Coin Sink Idea?

Tamuz - Lost City
Tamuz - Lost City Posts: 357 Arc User
edited October 2009 in Suggestion Box
ok so how about 1 gold = 150k

then another npc puts up ALL the boutique items for the gold , and lets say u want make over scroll..... 300k ..... but items u get there will be untradeable


maybe gold = 200k ...... this will be a MAJOR coin sink for sure , GM's read this maybe ? b:surrender im not sure how this can be abused , the items the NPC gives will be untradable , i mean sure people can abuse by buying mats and stuff but still , it will be a big coin sink
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  • LloydAsplund - Sanctuary
    LloydAsplund - Sanctuary Posts: 3,899 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    That would mean no one would buy gold anymore.
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  • Tamuz - Lost City
    Tamuz - Lost City Posts: 357 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    LloydAsplund - Sanctuary wrote: »
    That would mean no one would buy gold anymore.

    it would only be for a day or 2 b:sad
  • Tamuz - Lost City
    Tamuz - Lost City Posts: 357 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    lol i though this would be more popular b:cold]

    edit : soz just noticed i double posted
  • natedog97
    natedog97 Posts: 151 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    It actually isn't a bad idea...

    One week with a special NPC that sells CS items for 200k or less.

    This would accomplish two things...

    1) Draw the excess coin out of the server

    2) force gold prices back down to under 200k

    Sure PWE would get almost no income for a week but it would be a "stimulus" Package for all of the servers.

    The only issue I would have with your idea is the inability to trade the items. Having them trade-able would still draw coins out of the server so there is no need for it.

    Too bad that the fact that PWE would get no income for a week or two means it won't EVER happen.


    A potential idea is to have other items that are from the CS that have low sell rates (mounts, flyers, and fashion) able to be purchased from an NPC and taken out of the CS. Again would be temporary. But if they are not selling it a lot in the CS then it won't hurt too much to take it out and absorb some money.
  • Tamuz - Lost City
    Tamuz - Lost City Posts: 357 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    natedog97 wrote: »
    It actually isn't a bad idea...

    One week with a special NPC that sells CS items for 200k or less.

    This would accomplish two things...

    1) Draw the excess coin out of the server

    2) force gold prices back down to under 200k

    Sure PWE would get almost no income for a week but it would be a "stimulus" Package for all of the servers.

    The only issue I would have with your idea is the inability to trade the items. Having them trade-able would still draw coins out of the server so there is no need for it.

    Too bad that the fact that PWE would get no income for a week or two means it won't EVER happen.


    A potential idea is to have other items that are from the CS that have low sell rates (mounts, flyers, and fashion) able to be purchased from an NPC and taken out of the CS. Again would be temporary. But if they are not selling it a lot in the CS then it won't hurt too much to take it out and absorb some money.

    i was thinking of making them like for 1 day every 2 weeks , wouldnt be too much a impact
  • Tamuz - Lost City
    Tamuz - Lost City Posts: 357 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    lol i just though of a way people can abuse kind ab:surrender

    they just say up every 2 weeks to get what they want then , and never have to buy






    (just though as i was typing that ) how bout the coin sink is a event ? not a regular things , like every 2 weeks for a month the NPC will be there :D
  • IceJazmin - Heavens Tear
    IceJazmin - Heavens Tear Posts: 4,206 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    Why would you penalize the paying customers to give stuff away to the freeloaders?

    If you do not like the price of gold, than do not buy it, or go grind some more if you want to be a cheapstake and not use RL money.

    Otherwise, just charge zen and you will not affected by in-game gold prices.
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  • Tamuz - Lost City
    Tamuz - Lost City Posts: 357 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    erm.... u do know this is a coin sink idea right ?b:surrender

    to get less coins out of the server ?
  • Zoe - Heavens Tear
    Zoe - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,814 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    The items have to be untradable to try to stop people from buying up things cheap to sell them for insane prices later.
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  • Aadi - Lost City
    Aadi - Lost City Posts: 4,449 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    Zoe - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    The items have to be untradable to try to stop people from buying up things cheap to sell them for insane prices later.

    If that's the case then there should also be some kind of limit on how many items you could buy from the NPC, per day or overall.
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  • Zoe - Heavens Tear
    Zoe - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,814 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    Instead of making them untradable, a price freeze could be in effect ONLY on cash shop items bought from the NPC.

    The NPC bought item CANNOT be sold for 1 coin over the price you paid the NPC for the item.
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  • natedog97
    natedog97 Posts: 151 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    Zoe - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Instead of making them untradable, a price freeze could be in effect ONLY on cash shop items bought from the NPC.

    The NPC bought item CANNOT be sold for 1 coin over the price you paid the NPC for the item.

    That would be a good idea.

    People don't realize that the inflation. caused by Devs flooding the coin and how the counterfeit machine is always running (mobs drop money out of thin air) Is what is really driving up the prices.

    Something needs to be done to increase the value of the coin again!
  • Tamuz - Lost City
    Tamuz - Lost City Posts: 357 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    triple prices of everything ! b:laugh

    lol but i really think NPC that sells gold stuff should be allowed

    just for a month every2 weeks , items cant be trade able and then gold will more than likely go down , plus this is a coin sink , and after anniversary event we really need a coin sink b:surrender
  • ElderSig - Dreamweaver
    ElderSig - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,247 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    Listen, unless you suggest something the devs are actually going to possibly do, you're wasting your time otherwise.

    Yes, the game needs a better coin sink. Do you need CS items to be the coin sink? No. You just want a nice cheap easy way to get CS items for in-game coin.

    Now, if you would suggest certain non-CS items to be able to be bought for a short amount of time and be non-tradable it will accomplish two things.

    1. It will be a effective coin sink due to the demand and the non-trading status.

    2. IT WILL ACTUALLY POSSIBLY BE DONE. PW will NEVER make CS items able to be purchased in-game for in-game coin with absolutely no profit to them.
    They DON'T care if the game's economy sucks really. Why? Because they're not buying anything in it and higher gold prices just means odds are you will buy gold with rl money now.

    So please, please stop these threads suggesting gold being sold in-game from a NPC, because they will NEVER happen and are a waste of our time. NO matter how much you might like it.
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  • Sancrkf - Heavens Tear
    Sancrkf - Heavens Tear Posts: 51 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    well, something has to be done... after gold prices got high people got lost on how much to charge for items, even things that you can't buy with gold

    molds for example, it's not hard to find two of the same mold for 1mil and 3mil in AH

    could this be because of the huge amount of coins? Idk

    maybe the best would be to have a coin sink event, and to just stop buying gold with coins for some time, which would require the cooperation of everyone... but when did something that involves everyone ever worked? b:surrender
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  • Tamuz - Lost City
    Tamuz - Lost City Posts: 357 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    b:lipcurlb:scorn
  • AngryInch - Dreamweaver
    AngryInch - Dreamweaver Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    If you think coin sink ideas are a waste of time, just don't read the threads. There's no reason to spazz out and shoot down other players ideas. Some of them are good ideas regardless of whether or not GMs will pay attention.

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