As we all know, the Guild Wars economy has been and is in shambles, and as time goes on it will only get worse. I think I've come up with quite an ingenious solution to this problem. It's the only way.
Basically everything needs to start over. I think ANet should delete every gold piece, every ecto, every everlasting tonic, every expensive dye, every Z Key, every miniature, all gold items, all green items, all weapon mods, all sets of prestige armor including Obsidian armor, as well as anything else that is used as any sort of currency or has a value of over 10k.
Also, all skills unlocked, including elites, should be ununlocked. So that people can't just start farming the hell out of every item right away. And to make sure they don't just rebuild their builds, I think every skill should be dramatically nerfed. Basically so that all new strategies and techniques and everything would have to be relearned.
Now, by delete I don't mean remove the item from the game, I mean just delete all the ones in existence.
Now yes this seems harsh, and thousands of people would be losing gold and items that they have spent hundreds and even thousands and even tens of thousands of hours getting. Even I would be losing a great deal of gold, ectos, and items, but I am willing to sacrifice. I think this is a necessary solution to the Guild Wars economy problems. But it would have to target EVERYONE. No account could go untouched, otherwise it would offset the balance.
Essentially we could peacefully go back to "the good old days", and really enjoy this game the way it was meant to be enjoyed before Guild Wars 2 comes out. If I missed anything that should be deleted or changed in order to fully get the desired effect of this, please do mention them.
This is not a rant or anything like that. I am not jealous of people that have more money than I, I just want to have the old Guild Wars back. The Guild Wars all us old players knew and loved.
Idea to Fix Economy
Fanita
Stockholm
There is NOTHING wrong with the GW economy, only with those who try and live GW.
Channel_V93
Enjoy having 3 people to play with, 99% of the people who still play this game will quit, this will be the last nail in the coffin if this ever happens.
Aldric
Personally I think your idea ranks as one of the worst yet.
Care to explain exactly what you felt was good about the "good old days" ? What was exactly was it that you , an "old player" felt was so much better back then ?
(i have been playing since day 1 - just pointing that out before the standard "you don't remember what it was....blahblah" post from someone at somepoint )
Care to explain exactly what you felt was good about the "good old days" ? What was exactly was it that you , an "old player" felt was so much better back then ?
(i have been playing since day 1 - just pointing that out before the standard "you don't remember what it was....blahblah" post from someone at somepoint )
Fanita
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Originally Posted by Aldric
Personally I think your idea ranks as one of the worst yet.
Care to explain exactly what you felt was good about the "good old days" ? What was exactly was it that you , an "old player" felt was so much better back then ? (i have been playing since day 1 - just pointing that out before the standard "you don't remember what it was....blahblah" post from someone at somepoint ) |
Xsiriss
Sure as long as I can have my 2,400 hours playtime back, and if 'playing' was more profitable than farming. Oh wait...
AnClar
/notsigned
People who've been playing since beta worked for a fair amount of that stuff. It took me over a year of farming to be able to afford my 1st set of Obsidian armor. I (and a lot of other peeps) would be mightily pissed if Anet suddenly wiped out all that work. Besides GW1 is way late in its lifecycle. We'll get a new clean start in GW2.
People who've been playing since beta worked for a fair amount of that stuff. It took me over a year of farming to be able to afford my 1st set of Obsidian armor. I (and a lot of other peeps) would be mightily pissed if Anet suddenly wiped out all that work. Besides GW1 is way late in its lifecycle. We'll get a new clean start in GW2.
Faure
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Originally Posted by Xsiriss
Sure as long as I can have my 2,400 hours playtime back, and if 'playing' was more profitable than farming. Oh wait...
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Cartello
This might just be the worst idea I've read in years.
Let's try it with the real economy.
Everybody can be homeless, have no clothes, food, water or money!
Yeah, that'll work!
Let's try it with the real economy.
Everybody can be homeless, have no clothes, food, water or money!
Yeah, that'll work!
Aldric
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Originally Posted by Fanita
I don't know why you would ask that if you've been playing since day 1, it seems pretty obvious.
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As you your point, No it is not obvious to me
Care to explain it to me why everything being cheaper to buy now and Gold being much easier to obtain now means that I am worse off than I was in the good old days ?
lewis91
Wow, you should be killed, now i don't exactly have a fortune, but i like what ive amassed over the year ive been playing. SO STAY AWAY FROM MY STUFFS.
