Loot scaling exempt items - Guild Wars Forums

Moonstalker · Feb 13, 2011, 04:01 AM // 04:01

I was looking at this:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Loot_scaling
And it basically shows almost everything is exempt... that just doesn't seem right. Is this really true, or is it being discussed, or what?
Just wondering.
Thanks in advance

Ailina · Feb 13, 2011, 06:05 AM // 06:05

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Devel...dates/20070420

This explains the reasoning behind it. Basically, the things that were reduced for solo farming are common drops and gold (not golds). The point was to try to curb inflation by reducing the amount of new gold introduced into the economy. It's kind of long to explain, but read the link, and it should clear some things up.

Hope that makes sense!

Chthon · Feb 13, 2011, 07:44 AM // 07:44

Loot scale is designed to stick it to the bots and illegal gold farmers, not legit players. It basically functions as an income/minute cap. This limits "stupid" farming to being only slightly more profitable than the same amount of time spent playing normally. That keeps inflation down by limiting the amount of gold that sold sellers can produce and increasing the relative purchasing power of normal players.

"Good" drops are exempt because it really hurts for a normal player to miss a good drop, and its gold value can just be taken out of your future white drops to stay inside the cap (which it is). Bots and illegal gold farmers care about white drops; you generally don't.

Real players looking to make a bigger profit need to be more intelligent about what and where to farm - specifically, stick to things that are worth significantly more than their gold value when sold to other players. This is not inflationary (because gold is merely reallocated form the buyer to you). Nor is it something that bots and illegal gold farmers can do (because neither speaks English well enough to trade with other players).

Feb 13, 2011, 04:01 AM // 04:01	#1
Moonstalker Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2007 Guild: Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???] Profession: Mo/	Loot scaling exempt items I was looking at this: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Loot_scaling And it basically shows almost everything is exempt... that just doesn't seem right. Is this really true, or is it being discussed, or what? Just wondering. Thanks in advance

Feb 13, 2011, 06:05 AM // 06:05	#2
Ailina Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2010 Guild: Whats Prot Spirit [FoR] Profession: R/	http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Devel...dates/20070420 This explains the reasoning behind it. Basically, the things that were reduced for solo farming are common drops and gold (not golds). The point was to try to curb inflation by reducing the amount of new gold introduced into the economy. It's kind of long to explain, but read the link, and it should clear some things up. Hope that makes sense!

Feb 13, 2011, 07:44 AM // 07:44	#3
Chthon Grotto Attendant Join Date: Apr 2007	Loot scale is designed to stick it to the bots and illegal gold farmers, not legit players. It basically functions as an income/minute cap. This limits "stupid" farming to being only slightly more profitable than the same amount of time spent playing normally. That keeps inflation down by limiting the amount of gold that sold sellers can produce and increasing the relative purchasing power of normal players. "Good" drops are exempt because it really hurts for a normal player to miss a good drop, and its gold value can just be taken out of your future white drops to stay inside the cap (which it is). Bots and illegal gold farmers care about white drops; you generally don't. Real players looking to make a bigger profit need to be more intelligent about what and where to farm - specifically, stick to things that are worth significantly more than their gold value when sold to other players. This is not inflationary (because gold is merely reallocated form the buyer to you). Nor is it something that bots and illegal gold farmers can do (because neither speaks English well enough to trade with other players).