From there though, the economy starts to get more and more broken the higher in value you go. Cheap gear - unregraded, unupgradeable Magnificent and Epherium and such - doesn't sell for it's cost to produce. Mid to high end gems can take weeks to sell. Large quantities of gilda can take weeks to sell.
I've been on this server for maybe 8 weeks. In that time, starlight archeum dust has dropped 75% of it's value. As this is the dust used most for packs in Diamond Shores, this drop in price indicates more than just issues in jewelry and pet gear crafting.
Gilda has been selling like nothing on the West. Also, no one wants to buy Mag/Epherium gear unless they can upgrade it because it's worth less than someone would pay for it. The wisps you get for Evenstoning it is less than half of what it would take to reforge it back up to that grade. That gear is only worth it in Delphinad form because A) it's the most optimal gear to craft that doesn't require an Ayanad scroll and B) an Evenstone on a Delphinad piece of gear will yield enough wisps to reforge an Epherium upgradeable so you can recycle wisps infinitely to get the Delphinad you want. The simple fact of the matter here is you could recoup your losses by Evenstoning it and reforging the gear yourself rather than try to sell a piece of gear that has been irrelevant since 2.0. Why would anyone buy Mag when you can reforge Epherium-upgradeable for less than you get back from using an Evenstone on a Delphinad?
Can you give me more examples like OP instead of generic statements? Or are you referring to lunagems like the Lucid Wave Lunagems? If so, let me do some math for you to prove my point. The average Wave Lunarite cost has gone up to 1.1g. Superior Wave Lunarite is currently half of its average value over the last two weeks of 9g, but I'll use 9g just to slap you in the face with my example. Fine Wave Lunarite is dropping but again, I will use their average amount of 30g instead of current market value of 18g per just to prove my point.
10 Wave Lunarite at 1.1g = 11g
12 Superior Wave Lunarite at 9g = 108g
11 Fine Wave Lunarite at 30g = 330g
330 + 108 + 11 = 449.
Taking into consideration the fact that I'm using the higher selling prices of these items from the past two weeks, it still takes only 450g to craft one of these lunagems. Meanwhile, they're being successfully sold for 700. An item is being sold for more than 55% over its cost in materials. Are YOU the one being stupid? Because I could easily do this math for a myriad of items that you're claiming are and aren't being sold and I feel you still wouldn't listen to what I'm saying.
I've been in-game maybe...1-2 months longer than you have. In that time, castles have changed hands and a large number of properties were 100% unused for days, even weeks at a time. Castles changed hands, and the land is actually getting used for braziers and archeum. Mix that with the cash shop boxes giving archeum and you have an increase in supply with a lack of increase in demand, causing prices to drop. Welcome to economy 101.
Complaint 1: There isn't enough gold in the economy.
Rebuttal: Lucrative items are selling from 55-200% more than they're worth in materials. The gold is there.
Complaint 2: Items aren't being sold in the economy.
Rebuttal: The items listed are fucking worthless in their current form.
Complaint 3: Items are going down in price.
Rebuttal: Increase in supply and non-equal increase in demand will do this, it's basic economics.
All 3 major complaints are dead in the water, you're welcome.
The same 75% drop in price can be seen in Dawn Lake Light Essence over the same period of time. These are literally not worth the labor to fish for - even if you have the fish on hand it is arguably cheaper to buy them than turn fish in to them.
Dawn Lake Light Essence has been dropping and always will be. Why? Because so much of it is being produced by lowbies using bait worm fishing to level and then trying to sell it off. Increase in supply, lack of increase in demand. I swear to God, it isn't that hard to understand. Prices are dropping across certain items because supply is increasing while demand is not, meanwhile prices are increasing on important items because people are putting stuff up for outrageous prices.
People need to stop throwing around misleading facts saying the economy is broken as a reason to ask for gold. You want free gold? Grow some balls and just say "admins need to give us all gold because we're too stupid to make it ourselves and manage it correctly" instead of pussy-footing around the topic.
@Sparkle, this thread should honestly just be closed. This is full of people asking for handouts when they know they won't get it and ignoring simple logic and high-school level economics.