way higher than they were a week ago.

    On a related note, what is SDB?
    Posted 3 months ago by Annettee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • and, with the endless days of learning new skills, I spent ALL my emblems, made more, spent more, went to buy more at auction and, whoops, gave up.  I wonder if yellow crumb has gone up too?
    Posted 3 months ago by Minkey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • note: the SDB bug is fixed now... so SDB data should be updated. I'm now updating street features information...
    Posted 3 months ago by UXRoot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Storage Display Box.
    Posted 3 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you, Djabriil!!  :D  I do't know what that is!  But at least I know what SDB stands for now.  XD
    Posted 3 months ago by Annettee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • An SDB is a furniture item for your house that can hold up to 50,000 of any one item. It's quite handy to have a lot of these! You can also put them in your tower to sell the items out of them.
    Posted 3 months ago by Toksyuryel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Correction, Toksyuryel: It can hold 1000 stacks of any one item. If you put milk in it, it will hold 80,000. If you put meat in it, it will hold 60,000. Grain, 250,000. 

    Unless they've changed it, and I missed the change, anyway.
    Posted 3 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hm, really? That must have changed since the housing previews, because I remember someone testing it then and finding it to be 50,000 of any item (ignoring stacks entirely).
    Posted 3 months ago by Toksyuryel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • no,it's always been stacks
    Posted 3 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The lower level Glitches will want emblems for unlocking and speeding up skills, and most of them don't have icons yet, so they are probably working for the icon and emblem badges as well. (And icons are good for leveling in the lower levels)
    Posted 3 months ago by gracerigney Subscriber! | Permalink
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    Posted 3 months ago by dm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Emblems at 1k was more of the surprise than the 3,4,5.  Long time ago, emblems fetched 5k or more and Icons 55k.

    ETA: BTW, your thread had the effect of cutting the price in half. 
    Posted 3 months ago by Mablem Tiipot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cosma is hot as Hell.
    Posted 3 months ago by RainyRain Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you Toksyuryel and others for explaining the SDB! And, Minkey came by with one for me! :o Which was so lovely and appreciated!
    Posted 3 months ago by Annettee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Welll.....
    Theoretically, the value of an emblem, purely for spending on skills, has a 10K value. Except that it is to one specific Giant. (If you had 10K worth of, say, beans you could donate them to any shrine and an get 1000 favor to spend.) So 5K is still a "deal", especially considering you can spend as many emblems in a game day as you wish.
    Posted 3 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stating the 'long ago' value of something is kinda pointless because the changes are immeasurable. 

    I'm confused by this statement.
    Posted 3 months ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cool, Lord Bacon-o, that makes a lot of sense!
    Posted 3 months ago by Annettee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah.  I thought it was super-relevant since what we're seeing in prices being raised is exactly the opposite of what happened in the past.

    (edit: this was a reply to now-deleted stuff)
    Posted 3 months ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
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    Posted 3 months ago by Annettee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Funny, but I think that merely commenting to say something is irrelevant is not relevant to the conversation. 

    I guess I'm the one confused, since you're not the OP.  Hawkwell asked why the prices were now high and once low.  Truth is, they were mostly high and only recently low. 

    Totally relevant.  And non-trolly, too.

    And, for one "new" to the game, how do you know the changes are immeasurable?  By what measure?  I'm finding it hard to see how that's relevant.

    ETA: Above reply based on previous, deleted comments.
    Posted 3 months ago by Mablem Tiipot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • edit, i'm out, sorry to step on sensitive toes.
    Posted 3 months ago by Annettee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Annettee, if you're going to troll, you might want to add a thicker layer of skin.
    Posted 3 months ago by Mablem Tiipot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • -_- I really wish editing was impossible. I hate when entire threads change because someone erases their posts. (Especially when the OP does but that's a whole other rant)
    Anyways! I haven't even been paying attention to the decrease in price! Proves how much I know =P
    Posted 3 months ago by Clickadee Subscriber! | Permalink