Chapter Ninety-Nine: Let's Talk Again
After a month's buffer, the massive consumption of materials due to the influx of players into the game has passed, and next, the demand for low-level materials by ordinary players will drop sharply, and with the general increase in level, the production of materials will inevitably increase, the balance between supply and demand will be broken again, and the price should continue to fall.
In fact, by the middle of July, it is difficult for material prices to rise, compared with the market trend, to the second half of the year, although the price on the surface of the price change is not large, but the decline in sales volume, has explained the problem. This is the first pot of gold, and large studios such as 'Shanglong Tianxia' will not let go easily, and they will definitely hold it up, but the final decision on the trend of the market economy is ultimately in the hands of a huge number of ordinary players, and no matter how much money they have, it is impossible to support it all the time. So, by the end of the month, the materials market began to shrink.
The most obvious is the price, which falls day by day.
Rin took down all the remaining materials from the sale. According to the current market price, after deducting the handling fee, the profit is not large, although the storage fee is not much, but it cannot be given to the system in vain.
For the time being, the materials market is nothing to count on.
Rin did the math, and there were about eleven or twenty thousand in his hand, and the start-up capital was enough. But where is the next pot of gold? Or do you want to continue to crawl in the materials market?
It stands to reason that with the stabilization of the game market, the price of the most basic game items such as raw materials will only become more and more stable in the future, and it will be difficult to have large fluctuations like this month. If the price does not fluctuate, the profit margin is small; If the profit is small, it has to be made up by quantity; The amount is large, not to mention that there is a certain amount of risk to be taken, and the backlog of funds is also a big problem.
If you say that pressing 100,000 yuan will double it a month, of course Rin is no problem, but if you want to press 100,000 yuan, you can earn 1,000 or hundreds a month...... It's okay to use it as pocket money.
However, it is estimated that I can eat another wave.
Rin's idea is that at the current pace of the game, the total reserve of materials will not be much. The summer vacation attracts a large number of student players, but conversely, when the summer vacation ends, most of the students have to attend classes, and the game time is bound to be greatly reduced. If the proportion of students is 30%, then the player flow that can be driven may be close to 40%. Such a large-scale change in player time is likely to trigger a new round of market changes. This is different from the old games, where the low-end materials of the old games have accumulated over a long period of time, and the public beta of 'Legend' is less than 2 months, even if most players have a small amount of materials in their hands, it will definitely not be much.
And those studios haven't made enough money.
Rin estimates based on his own sales and the price of materials, and a studio like 'Shanglong Tianxia' has hoarded a huge amount of materials, and it is impossible to sell them out in just two or three weeks. At the current price, their profits are already very meager, although the victory is in the sales volume can be supported, but if the price goes down, every minute is the rhythm of not losing money and doing nothing. The only way to stabilize the market price is to reduce the number of sales. In this way, the material market should be stable for a certain period of time. Until the merchants withdraw from the supply, the player's supply will gradually occupy the majority of the overall market, and then the price of materials will slowly or fall off a cliff.
When the price bottoms out, that's when it's time to eat. Then wait for the summer vacation to end, the player's material production decreases, and after a period of consumption, the material price rises again......
Rin filtered through what she thought of, and didn't rush into action. After all, there is a gap between imagination and reality, and whether the latter will develop with the former depends on the actual situation. At the end of the day, the rules are set by people, and if you don't have the ability to make rules, you can only follow them. The market moves quickly, but it still takes some time to figure out the overall pattern.
At least two weeks, right?
Rin wasn't sure, but wasn't in a hurry. The game market is not like reality, and the degree of freedom is high. There is a market, this one doesn't work, that one doesn't work, that one doesn't work, this one, there is always a suitable one.
For example, the equipment market.
At the end of the day, 'Legends' is an RPG. Materials, the ultimate belonging can only be manufacturing, and manufacturing, in addition to consumables, the most important thing is equipment.
Although today's copy has had a mixed mood impact, it has generally had a positive effect β not only rewarding, but also inspiring. The value of equipment is affected by its appearance, but in general, it depends on its utility value. No matter how good-looking the equipment is, you can't use it to fight monsters and PK, unless it's extremely rare, can you expect someone to buy it?
Scale leather equipment has no advantages in appearance and practicality, and it is natural that the price is low. However...... The larger the game, the more balanced the game will be.
Rin could vaguely catch the business opportunity, but she wasn't sure. Forward-looking, counting on a game company update, and then the value of something skyrockets overnight? It's not that it can't be done, it's just that, in the absence of inside information, even if you can fully foresee the direction of the game, it's just subjective speculation, and it's somewhat false.
