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![]() Eventually the woes of a time locked server are going to have disadvantages. As more and more items enter the market place they get devalued as the items that are tradeable just keep trading hands. You see this a lot with crafted gear… a tradeskiller works their skill, makes say some black panther and sells it. Well one day his buyer upgrades to SS or Thurg armor, now the black panther is back on the market competing with the original crafter (driving down the price).
Such is the case with other droppables such as weapons, armor, clickies, etc. Furthermore, the only thing draining actual platinum from the economy are re-charging items, a few handful of quests, and port stones. I say make a GM event to stimulate the economy! I’m picturing a quest giver and a merchant together, in various zones across Norrath. You can buy various gems at different costs from the merchant, in exchange you can give the gems to the quest giver. For example, say you want a Crown of King Tranix. Maybe there is a gem that can be bought (‘Gem of Tranix’ let’s say). You buy the gem for 2,000 plat and you hand to the quest giver for a tome for a combine. In the tome maybe you need to gather a few quest items to do leg work, but let’s say there are also some commonly purchased tradeskill items (Maybe a BD Bracelet, +14 MR Rings, etc). You organize the combines so you basically are able to obtain the item for cheaper than the current market price. Granted this adds more crowns to the market (so maybe a bad example), it actually removes 2,000pp from the server and it removes crafted tradeables (which will increase the demand). You can also pyramid scheme it so you maybe can buy a more expensive tome for 10k that later requires a Crown of King Tranix along with some other items which may result in some more powerful items. This would be great to remove some cultural smithing, resist gear, and velious tailoring from the market to make those tradeskills more valuable for players. Maybe some of the other items required for the combine may be some odd-ball tradeskill recipes from brewing / baking / pottery / fletching / tinkering to help get some money in the hands of those artisans. Maybe even create some quest lines for ‘rarely crafted’ items such as Holgresh Fur pieces. The event doesn’t need to be one day, can last for a week or two at a time. Maybe some of the items required for combine will be no-drop unfinished quest line pieces from zones that are more rarely used. Based on how the gem price scales up, can be done by noobs and fat cats alike. Would think it best not to include any NToV / Sleeper / VP loot to keep those end game zones special, although maybe combine 3 NToV items for a better NToV item? Stimulate the DKP economy too! What do you all think? I’m betting some economists out there would have an opinion
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Wedar - Level 60 Grandmaster (Retired)
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