Originally Posted by
jxt
This isn't the first time a group of players have colluded to artificially inflate items, however I've never seen one of those groups be so obvious about it. The community is small and has been small for a long time now, everyone who still actively plays is talking about the inflation and "that one guild". Everyone knows, even the players who don't actively follow the economy of the game know that currently a group of players are artificially inflating items.
Any good cheater knows if you're trying to cheat, like really cheat in order to gain mass NP, the last thing you do is go around being blatant about what you're doing to the entire game community. Artificial inflation is a tough one to not look obvious, but it's definitely happened multiple times over with little to no repercussion for those involved. This time I have no idea what will happen. On one hand it's obvious, on the other hand the stuff I've personally done on this site over the last 5 years is clear as day I'm cheating. Back in the day I used to try and get away with cheating, these days I don't care and instead see how far I can push cheating. To put it bluntly, you can get away with...a lot. Like way, way more than you would ever think and nothing happens.