HOMM4: Million-GP Auction

[Milla aka. the Slayer]

How's it possible to lose money?

[ThunderTitan]

How's it possible to lose money?

Bad investments, inflation, the IRS... punishment.

[asandir]

My only thought is that someone has maybe hoarded cash the whole time, as opposed to others who may have bought up big

[gravyluvr]

Funny!

Actually, TT was dead on with the IRS comment.

He who hath Grail gets taxed a little. Others however that made investments in investment property might see what has accumulated over the last 10 months or so... Auctioneer is still determining the marketplace.

The remainder of the bonus will likely be spread out.

So far we have spent 722,693 GP which puts us at about 277,000 for the final lot. So far the people who have signed up have roughly 201,000 GP of cashflow left which means that I have about 75,000 to give out. Some of that will change if everyone signs up since the bonus will have to go backwards but I will cross that bridge if I reach it.

Keep bidding. Please sign up for the final lot prior to Midnight November 1.

I will close the sign ups soon.

[asandir]

I'd like a little .... if only so that I can buy something in the 15th lot

puh-lease!!!

[Banedon]

gravylur that's not fair! I waited patiently through 14 lots seeing others spend their money on (in my opinion) not-so-good artifacts just so that I could claim those I really wanted in lot 15 unopposed. If you're distributing bonuses I hope you can do it evenly, not by how many items one has bought.

[ThunderTitan]

gravylur that's not fair! I waited patiently through 14 lots seeing others spend their money on (in my opinion) not-so-good artifacts just so that I could claim those I really wanted in lot 15 unopposed. If you're distributing bonuses I hope you can do it evenly, not by how many items one has bought.

BURN....

And there were some pretty usefull artifacts in other lots you could have bought without spending all that much. Not alot, but enough.


And if anyone cares, here's my stuff:

HOMM4 Million-GP Auction:
- Longbow, Item, Ranged, 1000 gp;
- Mayhem Staff, Major, Two-Handed, 4550 gp;
- Cart of Lumber, Treasure, Miscellaneous, 1300 gp;
- Cart of Ore, Treasure, Miscellaneous, 1260 gp;
- Thunder Hammer, Relic, Two-Handed, 10600 gp;
- Tome of Chaos, Major, Left Hand, 5100 gp;
- Sandwalker Sandals, Minor, Feet, 575 gp;
- Shield of Chaos, Major, Left Hand, 4050 gp;
- Horned Bow, Relic, Ranged, 10200 gp;
- Cloak of Warding, Treasure, Shoulders, 1025 gp;
- Dragon Scale Armor, Major, Torso, 6300 gp;
- Armor of Chaos, Major, Torso, 6100 gp;
- Ankh of Life, Minor, Neck, 2500;
TOTAL: 54560 gp, 440 gp left;

[pepak]

I don't expect to be able to buy anything at all in the last lots, simply because everyone will be trying to spend all of his money. Still, I am happy with the stuff I bought - a nice mix of cheap and expensive items that will let me rule the Round Table :-))

Apprentice's Handbook - 500 - can't believe I could get it so cheap, it's such an awesome artifact!
Hideous Mask - 27310 - somewhat pricy, but as it is the best artifact in the game...
Spider's Silk Arrows - 12000 - obviously it should be at least a Major artifact and not a mere Treasure
Flaming Arrow - 9000 - I didn't actually want this one, but at 9k it's a bargain.

[Banedon]

You slightly overpriced everything in my opinion ThunderTitan. Most of those aren't worth that much.

pepak - I think you paid too much for the Spider's Silk Arrows. Spider's Silk Arrows is good but not that much (might as well use Valder's Crossbow of Sloth). But you definitely scored bargains with the Apprentice's Handbook and Flaming Arrow. Both are good items and you sure got them cheap.

[DaemianLucifer]

Spider's Silk Arrows - 12000 - obviously it should be at least a Major artifact and not a mere Treasure

Nah.Minor probably,but not major.It is nice,but mostly depends on how you developed your hero,and whos your enemy.

[ThunderTitan]

You slightly overpriced everything in my opinion ThunderTitan. Most of those aren't worth that much.

Meh, i got what i wanted. And frankly i didn't buy them based on in0game value.

[pepak]

Spider's Silk Arrows is good but not that much (might as well use Valder's Crossbow of Sloth).

