11-26-2005, 07:43 PM
ima_nerd,Nov 26 2005, 02:26 PM Wrote:I don't plan on spending 900g on a mount to get me to Black Rock Mountain 40% faster when I could spend it instead on enchants (keeping the money within the economy) for my gear. Gold will someday become valueless and a bartering system will emerge.
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2 problems with your reasoning.
1 It doesnt matter that you dont want a horse - many players do. When Blizz feels most players that want a horse have - they will add a new toy to buy.
2 Enchants tend to take money effectively out of the system just like horses do. It doesnt matter if a small percentage of players become fabulously rich - DEFLATION and INFLATION only happens when the average player has more money than he needs.(Not MMOS as they age develope huge inflation only on the truely rare items[or thus percieved] and everything else deflates.)
The low end items deflate not because their is too much money but trather because there are too many items.