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Buy Orders! Please!

Yes, yes, "we're two weeks in" and we were supposed to see all kinds of nifty macro-economic changes away from mining as a dominant strategy, but several days after upper level cocktails and food became player-only, those prices have *dropped*, so it becomes *even better* to mine.

The only thing the auctions reflect is *supply* and it can take hours to get a result.  Adding buy orders would reflect demand and mean that quick sales would be much easier.  Otherwise we'll never see demand reflected in prices.

Knowing what other players need would provide some sort of outside direction, and constant interest, at least for me.  I've been stopping in to check on my animals, and maybe make some stuff for donations, but I'm in the same kind of repetitive cycle as I was when I was cheesemongering.  I'm kind of waiting for what I'm doing now to get nerfed and find the next cycle, and I know that I'll get bored of that.

Give me a market that indicates demand, so that every day there's a thing worth making different, please.  Before I have a busy day, and Glitch drops off my radar completely.

Posted 14 months ago by Yarrow Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • That would be pretty handy actually.  Would help to provide market stability as well.
    Posted 14 months ago by Boe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "upper level cocktails and food became player-only"

    Huh? What do you mean by this?
    Posted 14 months ago by Billy McBinky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • As in they are no longer able to be purchased via a vendor.
    Posted 14 months ago by Klaxis Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to this, we need insta-sell via auction!
    Posted 14 months ago by Saro Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They still are in some places though. I saw a vendor with the high level cocktails.
    Posted 14 months ago by Trucker Dave Subscriber! | Permalink
  • FWIW, I ran across a Mining Vendor, yesterday, that still sold Earthshakers and Flaming Humbaba's.
    Posted 14 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had great fun this evening selling packed lunches. (http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/9692/) OK I probably only just about broke even, but it was really fun, which for me is more important than making money.  I think it's as people break out from the money making cycles that we'll see the new behaviours emerge.
    Posted 14 months ago by Ama Gafr Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Signed. They have a similar thing in Eve Online and it works well.
    Posted 14 months ago by RAWRferal Subscriber! | Permalink