How to farm the HQ Global Market
If tried to use this functionality, then you know that it is broken, close to useless and annoying.
You need mostly luck to be able to get what you want. Basically this market works like this, most of the times: if you want something, you will not get it.
However there are some things that you can do to avoid frustration and be able to buy stuff you need.
It will still require some time but it works decently.
First I will detail a bit more the issue.
1 - Murphy's Law
This market works based on Murphy's Law. So let's say you are looking for Dozer Exhaustions. In this case, the global initial list will hardly show any Exhaustion, but it will show lots of other stuff that you do not need right now.
2 - Empty Store
You will, however, find what you want at some times. You will gladly click on the item and get redirected to the vendor's city store. Most of the times, the item you wanted will be gone.
3 - Item Found
In a few ocasions, the item you are looking for will be there. But when you click on it to buy it, you will get a white popup saying that the item is no longer available.
After all this, in a very minimum cases (around 1%), you will be able to get the item you wanted using this method.
The Workaround
What you can do to counter this poorly designed trade system is go for similarity. Using the Exhaustion example, I will list the steps to be taken in order to optimize the chances of buying stuff.
When you click no the HQ, do not browse it until the end of the list. You will waste time doing this.
Instead, look at the initial screen for any similar item:
- If you are looking for Dozer parts, try to find any part that is not the one you want;
- If you are looking for Storage parts, try to find any part that is not the one you want;
- Same for Vu items.
In this does not happen, click on any item form another category, so if you are looking for Dozer parts, but none is shown in the initial screen, look for storage or Vu items.
The logic behind this method is that sometimes people sell similar items, like Cameras and Locks, or Exhaustion and Blades, etc. Sometimes you might even find Cameras and Wheel, let's say.
In this kind of situation, what usually happens is that you get a chance to buy something that might not have been advertised. If you click on a Dozer Blade, chances are you it will not be there anymore. But you might find that the vendor has an Exhaustion or Wheel.
So the bottom line is, avoid clicking on what you want, but rather click on similar items in order to have increased chances to buy the wanted item.
