Addressing the Economy (mudflation)

[Swish]

I don't know if Bob is back in full swing but I'm considering getting the old Trade Fed setup going again, with escrow services on account sales etc. I wasn't part of it the first time around but did use the escrow once and it worked well.

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[Aaron]

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

Honestly who cares, the only reason they'd get mad is because their guised character's value would drop slightly (slightly... it still takes 500K-1Mil to get a guise) if they tried to sell it, which shouldn't be allowed anyway.

Notsomuch. Some of us take pride in being here since day one and getting a guise. I still have my accounts with guises and have no intention to sell them. Giving out guises to others would make my toons less unique. Not less valuable.

[Rhambuk]

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

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Yeah I would, though in the past month ive sold..2 accounts and boughten 2 accounts, didnt use an escrow for either, call me naive for being trusting with 1mill plat but havent been screwed over yet.

I think people know that the gms will involve themselves in cases of account scam, its happened before. no real point in trying to scam them out of it if the gms are going to fix it after.

Bob posted they don't in his own personal experience but that was at least a year ago, pretty sure people have posted about being scammed and the gm's helped them sort it though.

To really stop it, just get a bunch of scammer escrow guys, do the trade. delete the plat and not give them anything. plat gone no account sales, just what we want right...

[Daviss34]

Let the free market decide; if we start diddling with the economy, it will only have unintended consequences. When Velious makes it out, things will even out until the same pattern repeats because there are no new, better items to bring down the price of old elite items and thus they will inflate again. No real way to fix this, but there's a lot of ways to make the economy work a whole lot worse.

[Stinkum]

Recipe for Mudflation:

• 4 lbs Video game with no money sinks
• 1/2 Cup Kunark has been out two years
• 1/2 Cup No-lifers farming high end items around the clock
• 2 Cups Greedy no-lifer EC tunnel rats driving up prices
• 32 OZ. Rampant RMTing

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

just make it so that gear breaks, just flat out poofs of it fails a save vs rust monster roll, to be rolled every week. So, you may get a new item that breaks after a week, or after 2 years. Sure, you may buy an AoN for 400k that then breaks the next week, poof, gone, dead, with only an empty gear slot to hold your tears

What's that? Not "classic"?

It is as "authentic" as the server economy now is. The p99 peeps are kidding themselves if they think they are "preserving" the classic experience with this level of mudflation and item farming.

I suspect, all they are preserving is a RMT subculture they dare not fuck with, cuz the plat farmers got pics of the gm's diddling rent boys at a fan faire. Just a guess.

[nilbog]

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

I suspect, all they are preserving is a RMT subculture they dare not fuck with

When I posted the PSA about anti-cheats, I meant it. In addition to cheaters, the ACD has eliminated a lot of RMT. It is a drain on volunteer time resource, and we do it anyways.

Maybe cshome needs to release seized gear at auction :P

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[Swish]

I'm not rich, but there's a lot of people sounding butthurt because they have a platinum deficiency...

[Rhambuk]

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

I'm not rich, but there's a lot of people sounding butthurt because they have a platinum deficiency...

sold mine for 1mil waited 3days before spending any of it because i was seriously considering redistribution All 1mil to lower level nontwinks in 1k increments.

people would still complain...

[Swish]

If you didn't spend it Rham you'd be taking out of the system, but would it make a dent? /ponder