when will platinum - Page 4

Tenlaar · #31 03-23-2013, 04:00 PM

100k to be able to have guild tags underneath names.

oddibemcd · #32 03-23-2013, 06:58 PM

I thought the VP key was a prime spot for a plat sink (there was this discussion even back then) and there are numerous spots in Velious where a small sink could be put in (1K to key to a zone, require a turnin of a stack of rubies to start the ring quest).

SupaflyIRL · #33 03-23-2013, 07:09 PM

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I thought the VP key was a prime spot for a plat sink (there was this discussion even back then) and there are numerous spots in Velious where a small sink could be put in (1K to key to a zone, require a turnin of a stack of rubies to start the ring quest).

I don't think you understand the concept of a plat sink. A one time 3k (not a lot of plat) per VP keyed char (not a lot of players) isn't exactly going to stem the tide.

People would chuck hundreds of thousands of plat at the SH casino, for example.

Plat sinks are not supposed to target everyone, or they don't work. If everyone has to pay 1k to key to a zone the people most affected by it are those with the least plat. It's regressive. Plat sinks are supposed to be something people with more money than things to throw it at can chuck it away for a chance at something great, lowering the price of items and increasing the relative wealth of poorer players, while still giving those who burn their plat a possible return on their investment.

SirAlvarex · #34 03-23-2013, 07:30 PM

Shadowhaven Casino. We've had "Guises" and "Lustrous Russet" drop off mobs during GM events before. Put in a Casino where the probability of winning one of these rare items ranges in the 50k (or more) plat requirement. Just make it all no drop (like say a no-drop version of the manastone).

It's a semi-classic solution to a problem.

Sirken · #35 03-23-2013, 07:48 PM

is the only real problems with EC Casinos that players can be scammed?

SirAlvarex · #36 03-23-2013, 08:14 PM

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is the only real problems with EC Casinos that players can be scammed?

That, and it doesn't take money out of the economy. It just puts it around. The general idea here is to take some plat out of the economy to make things more even for newer players.

IE a player who camped seafurries a year ago saw a lot more for their efforts than one now due to the prices of items differing at this point.

SupaflyIRL · #37 03-23-2013, 09:24 PM

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is the only real problems with EC Casinos that players can be scammed?

SH casino and EC casino are not the same thing.

Destan · #38 03-24-2013, 02:55 AM

Get rid of account selling.

Player spends 100k on a toon, the seller suddenly has a huge bank roll to waste and little patience. He drives up the prices in the name of saving time, now the players who sold the items are flush with money AND have an inflated sense of what their products were worth. They get a few more sales and now they can afford to blow 100k on a toon of their own and start the cycle all over again.

Tecmos Deception · #39 03-24-2013, 03:01 AM

You p99 economy apocalypse people are so annoying.

Lostprophets · #40 03-24-2013, 03:22 AM

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Suggestion make a Vendor or a quest npc that accepts 500k for a guise! id drop that plat in a heart beat!

+1