By Shiva.Msthief 2012-05-26 23:25:27
A few months ago on Shiva I was offering 10mil for weeks with only a couple of people who bit (Went 0/8ish on the KSNM). These things suffer from a severe supply issue, it isn't simply a supply and demand problem.
I helped my friend with this awhile back, here's what I recommend:
Set up your own party and only let people in that will sell you the egg if it drops. In turn, they automatically get whatever the King pop item is going for with a chance at a few million AND strider's. In addition, you could buy popsets off of random other people (maybe offer everyone in the party 250k if the egg drops).
It's much, much more profitable for people to go the Wyrm route (An argument could be made about the expected value of going for a D.ring but going the Wyrm route will almost always have a reward whereas Behemoth/Adamantoise drop ***most of the time). Fafnir is the only lower king that drops anything of worth, so even if you don't get to Nidhogg you can still get a Ridill and useful abjuration/tatter. So basically, you need to be more proactive in getting that damn egg.