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therealfluffy
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Since inflation has cut the EC value in half over the past year, would Cryptic consider raising the EC limit on the Exchange back to its original 1 billion?
Since there are assets in this game that can't be put on Exchange but can be traded person to person, how about creating a Trading sub forum for your customers? This would also help with rare items that are more suitable for an auction rather than be put on the Exchange for a very high price.
I know there are 3rd party forums for MMO trading (where STO is featured too by the way) but it's in Cryptic's best interest to stay in control over asset trading in their own games.
Since there are assets in this game that can't be put on Exchange but can be traded person to person, how about creating a Trading sub forum for your customers? This would also help with rare items that are more suitable for an auction rather than be put on the Exchange for a very high price.
I know there are 3rd party forums for MMO trading (where STO is featured too by the way) but it's in Cryptic's best interest to stay in control over asset trading in their own games.
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That would only take the sales out of the exchange and into shadows/murky waters.
Never, it's free market. Why should I sell for example [crth]x3 weapon at the same price as [dmg]x3, when crth is much better and demand then dmg, just because both are same rarity and grade?For how much I sell item should only be limited by my customers, if I sell for too much they simply wan't buy.
As stated before, nothing is worth more than 500million EC in this game. Those that want to sell beyond that, up to a billion, is only morally responsible & obligated to their own Greed.
because its a game, not real life and i think there should be a limit to how much someone can earn through favorable circumstances and luck.
i dont think over 500 million is fairly priced. i think its extortionate value for a ship. of course someone will say that its up to the players to decide not to buy it and force the price down but i personally feel there should be a limit somewhere along the line. 500 is a fair limit in my opinion at this time.
its not up to me, and its not up to you.
i have given my opinion on why, in a game, there should be a limit. you think differently which is fine and i have no problem with that opinion. its up to them to decide what the limit should be.
If certain items weren't so ridiculously rare, they wouldn't be priced so high.
Why wouldn't someone sell an item that cost practically 25000 Zen for the highest bid they can find?
Probably because the RNG could have been kind and they actually got the ship for spending 2.5m on a key from the exchange. If a ship definitely cost a boat load of zen then people would be happy to spend a fortune on it, but it could have cost a pittance and the proposed markup is extortionate.
Still waiting to be able to use forum titles
On the OP topic, no, its a really bad idea. In fact a lowered EC sell limit would be better.
Seriously, stop trolling with all that ferengi stuff.
And if you dont troll, then sry but you didnt get the whole point of the ferengi race in the show.
They were added to highlight all the humanity's flaws like greed/avarice, foolish pride and cowardice. On various ocasions the show stated that their way was Involution rather then Evolution. Instaid of evolving to the Star Trek principles, that to improve themselfs, to value knowledge and understanding of the universe, they involve to the level of the squirrels lol, since those have the same obsesive-compulsive behavious to gather, nuts in their case and material posesions and shinny trinkets in the case of ferengi.
And this doesnt mean the ferengi rights to exist are denied, but rather dismiss their importance. Their role in the show was not that importand, minor I would say.
And "great moral code for a noble race"? That made me LOL soo much. You mean imoral code for one of the lowest scum villains in the show, only outclassed by the Orion Sindicate, and that is still a streach, since alot of "noble and moral" ferengis were into weapons smuggling.
Yes, but nothing for EC sale has a market value of over a Billion so it isn't an issue - and there are buyers out there.
Staying within the 500 mill exchange cap does make selling far easier, and the ease of sale might make some people take a loss on their item to sell easier, but it isn't a limit.
system Lord Baal is dead
Not obtaining the maximum amount you could get is stupid, and thats why a lot of bug/bulwark sales do not happen on the exchange.
Rules of Acquisition:
12th - Anything worth selling is worth selling twice.
16th - A deal is a deal (is a deal)...until a better one comes along.
17th - A contract is a contract is a contract... but only between Ferengi.
19th - Satisfaction is not guaranteed.
37th - The early investor reaps the most interest
And, of course.... Forty-third , "Feed your greed, but not enough to choke it."
All this cap creates, is an inconvenience to those of us who regularly sell items like bug ships or ****warks, it does not prevent inflation of the economy, it does not stop these transactions from happening, it just means that instead of posting something on the exchange, I have to advertise my products on TTC. I would also like to add that most of the rich people in this game, did not become rich from opening lockboxs as a few people seem to imply.
The reason prices are becoming so high (respectively) is, almost entirely Cryptics own fault for having such a large scale currency generator like vendors, and get settled in because more of the same will be happening after 9.5. If you want to mitigate inflation, some serious nerfing will need to happen to items that you can simply give back to the game for 50% of their value. Limiting the exchange does absolutely nothing.
Actually, if a dev or someone else reading is willing and able, I would be very interested to know the current total of EC in the STO economy.