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  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited April 2014
    2) The farmers must have been AFK all weekend, because there were multiple times where the AH ran out of stacks of Peridots and Rank 5s. Nearly every enchantment level 5-10 went up in the last few days.

    Not necessarily.

    Someone I know has been stocking up on enchants. I think he was planning to spend 10-15mil on it
    3) Module 3 is around the corner! Just a little over two weeks away. So what can we expect? Perhaps an increase in prices as people stock up? Perhaps a flood of items into the market beforehand?

    I have a few friends spending tons of cash on lockboxes for fun and buying up other stuff in the AH for fun.

    I think people will be in for a surprise at a few changes.
  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    It's been a while since I did some market commentary, so here we go! We're only one week away from the release of Module 3! Whoo-hoo! Whats that mean? Inflation, inflation, and more inflation! The price of nearly everything is going up, such as...

    1) Peridots
    2) Stacks of Rank 5(99)
    3) C. Wards
    4) Most Enchantments and Runestones.

    This is most likely caused by more people returning to game and investors buying up the good deals to either flip or use for themselves. The ZAX, as well, has held strong about 400 for some time, creeping into the 450s briefly this weekend. Why? There have been some great sales by Cryptic recently, including Keys, very good companions for Open World PVP, and the best-selling Black Dye!

    Don't forget that the release of a new module is a great way to make some quick AD! Play the ZAX, buy some items to flip, or take a chance at those new lockboxes. Anyway you go, new content is a new opportunity for wealth-building.

    Happy trading folks, Trace.
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  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2014
    Certain companions/mounts in the auction house have been bought out

    I'm sure everyone knows why. Gotta spend money to make money
  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Thank you so much Syndra for making this amazing ZAX tracker! Whoo-hoo!
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  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2014
    Thank you so much Syndra for making this amazing ZAX tracker! Whoo-hoo!

    Old news.

    Been keeping track of ZAX using that and profiting healthily.

    Thanks to Syndra again though!
  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Old news.

    Been keeping track of ZAX using that and profiting healthily.

    Thanks to Syndra again though!

    Rash, I thought you'd be sharp enough to post that in this thread if you knew about it.

    Disappointed in you, man.
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  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2014
    Rash, I thought you'd be sharp enough to post that in this thread if you knew about it.

    Disappointed in you, man.

    I'm a selfish dude. I'm also not like you who is willing to put in the hard work to write up a good comprehensive guide to help out new players
  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I'm a selfish dude. I'm also not like you who is willing to put in the hard work to write up a good comprehensive guide to help out new players

    That's a shame. But at least you recognize it.
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  • justsyndrajustsyndra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Thank you so much Syndra for making this amazing ZAX tracker! Whoo-hoo!

    Your welcome :D I hadn't posted it on the forums myself as I'm not sure if Cryptic is 'ok' with it, I sent a mail to the forum mods but have not heard back yet. Glad to see the site is getting used.
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  • iambecks1iambecks1 Member Posts: 4,044 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    justsyndra wrote: »
    Your welcome :D I hadn't posted it on the forums myself as I'm not sure if Cryptic is 'ok' with it, I sent a mail to the forum mods but have not heard back yet. Glad to see the site is getting used.

    Yeah thanks for the tracker Syndra , I found it over on reddit , awesome tool , also thanks for the datamining xD
    And thanks to Trace for this guide too , guys like you two are great :D
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  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited May 2014
    justsyndra wrote: »
    Your welcome :D I hadn't posted it on the forums myself as I'm not sure if Cryptic is 'ok' with it, I sent a mail to the forum mods but have not heard back yet. Glad to see the site is getting used.
    Sorry! As it stands now, I see no reason to disallow it. :)

    There's been no official response about it though and as such, when given, would trump my post here. :(
  • justsyndrajustsyndra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    zebular wrote: »
    Sorry! As it stands now, I see no reason to disallow it. :)

    There's been no official response about it though and as such, when given, would trump my post here. :(

    Okey thanks for update.
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  • justsyndrajustsyndra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Since I don't really have any other place to put it, just wanna let you know when the ZAX is empty (as in there is none to buy), I'm just having the site record a 500 for consistency. It grabbed two error values that defaulted to 0 the first times the exchange was empty, but I cleared those entries already. If you'd like me to record something different in this instance, let me know, open to ideas.
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  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Crazy, right? I noticed there was only about 2k Zen to buy about a half-hour ago. That's record-breaking, there. Your best bet is to put up an order and wait for it to get filled.

    Wild times! The ZAX has tapped out!
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  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2014
    buy more zen
  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    buy more zen

    Nevvvvaaaaa!
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  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Well, folks, it's been awhile since I posted in this beloved guide, so here we go:

    1) ZEN shortage! Since the release of Module 3, the ZAX has been capped and there's heavy, heavy demand for ZEN. As a regular purchaser of ZEN from the ZAX, I've noticed about a 12 hour turn-around time to buy ZEN at 500 AD.

    2) C. Wards are now BOP from the T. Bar Merchant! Old news, yes, but this is one of the factors causing the spike in prices for Weapon and Armor Enchantments.

    3) Stacks of Rank 5s are sky high! Did you buy up stacks of Rank 5s before Module 3 when they were selling for less than 80k? You could have easily, easily doubled your investment. An account with 5kk AD would be 10kk! This was, by far, the trade of the year. 100% ROIs are not very common.

    Happy trading, folks, and good luck getting your BI Gear!
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  • lwedarlwedar Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 790 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Well, folks, it's been awhile since I posted in this beloved guide, so here we go:

    1) ZEN shortage! Since the release of Module 3, the ZAX has been capped and there's heavy, heavy demand for ZEN. As a regular purchaser of ZEN from the ZAX, I've noticed about a 12 hour turn-around time to buy ZEN at 500 AD.

