Its limited. They will not offer the tank again. once there are only a few hundred left the price will go up. Liek the object 279 is well ovre 600 and AMX- 50 france is almost hitting 1k. new people come in they see these tubeers playing with these unique tanks and they want them too. so someone who just started today will never have the chance to earn that tank. as time goes one the availability is less and less so the price goes up and up. nothings missing but people put in the time and are holding on to them. I put mine up for 115 gc and figure it will sell in a year or so.
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I see the time invested in the event as a good investment. O292 will stay in my inventory for a while. Through other investments I have learnt to be patient.
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It was known that this tank was going to be very good, anyone with a minimum of concern could see it.
It was known that it was going to go up in price and more with how difficult it is to make it sellable.
Assuming you spend ~30 hours grinding for it, you need to sell it for 450 GJN to get more than minimum wage for your time invested.
Thanks for the advice. I have no problem leaving the thing lying around for 3-4 years or longer. And if I don’t sell it, it’s ok for me too.
I have no emotional attachment to it.
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It’s an uncontrolled market controlled only by the fear of missing out. Objects cost just as much as players are willing to pay.
Logical point, knowing this they let the opportunity to buy it for 40 to offer 78 a month later.
Wall Street sharks
To beat yourself up so you can sell it 3 years down the road. The game may not exist on that date.
When you can buy it for 40 euros that’s not even a day’s work.
I didn’t beat myself up for it. On the contrary. I sometimes play a lot because of my free time and I didn’t push to get the O292.
So in the end, I really don’t care what happens to it. I don’t play at top tier and I’m not interested in whether WarThunder will still exist in 3-4 years’ time.
That’s just the way it is with “investments”. It’s a bet on the future.
But I haven’t won or lost anything in the end. This is a hobby. The time would have been spent on the game either way.
I don’t work as an employee either. Time and money have a completely different meaning for me.
You just answered your own question.
People realized it’s a good tank, it won’t be available after the event except on the Gaijin Market, and due to the 750k for the coupon conversion it will be more limited than previous event vehicles. Supply and demand will make the price grow faster than other recent event vehicles, probably to the likes of Moderna.
I got mine through playing the event and then I invested some money in another coupon on the Gaijin Market, I had all the stages so no option for GE, I don’t plan to sell it for a year at least. It’s better than keeping the money in the bank waiting for a WT sale.
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Have you ever heard about the stock market? Same stuff happens there.
This is a good representation of … I dare not write the rest …
Artificial scarcity for fun and profit?
I don’t know anyone who knowing the potential of a product would give up the opportunity to buy something at 40 and a month later pay 78 honestly.
I guess you can’t expect much from most players.
One of the reasons, I suspect, is as follows …
It’s basically the same with the Toptier premium vehicles. The belief that this one vehicle makes them better and gives them an advantage.
The awakening comes after the payment.
Marketplace is basically the same as stock/crypto exchange.
Law of Supply and demand. Simple as
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More crypto than stocks… Gaijin controls both the supply and the demand.
People believe it’s OP when it isn’t, and buy it.
Simple as.
The belief that something is powerful draws people.
Mirage 2000C-4 is OP, the most OP event vehicle in the game, but players don’t believe it so it’s ~25GJN.
Today’s “Gamers” will try everything in their power for an easy button. Even if it means making completely insane purchases.
Gaming companies bank on the desperation and idiocy of their customers…
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the mirage 2000C-S4 is cheaper because it was easier to get and WAY easier to get the tradable upgrade for. more people then got it and more people were able to sell it.
supply and demand.
the mirage has been out for sale for 2 months and there are still more of them for sale than the OBJ 292 that has been out for sale for 20 days. meaning fewer people were able to get the coupon for the OBJ 292 and fewer people got the vehicle at all compared to the Mirage 2000C-S4.
how good a vehicle is surely affects price, but not as much as supply/demand. look at the T30 for USA only 93 for sale and its at around 150 GJN but its not really OP compared to tech tree vehicles at that BR.
that and the Mirage 2000C-S4 is basically identical to the tech tree S5 version making it WAY less attractive to pay larger sums for.