Hi,

I've tested the Black Market system in a LAN game today. I'm here to write a pretty detailed guide on the Black Market System. Please reconfirm with me if u find any mistake.

*I'm gonna use crystal in this post, it's the same as metal so yeah..


Crystal market price goes up when:

1.Nobody is selling crystal and somebody is buying it.
[Market price goes up at the high rate in this case]

2.Somebody Is selling crystal at a higher price than the market price
[Sell Price & Amount offered by the player have a minor impact on the market price calculated by math algorithm]

e.g. Regular market price (nobody selling) is 6.8 and player A offers 1000 crystal at a price of 8.8 this will increase the market price of crystal to 7.0 (NOT 8.8) , the more the amount of the crytal offered, the more the impact on the market price becomes. (If the crystal is being bought away, the impact will decrease)

In the case above, If player B buys 100 crystal, he would be spending $700 and player A would earn $880 (wired but true)

Tip: If u have a huge amount of credit and crystal is in demand by other players, buy alot of them and sell them at a higher price. (The right price u should offer will be explained later on)

Tip: Raising price of your crystal requires alot of clicks, try hold down "shift" while u click.




Crystal selling order:

As long as there is player selling crystal, his crystal WILL be sold first whenever someone buys crystal.

What if there are 2 or more player selling crystal? This is when the offered price kicks in.

Let's say player A offers 200 crystal at 8.4 player B offers 200 crystal at 8.5 Player C is buying 300 crystal.
The Cheaper crystal will always be sold first. (In this case, player A will sell all his 200 crystal earning 8.4x200=$1680 and player one will sell only 100 of his crystals earning $850.)

When all the crystals are sold out from the players, Crystal will once again be sold by the general market.
So the order goes like this: Cheap crystal sold -> Expensive crystal sold -> Market

Tip: If your opponent is trying to sell him crystal for more $, offer your crystal at a lower price decreasing his sales.

And yes, the offered price could go lower than the market price, slighty decreasing the market price and ensureing your crystal sale.




That covers most of the stuff imo, Opened for discussions.


Greetings