Player Agreement: Rule Change at the DS Camp

[Ruien]

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

Edit: I want to reiterate that the intent of my responses is not to argue about market economics, but to show how it’s not providing a fair and healthy environment for the community, which is why the agreement is being proposed.

I think this is where the disconnect is coming from. You are equating "lower price" with "fairer, more accessible Urn for the general community".

There are definitely people who are able to spend more time than platinum, and (even at a reduced price) would be locked out of an Urn if you require them to pay for it. So, while it increases the availability for some people, it reduces availability for others. There's no free lunch here.

An equity-based system like URN breaks the monopoly without locking out these people.

Finally, there seems to be a running assumption by yourself and others (like 7thGate) that holding the camp is a waste of time, and that everyone would be better off without it. But actually you are removing gameplay - this is EQ, and I think we can all agree that camping items with friends is core gameplay. It's /random that's foreign and unnatural. Maybe people who want /random really just want to be playing a different game, because they don't seem to enjoy p99 as it is currently implemented. Some of us actually enjoy the DS camp and would prefer that you don't attempt to destroy gameplay and replace it with 50-100 alts that log in once per day and /q afterward.