you all got me off track!

Do you have any idea how many people in the US live outside of areas with mass transportation systems? That's a fairly ignorant statement.

Ignorant in the uninformed sense, of course, not the "u so stoopid" sense.

in order to stop a bunch of video gamers from talking about economics and answer sirken's question :)...

i think that would be a wonderful idea, sirken. not only would it solve the issue by introducing a tax on players (because odds for casino are always better than yours), it would generally be targetted at players who have too much money to throw around, are desperate for plat, or are addicted to gambling and prices would inevitably drop. also it would fix a side issue of no more EC tunnel casino spam and scams.

DO EEEET!

or you could just introduce a head tax on anyone worth over X amount (say 200K plat) of 30-60%. that would work too...

edit: i also really like the idea of being able to win no longer dropped items such as guise since i wasnt around for the period where they dropped

Sirk, open the casino, and instead of plat rewards, hand out certain No-Drop items (Guise, oogly stick, ect). Many, many people will play to have a chance to win the items and also a nice way to sink plat.

Obamanomics ;)

oh im aware, and to be fair, i also said bicycles ;)

but there are always other options if you're able to think outside the box, like car pooling, even that cuts down on gas use as it adds up over weeks and months. if u want to split hairs, go right ahead. the analogy was good, and it works ;)

bless your soul. since im not a player, money stays in staff hands, not goes back to economy, and of course GM Sirken will never scam you or any other player. so players can make very large bets will full confidence that if they win they will get paid out.
the tax thing wouldnt work, people would just hide their wealth in items (everything from fungi/CoF/Manastones to stacks of expensive and rare gems)
Wanna win items? show up to a super fun GM event next time it happens ;) they are rare on purpose, but the rarer they are, the more appreciated they are.

they would only be able to hide their plat in items if they knew it was coming. not saying this is the best option but if it was stealth taxed it would work undoubtedly

i also want to thank sirken for coming to this thread of a very popular topic currently and giving legitimate input and concern. thanks man.

2 out of 3 of those are truly awesome ideas (double XP for plat target and firepots bind for 500k) :D

Not so sure about triggering epic mobs, on the surface its a great idea but you'd need guides online 24/7 to do it or some code written in with a trigger NPC... cue the "not classic" crowd ;)

I do support any attempts to fight off inflation on the server for sure :p

problem is many of the richest players currently have most of their value in items, not plat. ive seen accounts with bags full of stacks of diamonds for example. i've seen an account with 9 manastones on it, etc. its unavoidable because they already do it.

and your welcome! ;)