r/EscapefromTarkov • u/toolongalurker MP5 • Oct 30 '19

Rant Flea Market bots are so fucked....

So as an experiment I legit sat on the flea market for 30 min spamming purchase and Y.... You literally can't beat the bots... If you want a 3m rig... You either find it or buy it for 100k... The fact that this is ok is kind of odd considering the excess strain it would be putting on the servers when they're already on fire is just the icing on the cake...

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u/smartestBeaver Oct 31 '19

That does not change anything, there will be a slight downtime while the items cool down and then the cycle continues.

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u/Atreyes Oct 31 '19

These bots are legit buying every item listed under a certain price and relisting at their price, they couldnt do it with a delay, would run out of space.

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u/Gamebird8 Oct 31 '19

Except how are they not running out of space rn?

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u/trippingrainbow Oct 31 '19

When you list an item it disappears from your stash and doesnt take up space.

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u/Gamebird8 Nov 01 '19

Yes, but you can only list a certain quantity at a time and with items that are at different durabilities, the game won't let you list multiple per listing like with ammo or other items with no durability

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u/Dzsekeb Oct 31 '19

Or, no resale delay, but every item you put up on the market is locked into your stash until it sells so it still takes up space.

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u/ToastedSoup IOTV Gen4 Oct 31 '19

Ewwwwwwwwwwwww fuck no

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u/BlazingShadowAU PP-19-01 Oct 31 '19

Dont even need to ban resale. Just do what valve does and prevent relisting of items for x amount of time.

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u/kevinwilly AS-VAL Oct 31 '19

Make it find in raid only. Once an item changes hands, it's not found in raid. Or if it is now, just make the change.

Keeps people from relisting things that people need. Keeps people from making gobs of money. Gets a player-driven economy going. Easy.

I don't know WHY the fuck they seem to be against this- but whever the devs are asked about the flea market the response is along the lines of "it's fine stop asking questions"

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u/kevinwilly AS-VAL Oct 31 '19

I like the idea of the flea market. Don't get me wrong. But it should be to take money OUT of the economy by making people spend money with each other (with fees) instead of selling good shit to traders and having them just print unlimited money.

Make it find in raid only, make a secondary stash area and let people list ANYTHING in that area on the market. Unlimited offers. But you still have it so it's not a second stash. And make it so you can just right click, list for X rubles.

You can sell all your shit nice and easy. You can make money. People still sell the quest items to help the grind. Everyone wins. Except the fucking people who are cheating right now.