2013-02-08, 11:03 PM
IImaplers Wrote:Why does it matter to you what economic impact it has? The plain fact is that hackers have monopolized the free market. I'm not an economics buff, and I'm sure there's a few pros to it (like cheap gear for everyone), but that can't possibly be good for the game ultimately, can it?
No, if hackers have monopolized the market, then no one other than hacker would be able to sell their goods. This is not the case. Plenty of people are still selling their goods, albeit at depressed prices, but they are still selling and still making profit. And what would be the difference if a group of non-hackers monopolized the market, because in the past Ma Bells guilds and groupings did crop up. In fact, before hackers, the NX spending elite technically would have "monopolized" the market by your definition.
And you answered your first question with your last question. Why does it matter to me, because I seek understanding regarding the widely expressed notion that hackers do all those no-good, very bad things and it causes all sorts of wreckage in the Maple economy and whether or not and to what varying degrees is it "good (or bad) for the game"? Because from my observations, besides depressed equip prices (which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing), everything else seems stable. Am I talking about wreckage to personal fortunes? No. Am I talking about wait times at bosses? No. I seek a broad answer to an economic question, not a moral one.
IImaplers Wrote:I like real life analogies so I'll make another one here:
I'll let someone else take on that analogy, it, like your previous one, isn't very good. It isn't anything like the situation I'm describing.