Actually, I think it is way superior to Valder's Crossbow - slowing down units is easy enough to do, but if they are flying it won't help you much (even their reduced speed is quite high, and their flying over the obstacles is a pain). Spidersilk Arrows solve the second problem and prepare a way for Quicksand...

[pepak]

Nah.Minor probably,but not major.It is nice,but mostly depends on how you developed your hero,and whos your enemy.

My enemies tend to be corpses and Spidersilk works well with those :-)

[ThunderTitan]

My enemies tend to be corpses

What you do to Ethric?!

[gravyluvr]

gravylur that's not fair! I waited patiently through 14 lots seeing others spend their money on (in my opinion) not-so-good artifacts just so that I could claim those I really wanted in lot 15 unopposed. If you're distributing bonuses I hope you can do it evenly, not by how many items one has bought.

An Auction? Fair?

Spending all your money early or overpricing is not great but I also warned several times about hording cashflow. Your money will be safe but you already received bonuses throughout the auction for making some purchases. You may not have earned another bonus like some others have.

Short Answer? No. The "bonus" money will not distributed equally, however it should make sense to most everyone.

[Milla aka. the Slayer]

Suuu..what still need be sold? Lot 14 isn't closed yet right?

[DaemianLucifer]

Maybe if someone overbid that ring a bit

[gravyluvr]

Lot #14 is Closed! Lot #15 opens tomorrow!!!!!! (probably)

Players registered for the final lot (so far): Banedon, DaemianLucifer, Gaidal Cain, Kalah, Milla aka. the Slayer, Mytical, Orfinn, Pepak, Pitsu, Sir William S Titan, stefan.urlus, Tao Jones, ThunderTitan, Vlad976, wimfrits. There are four players have not signed up for the final lot... a55a55in, Echo_, Fyl, Vhilhu and I_Dun_Hat3_CT. You have 22 hours to sign up (10 PM GMT tomorrow).

Cashflow will be announced with the opening of the Final Lot!

Bids begin and go in minimal increments of 25 (Treasure and Item), 50 (Minor), 100 (Major), and 200 (Relic). Please offer or raise more than the minimum.

Lot #14 is Closed!

14th Lot (item, type, placement, description, bidder, current bid)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Wand of Ice, Minor, Right Hand, Casts the Ice Bolt spell. The wand begins each combat with 4 spell points and regenerates 2 spell points per round, DaemianLucifer, 1050
Telescope, Item, Miscellaneous, Increases a hero's scouting radius by 1, Milla aka. the Slayer, 1000
Ankh of Life, Minor, Neck, Increases the hero's Resurrection skill by 5% if the hero has the skill. Otherwise, it acts as the Basic Resurrection skill, ThunderTitan, 2500
Journeyman's Notebook, Minor, Left Hand, Contains all second level spells. The hero must have the appropriate magic skills to cast the spells, Kalah, 1300
Ring of the Elementals, Minor, Ring, All Summon Elementals spells create twice as many creatures as normal, Kalah, 4000
Winged Sandals, Major, Feet, Gives all friendly creatures +2 movement in combat, stefan.urlus, 5300
Armor of Chaos, Major, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 20, and also grants them Order Ward, ThunderTitan, 6100
Golden Plate Mail, Minor, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 25. It also costs 1 additional spell point to cast spells, stefan.urlus, 3000
Emerald Longbow, Major, Ranged, Increases the hero's Ranged Attack by 30, Mytical, 7000
Robe of the Guardian, Major, Shoulders, The hero is immune to the damage taken from the first 3 attacks of each combat, Milla aka. the Slayer, 15000

You can't buy these unless you sign up for the final lot...



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[asandir]

ALRIGHT!!! got my wniged sandals!!!

so here's my sweet gear!!

Winged Sandals 5300
Ring of Speed 3900
Adamantine Shield 8000
Golden Platemail 3000
Bow of the Elf King 26750
Crusaders Mace 2200

Total Spend = 49150, leaving a paltry 850gp before any final round bonuses

[Kalah]

Yess! Got my ring! My equipment is complete, moahahahaaaa....

Cap of Knowledge, Treasure - 60
Throwing Spear, Minor - 1600
Staff of Death, Major - 370
Mullich's Helm of Leadership, Minor - 3500
Scarab of Summoning, Relic - 19000
Staff of Summoning, Major - 5470
Tome of Nature, Major - 6100
Ring of the Elementals - 4000
Sack of Gold, Minor - 12500
Surefooted Boots, Minor - 460