I would love some good gold sinks and yes there have been some good ones and some bad ones. But the prices are already up there and have been for so long that even a great gold sink could not fix it now.
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Why do you think reducing inflation via new gold sinks wouldn’t at least help fix a deeply saturated economy?
You know, as crazy as it may sound, not all vets are sitting on plats and plats of money. Seriously. Gold sinks? nah. Stop the dupes, and maybe lower incoming gold by 10% straight across the board...
higher prices just for the sake of gold sinks will kill some of us.
Trillions of gold was wiped from some known cheaters and their houses were set on fire and it was a drop in a very large bucket. Higher prices are already here and those will never change because there is an almost endless supply of gold in UO and the spigot is still on so more is coming in. If and it is it a big if all the duped gold had been wiped and good gold sinks were in place back then it might of helped a little.
Really cause I could almost see them doing it just to get her off their case...
Might have been a uncertain time.
I feel EA somewhere around 2013 decided to no longer publish on Steam and publish on their own platform (without having to pay steep fees to Steam). In a big company this can easily be a process running for half a year until a final decision is made.
The last game published by EA on Steam was Sims 3 in October 2013: Steam Search
Bonnie called for greenlight support in April 2014: Greenlight UO on Steam – Ultima Online
She might have just ended up in some direction change at EA..
We do need more gold sinks
How about a tax as well (we all love to pay taxes right ? )
Change vendors to a flat rate tax instead
Just move the decimal up 5 or 6 places if the visuals are the issue. That's as "fixed" as inflation can get in tram.
Of course I don't really think high prices will turn off anyone who has ever played any online game before.
What's there to "fix"? It's all completely relative. The only real "fix" for inflation is to do a regular (every few years) 10 to 1 currency exchange.
If you view certain items being in too high of demand (ie it costs too much relative to other items) as a mark of a bad economy, you should be asking for increased drop rates, not pointless gold sinks.
1) No we don't. Gold sinks don't do anything other than establish artificial markers for the value of currency.
2) **** no. That is pointless anti-fun.
3) Or just remove vendor fees, because they are dumb anyway.
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You can see a billion dollar company diverting from a clearly established corporate agenda to cease the complaints (in the form of what? Terse emails?) of the head of what is probably their lowest value asset?
Somehow... I can't see that happening.
Dupes would lower prices if anything, even if the market is corned by duping. The more items moving, the less the demand, the lower the price. If you wanna naturally lower prices, decrease scarcity via regular gameplay. In other words decrease the difficulty in attaining valuable items. Of course I don't think people really want that...
I think the problem is that people seem to view a "healthy economy" as one where you can conceivably buy high end items with gold obtained by killing monsters or something equally uncomplicated. That's a very narrow view of things. There will always be inflation, every single gold piece created in the game increase inflation, and no matter the level of inflation (high or low) so long as there are item in high demand with low supply (which is all but a complete certainty) there will be some items that require a large investment of time to collect the capital required to buy that item on the market.
The cost of high end items continuously seems to climb, while the gold payout of 95% of the games content remains static. It feels as though there is very little reason to do any content in the game because the reward is so incredibly insignificant.
Maybe I have this all wrong but I believe our bloated economy leaves a signicant portion of the game to rot.
A new player who may want to hunt his way up can get there, but not through a once rewarding and enjoyable means.
Maybe I have this all wrong but I believe our bloated economy leaves a signicant portion of the game to rot.
A new player who may want to hunt his way up can get there, but not through a once rewarding and enjoyable means.
Soft launches rarely lead to hype hard-ons is all. Nobody notices a game/feature that just sneaks in without fanfare.
Additionally, it is extremely disappointing they chose to avoid calling Endless Journey a F2P - mode. As a result, nobody knows wth it is supposed to be.When it comes to the target audience that is.
Phantasmagorian
Sage
The soft launch itself doesn't generate hype. Hard launch should take care od that.
I agree though that Ultima Online should scream f2p off the rooftops.
I am thinking about creating a promo site. Kind of a one page of features scroll. A trailer with Battle of Stones playing. For fun.
I agree though that Ultima Online should scream f2p off the rooftops.
I am thinking about creating a promo site. Kind of a one page of features scroll. A trailer with Battle of Stones playing. For fun.
All shards are how old now?
Start a new shard for each region, with nothing going in or out.
Put checks in please, i.e. amount of gold skyrocketing, any items fishily increasing numbers, characters performing certain tasks 23/7. Etc.
What's the point of having games if you can't restart.
I'm sure many would move...
Start a new shard for each region, with nothing going in or out.
Put checks in please, i.e. amount of gold skyrocketing, any items fishily increasing numbers, characters performing certain tasks 23/7. Etc.
What's the point of having games if you can't restart.
I'm sure many would move...
Phantasmagorian
Sage
I would definitely enjoy such a fresh shard.
How long did Origin last before it was deemed a "DEAD SHARD"
Meltedmantis2
Visitor
Funny thing, I see paid sponsored ads for free shards all the time on facebook, etc.... never seen anything for EJ. I don't even play anymore. I only know about because I check in from time to time to watch the **** show
That explains the offers of exotic women delivered to my home.
Could you give me some tips on what you search for? I *never* get those offers
