How closely is the economy of star trek online monitored?
It is my assumption that at set intervals the dev team gets an automated report that states how much total EC , Zen, Dil, GPL is in the game.
It is my assumption that the dev team has a fairly good idea of how much of each asset is being spent each day and roughly where it is going.
It is my assumption that the dev team has a pretty good idea of what effect the various sales and promotions they run will have on the economy of the game.
We know they monitor it, and aside from sales, they have little to no influence on player controlled markets. The only time they have directly interfered in the EC market is when they revalued the base EC value of equipment and items that can be sold to Vendors.
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