Runes of Magic US / AU

Helping out new players is great and all, but what happens when they aren't "new" anymore? unless there is also something keeping the current players, the rate at which players come and go will just speed up. personally, I don't think that is very good for the community, have a player base that cycles. we could throw endgame gear at noobs, but then what happens happens when they actually have to pay their own way? its just delaying the inevitable with the current system.

one of the biggest things driving the current population away is the cost of the game.

i've said this before, but making IS cheaper(or more dias per dollar) makes the game better for EVERYBODY.

there is too much gold on the servers already, heck, endgame gear now sells for hundreds of millions. something that, under the original game design, should require multiple installments. if you want to make the game cheaper in RL money, the IS NEEDS to be adjusted. trying to change the servers economy without GF/dia adjustment will do nothing but piss 1/2 the population off. we've all seen it before. lower the price of even 1 aspect(in gold)(whether it be gear, dias, stats, etc...) and all of a suddenly one group is happy and another group feels like they got ripped off.

yes, this is pretty much a duplicate of my post in the new players thread, but since that is about new players, I decided to make a new thread on this broader topic.

gear/gold or dias/gold alone is not an accurate way to judge a server's economy. you need both, so you can get dia/gear, which is really the biggest driving force behind the economic health. there is simply too much gold on the servers to say "hey, lets just reduce the price of everything(in gold) by 75%". some "evil endgamer" with a couple toons with maxed gold could literally wipe the server of any endgame gear for sale in a matter of minutes. heck, pushing both the price of gold and price of dias up the same proportion would actually lessen the effect of the "greedy endgamers".


ultimately, the goal is to reduce the dia/gear ratio, and thus real money/gear ratio. that can only be done by GF, as GF alone controls the cost to modify gear(this is a gear mod game). even if you get endgame gear for free, you will still have to stat, plus, drill, and tier it, which is the large bulk of the cost of gearing.


a cheaper game is a win for everybody, even GF in the long run, as cheaper game = more people willing to pay = more money in their pocket.


this game is so good, and has so much to offer, yet i still wouldn't recommend it to my best friend if he's serious about gaming.

your post is pretty much spot on lemon.

honestly, my only concern with a cheaper game is the fact that the big spenders will not simply spend less to get the same gear. they will most likely keep up their spending and cheaper IS just means insane tiering.

if I were to redesign IS, drillers and plussers would go down in price, yet I would either keep the purie price or increase it. not enough that it is stupid expensive(obviously), but such that the net cost for t6, +16, 4 slot gear is much cheaper, yet if you go clean t8, t9, it is the same as the current price, or even greater.

then again, this is my humble opinion.