12-23-2004, 01:56 PM
DAoC has no inflation.
It only has 1 cost of living money sink. Items can eventually wear out and need to be replaced if they do.
BUT, in three years of playing DAoC I only ever wore out 2 items. In DAoC most people upgrade gear long before it wears out.
The main advantge of DAoCs gear wearing out is that it keeps it from being traded for ever(much like souls binding).
DAoC actually has deflation(but its rather slow and steady). Because people work toward new gear with every exspansion and the old stuff i s less attractive.
The main money sinks in DAoC are crafted gear and housing and they work great.
Most people in DAoC wear some crafted gear of 99% quality. Itsnot cheap but anyone can afford it. Power player types wear 100% quality which is 10 times harder make and thus much more exspensive.
Also DAoC has houseing, it doesnt effect the core game, but it does give people more storage space and consignment merchants. Anyone can afford a small house with modest effort, but bigger houses are increasingly exspensive.
It only has 1 cost of living money sink. Items can eventually wear out and need to be replaced if they do.
BUT, in three years of playing DAoC I only ever wore out 2 items. In DAoC most people upgrade gear long before it wears out.
The main advantge of DAoCs gear wearing out is that it keeps it from being traded for ever(much like souls binding).
DAoC actually has deflation(but its rather slow and steady). Because people work toward new gear with every exspansion and the old stuff i s less attractive.
The main money sinks in DAoC are crafted gear and housing and they work great.
Most people in DAoC wear some crafted gear of 99% quality. Itsnot cheap but anyone can afford it. Power player types wear 100% quality which is 10 times harder make and thus much more exspensive.
Also DAoC has houseing, it doesnt effect the core game, but it does give people more storage space and consignment merchants. Anyone can afford a small house with modest effort, but bigger houses are increasingly exspensive.