Annual or Biannual Plat Poof

[Spitty]

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

pfff, threads stupid

you dont need to run in here and defend against a server wipe of plat, it aint happening

but proportionally, for a guild, there seem to be more a-team members that feel the need to comment on every subject, and in the most obnoxious way possible

You make it really difficult to maintain a positive demeanor when you come in here blasting us for calling this out as a stupid idea, and then doing the exact same thing yourself.

The quote of mine in your post above? That was my response to someone blasting a guild-mate out of the blue. And I'm the bad guy?

Your confirmation bias is certainly showing. Good day to you.

[Nikon]

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

We aren't trolling. There are just a lot of us (not drumas, of course) in the guild who put a lot of thought and effort into accomplishing what we have on the server, so threads about deleting all of our hard-earned plat or wiping the server or whining about how every level 20 melee can't afford a fungi (or specifically in jaybone's case, insinuating that I RMTed to get my wealth on the server) tend to agitate some of us.

But that said, WIPE THE PLAT!

Almost all of us that have been here for a couple years+ started with nothing and leveled our first characters with whatever we could scrounge up. I don't think I bought a piece of gear on my first character until into my 20's and it was maybe 100pp. If you don't have that kind of money by your mid-late 20's, you're doing it wrong. You have to put in the work farming bone chips, light stones, spiderling silk, pelts, etc. You won't get rich off it but it works great for starting out at the lower levels to get spells and gear upgrades and then you just need to level. Hell, most people give away items worth 200pp+ if you're in EC long enough. It just seems like a lot of low level complaints lately about not getting gear ... socialist 'merica mentality anyone?

[doeda]

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

pfff, threads stupid

you dont need to run in here and defend against a server wipe of plat, it aint happening

but proportionally, for a guild, there seem to be more a-team members that feel the need to comment on every subject, and in the most obnoxious way possible

these guys are awesome, keeps the forums alive while i watch movies and sell ports!

[joejccva71]

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

pfff, threads insurmountably stupid

you dont need to run in here and defend against a server wipe of plat, it aint happening

but proportionally, for a guild, there seem to be more a-team members that feel the need to comment on every subject, and in the most obnoxious way possible

Fixed it for you. Sorry I couldn't resist. :P

[Reguiy]

Man, people get way too sensitive when you suggest taking away their pixels. Breathe. Your hundreds of thousandsof platinum will still be there when you log on tomorrow.

[Spitty]

Originally Posted by joejccva71 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fixed it for you. Sorry I couldn't resist. :P

I think this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship.

[myxomatosii]

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

Sink my money into merchant bought gems, profit

Merchant wipe, delete all merchants.

Originally Posted by joejccva71 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm brand new to P99 and it seems like alot of stuff is very expensive, even for just low gear. My options are either get a lucky drop or farm bone chips for quite a while to be able to afford just 1 item that's sold at EC. lol

Bone chips inflated IMO. Ban for bone chip laundering. Then delete all bone chips.

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

It seems to me everyone is complaining about not having sweet loot when they are level 20-30. I didn't have shit back when I played live, except a few items people gave me. Everyone is complaining that people who have high end items are greedy, when in reality they have been playing this for years and earned what they have. Everyone wanting resets or bitching about items prices seem to be the greedy ones. You all want something for near nothing.

Shits classic. Listen to this gnome.

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

This is insurmountably stupid. Because of that, no amount of discussion is going to force this to happen.

Insurmountably.

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

The problem for new people is the amount of twinks present on this server. They group with people who have 100k+ worth of gear, meanwhile they are wearing banded and swinging a green jade broadsword.

But, this is what happens when you show up late in the game.

I call this "poor proxy", say you live in a 400k McMansion in Kentucky. Badass!

Now move same McMansion to Dubais. Wtf I'm so poor! I Demand equality!

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

Maybe you're missing the fact that high end items costing a lot means when you win a roll on that nice item, you sell it for a lot. So yeah, the server has been around for quite some time and there is certainly far more plat on the server than there was at this point in Live. The thing is though... it doesn't matter. It's all relative. As the value of items goes up, player's average incomes go up. You can make far more plat on here with your time than you could at this point in time on live. It still seems that the low-end gear is appropriately priced and sure, 100pp isn't going to matter to those with much more wealth. It will matter to those who needs a suit of bronze. It's the law of diminishing marginal utility and you can't stop that train!!

Fuck bitches, get levels. Delete all bitches.

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

step 1. make friends
step 2. go kill things
step 3. roll in loots
or skip steps 1-3 and roll enchanter

Dis.

Originally Posted by drktmplr12 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

first world problem. they should be happy to have that GJBS.

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

- You will have people who are going to give you stuff.
- If you're playing a melee character you've been warned it will be difficult to gear up at first.
- Gear is not really required to progress. It makes it faster but not super necessary.

In addition there are paths you can take, incremental steps if you will, that bridge the gap between bone chips and fungus tunics. No one was rich on day one and if you spend your time learning about appropriate classes and free things, you will find a way to gear out at a good pace.

Ceremonial Iksar for example.

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

on live my first magic item besides the 5 mana jewel craft rings wasn't acquired til lvl 30....

an oracle robe !

[Tecmos Deception]

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

Man, people get way too sensitive when you suggest taking away their pixels. Breathe. Your hundreds of thousandsof platinum will still be there when you log on tomorrow.

I changed my tune! I want to see the server with no plat. I won't even spend the liquid plat I have on items before they do it.

[Portasaurus]

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

It's silly to be hung up over the price of gear in EC because you don't need any of the gear from EC to play the game.

I can attest to this fact. I wear an intestine necklace (because intestines LOL) and a scarab hat (because it looks badass) and I'm pretty sure I have 5-6 completely empty slots (because FUCKIT).

But I can still roam around and kill things and have as much fun as the next guy. I'm admittedly not very good at the game compared to a lot of you, but I'm enjoying myself regardless of how fucked up the economy is.

In all seriousness, cheating/duping/RMTing/monopolization (whatever you think is behind the mega-inflation) is not too dissimilar from the activities of RL stock brokers, banks, insurance companies and large corporations in our own capitalistic economies. Humanity has pretty much proven that if we can cheat and monopolize something, we will cheat and monopolize said something.

In other words: shit's way fucked in the real life economy, which is run by humans. Why is anybody surprised that this virtual economy (also run by humans) is just as fucked? Life is full of unfair bullshit. Those who got there first typically win (old-money) and it's REALLY tough to break the white-knuckle hold on that kind of power.

Welcome to Earth.

[koros]

This is dumb. When a server is new you can spend 400pp buying an 8/28 from guk, vs spending 150pp now and getting a 10/22. Inflation exists, be happy you can get top notch Kunark gear for a pittance. The differences between pretty good gear and top end gear is tiny (except for maybe fungii)