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Fanita
Can we try some constructive criticism instead of just flaming? We're all civilized people here I assume, no need for acting like ravaging beasts.
Cartello
Basically your idea is like, burning down a building because you've got a broken window. (Especially if that window isn't even broken at all..)
Hanging Man
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GW1 is way late in its lifecycle. We'll get a new clean start in GW2. |
QFT.
Gw1 is a little old to start fixing the problem. best thing is to let it rid out until Gw2 comes along and we all get clean slates. Hopefully by then Gw1 will have stabilized.
If not, we will occupy our time with relentless farming in Gw2
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Originally Posted by Fanita
Can we try some constructive criticism instead of just flaming? We're all civilized people here I assume, no need for acting like ravaging beasts.
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Ya know I heard thinking things through saves you from being flamed..
cognophile
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Originally Posted by Fanita
I think ANet should delete every gold piece, every ecto, every everlasting tonic, every expensive dye, every Z Key, every miniature, all gold items, all green items, all weapon mods, all sets of prestige armor including Obsidian armor, as well as anything else that is used as any sort of currency or has a value of over 10k.
Also, all skills unlocked, including elites, should be ununlocked. So that people can't just start farming the hell out of every item right away. And to make sure they don't just rebuild their builds, I think every skill should be dramatically nerfed. Basically so that all new strategies and techniques and everything would have to be relearned. |
Punish people who have already achieved their in-game goals? From multiple angles (customer relations, future business, game economy) I'd say that's an exceptionally bad idea.
ddark624
omg this is actually the best plan in the worrrrllllllldddd delete years of peoples work i have a better way though... maybe if they delete u from teh game thats another person who cant collect shards ectos and the high end stuff therefore stopping the price being lowered just taht lil bit more 
jiggles
You want to delete everything i spent short of 7k hours working for?
Get the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO out.
Get the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO out.
Sierraa
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Originally Posted by turbo234
lolololololol
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Also if you want constructive criticism try not making a completely retarded idea to fix the economy :P We all love the stuff we've worked for, and having it taken away is punishment for playing almost.
Fanita
Like I said, I know people will lose a lot, but it's a necessary loss. I will lose a lot too. No, I'm not the richest person in the game, but I do have well over 2 million including all my armor, ectos, gold, weapons, and such. So I won't be going without a loss.
MithranArkanere
It's slow and scattered.
All GW 'ecomoney' needs is a way to center it in a single IN-GAME spot. So EVERY single player goes to the same place, and regardless of langauge, region, district and outpost they are in, they get the stuff sold.
That's all that is needed, and currently only happens with Traders.
But deleting? That's simply... well, the only fitting word to describe it will likely get censored so I won't write it, but you get the drill.
All GW 'ecomoney' needs is a way to center it in a single IN-GAME spot. So EVERY single player goes to the same place, and regardless of langauge, region, district and outpost they are in, they get the stuff sold.
That's all that is needed, and currently only happens with Traders.
But deleting? That's simply... well, the only fitting word to describe it will likely get censored so I won't write it, but you get the drill.
Aldric
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Originally Posted by Fanita
Can we try some constructive criticism instead of just flaming? We're all civilized people here I assume, no need for acting like ravaging beasts.
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Discussing a point with someone is an absolute waste of time if they wont even state their point.
Zodiac Meteor
HA HA HA!! Nice joke! Wait, your joking right?
If your not, your basically punishing everyone for playing. GG
If your not, your basically punishing everyone for playing. GG
wire dawg
can i have my 30 secs back of reading ya dumb post instead pls k thx gay idea
Eragon Zarroc
u would essentially make half the people playing this game quit, effectively killing what little life the game has left. alternative measures should be looked into and extensively tested before such a brash and rediculous wipe occurs. besides, even after the wipe, the means to retern back to our current situation will exist. it will only take a while, but the same thing will happen. this will only provide people the opportunity to race against each other to be the 1st ones to make it big and rich. nty.
DarkFlame
No. Just no.
You're not going to get the good old days back. You're just gonna kill what remains of the player-base. I mean really, who would want to play a mmo, any mmo where the powers that be can just randomly rollback the servers to Day 1.
