Addressing the Economy (mudflation)

[cyryllis]

how is resetting platinum a good idea. if you seriously think simply erasing peoples platinum which equals destroying their invested time, you are very feeble minded.

the only solution is to implement plat sinks, even if non-classic- or suck it up and deal with the mudflation that has plagued EQ forever. By this point in the timeline we would have shadow haven casino to dump all the excess into if this were live.

[stormlord]

Part of the issue in all this is that where's a market for new players to interact with? Is there even a market for new players? Since they will only have at most 50-200 platinum for transactions, what can they get? It's not a hypothetical question of what could they get for 50-200 platinum, rather, it's a question of Does anybody sell anything that's 50-200 platinum???? The value of platinum has gone down, right? So imagine that suddenly the market is so inflated that the entrance amount is 300 platinum. Anything below that would be useless. It would be like me going to EC and asking what I can get for 1 platinum and getting laughed at.

Who would sell to a new player other than a new player? Are there enough of them to make ends meet? Are there enough veterans to give away rotting gear or to give freebies to make em feel loved?

I think many players don't even bother to sell when they're low level. And by the time they're higher level and want to sell, there's no point at all in selling low plat items for new players.

[citizen1080]

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

Part of the issue in all this is that where's a market for new players to interact with? Is there even a market for new players? Since they will only have at most 50-200 platinum for transactions, what can they get? It's not a hypothetical question of what could they get for 50-200 platinum, rather, it's a question of Does anybody sell anything that's 50-200 platinum???? The value of platinum has gone down, right? So imagine that suddenly the market is so inflated that the entrance amount is 300 platinum. Anything below that would be useless.

My rough conclusion is there is NO market for them. The only market is donations. So random veterans going around and handing out platinum or giving away rotting gear or giving gear on their dead alts away.

Not many sell that range of items because no one farms something with so little profit in it. Anything 2k or below I give away to people, while I am not the norm i think that overall that is the servers attitude. No one wants to sit in EC and sell 50pp items unless they have no other choice.

Pretty much what you said.

[Ephirith]

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

Does anybody sell anything that's 50-200 platinum????

Yes

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

Is there even a market for new players?

Yes

[citizen1080]

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

If they get mad over losing their worthless unused plat then boo hoo. Go farm and make it back instead of screwing the whole server over with inflated prices. This server lost all it's "Classic" excuse with the long time between expansions so you are right a casino in Highpass would work instead of a wipe. Im also all for banning account selling/trading. That's another thing which makes no damn sense with the whole "Classic" crap.

As much as i hate it when people do this...


Thank you for your opinion Mr. 6 post 1 month old member of the server. We greatly appreciate your opinion due to the vast amount of experiance and wisdom you have gained in your time on the server.

[Unidus]

So it takes 3 years to see that the servers economy is screwed? 5 minutes in EC seeing people selling fungis for 90k and FBSS for 13k is all I need to see. Also not being able to buy any upgrades while leveling up past 50 because I don't have 500k in the bank is also a good indicator of how screwed it is.

[citizen1080]

A year ago when I took a break fungi's were 130k and FBSS have been 10-12k+ since I have been on the server.

Thank you again for your wisdom

[Unidus]

I think it's time for you to take another break you won't be missed.

[citizen1080]

Oh noes! Now i'll never get my epic

[porigromus]

Idea 1

Charge city taxes! To use city resources not only do you need faction but now you need to pay taxes. You want to use the bank in Freeport or vendors, pay a tax. The tax will be adjusted according to your level.

Example:

Joe Bob the 60 ranger would like to use the bank. When you click on the bank vendor, you must pay plat to open the bank slots. Joe Bob has access to this banker now until the bank window is closed. Joe Bob would have to pay a tax again to access the bank again after closing the window.

Idea 2

Upon trading money now there is a percentage that goes to taxes. This can be increased as needed. When selling and buying from vendors there would be the same tax percent. When items are traded among players, there is fee based on rarity of item. Items no longer can be dropped only destoyed or traded.

Idea 3

Place potions with a variety of effects on the shady dealer in EC for a expensive plat cost. One potion could be mana regeration out of combat and health out of combat to reduce down time. Another potion could be teleportation to a random druid or wizard spire. Maybe potions that provide random illusions for fun. I think the abilities shoudl not be as reliable as a classes would be, that is why the randomness and I don't think they should last as long. Would be fun to have potions that may provide SOW but also may levitate you instead, maybe though it makes you move as slow as turtle this time. How about a potion that turns you into a random monster for a short time. This also would be fun for players and the monster alike to battle each other. These things wouldn't be permanent and would get money out of the game.