Did everyone just stop posting items on trade?

I see at least 30-40k players on steam alone yet day by day the trade site has just become a complete ghost town.

Maybe other players are having the same situation as me.
Last league trades all the time, this league next to nobody unless it's a good tier item.

It's like everything else isn't even worth 10ex, is that it?

I pretty much stopped trying to post things after I just kept running down the prices now I pretty much toss everything.

Either way the results from search trade are just shocking non-existent.

F R E S H is a mind-virus. You've willingly adopted it and now actively propogate it.

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Giantbomb#0840 が発言:

I see at least 30-40k players on steam alone yet day by day the trade site has just become a complete ghost town.

Maybe other players are having the same situation as me.
Last league trades all the time, this league next to nobody unless it's a good tier item.

It's like everything else isn't even worth 10ex, is that it?

I pretty much stopped trying to post things after I just kept running down the prices now I pretty much toss everything.

Either way the results from search trade are just shocking non-existent.

Due to the nature of the loot changes it has encouraged RMT. A large number of the remaining active accounts are bots, just farming to sell for dollars.

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JarlaxleDaerthe#2435 が発言:

A large number of the remaining active accounts are bots, just farming to sell for dollars.

Pretty much this, although it has nothing to do with 'loot changes', just a percentage from the start.

I don't get replys from a lot of players. First things first, if the price is too good to be true, it's a price fixer. Second, it can take 1-2 mins for the person who is mapping/bossing to reply so you need to be patient.

Third, by the third week of this new patch there was an 80% player exodus so most people are gone, I reckon anywhere between 10-20% are bots/price fixers, and if the item of the value is low, people don't bother responding. I've been guilty of not responding to 1 ex item when I am deep with a party in a map, I usually message the person and tell them if they can wait 5-10 mins it's their items. And will usually give it to them for free because this late in the league 1-10 ex items are really just to help the players/newbies.

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2836742981#3689 が発言:

I usually message the person and tell them if they can wait 5-10 mins it's their items. And will usually give it to them for free because this late in the league 1-10 ex items are really just to help the players/newbies.

The Problem With 'Leagues'

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LeFlesh#9979 が発言:

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2836742981#3689 が発言:

I usually message the person and tell them if they can wait 5-10 mins it's their items. And will usually give it to them for free because this late in the league 1-10 ex items are really just to help the players/newbies.

The Problem With 'Leagues'

Agreed. I never saw the point in leagues. Some of my friends decided to play in the new league thinking that a "fresh start" would be fun. Why, I have no idea. Maybe I'm just so heavily invested in Standard league that the idea of playing in a new league feels like deliberately stalling my progression, which seems quite contradictory to the overall purpose of the game.

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LargeHairyMan#4219 が発言:

Agreed. I never saw the point in leagues. Some of my friends decided to play in the new league thinking that a "fresh start" would be fun. Why, I have no idea. Maybe I'm just so heavily invested in Standard league that the idea of playing in a new league feels like deliberately stalling my progression, which seems quite contradictory to the overall purpose of the game.

To me, leagues only make sense if they have exclusive content.
This is not the case this league so I really don't bother playing the league. I made a new SSF char and made it in standard because I don't see the point to making it in a league unless some ppl want to be on top of the leaderboard...

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Oinkaments#6390 が発言:

To me, leagues only make sense if they have exclusive content.
This is not the case this league so I really don't bother playing the league. I made a new SSF char and made it in standard because I don't see the point to making it in a league unless some ppl want to be on top of the leaderboard...

I'm still relatively new to this genre of game so I could be missing something. Why do you feel that new content is better released within a new league as opposed to simply updating the base game with new content normally? That's where my confusion comes from, personally. The complications of having a new league every time a big update is released seem to outweigh the benefits.

GGG's league, is just an attempt at elaborating on D2's ladder, and ofc... providing an easy 'marketing' value within each reset. And by marketing, i don't mean the in game economy, but more so, the business of selling supporter packs.

The easiest way to do that (in thier model), was to basically create mini expansions and etc etc.

But other then that, the true back history to the 'league' / aka 'ladder', is nothing more then that. A reset, of leaderboards, economy, etc.

Lets face it, if you played POE1 since the beginning days, until now, you have absolutely fucking seen a change in economy (standard) over the years. Where as leagues tend to stay a little more stable with much less inflation over time. I think the big factor here is, inflation.

OFC, depending on the league, and the content it brings, this can radically shift the economy in and of itself. For eg: Kingsmarch and Rogue Harbor in POE1 definitely changed economy in game at least a little.

And then ofc, finally, the economy itself can be shifted instantly by GGG and anything they do that changes current mechanics (generally regarding currency - see exalt and divines in POE1).

Thats really all it is.