A House Built on Sand

Mondays and Tuesdays has always been a quiet day in the markets, i.e. I make a stand and rarely sell much. I took a gander at Hefei and am amazed at some of the prices. I'm not even talking about rare items like def trinket or damage plates here. For example:

2 slot bracers (unrefined) - 50kk
2 slot GB+5 wpn - 166kk
Lvl 3 elixir - 4kk (you can make for 2.5kk from NPC)
Lvl 2 elixir - 2kk (you can make for 500k from NPC)
100 dodge trinket - from 75kk up to 300kk
Ordinary OC - RC wpns - up to 1kk

What makes people think they can sell for these crazy prices ? I feel sorry for the new players who start their journey and think they have to try and sell an RC weapon for 1kk just to get anywhere in this game. Eventually, they're going to realise they can't afford anything and leave.

This is just like the real world economy where house prices were spiralling out of control. At some point, new buyers realised they're not going to afford to get onto the property ladder. Leaving people as owners of over inflated houses and large debt. And we all know what happened in the last 12 months to the global economy.

There's no shortage of BEs. I myself have sold nearly 500 at differing prices. Other Hermit level players I've spoken to say they have 7 stacks (255) of BEs. So next time you pay 2 billion for that weapon, ask yourself, are you going to be able to sell it and get your money back ? Especially when Tibet will bring new weapons and everybody will want the latest and greatest again.