How is the Community Market feeling? (4)
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Bots killed the market in 1 day. The fixes work but only temporarily. If making all transactions console only eliminates this nonsense then it’s time. Let the app do everything but sell cards and same goes for show zone. This is ridiculous going thru this nonsense over and over again because scumbags and third party sellers hijack the market daily.
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Howdy,
I am sorry to hear it's not going great, but the numbers are improved significantly. We are closing in on many fronts.
Thank you for your support!
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Howdy,
I am sorry to hear it's not going great, but the numbers are improved significantly. We are closing in on many fronts.
Thank you for your support!
You’re doing a great job. Thank you @manu__sds_mlbts!
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@Manu__SDS_MLBTS Now I’m really hesitant to even use the website because of the new verification restrictions. If I keep getting stuck on requests on app or hitting 503s on website, could that potentially trigger another cooldown? I’m being extremely careful right now, but I’m worried I could accidentally click something wrong during the verification process and get hit with a cooldown anyway.
I didn't run into this today, but should I be worried about it happening if I use the website during that time?
I'm honestly pretty nervous about using it now because I don't want to be halfway through selling and suddenly get hit with a restriction. The website is also constantly asking for verification, so I find myself checking the app repeatedly to see if it's working again. At least if I can get the orders posted, I can adjust the prices later when the app is usable again.
Every weekend when there's a game update, the app tends to lag badly from around 10 PM to 1 AM CT. If the app becomes unusable during that time, I really need the website to remain usable as a backup.
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I’m experiencing bot activity at similarly high rates that matches the majority of the year.
Most margins on cards have dried up and the player market is ruled by bots again after the brief respite after the update last week. I Appreciate the communication @manu__sds_mlbts hoping for another update this next week. Thank you!
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the current restriction might set you back for 30 seconds (or 60 if you don't see the first cooldown warning) but there is nothing else "permanent" that will happen automatically
Every weekend when there's a game update
App and Website are affected by the same server cycles
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@Manu__SDS_MLBTS That’s good to know, thanks! I was mainly worried that repeatedly refreshing or trying again while the server is lagging could lead to something more serious.
I feel better about using the website now. I’ll see how it behaves during the next update.
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The margins have dried up because there is no bots. Bots were creating the margins.
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@Beaterrr_XBL I don’t think this is true at all. At least when it comes to player cards. More bots means the margins get smaller and smaller as the bots repeatedly underbid/overbid the human offers. Plus it’s really easy to see how active the bots are right now. I can send proof on any card with a positive margin right now.
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This is 100% the case. Bots destroy margins and they open up once bots are disabled via the update.
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Market was doing great but the bots are coming back strong as usual. Posting hundreds of orders on 2026 all star cards alone and completely crashing margins and manipulating the market. Appreciate the effort to combat them but eliminating non console transactions would fix this as no one is gonna putt in 700 orders manually at 5555 stubs. Pressing a single button 700 times just makes it way too easy.
