Will Kunark effect the Economy of our P1999

[Droxx]

You'll have to factor in inflation. EQ has limitless plat. Mobs don't stop dropping loot or money. The longer the server is up, the more plat there is on the server. Theoretically, the prices of items should go up over time. By the same thing, some items are limitless as well.

[fastboy21]

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

You'll have to factor in inflation. EQ has limitless plat. Mobs don't stop dropping loot or money. The longer the server is up, the more plat there is on the server. Theoretically, the prices of items should go up over time. By the same thing, some items are limitless as well.

Not true. Well, the limitless plat thing is true, excluding expendables...but the constantly rising prices is not true.

FBSS currently costs about 10k to 14k. SSOY currently costs about 10k.

These items will be significantly cheaper once Kunark gets into full swing. I'd expect FBSS to get cut in half to about 4-5k, and SSOY to go as low as 1-2k.

Why? Few reasons:
1. There is better gear available for the same slots in Kunark.
2. There will be fewer people spending time "locking down" old lvl50 zone camps (like lguk). Lvl 60s will be able to camp lguk easily making these items easier to access for lower tier players.
3. The population of players looking for those items and the type of player looking for those items will change. Percent of mains needing an FBSS will decrease and the percentage of mains that are casual players increase that need an FBSS the price will start to drop.

Prices of any given item can go up or down over time in an EQ economy...it is easy to predict for the most part. This is especially true because every player here (for the most part) already KNOWS that is coming out the day an expansion opens. Will be curious to see if the market of SSoY falls through the basement floor the last few months before Kunark release as players change the economy for reasons that we didn't know until AFTER (long after in some cases) Kunark was actually released.

[Grento]

Start selling all of your items a couple months before kunark. If you know when the expansion is coming out then you really have no reason to have overstock [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]