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shield wrote: »

On page 177 I doubt that anyone will read this. So might as well make my grumble here.
Kudos and thanks to all the GM's and mods and Devo's working on the issue, no matter the resolution its gotta be a nightmare.
For all the QQ ...STFU.

For anyone that doesn't understand, multiple players with too much money will really cause serious issues throughout the whole game. From unlimited cash shop pets to TW bids that can't be beat. Someone who wanted to manipulate the economy could purchase every single item of a type and resell it at a rediculous price.
Anything related to PvP would be a nightmare, territories would roll to whomever has the most coin. +12 weps being used, other craziness.

For those in favor of a roll back there are definantly issues with lost XP drops etc. Territory earnings for the weekend might be lost, territory bids might be lost. Your chance to take someone elses territory IS lost. The land you were about to lose is now safe for a week.

For those who just prefer to ban people who used the bug or gained by it, those bans would be MUCH more far reaching than you probably imagine. If I were to purchase $10 in gold, then to purchase an item in the boutique, then resell it for enough coin to purchase $100 gold from gold auction, rinse repeat...I've now got lots of coin AND gold. Also whomever sold the gold in the gold house at whatever price has gained from it, if you pumped the price much over 100k you probably have gained unfairly due to the exploit.
On seeing items in the AH selling at obscene prices, you posted your legendary\mold\3* for more than it would normally sell for and it was purchased, you probably have gained unfairly by the exploit.

(Yes even if you were an idiot and posted your obscene price in ignorance, you still gained by the exploit, otherwise your stupidity would not be rewarded)

All those people who just sold thier stuff now go out into the economy and purchase things from the cat shops legitimately and now those cat shops have coin that they feel they have earned fairly. Hence your 350k sales in fruit etc. But those sales too were caused due to the exploit.

Effectively there is no quick and clean solution to the problem. To repair the economy the game MUST be rolled back. Which is gonna cause all sorts of pain to the PWI staff that has to return all the gold to Zen. BUT thats as far as is required to go, no Zen should be returned to real money, instead only be recharged. The people that purchased Zen will be able to repurchase items from the cashshop again at fair prices.

No solution will make everyone happy. No one will walk away whistling a jaunty tune, that has been affected by this. Suck it up people, better to lose a day then to have the entire structure of the game radically altered in such a way that new players will NEVER be able to compete.

AND for the record:
Every $ of real money put into this game is insured by the conditions set forth when we joined. If you spent $50 during the period rolled back it would be given back to your account in some way, whether in Zen or in $.

Now that I've had my entertainment for the night in lieu of PWI, off to sleep soundly next to my GF who will really appreciate the extra time on this Valentines day.