My Idea to Keep the Server Up

[Treehorn]

Originally Posted by url0st [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No exchanging real life money for items, your playing this for free, if you want that to continue you may have to donate.

I'm wondering if you realize the dilemma in this line of reasoning.

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

exchanging rl money for items in game.... Brilliant. That would RUIN the game!

"Gold-buying" ruins MMOs because the people doing it lose the imperative to make rational economic choices, and end up paying any price to have an item immediately, thereby causing inflation. I think this happens more from the knowledge that they can just buy more gold, rather than the actual possession of the gold they have which was not "earned".

If this theory is correct, the idea I posited wouldn't have any significant effect on the in-game economy, negative or otherwise. You may disagree with the theory in regard to gold-buying, but I also offered the idea of Froglok rods, which I would be interested in seeing a rebuttal to.

Now, if enough people are donating or are going to donate, obviously such a measure would be unnecessary and undesirable. If not, as seems likely, it's a viable option, and one that strikes me as preferable to an alternative of shutting the server down.

[LittleSorcerer7]

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

I'm wondering if you realize the dilemma in this line of reasoning.


"Gold-buying" ruins MMOs because the people doing it lose the imperative to make rational economic choices, and end up paying any price to have an item immediately, thereby causing inflation. I think this happens more from the knowledge that they can just buy more gold, rather than the actual possession of the gold they have which was not "earned".

If this theory is correct, the idea I posited wouldn't have any significant effect on the in-game economy, negative or otherwise. You may disagree with the theory in regard to gold-buying, but I also offered the idea of Froglok rods, which I would be interested in seeing a rebuttal to.

Now, if enough people are donating or are going to donate, obviously such a measure would be unnecessary and undesirable. If not, as seems likely, it's a viable option, and one that strikes me as preferable to an alternative of shutting the server down.

There will never be purchasing of items for real life money, in other threads this has been discussed Even for keeping the server alive. It wont happen and I would personally stop playing if they gave items for "Donations".