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Seems pretty realistic to me bud.
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
Athelas and many like him, would empty his bank account regularly, if there was a way to purchase BOUND CREDITS at something like 10,000gp per credit or a more flexible and potentially balanced 75% of CFS average.
So yea ... gold sink #1 for me: Make bound credits available for a gold cost not as insane as CFS.
Just my 2c
Bash up gold and buy them from people who can support the game with RL purchases. No shame in that at all. Many people do it, just look at Klendathu.
I can however, counter your statement with: Why should I be punished for being born in a country who's currency can't compete with the all mighty Dollar?
Make no mistake, if I could throw cold hard cash at IRE, I would. Achaea is the one game that sees me return over and over again.
My suggestion was exactly that, just a suggestion. If it would unbalance the game, I'd rather not see it implemented. The harsh reality is that, a game like Achaea, is made fun by it's inherent unfairness. It would be boring if every single character walked around with top tier artefacts.
Am I frustrated that I can't afford to multi-class or PVP at a top tier level? You're damn right I am.
Do I feel it's unfair that I'll have to bash for an RL year in order to afford a ship for Athelas? Of course!
Do I get angry at the fact that I have to agonize for RL months over exactly which artefact would be the best to get, with the money I have available? Sure I do.
But then again, that's kind of part of the fun. Sometimes a game is more about what you can not do, than what you can.
I can state this much though: People in my position, we get a much bigger kick out of finally being able to get something as simple as an artefact pipe, than those who log in and buy three after only a day of playing
All that being said, I still believe the best move IRE ever made, was the Iron Elite membership. It does go a long way in evening out the proverbial playing field.
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
I don't have 100% of the answer, but I have the data that shows the credit market was not rising at all* before the change to promotions happened. I can also tell you that the increase accelerated rapidly during the Seafaring bug time frame.
I am also confident (but not certain) that our current admin in Achaea are being held back by someone(s) that they cannot control on talking about this.
*The market naturally fluctuates, and I do not consider a price consistently hovering +/- 15% to be a rise or fall in average price. Your view on that may vary.
Regarding health/artefacts - increasing your health helps tons vs denizens, but not nearly as much vs players. If you want to survive 1v1, buy a sip ring and regen. If you want to last a bit longer in groups, buy bracelet/constitution. If you want to be most effective as far as "how much can I heal over a prolonged period of time", use this Google doc I made years ago and is out dated...just kidding, just opened it and at some point it has been broken. General idea is to upgrade things at an equal rate (don't have a level 1 sip ring and level 3 girdle if you want to save credits - level 2 of each would be more efficient specifically regarding how much you heal over time).
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
The reality is that we actually don't need gold for much, and a good chunk of the gold we do use goes directly to another player and is recycled in the system. So that greatly reduces the need to buy credits irl to sell them for gold. Most players can sustain themselves from bashing/questing alone.
1. crafting licenses cost 200 credits apiece (plus lessons). This isn't a -necessary- thing to play the game, but it's an avenue cut off if you don't have significant amounts of credits, and is something most people don't think of when they think of 'artefacts'.
2. Efficacy of bashing for obtaining credits depends on how many other people are doing the same thing. The more people are trying to get credits IG, the harder it's going to be to get them. When people don't oocly buy credits and fill out the supply, the prices climb painfully... especially for a free player who doesn't have bashing arties.
3. The attitude of other players, whenever someone hits any difficulty, of 'get X artefact, it'll solve your problem/make your life easier'. This one's entirely on the playerbase, and it's been pervasive as long as I've played. If you say you can't afford artefacts, the answer is somewhere between "Oh. -awkward silence-" and "Well I guess you're just screwed then". Which is pretty disheartening.
tl;dr credits, and items bought with credits, are more integral to the playing experience than just nice fillips bought with disposable income.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
Before that it was @Datrius. I have a bad habit of buying people shit.
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."