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09-14-2010, 07:23 PM
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EQ is gear dependent, we all know that. Problem is that with the prices on this server, if you are not on your third character with two level 50's on the shelf waiting for RoK, it is a bit tough.
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09-14-2010, 10:34 PM
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There are a few problems that cause this...if you consider them problems.
(though i can not prove it) i suspect that there is MUCH more plat per person on this server than there was on live at the same time. there are plenty of reasons for this, but the reasons don't matter. the effect of more plat being "in circulation" is inflation just like irl. the items that suffer the most from this inflation are the ones in highest demand. the fbss is one of the best examples. it is a rare drop, at a single camp, and due to EQ mechanics is pretty much a required item (i.e. melee classes without an fbss or better are significantly less powerful). the result is that demand for fbss is very high, and supply is not. combine that with the general inflation on the server and you will see the price go up more than most other items. the bottom line is that things are only worth what someone will pay for them. currently, you CAN sell an fbss for 22k if you are willing to wait a few days to find a buyer. most people are, so they do. the only reason to sell it for less is if you need the pp faster. the camp btw is not trivially easy. i have personally spent two 30-hour sessions at the fbss camp in lguk. I have gotten 1 fbss that whole time. Luck is always a variable, but at 60 hours to make 15k I may as well have been farming HGs. My point is that it seems like some folks make it sound like an fbss is dropping every hour at the camp...if this were true the price would come down, but the item is much rarer than that, and the camp is easily monopolized by a single person. with the rate it drops and the number of people who need it (basicly every melee that doesn't have better) you are in a hell of a seller's market. | ||
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09-15-2010, 03:14 PM
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Very close, but so clearly not the answer.
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09-15-2010, 11:44 PM
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The trivial loot code made it so any mob that was grey to you not drop any loot. And it was applied across all servers, in most zones after the Warrens went live, which was the first zone it was implemented in, iirc. FV did have tlc, but tlc was only FV rules. | |||
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#8
09-15-2010, 11:28 PM
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I don't like this "platinum standard" EQ uses. It's a shame that the current system is what is classic, because what we need to do is redo the entire economic system based on something that isn't infinite, something that is constant in quantity, like manastones. We could have a manastone standard. Have the devs code in a box that breaks down manastones into "manastone shards" that do nothing except for being able to recombine into a full manastone. This would be the currency that is used in buying and selling.
Then we need a stock market so we can buy futures and short-sell items. Can we implement a way for guilds to make an IPO? | ||
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09-13-2010, 10:03 AM
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