2013-03-07, 06:04 PM
There's always leprechauns which drop 1k each...
The reality is that an influx of pure mesos into the economy would be a very bad thing. To prevent inflation, the amount of mesos entering the economy through monster drops should approximately equal the amount leaving the economy. In Maple, mesos only truly leave the economy through NPC merchants and taxation.
Since most players don't even bother looting meso drops, with auotloot pets being a notable exception, the influx of mesos is relatively small. Consequently the limited taxation on trades is surprisingly effective.
Having bosses drop loot instead of pure mesos does a few things.
1. It keeps the necessary taxation rate small.
2. It forces players to trade and consequently develops a large economy.
3. It forces players to spend NX selling trade restricted equips.
The first two are actually very good things. While we all wish that selling items wasn't such an annoying process, you have to change perspectives. If everyone could just loot substantial amounts of mesos, who would be selling items? This would simply cause inflation until the value of items obtained reaches the same equilibrium ratio we have now. It would also require an increase in the taxation rates or risk further inflation and cause lots of consternation as the number of items valued at over max mesos became huge. We would consequently see the development of a bartering economy even less stable than our existent one because the value of bartered items is inherently subjective.
The requirement for PSOK/SOK is a whole different story. It's a blatant money scheme for Nexon that has become rather outdated. A large number of items aren't even worth the value of the NX required to trade them thus making the bosses themselves obsolete. Zak/CZak is the case and point. Realistically, Nexon should make all but the highest tier equips bind on equip instead of on loot so they remain at least somewhat useful to the economy or create a meso equivalent of SOK for older items.
Wow that got longer than I had anticipated. Can you believe I don't even think of myself as a merchant?
The reality is that an influx of pure mesos into the economy would be a very bad thing. To prevent inflation, the amount of mesos entering the economy through monster drops should approximately equal the amount leaving the economy. In Maple, mesos only truly leave the economy through NPC merchants and taxation.
Since most players don't even bother looting meso drops, with auotloot pets being a notable exception, the influx of mesos is relatively small. Consequently the limited taxation on trades is surprisingly effective.
Having bosses drop loot instead of pure mesos does a few things.
1. It keeps the necessary taxation rate small.
2. It forces players to trade and consequently develops a large economy.
3. It forces players to spend NX selling trade restricted equips.
The first two are actually very good things. While we all wish that selling items wasn't such an annoying process, you have to change perspectives. If everyone could just loot substantial amounts of mesos, who would be selling items? This would simply cause inflation until the value of items obtained reaches the same equilibrium ratio we have now. It would also require an increase in the taxation rates or risk further inflation and cause lots of consternation as the number of items valued at over max mesos became huge. We would consequently see the development of a bartering economy even less stable than our existent one because the value of bartered items is inherently subjective.
The requirement for PSOK/SOK is a whole different story. It's a blatant money scheme for Nexon that has become rather outdated. A large number of items aren't even worth the value of the NX required to trade them thus making the bosses themselves obsolete. Zak/CZak is the case and point. Realistically, Nexon should make all but the highest tier equips bind on equip instead of on loot so they remain at least somewhat useful to the economy or create a meso equivalent of SOK for older items.
Wow that got longer than I had anticipated. Can you believe I don't even think of myself as a merchant?