game economy

[mgellan]

Originally Posted by Thulghor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

One thing that does burn my bacon is when I go to tank for a group and everyone there is fully twinked out in 50-100k plat worth of gear. While this in of itself isn't a problem (better gear means that they'll generally perform better, and we'll get more exp) the level of ridicule (why don't you have Yaks + FBSS yet? Lol! Noob!) I get sometimes gets rather old.

This is EXACTLY what drove me away from Live, being a warrior without a "Sugar Daddy" and taking all sorts of shit and abuse about my pitiful gear compared to the $100k twinks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Having these necros/mages turned PLed/twinked tanks give shitty advice on technique made it excruciating [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Alas, the raider mentality is that somehow the casuals haven't earned anything (something thats been repeated many times on the forum) despite the fact that casuals quest stuff, not buy it, sit in on a guild permacamp, or farm a broken plane every time it pops, and casuals have probably played in almost every zone in the game, not been PLed in the usual progression of ZEM zones. If casuals buy stuff it's because they've done a plat-making quest innumerable times (eg Stein of Moggok run number 14 for me!) or crafted items to raise plat. To me casuals have earned their gear just as much as raiders have... but I don't expect the attitude will change.

Regards,
Mg

[lyyfeleech]

Something is "worth" what someone is willing to pay...period.

[Malrubius]

Originally Posted by lyyfeleech [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Something is "worth" what someone is willing to pay...period.

Not exactly. I think the OP is implying price-fixing. Which does exist here (it's largely illegal in RL).


If all the gas stations in the country colluded, and agreed to charge $6 a gallon for gas, a LOT of people would still buy the gas.

Does that mean people are "willing" to pay it? Sure, I guess so.

Does that mean it's "worth" that much? It depends on your definition of "worth". But you could easily argue that it is worth it since people still buy it.

Some people would still buy it at $1000 per gallon. Still worth it? Yeah, to those people.


The OP is saying (I think) that, yeah, fbss *IS* worth 15k. But, it is ALSO an artificially inflated price.

It would even be "worth" 50k if they even more effectively cornered the market on fbss and all other comparable items.

Sincerely,
Alan Greenspan

[Dominick]

Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The OP is saying (I think) that, yeah, fbss *IS* worth 15k. But, it is ALSO an artificially inflated price.

The price of an item, and its worth, is decided by how much someone is willing to pay, period. There is no other consideration. If the supply doesn't keep up with demand, the price may soar. If the supply outstrips demand, the price may drop. The price doesn't have to track supply and demand.

Supply and demand may be called a law, but it isn't; it is an economic model. There is a big difference.

[Eccentricaa]

Originally Posted by mgellan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is EXACTLY what drove me away from Live, being a warrior without a "Sugar Daddy" and taking all sorts of shit and abuse about my pitiful gear compared to the $100k twinks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Having these necros/mages turned PLed/twinked tanks give shitty advice on technique made it excruciating [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My solution is simple. I dont group with twinks, and will tell them why I dont want them in my group. Biggest reason is most twinks are not good players that know their character inside and out. They leveled too fast to have capped skills. They also dont tend to work well as a team, and have personalities that tend to lack any desirable traits.

I didnt come to 1999, to have it easy. If I wanted easy, Id play wow.

I came to 1999 because of the challenges the old world had to offer.

I dont want to be power leveled by some super twink and his box, uumm, i mean friend sitting outside of the group.