Market Decline: Why Highly Versatile Event Vehicles Are Losing Value?

I’ve been playing this game for a long time, and with each passing year, the events are becoming useless. They feel more like a ‘necessary’ waste of time to stay in the game or as ‘fuel’ to grind a nation I’m unmotivated to start, rather than being enjoyable events themselves.

I was expecting the Boxer, with its great maneuverability, powerful cannon, and relatively high survivability compared to other more robust vehicles, to be priced reasonably. Once again, I’m disappointed with the market—people are desperate to sell their vehicles, and well… some bots among them are selling for even lower prices.

Previously, in any event, you could at least acquire a pack or around 6,000 GE. Nowadays, thanks to the rise of our beloved automated friends, pulling 4,000 GE is already a lot, since a market rule has been established that WHOEVER SELLS FIRST makes a profit.

The market should require account registration, maybe using personal data to be able to list event vehicles for sale. Something like that might help normalize prices to what they used to be and possibly increase their value, since there would be fewer ‘automated’ accounts able to bypass this registration efficiently.

I’m starting to get worried about the event vehicle market slowly being destroyed. The company remains silent, doesn’t put a stop to it, and refuses to comment on this issue. We used to estimate a minimum value of around 30 dollars for event vehicles from previous years, but now we can guess the value at less than 20 dollars and still be surprised if it exceeds 22. You spend two weeks and four days grinding an event, putting in 3 hours, and some people even 4 or 5 hours a day, only to end up working for 18 CENTS PER HOUR.

( Especially when you consider the fee that Gaijin takes for mediating the sale )

Bro, is it really worth it? Is the time spent worth it when in the end you can’t even get 4,000 GE out of this or even a $65 pack? Maybe you won’t even be able to get a $45 pack during a 50% off promotion MAN, THIS IS ABSURD.

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I mean, I don’t think grinding an event in WT was ever intended to be a viable source of income for anyone. My opinion is you shouldn’t do it only to expect some economic profit from it, rather you should do it because it’s fun, you want the vehicle, or you simply enjoy playing/grinding the event.

But to each their own I guess.

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hmmm
so I’m thinking about the Kungstiger…
paying over 40 GJ for this vehicle when I can get the german one for 39,99GJ…no way, no relation between price and what i get
thnking about the Churchill Petard or the russian I-29 plane, they started totally overpriced and some people paid that price, now prices are falling down to a more realistic …
not all overhyped vehicles are worth the offered prices on the market place, some may, most not
and the more it’s hyped the more people try to get it, some invest real money to get it in the event or if they missed it after the event for a price they could agree with

that’s called “free market economy” …you buy at the price you’re willing to pay
if it’s too high people will wait for cheaper offer

No demand = Low Prices

It’s very simple actually.