Dont Buy From Boutik

[feniin]

Originally Posted by robtherad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know anything about 'AHK' but an auction tool sounds great. Might help me liquidate the bags of lodi shells I have just rotting away on my mule.

lol like you don't have an autofire key spamming pet attack.

[Ravager]

Log parsers are fine. They don't mess with the client. They just read a text file.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Ravager [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Log parsers are fine. They don't mess with the client. They just read a text file.

Just wanted to second Ravager's point in case anyone was unsure. Anything that actually interacts with the EQ program (even a tiny macro on your keyboard that lets you press one button and have it count as two button presses) is banned, but logs are technically completely outside of the EQ program itself (it just writes to them as you play, but after it does they're just normal text files).

If log parsing was banned GINA, those programs that show the map of the zone you're currently in, all of the auction tracking sites (including the wiki's own auction tracker), etc. couldn't operate ... but they do, so you can trust that log parsing is safe.

[mefdinkins]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

those programs that show the map of the zone you're currently in

Loramin!?!?! the grand explorer you use a map program!1?!?! damn dude! this is like when i found out lance armstrong was juicing!

[Supreme]

Discord has a bot that also scans EC tunnel and notifies you when something you want to buy etc comes up.

[Droxx]

His "brother" also logs in his PoM CoTH bot to do his CoTHs while he sits in the tunnel.

[theonesler]

Originally Posted by Chesticals [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's all, folks.

Unsubstantiated. Why do you expect people to listen to you if you don't give any legitimate reasons? I've had loads of interactions with Boutik. He's been very friendly. So he's a trading wizard and has a corner on the market and thus can control prices a lot... so what? Go cry about it elsewhere? I dunno...

[Lune]

Originally Posted by theonesler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Unsubstantiated. Why do you expect people to listen to you if you don't give any legitimate reasons? I've had loads of interactions with Boutik. He's been very friendly. So he's a trading wizard and has a corner on the market and thus can control prices a lot... so what? Go cry about it elsewhere? I dunno...

If you've had loads of interactions with Boutik you're either buying from him (stupid) or selling to him (even more stupid).

He's not a trading wizard. He lowball offers people who are impatient to get out of EC and then sells the items for as much as he possibly can. This doesn't take skill, only copious amounts of time staring at the tunnel. He's not performing a service. All he's doing is making it more difficult for typical players, who spend far less time in EC, to find good deals on items, because the second someone shows up in EC and is willing to sell quickly/negotiate on price, Boutik buys the item up, making it unavailable for you when you show up in EC, unless you buy it from Boutik.

What does he do with all this plat, seeing as how he does not play the game? More than likely he RMT's, or will at some point in the future, like the majority of tunnel rats before him.

[theonesler]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you've had loads of interactions with Boutik you're either buying from him (stupid) or selling to him (even more stupid).

He's not a trading wizard. He lowball offers people who are impatient to get out of EC and then sells the items for as much as he possibly can. This doesn't take skill, only copious amounts of time staring at the tunnel. He's not performing a service. All he's doing is making it more difficult for typical players, who spend far less time in EC, to find good deals on items, because the second someone shows up in EC and is willing to sell quickly/negotiate on price, Boutik buys the item up, making it unavailable for you when you show up in EC, unless you buy it from Boutik.

What does he do with all this plat, seeing as how he does not play the game? More than likely he RMT's, or will at some point in the future, like the majority of tunnel rats before him.

To sum up your post, "Blah, blah, blah. I'm really sad."

Seriously, move on.

Also, I've never bought nor sold anything to Boutik and yet have had lots of interaction with him. So, he's a human... weird.

[Molitoth]

There are players on this server with 500k-1m+ plat just sitting around...
A lot of times it's not worth it for them to play EC tunnel rat for days trying to negotiate 1k off an item.

I'f you don't like Boutiks prices, just wait for the undercut.