A new name

[Mcbard]

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

Money sinks are good for the economy and the game could definitely use more of them.
Name change would definitely be a hot topic for debate though.

I agree with both of these points!

TBH the largest money sink in the game for me at the moment is definitely potions. 10 charge port potions are around 3k a pop, and resist potions around 750. Having to carry all of these easily starts to add up, especially if you factor in the price of single charge gate potions that cost 1k. I had heard rumors of Lynuga being too common of a spawn, or the rate at which mallets are awarded being too high, which is also a fairly large money sink for most people/guilds. Unfortunately the current in game money sinks (potions/recharges) only seem to be utilized by a narrower crowd of people.

Something with a more broad scope that could be used by all players would be neat/handy however due to the very small community we have and the fact that reputation does matter on your current character (this is classic!) I don't think name changes are the best way to go about having a money sink. The MOST classic money sink I could thing of would be something similar to the Shadowhaven casino that was introduced on live (I can't remember if this was during Luclin or later) since it was actually introduced by Sony, albeit a little after the current period.

Edit: I just wanted to add that currently I'm not sure this is a big issue, because the amount of platinum in the system doesn't seem to be THAT crazy. Top items are selling for about what they were on live at the moment, and our economy hasn't really become stagnant yet (as I'm very sure it will a few years after Velious is released under the assumption this server becomes locked in that state) so prices fluctuate within pretty standard bounds that can be farmed by most all players. The top prices I remember things selling for on T-marr during Velious were SoDs and BoCs selling for around 500k a piece. That seems pretty on par with how top end raid items (CoFs/BCGs) sell around here, and then there are the lower tier items like Manastones/fungis/RBBs that are a bit cheaper. Longest edit ever.