You're not going to get the good old days back. You're just gonna kill what remains of the player-base. I mean really, who would want to play a mmo, any mmo where the powers that be can just randomly rollback the servers to Day 1.
ddark624
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Originally Posted by Fanita
Like I said, I know people will lose a lot, but it's a necessary loss. I will lose a lot too. No, I'm not the richest person in the game, but I do have well over 2 million including all my armor, ectos, gold, weapons, and such. So I won't be going without a loss.
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Next time you make a thread think before you post and its not the Guidwars ecconomy that is messed up every gold is worth up to 400 gold... each ecto and shard is 100 gold... players make the prices therefore the prices arnt gunna change rapidly because the builds will still work
A* NUUUB
Lawliet Kira
Just wondering, did you honestly thing you weren't going get made fun of and flamed because of this idea that you seem fit? And you forgot to add that they should delete all of your titles!
blackamethyst
...What?
I really can't believe this is a serious suggestion. People only post stuff like this to see other people QQ and go berserk.
Honestly, have you any idea how many hours people have invested into this game? Especially people like me who've been playing almost four years already, and how much effort has been put into farming gold for the rare items and armors that you want to have deleted? Not to mention the amount of money spent on the games themselves. Each campaign being nearabout $50 upon release, ~$65-ish for collectors, the money spent in the online-store for Bonus Mission Packs, extra slots, skill unlocks, etc. Some people also have two and three and four accounts. All of that time, effort, and money wasted.
So... just no. My brain hurts even thinking about it.
I really can't believe this is a serious suggestion. People only post stuff like this to see other people QQ and go berserk.
Honestly, have you any idea how many hours people have invested into this game? Especially people like me who've been playing almost four years already, and how much effort has been put into farming gold for the rare items and armors that you want to have deleted? Not to mention the amount of money spent on the games themselves. Each campaign being nearabout $50 upon release, ~$65-ish for collectors, the money spent in the online-store for Bonus Mission Packs, extra slots, skill unlocks, etc. Some people also have two and three and four accounts. All of that time, effort, and money wasted.
So... just no. My brain hurts even thinking about it.
Marty Silverblade
Regardless of whether this fixes the economy or not, do you really think screwing people over (5000+ hours) is a good idea? I know I'd quit for sure.
Highlander Of Alba
Well the way I see it is...
I have played this game since inception .never once did i need to borrrow or farm to get my guys kitted out..the way I like them....
Thats the point you are assuming veryone feels the same as you ...The OP
I surely dont I am still enjoying playing as it is now as it was in the begining...so where is the hurt...
Yes you are entitled to your opinion by all means but remember thats only your opinion not the masses who play out there and dont even frequent the forums
I have played this game since inception .never once did i need to borrrow or farm to get my guys kitted out..the way I like them....
Thats the point you are assuming veryone feels the same as you ...The OP
I surely dont I am still enjoying playing as it is now as it was in the begining...so where is the hurt...
Yes you are entitled to your opinion by all means but remember thats only your opinion not the masses who play out there and dont even frequent the forums
Shayne Hawke
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Originally Posted by Fanita
ANet should delete... anything... that is used as any sort of currency or has a value of over 10k.
All skills... should be ununlocked. Every skill should be dramatically nerfed. |
Antares Ascending
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WHEW!!!
A tip...DON'T go into biz for yourself or run for public office.
Your idea would kill GW and insure GW2 would collect dust on the shelves.
Why? Because no one in thier right mind would buy a game that at any moment might throw
all the in-game hours in the garbage
No one would put up with a gameing company trashing years of work.
GEEEEZ!! This is the most poorly thought out 'idea' I have ever seen.
WHEW!!!
A tip...DON'T go into biz for yourself or run for public office.
Your idea would kill GW and insure GW2 would collect dust on the shelves.
Why? Because no one in thier right mind would buy a game that at any moment might throw
all the in-game hours in the garbage
No one would put up with a gameing company trashing years of work.
GEEEEZ!! This is the most poorly thought out 'idea' I have ever seen.
UnChosen
/signed to beta test the OP's idea on the OP only.
Vindalan Mathios
Wow.
That is the worst idea I've ever heard.
That won't stabilize the economy, it will make everyone quit the game.
Also, the in-game "economy" is fine.
That is the worst idea I've ever heard.
That won't stabilize the economy, it will make everyone quit the game.
Also, the in-game "economy" is fine.
Kattar
Too...much...trolling...
Closed.
Closed.