12-19-2004, 08:26 AM
I like the name of this site - it's kinda like this one here. :)
Anyhow, link to the article:
http://www.overanalyzed.com/portal.php?topic_id=19
He's very accurate - the economy works very well up until levels 40-50, after which the monies really start piling up for characters who make good use of the auction house.
This impacts everyone, because once the servers start filling up with level 60 players, the economy will fall badly to inflation. Too many characters will be walking around with hundreds of gold, devaluing everything that isn't a level 55-60 item heavily.
What would you do to fix this? One-time costs do not solve the problem, and never will. Only recurring costs can stem the tide. What recurring cost could you implement that wouldn't drive everyone crazy?
One idea of mine is housing - that there would be a recurring cost to this that would keep draining you if you wanted to keep one up. Make there some kind of point in having one, and players will line up to get it anyway.
-Bolty
Anyhow, link to the article:
http://www.overanalyzed.com/portal.php?topic_id=19
He's very accurate - the economy works very well up until levels 40-50, after which the monies really start piling up for characters who make good use of the auction house.
This impacts everyone, because once the servers start filling up with level 60 players, the economy will fall badly to inflation. Too many characters will be walking around with hundreds of gold, devaluing everything that isn't a level 55-60 item heavily.
What would you do to fix this? One-time costs do not solve the problem, and never will. Only recurring costs can stem the tide. What recurring cost could you implement that wouldn't drive everyone crazy?
One idea of mine is housing - that there would be a recurring cost to this that would keep draining you if you wanted to keep one up. Make there some kind of point in having one, and players will line up to get it anyway.
-Bolty
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.