State of the Economy: Ingame

[sbvera13]

As one of the said new players, I hope that there's mid level stuff available at mid level prices. If I have to get high-end drops myself to get enough cash to start accomplishing anything then I will be one sad panda.

[Splorf22]

I wouldn't worry Gromzok. People who dupe 1M plat aren't interested in buying midlevel items. For example, as a warrior you can get:

2x Yak Clubs 9/24 750p each
Staff of Battle 31/37 1500p
Silken Whip of Ensnaring 14/28 800p
Tree Weave 25AC 15STR 800p

All easily affordable by untwinked toons by L40 if you loot a lot of words and runes.

[falkun]

Originally Posted by sbvera13 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As one of the said new players, I hope that there's mid level stuff available at mid level prices. If I have to get high-end drops myself to get enough cash to start accomplishing anything then I will be one sad panda.

That's the good thing about this server. Mid level items are DIRT cheap because all the high level players have the top tier items. Mid level twinkage, the kind that will carry you to planar gear, is more easily obtainable on this server because the mid-level economy floor has fallen through. No, you won't have a Ringed Mace, but good ole' Yaks are 85+% as effective and 100x cheaper. For knights, Blood Ember and Deepwater is 500-1000pp for all slots except BP/legs. If gear actually matters to you (sorry casters), you can twink yourself out in mid-level gear for much cheaper than was possible on Live.

For instance, on Live I had a warrior main entering the 30's shortly after Kunark release. While the Yak tanked in value to 700-1000pp here, their value held up very well on Live servers, staying in the 7k-9k range for a long time. On P99, my warrior could have afforded yaks, on Live, not a chance.

[Extunarian]

To any new players: don't be intimidated by the crazy prices of high end items. Low end/mid tier stuff is CHEAP and as deajay said usually nearly as effective as the BiS item.

By the time you reach the 50's you will be getting plenty of high priced drops if you spend any time leveling in a dungeon, or you can farm gems if you're a soloer. I made a conscious decision once to not spend any plat for a month, and without even really trying I had 30k at the end of it, allowing me to buy my barb spiritist hammer. It does add up quickly.

Dupes or not, you can get what you want on this server. It's all about your time commitment and playing somewhat smart.

[godbox]

ya while i agree with the OP about insane prices part of it is people want omfg the best only and the benefit is people dont give a shit about stuff I used to scrape and save to equip my guys with. Shit most people wont even bother selling stuff thats valued under 1k pp so new players can get pretty good twink just from handouts that NEVER were handed out on eqlive.

[Nirgon]

Oh please like you can't find good gear for your level in the cheap range.

Occupy EastCommons Tunnel: the 99% all want their cheap end game haste without raiding.

[Grozmok]

I lol'd.

[Grozmok]

I'm okay with mid-level gear being cheap. I'll use it while I'm legitimately camping for group content based equipment.

I don't have the time in my life to raid anymore and I'm okay with that.

Maybe I'll eventually get enough money playing casually to pick up a trade-able piece of raid equipment here or there.

[Huggz]

Only solution is WIPE IT: see what the next iteration looks like.

Everyone will love it anyhow.

[Arclanz]

Kinda enjoying these old posts. Danke Huggz. Ah more reasons for a new server. Leave all the hard core or uber or exploiters or hackers on this server to enjoy the economy they made for themselves. Let the rest of us play on a decent, non-retarded server.