What's more, even if you are sure of the forecast, how do you know the time?
If the cycle of return cannot be determined or roughly determined, even if there must be a return, it is not wise to do so when the funds are insufficient. Besides, Rin can't afford to wait.
Moneyβ
Rin sighed. The so-called speed is not reached, or you can't rush. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to find a way to solve another problem first.
It's still a matter of equipment.
Actually, Rin had noticed it before, but after today's dungeon experience, it felt even more obvious - because of the low level of the weapon, the damage output was really a bit rushed.
Because the Five Elements Diagram does not repair gold, in terms of the basic attributes of the character, the physical output ability is a little worse, and then, the damage of low-level weapons is low, and it is a little worse...... The skill gap doesn't look big, the difference between passive skills and active skills, but because the passive effect of weapon blessing can only have one, so, there is a little less damage invisibly......
Rin thought of the output rate of fighting monsters, and she was ashamed.
This problem is not easy to solve. There is no way to change the five-element diagram, at least not now, and the skills can't be practiced for the time being, the only thing I can think about is weapons.
Can......
Rin browsed through the trading houses with more than 100 quality weapons that met the requirements, and looked at the price of at least four figures, and his heart was 10,000 of those horses.
It's one thing to understand, it's another thing to accept.
Rin was depressed and didn't want to look at it. It's normal for good weapons to be expensive, it's just, transitional equipment, right? It's so barren! Rin read two pages and completely lost the desire to buy.
"Exit."
Exiting the equipment trading page with a voice, Rin opens the list of all item trades and sees if there are any cheap ones to pick up on a daily basis. Rare materials, for example, are a good thing. The disadvantage is that the quantity is scattered and it is not easy to collect. This requires diligence, usually visit the market more and see more trading houses, it will always add up. There is no need to be so troublesome as buying a large number of groups like ordinary materials, because the demand for rare materials is not very large, and it is easy to sell in groups of 5 or 10, and the profit is still considerable.
Of course, it's not limited to one thing. Rin's approach is that if you have money anyway, if you have considerable profits, you will buy and buy, and you are not afraid of stockpiling goods in the short term, and it is a fool not to make money if you have money.
Hey?
Suddenly, Rin sees something new. However, seeing the touching price, he immediately lost interest, and after a few glances at the information, he chose to ignore it.
"Who, it's time to sleep!"
After waiting for a while, the dead girl didn't know the message, and Rin sent a message again: "If you pretend to be dead again, I'll go and kick the door." β
Whewβ
"Just play a little longer, just a little longer."
"You can go and ask your mother."
"Hmph, straight male cancer!"
I'll go!
Rin smiled bitterly no, just about to call back the message to educate her, but the system prompted that the other party was not online. He couldn't help but be happy, this girl was looking for a rhythm to smoke. Exiting the game, I was about to find the door to give my sister a little color to see, when suddenly, the mobile phone on the table 'buzzed' a few times. With a sudden burst of heart, he changed his mind.
"Did you sleep?"
"No, what?"
"Hehe, I just came back from eating with Xiao'e, she's taking a shower, I'll see if you're playing a game."
"Oh......"
Rin's heart was reassured, and the corners of her mouth rose: "Where did you go?" β
"I'm tired of shopping, I'm tired ......"
Knock knock.
Before he had time to read the message, he knocked on the wall next door, making Rin's expression collapse at once. Looking left and right, he picked up the baseball bat on the table and knocked the wall a few times to fight back.
Boom! Boom!
Wipe! The stinky girl is over!
Not to be outdone, Rin threw her phone and swung her stick twice, knocking the whole house with a 'bang'. In less than a second, there were several more 'knock knocks' on the opposite side.
Is this still worth it?
Rin was furious, picked up a stick and fought back.
Bang bang bang β
Knock Knock Knock β
"You two can't sleep yet!"
β¦β¦
Rin shrank as he knocked on the wall, silent. Listen closely, and the next door is quiet. After a while, he tiptoed back to the bed.
Buzz β
As soon as I sat down, the message came.
Rin clicked it open, and the oversized grimace made him speechless for a moment.
"If I don't sleep, I won't take you for a walk tomorrow."
"I'm asleep, I'll talk about it tomorrow."
Rin almost burst out laughing.
"Xiao'e is done, don't talk about it, I'll go take a bath first, and we'll talk later."
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Turning his head, the day has not yet begun to talk, but it has already ended. Rin smiled helplessly. After thinking about it, he replied to a message, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.
"It's too late, you're tired too, rest early after washing, and talk about it tomorrow."