Supply Way Up; Demand Way Down.

Here`s the newsflash.. there isn`t a dysfunctional GTN. It lists what you put on it.

ANYONE with ONE brain cell would and SHOULD check for ALL sources of the product she/he needs to buy. If anything, the guy in general advertising is desperate.

How a smart buyer should proceed: take all into consideration, but DO NOT take general as gospel. SO she/he goes to GTN and looks up the prices for the product.

Thus, it will STILL see the price and pick the lowest one. NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

However, IF the buyer is goaded or convinced to NOT look on GTN, then the seller is smart. The buyer might pass a better offer on the GTN that he SHOULD check in the first place, to see if the advertised price is really the best, or bogus.

We have a non-problem. Smart buyers will always check for the smallest price on GTN. Not too smart deserve every scam that can be pulled against them.

[EDIT]Case study: How about if I am looking for an assault cannon augmented? Let`s assume I see everything listed for 500k a piece. That is over-optimistic pricing, since it`s normal price is no more than 150k. I will start advertising WTB with my price (for the sake of argument, I will try to buy at the correct price, not capitalize on the fact that they aren`t selling and force a lower price). It is my right and necessity, to try the water for the smart guy that wants to actually sell, not bank on my unexistent stupidity.

Am I not allowed or even excused for trying to secure a FAIR deal for me, on an obvious overinflated price, based on "let`s lower 1 credit from the lowest price?". Because there is no chance in Hell I will buy at anything higher than 10% of what the correct price is.

I think crafting in TOR is pretty weak myself. I have my professions maxed out on my Jedi Shadow at level 50...but everything he is wearing now..with the exception of maybe a implant...he got from doing quests...dailies..heroics...flashpoints , etc. No need to buy anything off the GTN. The double bladed lightsaber he has for example is far better than the one he can make for himself..:P

So, you want BioWare to do something about people actually interacting with other people to foster an economy because you are having a hard time competing with them? Seriously?

No that is just your strawman.

More likely he is suggesting more crafting options.

Except for Bio, and Cybertech, the other crafts have no disposable items to sell on the endgame. Once everyone has their augments, they'll just pull them out and move them.

Normally I don't do this sort of thing, but, can you read? Seriously?

There is no competition on the GTN anymore. As the title of my post suggests. Who can I compete with if the demand is gone for almost everything? Server populations are dwindling and the flow of goods has almost stopped. And you, based on the subtext of your post, suggest that the spamming of vastly overpriced items on General Chat is a good thing; a practice that ruins MMOs.

I'm not asking anything from Bioware. I'm asking the community if we can do something about ti ourselves.

Lastly, there is no competing with people who farm items and then hyper-inflate the value of things. Why should anyone be having to pay a quarter million credits for a level 20 item you'd find as a reward for a quest on Coruscant?

Once again, please learn to read. I'm bringing up a valid topic, and all you have to offer is a carelessly articulated, smug put-down.

Well, buying anything 1-49 is a waste because you outlevel it so quickly. Buying anything unaugmented is a waste because augmented items sell for 75-100k and it takes less than 30 minutes to farm that.

I think crafting in TOR is pretty weak myself. I have my professions maxed out on my Jedi Shadow at level 50...but everything he is wearing now..with the exception of maybe a implant...he got from doing quests...dailies..heroics...flashpoints , etc. No need to buy anything off the GTN. The double bladed lightsaber he has for example is far better than the one he can make for himself..:P