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Saying that the players created the economy, and not the devs, is a lot like saying we built our characters, not the devs.
It's absolutely true, but it utterly misses the point of developer responsibility. It may be our economy, but it's built on a foundation of their rules. When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
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It is the absence of rules that enables the economy to resemble real-life economy.
So yes i agree with you. Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
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Yha but the thing is . No matter what thare rules are, the same thing happens. All evidence points to the fact that the more interation / control Devs have on game economeys the more problimatic it becomes.
It's like trying to change the direction of a train , from 50 feet away ...with a sitck. Theyoreticaly this can be done , but can any 1 actualy do it. Just a sec let me grab a beer...@#*@ Ok how did I die this time
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" Well shit guys. Pack it in everybody. We've been doing it wrong. Time to institute in-game communism. " I still think you're trying to extend the metaphor to a place where it doesn't belong. It's also a pretty strange metaphor to begin with. And since there it seems to be a running theme in the thread: What you propose sounds to me to be ultimately unworkable, both from a design perspective and from the fact that players will establish a meta and establish a somewhat stable system of value exchange (i.e. bartering). As long as there are common wants at all, there's just no getting around the fact that some commodities are going to be a kind of gold standard. As it is, the market actually isn't that rational and putting prices is already pretty non-obvious outside of uniques. The economy is technically a challenge as it is, even if it's not the sort of challenge you'd prefer. Last edited by DeviantLightning#7374 on Jun 20, 2014, 8:01:44 AM
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" Would be fun, but not competitive. Thus, won't happen. The ego requires food. Peace, -Boem- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
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" So ironic that this in many ways is true http://kotaku.com/the-extraordinary-mischievous-too-short-life-of-sean-481060252 ^^ Very good High level EvE online brass in a alliance based around deception and lies... Real life CIA spy who helped do real life hostile take overs of regions and install pupet goverments. ( not putting Vile down just .. truth is truth. ) Just a sec let me grab a beer...@#*@ Ok how did I die this time
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" Why do all your posts look like an email, signed and all? Posts dont need to be signed... ...especially when its not even your real name.
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^Because obviously i like to do this.
Does it need further explanation if i enjoy it? Also you are derailing your own thread, congratz. Peace, -Boem- (i only do things for my personal enjoyment) Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
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" People play games because they're BETTER than real life (not completely, of course, but at certain area of view). For example, in real-life war you die permanently when killed, but in game you can respawn and fix your failures. For me, it's much more fun to have many lifes in game, rather than have just one life in real world. If game's economy follows the same unfair rules as real-life one, then i see no reasons to play it. It wont be fun. At least, that's my point of view. Game should be better than real life, or it makes no sense to exist. IGN: MortalKombat Molten Strike build guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1346504 There is no knowledge That is not power Last edited by MortalKombat3#6961 on Jun 20, 2014, 8:19:16 AM
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" I seem to accept post signing lately, its annoyance has been trumped by animal faces that you only know to be animal faces because the creator goes so far to tell you they are. War -Anu- Casually casual.
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