2013-02-08, 02:17 PM
Chilly Wrote:I've never understood why cheap Empress/Loveless/etc. equips were bad for an economy. If they were coming from a legitimate person the equips would be expensive and the only person making money would be the seller.
The way I see it, the mesos would likely stay in funded/NX circles being spent on equally well-scrolled or better gear.
I am currently after Mage Tyrant gear, I can afford the lot, are the prices being inflated due to hackers and their mesos? Probably, I am aware of a hacker paying 7B per warrior piece. Would the pieces still cost this much without hackers? Probably, I know of a legit paying 8B a warrior piece.
TLR: I don't quite understand how cheap Empress/Loveless/etc. gear affects the community as a whole in a negative way. Most large spenders will continue to spend regardless of the situation.
Inflation doesn't appear to be that big of a deal.
I will get lambasted for what appears to be a hacker-hugging post of support, but I am really trying to understand the economic impact to the community, not just those who are vocal because displeasured.
We're displeasured because the things are cheap in the first place because hackers undercut our prices, by a lot. They can keep hoarding the equips on many alternates and thus can afford to undercut for fast meso. We can't.
It affects the economy because this puts mesos into the hacker's hands, and most of the time, they sell mesos for IRL money so no, it is not circulating among players in a healthy way. It is circulating to those willing to pay cash and the remaining mesos in potential reserve stock for future customers.
The basic premise is that by doing this, sure, deflated prices are nice but what good are deflated prices if 1. they're so deflated, people would rather flock to hackers just because they know it's cheaper and 2. no one can sell pomegranate in the first place because of said hackers, which translates to no one has mesos to spend.
It's not an obvious sight, but this is the indirect effect.
Edit: Not just the bossers. It affects merchers. If a merchant wants to monopolize on a certain commodity (ex: confusion fragments), they'll probably hit a point where they just can't keep up with the rate the botters can introduce them into the economy.