Curse

holy gug · Jul 08, 2008, 12:44 AM // 00:44

Since the perma build buff, many players had lost quite a lot of purchasing power after the sharp deflation of ectos value in the past 3 months.
In my personal opinion, there is really no such an item beside gold & platinum can be used as currency in GW. However, it's been limited to only 100 platinum max for each trade and 1000 platinum in storage. I'm not rich, so the limit works fine for me =)
for those rich players, maybe Anet can create a particular currency item, which is equal to 1000 platinum, just like 1 platinum = 1000 gold. and it wont be affect by the law of demand and supply. (no matter how many platinum trade per day, 1 platinum always worths 1000 gold, see my point?)
Hope it will provide satisfaction to the need of those hard gamers (spending too much time and effort in GW) and keep their interest and loyality with Anet product and service.
We need to keep those dedicated players in GW and there aren't so many.
Any input to my rough thought will be appreciated.

DanielSpiritkeeper · Jul 08, 2008, 12:46 AM // 00:46

i believe its already been suggested in these forums...have you tried the Search button? anyways i kinda agree. maybe an npc that could sell stackable "coins" in increments of 5k, 10k, 25k, 50k, 100k, etc. Maybe it will it have a positive effect on the economy, maybe it won't. anyways its a good idea, but i highly doubt its a top priority on the devs and it probably won't be implemented into gw but maybe they will do some form of other currency in gw2.

Sir Baddock · Jul 08, 2008, 12:52 AM // 00:52

I'd think Zaishen Keys are going to be the new currency.

DarkNecrid · Jul 08, 2008, 12:57 AM // 00:57

i think they should change the bit storing on inventory and storage so that they can expand the maximum amount of money you can have to upwards of 3 million or more (50 million or higher if they go with a bigger bit storing character) on a single character, effectively making ectos worthless.

let's do that.

holy gug · Jul 08, 2008, 12:58 AM // 00:58

if people believed Zaishen Keys is the new currency, they will start going after it and cause the price drop badly. We must find something that is not affected by the Law of Demand and Supply in order to make it work for currency.

Covah · Jul 08, 2008, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Z keys are more stable due to the "grind" of 5k balth or RPs you need to get them. Its not like ecto where you could spend 20 minute and get 1 or 10.

DanielSpiritkeeper · Jul 08, 2008, 01:05 AM // 01:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Covah

Z keys are more stable due to the "grind" of 5k balth or RPs you need to get them. Its not like ecto where you could spend 20 minute and get 1 or 10.

its like that with balthazar faction. if do ra, ta, ha, etc. you will always find yourself in streaks where you never win and other streaks where you're just pwning everyone and every opponent seems to be running "noob" builds

Masseur · Jul 08, 2008, 01:09 AM // 01:09

Not going to happen and not sure anyone cares about it except the really rich in the game. Keeping a limit on how much you can have is a good thing. Anet gets more actual money having another account bought for "storage characters" to hold more items/gold/armor/ectos/etc... You don't NEED more than 1mil in gold anyways. The ones that WANT it can pay for more accounts.

hooded player · Jul 08, 2008, 01:12 AM // 01:12

We havehad such an item from the begining the only people that see it as an item of valuse are those of pre searing BLACK DYE its like 7.5k at the trade right now so just replace ectos with dye and problem solved

azizul1975 · Jul 08, 2008, 01:14 AM // 01:14

just use the lockpick as the stable currency...end of story.

holy gug · Jul 08, 2008, 01:14 AM // 01:14

maybe im wrong. to the extent of my knowledge, gaming industry is very competitive. the profitability of a game no longer depends solely on the quality of the game. it's a combination of services, update & maintenance, feedback, etc. I believe it's worth the effort for Anet to keep the confidence and royality of the GW1 player while expanding it's market focus for more signups in GW2 if GW1 keep the good market review and feedback thru the end.

crazybanshee · Jul 08, 2008, 01:16 AM // 01:16

Zkeys have a steady value of 5k, and since they're constantly being removed from circulation by people using them, their value will not tank like ectos did.

holy gug · Jul 08, 2008, 01:19 AM // 01:19

I agree that Zkeys is fairly stable. But i just dont think it's as stable as gold =)

MisterT69 · Jul 08, 2008, 01:39 AM // 01:39

Let's just make everything worth 100k, makes GW a whole lot simpler. WTB Q7 max crystalline 100k! see, economy problem solved )

Voodoo Rage · Jul 08, 2008, 01:52 AM // 01:52

Lockpicks are stable because they have a "hard" floor and ceiling at 750g and 1500g based on what the trader will buy or sell them for. No worries about your lockpicks ever becoming "worthless" unless they change how the merchant handles them (same goes for black dye).

rap13oy · Jul 08, 2008, 02:00 AM // 02:00

I wanna say obsidian shards, but then again their price have a history of going up and down.

rap13oy · Jul 08, 2008, 02:01 AM // 02:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisterT69

Let's just make everything worth 100k, makes GW a whole lot simpler. WTB Q7 max crystalline 100k! see, economy problem solved )

How about we don't do that cause then all high end player would quit the game. The current economy already put me on the edge of quiting.

Snorph · Jul 08, 2008, 02:06 AM // 02:06

I agree Zaishen Keys are prolly the most valiable in the game right now. Maybe anet should leave it that way?

Kanyatta · Jul 08, 2008, 02:08 AM // 02:08

I posted this a few weeks ago, and the nay-sayers argument was "If they would implement this, why not just get rid of the trading cap?"

I personally still think it's a good idea as long as the cap still exists.

/signed... for my own idea technically

credit · Jul 08, 2008, 02:15 AM // 02:15

All of the idiots bitching about the "economy" in Guild Wars is hilarious.