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dontliketolose
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I've noticed the prices for ships on the exchange being, so it is ridiculously low priced that you can purchase ships by doing one tour the universe. Case in point a mirrior Star Cruiser can be as low as 250,000 EC. While the prime universe, of the same type of ship can cost 120,000 dilithium which is likely more than the prior amount of EC amount. As there are no exchange miniums or listed rates for ships the depreciated value is not fair to the person triying sell a particular type of ship. Fair miniums for sell of ships and other items should be established in the exchange by use of a minium cap for a certain item.
While ship for ship trading should not be changed, I write this due to the rudeness of persons whom spoil sells of these types of items by stating the depreciated price of these items. A minium price cap for a ship on the exchange should be close to 6,000,000 EC for a ship.
To date there is not a valid chart or exchange that informs the people of what should be the value of EC from or to dilithium. In the ship selection, in any star base a cap stops a person from buying a ship if miniums are not meet the same should apply to the exchange.
While ship for ship trading should not be changed, I write this due to the rudeness of persons whom spoil sells of these types of items by stating the depreciated price of these items. A minium price cap for a ship on the exchange should be close to 6,000,000 EC for a ship.
To date there is not a valid chart or exchange that informs the people of what should be the value of EC from or to dilithium. In the ship selection, in any star base a cap stops a person from buying a ship if miniums are not meet the same should apply to the exchange.
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1: How much you want to sell it for.
2: How much other people are selling it for.
That's the way free enterprise systems work. McDonalds can't sell $8.00 hamburgers if Burger King is selling them for $4.00 even though McDonalds would like to sell them for $8.00.
its RA and up (so almost no demand most RA or up already have a Kick behind ship)
AND there are plenty of them
Actually if anything they are too expensive
Downgrade it to captains and halve the price and they MIGHT sell
If they set the min price on a ship to X, and that was 2 to 3 times higher then what people were willing to pay, they simply wouldn't sell. You can't force people to buy something at a given price. They will either buy it at a price they're willing to pay, or they will do without.
its not worth millions
Now there are tons on the market so the price is very low. Only the KDF Battlecruiser is sticking close to a million.
When the Tholian lock boxes go away expect the price to increase. The current console pack sells for 700.000 ec, the previous one sells for 5 mil.
Welcome to free market capitalism 101. The exchange prices are going to rise or fall based on supply AND demand. Right now the exchange is flooded with mirror ships and a good number of people who want one already have one. So either man up and sell it at a lower price if you want to get rid of it and get some fast EC. Or have some patience, wait for the Tholian boxes to be replaced by whatever comes next, and watch the exchange as the supply of mirror ships dwindles and the price goes back up.
Personally, I find it really awesome how cheap they are atm, I think they are great for F2P players to get a free, and guaranteed ship at RA level. Is is going to be the best of the best? Not really, but it's something.
At the moment he is a captain but in 7 levels he will Have the last ship he will ever buy waiting and ready to roll
Now all I need is a ISS prefix code (which id happily pay for hint hint)
I know what you mean.....but....and I know you deserve a break today....but.....
Yes they can. All day long. You left out a bit. That bit is what people are willing to pay or what is sometimes called what the market will bear.
How many burgers can burger king sell before they run out, or can no longer supply them in a timely fashion? Where do customers go then?
It's an interesting study as most studies of human behavior can be.
There's so many items involved here, but one thing is certain. The supply of mirror ships will dry up before the supply of EC. Sit on your ships for now. The WORST thing that can happen is that you give it to a new friend or a new alt in a few months time.
And why'd you have to mention burgers? Now I'm so hungry I don't even think anything I typed made any sense. I should've just typed...
NOM NOM NOM NOM soooooo hungry!!!!!!
Does mikey d's take EC??
The thing is worse than the free equivalent, it has negative value. Only an idiot would pay millions for that.
Hence the free market. Good things come to those who wait.
It's a good thing, people can buy cheap ships if they don't want to pay for a c-store one and if they want something different. It's not a bad one, it's a RA one, and it's ok to play all the content the game offers. There is no need to pay to play STFs or fleet actions, even if we all do that.
If you find the price too low, make a complaint to cryptic, ask them to make it VA ships or to lower the droprate (but you would have probably ended with a fleetcredit boost in that case). It's not the players fault if they don't want to fly this ship.
God, lvl 60 CW. 17k.
First and foremost - there's too many of them for the price to be higher. Have a look at the Assault and Star Cruisers - hundreds of them. If you want your stuff to even display on the list, let alone sell, you have to set quite a low price. Secondly, those ships aren't that unique. One can get them for free while leveling (though with a different look). If they're not selling good now, they won't sell with a higher price tag on them.
It's a bit different with the Mirror Vor'cha because a) it has a different BOff layout b) there are less Klingon players who c) probably mostly prefer to keep this baby
Bought all three of them but to say the truth I only fly the Klingon one. The rest of them are still packed and I really don't know what to do with them. Sell in a year's time for 700000 EC? Give them to my Science officer to see how cruisers work with her? Buy more of them so all of my characters can use mirror skins?
Don't get me wrong - I think it is great Cryptic decided to include them in the boxes with a high chance for drop. I do hope there will be more of this kind in future crates (i.e. Galaxy class with Excelsior stats and ability to equip the Saucer separation console
-Rule of Acquisition #113: Always have sex with the boss.
-I am one of the many victims from the hijacked Caspian Division.
I will not let the childish acts of a criminal ruin this game for me.
-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
People complain that oversupply due to the higher odds is horrible.
Lol, markets are so entertaining sometimes
Thats what I am planning to do. Buy two or three of them at 500,000 EC and then open one hold onto the other two and sell them for 10,000,000 EC a piece when the oversupply dries up
Yeah I wonder how many have put like 50 away and are waiting for the exchange to dry up and then sell one at a time for a few million ec. Thinking about making a new character right now that will be called "ship bank" lol
This is a nice change to all those threads complaining about the high price of Locked Box ships. Seriously, its all about supply and demand, and there are tons of Mirror ships flooding the market compared to The Cardie/Bug/D'Kora.
Too funny.
Can't please everyone I guess....