    2) C. Wards are now BOP from the T. Bar Merchant! Old news, yes, but this is one of the factors causing the spike in prices for Weapon and Armor Enchantments.

    3) Stacks of Rank 5s are sky high! Did you buy up stacks of Rank 5s before Module 3 when they were selling for less than 80k? You could have easily, easily doubled your investment. An account with 5kk AD would be 10kk! This was, by far, the trade of the year. 100% ROIs are not very common.

    Happy trading, folks, and good luck getting your BI Gear!

    wonder why the stacks of 5s doubled in price? shortage from people refining new artifacts maybe
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  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2014
    lwedar wrote: »
    wonder why the stacks of 5s doubled in price? shortage from people refining new artifacts maybe

    Yes. People are starting to get their banner artifacts.

    Also, people have nothing to buy with their diamonds since they can't easily purchase zen. They don't usually purchase those overpriced keys from the auction house.
  • jazzfongjazzfong Member Posts: 1,079 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    3 more days for chicken egg. (AD sink event for 2 epic companions)
  • justsyndrajustsyndra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Hi, my Zen tracker is now tracking the amount of Zen Requested at 500 AD each, it's the 2nd graph down on the page. Example from the first few datapoints:

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    When/if the Zen price drops below 500 again, the highest sell price will also be tracked and shown on the same graph as the buy price. I've also shaved 5 minutes off the data collection interval :)
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  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    justsyndra wrote: »
    Hi, my Zen tracker is now tracking the amount of Zen Requested at 500 AD each, it's the 2nd graph down on the page. Example from the first few datapoints:

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    When/if the Zen price drops below 500 again, the highest sell price will also be tracked and shown on the same graph as the buy price. I've also shaved 5 minutes off the data collection interval :)

    Awesome, justsyndra! Thanks so much for your ZAX charts and tools!
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  • thestaggythestaggy Member Posts: 1,102 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2014
    With regards to Leadership, why is that I cannot do more than 3 War Game or Tactical Training tasks at a time? Just hit level 19, 16 days away from 20 and those glorious 1600 AD tasks.
    PSA: You don't need to grind Spinward Rise for your Elemental artifact main hand if you have some AD lying around. You can craft it via the Tyranny of Dragon's campaign screen.
  • justsyndrajustsyndra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    thestaggy wrote: »
    With regards to Leadership, why is that I cannot do more than 3 War Game or Tactical Training tasks at a time? Just hit level 19, 16 days away from 20 and those glorious 1600 AD tasks.

    For whatever reason, Leadership's XP-only quests are subject to the 3 at once limit, while other professions with gathering/crafting materials don't have a limit. They probably wanted to slow down the rate you can get to level 20 because of the RAD tasks.
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  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    The rule is that you're limited to 3 of a particular task. The exceptions are gathering and refining tasks. You can do as many Deep Wilderness Gatherings or Mass Forging/Weaving etc.. as you like, but you can only make 3 of the same kind of pants at once. Leadership has no tasks that are exempt from this.
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  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Looks like we're back to record, pre-chicken levels of ZEN asks, folks. Enjoy the backlog. It's a great way to make money from flipping Pres wards from the ZEN store. Some good AD to be made!

    http://nwzen.biz/
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  • frishterfrishter Member Posts: 3,522 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Looks like we're back to record, pre-chicken levels of ZEN asks, folks. Enjoy the backlog. It's a great way to make money from flipping Pres wards from the ZEN store. Some good AD to be made!

    http://nwzen.biz/

    Do you really have to recommend for people to make the situation worse ):
  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    frishter wrote: »
    Do you really have to recommend for people to make the situation worse ):

    Not in the slightest. I'm simply a 1) capitalist and 2) opportunist. If I see a way that people can clearly profit off a circumstance, I point it out.

    Happy trading, Trace.
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  • justsyndrajustsyndra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Hi again, another update for nwzen! I'm now tracking some select items in the auction house. You can find a new dropdown menu in the option section that has the 'ZAX', 'Preservation', 'Coalescent' and a few others listed. The ZAX is just the normal Exchange graphs, but selecting one of the other items will show you a graph of that item's lowest sell value in the auction house.

    Since Trace mentioned pres wards, here's a direct link to those: http://nwzen.biz?item=Preservation&hourly=yes

    It shows a the item's name and a nice little icon for it. Notice for Preservation wards, we're only looking at stacks of 10, no more no less. All other items right now look at single-stacks, so you may be able to buy Rad R7s in bulk for cheaper, but the site is just looking at singles for now!

    (I've also increased font size, done some SQL query cleanup, and spruced up the options menu since I last posted here. There's also a twitter you can follow for more immediate updates on anything site related, or as just another way to contact me :) )
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  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    justsyndra wrote: »
    Hi again, another update for nwzen! I'm now tracking some select items in the auction house. You can find a new dropdown menu in the option section that has the 'ZAX', 'Preservation', 'Coalescent' and a few others listed. The ZAX is just the normal Exchange graphs, but selecting one of the other items will show you a graph of that item's lowest sell value in the auction house.

    Since Trace mentioned pres wards, here's a direct link to those: http://nwzen.biz?item=Preservation&hourly=yes

    It shows a the item's name and a nice little icon for it. Notice for Preservation wards, we're only looking at stacks of 10, no more no less. All other items right now look at single-stacks, so you may be able to buy Rad R7s in bulk for cheaper, but the site is just looking at singles for now!

    (I've also increased font size, done some SQL query cleanup, and spruced up the options menu since I last posted here. There's also a twitter you can follow for more immediate updates on anything site related, or as just another way to contact me :) )

    Awesome, Syndra! Thanks for all your time and effort to put up this amazing site!
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